With our next Bolt Action Theatre Book now available to Pre-order – ‘Germany Strikes!’ – which focuses on the Early War period, we thought it about time that we delve back through our product range and pick-out some of the key units from the opening years of World War II – there’s no better place…
The Pike was one of the key weapons of the Pike & Shotte era – a long pole weapon wielded by foot soldiers, the Pike was effective not only against enemy infantry, but also proved particularly potent when facing enemy cavalry. The sheer number of spearheads presented by a well-regimented Pike block would prove near-impenetrable…
From today our plastic German Grenadiers Box Set is available to pre-order – and they should start shipping out to customers next week. They are the latest addition to our extensive range of Late War German miniatures. To celebrate this, we thought we’d take a look back through the range to highlight some of our favourite German…
He’s been at it again! – Andy Singleton of Volleyfire Painting Services has been hard at work churning out a seemingly endless stream of beautifully painted models – this time, he’s been showing off a set of our 95th Rifles. From Andy’s Blog – Having been a Napoleonic reenactor for 10 years or so, to me the Chosen…
Week-by-week we’re seeing more and more Beyond the Gates of Antares projects from around the community – over on the Facebook Group there are some fantastic painted models, conversions, and backstories being concocted… This week, we were particularly taken by the Algoryn paint scheme from Matt Houghton of Evil Bear Wargames – we got in touch…
Alongside the massed legions of Rome, these devastating war machines sought not to just provide covering fire for the legionaries but also to destroy the enemy from afar. These weapons revolutionised artillery warfare and helped pave the way for future technology. Ballista View in Store Originally a weapon made by the Greeks, it saw use…
With all of the recent releases of German troop boxed sets and the excited commotion in the community regarding the imminent Winter Soviets, we thought it time to take a look back at some of the American troop sets on offer: Nisei Few units in the history of warfare have earned so many plaudits and…
2015 is shaping-up to be a very exciting year for Beyond the Gates of Antares – over the coming months, we’ll be ramping-up the amount of Antares-related articles, new rules and scenarios, new units being shown-off, and new insights into the back story from the man behind the game, Rick Priestley. We’re starting to see painted…
Our expert studio painters have been working their magic on a whole range of British Bolt Action vehicles over the last few weeks – here are the results: View in Store View in Store View in Store View in Store Check out the full range of British Army tanks and other vehicles available… British Army…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 10 Today’s titbit is this wonderful new metal boxed set of German Veteran Grenadiers – due for release early in the New Year! Fighting to stave off the massed assaults of the Allies on the Eastern and Western Fronts, these battle- hardened German soldiers are armed with the deadly Sturmgewehr…
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