Salute 2024

Saturday saw the 51st “Salute”, the South London Warlords‘ annual show, at ExCel in London. Four of us rose at an unprintable hour, and were in the queue in plenty of time before the doors opened. The queue didn’t disappoint: even 30 mins before the published start time, it already snaked back and forward multiple […]

Reinforcements: 1944, Western Europe

Last time, we saw my existing Late War German Heer force – at least, that part that was painted. (Figures in the Piles-of-Shame don’t count, of course). It was mainly infantry – including the obligatory MG42 teams and mortar – and had been sufficient for a few small games of Bolt Action. The plan, though, […]

Legacy: 1944, Western Europe

A few weeks ago, Frank asked about my WWII Bolt Action figures. While a few of them had been hiding in earlier posts, I’ve not really featured them so far – basically, because I’d not painted anyone “new” recently. However, I’m currently building some figures to fill in/bulk out units, and generally give me a […]