By Kreighton Long
My Bolt Action army project of the year is a winter American army project. While my infantry will advance through the snow on foot, they are in desperate need of armor support. In order to fully commit to the theme I decided to paint the armor support in winter camouflage. The general idea was to paint it white with the green undercoat showing through where the white paint rubbed off.
By Richard Steer
I’ve jumped into the Early-War period of Flames of War, and am in the middle of building the British half of the Dunkirk two-player starter set. I recently took a look at what is in the box, and now I’m painting the infantry.
The purpose of this article is to step through my process for painting FOW infantry, in the hope that this may be of use to players who are just getting into FOW and looking to paint their first figures.
By Kreighton Long
A former student of mine recently introduced me to Battletech. We played a few games over the last year and it gradually grew on me. At first, I was content to play with the models that my friend provided for our games, but that contentment did not last.
Perhaps it was rewatching Neon Genesis Evangelion over the summer, or older influences like Gundam or Pacific Rim, but either way I felt drawn to painting my own mech force. As I have little experience with the lore, game play, or mechanics, I decided to prioritize which set I wanted to try my hand at by the rule-of-cool.
By Kreighton Long
With my Bolt Action Stalingrad German Army completed (for now), I set my sights on a display board to accompany my army. My plan was to make the most of some extra textured mats procured from Michaels for a previous project.
By Kreighton Long
This past December I was introduced by a friend to a new hobby store in Culpeper, Virginia — Brickhammer. I quickly made a trip to the store and met the owner, Kevin, and offered my services as someone who knows a bit about Bolt Action. He eagerly accepted my offer and we scheduled a demo game at the store in January. This was my first demo game and I challenged myself to do quality work for a group of potential new players.
By Kreighton Long
With my North African Italians finished it’s time to look forward to a new project. After attempting desert bases with my Italians, I had the idea to challenge myself with new-to-me basing themes for my next few projects.
The next project will take me from the sands of North Africa to the ruined cityscape of Stalingrad. If I said the German Veterans release from Warlord Games had nothing to do with this choice I would be lying. Having never attempted urban bases before, I spent some of my prep time looking for different ways of creating urban bases and came up with three options to experiment with: Green Stuff, plastic mats, and sand.
By Kreighton Long
While day dreaming about my desert terrain I had a vision, or perhaps a mirage, of an oasis on my future table. As my palm groves came together I strategically left the largest of my bases in reserve for such a project. With the first batch of my palm groves completed I felt confident in trying to put together a desert oasis. This oasis will add a splash of color to a dreary desert table as well as could double as a fun objective for the two sides to fight over.
Like my desert palm groves, the palm trees with this oasis can be removed to facilitate models moving through the terrain and to store and transport easier.
Happy painting!
By Kreighton Long
After completing my North African Italians I committed to building a set of desert terrain for them to fight in. In addition to the standard dwellings and walls I wanted to build palm groves to add some soft cover and greenery to the table. While wandering around a Michaels store I came across bags of palm trees on sale and decided the time to start the palm groves was now.
By Kreighton Long
As many a tabletop war gamer has learned, the winter holiday season is a wonderful time for terrain builders. This past winter I stocked up on the three styles of Lemax mats in stock at Michaels with the idea of using them to build European style cobblestone roads for my urban tables.
I wanted to build 6 x 12″ sections of road that will allow me to easily stack and store the road sections as well as drop them down on the table as needed. I found a pack of 20 basswood sheets measuring 6 x 12 x 1/8 inches on Amazon and added them to my cart.
By Kreighton Long
With my first Bolt Action Third Edition specific army mapped out it was time to get out the sprue cutters, glue, and paints. My first target was to test out how I wanted to build and paint my Bersaglieri infantry.
I prefer the look of the helmets rather than the XXX for the Bersaglieri, so I started with one sprue’s worth of infantry with helmets. After considering available options I decided that my infantry would start with an NCO with a rifle, and LMG team, and additional riflemen.
