Warlord Games | Alan Hamilton | Activity https://www.warlordgames.com/community-members/dadlamassu/activity/ Activity feed for Alan Hamilton. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 10:29:46 +0100 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 6a8420ad3946bdd683b8d86472f9a28d Alan Hamilton replied to the topic British/Canadian '43-'45 starter set. Couple of questions about the Churchill in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/british-canadian-43-45-starter-set-couple-of-questions-about-the-churchill/#post-188923 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:04:29 +0000 Decals from Warlord Games https://store.warlordgames.com/products/british-79th-armoured-division-hobart-s-funnies-decal-sheet  The AVRE markings are the blue squares with four digits.

79 Armd Div Markings described https://tank-markings.blogspot.com/p/79th-armoured-division.html

As the crews were RE not Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) they would pr…[Read more]

]]> 0 3357786157753838e9578f6a9b80a823 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Where to use Guards infantry selection in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/where-to-use-guards-infantry-selection/#post-188376 Sat, 22 Oct 2022 08:45:59 +0100 I have not tried to use the tool you mention.  I suspect the reason actually is that the Scots Guards did and do not have Highlander platoons.  The Highland Regiments were and are Line Regiments that nominally recruit locally.  The Scots Guards nominally recruit from the whole of Scotland – Lowlands, Highlands and Islands.

If you want “H…[Read more]

]]> 0 eead75e03d2779d1ed8d26ce07f64c4d Alan Hamilton replied to the topic What do YOU want to see in Bolt Action v3? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/what-do-you-want-to-see-in-bolt-action-v3/page/2/#post-188017 Thu, 28 Jul 2022 09:51:17 +0100 Exaggeration it may be but then the exaggeration was made by the German users and also manufacturers who printed “Nur Für Gewehr” on the boxes. Steel cases were difficult to get right. The label “Für Gewehr” or “Nur Für Gewehr” basically means that function firing of this lot showed problems (usually stuck cases in the chamber; Hülsenklemm…[Read more]

]]> 0 e4e1d3df046552cb83ba5a59721f52a0 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic What do YOU want to see in Bolt Action v3? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/what-do-you-want-to-see-in-bolt-action-v3/page/2/#post-187988 Sat, 23 Jul 2022 18:24:41 +0100 I would very much like a bit more emphasis on rule writing.  At the moment “rules” and “fluff” are jumbled together making it difficult to find a “rule”.  Could we please have the book divided into a Historical section(s) with all the “fluff” and “Hollywoodisms” in there and a section just devoted to the core rules in a logical way.

On the s…[Read more]

]]> 0 e8b29648745a647521d0dd4469330647 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Kit Bashing Figures - Easy Peasy or a PIA ? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/kit-bashing-figures-easy-peasy-or-a-pia/page/2/#post-187828 Sun, 19 Jun 2022 15:53:22 +0100 Not sure how to attach pictures.

The kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42 Team – figures from the German Heer Grenadiers and maybe Blitzkrieg sets.  Mortar is a 1/76 Matchbox mortar shortened and slightly detailed.  The Mortar bomb might be a British PIAT round (it was in the bits box.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/CXWLXIx.jpg[/img]

Matchbox Dingo scout ca…[Read more]

]]> 0 07161652287c410bbfc1faf144db0486 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Some Academy of Street Fighting/Skirmish questions. in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/some-academy-of-street-fighting-questions/#post-187818 Sat, 18 Jun 2022 16:54:33 +0100 QUOTE – 4 + 5) in comon use English IE & EG are interchanageable, basically used as the same thing – heres a non-exahustive list of examples… however both your examples are outliers & I’d need to check their rules….

For clarity – The two terms are not “commonly” used interchangeably they are “incorrectly” used interchangeably.  In a set of rules…[Read more]

]]> 0 a7ea2a89adb5926557bb000b82f3437a Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Kit Bashing Figures - Easy Peasy or a PIA ? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/kit-bashing-figures-easy-peasy-or-a-pia/#post-187757 Thu, 02 Jun 2022 16:00:18 +0100 I have  converted (kitbashed) models ever since I started wargaming in the 1960s.  In those days there was only Airfix readily available.  So if I wanted anything not on the Woolwoths Airfix shelf I had to convert or scratch build it.  Fortunately the Airfix magazine had monthly conversion articles.

So even now I convert if I need som…[Read more]

]]> 0 49f0a8b95f3a10be0e0ec402ef73ba20 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Volksturm engineers/pioneers? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/volksturm-engineers-pioneers/#post-186973 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:26:15 +0000 Thank you so much. This confirms some information I have and adds more details. Very helpful.

