Phil Murphy has been sculpting all types of miniatures for many years. However, his main focus for a while has been the American Civil War, most notably the Trans Mississippi Theatre, which seems to lack many dedicated ranges. There are a number of packs in this range, all carefully sculpted to reflect
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Mantic Games have begun to support their new Vanguard game with miniatures from a range of factions. TheVanguard rules are designed to reflect skirmish level combat between small groups of miniatures. To that end, Mantic have begun to release packs of 28mm resin miniatures which consist of figures from each of
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Thanks to our friends at Asmodee, we have a complete Star Wars: Legion starter set to give away to one lucky Primetime member. See our review for more details. And don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway - if you’re WIPrime, you’re
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Between the August 2018 (WI370) and November 2018 (WI373) issues of Wargames illustrated magazine, we have been running a series of articles by Dr Steve Tibble entitled 'Reimagining the Crusades', in which Steve discusses some of the concepts in his recently released book The Crusader Armies, and (crucially!) discusses how
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FROM THE EDITOR This month we commemorate one hundred years since the end of World War One, perhaps the most poignant time for those alive now to reflect on the loss of life during a previous generation. This November also hosts another commemoration or more correctly celebration in the form of
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Drum roll please…. 2018 sees the continuation of ‘gongs’ for your hobby, after the success of last years Wargames Illustrated Awards as chosen by you, the WI readers.This year we will again be awarding prestigious trophies for: rules, games, figures and manufacturers who have been voted king of the hill,
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History of Terror: Russian Civil War Michael Foley Pen and Sword Military 2018 Reviewed by Jack Perry The Russian Civil War entry from the ‘History of Terror’ at its heart, is a decent introduction into the causes and events of the Russian Civil War. Replete with maps, timeline and black and white photography,
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Biafra Genocide – Nigeria: Bloodlettung and Amss Starvation, 1967-1970 Al J Venter Pen and Sword Military 2018 Reviewed by Bernd Biege People of a certain age will remember the archetypal “Biafra Children”, starved and dying infants, victims to a ruthless African war almost forgotten. In fact, few today could put a finger on a
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Refighting History: Volume 6: The Seven Years War Charles S. Grant Partizan Press Reviewed by Bruce Mulmat This impressive book is the sixth installment in Charles S. Grant’s series of books educating miniature wargamers on specific battles as well as a wealth of artwork and other information for the period. In the 167 pages
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Escaping Occupied Europe Hylke Faber, Pieter Stolk Pen & Sword History Reviewed by Jack Perry ‘’Escaping Occupied Europe’’ is the fascinating, often humorous (and very candid) tale of one Dutch student’s odyssey across a Europe under nazi-occupation as he, like many of his fellow resistance members escaped certain death
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Hitler's Brandenburgers: The third Reich's Elite Special Forces Lawrence Paterson Greenhill Books, 2018 Reviewed by Kevin Rolco Among Second World War miniature wargamers all around the world German elite units in general and the infamous Brandenburgers in particular are very popular subjects. Yet comprehensive English language unit histories are scarce. Therefore, Lawrence Paterson´s new
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The new Kings of War: Vanguard rules reduces the large battlefield action of the original Kings of War Fantasy Battle Rules down to warband level, with small groups of warriors undertaking the ‘off table’ adventures that often happen before, during or after a big battle. https://youtu.be/7hBZ2Iub_mI This hardback book has 160 pages,
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Steve Barber has been sculpting miniatures for many years. In amongst his 28mm ranges are some well sculpted miniatures, some of which take a different approach to the creation of an army. The latest range on offer is designed for the Thirty Years War. These come with separate heads, allowing you
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Crucible Crush have followed the release of their Flint and Feather rules with more metal miniatures suitable for the game. Sculpted by the incomparable Bob Murch, one of the latest packs consists of Veteran War Chiefs to lead your war party into battle. The 6 miniatures in this pack are in the full war
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Kallistra have added more packs to their 12mm Wars of the Roses range, just one part of the Hordes and Heroes Historical Minatures on offer. The company aims to offer suitably ‘generic’ troops which may be used for both sides. The packs sent for review are Dismounted Men At Arms, Retinue
