Pauls Wargaming Blog

Bolt Action Fortifications  Here is a selection of Bolt Action fortifications.  Some I made using MDF bases and bought in accessories, some are pre-built resin pieces.  All were painted by me. Eight anti-tank sections, each 2" by 8" giving 64" of anti-tank lines.  I also have two resin sections. Ten minefields, each 6" by 6".  That is 60" width of mines. Fourteen sections of barbed wire, each 8" by 2", giving 112" of wire. Resin trench sections, including a pillbox/bunker, machinegun and gun positions, plus two seperate earth and timber bunkers. The resin from above.  Both earth and timber bunkers were amended.  One I dropped and had to rebase (the bunker had no base) after it broke into two.  The bunker at the top-left of the picture was too low for a kneeling crew inside so I added some wooden downling to it, An overhead view, showing the two resin anti-tank sections. Some of the fortifications in action, including the rebased bunker.  

 Bolt Action Soviet Bunkers Having built several 'earth and timber' Eastern Front bunkers I decided to build some concrete bunkers based on those used in the "Stalin" and "Molotov Lines".  Each bunker is takes up the best part of a square foot.  Each has three MMG in them.  These were by far the most common type of bunker. First I made some scrath built trenches.  These were just a modelling project really, I now use mostly resin bought trenches but these trenches are painted like the bunkers and use the same grass  as the bunkers. These are the trench sections.  They are modular and have 30" of straight trenches plus an anti-tank gun trench, two corners and some enterances and ends. The same from above. A couple of possible layouts. The same from above. Three Sovietbunkers.  The right hand one is based on a bunker in the Minsk Fortified Area and the other two are based on Molotov Line bunkers. The bunkers from above. The bunkers from the rear....

I recently bought some of the Grand Manner Trenches.  They are very well scultpted, with bits of (what looks like) German equipment in them, They are not straight, like many commercial trenches, but consist of many twists and turns. I liked the variation of pieces available. Overall I have around 44 inches of trench line.