German uniforms from the Second World War are confusing at the best of times, and downright contradictory at the worst. As a bit of a primer on this, Andy Singleton sent in this little guide to try and help with the different uniforms worn by the German Fallschirmjäger during WW2. The first thing to note…
Missed the pre-order and looking to pick up a copy of Blood Red Skies at your friendly local gaming shop? Then check this list, it’s all the shops that will stock Blood Red Skies so far, grab your copy whilst you can! Blood Red Skies Stockists: UK Black Dragon Minis, Hinckley Gaming Figures, Redcar…
Use the new US Army heavy mortar team to bombard your opponents into submission. View in Store After the experience of gas in World War I, the Americans added a Chemical Corps into the army armed with 4.2″ mortars to fire poisonous gas. The near-total absence of chemical on the battlefield in World War II…
Scout ahead using the new US Army Jeeps with a 30cal MMG or a 50cal HMG. US Army Jeep with 30 Cal MMG View in Store In June 1940 the American army asked for a vehicle that could “go-anywhere”. The answer was the four-wheel drive Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both models referred to…
The Soviet Union unleash the new Soviet ZiS 30 with support from the new Heavy Machine Gun Team. Zis 30 View in Store In the desperate days of 1941, Komsomolets tractors were used as improvised tank destroyers, and around a hundred were converted to carry a ZiS-2 57mm anti-tank gun as the short-lived ZiS-30. Cost:…
Bring troops to the front or tow artillery pieces into line with the new resin Lend Lease Soviet M3 White Scout Car. View in Store The M3 was too large and heavy to be considered a proper scout car, but its transport capacity (eight men and a driver) made it suitable for a number of…
Chris Brown is here to talk about buildings on the battlefield and how they truly affect us during our game and out of it. Chris: Wargame architecture can be a bit of a bugbear; what exactly do we want our model buildings to do? Obviously we want them to be part of the game –…
Chris Brown is here to tell us all about the troubles and workarounds of bringing your models on holidays with you! Chris: It was one of the traditional irritations of a new school term when I was a boy; the English class where you had to write an essay about what you did in the recently finished…
Chris Brown talks about Arnhem and playing awesome Bolt Action games there and invites you along, read more about it here! Chris: It may not snow, but for a long weekend over the 21/22/23rd September Arnhem is awash with things that interest WW2 gamers. It is of course the commemorative event for the Arnhem aspect…
Sascha Herm shows off some beautifully painted US and German vehicles in a winter scene! Sascha: I wanted to demonstrate with these, that it is possible to brush paint any WW2 vehicle, although the airbrushed vehicles look fantastic not everyone owns such expensive equipment. I used conventional painting techniques for them and really like how…
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