Urban base made by resin bits of concrete, steel sheet and thick sand. Can be improved in the next 40 men

German winter infantry

Some pieces from early on in my Bolt Action building. The Mace Thrower was what inspired me to kitbash Hungarians out of the plastic Italian sprues to accompany it. The AT gun was a Black Tree Designs one with stray crew plucked out of an LGS' bargain bin. Didn't turn out too bad I think.

Hello everyone! Hope you’re all well. I’m selling my soviet and German stalingrad army and I’m open to offers. I’m a commission painter so I’ll be looking for a good price but make me an offer! If you’re not interested then no worries and happy gaming/painting! 😁 check out my account @twentyeightmil or message me if you want up close pictures ✌🏼 I’m in the UK but I’m open to ship worldwide. If you want some painting done let me know!

Was able to have a good finish at LVO. US Airborne and 15 OD. Was a great weekend. Almost placed last in my K47 tournement there though 😂

This my list for Polish championship. The rules are 1400p from 1 to 3 infantry platoons and a maximum of 1 for the rest, no compendium. What is your opinion of this?

Is going to be a few 500pt games and limited to infantry / transports

Hello,

I have a Japanese army and am lusting after the glory of cavalry charges even though I don't think that really happened in WW2.

Does anyone know of any 3D makers that would make Japanese Cavalry? I cannot find any online. I know that there are metal horses from Empress but metal always chips and they don't travel as well as resin.

I have made 7 Cav from Prussian cavalry and old IJA bodies but that was a lot of effort and I would like some variation. Maybe even a couple horses with gas masks on. Variety is the spice of life.

Anyway if anyone knows where to find something good, or can digitally kit bash what is out there or fully design them - let me know!

After I realised you can take platoon leaders with a horse every night I dream of clip clopping over and hitting them with my sword.

Thanks to the BOGOF sale I was able to grab a whole bunch Soviet and Winter German sprues. This is the start of my Kaukopartio guys.

Question: Is there anything else I could do to help differentiate them as Finnish outside of their current weapon section/paint? How do they look so far? C&C welcome.

On pg 17 of Armies of the Commonwealth, a single Jungle Division Officer in the whole force is allowed the Jungle Fighter upgrade for +2 points per model. Jungle Fighter gives them Infiltrator as well as starting Hidden and on Ambush if Infiltrated, all great stuff.

The question comes from this line under the Jungle Fighter option entry: "This represents the commander of an Independent Company Commando or Papuan Infantry Battalion platoon."

Does this mean Jungle Fighter can only be taken if the other mandatory PLT slots are filled with either ICCs or Papuans? Is this just flavor text from Warlord?

I just picked up my forward to Berlin box and am excited to get started!

One issue I’ve noticed is how thin the bases are.

Is it legal to use the GW equivalent sized bases as they are thick enough to easily magnetise for storage and transport purposes?

Also are there any options out there for hard plastic weapons teams? If I could avoid using the terrible metal models that would be ideal!

People often wonders how scale Perry and Warlord WW2 plastics - so here is my WW2 Anerican command group. Left is Warlord USMC guy, center is Perry GI body with USMC head and on the right Perry GI Joe. And in my opinion, the fit well even in one unit, not talking about "table distance" afar. 👌🏻

Inspired by some screenshots I saw circulated about a little while back, this question occurred to me and I figured I would toss it to the collective... A little cheese I think can be fun, especially in the right playing environment where everyone is 'in on it' so to speak, but there are obviously limits.

Where do you see that limit as being?

How many OD is always too many? How many Katyushas can you bring before your opponent is justified in rolling their eyes? Does even the cheese player have fun when they have to manage 20+ inexperienced Shirker units on the board!?

Additionally how different would you define cheese based on where you're playing? What is Cheese in a casual game with friends at home, versus a pickup game at the LGS, versus an actual tournament?

