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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It’s been almost a year since we last looked at Victory at Sea, the WW2 1:1800 game of naval warfare from Warlord Games. Included in the releases we looked at in 2020 were flights of Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros – those planes would have appreciated one of these new releases,
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We’re unboxing a new plastic box set from PSC and building a couple of the six 1/72 scale WW2 trucks inside! Quite a bargain from PSC here - a set of six Russian GAZ trucks that average out at just £5 ($7 US) each. Included in the box are six frames
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In a second pre-release Prime peek at an article from Wi404 (which will arrive in The Vault next week) it's Building Fort Nassau. Glenn Clarke not only shows us how to build a fine looking piece of terrain that would be perfectly suited to Blood and Plunder or other such gaming
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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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You’ve checked the options, you’ve cast your votes, we’ve done the counting, we have a winner …… Congratulations to Aurelian Leclerc who is our Readers’ Choice winner with his Saint Louis Conversion! His amazing work and painting (creating a Knight of Dol Amroth from the Lord of the Rings) got
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We open up this new set and have a good look at some of WW2’s most elite combatants - the Panzer-Lehr. It seems like only last week we were talking about elite German troops from WW2 *checks the previous articles* and it was! This time we’re examining some Warlord Games Panzer-Lehr.
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Offensive Miniatures add to their Elite: Waffen SS range with this set of ten 28mm miniatures, armed with more anti-tank firepower than you can shake a Sherman at. It seems gamers have an insatiable appetite for the elites of the Third Reich - we get almost as many new lots of
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Games Designer Daniel Mersey has at least six Osprey Games titles under his belt, including several in the very popular ‘… Rampant’ series. But, like many a well know author, Dan cut his teeth writing for Wargames Illustrated, years before he made a career out of it; check out the
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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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New from Offensive Miniatures, an addition to their Elite catalogue, it’s a “Jedburgh” Team. This set of four figures joins the Offensive Miniatures British Paras range and represents the teams of specialists who parachuted into France during WW2. Over 90 ‘Jed’ teams joined the fighting in Normandy in the later
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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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Following on from our look at the Skirmishers last week we are unboxing the Dismounted Cavalry for Black Powder Epic Battles. The basics Within the box are 54 dismounted cavalry miniatures and the Epic Battles bases you’ll need to mount them on. The figures come cast as groups of two which allows
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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 have been 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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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to find exciting articles from previous issues. 400+ issues is a feast too great for anyone to tackle with ease, even the greatest of gaming gluttons, yet that's what you can find in The Vault. Where on earth should you start browsing in
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We’re unboxing the new Skirmishers box set for Warlord Games’ Black Powder Epic Battles and ranking up some troops! When the plastic Epic Battles ACW frame first arrived at the office it caused quite a kerfuffle (and much discussion) as we pored over the figures. Wargames Illustrated consensus was that they
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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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In Wi403 Pete Brown presented a short campaign for the French Foreign Legion in the North African desert and we have an online extra to add to your gaming options. Below is a downloadable extra page that we couldn't fit into the issue itself. It presents alternate movements for Abd El
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Campaign: D-Day: US Sector is the third and final book in the Bolt Action Second Edition D-Day Trilogy, following on the heels of the Overlord and British and Canadian Sectors. https://youtu.be/v4d0IYLG7xU The text below is a video transcript for those who prefer to read rather than watch. The first passage of text in
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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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Since my last Editor's Exploits, the Wargames Illustrated team have suffered a terrible loss in the form of the sudden but peaceful death of Duncan Macfarlane. Duncan was the founder of both the Miniature Wargames and (four years later) Wargames Illustrated magazines. Yesterday was his funeral and (within government restrictions) was
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We’ve already unboxed 7TV: Fantasy and given its Director’s Guide a flipthrough - you can find those videos on our website and/or YouTube channel. Here we’re completing our video trilogy with The Return of the King … wait … sorry, that’s not it … with the Producers, Casting, and Encounter
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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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The latest release for skirmish game Test of Honour is a set of new Samurai and Ashigaru figures. The Samurai Warband box set contains eight fine-looking metal figures, the 18 cards you’ll need to use them, MDF bases, and it costs £35 ($50 US). There are two additional packs -
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Due to the government's decision to extend Covid restrictions for another four weeks, until 19 July, Hammerhead has decided to cancel this year's show. It will now be hosted Saturday 5 March 2022. This means that the annual Wargames Illustrated Hammerhead Painting Competition will also unfortunately not take place. We apologise to anyone
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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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Four different books come in the 7TV: Fantasy box and cover all you need to play the game. In this video we’re going to flip through the main one for the actual rules - the Director’s Guide - and highlight the key gameplay and background elements in this new fantasy
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New from Artizan Designs, six extra codes join their range for the Second Afghan War. NFW 1008 - Afghan Irregulars Command II We’re looking at command figures first. These add to Artizan’s already released Afghan Irregulars command set but they look more suited to summer campaigning. Unlike in NFW 1001, there are
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