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 Alpharius wrote:
They're not planning on that one being a big seller, are they?
I doubt it, but there are always the players who want everything faction appropriate. Same could be said of some of the patches and dice / counter sets from Flames of War, as linked by judgedoug. I wouldn't be seen with them myself, but they're there for the players who want them.



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I've been looking forward to pics about those plastic marines for literally DAYS when they mentioned them. I've been waiting for plastic marines and got super excited.

Okay maybe it's not a big deal to wait for a few days but still.
   
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Foundry did a nice Home Guard range that was a homage to Dad's Army. I wonder if they paid any licensing fees to use certain well known likenesses?

I've dreamed of doing a silly beer and pretzels 28mm Dad's Army scenario involving our heroes, some determined German Fallschirmjagers, and Winston Churchill. Maybe it is time to finally make that dream come true.


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There will be rules for the upcoming Dad's Army range, this Warlord has already promised.



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BrookM, is that your flowery commentary above or official stuff? Because that is a mediocre mid-90's quality 28mm sculpt that looks almost nothing like the picture. The facial expression looks like it resembles Mister Bill more than the picture and the hat seems off.. and most obviously she's wearing shorts in the pic not a skirt. I like their other sculpts posted but that one made me cringe almost as much as the miniature's face is.




This. the skirt is a utterly baffling.

Looking forward to the Dad's army models though.

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 BrookM wrote:
There will be rules for the upcoming Dad's Army range, this Warlord has already promised.

I will heavily modify any rules. My idea involves all of the players competing to be the first one to warn Churchill but they need each other to have any chance of success so play is both cooperative and ultimately competitive.

I should acquire and paint the minis that I need while waiting on Warlord's Home Guard figures.




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 judgedoug wrote:
So @Manchu with the US Marines coming, I'm assuming you want me to buy some Japanese to fight?
I'm down for buying both! My first foray into the world of historicals ...
 judgedoug wrote:
I'll try to get the starter set ready for a game for next Saturday....
Yes please!

   
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 BrookM wrote:
In other news this week:

Preview: USMC plastics 3-ups

With our plastic Japanese about to storm ashore any day, you’ll need something to stem the tide of the Emperor’s loyal soldiers.



Hirohito’s boys won’t have it all their own way for long – the Marines are coming, and in plastic!



As you can see the 3-ups are some of Wojtek’s best work to date and include an absolute stack of goodies (many of which we’re keeping up our sleeves for a later update).



Keep your eyes peeled for more about these superb-looking plastics in the future…


About time Uncle Sam's Misguided Children get some representation on the table top...gives me a reason to play now. Hopefully we'll see an army boxed set for them. And I've already thought of the special character you can make for the new plastics....



For those that have been living under a rock and don't know who that is, it's John "The Duke" Wayne as Sgt. John M. Stryker from the movie "The Sands of Iwo Jima".

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I know this isn't really Bolt Action news but apparently the Perry plastic DAK are going to be released sometime in September. I've not got any proof of this myself but apparently this months Wargames Illustrated contains the relevant info.

I really hope this is true as I've been waiting impatiently for these since they were first announced and it'll mean I can finally start working on a pair of armies for North Africa. I'm slowly working my way through the war with two armies from each major era of the European theatre with Germany being represented in every era. For late war I've got some Soviets, I'm planning to do the US for Africa/Sicily, and I've got some Poles for the start of the Blitzkrieg years, I may also do some BEF, French or Belgians for 1940 and possibly something for the Pacific but I'm still undecided on both.

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It is Bolt Action news in a way, as Warlord also sells the Perry plastics.

I'm looking forward to plastic DAK myself, it would be the best excuse to finally start work on a Northern Africa themed demo set.



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What's the difference between the new marines and the old ones? Are they just knew sculpts or from different eras?

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The old models were mono-pose metals with heads you could swap. The new models are multi-part plastics.



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 BrookM wrote:
The old models were mono-pose metals with heads you could swap. The new models are multi-part plastics.


Obviously with the new plastics, you roll better, you grow a killer beard, and get the sexy teimz more often, or why else would man strive for plastic models?

