Tied to The Red King, the first supplement for Frostgrave: Second Edition, we’ve got a boxed set of 20 multi-part, hard plastic, 28mm scale Demons. They’re known as the Hrut in the supplement itself but, as with many of the Frostgrave plastics, there’s much potential to use these models elsewhere
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Arriving to bolster Wargames Atlantic’s Classic Fantasy range, this Giant Spiders box contains six identical hard plastic frames. Each frame is just shy of 15cm by 15cm and bristling with arachnid parts. Enough gribbly bits, in fact, to give even the bravest “I’ll remove the spider from the sink” home
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Those hoping to recreate the Anglo Afghan wars (or any other activities in the region) are blessed with a variety of treats right now and Renedra has got new plastic buildings to add flair to your tabletop. This boxed set ties in nicely with their existing Mud Brick House kit and
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Peter Brown’s The Army of George II 1727 – 1760 is #53 in Helion’s excellent From Reason to Revolution series of military history books. At nearly 300 pages, including appendices and bibliography, this book provides comprehensive coverage of a less-studied and under-appreciated army that, in many ways, laid the foundations
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Our Giants in Miniature range was launched half a decade ago and we are celebrating with an epic painting competition! We want to see your painted Giants in Miniature! We’ve created a range of categories, along with varied judging criteria, to ensure painters of all levels can get involved. You could
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In Wi 396 there's a fine article from Andrew Pearsall that digs into how to build a Blast Shelter for your WW2 games and beyond. If you want to have a go at the build yourself you might find it useful to have some templates - well, here they are! Get
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Order a print copy of this magazine here! As we go to print with this, the December issue of Wargames Illustrated, things around WiHQ and indeed the rest of the county are feeling decidedly un-Christmassy. In a few days this green and pleasant land (read: dark and wet land at this
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Of all the Ultracast figures we've seen recently (and we’ve seen quite a few here at WiHQ) – these are the best. In terms of design, they are well researched and believable, in terms of detail they are sharp, and in terms of casting they are pretty clean and -
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Following a successful Kickstarter back in 2016, Studio Miniatures have been steadily expanding their First Afghan War range, with the recent focus being on native Afghan tribesmen. Received for review recently are these samples (pictured above and below) from 14 of the 23 ‘Afghan’ packs available. You will find these (and
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Never Mind the Billhooks Games Designer Andy Callan regularly produces an update concerning rules clarifications and general muses on the game, you can read and download these documents here - Billhooks: Further Faqs And New Gaming Aids – November UPDATE. You can fine previous amendments here. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BillhooksFAQs-November.pdf
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Your handy compilation of all the WotR articles from Wargames Illustrated magazine, down through the years. As a WIPrime Member we hope you get full use from The Vault. Here at Wi Towers we use it all the time, finding articles from 1987 to the present day, and we are very
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Sounding a bit like a 90s death metal band; Kromlech of Warszawa, Poland produce the ‘Official Terrain Series’ for Osprey’s fantasy skirmish game Frostgrave. They currently have a dozen suitably gloomy looking buildings in their MDF range and have recently added a few sets of resin scatter terrain. If you like
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There will not be many wargamers to whom the story of the heroic defence of the Alamo will be unknown. The commanders, William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett, have gone down in American folklore for their brave, but ultimately futile stand against the Mexican forces under Santa Anna. Despite
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Editor Dan quizzes Project Manager James on a rather more entertaining project than the ones he usually undertakes during the working day - converted US Marines! They chat about the frames, the inspiration behind this scene, and the building and converting James did on the Warlord Games US Marines (whose
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If you are holding a Wi direct subscriber or mail/web order copy of this month’s Wargames Illustrated then you have something exclusive in your hands - a twin-cover version of Wi395, featuring both US Marine landing and Japanese Imperial Army defending artwork, by Neil Roberts. Pretty cool, huh? If you have
