Conversion-holic Jakob Lotz brings us more plastic card and resin conversions, this time for a very flavoursome Japanese self propelled gun (SPG). The Ho-To was a SPG and an ad hoc tank destroyer mounting the Type 38 120 mm (4.72 in) howitzer. The gun was old by any standard having been introduced even before the…
If you frequent the Warlord facebook pages you may have come across the fabulous and inspiring battlefields of David and Kalissa Skibicki. We recently got in touch and they instantly sent over some top tips, time to gather the teddy bear fur and have a go! Over the years of this hobby I have read,…
Back in April this year RichC of the Warlord Web Team spent some time working with the fantastic chaps at Sarissa Precision to come up with a set of battlefields for Beyond the Gates Of Antares display at Salute 2016. The resulting domes inspired the team from Leicester Phat Katz club and here is the…
Hot on the back of our recent Soviet T-70 Light Tank release, scratch builder extraordinaire Jakob Lotz returns with an upgrade for the smaller and earlier T-26 the T-26-4… Jakob: The T-26-4 was basically a T-26 tank with an enlarged turret armed with the 76.2 mm KT tank gun mod. 1927/32 (some modern sources mention…
Warlorder Gabrio had a play a little while back with the mighty Pershing. I huge development for the US forces toward the end of WW2 and a great tank to deploy in your games of Bolt Action, now with the release of KF’47 it looks like just the machine needed to combat the German and Russian…
We spotted our friend Andy Singleton of Volleyfire painting having an experiment in preparation for the upcoming Konflikt ’47 and he’s kindly popped a few words together to show us all his latest unit: Andy: Having been very excited for Konflict 47, I finally snapped, and at around midnight one night decided to knock up…
Does your gaming table look like, well… a flat table? Why not get creative this weekend and jazz things up with your own trees! Mel the Terrain Tutor has a fantastic series on livening up your table with trees galore, from the simple to the exquisite. Grab your kit and join Mel in building…
Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy (WSS) have been providing some fantastic painting tutorials over the past years (plus much, much more in the WSS wargaming magazine). With videos updated each Sunday – this week it’s a look back, and a delve into, painting German Camouflage, specifically the SS pea pattern. Colours German Cam.Medium Brown German Cam.Black…
With Konflikt ’47 just around the corner and post war 1946/47 articles appearing everywhere, conversion fanatic Jakob lotz has been carving up the kits again to bring an awesome little cat to life, plus rules for it in Bolt Action, the ‘Paper Panzer’ VK1209: Jakob: The ”light” tank VK1602 Leopard was a planned German reconnaissance vehicle designed…
Are you starting a Bolt Action army? Want to know how to go about collecting and painting? The Wargamer brings you a superb and in-depth video series of Bolt Action greatness, from background and getting started, through building research, painting, and modelling a British Infantry section and 500 point force. Check out the videos this…
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