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Frontline Report: Kalon’s Atlantic Wall Defenders

August 15, 2018 Tom Mecredy

The Atlantic Wall was a marvel of modern military engineering, stretching from the Norwegian fjords to the beaches of Normandy and Gascony. Fortified bunkers and trench-lines overlooked beaches strewn with barbed wire, mines and anti-tank obstacles. Gargantuan coastal defence batteries and innumerable conventional artillery positions provided covering fire to the thousands of Wehrmacht soldiers defending…

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Bolt Action: Waffen-SS + Jagdpanther Showcase

May 23, 2018 Josh Berridge

Warlorder Pete exhibits his beautifully painted Waffen SS and Jagdpanther! Having got the veteran grenadier squad, I decided on a slightly different paint scheme I’d seen some year ago, so no to the internet. According to the information I could find, the camo pattern I was looking for was SS-Leibermuster and was intended to replace…

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Rocky’s War Room: Panzer 38(t) – Start to Finish!

April 18, 2018 Josh Berridge

YouTuber Rocky’s War Room has made an excellent video series featuring him building the new plastic Panzer 38t from start to finish! Follow along as Rocky works on this highly detailed kit from Warlord Games. Top Tips included! Bolt Action: German Panzer 38(t) Let’s Build Painting the Panzer 38(t) Part 1: Basecoats and Chipping Painting…

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Painting: Napoleonic British step-by-step

February 28, 2018 Graham Davey

Warlord’s Dave ‘Boycie’ Lawrence shows how he paints his Napoleonic British… Dave: I’m a big fan of the Napoleonic Era. My first ever wargaming army was a British Napoleonic Army using Minifig models. Twenty-odd years later, with the release of the Black Powder rules, the Albion Triumphant supplements and our expanding range of Napoleonic plastic…

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The Mighty Welbike – A painting guide

January 24, 2018 Aaron Trueman

Laurens Vannijvel has set aside his Napoleonics, for now, to bring us a quick history of the “Mighty Welbike” plus a painting guide – bonus! During the Second World War, most of the nations which fielded parachute infantry also turned the minds of their engineers towards motorcycles for said troops. This generally sound idea was…

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