August 13, 2010 by johnlyons
Warlord Games is spoiling us! The Bolt Action range has taken another leap forward. This time into the realms of plastic figures. The first set is the German Late War Infantry set and we got a sample of them so we had to check them 0ut and show you the models being put through their paces!
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Isn’t it Wehrmacht, John? 😉
Good stuff. Btw, you misspelled ‘Wehrmacht’
It’s called Stielgranate not Steilgranate. Because Steilgranate in english would mean steep granate^^
im still not up on the delicacy of German pronunciation 😉
But so far you are doing a great job.
true, nothing really to complain about, tho your “gewehr” sounds a little off 😛
Looks great.
What rules are ypou guys using?
I’ve run Disposable Heroes, Rules of Engagement, and am currently trying Rate of Fire. So far, Rate of Fire seems to be my leading contender.
It’d be awesome to see Warlord do a set of rules for the Bolt Action line.
You’re on the right track. Our group is trying out rules for the best skirmish and currently Rate of Fire seems to be winning. My fav is Cross Fire but who knows……
Great minis, great paint-job and great review. Would love to see some more historical stuff.
Models look great, though the rifles look a bit small. Is this actual/true scale or heroic scale?
Love the new format – box, sprue, build and paint.
Really helpful on deciding on what models to buy.
Looking forward to the forgeworld Tau Manta vid…
I’m excited to see these sprues as I’m working on some metal US Airborne from Warlord right now and these guys will need an enemy. 🙂
The sprues look outstanding and will be a lot of fun to build and paint. John, your painted example is excellent!
These certainly do look very nice indeed.
Especially good for those playing large games, while I do love the metal Bolt Action figures I’d imagine a couple of hundred of them of weigh a fair bit.
These are also a little cheaper than the metals, though the metal sets of a similar price tend to come with a couple more options like a mortar, radio, etc. The plastic set will be great for bulking out the metal sets with more basic infantry while the metals have the command and support elements well covered.
Nice shirt, John 😀
Now I know I’ve played CoD: WaW too much because I recognised every weapon on the sprue immediately…
These models really are excellent, even though I’m not usually a fan of WW2 miniature lines. I could see them making for some excellent Imperial Guard, actually.
Nice figures and a good review! And to answer some of your questions during the review:
The MG-34 hat a rate of fire of 800-900 rounds per minute, later changes increased that to around 1200 rpm. Less than a MG-42, but still very respectable – and your ammo lasted longer, too.
MG-42 rate of fire is 1200 rounds per minute
I love the new format I would like you guys to review the rules that come with this amazing line of minis.
awesome painting, wish I could do the same xD
and you pronounce the IE like the EE in english and hopefully we will see in the future a whole video with you speaking about the WWII in german xD (I would actually pay for that show ;P)
the “Sturmgewehr” – Haenel / Schmeisser MP 43 MP 44 Stg. 44 assault rifle
Caliber: 7.92×33 mm (7.92mm Kurz)
Action: Gas operated, tilting bolt
Overall length: 940 mm
Barrel length: 419 mm
Weight: 5.22 kg
Rate of fire: 500 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 30 rounds
MG-34
Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser (also known as 7.9mm Mauser or 8mm Mauser)
Weight: 10.5 kg on bipod, empty
Length: 1219 mm
Length of barrel: 627 mm
Feeding: belt, 50 or 250 rounds; double drum magazines, 75 rounds.
Rate of fire: 900 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 755 m/s (may vary depending on type of ammunition used)
MG 42 and MG 3 machine gun
MG42 MG3
Caliber 7,92×57 7,62×51
Weight 11,6 kg (gun) + 20,5 kg (Lafette 42 trpod) 10,5 (gun) + various tripods
Length 1219 mm 1225 mm
Length of barrel 533 mm 565 mm
Feed belt belt
Rate of fire 1200 – 1500 rounds per minute 700-800 or 1100-1200 rounds per miniute
MP-40 submachine gun
Caliber: 9x19mm Luger/Para
Weight: 4,7 kg loaded, 4,03 kg empty
Length (stock closed/open): 630/833 mm
Barrel length: mm
Rate of fire: 500 rounds per minute
Magazine capacity: 32 rounds
Effective range: ca. 100 meters
Awesome info – thanks for posting! 🙂
Oh yeah great vid John and a good new format 🙂
Great to see more historical miniatures getting covered, the new format is a winner.
