Bolt Action AAR

I managed to play the first game of Bolt Action last nigh against my mate Craig.

 It was a 500pt game using my British Home Guard & German Fallschirmjäger on a 4 x 4 table round at Big Jim's.

We rolled for scenario & got Hold & Till Relieved, with the Germans attacking.

We only managed to get 4 turns in though, but here's a Bat rep

This was the initial set up

View from the British side

 View from the German side

The Home Guard drew the first couple of dice & occupied the church (the Objective) much to the Vicar & Vergers dismay, with the Fallschirmjäger Bike combi moving round on the flank & the PAK 36 going on ambush.

More of the British advanced onto the board, some on the flank to attack the Bike the rest in the cover of the building.

The Fallschirmjäger started their main advance on the Church, the Assault Engineers on one Flank & A section on the other.

The Home Guard section in the Church fired at the Assault Engineers & managed to shoot the Flamethrower!! & the other section got toasted by the Harvey Flamethrower.

While the bike & squad near the trees were at a stand off, with the Home Guard section rallying themselves & becoming regular.

The rest of the Home Guard appeared on the table & the Artillery Observer called in the

co-ordinates for the big guns & the Germans renewed there attack on the church, this time Succeeding in destroying the defenders & taking the church.

The Lieutenant & his command group assaulted the bike destroying it.

The 1st artillery barrage turned up putting pins on three sections.

The Smith Gun then took out the pak 36 with a well aimed shot.

Then there was trouble, as the artillery barrage was wildly miscalculated & landed in the right next to the advancing Home Guard giving four units pins!!!

The observer seems to have given his own co-ordinates by mistake!!

The British tried to advance on the Church, but to no avail with only the Command section & Beverette managing to pass an Order test!

We had now run out of time & the Germans declared the winners.

Overall it was a great fun game that we both enjoyed & are ready for another go.

Sorry about the poor quality of the pics as they were taken on mobiles.

Cheers, Keith

Eccentric British Officer

Whilst doing my Home Guard Bits I've been messing about with a Warlord BA plastic figure.

I slightly repositioned the body & used a metal head wearing Tam O' Shanter hat.

I armed him with an old Basket hilt sword that I had in the Bits Box & another of the fantastic shotguns from James.

I've left the webbing ammo pouches, so that he can carry more cartrides & the etrenchig tool as you can never a have too many close combat weapons!

Anyway here's the piccies.

I've supposedly painted him as the 52nd Lowland Infantry Div.

Don't what Im going to do with him now though,

as I already have enough officers for my SAS & I'm not going to do another British Army.

Shotgun armed officer

I'v finished painting the Officer with the shotgun.

I've gone for a more WW1 colour uniform on him.

The jacket is Vallejo Panzer Aces Russian Uniform as its a greener Khaki than British Uniform & the Trousers are Vallejo Khaki Grey

 Eventually I will do another couple of figures to go with him,

But next it's on to the TANKS.

50 followers!!!!

Well I'm shocked, this blog now has 50 followers!!!!
I never expected to get more than 5 ;-)

Thankyou everyone for your support
Cheers

Keith

Home Guard with shotguns

 

Here's the finished guardsmen with shotguns & a couple of extra figures, squad leader (forgot to paint the stripes though!!!!!) a molotov armed figure & a couple of BAR's

 

Shotgun armed troops at the front

 

 

Here's the next figure thet I've converted, an officer with an over and under shotgun that i've cut up to make it broken,

I also cut the arm off at the shoulder & removed the hand adding a plastic warlord hand