Our Ruined Farmhouse plastic kit and the Ruined Hamlet set, which contains 3 Farmhouses, are fantastically versatile. Not only are they suitable for wargames from Napoleonics right up to World War II, you can also assemble them in a multitude of ways. In this article we show off just a few of the possibilities, modelled…
By Dr Phil Hendry There has been a fair amount of interest shown in ‘The Dip’, as The Army Painter’s Quickshade system is more commonly known. Reactions to ‘The Dip’ vary wildly – some love it, some don’t seem to care, and some are vehement in their disapproval (despite not having sampled it, we imagine….). …
Warlord’s own Gabrio Tolentino has been a busy chap. Aside from taking loads of photos for the Bolt Action Tank Battles book (due out later this year), he’s been working on conversions based on the US Armoured Jeep. We’ll let Gabrio explain… Throughout WW2, most armies found themselves in situations where they had to adapt…
This week we release nine new construction diagrams consisting of the three Stug III variants and six anti-tank guns. There are plenty more on the way! Stug III Ausf G Stug III Ausf G with Saukopf mantlet StuH 42 Zis-2 anti-tank gun Zis-3 divisional gun US Army 57mm anti-tank gun US Airborne 57mm anti-tank…
Taking a momentary break from playtesting Beyond the Gates of Antares, his forthcoming science-fiction game, Rick Priestley came up with a great idea: the Hansa Nairoba Painting Challenge. Rick explains: Below you can see our Hansa model – Hansa Nairoba painted by Golem Painting Studio. I plan to tell you a bit more about our Hansa…
Warlord Boss John has mostly been painting animals this week… Here is his rendition of the popular but very sad dead livestock set, two dead bloated cows and a poor old warhorse. They have been a feature of warfare for thousands of years, particularly when long ranged artillery came to the fore. There are innumerable…
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…
Following on from his British Regular Infantry regiment last week, Babiruss has also posted these great woodland Indians on our forums, making great use of some Bolt Action Support Bases:
This is the guide for the remaining terrain pieces from the Pegasus Bridge set. As with Previous guides all paints used were generally Vallejo – either from the Model Colour or Game Colour ranges. Any alternatives are highlighted in the guide. Café Gondree The Café was undercoated with Army Painter Black Spray. As the café…
Jonas from Army Painter brings us another expert step-by-step guide Over the last 5 years hard plastic sets have become the norm in historical Wargames – spearheaded by Warlord Games and a few other companies. For a gamer like me, this is perfect – it allows me to mix and match from not only different sets,…
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