Motto: Semper Fidelis Image courtesy of Osprey Publishing The USMC was first created on the 10th of November 1775, during the American War of Independence (best known in the US as the American Revolutionary War). Its initial duties were to fight as marine infantry for boarding actions between frigates and to provide security on…
In part 2 of our series on collecting our Pacific armies we are taking our forces up to to 500 points, with the knowledge that we will be playing a four player game with these armies. So without further ado let’s see what’s been painted this week. Andrew Chesney’s Japanese Island Defence force. Ches: It…
Bolt Action writer Alessio Cavatore talks us through the Armies of the United States supplement for Bolt Action: We have more of the videos in the pipeline…
Once again we’ve crept into the Warlord Games studio to check out the latest projects. We tend to showcase work-in-progress on the Warlord Games Facebook page, so for early previews of new products head on over and ‘like’ our page! M18 Hellcat As you can see, the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer is nearing completion! This…
Storm the beaches and reclaim the Pacific with our multi-pose plastic US Marines, now available to to buy in our webstore. Guadalcanal. Tarawa. Iwo Jima. Okinawa. Just some of the legendary actions the US Marine Corps fought in – actions that have rightfully sent the USMC into legend. There are few fighting forces that can…
Super-fast painter Andrew Chesney shares his methods for getting your forces painted up and on the battlefield in double-quick time: When you’re getting started on a new force, one of the first stages is working out the colour scheme for the uniform. You can research this online or in the relevant Osprey book. To help…
The US Marines receive some welcome support this week in the form of three new sets, providing machine gun, mortar and anti-tank capabilities. Just the thing for retaking those Pacific islands for the Japanese! First up is the M1917 MMG team, ready to mow down those Japanese Banzai charges!: First seeing action during World War…
As promised, here is the first instalment of our Pacific campaign collecting series. The idea is that four of us here at Warlord HQ (Ches, Daz, Bill and Rich), who have never played this theatre before, take you through step by step and show you not only what they collected by why. Hopefully this bite…
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