Oi… Churchill!
January 26, 2011 by dracs
Warlord Games have just released a sneak peak of their up-coming new resin tank, for the British World War 2 forces.
These are only work in progress pics of the model and even though I've never been a massive tank fan, I think these shots are definitely looking promising.
The Churchill was considered to be something of a rush job, forced into production to combat an imminent German invasion that turned out to be much less imminent than the Allies thought. This vehicle was renowned for breaking down and was cursed with a piddly 2lb gun and under-performing engine. When compared to the massive tank-buster that was the German Tiger, the plucky Churchill seems out-gunned and in trouble!
Despite this, the Churchill is an solid piece of armour, to form a vanguard for your British Infantry. Whether it be pulling "moving terrain duty" by blocking small-arms fire, bulldozing barbed wire, or simply "tank shocking" a gun emplacement... this vehicle is a cost-effective (well... this depends on the game your playing... I'm thinking SoT3R) means of troop support and light armour busting.
Despite the faults of the real-life vehicle, the model is shaping up to be a great looking addition to the Bolt Action range. If the caster manages to keep that really crisp level of detail, then it would seem that Warlord's reputation for making some of the best, historically accurate 28mm miniatures is assured for another season.
I have been planning to get a British force started for Secrets of the Third Reich and I'm hoping the lads here at BoW, get one of these tanks in, to open on camera. If so, I'm planning to make it the centrepiece to a determined British force, to field against Andy's sinister Nazis.
Tally-ho chaps!
BoW Sam
Considering Bolt Action seems to concentrate on Normandy I would say that is more likely a MK VII which had a 75mm gun, and a lot more armour (More than a Tiger 1 IIRC.), it was also wider than the earlier marks. The round doors and cast turret certainly give it away as a later mark, plus the size of the barrel is greater than that of a 2pdr. The biggest drawback to the Churchill was while all these improvements to armour and armament happened nothing really happened to the engines, keeping the tank slow, which suited the designation ‘Infantry… Read more »
A fantastic vehicle at climbing hills, it proved itself in Europe and Korea. They are slow as Kwi stated above but a very good vehicle!
As for the model, the Bolt Action range has come on leaps and bounds since Warlord started working on it. Model quality is great and i am looking forward to adding this to my collection.
Now: if they would revise their Sherman model id have that too, the track looks awful on it.
That model really is looking nice…well as nice as a Churchill can look.
really love the models but is it as good as flames of war
Operation Squad is Warlords WW2 ruleset and being a skirmish game it is different from Flames of War, I am currently thinking of using the SoTR ruleset without the weird, though there are others out there, Disposable Heroes and Coffin for Seven Brothers, Rules of Engagement and the classic Rapid Fire. All are pretty good sets that give a good feel of ‘Point of contact’ wargaming.
Ah Yes ;-D had to be said