In what seems like a different world, where people could gather in groups and show off their painted miniatures, Dave Taylor photographed all of the winning entries at the Wargames Illustrated/HMGS Historicon Painting Competition 2019. These 10 pages of eye-candy were shown in Bite-Size issue number 5, at the height of
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It only seems a couple of weeks ago that we were reviewing a supplement for World War Two in the Pacific... And that's because it was only two weeks ago but now is the turn of Battlegroup from Plastic Soldier Company to join the Pacific war arena. https://youtu.be/Mp5qmmkbZxs The below text is
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Renaissance Italy is the latest battle ground for Romanian company WoFun. They are continuing their mammoth project of converting all the Peter Dennis paper soldiers to plastic, printing them pre-cut on 2mm thick clear acrylic sheet. The new range contains 35 sheets of figures covering all the different troop types for Imperialist,
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We are diving into the latest boxed sets from The Plastic Soldier Company, designed to provide purpose made armies for Mortem et Gloriam, the popular ancient wargames rules. Each box has enough infantry, cavalry, and light infantry within to create a starter army for the smallest level of MeG games,
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A new Starter Set from Battlefront is always a reason to be cheerful, both for the established player, of in this case Team Yankee, and for the newbie. For the former it represents a great value way of getting hold of more models, and for the later, a clear inroad
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Two upcoming releases from Warlord Games arrived in the office this week, both for their Warlords of Erehwon fantasy game. We don’t get to talk about the stuff that lurks in the ‘Other Games’ section of Warlord Games’ website as much as we’d like so this is a real treat,
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The Gripping Beast boys coined the phrase “Generic Hairies” when they released their plastic ‘Dark Age Warriors’ box set a few years ago and I would say this pack of six figures, soon to be released by Crusader Miniatures (October 2020), also match that description. Fitting seamlessly into several different Dark
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It’s not often we unbox boardgames here on Wargames Illustrated TV, but we are going to take a look at Britannia by Plastic Soldier Company for two reasons: 1). it’s by PSC who are in the main and Wargames company. 2). It’s really, really good, oh and it’s about war. https://youtu.be/u2hi4gONK8c Below
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We’re flipping through Crucible Crush’s Black Sun - a new 64-page softback alternate dimension ‘weird Nam’ skirmish game. One look at the cover tells you that all’s not as it should be in the jungles of Cambodia! Looking at that titanic beast in the fog has us adding a T
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Regular Wargames Illustrated ‘How To …’er Paul Davies has a terrain building guide that is exclusive to you, our lovely Prime subscribers. This great article covers his build of a medieval bridge and quayside in 12mm with visually stunning end results. The techniques used (and templates that are also available
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Four years on from its original release, Gripping Beast bring us Swordpoint Second Edition, a softcover, 56-page, full-colour revision of their 28mm large scale ancient and medieval battle game. https://youtu.be/01QbbB8z_p8 The below text is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than to listen. The book starts with
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We’re taking a look at Knuckleduster Miniatures’ Linguine Western Faction – bringing their gun toting carbohydrates to the wild west! Included are six single-piece metal miniatures along with branded MDF slotta-bases. The models are at 28mm scale, designed for Knuckleduster’s Gunfighter’s Ball range; touted on their website as “the most
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We’re taking a look at A Gunslinger’s Paradise from Gods Eye Games. This 164-page softback rulebook by Joe Veltre introduces new skirmish rules and a range of factions that you can use in wild west gunfights. Is it fine as cream gravy? We will let you know directly. https://youtu.be/Mir-xABHbDE The below test
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Artizan Designs have continued their range of 28mm Victorian Science Fiction with the addition of the 17th East London Rifles. This regiment of renown has seen action everywhere from the siege of Lucknow in India to the fall of Fort Elizabeth on Mars, and veteran troops they look too. Depicted
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“Old School, new look” is the tagline of Jacklex Miniatures. The company is a resurrection of a line of figures originally sculpted by Jack Alexander – one of the pioneers of the UK wargaming figure scene. As well as original figures made by Jack Alexander back in the 1960s and 70s
