German lmg team and nco

Another addition to my very slowly growing collection of WW2 Germans. This is a lmg team and a nco, figures are by Warlord Games. Originally, these were sculpted to look like cavalry, but the only thing I needed to do was remove the spurs on their boots and they pass for regular infantry or panzerContinue reading “German lmg team and nco”

Game markers

These are some markers for WW2 gaming. Casualty figures are from Great Escape Games, pin markers were made from Warlord Games’ old markers for Bolt Action with some extra bits, mounted on bases from Warbases. Lastly, fire/smoke markers, mainly for marking knocked out tanks or destroyed buildings. All work for both Bolt Action and ChainContinue reading “Game markers”

Basing Red Army tank riders

The old Warlord Games tank rider figures are pretty cool. However, anyone who has tried using them in a game will probably agree that they are not very practical, especially the ones standing up. They just fall over and off the tank all the time. And the whole idea is that they will ride onContinue reading “Basing Red Army tank riders”

Back to Bolt Action

Tonight a game of Bolt Action was played between a panzer platoon with panzer grenadier support and a red army tank platoon with tankodesantniki, set ca 1943. The fight was over three objectives spread out evenly across a wide but quite narrow field of battle. Bolt Action makes for a quick and simple game andContinue reading “Back to Bolt Action”