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Grey For Now Games's main man, Graham Davey, made himself at home in the Wi interview hot seat to talk about his new expansion, Test of Honour: Sengoku. Get the lowdown from the man himself. https://youtu.be/2tUqT_vKeSk We snapped some photos of the collection of models that Graham brought with him too. Here
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We can't get enough of Bob Amey’s fantastic 15mm ancients. Hopefully you can't either, because we've found some more spins of his armies. We genuinely didn't hold these back on purpose either, they got lost in our file system for a few weeks! To see more of Bob's models check out
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Taking a bit of a break from our usual offering of minis and books, we’re looking at the Timodel paint shaker. Is it, as the box claims, “Easier, faster, smarter?” Let’s find out. https://youtu.be/skFh23INWNU The text below is a transcript of the video - for those who prefer to read rather than
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In this unboxing video we take a look at two new Prussian Cavalry Black Powder sets from Warlord Games. Each set contains 12 horses and 12 cavalrymen, manufactured using Warlord Resin. How does this new wonder material stand up to close scrutiny? https://youtu.be/p1bDX0mMe6c
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In this 'unboxing' video we are looking at sample packs from the first release of First Corps' 28mm, metal, World War Two British Expeditionary Force range. Lower down the page you will also find photos and some of our trademark 'spins' of the models. https://youtu.be/RO4ewTck848 Brengunner Non-Commissioned Officer Battalion Commander Rifleman with bayonet Rifleman Find out more
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We’re taking a look at a new Lion Rampant book, in the instantly recognisable blue gaming book cover of Osprey Games … wait … no … What devilry is this red cover? … and from the University of Edinburgh? Have we entered another reality? Has 2020 decided to throw a
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We have created a video playlist to help you get to grips with the basics of Never Mind the Billhooks. This 10 part series includes Q&A will the rules writer Andy Callan and includes deminstrartions on setting up, playing through a game of Billhooks and much more. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn7lk0MRdW_zxY3TxaogCSiaMiy61N0yZ Join the Billhooks community
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In this flipthrough we’re taking a look at P Ainting War …, Ainting Pwar … um… Painting WAR – Bringing Your Warmodels To Life. This softcover book is issue 10 of the Vallejo distributed painting guide, covering the Wild West over 64 full-colour pages. https://youtu.be/F2SOGjZGNxo The below text is a transcript of
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In last week’s Primetime we looked at new American and British Regular Infantry, this week they are joined by Native Americans for the War of 1812. Native Americans became involved in the conflict to secure British support for their own war against the United States. Led by Tecumseh, they played
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There’s no shortage of people producing MDF terrain right now; for anyone new to make their mark it’s going to take something a bit different. Enter Brutal Cities, a relatively new company who are creating some impressive laser cut kits, themed to a cyberpunk style. We’ve got a selection of buildings
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Never Mind the Billhooks Games Designer Andy Callan regularly produces an update concerning rules clarifications and general muses on the game, you can read and download these documents here - Billhooks FAQ and Author's Musings - Download Here - Further updates can be found here! https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BillhooksFAQx.pdf
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We recently had the pleasure of visiting Alan Perry's expansive home gaming room. In between filming coverage (which will be up to accompany an article coming in Wi 395) we grabbed some of his recent work and rushed it into our portable photo setup. First we have AW 206 Spanish
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Programmed wargames Scenarios is the latest book by Charles S Grant to be revised and re-issued by Caliver Books, this time with some new scenarios added. The A4 softback book runs to 167 pages and although entirely in black and white, is liberally illustrated with excellent artwork depicting soldiers through
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Something a bit different here - a highly detailed 15mm Medieval Home from Winterdyne Commission Modeling - part of their 3D printed scenery range. That's right, we're living in the future, folks! This model has been 'grown' from scratch on the print bed of a 3D printer, layer-by-layer, piece-by-piece, to create
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North Star are expanding their official range for Muskets and Tomahawks beyond the French Indian War and into the later War of 1812. First out of the mould is a pack of American Regular Infantry. These miniatures are cast with light equipment, wearing the stovepipe style shako, with the hackle and
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