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Fantasy Flight Games and Asmodee have taken the amazing Star Wars universe and put wargamers at the heart of the action, creating a set of rules and miniatures that let them re-enact the movies and TV shows or create their own battles across the wider universe. https://youtu.be/SF6kcFnsRhk A gamer’s first port of
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Perry Miniatures have added a 1/56th scale resin and metal kit to their World War Two range. The Italian Lancia 90/53 Gun Truck is a unique support weapon available to the Axis forces. The Lancia 90/53 is a 90mm gun on the back of a Lancia truck. Originally designed for use
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Van Dyck Models & Figurines have added packs of miniatures for use in gaming the 1701 – 1714 War of the Spanish Succession. Although classified as 10mm, these 1:144 scale figures would also fit with some 12mm ranges. The packs sent for review are Infantry Command Pack ‘A’ and Infantry, Ventral
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Today is the anniversary of the most famous battle on British soil - The Battle of Hastings. Refought in miniature many times over the years by wargamers around the world, we would like to share this article by Nick Buxey in which he tells us about the Hastings demo game presented
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This week, our Prime members have the chance to win two forces for the campaign in the Western Desert during World War Two. We have a box of plastic multipose 8th Army and a box of Afrika Korps for one luckiy winner, and don’t forget, if you’re Prime, you’re in! And
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Cool Mini Or Not have a record for producing top quality board, and miniatures related games. One of their latest is the A Song of Ice and Fire Tabletop Miniatures Game, which they have launched as a two-player starter set. For those of you don’t yet know A Song of
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Mantic Games are at it again, adding a truly gigantic miniature for use with their Kings of War and Vanguard fantasy rules systems. This PVC plastic figure comes with optional parts and covers most armies. This PVC plastic model measures almost 7.5”/ 19cm tall and includes a choice of two heads
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Miniature Figurines Productions have added new metal miniatures to their 28mm ‘Setting The East Ablaze’ range. The new Chinese Cavalry figures covers the period from World War One up until the 1930s. At the time of writing, there are three figures in this part of the range. These consist of three
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Miniature Figurines Productions once again add more metal miniatures to their 10mm ranges. This time, we have a number of British and American vehicles, covering the full gamut of history. The first pack contains a Ferret Armoured Car, the standard reconnaissance or ‘scout’ car of the British Army for many years,
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Kallistra Ltd. have diverse ranges of miniatures in 12mm that cover a number of periods. Two of their largest ranges cover the Early and Late periods of World War One, including some of the lesser-known nations. One of the latest additions to the Early War range is the Serbians. Consisting of
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Lucid Miniatures have added more and more metal miniatures to their ranges. However, they have recently taken two routes that show their eclectic approach to the hobby, working with a famous artist and creating a realm of adventure more akin to the world of Saturday morning TV. Working with Jim Fitzpatrick,
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Warlord Games have added more miniatures for their new Western Desert range. This time, we have jeeps for use by the SAS and LRDG, as per the rules in the Campaign: The Western Desert supplement for Bolt Action. The jeep we have for review is SAS Jeep ‘A’. This is a
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Plastic Soldier Company have added yet another plastic kit to their World War Two range. The latest kit is a version of the Soviet SU-76, with the option to create early and late war versions. The boxed set consists of enough parts to create 5 self-propelled gun models. Each sprue contains
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North Star Miniatures and Osprey Games have released plastic 28mm sized Human Infantry, designed to be used in the forthcoming game from Osprey Games, Oathmark. This box set contains enough parts for you to build 30 Human Infantry. You are provided with enough weapon options to make them all spearmen, all hand weapon
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Honved Miniatures, part of the Hagen Miniatures company of Germany, has figures for the Hungarian War of Independence 1848 – 9. These are 15mm sized miniatures for a 19th Century war that was a major part of creating Europe. The first pack contains a set of Austrian Jaeger 1848 (Code: HM-1507),
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