With winter closing in around us here in Nottingham, we’re casting our eyes eastward to the frozen forests of Finland and the bitter struggle of the Winter War 1939! In three short months, the Soviet army suffered over 300,000 casualties. This appalling statistic neatly illustrates the brutality of the Winter War and highlights the numerous…
Load up for the summer offensive with a FREE vehicle from the huge Wheels of Steel collection when you buy 2 others. Hurry – limited time only. Below is the entire collection that is within the offer, so browse around and pick up what you need to end the war! Contents of the sale: Allies:…
Following on from an article on building the battlefield for the Portinhoikka-crossroads, Juha Nieminen from Mentor On Miniatures takes a look at his recent battle for Tali-Ihantala! Portinhoikka-crossroads I choose armies to collect and paint for many different reasons. There are some favourite themes, like the US Army and Marines. Another reason is, of course, the time…
Don’t Miss Out… The 15% off 3+ vehicles ‘Wheels of Steel’ offer comes to a close this coming Monday 29th Feb, so with the Easter break just around the corner, now is the prime opportunity you’ve been waiting for to grab your trucks and mobilise your armies! Nearly all the vehicles shown below are included…
Our 10% off any three Bolt Action Vehicles deal – known as Wheels of Steel – is coming to an end Monday 29th February 2016! For the month of February a huge selection of our resin tanks stay included in the deal, and we are increasing the discount to 15% OFF when you buy three or more. Eastern Front Update The…
With the recent repack release for the Finnish forces, Juha Nieminen from Mentor On Miniatures in Finland, dropped us a line about his recent work on a superb battlefield for Bolt Action. Juha: I was just reading a battle report of USMC vs. Japanese from Warlord web site. At the end of that report Warlord encouraged people…
Daz Evans from our Mail Order department has some pretty crazy hobby ideas, but this one caps them all… He’s taken the exclusive Finnish Sniper miniature, Simo Hӓyhӓ ‘The White Death’, which you receive for free when you buy the Armies of Italy and the Axis book, and mounted him in a snow globe! He…
Ken Redington recently popped together a Finnish force using the existing Finns but also cleverly adapted the Blitzkrieg Germans to fit in and expand his unique army: Ken: They are out! The Finns have come back out in a new way (typically just after I started my new army!) and with a great choice of…
The Finnish army has a new look as we update the Continuation War Finnish Rifle. These miniatures are mostly dressed in standard issue M36 tunic and armed with a variety of Finnish weaponry and so are most suitable for use in Continuation War (1941-1944) against the might of the Soviet Union. Dig in and stop…
The story of the ‘Winter War’ between Finland and Soviet Russia is a dramatic David versus Goliath encounter. When close to half a million Soviet troops poured into Finland in 1939 it was expected that Finnish defences would collapse in a matter of weeks. New in from Osprey by the authors Vesa Nenye, Peter Munter,…
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