 

]]> 0 119244ee7930f493cd4199b9a48a62d1 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Volksturm engineers/pioneers? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/volksturm-engineers-pioneers/#post-186964 Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:27:18 +0000 Excellent, thanks.  I said it was my colleague’s great-grandfather in fact it was his grandfather who had worked in Siemens as a pattern maker and had also served in WW1 in the artillery.   In the battalion he was a section leader armed with an Italian rifle, 15 rounds of ammunition and two hand grenades.  At the start of the fighting he had bee…[Read more]

]]> 0 5d4c33e9c85dc870d5f60155c512df56 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Volksturm engineers/pioneers? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/volksturm-engineers-pioneers/#post-186954 Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:32:49 +0000 Interesting information about the flamethrowers.  May I ask your source? I am researching 3/115 battalion for a former colleague whose great grandfather served in it.

]]> 0 4c6fef2840aa3ca45157d58e348e238d Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Volksgrenadier engineer/pioneer units? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/volksgrenadier-engineer-pioneer-units/#post-186918 Tue, 21 Dec 2021 16:23:42 +0000 The Volksgrenadier Divisions were organized around small cadres of veteran soldiers, non-commissioned officers and officers mainly from shattered or other Infantry Divisions. Their ranks were then filled out with whoever the Replacement Army could find. Naval and Air Force personnel made redundant through losses and fuel shortages, recovered…[Read more]

]]> 0 cda8eb20f07d4ba3677d970dd7ddf539 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Volksgrenadier engineer/pioneer units? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/volksgrenadier-engineer-pioneer-units/#post-186908 Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:35:25 +0000 The best I can do is:  Pioneer Battalion (organization as of 1 April 1944).  I don’t have the company, platoon, section breakdown.  Of course, the figures are what the unit was supposed to have.  Reality was almost certainly different.

UNIT
Offs
NCOs
Pvts
Rs or Cbns
Pistols
Sub-MGs
LMGs
Hv MGs
81-mm Morts
Flame Throwers
Mtr Veh…[Read more]

]]> 0 9b533a58e5ec5413911dffb16d7c42af Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Volksturm engineers/pioneers? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/volksturm-engineers-pioneers/#post-186897 Sat, 18 Dec 2021 20:15:25 +0000 On paper the organisation was a battalion of 642 men based on the standard Heer (Army) triangular system – 3 sections to a platoon, 3 platoons to a company and 3 companies to a battalion with associated support platoons for engineer, medical, transport (bicycles were authorised), communication (civilian telephones), administration etc.  The en…[Read more]

]]> 0 c974c5b8b882063b1c420849c222e138 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic German horse drawn limbers in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/german-horse-drawn-limbers/#post-186321 Fri, 24 Sep 2021 16:52:24 +0100 There were many WW1 artillery limber. Virtually every gun and howitzer type had its own specific limber.  That said most were externally similar and most served in both world wars either unmodified or with new ammunition racks, new wheels and suspension for new guns etc. I suppose it depends on how accurate you need your model to be.

Have look…[Read more]

]]> 0 99c0a6ad6a7051069f8c75a0d2afe54f Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Warlord german light mortar model in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/warlord-german-light-mortar-model/#post-186224 Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:12:15 +0100 If it is a late war light mortar then why not buy the SdKfz 251 mortar upgrade sprue and convert the 8cm mortar to the short version? It should not be too difficult.

]]> 0 8e3329e1a7d952004531e81980b0d2e6 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Is there a British Commando 2" mortar model? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/is-there-a-british-commando-2-mortar-model/#post-186102 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 13:14:41 +0100 There is a 2″ mortar in the weapons sprue in the Commandos box https://store.warlordgames.com/collections/british-commandos/products/commandos?variant=31468967821392#images-1

Weapons Sprue

]]> 0 000a04ddd5d0dbaeb46e337fa41ecb67 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Bolt action infantry base size in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/bolt-action-infantry-base-size/#post-186032 Mon, 09 Aug 2021 09:02:48 +0100 Not that I know of. I have used 20mm bases right from the start. My opponents use 25mm bases and there is no great problem.

I have even used 20mm (1/72) figures and vehicles for a very aesthetically pleasing game.

]]> 0 9e7006f2042524475ba24263029283ae Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Looking for a Source of German Weapons in 28mm in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/looking-for-a-source-of-german-weapons-in-28mm/#post-184946 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 15:59:21 +0000 The MP40s are in the post this afternoon.

]]> 0 a46f04c3f16f08bf04b939ae3a658ca0 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Looking for a Source of German Weapons in 28mm in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/looking-for-a-source-of-german-weapons-in-28mm/#post-184934 Sun, 14 Mar 2021 18:18:55 +0000 Nigel, If all you need are 2 MP40s then I have them in my bits box.  PM me your address so I can post you one MP40 butt extended and one on a sling butt folded.

