Grot 6 wrote:
The Airborne showed up in a blister of 12. All in all some really good looking figures.

What do you guys use for bases? Do you just mount them on some slotta bases, wood nickel plug type, or coins?

They’re here! The Germans are upon us!

Our latest, and arguably best, plastic boxed set for our Bolt Action game is now available. This new boxed set contains a remarkable amount of options to build 30 plastic 28mm miniatures representing the German army soldier during the invasion of Poland, assault on the Low Countries, defeat of France and the inexorable push deep into the heart of the Soviet Union.



Whilst the glory often went to the armoured knights of the panzer divisions, the infantry were the spine of the Wehrmacht. Germany’s cunning use of Blitzkrieg tactics conquered Poland, swept through the Low Countries and defeated France, before turning their attention to the Soviet Union. Soviet forces were pushed all the way to Moscow as the relentless march of Hitler’s landsers swept all before them.

Well-led, superbly trained and equipped with the finest infantry weapons in the world, the German infantryman was a skilled and dangerous foe capable of thinking for themselves if needed, giving them a significant advantage over their foes. Vorwärts!

Blitzkrieg German Infantry contains:
• Enough plastic components to make 30 German infantry miniatures. Includes a host of options to allow for different weapon configurations and command models.
• Weapons included: Kar 98K rifle, MP38/MP40 sub-machine gun, Luger pistol, MG34 light machine gun, Kar 98K with attached bayonet, stick grenades, scoped Kar 98K rifle.
• Round plastic bases (25mm diameter).
• Construction leaflet.

One box contains 30 plastic foot figures which require assembly with glue. Models supplied unassembled and unpainted!

Adding more variety to your early to mid-war German army HQ choices is this command pack.



Containing 2 officers, a medic and a spotter, it is the perfect accompaniment for our new plastic Blitzkrieg Germans! These miniatures utilise our Figure Head System so each has separate heads, allowing you plenty of options.

As already mentioned, these new metal command miniatures are perfect to lead our new Blitzkrieg Germans plastic boxed set. If you’ve not seen these before, take a look at these photos of arguably our best plastics so far. These images demonstrate just a few of the many assembly options available for these classic German infantryman of World War II, equipped with knee-high jackboots, unadorned ‘coalscuttle’ helmet and a martial discipline that took them to almost complete dominance of mainland Europe.

Providing devastating fire support to our new plastic Blitzkrieg Germans, this new medium machine gun team features the MG34 – Germany’s main machine gun during early and mid-war years. Capable of laying down a bewildering amount of firepower from it’s fixed tripod, the MG34 can easily pin or chew up enemy units.



The team’s 3-man crew have separate Figure Heads, allowing you to be able to repose or swap to you own personal taste.

The MG34 would make a great addition to our new Blitzkrieg Germans box set. Here are painted shots of arguably our best plastics so far. These images demonstrate just a few of the many assembly options available for these classic German infantryman of World War II.

Released this week alongside our new plastic Blitzkrieg Germans is this new Bolt Action armoured car – the Sd.Kfz 233.



Seeing action in the Western Desert with the Deutsche Afrika Korps, on the Russian Front, in Italy, and in NW Europe, the Sd.Kfz 233 was armed with a short barreled 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 gun in an open fighting compartment. Its assault gun was intended to provide supporting fire for the more lightly-armed 8-Rad 231 and 232 armoured cars in the German Aufklarungs (reconnaissance) companies. This splendid new resin and metal model comes complete with two crewmen.

In German forces, armoured cars were intended for the traditional cavalry missions of reconnaissance and screening. There main job was to scout ahead and to the flank of advancing mechanised units assessing enemy location, strength and intention.

All the rules for this army can be found in the first supplement for Bolt Action, Armies of Germany. It covers the forces of the Third Reich be they in Italy, France, Russia, Africa or the last days of Berlin.

Details
World War II was truly a ‘world’ war, and many nations joined the fight against Germany and the Axis. This latest supplement for Bolt Action covers the armies of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Norway, Holland and Belgium that stood against the German Blitzkrieg, as well as the resistance forces that sprung up in the aftermath of occupation.

Contents
Introduction
Army Lists
Theatres

When you buy the Armies of France and the Allies from Warlord Games you also receive for free an exclusive French resistance fighter figure of the decorated Simone Segouin (also known under the nom de guerre 'Nicole Minet').


Released mid to late September 2013, orders placed with pre-order items included will be held until the release date. If you want your other products earlier please place a separate order so we can ensure you get your goodies as early as possible!

Our latest Bolt Action boxed set is an absolute belter – the German Pioniers! You can now place a pre-order for this superb set.

Based on our plastic Blitzkrieg Germans these have been transformed with a startling array of metal components as you’ll see below…

Germany’s Assault Pioniers were skilled at building all manner of fortifications, communications lines, tank traps and minefields. In addition to building useful structures, they were adept at the destruction of similar enemy positions, blowing railway lines and making roads unsafe for the enemy to travel along.

