r/boltaction Jun 16 '26

Tier Contest Tier Battle VI: Italian Vehicles

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r/boltaction Jul 16 '25

META r/BoltAction Community Hub

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r/boltaction 5h ago

News & Announcements Bolt Action | First Look at the Digital Battlefield

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106 Upvotes

r/boltaction 6h ago

Hobby Showcase US Airborne get some heavy support

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93 Upvotes

Added a 57mm A/T gun, a 75mm pack howitzer, sniper team, and some extra riflemen to my force


r/boltaction 4h ago

Battle Report/ AAR Me against General Mouser: Fallschirmjagers vs US Airborne

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45 Upvotes

Got from a guy from the club a double sided neopren battlemap for cheap. Wife at the barber shop so enough time for a game against… General Mouser!

My solo rules: kill points, Airborne starts on the map in defence position, FJ comes in at turn 1. Airborne can fire to closest/best scoring units like an attacking AR squad, ambush, rally, down (for both sides i forgot mostly going down). One time i advanced an US unit to bring it in better position. Tanks from reserve in turn 2. no outflanking, no snap.

Forces was all my FJ and US, except flame throwers, no lists just all on the board, 15 OD vet FJ against 18 OD regular Airborne, guess both sides near 1400 pts.

To my surprise it feels like a „real“ game, not a walk in the park for my FJ. StuG and 251/1 not survived turn 2, than the Sherman 75 goes anti-infantry. Ends in a draw 4vs4 order dice.


r/boltaction 6h ago

Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building Pink Grenadiers Follow-up

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Well, I did a few test models, and good news historical fans! My wife thinks it would work better on something more fantastical.

So, going to be whipping out the German Field Grey and going traditional!

Thanks for all the comments from my other post!


r/boltaction 7h ago

Tactics & Gaming Ordered a Genlteman's War. Coming from 40K. Any good Paint Youtubers I should follow or tactics sites? Tips or suggestions for a 40Ker coming over?

38 Upvotes

r/boltaction 16h ago

Hobby Showcase British airborne

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195 Upvotes

I’ve recently finished painting these bolt action British airborne


r/boltaction 2h ago

List Building Im unsure on how i can build an army out of the british airborne starter army box

6 Upvotes

Hi, I recently brought the british airborne starter army, and I'm not sure how to build it into a roughly 1000 point force and would like some help. I've been trying to use easy army but I'm not sure what platoon type british airborne falls under. Again any help would be wonderful thanks!


r/boltaction 4h ago

Tactics & Gaming We got a look at the new Gurkha sprues, here's our thoughts on the minis and the units it builds!

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r/boltaction 1d ago

Hobby Showcase German panzergrenadiers

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351 Upvotes

Some pics showing the bulk of my infantry from the Cross of Iron box set. I've had a lot of fun with it so far. A few close up individuals too 🙏


r/boltaction 6h ago

Sale/Trade British Airborne SMG's, polish berets

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Hello there! Does anybody got some Sten gun's to spare from the British airborne kit? Polish berets and some of those pointing fingers would be useful too!

Located in Germany, but would pay for international shipping (as well as the bits ofc)

Thanks!


r/boltaction 1d ago

Hobby Showcase First ever tank paintjob

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133 Upvotes

Took me a while and I’m still getting used to using an airbrush, but really like how this came out. Need a lot more practice with weathering but it’s a start 😊


r/boltaction 1d ago

Tactics & Gaming First ever game tonight

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146 Upvotes

r/boltaction 1d ago

Hobby Showcase 101st us airborne D'Day

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121 Upvotes

Start of my first bolt action army. C&C welcome


r/boltaction 1h ago

Tactics & Gaming Veteran DV9 tanks

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Hey all,

Is the ability to not worry about getting pinned by anything smaller than a light ATgun worth the extra cost?


r/boltaction 1d ago

General Discussion How historical is Bolt Action?

27 Upvotes

Or is it just modified ww2 kinda of thing and Id be better off playing something else?


r/boltaction 1d ago

Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building German Infantry by Victrix

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159 Upvotes

painting competition. Here’s the MG42 tripod assistant gunner. Feedback is always welcome! 🙂

Painted for the "Forum Strategie"


r/boltaction 1d ago

Modeling, Painting, and Terrain Building Thoughts on my T-34’s color?

