October 1942. Leningrad is under siege, and General Winter is closing his iron fist around the city, already practically encircled by Axis forces. The only way to resupply the embattled city is by ship, across the watery expanse of Lake Lagoda. Covering the approaches to the Soviet Lagoda Flotilla’s bases at Novaya Ladoga is the…
We’re exploring another dimension of coastal warfare in Run Silent, Run Deep! Peer beneath the waves into the murky depths of submarine warfare with this unofficial supplement. In Cruel Seas we intentionally wanted submarines to work as a normal surface vessel. After all, powerful diesel engines propel them as fast, if not faster, than many…
We at Warlord have worked out which paints are best matched to each fleet in Cruel Seas. Here we present the Kriegsmarine paint set and painting guide. The paints included in the bundle, along with their general areas of application are: Vallejo Sky Grey – hulls and superstructures Vallejo Medium Sea Grey – hulls and…
Scratching your head over which colours to use for your US Navy fleet in cruel seas? Fear not! We at Warlord have you covered with this paint set. The paints included in the bundle, along with their general areas of application are: Vallejo Dark Blue Grey – hulls and superstructures Army Painter Crystal Blue –…
We at Warlord have put together paint bundles for each Navy in Cruel Seas. Here we present the Royal Navy paint set and painting guide. The paints included in the bundle, along with their general areas of application are: Vallejo Medium Sea Grey – hulls Vallejo Dark Blue Sea – decks Army Painter Dark Sky…
Get your Italian Regia Marina fleet ready for Cruel Seas. This paint set provides you with all the colours you will need for an accurate palette. The paints included in the bundle, along with their general areas of application are: Vallejo Light Grey – hulls and superstructures Vallejo German Grey – hull and superstructure camo…
We at Warlord have put our heads together and gathered this paint set for the Soviet Navy in Cruel Seas. Get your fleet table-ready! The paints included in the bundle, along with their general areas of application are: Army Painter Ash Grey – superstructures Vallejo London Grey – hulls Vallejo Luftwaffe Uniform – hulls Vallejo…
Ahoy! Warlords Head of Product Design, Paul Sawyer, recently asked Warlorder Darek to pull together details of which paints he used to paint various fleets… He’s gone further than that and has, with graphic designer Adam’s help, produced a series of painting guides – Royal Navy and Kriegsmarine guides attached here. More will be on…
We’ve continued our hard work to further improve Cruel Seas and to iron out any errors. These improvements and corrections have now been compiled into the latest Cruel Seas errata. The errata is available to download by clicking the links below. If you have any questions or want any further clarification, please come and talk…
As many of the scenarios in Cruel Seas feature coastal skulduggery, we’ve sat down with studio head Paul Sawyer to talk about how he built his islands! Materials & Tools MDF Sheet Blue Styrofoam Desert Sand Grass Flock Summer Undergrowth Cocktail Sticks No More Nails Glue PVA Glue Craft Knife Hot Wire Cutter/Very Sharp Knife…
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