12 Days of Christmas – Day 9 For today’s Christmas treat we have an exciting first look at the Concord Drop Troops. Often it is necessary to land troops directly through the planetary atmosphere, and this is where the Concord C3’s Drop Squads come into their own. They are equipped with grav-chutes that enable them to dive safely…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 8 As you’ll have seen recently, we have bought Pro Gloria miniatures and their superb Landsknecht range. What you may not know is that Pro Gloria’s former owner, Stephan Huber had a handful of unreleased sets in the wings! Here’s a look at one of them which, as with…
What could possibly be better than a German tank? Three German tanks of course! This boxed set contains exactly that – an armoured platoon ready to rumble into battle: View in Store Whilst the propaganda headlines may well have gone to the big cats such as the Panther and the Tiger, the Panzer IV was…
This late war Forward Observer team for the Waffen-SS provides highly disciplined troops ready to call in an air strike or artillery bombardment on Allied positions, their camouflaged uniforms ideal for their role as hidden observers… View in Store Here are a few more of the models available for the fanatical elite of the Waffen-SS:…
Finnish armies gain some welcome firepower this week with the arrival of these two German-supplied guns – the Finnish 75 PSTK/40 anti-tank gun and the Finnish 20 ITK/38 anti-aircraft gun. After encountering T-34 and KV-1 tanks, the Finns realized that heavier anti-tank equipment would be required. A total of 210 German 75mm PaK 40 Guns were purchased, capable of…
Out today are Thureophoroi Peltasts, and Thureophoroi Peltast command for Greek, Macedonian and Hellenstic armies. Mercenary troops formed a significant role in Hellenistic armies and hired soldiers often served as garrison troops or wherever a permanent military presence was needed. During the third century BC these troops are often referred to simply as mercenaries, but when they are called…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 7 Our next 12 Days of Christmas present is a first look at this beautifully sculpted set depicting the Prussian High Command during the 100 Days campaign leading up to the battle of Waterloo. Field Marshal von Blücher. General August von Gneisenau, Blücher’s chief of staff. Marshal Friedrich Karl von Zeiten….
12 Days of Christmas – Day 6 Today’s surprise is an extract from the forthcoming Bolt Action Theatre Book – Ostfront: Barbarossa to Berlin. ‘For us there was no land beyond the Volga.’ Hero of the Soviet Union Vasily Zaitzev first distinguished himself during the battle of Stalingrad as a superb sniper. He killed 225…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 5 Today’s festive gift to you is an early look at new miniatures for our Pike & Shotte Wars of Religion range. As you can see they are riders and command figures for the mounted arquebusiers and gendarmes sculpted by Paul Hicks and will be added to the Arsenal…
12 Days of Christmas – Day 4 Today’s treat is a look at these fearsome-looking Senegalese Tirailleurs for the French Army in Bolt Action. Sculpted by Steve Saleh and painted by Andrés Amián they’ll provide something rather different to your army. The Senegalese Tirailleurs were a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army recruited from Senegal, French West…
Graham Davey