Gotta get me some of those plastics ! Nice vid John, you are looking very well, have you been working out ?
rely nice miniatures and nice paint job John great work dude and nice with more history. ^^
A bit unrelatted but where can i find some good modern (1980-2000ish) miniaturs
Depends, if you want 28mm soldier’s then this maybe interesting. http://eurekamin.com.au/index.php?cPath=87_150.
If you after something more civilian then wargamesfoundry do a cool range called street violence.
Some of the best modern figure companies are :
Empress Miniatures
The Assault Group (Free postage so they are a favourite)
Mongrel Miniatures
Red Star Miniatures
Eureka Miniatures
Some companies that do Modern vehicles are
Company B Miniatures
JTFM Enterprises
Victory Force Miniatures
Great review.
And I love the new format.
Keep up the geat work.
Are they compatible in size to companies like Artizan’s line or are they more traditional Bolt Action size ?
Lovely little paint job there, John! By the way, would people say that these are heroic or true scale models? I’m not so sure…
That was a really good video. Things like these really show what the models are like. Keep up the good work!
Nice looking miniatures shame that you didn’t show them next to some GW IG models so that we can see could they be used for Imperial Gard
the modern version of the mg34 is the mg36 right? I played with it on bf bad company 2 😛
In BFBC2 you where probably thinking of the MG3 or the G36E
MG3
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Caliber 7,62×51
Weigth 10,5 (gun) + various tripods
Length 1225 mm
Length of barrel 565 mm
Feed belt
Rate of fire 700-800 or 1100-1200 rounds per mniute
G36E
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Caliber 5.56x45mm (.223 Rem)
Length (buttstock open / folded) 998 / 758 mm
Barrel length 480 mm
Weight empty 3.6 kg (3.3 kg G36E)
Magazine capacity 30 rounds standard
Rate of fire 750 rounds per minute
MG34
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Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser (also known as 7.9mm Mauser or 8mm Mauser)
Weigth: 10.5 kg on bipod, empty
Length: 1219 mm
Length of barrel: 627 mm
Feeding: belt, 50 or 250 rounds; double drum magazines, 75 rounds.
Rate of fire: 900 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity: 755 m/s (may vary depending on type of ammunition used)
MG35/36
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Caliber 7.92×57
Weight 10 kg
Length 1280 mm
Barrel length 500 mm
Feed box magazine, 25 rounds
Rate of fire 500 rounds per minute
Not having much luck posting these feckin pics :-s
The first RPGs developed in the soviet union were designed to be reusable Panzerfausts. there was little to no difference in their design.
@nazadsam: if these are the same size as the rest of the Bolt Action range, then they are PROPERLY sized for guardsmen…that is that they make almost a marine look like a genetically modified super soldier. These are far closer to being a proper 28mm scale.
@pheonixris: I have both Bolt Action (as in Warlord Games, not the original stuff) and Artizan models in my collection. For the most part they are pretty much the same size and mix quite well.
@markdawg: the beauty of historical gaming is that there is a plethora of rules sets you can use. As no company can own the ‘IP’ for WWII there are a large number of companies making models as well as producing rules. One thing to keep in mind is that you will see some truly inventive game mechanics is you have a look around.
I can rattle off a list of rule sets out there (Rules of Engagement, Disposable Heroes, Nuts and Rate of Fire…and this is only really scratching the surface), but you really need a variety opponents to get the best of things. My advice would be to track down a local club that plays historical wargames and see what they are running.
I cannot deny that I will most likely end up with a couple of boxes of these guys, my next force will be somewhat politically incorrect….yes the infamous Waffen-SS
In the end of the vid when you explain what part of the mini you painted in what colours and what kind of effect you were aiming at I’d rather not watch you, but the mini and especially the part of it you were talking about…
Apart from that – great vid, I like the new format, though I still want to see more painting vids 🙂
You wouldn’t mind unboxing King Louen Leoncouer next? I’d like to see how I could convert that to have an awesome lord model.
Watch out for the 3 colours up on this
wow this is pretty awesome, I was thinking of making a fantasy army as a second army to build, but I think I want to try out this line of models. I really like WW2 history and a lot of the old iconography that goes with it. Plus the models themselves are just really nice to look at.
are these guys playable?, and where can you get them in New York City?