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These are new models for SAGA Age of Magic, from Gripping Beast. The first of The Order Militant march their menacing way onto your tabletop at 28mm scale, cast in metal, and (with the exception of three two-part models) as one-piece models. Sculptor Matthew Bickley has excelled himself - these are
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Bolt Action continues its haphazard journey through World War II with the latest supplement, documenting the island-hopping campaign of the United States in the Pacific. It takes players from June 1944 to October 1944, encompassing Operations Forager and Stalemate II. https://youtu.be/xfTXIrxKVjg The below text is a transcript of the video, for people
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Frostgrave fanboy Dave King reports on his first look at the Second Edition rules Way back in late 2014 early 2015 I was asked if I wanted to try out a new “top secret” game with the North Star crew. Always one to try something new I said: “yes, why
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The latest book by Charles S Grant deals with an often-overlooked period in the career of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington. Published by Partizan Press this 145-page hardback book is well produced, with most of its prints and illustrations presented in full-colour. https://youtu.be/CmvhV7BC1Ig The below text is a transcription of the
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“My orders say I'm not supposed to know where I'm taking this boat, so I don't. But one look at you, and I know it's gonna be hot!” Chief – Apocalypse Now If that quote gave you a buzz of recognition, excitement, or nostalgia, chances are you’re a fan of Francis
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In tribute to the author of Never mind the Billhooks, for our latest Giants in Miniatures figure release we present Lord Callan; fearless (and totally made up) fighting commander of the Wars of the Roses – the perfect frontman for your Billhooks army. Ben Macintyre of Brush Demon show us
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Steve Wood provides an easy ‘wargames standard’ painting guide aimed at getting your forces battle ready for Never Mind the Billhooks in super-quick time. The following article should help you paint your retinue for Never Mind the Billhooks and hopefully give you some ideas regarding colour schemes. But first, a couple
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EDITORIAL Following several months delay caused by Coronavirus, it is with great pride that we present our free ruleset, Never Mind the Billhooks with this issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. A fast-paced small battle/large skirmish game, ‘Billhooks’ first came to my attention when friends of the magazine Andy Callan (who first wrote
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Prolific painter Andy Singleton is back, with the third book in his Painting Wargaming Figures series; this time he’s applying his brush to the ‘Barbarian’ enemies of Rome in Painting Wargames Figures: Rome’s Northern Enemies a softback, 128-page painting guide, published by Pen and Sword. https://youtu.be/3Sh8XAtt4A8 Below is a transcript of the
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Never Mind the Billhooks is a forthcoming set of wargames rules for fighting fun small battles during the Wars of the Roses. Ahead of next week’s WiPrime release of Billhooks (which in turn is ahead of the printed release at the end of the month!) we’re giving you the change to
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There have been several recent 28mm releases catering for the ‘smaller’ nations/forces of World War Two and here’s another one, this time from Crusader Miniatures – Romanians. We’ve been handed a sample pack of what will be on offer in this initial release of 16 figures, probably forming four packs.
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“That was a pleasure to put together” says Ian who constructs most of our models for review here at Wi, Not a bad way to start a review is it? As you can see ‘NAM19 Ford Mutt’ is a multi-part metal kit, recently released by Empress Miniatures. The MUTT, or M151
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We nipped into Lucid Eye Publications earlier this week and, after distracting them with niceties and small talk, snagged a baggie of their latest metal miniatures. It’s an eclectic group, which seems fitting when you peek at the sheer number of ranges and styles sculptor Steve Saleh creates. They’re described
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Soaring into the Wargames Illustrated office, like a diving Zero from a clear sky, are Warlord Games’ new Aircraft Flights for Victory at Sea (get the rules for this WW2 naval combat game free with Wi 392). Each set includes four Flights of four planes each, mounted on custom stands that
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We being this flipthrough of Frostgrave Second Edition with a disclaimer – we’re not going to tell you much about Frostgrave, we’re going to focus on the changes between this edition and the 2015 first edition. If Frostgrave is new to you check out our article from the July 2015
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