The 2023 Wargames Illustrated/Historicon Painting Competition takes place at the Historicon Wargames Convention in Lancaster PA, USA, July 19 - 23. Below you will find the rules and regulations regarding entering the competition. The following rules have been compiled to act as a series of guidelines to consider and work to
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Salute 50 is upon us and what better way to usher in the event than showing off what we have in store for people visiting the show this year! Visit stands TL03 and GL02 on Saturday 22 April to pick up some sweet deals, enter the Wi Dice Off, and see
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After many hours designing, testing, and labouring away behind the scenes we here at Wi are ecstatic to announce that Never Mind the Billhooks now has its own website for newcomers and veterans alike! Check out the website by clicking the image above or the following link: www.nevermindthebillhooks.com.
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It’s time to muster your best-painted figures for the annual Wargames Illustrated and Hammerhead Painting Competition! You may have a single model or unit sitting pretty on your shelf, waiting to be plucked out to win an award, or perhaps you are painting something specifically for the show. Whatever the case,
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As of Thursday 12 January Royal Mail has been experiencing severe service disruption to International export services following a cyber incident. As a result, we are temporarily unable to despatch items to overseas destinations. Customers from outside the UK are welcome to place orders via the Wargames Illustrated shop, but no
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It’s time to muster your best looking figures for the annual Wargames Illustrated and Hammerhead Painting Competition! You may have a single model or unit sitting pretty on your shelf, just waiting to be plucked out to win an award, perhaps you are painting something specifically - whatever the case,
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Over the last few weeks, we have been forced to make major changes in regard to Wargames Illustrated subscriptions for overseas subscribers. Some of these changes will bring welcome improvements to the service we are able to offer our subscribers, particularly within the USA, where subs are now being offered by
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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 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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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 were all seriously affected by “Brexit and Covid” (according to our currier) and magazines are taking up to 60 days
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It is with great sadness that I have to announce the death of Duncan Macfarlane. Duncan was the original owner and editor of Wargames Illustrated, creating and publishing the magazine for the first time in August 1987, after having previously been the editor of Miniature Wargames. Duncan passed away suddenly but peacefully
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Serious postal disruption is affecting the delivery of some subscription copies of Wi400 - the April issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. Despite most subscribers having now received their copy of Wi400, there has clearly been a major postal issue which has meant that many subscribers (particularly in the US) have not
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Throughout April 2021 it’s FREE to sign up to WiPrime. Once you sign up you will receive one month’s unpaid membership, with access to all WiPrime benefits. After your free month you will be be charged the regular monthly fee of £5.99. You can cancel your membership at any time, including during your
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Wargames Illustrated magazine is now being stocked and sold in more Tescos supermarkets than ever before. Pick up a copy straight off the shelves when you do your weekly shop, or If you have your groceries delivered from one of the stores that stock Wi - you can get the magazine
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From humble beginnings back in September 1987, Wargames Illustrated magazine has grown into the world’s go-to resource for all things relating to tabletop gaming. With the April 2021 issue of the magazine, we celebrate our 400th issue! https://youtu.be/Rugvza_k7ls Wi400 hosts some great reads, including several reflective pieces taking in the history of the
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Wargames Illustrated magazine is now being stocked and sold in more Sainsbury’s supermarkets than ever before. Pick up a copy straight off the shelves when you do your weekly shop, or If you have your groceries delivered from one of the stores that stock Wi - you can get the magazine
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Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls, please be upstanding for the winners of the 2020 Wargames Illustrated Awards. The year MMXX is probably best summed up by this review: “One star. Wouldn’t recommend”. But, at least amongst the depression and despair caused by Coronavirus, there were some great new wargame rules,
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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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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 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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Here’s a ‘heads up’ to all our Prime Members - bagged with the September issue of Wi will be a copy of Wars of the Roses large skirmish/small battle rules - Nevermind the Billhooks. Written by 'Paper Soldiers’ author Andy Callan and packed with photos of Perry Miniatures, ‘Billhooks’ is a
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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Are you a Print or Prime subscriber to Wargames Illustrated magazine? If so you can access the latest issue of WI Bite-size, plus previous issues of Bite-size and the full magazine for FREE via The Vault. If you are not a subscriber you can purchase a copy of WI Bite-size for
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While the print version of Wargames Illustrated is mothballed we’re producing a weekly PDF magazine FREE to all Print and Prime subscribers and now available as a one of purchase to anyone else. Filled with new articles, features, classics from The Vault and adverts (free to the advertisers) WI Bite-size is an
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Free to subscribers of both WI Prime and Print, WI Bite-size is your weekly 'Wargames Illustrated Lockdown Fix’. Containing new articles, features, classics from The Vault and adverts (free to the advertisers) WI Bite-size is an on-screen mini magazine that aims to keep our subscribers onboard and entertained whilst the print
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With the closure of high street stores and hobby shops due to Coronavirus it’s probably not going to be possible to pick up a copy of the April issue of Wargames Illustrated ‘in-store’. But fear not, there are some online hobby retails still operating and you can find their details
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After the success of last year's event, the organisers of Hammerhead in Newark have asked us to return to the show on March the 14th 2020 to run the Hammerhead Painting Competition for a third year. You can find the full 'Rules' here: WI Hammerhead Painting Competition 2020 You can read all
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We’re offering WIPrime members the opportunity to choose a favourite character from military history to become a future Giant in Miniature (GiM) figure. We produce one new GiM every month, and in 2020 we would like one of our figures to be chosen by you. In order to be worthy of
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