With our D-Day Campaign just around the corner, we’re taking a look at this fantastic army of US Engineers from contributor Rob Cook! US Engineers in Normandy One of the joys of this hobby is the chance to revisit old projects with a renewed skill set. The first army I finished painting for Bolt Action…
We’re always excited to see your miniatures – this week, we’re heading to the Philippines with Robin Dao’s Battling Bastards of Bataan! The War in the Philippines In the Philippines, two Japanese divisions – the 16th and the 48th under General Homma Masaharu –landed on the island of Luzon on 22 December. US General Douglas…
This week, we’re returning to the North African deserts, climbing into the high passes of the Atlas Mountains to witness the US Army’s baptism of fire at Kasserine. Following the success of the American, British and Free French landings in Morocco and Algeria as part of Operation Torch, the Allied armies concentrated their forces and…
Following their first faltering steps on entering the Second World War, the US Army quickly developed into a relentless fighting machine that steadily swept all before them. View in Store One of the best-equipped armies in the world at the time, the Americans took on, and beat, their German, Italian and Japanese adversaries. This boxed set…
Operation Overlord or D-Day is often regarded as one of history’s greatest military undertakings, involving a mind-blowing expenditure of manpower and machinery in a heroic effort to smash through the Atlantic Wall and give the Allies another foothold in western Europe. American, British and Canadian forces attacked five beaches along a 50 mile stretch of…
How I assembled & painted the new 28mm US Army Infantry (American GIs), by Sascha Herm Sascha: Hi everyone, after concentrating on a winter army for the last few months, I felt it was time for a change. So how pleased was I, when I received some of the new US Army Infantry from Warlord Games….
Laydown Fire and Brimstone upon your enemies with the new Resin & Plastic Sherman Crocodile for Bolt Action late war American forces. View in Store Inspired by the powerful British Churchill Crocodile and their own experiences in the Pacific with other versions of flamethrower tanks the US army ordered some 100 Sherman Crocodile variants from…
Out today to lend a little firepower to your invasion fleet are the LCVP Machine Gun Crew, plus single landing craft and even a flotilla! US LCVP Machine Gun Crew (x3 pairs) The .30cal was the mainstay MMG of the war and these fantastic new sculpts from the Warlord Studio wonderfully add an extra bit…
Recreate the brutal close quarter warfare with the Battle For The Hedgerows set! View in Store Ferocious and tenacious fighters, both the Allied and Axis forces fought tooth and nail to gain even a yard of ground within the dense undergrowth of the unforgiving Bocage country. Deploying a variety of tactics and holding nothing back,…
This is the ultimate Battle for Normandy collection, it is absolutely jam-packed and entirely dedicated to re-enacting the Normandy landings on your Bolt Action battlefield! 182 Infantry 14 weapon teams 3 vehicles plus defences to storm on your D-Day battlefield… View in Store The Allies have launched their combined assault onto the dug-in Axis forces….
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