As the German quest for global superiority stalled and finally crashed down around them, the pioniers were tasked with the vital job of slowing the Allied advance, be it by booby trap, minefield, blown bridges, or taking the fight directly to the enemy.

Often overlooked in favour of the dashing panzers or elite Waffen-SS troops, the pioniers were the unsung heroes of the German military machine and you can now field them on the battlefield with these superbly equipped miniatures! Within this boxed set you’ll find flamethrowers, demolition charges, anti-tank rifle, mine detector, assault pistols, engineers packs and much more besides!

German Pioniers contains:

• Enough plastic and metal components to make 31 German Pionier miniatures. Includes a host of options to allow for different weapon configurations and command models.

• Equipment included: Flammenwerfer 35 flamethrower, Wien 41 Mine Detector, Geballte Ladung anti-tank grenade, GrB-39 grenade launcher, Goliath tracked mine, wirecutters, stick grenade bandoliers, Demolition charges, Sturmpistole, Tellermines, engineers backpacks, PPSh SMG, Kar 98K rifle, MP38/MP40 sub-machine gun, Luger pistol, MG34 light machine gun, Kar 98K with attached bayonet, stick grenades, scoped Kar 98K rifle.

• Round plastic bases (25mm diameter).

This week we have a new resin Bolt Action vehicle and one which Allied players must have been dreading – the Jagdpanzer IV L/48…

Scourge of Allied armour, the Jagdpanzer, with it’s ultra-low silhouette and potent gun, was near perfect in defensive positions ambushing the advancing Allied armour.



By late 1944, this new variant completely phased out its predecessor, the Jagdpanzer IV L70(V), armed with it’s 75mm L/48 gun. It was often modified, with many vehicles being fitted with schürzen protective side skirts or Thoma wire mesh shields and also Zimmerit anti-magnetic paste, as seen on this model.

This splendid resin kit comes complete with a German tank crewman figure.

Our Bolt Action dice bags have certainly been very popular with you and you’ve given us great feedback on which bag designs you’d like to see us make available. So, without further ado, here are two of those we’ve been asked for!



First up we have the Allied Star dice bag. As you know, the white Allied star applied to British, Canadian and American forces so this bag is bound to be a popular design.



The second dice bag to be released this wek is for the British 7th Armoured Division – the famous Desert Rats! This is a great way to make sure you don’t loose any order dice in the sand!

We have five new vehicle decal sheets for you this week! These high quality waterslide transfers are designed to go with our 1:56 scale Bolt Action vehicles.

These decals will finish your vehicles off perfectly and they are very easy to apply. Simply cut out the desired decal, leave it in a dish of lukewarm water for a few seconds and then slide it off the backing paper and into place. Using a clean paintbrush will help in the positioning of your decals as well as making sure they are free of trapped air bubbles.



This first sheet covers the British 7th Armoured Division – the legendary ‘Desert Rats’. This sheet covers both the Western Desert and the campaign from D-Day to the end of the war. We’ve added the red and white squadron markings as a strip so you can apply them to any vehicles of your choice.



American crews were keen on naming their vehicles so this mix of nicknames are just the job for the crews of armoured cars, tanks or softskins! These would be just as good for US Marine Corps vehicles as for the regular US Army.



We’ve been asked, more times than we care to mention, for Soviet slogans and insignia so we’re please to have not one but two sheets encompassing just that. This first sheets also has the Guards symbol and a variety of numbers.



This second sheets of Soviet slogans and numbers adds extra variety to your Red Army vehicles. As these slogans and numbers were applied on a local basis and often without too much care and attention you’ll find a few of them even have paint drips!



And finally, we have the British motorised battalion squadron markings. Ideal for adding to Universal Carriers, M5 halftracks, etc.

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
Infantry squads would be a bit weird if you have multiple figures to a base.

if you had individual bases then it would probably work fine. You might want to tweak ranges, but it wouldn't be too crazy. Bolt Action has individual infantry models get removed per wound, so proxying flames of war minis would be a little tricky without bookeeping

 MrMoustaffa wrote:
That might work really well then. You could scale down the ranges and play on a 3x2 table.

Would make a good "pocket" Bolt Action.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Brook, I have heard that the US and German Army lists in the rulebook are not legal? This is mostly in regards to the US list having extra guns that you can no longer take?

I've recently gotten my Assault on Normandy box, so I'm trying to work out the details on list building for the future (idk how deep down this rabbit hole I will go).

Those of you who popped over to see us at Salute will have seen the 3-ups for our plastic Imperial Japanese, as sculpted by Wojtek. We’ve been inundated with questions about releases dates and we’re happy to say the wait is almost over as we’re expecting the first test shots of the sprue in to us in the next few days!



To give you a taste of what is to come here are a few images of the 3-ups and the box cover, illustrated by the one and only Peter Dennis.



As with our recently released Blitzkrieg Germans we have simplified the way the weapons/arms are attached whilst still retaining a wide variety of options.



