We’re delighted to be able to show off our officially licenced Dad’s Army Home Guard platoon boxed set. Based on the long-running TV series, these superb miniatures are now available to pre-order! During the dark days of 1940, Britain was under dire threat of Nazi invasion. A massive citizen army, the Local Defence Volunteers, was raised to defend…
4 Players. 500 points each. 1 objective – annihilation… So for the first time we would be getting our armies out for a game. We had taken a few weeks to carefully plan and build our forces to take on all comers and only the dice gods would sort the men from the boys. The…
Following on from last week’s guide to the Armies of the United States book, Alessio Cavatore talks us through the Bolt Action Japanese Armies supplement:
The latest in our preview parade of Dad’s Army characters is Captain Mainwaring, stalwart leader of the Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard Local Defence Volunteers. His sculpted both in his uniform and his bank manager’s suit, complete with bowler hat and umbrella. Check back for another character tomorrow. “You stupid boy!”
Known officially as the Sd.Kfz 166 or Sturmpanzer 43, this heavy assault gun is better known by the nickname Brummbär (German for Grizzly Bear), supposedly given to it by Allied Intelligence. View in Webstore Based on a modified Panzer IV chassis the Brummbär was armed with a 150mm StuH 43/1 L/12 gun. Deveeloped for close…
Motto: Semper Fidelis Image courtesy of Osprey Publishing The USMC was first created on the 10th of November 1775, during the American War of Independence (best known in the US as the American Revolutionary War). Its initial duties were to fight as marine infantry for boarding actions between frigates and to provide security on…
Aside from having a great name the Opel Blitz was the unsung hero of the German armed forces in all theatres. Over a dozen versions of this reliable truck saw service during the war and we have models with either open or closed canopy. Not only will this make a great troop transport it will…
In part 2 of our series on collecting our Pacific armies we are taking our forces up to to 500 points, with the knowledge that we will be playing a four player game with these armies. So without further ado let’s see what’s been painted this week. Andrew Chesney’s Japanese Island Defence force. Ches: It…
Bolt Action writer Alessio Cavatore talks us through the Armies of the United States supplement for Bolt Action: We have more of the videos in the pipeline…
Once again we’ve crept into the Warlord Games studio to check out the latest projects. We tend to showcase work-in-progress on the Warlord Games Facebook page, so for early previews of new products head on over and ‘like’ our page! M18 Hellcat As you can see, the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer is nearing completion! This…
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