Bolt Action: Western Desert Boot Camp Live Blog – Friday
Come and join us for the Bolt Action Desert War Boot Camp being run alongside the awesome folks at Warlord Games.
Today we're going to be meeting all of the folks coming along to the Boot Camp, cracking out their armies, and getting ready to build (and maybe even paint) their armies for a weekend of wargaming.
Win Prizes
We have some great goodies to give away over the weekend. Each day you'll be able to snap up an El Alamein Starter Set + A Panzer III & M3 Stuart.
All you have to do is comment on the Live Blog AND on the individual posts to be in with a chance of winning.
Thanks To Our Sponsors
Warlord Games - 4Ground - GameMat.Eu - Army Painter
As well as that we've got Oriskany here with us in the studio letting us know how the weekend is going to unfold alongside some regular games.
Comment away and follow along!
Desert Storm-ing It At Our Boot Camp Weekend!
The tables at boot camp look amazing this year! Looks like all that hard work has paid off. Forget sunny beaches, we like our sand mixed with kerosene!
It's Feeding Time! Fuel For The Team
We go behind the scenes and scope out the team’s eating habits!
As you can see, we’ve got the fuel to keep us going for the weekend!
Attendees in Action! Getting The Hobby Started
Time to check in and see how our hobbyists are getting along with their Bolt Action armies!
It’s all looking good so far – can’t wait to see these painted!
Time For A Tea Break!
It’s not all hectic hobbying – sometimes it’s nice to just sit and have a chat and a catch-up!
Popping The Boot Camp Cherry: We Meet The First-Timers!
Some of our first-time boot camp participants – Don’t worry guys, we promise to be gentle!
We’re really excited to have so many new faces with us, and you guys following on the feed at home. It’s going to be an amazing weekend!
Opinion Time: What Bolt Action Scenario Would You Create?
Here at Beasts of War, we’re fortunate to be part of a talented team and partner with awesome hobby companies to make fantastic events like this, but we want to hear from you!
What would be your ultimate Bolt Action cinematic battle? Tell us where you would set it, what miniatures you would choose and how you would design the best battle royale on the tabletop!
Colour Comes To The Desert
We’ve done all the building prep, now it’s time to get our men suited and booted for battle!
This is really exciting – we can’t wait to see how these guys look on the tabletop tomorrow!
Personal Pick Of The Day: Universal Carrier
I absolutely love the detailing on this universal carrier – it’s amazing that all this work has been done in one day! I can’t wait to see this finished gun tractor when it reaches the table tomorrow!
Unsung Heroes: Jen
Big thank you to Jennifer (@gladesrunner) who has come all the way from Florida to do the dishes! We hope @oriskany knows just how lucky he is to have such a wonderful woman by his side!
Grubs Up!
After a long day building and painting miniatures in an autumnal Northern Ireland, there’s nothing quite like a bowl of hearty warmth to energise the soul!
Cool prize, going to be a good weekend.
And so it begins…. ?
Well I’ve never heard of this game in my life. So I’m finding all this very fascinating
Bolt Action is a fantastic game. Hope you enjoy the weekend and if you have any questions let us know and we’ll pass them along to the Warlord guys.
???… never heard about Bolt Action???.. Shame yourself and sit in the corner ????
so they can just sit and watch all the content right? right?
Yessssss 😛
Have sooo much fun Guys, next year I will do everything for being there.. love the Bolt Action Bootcamps…… ????????
Looks this will be as exciting as the FOW 4th edition Desert Boot Camp.
The Desert trench board looks awesome. Will have to suggest that to my wargaming group for the next project.
Looking good so far
Gutted I missed this one (love me some BA) but only just got back from holidays so couldnt squeeze any more time off 🙁
Looking forward to following this over the weekend. I love bolt action but not really done anything to do with the North Africa campaign before. This will be a good push in to it.
Great prize there! Gotta get my British army built!
looking forward to seeing how many people get their forces completed!
Totally wish that I’d booked for this now
Matilda II, Queen of the Desert! The best tank of the Desert war!
oh cool, shame the bolt action community near me is really small
The light in the room is so eerie, it’ll be interesting to see the effects when the games are covered
Great prize
s, have a great weekender guy
s.Strapped in and ready to go! Queen’s Own Yorkshire Dragoons for the win!
Looking good! Wish I was there. One of these days I’ll make it across for a boot camp. I loved my Bersagliere in FOW. I wouldn’t mind some small raiding forces for Bolt Action.
I’ve always wanted to start an Afrika Korps army. Love the stories love the battles. Excited to follow all weekend
The Western Desert campaign has always been the most interesting for me as it featured so many quirky incidents in the often confused fighting. It also had an environment that was equally as inconvenient for both sides.
Very nice prize. The gaming tables are superb.
Wish I could be there again. Next time. Hoping everybody has a wonderful weekend. Including midnight kebap and maybe one or two pints 😀
The tables look epic guys, can’t wait to follow this over the weekend.
Looks like a great weekend.
I don’t play bolt action yet.
It looks very tempting.
I need more armies!
Looks like fun. I have just finished painting Boba Fett for Star Wars Legion and working on a camo scheme for the Imperial Scouts.
Exciting to follow this during the weekend, it is an interesting part of the war.