Burma, the end of February 1944, men of the 5307 Composite Unit (better known as ‘Merrill’s Marauders) embarked on an incredibly arduous march of about 1200 Km through the Himalayas to emerge behind Japanese lines in Burma. The three battalions operated as six distinct teams, conducting raids, demolitions and generally making themselves a thorn in…
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 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…
Following up on the recently released ‘The Eagle Has Landed‘ sets, Mark Barber has come up with a fantastic set of special rules for the Fallschirmjäger Oberst Kurt Steiner View in Store Mark: Now you’ve bought Warlord’s new plastic Fallschirmjäger boxed set, you’ll need somebody to lead them in the field… look no further than legendary…
Design your own Tank Ace and storm into a Tank War battle! One year on from release ‘Tank War’ is going great guns… As a supplement for Bolt Action you’ll be expanding your forces with armour but what about your commanders? If your tankers have survived perhaps its time to try the ace rules, try…
Alba Studio as an entity is quite new, Don Stewart and Tom Howley have been painting miniatures since the mid 1980s separately but in 2015 decided to work together and share their painting experience with the wider world, mainly with the Bolt Action community. Tom: We both met for the first time in 1989 whilst…
Andy Singleton has been busy with his cutters and putty showing us just how quick and easy it is to convert the new Fallschirmjӓger with a mix of other Warlord Plastic sets; Andy: Since I saw this set at Salute I’ve been very, very excited to get to work on them, and start a Fallschirmjager…
We’ve a fantastic community out there willing to go beyond the call of duty and run awesome events for everyone’s benefit. Yorkshire Renegade’s Display at the forth coming Derby World Wargames Show is just one such example, Rich Goss from The Warshack has been keeping us updated with the clubs display game progress and its…
Rummaging around in Johns library we’ve come across some good old classic war films of the type that have inspired many a generation of future soldiers and gamers alike. We’re even going to give some copies away FREE this bank holiday! Read on to find out more; With the upcoming release of our new plastic…
Andy Singleton dropped us a line after his recent exploits with the Panzer III, taking us through options and tactics to employ in Bolt Action with this mainstay of German armour. View in Store Andy – For much of the Second World War the Panzer III was the most important vehicle used by the…
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