Our casting supremo Pete Hely has been working hard to get his Italian Army ready for the invasion of Egypt! Pete’s Italian Army has been in the works for some months now. You might have caught a glimpse of his Sahariana squadron when we featured it over the summer. This time, we’re taking a look…
Expanding your battlefields? The Warlord Scenic range has the answer with the Desert Themed Battlefield set: View in Store Battlefield theming set World War II, being a truly global conflict, saw battles raging across all manner of terrain – none more so than across the parched deserts of Africa or the dusty hills of Italy….
Paul Robins is a long-time friend of Warlord Games and has been a collector for many years. He has amassed an impressive array of forces and we thought it about time to showcase some of his collection. There’s a rather lovely 8th Army force featured here – but let’s start today with his equally impressive Italians…
This week we’re looking in on Paul Robins’ British 8th Army force. Impressive, and beautifully painted, the 8th Army are a labour of love – the level of detail, dedication, and research that Paul puts into his armies is inspiring (read – ‘crazy’) – but we’ll let Paul explain… Paul Robins: The project kicked off back…
The 8th Army was a very mobile force and this boxed set is designed for that very purpose… View in Store Formed from the Western Desert Force in 1941, the British 8th Army comprised men from across the British Commonwealth – British, New Zealanders, Australians, Indians and South Africans. Following early successes against the Italians…
Support your troops utilising superior covering fire and leadership with the new Afrika Korps support group. View in Store This set contains: 1 x DAK HQ 1 x DAK Machine Gun Team 1 x DAK 8th Army Medium Mortar Afrika Korps HQ German officers were capable and often experienced leaders. Junior officers were trained to…
Providing essential logistics and fire support, assist your front line units with the British 8th Army Support Group. View in Store This set contains: 1 x British 8th Army HQ 1 x British 8th Army Machine Gun Team 1 x British 8th Army Medium Mortar British 8th Army HQ The middle ranks of officers were…
Renowned for its heavy armour, the Matilda II stormed across battlefields in France and the Western Desert. These infantry tanks played a key role in the Commonwealth’s early victories! Designed and commissioned in 1936, the Matilda infantry tank was designed to be a lumbering behemoth, impervious to anti-tank guns and field artillery, able to engage…
We’re always excited to see your miniatures – this week, we’re heading to the Philippines with Robin Dao’s Battling Bastards of Bataan! The War in the Philippines In the Philippines, two Japanese divisions – the 16th and the 48th under General Homma Masaharu –landed on the island of Luzon on 22 December. US General Douglas…
Use the New Bolt Action British Commonwealth plastic infantry, based on the 8th army plastic with heads to represent Australian, South African, New Zealander and LRDG/SAS troops, to stop the Axis forces in their tracks and defeat the Desert Fox himself, Erwin Rommel. View in Store Fighting for the freedom of the civilised world against…
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