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 BrookM wrote:
The old models were mono-pose metals with heads you could swap. The new models are multi-part plastics.


Obviously with the new plastics, you roll better, you grow a killer beard, and get the sexy teimz more often, or why else would man strive for plastic models?
To shut up the whining of the lesser menfolk who think metals are bad?



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 BrookM wrote:
 Alfndrate wrote:
 BrookM wrote:
The old models were mono-pose metals with heads you could swap. The new models are multi-part plastics.


Obviously with the new plastics, you roll better, you grow a killer beard, and get the sexy teimz more often, or why else would man strive for plastic models?
To shut up the whining of the lesser menfolk who think metals are bad?


*shrugs* with my sausage fingers, I'd rather have metal models I only have to glue a head on .

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 BrookM wrote:

We first announced this at our Warlord Games Day event last weekend and are now delighted to be able to tell you all that we have the licence to produce 28mm wargames miniatures of the classic TV series, Dad’s Army!



This will be a boxed set of all the major characters who will be in the Home Guard uniforms as well as in their civilian attire. Walmington-on-Sea’s finest will be immortalised in metal…



Sculptor Paul Hicks (stupid boy…) is currently sculpting the characters and as soon as we have them approved by those nice people at the telly company we’ll show them off on the Warlord Games newsletter..
All I can say is feth yes! Not sure what their gaming purposes will be, but I love that show a lot!



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 BrookM wrote:
The old models were mono-pose metals with heads you could swap. The new models are multi-part plastics.

Thanks. How long does it normally take between a preview and release for Warlord games.

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varies, but the plastic Japanese which are currently up for preorder were first previewed back in April at Salute if I remember correctly.

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Could be worse, the plastic Americans took a year from first preview to sale.



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Day late, many apologies, I was at the store all day yesterday.

New: Bolt Action Calliope multiple rocket launcher

Armies of the United States receive a boost this week with the outrageous-looking Calliope multiple rocket launcher!



The Rocket Launcher T34 was a tank-mounted multiple rocket launcher fielded by the US Army during the Second World War. The launcher was fitted to the turret of an M4 Sherman medium tank, firing a barrage of M8 rockets from sixty launch tubes.



Developed in 1943, the Rocket Launcher T34 became more commonly known as a Calliope, taking it’s name from the steam organ musical instrument which also had long tubular pipes. Only relatively small numbers of the Calliope were manufactured, being fielded by a variety of US armour units during 1944 and 1945.

Check out this short video of the T34 Calliope being loaded and fired. The psychological effect on the enemy must have been massive – just as it was for Allied soldiers on the receiving end of the German Nebelwerfers…




Please note the pack contains 1 resin and metal rocket launcher – the tank is not included! The Calliope perfects fits all of our US Sherman variants (apart from the sandbagged version) so you can add it to an existing tank of pick up a new one to go with it.


New: Bolt Action British Airborne revamped

We recently revamped our Bolt Action US Airborne range to better fit with the Armies of the United States army lists. This week it’s the turn of His Majesty’s paratroops and glider troops – the Red Devils!

Red Devils contains 20 metal miniatures:

HQ: 1 officer and 2 paratroopers.

• 10-man section: NCO and 3 men with Sten guns, 4 men with rifles, 2-man Bren gun LMG team.

• 2-man 2-inch light mortar team.

• 2-man PIAT team.

• Vickers medium machine gun team.

• Full-colour waterslide decal sheet.



Many of the support packs have also been reorganised, with some receiving new models to boot! All of this will make it easier and more logical to build an army of British Airborne for Bolt Action.



We also have a handy paint set for you – saves you trawled through books and internet sites trying to figure out what you need to paint which colour.

