YouTuber Rocky’s War Room has made an excellent video series featuring him building the new plastic Panzer 38t from start to finish! Follow along as Rocky works on this highly…

Hi guys, Bryan Cook here from the Bolt Action Alliance and welcome to another step by step painting guide, this time it’s for the Australian Militia who fought in the…

Bryan Cook lends us his painting skills and knowledge to show us how to paint the Gebirgsjäger! I really enjoyed painting up this squad box of German mountain troops, so…

Top painter Paul Cubbin shows how he got on with our plastic Spartan miniatures – in his own inimitable style. Plenty of hints and tips here! This painting guide was…

Warlord’s Dave ‘Boycie’ Lawrence shows how he paints his Napoleonic British… Dave: I’m a big fan of the Napoleonic Era. My first ever wargaming army was a British Napoleonic Army…

Peter is a regular over on the Bolt Action facebook pages and has a fantastic portfolio so who better to provide essential tips on painting your troop’s heads! By Peter…

Laurens Vannijvel has set aside his Napoleonics, for now, to bring us a quick history of the “Mighty Welbike” plus a painting guide – bonus! During the Second World War,…

The War Gamer offers some new Waffen SS painting guides which you can watch right now! Learn how to paint either the plane tree autumn camo, oak leaf spring camo…

SS Camo Guide By Peter Motas Hey guys, As Warlord just released some new awesome Waffen SS plastic figures I thought I would prepare myself by painting some of the…

Take over the Pacific with your newly painted Japanese army, using this painting guide by Andy Zeck! Hey Guys! Jamie here; regular Bolt Action contributor and speed demon Andy Zeck…

Prepare your Pacific campaign as Jacob Richards shows you how to paint a USMC Buffalo! Hey Guys: Jamie here! Jacob Richards – who I am sure you have seen on…

Andy Zeck gets his paintbrush and stopwatch out to get these Marines done in double time! Hey Guys – Jamie here! I am sure many of you are already familiar…

Journey through the Gates of Antares (terrain time) – part 5! By Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Read Part 4 here. Terrain. The Kar’A…

An Antares hobby article by Wayne Clayton   It has often struck me as odd how rare it is to see a spaceship on the gamers table, and the ones…

Journey through the Gates of Antares (Concord time) – part 4! By Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. The Concord. The Concord. If you’ve…

Get your paint brushes out as Jacob Richards goes into detail – painting USMC Marines! Hey, guys! JamieT here! We really hope you have been enjoying all the hobby related…

A Journey through the Gates of Antares (or your further steps into painting) – part 3 by Jon Harrington Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Stage 3: Finishing the…

By Andy Singleton Unusually for me, (Some may say shockingly…), today I’m painting something not German (Or desert)! With the new Operation Sea Lion campaign book: Gigant due soon, I…

Pete at TWG has done some fantastic videos on each of our Antarean races, simple and effective guides allowing you to get cracking with your own painting schemes! We’ve shown…

WWPD have made a fantastic painting guide for our new Snipers In Ghillie Suits! They also reviewed this new unit too in their article which was originally posted here. View in…

Peter Motas gets his German invasion force ready with his newly painted Panzer II, and here’s how he painted it! Jamie: Hey Guys! With all the excitement for Early War…

Have your Fallschirmjager Falcons get prepared for a winter operation by learning how to paint them in a winter camo! Preparation “Sculpt” a tube scarf to emphasise the winter feeling….

Bryan Cook yet again astonishes us with his painting and drops a few words of wisdom on the new Australian Commandos. Review Bryan: G’day fellas! Warlord Games has finally released…

Danny Moss teaches us how to do some scenic bases for your USMC and get that realistic look! Step 1 – Inspiration The main idea for this project came from…

We gave Andy Singleton of the Volley Fire Painting blog a few of the new US Airborne weapon team conversion packs to play about with and here is what he…

Matt from the breslau1945 blog shows us exactly how to get those tanks just right. Introduction Matt: Hi everyone and thanks for looking at my blog. I’ve set this up…

The Maus has Returned! View in Store The mighty Maus has returned! Make sure you grab yours now! Limited availability! Peter Motas shows us how one might tackle the daunting &…

Andy Singleton of Volleyfire Painting took some time out to help us with a ‘How To’ article as he paints the eye-catching caunter scheme! Andy: In this article, I look at a…

Just before Christmas the mighty large Brood Mother arrived for the Boromites in Beyond the Gates Of Antares – Warlorder RichD had a chat with Chase Murphy fairly soon after…

Learn how Warlorder Michele Isaja converted his M7 Priest into a Priest Kangaroo! Michele: Inspired by an iconic picture like this one; and after a few days spent researching historical…