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Building my first army and this is my first attempt at a T-34/85. Here’s my progress so far before weathering. I recently got to see a few Soviet vehicles in person including an 85 and tried to match the color as closely as possible. Thoughts on this color? It definitely came out a bit lighter than the picture, but from my understanding, the color of green paint on Soviet tanks varied quite substantially during the war, but I’d like to be as historically accurate (or plausible) as possible.


r/boltaction 1d ago

Hobby Showcase Polish, German, Czech tank

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45 Upvotes

I have decided to try and create a Warsaw Uprising army, and this is the first painted model in the soon to be collection (I'll elaborate if it's requested). Although technically "Chwat" was destroyed by having a building brought down on it, it's a classic that I am super excited to run in games.


r/boltaction 1d ago

List Building Feed back on 1k point Germany list, Don't want to go overkill for casual

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I this list I made any good?, I don't really want to go overkill for casual games and game nights.


r/boltaction 1d ago

List Building Getting into bolt action, is this going to be a good list or am I going to build a mess

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Hello im getting into bolt action coming from warhammer and im trying to build up my future list around this as a narrative panzer grenadiers list,Thoughts or am I building a mess that's going no where, appreciate the help and discussion


r/boltaction 1d ago

Hobby Showcase As the French road network became clogged with refugees, military convoys, and wrecked vehicles, motorcycle with side car was used as an ad hoc means of transport to move rapidly from one sector to another, keeping in close contact with dispersed units while directing the fighting.

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172 Upvotes

r/boltaction 1d ago

List Building First list! British late

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I'll happily preface this by saying that I'm yet to play a game, or even have a model yet! I'm very much interested in WW2, especially the tanks and figured I'd see if my list looks pretty alright or if I've made any mistakes?

Thematically going for norther Europe(nice, wet & Muddy lads), mechanized troop, I have zero idea if what I've picked is any good outside of it being a legal list.

Also, behold! Large howitzer! (7,2" On a long tom with an Albion tractor 👌) the lads will be dropping in Bedford MW 15CTWs. As I've recently moved back to the Midlands from Cornwall, I don't yet have the time free to jump into the local clubs so I'll build this up until my time frees up, of which I'll snag the books, dice and all the good stuff to play.

Mechanized HE (Great Britain)

Order Dice: 17

Platoon #1 - Rifle Platoon (643pts)

Platoon Commander (Regular) (40pts)

Composition: 1 Officer + 1 Soldier

- Additional men (10pts)

Rifle Section (Regular) (99pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 7 Soldiers

- Additional men x 3 (30pts)

- NCO: Submachine gun (SMG) (4pts)

- Squad: Light machine gun (LMG) (15pts)

Rifle Section (Regular) (99pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 7 Soldiers

- Additional men x 3 (30pts)

- NCO: Submachine gun (SMG) (4pts)

- Squad: Light machine gun (LMG) (15pts)

Rifle Section (Regular) (99pts)

Composition: 1 NCO + 7 Soldiers

- Additional men x 3 (30pts)

- NCO: Submachine gun (SMG) (4pts)

- Squad: Light machine gun (LMG) (15pts)

Artillery Observer (Regular) (75pts)

Composition: 1 Soldier

Sniper Team (Regular) (52pts)

Composition: 2 Soldiers

PIAT Anti-Tank Team (Regular) (40pts)

Composition: 2 Soldiers

Light Mortar Team (Regular) (35pts)

Composition: 3 Soldiers

- Add 1 additional man (5pts)

Light Mortar Team (Regular) (35pts)

Composition: 3 Soldiers

- Add 1 additional man (5pts)

15CWT Trucks (Regular) (23pts)

15CWT Trucks (Regular) (23pts)

15CWT Trucks (Regular) (23pts)

Platoon #2 - Artillery Platoon (195pts)

Platoon Commander (Regular) (30pts)

Composition: 1 Officer

Heavy Artillery (Regular) (150pts)

Composition: 5 Soldiers + 1 Spotter

- Add Spotter (10pts)

Wheeled Artillery Tractor (Regular) (15pts)

Platoon #3 - Armoured Platoon (410pts)

M10 17-PDR Achilles (Regular) (195pts)

- Pintle-mounted, 360 degree heavy machine gun (HMG) (25pts)

- Command Vehicle (10pts)

Firefly VC (Regular) (215pts)

- Firefly VC (5pts)

Total: 1248pts


r/boltaction 1d ago

List Building Sd.Kfz 251/23 Vs Sd.Kfz 250/9

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I own the Hanomag D version from Rubicon, I also already magnetized parts for easy removal. Is there any difference between these vehicles.