We recently took a look at what Tom and Don from Alba Studios were up to in their workshop in Aberdeen. Tom has kindly dropped us a line with a neat way to get your army units up and running to a great standard in the time it takes to watch a good film! Tom:…
The Road to Waterloo: From Both Sides of the Atlantic By Les Mansir and Richard Caldwell We left Richard and Les preparing for painting, with the familiar dilemma of how to paint the remaining balance of the 1800 troops in the remaining six months? At Richard’s usual leisurely pace it would take him 24 months…
Terminator Genisys The Miniatures Game Official War Against The Machines Scenario By Samuel Nolton TEST OF METAL As the war against Skynet waged on year after year, the Machines implemented new and more innovative Terminator designs. In order to combat the Resistance forces from within, the T-1000 liquid-metal shapeshifter was developed: the ultimate infiltrator. However,…
John Connor has assigned a vitally important mission to Captain Montero’s strike team. The small Resistance team is to attack and destroy the radar installation covering the airspace over the Cheyenne Mountain base. Will the Resistance Soldiers be able to penetrate the Skynet defences? We persuaded Alessio Cavatore to write this brand new scenario for…
The illustrious Steve Morgan author of Pike & Shotte has been sharpening his pikes once again to take us through his English Civil War Edgehill Project: Before starting an English Civil War army it’s important to decide what force you want to head and why. Many of my gaming friends base their ECW armies on…
The Road to Waterloo: From Both Sides of the Atlantic By Les Mansir and Richard Caldwell “Years later, the surviving French and British soldiers who faced off at the walled farm of La Haye Sainte will call it….”La Hell Sainte” La Haye Sainte was in the middle of the battlefield at Waterloo – Wellington prepared…
Design your own Tank Ace and storm into a Tank War battle! One year on from release ‘Tank War’ is going great guns… As a supplement for Bolt Action you’ll be expanding your forces with armour but what about your commanders? If your tankers have survived perhaps its time to try the ace rules, try…
Alba Studio as an entity is quite new, Don Stewart and Tom Howley have been painting miniatures since the mid 1980s separately but in 2015 decided to work together and share their painting experience with the wider world, mainly with the Bolt Action community. Tom: We both met for the first time in 1989 whilst…
For a limited time only, we’re making your options EVEN BETTER if you’re wanting to expand in to Bolt Action Tank War. Launch into epic Armoured Fury clashes with some of our favourite AFVs: In Tank War you organise your Armoured Platoons around 3 Vehicles, your commander and 2 others. For a limited time, if you choose 3 or more from the…
In Store Now Amongst the most elite of German troops, the German Airborne – the Fallschirmjӓger – Fall from the sky today in hard plastic! The world’s first paratroopers to be used in large numbers, the German Fallschirmjager were at the tip of the spear when war broke out in 1939 leading with the first airborne…