US & Japanese Aces Soar Into Warlord’s Blood Red Skies
January 18, 2022 by brennon
Some neat new releases have dropped onto Warlord Games' webstore for those diving into Blood Red Skies. Their World War II dogfighting miniatures game heading to the Pacific recently and so the focus here is on US and Japanese Aces.
Japanese Ace Pilot - Isamu Kashiide // Blood Red Skies
The first of the characters we'll be looking at is Isamu Kashiide. He was an experienced combat pilot at the outbreak of World War II and had fought against the Soviets in 1939. He specialised in head-on attacks using the heavy cannon of his Ki-45 Toryu (Dragonslayer) and was one of the few pilots to bring down the B-29 Superfortress. He survived the war with thirty-three victories in the skies. Twenty-six of those were reportedly against the B-29s.
We then move over towards the US Aces and kick things off with Richard Bong.
US Ace Pilot - Richard Bong // Blood Red Skies
Richard Ira Bong was one of the most highly decorated Aces of World War II. His plane of choice was the Lockheed P-38 Lightning twin-engined fighter. He received the Medal Of Honour and achieved thirty victories in the skies. He was also banned from more combat missions. Still, he continued and pushed his score up to forty!
The next of the US Aces is William F. Fiedler Jr.
US Ace Pilot - William F. Fiedler Jr // Blood Red Skies
William F. Fiedler Jr fought at Guadalcanal where he brought down two Zeroes whilst being part of the 70th Fighter Squadron. He was then reassigned and shot down another Zero and two Val bombers during subsequent battles. Unfortunately, he met his end when a crash-landing plane hit and killed him whilst looking to take off. An unfortunate end for a fighter pilot.
A New Blood Red Skies Squadron
The last of the sets gives us a selection of planes to use away from just being focused on a single personality. Here we have the P-39 Airacobra Squadron.
P-39 Airacobra Squadron // Blood Red Skies
These planes were used throughout the war by the Soviets, the Free French, the RAF and the Italian Co-Belligerent Air Force as well as the US. It was rejected for use in Western Europe but it saw good use on the Eastern Front and of course found itself being used in the battles across the Pacific.
Are you going to be picking up these new miniatures?
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Brilliant additional plane’s for Pacific game’s
Great looking minis
That Lightning looks great. Sadly £13.50 for one plane is something I cannot justify.
I saw and had my hands on some of the upcoming blood red skies planes at the Warlord Open Day last year, in the new Warlord Resin (SioCast) they looked fantastic and I think its a medium that finally suits the material and lets the casters show off their abilities. Its a game I’m sure is great fun and I’d love to get into sometime. I just cant justify buying into it due to the cost, ace’s at £13.50 and the squadrons at £30+. Especially when the new material is significantly cheaper than the outgoing metal’s its replacing, just feels… Read more »
I have the original Battle of Britain starter and a few squadrons, so don’t need anything more to play. What annoyed me (and stopped me buying any more) was not just the price increase but the way they changed the card components to the cheapest thinnest ‘card stock’ they could find (little more than thick paper). Warlord cannot charge top dollar and then nickel-and-dime the quality. As a UK based company I would like to support them, but they make it hard to justify doing so when they pull stunts like that.
Nice, but here’s an idea Warlord – stop doing these Aces packs. They are a waste of packaging, storage/shelf space and money for everyone involved. It comes across as a pretty obvious attempt to make a bit extra on the basis of parceling out the minimum of cardboard possible. Either just bundle in the Aces cards into the squadron boxes or add in a 7th aircraft and increase the price a bit if you feel it necessary.