This Wi online series features our in-house painter Marc talking about the various projects he's been working on each week. In this episode, Marc shows three of the fantasy figures he spiced up for the October issue, Wi406! https://youtu.be/4AvUY8BKrTU
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Whilst packing away, after leading my miniature warriors to an inglorious defeat on the tabletop last Wednesday evening, it occurred to me that the two wargames I have recently played have probably been as contrasting as they can be. The former was a ten-player Black Powder game, taking place on a
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Editor Dan and Project Manager James take you an extensive 35-minute tour of Osprey Games' new ruleset The Silver Bayonet! https://youtu.be/kc3Ne12JGlY
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This Wi online series features our in-house painter Marc talking about the various projects he's been working on each week. In this episode, Marc shows you an assortment of minis he completed prior to arriving at Wi Tower! https://youtu.be/eGjY2gDvNSY
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Want to paint up our latest Giants in Miniature release? Ben Macintyre shows you how! Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Painting-Takeda-Shingen.pdf
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Editor Dan takes us on a tour of the 405th issue of Wargames Illustrated, which comes with a free Anglo-Zulu War British Infantry sprue from Warlord Games! https://youtu.be/SnWJDI14yjU
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This Wi online series features our in-house painter Marc talking about the various projects he's been working on each week. In this episode, Marc shows you how he went about mashing up his miniatures into some awesome kitbashed steampunk redcoats as well as some other neat stuff! https://youtu.be/9zylgPz3yPw
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Marc and James take a look through the Blaster - Games Anthology 03 in this WiPrime exclusive video. There's an eclectic mix of gaming shenanigans within. What will take your fancy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BltRKpPDQ_c
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In our latest issue Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray returned to the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein to ponder a ‘what if’ that was mere hours away from happening. We couldn't fit the orbats into the print issue so we've included them online for you to access should you want to
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In a new Wi online series, our in-house painter Marc talks about the projects he's been working on each week. In this episode, Marc demonstrates how to go about texturing your MDF terrain with tools such as weathering and sawtooth brushes. Oh, and he loves his sponges too! https://youtu.be/t1YDksRQkm4
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Sometimes you don’t choose a wargaming period; it chooses you. Via a small contribution to the latest issue of the Wargames Illustrated magazine (Wi405) I wrote about my appreciation of the author Thomas Hardy and how his book The Trumpet-Major provided some interesting background material for wargames based around Napoleon’s
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The Wargames Illustrated team dig through the Vault to bring you some latest issue tie-ins. The theme of the next magazine (September 2021, Wi405) is ‘What if?’, it’s a subject we have visited, re-visited, then visited again numerous times over the years in Wi, leaving us, or rather you, with an
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The paint’s barely dried on our Stargrave crews and there’s already a new supplement, adding exciting extras to the already popular sci-fi skirmish game that was released in mid-2021. This 96-page, full-colour book takes your initially galaxy-spanning gaming to a singular location - Imperial Research Station 37 - formerly a
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The arrival of Crooked Dice new releases at WiTower usually incites a discussion or two. The main discussion point this month was who was everyone’s favourite character in the 1980s TV classic The A-Team. Project Manager James surprised nobody by revealing he’s a fan of Hannibal (they have a mutual love
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In a new Wi online series, our in-house painter Marc talks about the projects he's been working on each week. In this episode Marc shows how he created and painted the Leper Terrorists, Victrix Normans, and Assault Group modern Chinese to go into the Wi405, September issue's theme of 'What If'. https://youtu.be/2YKL7dd7x1I
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It's the first in a new Wi online series! In Marc's Miniature Monday our in-house painter Marc talks about the projects he's been working on each week. In the inaugural episode, James quizzes Marc about the mighty German Jagdtiger tank from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/TpY2CkZHBvk
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Hot on the heels of the plastic Prussian Infantry box set (see our in-depth feature in Wi404) we’ve snagged some new and (at the time of writing) unseen Franco-Prussian War figures from sculptor Michael. We even got some finely painted versions for you to enjoy spinning around! Prussian Infantry Command First up
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We continue our Blam! Blam! Aargh! extras with another article from author Daniel Mersey. This time he presents new 'hero' profiles for you to use in the game or take inspiration from when creating new characters of your own. Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/BBA-characters-.pdf
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Our WiPrime Members can now get $5 off their purchases of fine plastic figures every month at Wargames Atlantic! We're big fans of Wargames Atlantic's excellent value multi-part plastic box sets. From their upcoming sci-fi Cannon Fodder kit (pictured above) to their brill Partisans French Resistance, their Sharpe inspired British Riflemen
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Our in-house Painter Marc and Project Manager James take you through the latest Bolt Action starter set in this unboxing. Will this be the perfect box set for wargamers looking to venture into the WW2 Pacific campaign? Watch our video to find out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzTjHtmtxXo
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Editor Dan talks about sorting his way through boxes of fine figures and fond memories in this Editor’s Exploits. Dan: When we lost my good friend, mentor and Wargames Illustrated founder Duncan Macfarlane earlier this year, I inherited his personal collection of Wargames figures. Duncan’s miniature mountain is made up of
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Want to see what our new in-house painter's been up to? You've come to the right place! Fine looking figures and terrain are making their way from the desk of our new in-house painter and into the pages of Wargames Illustrated. You'll see a lot of Marc's work in our upcoming issue
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We've got a treat for Prime members with an expansion to an article from Wi404. Bob Giglio examined Samori Ture’s resistance in Western Sudan in his colonial article for the issue, but what of the French expansion in Sudan? Well, we didn't have space for it but have no fear,
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Editor Dan takes us on a tour of the 404th issue of Wargames Illustrated, which comes with a free copy of the Blam! Blam! Aargh! ruleset. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJunAwe7dDU
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A special treat for Prime Members here - Daniel Mersey's fourth BBA! scenario, Snatch! a whole month ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated 405. Crikey, the '!' key on our keyboards is getting a good workout these days with all of the new Blam! Blam! Aargh! goodies going into the
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Are you having fun playing BBA!? We very much hope so! As promised on the back page of the game's rules, here's an extra scenario for you to get your teeth into, direct from Daniel Mersey - the game's designer. In the Search for Spuck, the attacker must locate and 'Beam
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Our WiPrime Members can now get £5 off their terrain purchases every month, thanks to the fine folks at Sarissa Precision. Let's do the maths: £5 off at Sarissa Precision + £5 off at North Star Military Figures + £5 off at Gripping Beast every month ... That's a whopping great £15
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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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