Our WiPrime Members can now get $5 off their purchases of fine plastic figures every month at Wargames Atlantic! We're big fans of Wargames Atlantic's excellent value multi-part plastic box sets. From their upcoming sci-fi Cannon Fodder kit (pictured above) to their brill Partisans French Resistance, their Sharpe inspired British Riflemen
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Our in-house Painter Marc and Project Manager James take you through the latest Bolt Action starter set in this unboxing. Will this be the perfect box set for wargamers looking to venture into the WW2 Pacific campaign? Watch our video to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTjHtmtxXo
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Want to see what our new in-house painter's been up to? You've come to the right place! Fine looking figures and terrain are making their way from the desk of our new in-house painter and into the pages of Wargames Illustrated. You'll see a lot of Marc's work in our upcoming issue
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Editor Dan takes us on a tour of the 404th issue of Wargames Illustrated, which comes with a free copy of the Blam! Blam! Aargh! ruleset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJunAwe7dDU
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Wargames Illustrated Paints is your definitive guide to painting Wargames figures by two of the best professional painters in the hobby, compiled by the publishers of the world's best-selling tabletop gaming magazine. Wargames Illustrated Paints is a collection of material
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Wargames Illustrated has been working with model maker and wargaming maestro Ron Ringrose for many years. His articles have been the highlights of several issues of the world’s best-selling tabletop gaming magazine, through which his models and games have
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. One battle looms larger than any other in the psyche of the wargamer; Waterloo. Over the last 25 years, Wargames Illustrated has featured articles on this battle more than any other. More than any other battle Waterloo seems to fascinate
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A special treat for Prime Members here - Daniel Mersey's fourth BBA! scenario, Snatch! a whole month ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated 405. Crikey, the '!' key on our keyboards is getting a good workout these days with all of the new Blam! Blam! Aargh! goodies going into the
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Are you having fun playing BBA!? We very much hope so! As promised on the back page of the game's rules, here's an extra scenario for you to get your teeth into, direct from Daniel Mersey - the game's designer. In the Search for Spuck, the attacker must locate and 'Beam
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Our WiPrime Members can now get £5 off their terrain purchases every month, thanks to the fine folks at Sarissa Precision. Let's do the maths: £5 off at Sarissa Precision + £5 off at North Star Military Figures + £5 off at Gripping Beast every month ... That's a whopping great £15
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Wi's new in-house painter Marc premieres his first guide for going about painting great looking shields, using Victrix's new Norman Infantry as his canvas. It features freehand pattern tips, reference guides, accurate battle damage, and of course, what paints he used! Download the full PDF. Enjoy! https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Painting-Norman-Infantry-Shields.pdf
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Download the tokens for this rulebook! With comic book heroics to play whatever's on your shelf, Blam! Blam! Aargh! comes free with the nation's favourite wargames magazine which features multi-period skirmish gaming from Daniel Mersey! GETTING STARTED DICE-DRIVEN GAMING AND TURNS EXAMPLE OF BLIND
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Little did we know, when we choose Turning Points as our theme for this issue, that Wargames Illustrated would be facing a turning of its own. At the end of May 2021, just as we went to print with the
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Barry Hilton of Warfare Miniatures/The League of Augsburg has expanded his 17th Century passion from land to sea over the last 12 months. First came a 'trial version' of a new set of naval rules: Mad for War, and now we have an impressive release (14 packs) of 1/1200 scale
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Project Manager James sat down with Michael Perry to chat about his new plastic Prussian Infantry frames for the Franco-Prussian War. So, here’s Michael with a painted line of Prussians, a handful of plastic frames, and a pint of Tiger before him, ready to talk us through the details of his
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Editor Dan takes us on a tour of the 403rd issue of Wargames Illustrated, which comes with a free French Line Infantry frame from Warlord Games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VWZceMptLc&ab_channel=WargamesIllustrated
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Mailing subscription copies of Wargames Illustrated Magazine outside of the United Kingdom continues to be a major problem. The April, May and June issues of the magazine: Wi400, 401 and 402 were all seriously affected by “Brexit and Covid” (according to our currier) and magazines are taking up to 60 days
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Oathmark's third supplement arrives, bringing more options to the ranked fantasy battle game. This time the new elements added to the game are Kingdom Events - campaign occurrences add all manner of variables to your gaming - and Special Formations - ways to boost your units. There are lots of
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This sturdy set of eight double-sided satin-finish templates for Osprey Games’ Stargrave, is made by Laser Cut MDF manufacturer Sarissa Precision and sold by North Star (amongst others). The templates cater for all the area effect weapons currently featured in the Stargrave universe: Flamethrower, Psionic Fire, Smoke Grenades and Fragmentation Grenades,
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Project Manager James talked to Mark Latham about Legends of the Old West in Wargames Illustrated 403 – here we have some WiPrime-exclusive extras for your enjoyment – some additional interview bits that we just couldn’t fit into the magazine. On the figures: Wargames Illustrated: Do you still have all your Old
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We've got a sneaky peeky at a plethora of Prussian prettiness from Perry Miniatures. The passion project of Michael for quite a while now, he's finally got the first frames back for his plastic Prussians. These frames are test shots so there are some minor details that will be refined for
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In this unbagging video, we’re taking a look at the new hard plastic, multi-pose Norman Infantry from Victrix. This large and bulky bag allows for the construction of sixty 28mm figures in total. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xgafU7o4PE&feature=youtu.be The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. As
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! French troops are never very far from the wargames table: whether that be Charlemagne's Frankish warriors, Napoleon's legions, the Poilus of the Western Front, and more. The martial prowess of the soldiers from the various regions that have come to
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We've officially hit 1,000 followers on the Wargames Illustrated Instagram account. To celebrate we are going to pick a lucky random winner who will get the Delta One Zero Black Winter Starter Set, courtesy of the fine folks at Bonza Games. To enter, make sure you head over to our Instagram
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We're checking out six new codes from Artizan Design's Second World War US range. Artizan's Mike Owen has been busy creating new figures, perfect for use in the later part of WW2. These new US Infantry options will bulk out an existing force or, perhaps, might inspire a new one. Cast in
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Editor Dan takes us on a tour of the 402nd issue of Wargames Illustrated, which comes with the latest free How To ... A Guide to Modelling. https://youtu.be/COUxvVVTy8A
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Following our look at the plastic Revenants set for Oathmark, we've got some associated characters to have a peep at. The first thing to point out is that these are 28mm resin sub-masters, not the final metal production figures, but we'd imagine those will be to the high-quality standard we've come
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We're getting a real Beau Geste feel from these fine looking 1898 Miniaturas produced figures, freshly delivered from Spain. On the review desk are three packs from their French Foreign Legion range. We mentioned Beau Geste at the outset and though that's certainly the iconic point of reference for the Legion,
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Has our latest Giants in Miniature - Shaka kaSenzangakhona - inspired you to bring this great leader to the tabletop? Take a dive into the history of Shaka and the Zulu people through previous Wargames Illustrated articles and more! Shaka in The Vault Shaka's Bloody Ascent - Wi378 - page 28 to
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We were rather partial to the previous Order Militant figures that came across our review desk; their dark and weird look and quality were apparent in every sculpt. Will we feel the same way about these new ones? SAGA: Age of Magic has got some cracking figures in its evolving range,
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