Khaki Grey (Vallejo 880): Denison Smock basecoat
Dark Green (Vallejo 893): Denison Smock camouflage, helmet and neckscarf
German Camo Medium Brown (Vallejo 826): Denison Smock camouflage
English Uniform Brown (Vallejo 921): Trousers and canteen
Russian Uniform Green (Vallejo 924): Helmet camo strips, PIAT, mortars, guns, Respirator Bag
Citadel Colour Scab Red: Beret
Khaki (Vallejo 988): Helmet camo strips, gaiters, webbing and backpack
Iraqui Sand (Vallejo 821): Rope


Bolt Action demo game by Beasts of War

A little while ago Warlord Games’ own Alessio Cavatore and Andrew Chesney spent a few days down South with the chaps from Beasts of War talking all things Bolt Action.

While they were there they were invited to run through a demonstration game of Bolt Action using the Assault on Normandy box set to showcase how the rules work and to give everyone a comprehensive demonstration of how the game actually plays.

Here are the two videos shot courtesy of Beasts of War, if you are interested in Bolt Action (why wouldn’t you be!) you need to check them out as it gives a full blow-by-blow account as the lads play the game.





Also, a pile of construction diagrams have gone on-line and can be found here: http://www.warlordgames.com/38326/bolt-action-construction-diagrams-2/



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No apology needed, it's good to see that someone is willing to take the time to post the contents of the weekly newsletter.

Not much news this week though but after the past couple of weeks I think Warlord can be forgiven for that, especially since they've finally got around to doing the Calliope which is really one of the few things that would get me to do the Yanks in Europe.

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Have we seen the previews for the Pegasus Bridge (I don't think we have)?

If not, here we go!



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While certainly a neat terrain piece, it is sadly only useful for two or three scenarios really. But still really neat!



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 BrookM wrote:
While certainly a neat terrain piece, it is sadly only useful for two or three scenarios really. But still really neat!


If you treat it like a historical game it's only useful for a few scenarios . If you treat it like a game that takes place in the WW2 era, I would find uses for that terrain piece

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"Here's a work-in-progress preview of a forthcoming Bolt Action tank - the Panzer III Ausf J..."


Really happy that they're doing the Mk. III, been itching to get one or two for some time now, but alas, just a bit too late for a timely Kursk scenario.



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 BrookM wrote:
While certainly a neat terrain piece, it is sadly only useful for two or three scenarios really. But still really neat!


It looks really good to me - especially for Weird War II stuff!

Any links on where to purchase all that?
   
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Don't know just yet, it was previewed at their open day, though I'm sure it will go on-line at their store sooner or later.



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I thought some of that terrain was already existing/available for sale...

It looks really nice...
   
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Lot's of new Japanese stuff this week, so, as they say when they charge into battle: Bonsai!

New: Bolt Action Imperial Japanese infantry plastic boxed set

The wait is finally over as our plastic Bolt Action Japanese infantry are released today!



Thought of as invincible by the Allied forces in the early stages of World War II, the Japanese soldier was a brave, disciplined, often fanatical, warrior who fought to the death – sometimes against overwhelming odds. Conquering all before them and carving out a vast Empire during the opening stages of the war the Imperial Japanese Army were truly a force to be reckoned with.



These fantastic multi-pose figures are have a huge array of components gives you endless possibilities for assembling your models – so no two models ever need to look alike.

This plastic box set contains enough parts to make 30 plastic Japanese infantry armed with:

Arisaka rifle
Light ‘knee’ mortar
Hand grenades
Type 99 Light machine gun (and bayonet!)
Type 14 Nambu pistol
Flag pole
NCO’s Shin Gunto sword
Anti-tank lunge mine
Arisaka rifle with bayonet
Type 100 sub-machine gun
Plus lots of accessories including a bugle and full-colour devotional banner and flag sheet!





New: Banzai! Imperial Japanese Army starter army boxed set

Kickstart your Japanese force with this starter army boxed set, packed with everything you need to claim the Pacific in the name of the Japanese Empire. You’ll not only get your hands on these superb new miniatures but save yourselves a fistful of Yen into the bargain!



The set contains 48 of the feared, often fanatical, Japanese infantry – our brand new multi-pose plastic models – reinforced with mortar and machine gun teams as well as a Type 97 Chi-Ha medium tank.