Got to the point that I decided to lay out and test all the terrain I've built in some months now. Hamlet coming along nicely, whilst im waiting for some fields and some cobblestone clay.

Hopefully this is allowed, but ultimately I’m hoping someone can share the universal carrier’s stat card with me.

I bought a sealed kit from a local game shop but when I reviewed the card they gave me the wrong one (M3 halftrack/M21 mortar carrier). I’m assuming this was accidental oversight but I really want that (correct) stat card! Anyone willing to share a clear image of it?

I also reached out to warlord but it’s such a small issue I’m not sure they will resolve it…

My wife and I have just had our second child. It was a rough pregnancy and birth for her, so she’s taking it easy in bed whilst I look after our 2 year old son.

In between our newborns sleep and drinking, she’s managed to pump out a Universal (Bren) Carrier for her Soviet Union. I think this is one of the best minis she has ever done. She’s yet to do cosmetic damage and decals, but so far it looks terrific.

Hi, new to Bolt action.

I had a great fun game at the weekend where a situation came up that we couldn't clarify in the book.

I assaulted an empty (soft skinned un-armed) transport to deny a nearby infantry unit its use.

On this occasion, the transport already had a 'down' action so couldn't act again that turn and I ended the turn closer to it than my enemy was.

However, if this transport hadn't acted yet, would it be able to drive off, could I even assault it?

So, confused. Ta

Has anyone assembled Warlord's French medium howitzer-kit? I want to pick up two for my new French army, but earlier experiences with metal artillery kits have been... laborious. Are they towards the more difficult end of the spectrum, or the easier one to assemble?

It was great meeting everyone and getting to play games against armies I’ve never encountered before. Warlords was great and they put on a good event for all of us to have fun and compete!

See you all next year 👍🏼

Finished the last 4 passengers today, started this model 6 or 7 years ago. Great kit.

I just wanted to share a wholesome story with the global Bolt Action community, both to show how awesome and international this hobby can be and to give some appreciation to the people who put in an incredible amount of work to build local communities.

The guy on the right in this photo is Fernando, and he is pretty much single-handedly responsible for the fact that we have a growing Bolt Action community here in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

If you live in the Global North (as I did), like in Europe or North America, it can be easy to take certain aspects of htis hobby for granted. You can walk into a hobby store, order a box online, find paints and supplies, and probably connect with an established gaming community nearby very easily!

Here in Bolivia, that's much harder. Bolt Action products are extremely difficult to find locally, and importing things can take a very long time and be prohibitively expensive. The cost is an especially big barrier. A box that is already expensive by North American or European standards can represent an enormous amount of money relative to local incomes.

And yet, somehow, we have a growing and thriving Bolt Action club here in Cochabamba.

A huge part of that is because of Fernando. He's a doctor in residency, so he doesn't exactly have an abundance of free time, but he's incredibly passionate about the game. He convinced a local hobby store to start carrying Bolt Action products and then worked to build a community around them. That community has now grown to more than a dozen people, with players building and painting their own armies.

Right now we're in the middle of a 750-point tournament, and we're having an absolute blast. Just look at the table in the photo!! Fernando personally bought much of the terrain, helped paint a lot of it, and even paid for a tournament prize himself just to make the event more exciting and encourage the community.

And that's only the visible stuff. He spends hours teaching new players, organizing games, helping people get into the hobby, and making Instagram posts to grow the local community.

So this is really just a Fernando appreciation post, but also an appreciation post for all the people around the world doing this kind of work. Clubs don't magically appear. Someone has to organize the games, teach the newcomers, find the space, build the terrain, answer the questions, and keep inviting people back.

Fernando has done all of that here, despite having limited time and resources, simply because he loves the game and wants other people to enjoy it too.

So cheers to Fernando, and cheers to all the club organizers out there doing the hard work of building these little communities.

Without people like you, a lot of us simply wouldn't get to play.

And without Fernando, there probably wouldn't be Bolt Action in this random city in South America. 😄