Thursday, 9 March 2017

Bolt Action - US winter (Nick)

Wow... over a year since the last update, doesn't time fly!! Still nothing from Carl, he's always busy and painting plenty for 'Open Combat' but unfortunately it never makes it here for us all to see - just too busy!

So it would seem I haven't finished anything to show in the last year - shameful I know and I can't quite believe it myself, I really must check my collections to make sure ...lots started and even 80-90% done. just not that final push to get them done and off the pile!

Anyway onto the goodies, even these are a month later than planned but I finally finished my first Bolt Action minis.

These are painted as reinforcements for the US winter army I bought from my good friend Gary Betts at the Britcon show last year.

....a third and final .30cal mmg, as US forces are allowed to take the option of three for a single force organisation slot:





...and the recently released M2A1 105mm Howitzer from Warlord Games (as is the.30cal) for some added punch - I also really like the model and put a bit of extra work into the base to create a snow bank emplacement:







These were just meant to be a few models to fill in some gaps in the army list, but having been totally inspired by the latest campaign supplement for Battle of the Bulge it is now the beginning of a whole new 1000pts in addition to the 1250(ish) I already have from Gary!!

Hopefully on the way are an Anti-Tank Platoon, with support from some Intelligence & Reconnaissance, and even Military Police on Harleys!!
...all of which I will be using in the W&P Bolt Action Escalation League at War & Peace Games Club on Wednesday evenings.