Jeremy of Fresh Coast Gaming shares his Ghar infested Month 3 of the Antares Initiative complete with a fantastic airbrush painting guide… By Jeremy Goat Flat out, I am in…

Charles Pecquet takes us through how he constructed and converted an US M16 AA Halftrack and a British Bofors into a US M15 AA Halftrack. Charles: The M15, officially the…

Keeping an eye on the Warlord forums, we often come across fantastic work just like Oscar Flamberg’s Gebirgsjägers! Oscar Flamberg: With the 2nd edition of Armies of Germany book we…

An amazing scratch build was sent to us by Jakob Lotz and we just had to share it with all of you! A bit of its short history The “Kätzchen”…

If you’ve been keeping up with Konflikt ’47 on facebook you may have seen some excellent Soviet armour rollling in and here is from the Konflikting Opinions Blog is isquishpeople (aka…

Warlord sculptor Wojtek concludes his look at how he sculpts as he finishes his Gladiator model. See how the project comes to a conclusion below. You can read the previous…

Warlord’s own in-house sculptor shows tips and techniques as his Gladiator miniature starts to take shape. Over to you, Wojtek… Welcome back to my walk through on sculpting a miniature…

Our in-house paint master Andrés Amián dropped in to the web team office to give us this little look at how he goes about converting and painting the Warlord plastic…

Welcome back! Last time I talked about the tools you’re likely to need in sculpting your own miniatures or converting existing sculpts. If you missed it you can find it…

Warlord’s resident sculptor, Wojtek, kicks off a quick series of articles on sculpting. If you’re looking for new tips or to get started on sculpting you’ll be wanting to follow this…

If you’ve been keeping up with Konflikt ’47 on facebook you may have seen some superb Soviet Heavy Infantry poping up, and here from the Konflikting Opinions Blog is isquishpeople…

Conversion-holic Jakob Lotz brings us more plastic card and resin conversions, this time for a very flavoursome Japanese self propelled gun (SPG). The Ho-To was a SPG and an ad…

If you frequent the Warlord facebook pages you may have come across the fabulous and inspiring battlefields of David and Kalissa Skibicki. We recently got in touch and they instantly…

Back in April this year RichC of the Warlord Web Team spent some time working with the fantastic chaps at Sarissa Precision to come up with a set of battlefields…

Hot on the back of our recent Soviet T-70 Light Tank release, scratch builder extraordinaire Jakob Lotz returns with an upgrade for the smaller and earlier T-26 the T-26-4… Jakob:…

Warlorder Gabrio had a play a little while back with the mighty Pershing. I huge development for the US forces toward the end of WW2 and a great tank to…

We spotted our friend Andy Singleton of Volleyfire painting having an experiment in preparation for the upcoming Konflikt ’47 and he’s kindly popped a few words together to show us…

  Does your gaming table look like, well… a flat table? Why not get creative this weekend and jazz things up with your own trees! Mel the Terrain Tutor has…

Wargames, Soldiers & Strategy (WSS) have been providing some fantastic painting tutorials over the past years (plus much, much more in the WSS wargaming magazine). With videos updated each Sunday…

With Konflikt ’47 just around the corner and post war 1946/47 articles appearing everywhere, conversion fanatic Jakob lotz has been carving up the kits again to bring an awesome little…

Are you starting a Bolt Action army? Want to know how to go about collecting and painting? The Wargamer brings you a superb and in-depth video series of Bolt Action…

Hot on the heels of our Warlord Plastic Churchill and Sherman Firefly release we spotted a post from Atelier-Robin aka Rob Shackleton with a very fine set of British along with…

Here at Warlord, we’re keen to share our passion for miniature wargaming and toy soldiers… we’re often visited by fans and community members at our HQ here in the heart…

Following on from the DAK Panzer IV Andy Singleton painted a few weeks ago (which you can check back to here) he’s now gone on to add some stowage and…

Alan Mander of Mandertory Miniatures concludes our mini series on building and painting the contents of the Pegasus Bridge battle-set… Alan: Carrying on from how we made the board, this…

Alan Mander of Mandertory Miniatures lept at the chanceto get to grips with the fabulous model and in this article describes how he built our fully modelled Pegasus Bridge gaming…

WI344, This month’s theme is TANKS! The WI chaps look at both modelling and gaming with tanks, including pitting different rule sets against each other to see which provides the…

Warlord’s own Rich Carlisle has been researching these elite fighters – and has prepared a hobby guide. So – grab a brush, check your bearings, and keep watch for enemy…

Mel, TheTerrainTutor, is on a mission – a life long wargamer with a passion for making terrain, he’s using YouTube to share his passion and to see better gaming boards! Meet Mel…

Community member and brush-wizard, Steve Palffy has recently been wowing the Warlord staff with some of his latest Bolt Action armour… One piece which particularly captured our eye was his…