Alan

]]> 0 59681659349f15029a9d088f86133765 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Creative models in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/creative-models/#post-174571 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:07:25 +0000 Always nice to see conversions. I mix and match between various sets and also make or repurpose figures that I need for scenarios.

I needed a panzerschreck so made one.
Panzerschreck

Flamethrower
Flamethrower

Simple headgear adjustments produced a Highland command group of Major, CSM, Piper and Padre
Highlanders

]]> 0 4bd93bb1da117a3e8b3eba2b48d63951 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic German horsedrawn field wagon in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/german-horsedrawn-field-wagon/#post-178900 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:05:52 +0000 The Hf2 field wagon had a carrying capacity of 1.72 tonnes and so can easily carry a mortar and/or a machine gun team and ammo.   Historically the MG team had 2 IF2 carts drawn by one light draught horse and a mortar team would have 4 carts drawn by 2 light draught horses (2 carts in tandem to each h…[Read more]

]]> 0 e04b45c05ab9604eb57237b0632fa444 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Finish STUG in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/finish-stug/#post-178917 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:05:48 +0000 This nicely detailed article on Finnish StuGs has several notes on armament modifications but none mention a “hull mounted” MG.  The only references deal with the substitution of the roof mounted MG34 with other weapons. You maybe found it already?

http://www.andreaslarka.net/sturmi.html

]]> 0 3d6bd69634005a4f2c6704cac4964fd0 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Finish STUG in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/finish-stug/#post-178930 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:05:34 +0000 My earlier post seems to have disappeared.  This web page has a lot of detailed information on the Sturmi StuG covering types, armour, armament, vehicle numbers etc.

http://www.andreaslarka.net/sturmi.html

 

]]> 0 d05ef62c92f47d73cb620df255e56193 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic $40 for Panzerschrek in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/40-for-panzerschrek/#post-182122 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:04:18 +0000 I built this Panzerschreck  from plastic figures, wire, card and scrap plastic.  Mine are not brilliant but they look OK to me.

And a flamethrower

]]> 0 b16be911bd46a77e6af006a911d90fd6 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic $40 for Panzerschrek in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/40-for-panzerschrek/#post-182227 Thu, 11 Mar 2021 13:04:13 +0000 I converted both a Panzerscreck and a Flamethrower for my son’s Germans.  Both weapons were made from scrap plastic, paper, card and wire.  Not as hard as you might think.

]]> 0 06812afb7ca744b1b48bf4e9be9c8642 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic $40 for Panzerschrek in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/40-for-panzerschrek/#post-182229 Mon, 12 Oct 2020 12:29:38 +0100 My post with pictures seems to have disappeared.  I made a Panzerschreck and a flamethrower from scrap plastic, paper, card and wire.  Not as difficult as I thought.

see http://www.morvalearth.co.uk/Bolt%20Action/Bolt%20Action%20Infantry.htm

]]> 0 205164b258064eb4804b9404457880c5 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic German horsedrawn field wagon in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/german-horsedrawn-field-wagon/#post-178918 Mon, 08 Jun 2020 09:08:05 +0100 Yes, I should maybe have been clearer.  As IO just said the Hf2 wagon was a supply and ammunition carrier and not really for use in the front line.  The wagon issued to carry mortar or MG sections/detachments was the If8.  It is possible that in a retreat where a section’s If1 carts were destroyed or abandoned that the crew might man pack the we…[Read more]

]]> 0 e2fcb5d8c18c135d25dd8a7648f7b273 Alan Hamilton replied to the topic German horsedrawn field wagon in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/german-horsedrawn-field-wagon/#post-178901 Sun, 07 Jun 2020 18:10:45 +0100 This may be a duplicate post:

The HF2 Wagon carried 1.72 tonnes and so can easily carry a Machine gun or mortar and ammo.  That said the MG team had two Infantry carts (eg IF8) drawn in tandem by one horse and a mortar team had 4 carts with 2 horses (2 carts in tandem per horse).

I don’t have the Blitzkreig book but the older Germany Strikes…[Read more]

]]> 0 8f0f8629af1fa3b9e02e8df8e23e760c Alan Hamilton replied to the topic Flammpanzer B2(f) at Stalingrad?????? in the forum Bolt Action https://www.warlordgames.com/community/topic/flammpanzer-b2f-at-stalingrad/#post-178560 Sat, 23 May 2020 16:50:26 +0100 As you say, it looks like a typo, cut and paste error or a bid to sell models!  The only units I can find in my books that had the Fl Pz Kpfw B-2(f) were 102 sPz Abt (F) during Barbarossa (1 month), 223 sPz Kp in Crimea, 7 SS Freiwilligen Gebirgs Division Prinz Eugen in the Balkans, the 213 sPz Abt in the Channel Islands and (in 1944) the…[Read more]

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