Jacob: Hey, guys! Today I have the pleasure of walking you through my method of painting a United States Marine as he fights his way through the hostile environment of Iwo Jima. I’m diverting from a “clean” style of painting and am focusing both on making my troops look gritty but also practical for the…
By Peter Motas Wet palette First off – I´ve used a wet palette. If you don´t know what that is I really recommend you to search for it on Google and YouTube. There are tons of instructions on how to make your own wet palette. I feel it is essential in order to get the…
Andy Singleton of the Volley Fire Painting blog guides us on how he constructed US Airborne teams using primarily the plastic kit. This provides a fantastic demonstration of the versatility of our plastic Bolt Action infantry sprues; you can extrapolate the tips and tricks and apply them to any of our Bolt Action plastic infantry,…
Whitewash camo was a tactic employed by the Germans and Soviets on the Eastern Front, as well as the German and American forces on the Western Front – so Andy’s tutorial focuses on the rather splendid Tiger, although it’s a technique which can be applied to the vehicles of any nation! Andy: ‘This is my…
Despite a spirited defence from the opening hours of the Normandy invasion in June 1944, Hitler’s forces in northern France were comprehensively defeated and forced to retreat westward. Although their position was strengthened considerably following Operation Dragoon – the landing in southern France in August 1944 – the Allies were faced with considerable logistical problems as they…
This Axis ally of Germany on the Eastern Front had an interesting mix of contemporary equipment and dress as well as throwbacks to the old Austro-Hungarian Empire. Before applying any paint, it’s a good idea to add any materials you are using to texture your bases. This saves time later as the spray primer will…
This Bolt Action campaign book focusses on the conflict in the area most commonly referred to as the Western Desert – a campaign theatre reaching from the Libyan city of Tripoli to Cairo, and the Egyptian Nile valley, a distance of some 1300 miles, a featuring some of the most hostile terrains on Earth. When…
Though, as wargamers, we are fully able to replicate famous battles of history using nothing but a tabletop and our fertile imaginations, nothing compares to rolling dice on a fully kitted out battlefield – replete with vegetation, obstacles and buildings. These hard plastic terrain kits are a great and easy route to populating a battlefield…
Campaign books for Bolt Action allow us a deeper look at particular theatres of War Whilst there is historical detail within the narrative, these volumes are not history books – they are first and foremost impressive wargaming supplements. Whilst historical details are provided for context, these books are designed to provide players with a healthy…
Here at Warlord games, we absolutely love seeing what people have on their hobby desks. One huge enabler of that has been Pete from the YouTube channel Pete the Wargamer. Pete has a fantastic yet simple paint style and methodology that straddles the line we all balance on, between awesome on the tabletop, but fast…
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