Keep The French Army Ticking Over With New Bolt Action Minis!
January 10, 2015 by brennon
If you're a fan of fielding the French in your games of Bolt Action from Warlord Games then you might find a use for some French Generals and the Lorraine 38L Armoured Carrier. Keep the men fighting and get them there alive and well...
I don't overly like the style of the vehicle itself but I can see why it was pretty needed on the battlefield. I can't help but feel that the tarpaulin over the top of the compartments at the back isn't very safe but then again at least there's plenty of metal elsewhere.
I really like the French Army HQ though and think it's packed with character. My favourites are the chap with the submachine gun and the commanding officer himself with that rather stylish cap.
Interestingly the Lorraine would of course have fallen into the lands of the Germans shortly after occupation so it will be interesting to see the way they tweaked them into anti-tank guns and artillery pieces.
Do you play as the French?
Nice, but what about the Tiger? 🙂
http://www.warlordgames.com/pre-order-tiger-i-ausf-e-heavy-tank-plastic-boxed-set/
Awesome addition to the Bolt Action range. Anything that includes more units from EARLIER periods of WWII is a bonus in my book. The much, much shorter ranges of tanks and similar heavy weapons in 1939-41 means that it’s a lot easier to imagine a fight on the usual 200-300 foot Bolt Action battlefield.
I’ve picked up small forces of Early British, French, Polish, Germans, and will get others as I can. The later periods are probably better if you’re looking for more professional, better organised armies with big formations and modern, efficient equipment, but I like the more diverse and odd nature of the earlier period. Especiallly for smaller, skirmish-type games. I also hope that having a larger variety of distinctive forces will give me more options for getting other players involved. Even if that might mean for the probably never happened in real life battle between all of these nationalities and more!
Those are rather good.