We’ve been hard at work to get our two battalions of 95th riflemen together for Waterloo Replayed: The Great Game next year. This involves something like 150 individually based riflemen, a gargantuan task for our HQ store team, so we’re going to need a little bit of help! We need you to come down to…
With the release of Black Powder 2 just around the corner, we’re sure some of you must be looking to add some ferocious Highlanders to your army. The task of painting all that tartan must seem pretty daunting, so we’ve put together a painting guide to help you get started. While traditionally associated with Scottish…
After looking over what you’ve bought in our fantastic Summer Clearance Sale, we noticed that a lot of you have picked up sprues of the excellent Macedonian Phalangites. We took a look at the campaigns of Phillip II and his military reforms last week, so this week we’re going to show you how to paint…
Inspired by last week’s in-depth guide to the history of the Portuguese Army on campaign in the Peninsula? Got one of our fantastic new plastic box sets on order, but unsure what to do when they arrive? We’ve got an easy-to-follow, step by step painting guide adapted from an article originally published in an issue…
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…
German uniforms from the Second World War are confusing at the best of times, and downright contradictory at the worst. As a bit of a primer on this, Andy Singleton sent in this little guide to try and help with the different uniforms worn by the German Fallschirmjäger during WW2. The first thing to note…
Bryan Cook lends us his painting skills and knowledge to show us how to paint the Gebirgsjäger! I really enjoyed painting up this squad box of German mountain troops, so made sure to record my process to create a painting guide for them. These models are great sculpts that are easy to paint and are…
Mitchell Basran has been spotted on the various Bolt Action Facebook pages working hard on some impressive vehicles. We asked if he could share some of his knowledge and can now bring you his “King Tiger – Painting the tank!” Mitchell: Hi 🙂 I wanted to make this heavy tank the centrepiece for my upcoming Waffen-SS…
Warlord’s Dave ‘Boycie’ Lawrence continues his painting series (see Painting British) showing how he paints his Napoleonic Portuguese: Dave: Continuing my force based on Picton’s Third Division, in the later part (1812-1813) of the Peninsular war, I can now start on the Portuguese 8th Brigade. The first regiment I will paint is the 21st Line….
Prepare your Pacific campaign as Jacob Richards shows you how to paint a USMC Buffalo! Hey Guys: Jamie here! Jacob Richards – who I am sure you have seen on our website recently sent us a Buffalo tutorial – perfect for an upcoming Bolt Action expansion! The model kit is available here. If you…
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