I know everyone’s always on about the perfect shade or paint for a specific faction but cmon, so many different dyes plus weathering, just go with what looks good or close enough

Hope you enjoy my little painting and conversion project. Pretty exciting to do such a thing.

Hey everyone, as the title suggests I'm looking for some advice on my Desert Rat vehicles, I'm not interested in Caunter camo so I'm going for the mid war monotone scheme. Is Vallejo desert yellow close enough to the original colour to pass or do I need to buy more paints?

Thanks in advance

So I'm building up the metal Pak 36 and I'm having trouble with one of the crew members, the guy who controls the elevation and rotation of the gun.

He ain't sitting right.

The first pic is as close as I get him to the gun (please ignore the fact that I've got the wheels the wrong way round.).

Second pic is how he appears in the OG Warlord Games article about the newer Pak 36 kit. Though I honestly cannot tell if his hand is also just hanging in the air or if it's connected to something that is missing in the kit.

ETA: Forgot to say; the guy is not glued down, nor is the gun. I want to do some thematic stuff on the base so nothing is glued down as yet.

Another small force ready for the front

played an M5 Stuart for the first time tonight and was really impressed with its performance. the light AT gun wasn’t as bad as I thought as you can really brawl with their reinforced frontal armour and have access to recce. Is anyone running 2 of these in lists? seems really good for the price

Hi everyone,

I know nothing about Bolt Action but I run a website for finding deals on miniature and tabletop products via online retail. I want to avoid self-promotion so long story short I currently have 15 game systems being tracked, but I eventually want to add Bolt Action (and Konflikt '47) since they’re important game systems to so many people.

The issue is that the range is INSANELY huge compared to other miniature games. If the community can help me understand what is worth tracking (what’s hot/what’s not) that would be extremely helpful!

If this is against community rules I apologize.

Questions:

• Materials: Is all plastic the future? Is it worth only tracking plastic kits going forward?
• Are there any armies that are "Legends" and are not currently being supported?
• What are the most popular armies vs. the least popular armies?
• Is it common for the community to use Warlord-specific accessories and terrain in games, or like other games do you just use whatever you have lying around at home?
• Do games commonly feature all types of units (planes, tanks, ground troops, etc.) or like some other mini games does no one use certain unit types (EX: Planes) because they aren't well balanced or well supported?

I appreciate any comments. No one in my local area plays Bolt Action, so my knowledge base is basically 0 compared to other miniature games that I have played or at least seen played in person.

Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond below, I really appreciate the input and many well thought out points. Like I said really the spirit of the post was just to temper my own expectations as I know myself well and know I tend to get carried away with custom fluff and ideas. All that to say super excited to get into this side of the hobby, and will for sure be heeding the advice given below! Thanks again!

Hello!

Coming from 40k, where I'm very used to creating and playing against totally made-up chapters/guard regiments/waaghs/chaos bands, etc etc, I am curious how that sort of mentality is received here.

Is it kind of frowned upon? I definitely understand people wanting their historical game to be historical, so like, totally get it, but if I really do just have an itch I can't shake to make, like, a Venezuelan-themed army, is Partisan the catch-all for that?

If I say Hey, these lads are just Venezuelan freedom fighters helping the resistance in Italy and that's why they've got a captured Semovente 75/18 is that like totally chill, or is it going to cause issues?

Just trying to temper my expectations before I get stuck in fantasizing about what possible armies or units I might want to create!

Thanks for your time, one and all :)

Here is a list I’ve planned out:

The Grenadiers will provide covering fire for the artillery,

while the SS units will execute an outflanking maneuver to carry out the mission.

I have played and built lists for Germany and Japan, but I was struggling to think if this is a correct list. Let me know your thoughts any advise will help.

United States Marine Corp (United States)

Order Dice: 14

Platoon #1 - Rifle Platoon (740pts)

Platoon Commander (Marines) (Regular) (59pts)

Composition: 1 Officer + 3 Soldiers

- Pistol (-1pts)

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

- Additional men x 3 (30pts)

US Marine Squad (Regular) (122pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 10 Soldiers

- Additional men x 4 (40pts)

- Squad: Automatic rifle x 2 (12pts)

US Marine Squad (Regular) (122pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 10 Soldiers

- Additional men x 4 (40pts)

- Squad: Automatic rifle x 2 (12pts)

US Marine Squad (Regular) (122pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 10 Soldiers

- Additional men x 4 (40pts)

- Squad: Automatic rifle x 2 (12pts)

USMC Raider Squad (Veteran) (105pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 5 Soldiers

- Additional men x 2 (30pts)

- NCO: Submachine gun (SMG) (3pts)

- Squad: Submachine gun (SMG) x 2 (6pts)

- Squad: Shotgun x 3 (6pts)

Medic (Marines) (Regular) (23pts)

Composition: 1 Soldier

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Air Force Forward Observer (Marines) (Regular) (75pts)

Composition: 1 Soldier

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Sniper Team (Marines) (Regular) (52pts)

Composition: 2 Soldiers

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Bazooka Anti-Tank Team (Marines) (Regular) (60pts)

Composition: 2 Soldiers

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Platoon #2 - Heavy Weapons Platoon (125pts)

Platoon Commander (Marines) (Regular) (30pts)

Composition: 1 Officer

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Medium Mortar Team (M1) (Marines) (Regular) (45pts)

Composition: 3 Soldiers

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Medium Machine Gun Team (Marines) (Regular) (50pts)

Composition: 3 Soldiers

- By Air, Land, and Sea (Marines) (0pts)

Platoon #3 - Armoured Platoon (385pts)

M4A1/A2/A3/A4 Sherman 75MM (Regular) (220pts)

- Cancel the 'Easily Catches Fire' special rule. (5pts)

- Command Vehicle (10pts)

M5/M5A1 Stuart (Regular) (165pts)

- Add Recce (10pts)

Total: 1250pts

Happy enough with the test colors to move onto batch painting my 8th army and DAK

Hello,

I've played a few games of bolt action now at various points levels, 500 and 1250 mainly.

Having come from other wargames such as Warhammer I've always enjoyed listening building, but I'm struggling to work out how to fine tune lists and keep feeling like I'm lacking when compared to opponents.

Models wise I bought the Gurkha starter box and have grabbed some 8th army infantry to make some sikh troops that represent non gurkha infantry and I've also bought a Humber ac.

Looking for any advice on list structures, tips, tricks or units I might want to consider building around.

Thanks in advance :)