If you’ve just got started with your Romans then this step-by-step guide will be perfect for you as we take a look at how we painted a single Roman Legionary…

Looking for a little help to get your Bolt Action army painted up just right? Well check out our brand new addition to our Downloadable Painting Guides, available for less than…

Rich H of the Ribble Warriors – a notorious plasticard-wizard who you may have heard from time to time on the Downorder Podcast, has produced another conversion – a Grant…

Steve from ‘Arcane Scenery and Models‘ has long been a friend of Warlord, and has recently been blogging his Napoleonic wargaming hobby adventures… This week he was kind enough to…

Chief Paint Miner at Volley Fire Painting Services, Andy Singleton is becoming something of a regular here on the Warlord Games website – with a huge range of articles sharing tips,…

Dan Hoyt from the redoverblue blog had a play with our Churchill MkVII last year with a somewhat different result: Dan: This vehicle is definitely the most unique model now…

G’day all, Bryan here from the WWPD blog. I’ve been painting a lot of vehicles for my DAK lately, so I thought I would share a few tips on how…

Just before the release of our new Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) Chevrolet trucks we sent a few out early on patrol – a set of which found it’s way into the more…

Dennis recently sent in an article to the fantastic chaps at WWPD about making his own scenic basing, making his forces unique! Some great ideas to finish off your diorama for our…

Bryan, from the blog WWPD, sent in a fantastic Free French army list the other week and along with it mentioned his work on the German Afrika Korps, particularly his…

Nicky P Gardiner recently answered the call to arms and posted in with a fantastic bit of work on the new Outcasts box set and a Ghar battlesuit conversion: Nicky:…

A Warlord favorite Dan Hoyt from Red Over Blue has come up with a fantastic way to re purpose all that pillow stuffing that you may have been using for Christmas…

Composition, framing the picture, telling a story, Warlords Richard Carlisle takes a look at some entries to this years Diorama competition and offers some inspiration along with some tips for…

With the recent release of our Winter German and Winter American Bolt Action forces, we allied with the ever-eager-to-help Andy Singleton of Volley Fire Painting Services to give the low-down on how…

Our friend Jakob Lotz has a penchant for digging out the oddities among WWII vehicles. Today is no exception as he takes us through the steps to add a German…

Ever thought of starting a Black Powder Napoleonic Russian army, or indeed any other? Peruse this fantastic guide by Laurens Vannijvel of Abrushwithbattles fame, as he takes you through the…

If you’re not as lucky as the guy below, and you don’t have access to an airbrush, don’t despair about painting German tanks with the late war camo, Andy Singleton…

Our resident paint specialist Andrés Amián takes us through his Concord army that graces the pages of the Beyond the Gates Of Antares Rulebook, and shows us just how easy it…

The Army Painter celebrate their 8th Anniversary with a fantastic PRIZE DRAW! Plus this week we also got a fantastic video guide to painting Concord Strike troopers with The Army…

Zulu! a Black Powder supplement packed with fantastic background and colour inspiration – Warlords own Daz Evans presents a step-by-step guide to painting up your British Infantry Redcoats for the Anglo-Zulu War….

Andy Singleton of Volley Fire Painting Services recently had an invite to Warlord HQ for beer & pizza but of course we didn’t want him to go away empty handed….

With our latest PDF Painting Guide for the Japanese is available to download ‘here’, super-fast painter Andrew Chesney shares his methods for getting your Japanese forces painted up and on the…

We’re adding to our list of Bolt Action Downloadable Painting Guides today with a fantastic in depth guide for the Japanese: View in Store Each of our guides covers one…

Jakob Lotz is quickly becoming a regular contributor with his fantastic conversions and he’s at it again with the SU-76P – aka. SU-26, SU-T-26 or Leningrad self-propelled gun.   Jakob:…

We recently took a look at what Tom and Don from Alba Studios were up to in their workshop in Aberdeen. Tom has kindly dropped us a line with a…

With the release of the new Sd.Kfz 251/1 ausf. D kit from Warlord Games, I made a suggestion on the Facebook pages about converting one up to an Sd.Kfz 251/21…

Introduction Napoleon needed infantry in droves. Far less glamorous than the cavalry, less respected still than the artillery, the massed battalions of infantry were in fact Napoleon’s battle-winning weapons. As…

Following his recent articles showcasing

Dan Hoyt, of the redoverblue blog has been hard at work on a factory’s worth of Bolt Action vehicles, and very kindly offered to share a few tips – firstly,…

With the release of the latest heavy weapons variants it’s about time we take a look at painting Endoskeletons: View in Store Terminator Genisys has a fantastic section on painting,…

We recently spotted modelling enthusiast Bill Ferguson (aka the Scenic Doctor) working on some fantastically detailed Sarissa buildings and asked if he’d be so kind as to share his skills…

Given the vast number of variant vehicles developed, and the amount of field modifications and unofficial up-gunnings of military vehicles throughout the Second World War, it’s simply not possible for…

Andy Singleton (of Volley Fire Painting Services fame) has been busy expanding his Volksgrenadier army, using our recently released German Grenadiers and plastic Stugs! Andy: Whilst doing a bit of digging looking…

Following on from his Zis-30 and Flakpanzer Hobbyist Jakob Lotz has been at it again with another conversion of one of the less well known vehicles of World War II….

