Reinforce Your French Forces For Bolt Action With Warlord
June 9, 2014 by brennon
Warlord Games have put together a series of individual miniature packs allowing you to pick up single French Soldiers for dioramas and of course mixing in with existing Bolt Action armies to give them a bit more character. See what you think of the handful below...
There are a lot more of them to check out and they're viewable by checking out the links above. The French are certainly one force that I've never really considered for World War II gaming but I think a few people are using them at my local store and it would be fun to see how they play. Some of the miniatures and the uniform designs are pretty awesome so that's a big draw!
As well as these French miniatures there has also been an FAQ update for Bolt Action which you can check out after the jump HERE.
Are you a French player?
The French are only capable of producing a good army every 200 years. They’re obviously due, but this isn’t it. They look a bit stunted, except for the officer at the bottom
That French officer’s going on my Warlord wishlist. An easy officer Crabtree conversion to go with those resistance figures from Artizan.
They aren’t exactly large campaigns, but there are quite a few smaller and lesser known battles these could be used for. Vichy French fought well against the US at Torch, the British at Madagascar (Operation Ironclad), and even a little in Chad. Vichy French fought some very sharp engagements against Free French in Syria. When it comes to playing French units in World War II, I’ve seen two basic problems. 1) For early war games, a lot of people shy away from them because of the misconceptions arising from the disasters of 1940. 2) Later in the war, Free French… Read more »
The Americans troops of Torch were totally green, and would have had trouble with any opposition. Beyond that, traitorous French fighting against the Allies, and fighting each other, are hardly ringing endorsements lol.
Well I think there was enough significant action in France , Apart from Arras there are plenty o small infantry actions taking place right across the front ( you just need to see the casualty figures for both sides)
An interesting what if is if the French and British had reacted to the Germans moving into the Rhineland in 36. And if the French had gone onto the offensive in 39 and invaded Germany
I may be wrong but aren’t these just an opportunity to buy the individual models from the main box set ?
Anyway there is plenty of scope for some early war action with the French.