Bolt Action Showcase - German army 1944-45

Hello and welcome back to the channel. This video is a showcase of my ongoing German army for Bolt Action. What started life as a simple Fallschirmjager project quickly escalated into something quite bigger and now comes in at close to 4500 points! In the video, I will show you the project in its entirety and the individual units and vehicles that make up the overall army.
It has been an absolute joy working on this project. From the beginning I wanted it to be quite unique and so this is why a lot of the units have been kit bashed in some way or another. I wanted to keep the force made of plastic as far as I could and so there are only a handful of metal or resin models within the whole army. Some of these units have been included in previous painting update videos but it was really good to see the entire project army together as one army for the first time. It is comprised of;
HQ - First Lieutenant and Major
Medic
Forward observer team, flamethrower team and sniper team
Two medium mortar teams
Two medium machine gun teams
A Panzerschreck team
3 Fallschirmjager sections
SS section
Sturmpioniere section
Volksgrenadier section
Osttruppen section
Gebirgsjager section
Luftwaffe Field Division section
Vollkssturm section
Brandenburger section
PAK40
Anti-aircraft team
Kubelwagen
SDKFZ 251/10
Hetzer
Puma
2 x SDKFZ 251
Opel Blitz and Maultier
2 Panther tanks
Link to the AA build by Tabletop Wolf -
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Credits;
New Land - ALBIS
Love Struck - E’s Jammy Jams
Happy gaming and may your dice roll well!

[@snek2908]

I just got into Bolt action, and bought some Fallschirmjager. This video inspired me but I am so intimidated by the painting process.

[@OnPointHQ]

Hey buddy, welcome to Bolt Action and I'm glad the video was a bit of inspiration. Its easy to be intimidated by the painting aspect part of it but there is a wonderful online Bolt Action community to provide tips and guidance for your painting. My advice would be to take your time, think about what scheme you want to achieve but more importantly, don't compare your painting to other models that you see painted. They are your figures and should be painted your way and at your pace. If it helps, I have another video -kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4a3pWN_fMuSiKM that shows I how I go about painting my Germans. This applies to all of the different types of German figures that I paint. Let me know how you get on dude :)

[@leont66wargaming31]

Great showcase. When does a project not get carried away lol. Very nice mate

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Leon, this is is very true haha. It was initially meant to be 1000 points and then move on but it just sort of got out of control 😄

[@JonnyWatsonGaming]

The army looks amazing mate! Well done great work!!!

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Jonny, cheers mate! It took a little while but I don't think I'm going to be struggling for options for a little while 😁

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Very entertaining video and a fantastic collection! Look forward to seeing them in a batrep at some point. Thanks for sharing.

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Keith, very kind of you! I'm pretty proud of how it all turned out to be honest. Just shows how great the hobby is. Yup, that's the plan. Hopefully a proper Normandy themed game 😊

[@62seano]

Wow brilliant Ste, very impressive mate

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers Sean! I hadn't actually realised just how much of this I had painted over the last year so unpacking it all was a bit of a surprise! :D

[@bjkernowpaintingandmodelli9119]

Nice update and great looking army.

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers mate! I've really enjoyed working on this project and have probably added a further 1500 or so more points to it since this video. This is what can happen when a project sort of gets out of control and you just keep adding more and more to it 😁

[@BattleBunkerHQ]

Great looking army you have there mate, good selection of equipment 😁👍

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Lee, very kind mate! Yup, I seem to have all options covered for a lot of theatre selectors 😀

[@tabletopcp]

Well done! An epic accomplishment 🍻

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Travis, really chuffed with the result. See what I did there? 😄But yeah, really happy with how it all turned out.

[@tabletopcp]

On Point HQ lol. Well done!

[@viluir]

Great looking army! Well done Sir! :-)

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks dude, much appreciated thank you! Seeing it all together after a year or so of working on it was a great moment 😀

[@IDICBeer]

Awesome looking army mate

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers Nick, much appreciated mate! Definitely one of the best armies I've completed during my time in gaming 😊

[@alexross8765]

Really good, i have a feeling my small sensible start with my volkssturm is going to get out of hand, i already bought some grenadiers and am planning on SS and fallschirmjager, maybe some vehicles but im not good with them, anyway great video!

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers buddy! Yeah, this is definitely an issue that many Bolt Action players encounter. Initially I was only planning on about 1000 points of Fallschirmjager.....but it very quickly escalated like many other projects 😀

[@pvtjhon]

Very nice. I got JUST started collecting. Got a box of US rangers im using as late war Infantry and Engineers. And Pioneers Im using as sturmpioneers and ostruppen. Good to see a full painted army for inspiration

[@OnPointHQ]

That's awesome, thank you! Welcome to Bolt Action, I'm pretty sure you will enjoy it. That sounds like a good plan you have there, one of the things that I love about Bolt Action is the mixing and matching of different troops for different periods of the war. Eventually I want to build a US army as opposition for this German army. Thanks again and cheers for watching buddy :)

[@basicminiaturepainting]

Brilliant pure and simple amazing army

[@OnPointHQ]

That's awesome, thank you Justin!I'm really happy with this project, seeing it all come together was ace 😊

[@pbeccas]

Wow 😮.

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers Paul! Probably a good time to move onto something new but I'm definitely going to be adding to it this year 😊

[@TheEccentricMan]

Cracking project, looks great. Gets out of hand......hehehe

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Ken, much appreciated! Yup, it was meant to be a small and fairly basic project but.....yeah 😂

[@BootsontheTable]

Lovely. You can never have too many troops 😁👊🏻

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers Dom! Ha, this is true! There are still a few more units I want to add in the future...and a few more tanks 😁

[@searnshaw100]

Looks great fully completed. If you want a game where MMG teams are actually effective try chain of command

[@OnPointHQ]

Cheers Sam! Aye, definitely agree about Chain of Command. That's precisely how an MMG should work. We're looking at at 15mm Chain of Command this year so it'll be good to see it in practice 😊

[@smoothbrush4722]

Why our collections always goes out of hand? Nice army!

[@OnPointHQ]

Thanks Lucian! Yeah it does tend to happen quite a lot....this started with the Fallschirmjager starter box and just sort of grew. In fact more has been added since this video 😀

[@tonylittle9096]

You need a king tiger

[@OnPointHQ]

Definitely agree with this Tony. I almost bought one at the WG Open Day not long after it was released but I changed my mind. I will certainly be adding one to the army at some point next year though 😊