The contents of the boxed were based on the following Bolt Action 1,000 point Imperial Japanese army list:

• Rikugun Chui (First Lieutenant) and two soldiers – Regular* 95 pts
• IJA Infantry Squad – Regular (10 men with SMG and LMG)* 123 pts
• IJA Infantry Squad – Regular (10 men with SMG and LMG)* 123 pts
• IJA Infantry Squad – Regular (10 men with SMG and LMG)* 123 pts
• IJA Grenadier squad – Regular (14 men with SMG and 3 light mortars)* 218 pts
• Suicide anti-tank team – Regular (one man with lunge mine)* 20 pts
• Suicide anti-tank team – Regular (one man with lunge mine)* 20 pts
• Medium Machine Gun team – Regular 50 pts
• Medium Mortar team – Regular 65 pts
• Veteran Chi-Ha medium tank 162 pts Total: 999 pts

* Made from the components of the plastic sprues included



Combine the Japanese starter army with Armies of Imperial Japan Bolt Action supplement for everything you need to get started with the fearsome warriors of the far east!


New: Bolt Action Japanese Type 3 Ho-Ni III tank destroyer

The Imperial Japanese army gains much-needed anti-tank capabilities in the shape of the Type 3 Ho-Ni III tank destroyer – just the thing to eliminate enemy armour.



Improving on previous tank destroyers such as the Type 1 Ho-Ni I and Type 2 Ho-I, the Type 3 Ho-Ni III was based on the hull design of the ubiquitous Type 97 Chi-Ha tank. It had a fully enclosed, fixed armoured fighting compartment to protect the crew in close combat situations, and a potent 75 mm Type 90 field gun as its main armament.

The splendid new resin and metal model comes complete with 2 crew.





All the rules for the Type 3 Ho-Ni III tank destroyer can be found in the Armies of Imperial Japan Bolt Action supplement.


Soviet Komsomolets back in action!

Back in stock and in better shape, the T-30 Komsomolets artillery tractor now has separate track sections – we’re completely remastered them giving a far better end result for you.



The Komsomolets was used by the Soviets to tow anything with wheels but most commonly the 45mm anti-tank gun and the 120mm heavy mortar.

The T-30 Komsomolets was fully armoured and was armed with a ball-mounted DT machine gun. The tractor could tow the weapons themselves plus a small quantity of ammunition, usually towed in a limber, along with up to six crewmen, who rode high on either side of the tractor. Occasionally, two limbers were towed to increase the ammunition load.



New: Bolt Action Colour Primer Sprays!

We are excited to be announcing our new range of Bolt Action spray paints – the first three of which are now available!

These large 400ml spray cans are unlike other colour sprays on the market – they are extremely are hard-wearing and require no undercoat. This will save you time and cash, giving you more time for gaming and more money for new miniatures!

They have been produced alongside our good friends at Kvasir Innovations and give you a head start when painting up your miniatures with authentic, accurate colour schemes.

The first three colour primer sprays, released today, are:

German Field Grey
The base colour for the uniforms of the forces of the German Wehrmacht, be it during the Blitzkrieg years or as the brave German soldats tried to hold back the Allied tide sweeping towards the Third Reich on all fronts!



British Uniform Brown
Unsurprisingly, this is the perfect colour for your British infantry uniforms! Also a great basecoat for British Airborne troops. We fully expect scenery builders to realise this is a superb colour for terrain too!



German Dunkelgelb
This Dark Yellow was introduced from october 1942 as the base colour for German armour. No matter how you intend to paint your Panzers, softskins, etc. this gives you a great, uniform finish in double-quick time.



These are just the beginning – plenty more great quality Bolt Action Colour Primer Sprays on the way…

PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO THE NATURE OF PRESSURISED SPRAY CANS WE CAN ONLY SELL THIS TO UK CUSTOMERS VIA OUR WEBSTORE.



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So how are Americans supposed to order those sprays? Surely they would have some in the American Warehouses so we can order them?

Because those 3 sprays would save me a ridiculous amount of time on painting my flames of war and Bolt Action armies.

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