Got an 8th Army starter for my birthday. Been working on these blokes a few months. Can't wait to get to my tanks!

German infantryman and panzer 3 for size comparison. I 3d printed this sdkfz 8 and it looks a bit large

Finished my Airborne armoured platoon for an event next month.

How often do people use Engineer Platoons? Outside of perhaps a narrative game where I know I'd be doing an attack v defence scenario I don't ever find myself being able to justify the cost of a whole new platoon for units that only have niche benefits, especially with flamethrowers not being so strong in V3. I have the guastatori destruction group for my Italians and love the models, just don't find myself using them ever.

Hey everyone, I run a small hobby shop I run a small hobby shop in China and I am looking into doing a 1 day beginner event for bolt action. Warlord Games was nice and sent a free band of brohters starter box so I can assemble it and run demo games, but I am looking for some help from experienced players as most people I've met in China play gamesworkshop IP's.

Basically what I want to as is if you are being introduced to BA how would you prefer it to be done, and for non-English speakers is there a way to simplify the rules down to be able to hook them into it more?

Hey everyone!

I shared our OC Bolt Action list builder here previously and wanted to follow up with some updates. Thanks to everyone who gave it a try, reported issues, and offered suggestions. It’s helped me catch things I missed and figure out what needed more work, and work, and work!

This still started as something for our local community to build scenarios and custom profiles, but I’ve been working on making it more useful for everyone. I’ve attached some new screenshots showing where it’s at now.

Some of the updates:

- Printable unit cards: You can now include 3" × 5" cards in your PDF export. These show your configured weapons, movement, fire, morale, and special rule names, with national roundels and unit icons for quick reference during a game.

- More control over PDF exports: There’s now a settings panel alongside a live preview. You can change font size, use greyscale or compact weapon data, control page breaks, and choose whether to include army rules, compact rule references, full descriptions, QR codes, and unit cards. Your settings are remembered for next time.

- Updated roster design: The main PDF keeps the familiar roster format but now uses your army’s country colors for the unit banners.

- Detailed unit browsing: Before adding a unit, you can turn on Detailed View to see its starting weapons and available options without opening each unit individually.

- Captured vehicles: Browse eligible vehicles by country, including transports and tows. Partisans follow their own captured vehicle restrictions, while other armies use the Trophy Tank rules from the recent FAQ.

- Additional community armies: Denmark and Switzerland have joined the available armies, alongside the Chinese forces and other community lists. Custom armies are clearly labeled. Thank you to u/G_K_Zhukov, u/lucasbastonne, u/DemocracyIsGreat ,u/MonitorStandard5322 and others for bringing these armies to my attention. I plan on releasing Czechoslovakia once they are updated once more.

I’ve also been working through points and option corrections, loading performance, unit editing responsiveness, and improvements to both the desktop and mobile layout and feel as if it's in a really good spot now but if you're dealing with some sluggish behavior, please let me know.

Also, a big shoutout to Chicago Dice for mentioning our builder on their Adepticon event page! I honestly wasn’t expecting to see it there, so thank you for including it. Their reminder is important too: whichever builder you use, the books, PDFs, and current FAQs should always be your reference if something doesn’t match. I'll hopefully be meeting you all there next year!

You can try the builder here:

https://ocboltaction.com/list-builder

No account is needed to try it, click 'Try Now' and choose a nation. Registering lets you save, manage, and share your companies.

before, I’d really appreciate people testing armies they know well. There are a lot of profiles and unusual rule interactions, and I’m sure there may still be things that need correcting.

Feel free to join the Discord as well and reach me that way or if you just want to chat Bolt Action: https://discord.gg/yKeRzTH2m9

General feedback is welcome here too. Thanks again to everyone who’s been helping to test it!

Tips and tops wanted 🙃

I created a list for US Paratroopers on Easy Army, and I'm not sure about the squad with the light machine gun.

The squad has 8 men: 6 rifles, 1 light machine gun, and 1 loader. In total, this should be 8 soldiers × 11 points + 15 points for the LMG = 103 points. However, the website shows that the squad costs only 92 points!

Does the loader carry a rifle? Is this a website error or am I misunderstanding the rules?

A look at the Vichy and Free France rules

Does anyone have handy the rules for the Smith Gun? I’d like to include it as part of a home guard list bus as I understand it, it never got transferred over? Same as the Northover Projector.

Would it be fine in casual games to just run it as a 2pounder?
Also run the Northover as a light artillery / howitzer?

Maybe the final additions to my Canadian Armies.

Sherman Skink, C15TA transport, HMG squad for my FSSF army and a well dressed officer.

Hi

I just found an old sdkfz alte but i couldnt finish it i miss some piece... so i kitbash it with plastic card to make it as a sdkfz 253/1.

Hey, y'all, im looking to use some extra flames of war minis to play bolt action at 15mm. Does anyone have experience with individually basing 15mm models, and if so, what bases should I use?

I got a massive job lot on eBay and am struggling to pinpoint exactly what these 11 models are. Does anyone know/is able to help?

I think they're a combination of British and German.

Obviously if you want another angle/closer up to help let me know!

I had spent the last week or so in the hospital getting very little sleep so heaven only knows what I was on about. Jay had significantly more to say, however

Big batch of priming

Update from my last post where I mentioned that Maultiers and Universal Carriers had the same track parts, so Im utilizing my extra track set to scratch build a Panzerjager Bren. I just have to add small details and the Panzershreks mounted to the top now.