The Wehrmacht on The March Late War German Infantry
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!
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)… Read more »
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 [IMG]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/mg3_pak.jpg[/IMG] 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 [IMG]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/hk_g36e.jpg[/IMG] 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 [IMG]http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/mg34_l.jpg[/IMG] Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser (also known as 7.9mm Mauser or 8mm Mauser) Weigth: 10.5 kg on bipod, empty Length: 1219… Read more »
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/mg34_l.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/mg3_pak.jpg
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http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/knorr-bremse_m35.jpg
http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn175/thehankachief/hk_g36e.jpg
Not having much luck posting these feckin pics :-s