The LEFH8B2 is a unique and interesting SPG to field. Since only 16 were ever made by the Germans, the presence of this vehicle in your army will surely make…

Following-on from last week’s article showcasing his Zis-30 conversion, hobbyist Jakob Lotz has been hard at work on his latest creation – and this week, we’re proud to present his…

An army of the Napoleonic era decked out on the tabletop is arguably the most thrilling sight to warm a wargamer’s heart, but the road to such glory is fraught…

Recently, we received an email from one of our customers, with a couple of rather nice conversions of some mobile gun platforms… we liked them so much that we asked…

A veteran of the Bolt Action community, and ban-hammer wielding admin of the Bolt Action and Bolt Action International Facebook pages, Brian Ward is an experienced painter and modeller – and…

Matthew Davies talks us through how he constructed his converted German captured Universal Carrier: The Universal Carrier was true to its name, and found itself in a ‘universal’ role, in…

Darek Wyrozebski – who has painted countless Bolt Action vehicles for our box art and webstore features sat down to take us through his method of getting the M4 Sherman…

Following her excellent tutorial on painting a US Airborne figure, Christy Beall, from the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Youtube channel, has now turned her hand to Bolt Action German Fallschirmjäger and…

We recommend you take the time to watch this great, detailed painting tutorial by Christy Beall, from the Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy Youtube channel. Full of tips and techniques, it’ll…

Get your army finished quickly and get more time for gaming! The “dipping” technique has been around for years; people experimenting with all sorts of chemicals carried home from B&Q. Quick Shade…

By Dr Phil Hendry There has been a fair amount of interest shown in ‘The Dip’, as The Army Painter’s Quickshade system is more commonly known. Reactions to ‘The Dip’…

Super-fast painter Andrew Chesney shares his methods for getting your forces painted up and on the battlefield in double-quick time: When you’re getting started on a new force, one of…

Jonas from Army Painter brings us another expert step-by-step guide Over the last 5 years hard plastic sets have become the norm in historical Wargames – spearheaded by Warlord Games and…

Warlord staff member Darren Evans was keen to try out the new Bolt Action spray paints, so we asked him to do a quick step-by-step guide. Over to Daz… Stage…

The “Hanomag” is almost done; it’s been assembled, sprayed with the new Bolt Action Colour Primers and painted using a mix of Warpaints. In this final part of the tutorial…

Last time I assembled my Hanomag using the tools and glue from the Plastic Assembly Set. In this second part of the tutorial the halftrack gets sprayed with the new…

When we saw this YouTube video about speed-painting Bolt Action plastic Soviet Infantry, we knew we had to share it with the rest of you. Check it out for some…

By  Jonas Faering of The Army Painter   Get more time for Gaming! The Army Painter’s company slogan sums up what their range of hobby products is designed for – helping gamers…

by Jonas Faering (The Army Painter) The Army Painter is all about getting your army on to the gaming table as fast as possible but without compromising the quality of…

Warlord painter Andres Amian Fernandez had produced this invaluable tutorial for how to paint early Waffen-SS camo schemes… If there is anything that can be tricky when painting miniatures, it…

By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Part 4: ‘Dipping’ After ‘dipping’ comes basing.  I do all my basing the same way, to create…

By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Part 3: Painting Now it’s the part you’ve all been waiting for –  time to apply the Army Painter Quick…

By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Preparation Once all the preparation was done it was time to get on with the painting proper.  First of all, I…

By Dr Phil Hendry Part 1: Introduction The first job was to clean off the casting vents, mould-lines, and any other ‘messy bits’.  Not a bad job on Warlord’s figures…

As part of the big English Civil Wars army Jonas painted up for Salute 2010 using all the different Colour Primers, one regiment was done up with the new Colour…

Not content with running the WAMP painting competition for us recently, Dave ‘Undave’ Jackson has also found time to paint a unit of our plastic Praetorian Guard. Even better Dave…

This painting guide shows how Chris Southern of Myrmidon Studios goes about painting our plastic Imperial Roman Legionaries. Check out Chris’ blog for more of his excellent work. He accepts…

Painting an Army: part 2 Last time we saw Jonas and Bo from Army Painter they’d built and based several large units of our plastic Imperial Romans. With their self-imposed…