The latest vehicle in our Bolt Action range is a heavily sandbagged US Sherman 76mm, In an effort to deal with anti-tank guns and portable anti-tanks weapons such as the panzerfaust, tank crews went to great lengths protect their vehicles – often sandbags, tree trunks and other apparel was used as a form of ablative…
We’ve recently had our early war Polish army range repainted by the talented hands of Stephan Huber. It’s also given us the opportunity to re-organise the range into more manageable packs as well making individual models available via our Reinforcements system. We have several new models for this range on the way but for now…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Part 4: ‘Dipping’ After ‘dipping’ comes basing. I do all my basing the same way, to create a unified look. First of all, I glue on a mixture of sand and fine grit in little patches. I paint the whole base with…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Now it’s the part you’ve all been waiting for – time to apply the Army Painter Quick Shade, Strong Tone! Although commonly referred to as ‘The Dip’ I don’t actually dip my models into the can. I prefer to apply with a…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Once all the preparation was done it was time to get on with the painting proper. First of all, I dry-brushed the chainmail with Citadel Mithril Silver, then touched up the white primer where my dry-brushing had strayed – as it inevitably does. Then it…
By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction The first job was to clean off the casting vents, mould-lines, and any other ‘messy bits’. Not a bad job on Warlord’s figures – they’re usually very nice castings. One thing to bear in mind is that ‘The Dip’ is not discerning in what it shades – if…
Our new Waffen-SS range has really captured your imagination and many of you love the new Figure Head system (separate heads allowing you to customise your army). There is plenty more to come for the Third Reich’s fanatical elite – starting with these great new Tank Hunters! As you can see our Waffen-SS Tank Hunters…
A brief discourse on the nature of Dragoons in the Pike & Shotte period by John Stallard. The Dragoon seems to have acquired his name from his principle weapon – the ‘dragon’, a short but large-bored flintlock firearm, slung from a broad buff leather belt and hanging from his side so he could ride unencumbered….
The hairy, plaid-wearing savages from North of the border are being reinforced this month with two new packs of troops. A pack of 6 Scots with lethal Lochaber Axes and another with 6 Highlanders Bowmen will give extra punch to your army. Lochaber is an area of Scotland where the locals had developed a very fearsome…
You knew it had to come after the runaway success of our Black Powder rules for the Horse & Musket period. Yes, we’re developing a set of rules to play games of Ancients (Biblical right through to early Medieval). There’s not much to say at this stage but take a look at a recent playtest…