Fire support arrives for the German Armoured Grenadiers as they bring forward their mortars mounted in the ubiquitous Hanomag. View in Store The Sd. Kfz (abbreviation for the German word Sonderkraftfahrzeug that means ‘special motor vehicle’) 251/2 was used for mobile mortar support. The vehicle was a simple expedient conversion of the standard Sd Kfz…
If you’re not as lucky as the guy below, and you don’t have access to an airbrush, don’t despair about painting German tanks with the late war camo, Andy Singleton is here to help! From very early 1943 all German tanks were delivered in a base coat of a colour called Dunkel Gelb. This has…
There’s never been a better time to get started playing Bolt Action, our World War II wargame, with our two awesome starter sets! Each set contains two opposing forces with dice and the full rules: Right now we are offering a free plastic M4 Sherman or Panzer IV with every D-Day Firefight boxed set, on…
RichC of the Warlord web team recently started looking at building a Kampfgruppe using the new plastic Fallschirmjӓger. Having looked at planning a force RichC now has a look at his first models View part 1 Bedraggled, weary and fighting a desperate defense the German forces in Italy fought to the very end. I’m following…
The fearsome King Tiger with the Porsche turret is now available for action at the frontline, giving you a choice from three versions! – Choose your flavour with either the New Porsche variant or the two Henchel variants, one coated with zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste the other plain steel armour. View in Store The Königstiger…
The Web team’s RichC has been planning a small Bolt Action force based on our lovely plastic Fallschirmjӓger and looks at the idea & planning behind building a Kampfgruppe. View in Store RichC: It’s been a short while since the release of our new plastic Fallschirmjӓger and after reading Mark Barbers article Rules: Fallschirmjager Army Lists I…
Jakob Lotz takes us through a fantastic conversion to add a little flavour to your German forces: During 1943 as the German Wehrmacht was forced onto the defensive it became increasingly clear that there was a great need for mobile anti-tank assets to counter the the ever present threat of soviet armour. As such…
This article by Mark Barber explains how to go about fielding a Bolt Action force entirely made of one specialized unit, like Commandos, Cavalry or indeed Paratroopers. Mark has done his research thoroughly and then created a platoon selector and some special rules that allow all of the infantry in the platoon to share the…
Andy Singleton of Volley Fire Painting Services has caught the Fallschirmjӓger bug well and truly; Having worked through his first few conversions and provided us with a full painting guide in his previous article (view first article here) Andy has been delving deeper into what he can make of the new plastics with Grenadiers…
Andy Singleton of Volley Fire Painting Services has been scrubbing up his brushes and sharpening knives as he delves into the background of 2 iconic mainstays of the German and Russian armies SU-76 Vs Marder III Andy: Today I’m looking at two light-weight self-propelled guns of the German and Russian armies. The Russian Su-76, and…
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