We’ll be bringing you the release dates and the chance to place a pre-order soon.

Since we showed off the preview of the Imperial Japanese 3-ups last week we have been swamped by pleas for release details. So, we’re pleased to be bring you all of that and also open pre-orders!



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!





Released mid to late August 2013, pre-orders will ship first. Orders placed with pre-order items included will be held until the release date. If you want your other products earlier please place a separate order so we can ensure you get your goodies as early as possible!

While you’re waiting why not pick up a copy of the Armies of Imperial Japan supplement so you can get planning your Japanese army in advance…

Now for something a bit special – Special Air Service to be precise!

We’ve had our resin Willys Jeeps converted by Warlord’s own Darek Wyrozebski to make these SAS Jeeps that raided behind the Axis lines. Cluttered with all manner of kit and the essential jerry cans full of water or fuel, these are superbly detailed representations of the vehicles SAS founder David Stirling’s lads used to such great affect in the campaign in the Western Desert.



There are two variants of the Jeep and all weaponry and crews are interchangable between the two so you can arm them to your own tastes. It also means you can field several of them and always have a unique look to each vehicle.

Jeep A sees one of the SAS crew firing a Lewis gun to the rear – no doubt seeing off the chasing Italian or German recipients of their latest raid or spraying a fuel dump of airfield as they roar through in a surprise attack! This Jeep also has a 50 Cal HMG and a Vickers K machine gun.

The Red Army receives fresh armour this week and the first of two resin tanks to be added to our Soviet range is a Kv-1 modelled on the early war 1939 pattern – just what is needed to attempt to stem the tide of the German invader or to suppress the Finns during the Winter War. The KV-1 proved a rude awakening for the German panzers during the early stages of the war on the Eastern Front as it seemed virtually immune to the German armour’s guns!



At the onset of the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Red Army had around 500 KV-1 heavy tanks built. Outclassing every other tank in operational service – including the world’s only other heavy tank, the French Char B1 bis, it came as something of a rude awakening for the rampant German panzer divisions. As a result some of the battles against numerically superior Axis forces became almost legendary.

The KV-1 had serious advantages over its counterparts in the German armoured formations. Foremost amongst these was its armour being impenetrable by any tank-mounted weapon at the time unless fired at point-blank range. It had good firepower with a 76.2mm main gun in addition to hull and turret mounted machine guns. Another plus point was its good traction on soft ground – not always the case with heavy tanks.
However, these advantages were offset by difficult steering, poor visibility from inside the tank, a less than reliable transmission (that often need a little help by taking a large hammer to it!) and the lack of a turret basket which would have had serious affects on the reloading times. Arguably its biggest disadvantage was its sheer weight. Its massive, for early war, 45 tons impacted directly in its manoeuvrability as it struggled to cross structures such as bridges that more conventionally sized armour could navigate.
The KV-series tanks were a fearsome and formidable weapon through most of the Second World War.

The rules for the KV-1 can be found in the Bolt Action supplement – Armies of the Soviet Union which is available to order in our webstore!

Another variant of the KV-1 is released this week, alongside the new KV-1 (1939 pattern) – the KV-8 flamethrower tank. Now you can offer a degree of warmth to those poor freezing Germans currently occupying swathes the Motherland!



The KV-8 flamethrower concept came about in 1942 – effectively a KV-1 fitted with the ATO-41 flame-thrower in the turret, beside a machine gun and increased front armour on it’s hull. The 76mm gun was replaced with a smaller 45mm gun disguised to look like the standard armament by fitting a larger tube around it – clever Russkis!

The KV-8 had the flame projector mounted in the turret, allowing for 360 degree arc of fire – coupled with its disguised main gun, it would be a nasty surprise for Fritz!

This resin and metal model comes with turret-mounted DT machine gun for close support and anti-aircraft capability.

The rules for the KV-8 flamethrower tank can be found in the Bolt Action supplement – Armies of the Soviet Union which is available to order in our webstore!

The Bolt Action Armoury receives fresh supplies this week with three new German packs!

We’ve been asked by many of you to make Panzerfausts and STG44 assault rifles available separately as you want to be able to add more of them to your Bolt Action squads. We live but to serve, effendi…

We’ve produced these in metal as nobody wants brittle, warped resin weapons, do they?



Pack contains 10 metal panzerfaust anti-tank launchers. Ideal for added more anti-armour capability to your squads, placing on vehicles or leaning on terrain for that extra level of detail! Of course, these were also fielded by Italian and Soviet forces so players of those nations will doubtless find a use for them too.



Pack contains 10 metal Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifles. One of the key weapons for late war Bolt Action armies, these are bound to be a favourite! Also good for adding to vehicles, and terrain for extra flavour.



We know there are a lot of you out there (and inside Warlord Games!) that like the Weird War side of WWII gaming so when we produced this gas mask head for our German Pioniers boxed set we knew you’d request it as a separate pack – so here it is!

Pack contains 10 Figure Heads wearing the classic German stahlhelm and the sinister-looking gas mask!