Hello everyone, England is now in National Lockdown, so we wanted to give you an update on what's ahead from us. For the duration of the Lockdown Wargames Illustrated magazine will continue to be published in both print and PDF formats. There will be no halt in the production of the
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We see all kinds of minis at Wargames Illustrated, made for various genres, periods, scales, and levels of hobbyist; this means there's usually someone on staff who has a special interest in each thing we get. But it's rare that person is Ian. He's hands on with all the models
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Doing interviews, writing features, editing and laying out contributions, taking photos, discussing themes, working out Giants in Miniature releases - Wargames Illustrated work keeps us busy! It also means that we get a lot of stuff done that we then have to keep secret for a long time - months,
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We're very happy to report that Diane Sutherland, better known as the Wargames Widow, will be contributing semi-regular terrain building articles to Wi Prime. In this, the first of her online guides, the Widow explores donut forts and huts, perfect for Madhists in the Sudan, along the Nile. We're presenting
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We're asking you to place your votes on the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2020 - a chance to reward the fantastic folks in the wargames industry after their work through a challenging and unusual year. The final category is The Best Wargames Illustrated Article of 2020. Editor Dan and Project Manager James
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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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In the October issue of Wargames Illustrated (Wi394) you had the pleasure of ogling Bob Amey’s fine collection of converted 15mm ancient armies. As a bonus exclusive Prime members can ogle them some more with these extra photographs and spins. Wargames Illustrated' September issue (Wi393) also featured a masterclass on Bob's
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In connection with our ’Third Crusade - Conquest of Egypt’ article in Wi394, as promised - here is our bonus content on The Battle of Babayan, 1167. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/THE-BATTLE-OF-BABAYN-1167.pdf
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In connection with our 'Death of a Revolution’ article in Wi394, as promised - here are the Orders of Battles. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Battle-of-Temesvar-Orders-of-battle.pdf
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One hundred points is considered "about right" for a game of Never Mind the Billhooks, so we thought we would pictorially show you what that looked like. So the photo below of Pete Harris's splendid army (as featured in the Billhooks rulebook). All Perry Mins, and exactly 100 points.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Wargames Widow returns with a ‘wheely good’ model making project for creating a period-versatile waterside building. Another day, another paddle, I wish I was up to my knees in the Aegean Ocean, but not this time. Instead I’d be gluing lolly-pop sticks and balsa to an old cotton reel.
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Diana Sutherland coined the name “The Wargames Widow” several years ago when she discovered she had a desire and skill for creating model terrain and buildings to populate her husband’s wargames tables (Note: Hubby Jon is affectionately referred to as “the Wargamer” in her articles). Since then she has gone
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Wi Editor Dan shares his experience in taking photos using the camera in your pocket. I’ve been photographing figures to decorate the pages of Wargames Illustrated magazine for years and with every passing year it gets easier. Experience certainly has something to do with that, but technology probably has more. Despite having
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. James Morris follows up his article about his visit to Verdun with the story behind his award winning game on the UK show circuit. This video and photographs originally accompanied an article published in the January 2017 issue of Wargames Illustrated, which
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. Guest contributor Arthur Wells-Lee provides us with a Napoleonic variant of Osprey’s Lion Rampant rules, followed by WI Editor Dan’s exploration, (courtesy of the Perrys) as to whether it actually works! This video and photographs originally accompanied an article published in
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. The final THRILLING installment of an In Her Majesty‛s Name campaign, as presented at Salute 2014! To get thus far our hero Allan Quatermain and his trusty band have competed with three rival groups; DASTARDLY Frenchmen, DUPLICITOUS Boers and SNEAKY
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. By Rick Priestley. All Figures by Perry Miniatures from their 28mm World War Two collection. ‘Aaay!’ exclaimed Captain Fonzarelli.The remark was aimed at the stout and sweaty corporal who had burst into his office without so much as knocking. This video and
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To go along with the article "STRANGLERS IN THE NIGHT - THE WAR AGAINST THE THUGS IN INDIA, 1820 -1840," We have put together these download able cards. You can download them here
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. It’s handy having neighbours like Warlord Games (their UK offi ce is just half a mile from our own) - you get to game with all their cool stuff! When our UK Editor, Dan Faulconbridge, saw Warlord’s Pegasus Bridge table (designed
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. The two ships stole swiftly through the moon-kissed sea like thieves in the night. Their crews remained silent on pain of death, their lights extinguished as they flitted around the decks, attending to their duties. The landing parties looked out across
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We've pulled this video from the archives for your viewing pleasure. By autumn of 1914, the war on the Western Front had transformed from a series of open battles to the grinding trench warfare that would come to characterize the contest. Stalemate caused each nation’s leaders to look beyond a decision in
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Bring together a world-famous movie director, the former chief of the nation’s defence forces, two of the foremost miniature figure manufacturers in the world, a leading special effects company, and a load of enthusiastic wargamers, and you know something special is going to happen! Project coordinator Roly Hermans takes up
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A Hero of great renowned Beowulf has sailed from the pages of his epic story, and joined the Giants in Miniature range. Such an epic hero deserves something a little bit special. So as well as a step by step guide in getting him ready for the tabletop, we have also
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