In Every Bullet Has Its Billet, renowned wargamer Barry Hilton offers a wargaming guide to the late 17th Century. The format is a glossy, magazine-style book of 124 pages broken down into nine sections. With Helion’s usual high quality production, Hilton’s authoritative and knowledgeable text, and lots of colourful wargames
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Hot out of the mould this week are some new releases for the Perry Miniatures metal range of Napoleonic Saxons and Prussians. This range will represent the Saxon army as it appeared between 1806 and 1809 before they adopted French style uniforms. First up is a pack of Grenadier command
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An assortment of metal miniatures from Crooked Dice to enjoy here, and some resin cast scenic pieces too. All are appealing in their own ways, and the variety is the first impressive thing, followed by the quality of the metal casting with minimal clean up required on the miniatures. All
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Fireforge already produce an impressive array of plastic box sets in their ‘Western Armies’ range. This latest set adds to the Foot Knights, Foot Sergeants, Mounted Sergeants, Sergeants at Arms and Archers that are already available. The Western Knights are all mounted, with the box set containing three brand new rider
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In last week’s Primetime we told you about a change (or, rather, addition) of scenery here at WiHQ - our insatiable appetite for top quality photos in the magazine means we are always on the lookout for new background fodder in the form of scenery and terrain of every variety.
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Sometimes the figure collections we photograph for Wargames Illustrated magazine articles are so good it’s hard to stop taking pictures, which is good news for Prime members because you can benefit either by seeing some extra exclusive ‘scenic’ pics, or, in this case, viewing ‘spins’ of the figures we didn’t
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The new year brings with it a change of scenery here at WiHQ, or more precisely an addition of scenery. Our insatiable appetite for top quality photos in the magazine means we are always on the lookout for new background fodder in the form of scenery and terrain of every
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These bootleggers for Gaslands Refueled, made by North Star, are here to slip into and fight around your converted Matchbox/Hotwheels cars. They are 20mm scale, cast in metal, and there are two types of model. First there are the on foot options. Five different minis, all toting an assortment of shotguns
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The extremely popular fantasy games Frostgrave and (certainly growing in popularity) Oathmark get quite a lot of coverage here on Wi Prime. That’s partly because of their popularity but it’s also because they get a lot of miniatures released for them, manufactured by the folks at North Star. It’s less
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Wi 397 has a Designer’s Notes on Wars of Ozz, the new fantasy battles game based on the Frank L. Baum’s world, given a post-apocalypse twist. We will have a flipthrough of that rulebook online next week but first there are some models to take a look at - a
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Nicknamed Buffalo Soldiers (referencing the African-American units that began to form in the 1860s) the 92nd Infantry Division was the only completely Black American division to see front-line service in Europe in World War II. Thanks to the creation of some new metal parts Bolt Action players can now more
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As we deal with the changes Lockdown has brought to the Wargames Illustrated office we’re digging out photographs of models we snapped but didn’t get around to featuring in 2020. So, these fine-looking Warlord Games Napoleonic Spanish Mounted Infantry Officers trot forth for their somewhat late time in the limelight! A
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Warlord Games are launching a hefty load of new French Resistance models for Bolt Action and we’ve got two boxes – the French Resistance Squad and the French Resistance Support Group – to assess. There are also some PIAT & Anti-tank rifle teams, along with bigger guns – light artillery and
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We’ve got an assortment of new metal miniatures from North Star, made for their ever expansive (and just voted best Figure Range in the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2020) Frostgrave range. These ones are to accompany the Red King, the game’s first supplement since its second edition. Let’s dig in. The Herald
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Ramshackle Games have recently started to cast 28mm resin Ork bits and this Goblin Gun Set is an intriguing one. It’s a multi-part kit that comes with 16 different resin parts, cast in a minty green colour that makes them look a bit more like a toy than the standard
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Ostensibly designed and released with 20mm World War Two rules Battlegroup in mind, but usable with any 20mm system, this boxed set of 27 figures made from Thermo Plastic Resin, or ‘Ultacast’ does exactly what it says on the cover and provides an entire late-war Waffen-SS platoon. In the box you
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There’s some great stuff in Studio Miniatures ever-expanding Horror Characters range; we’ve got three of their latest releases to take a look at, all one-piece metal models in 28mm scale. The Harlequin With the old fashioned clown outfit, spooky balloon, and maniacally gleeful face, this is a great representation of Bill Skarsgård’s
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With the ability to play games rather hindered these days, we’re all looking for new hobby projects to keep us busy; what better time for Terrain Essentials to thud onto Wi’s review desk? https://youtu.be/A-yvXAcjyRQ The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. Behind
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Tied to The Red King, the first supplement for Frostgrave: Second Edition, we’ve got a boxed set of 20 multi-part, hard plastic, 28mm scale Demons. They’re known as the Hrut in the supplement itself but, as with many of the Frostgrave plastics, there’s much potential to use these models elsewhere
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Those hoping to recreate the Anglo Afghan wars (or any other activities in the region) are blessed with a variety of treats right now and Renedra has got new plastic buildings to add flair to your tabletop. This boxed set ties in nicely with their existing Mud Brick House kit and
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Of all the Ultracast figures we've seen recently (and we’ve seen quite a few here at WiHQ) – these are the best. In terms of design, they are well researched and believable, in terms of detail they are sharp, and in terms of casting they are pretty clean and -
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Following a successful Kickstarter back in 2016, Studio Miniatures have been steadily expanding their First Afghan War range, with the recent focus being on native Afghan tribesmen. Received for review recently are these samples (pictured above and below) from 14 of the 23 ‘Afghan’ packs available. You will find these (and
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Sounding a bit like a 90s death metal band; Kromlech of Warszawa, Poland produce the ‘Official Terrain Series’ for Osprey’s fantasy skirmish game Frostgrave. They currently have a dozen suitably gloomy looking buildings in their MDF range and have recently added a few sets of resin scatter terrain. If you like
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Editor Dan quizzes Project Manager James on a rather more entertaining project than the ones he usually undertakes during the working day - converted US Marines! They chat about the frames, the inspiration behind this scene, and the building and converting James did on the Warlord Games US Marines (whose
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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 this 'unboxing' video we are looking at sample packs from the first release of First Corps' 28mm, metal, World War Two British Expeditionary Force range. Lower down the page you will also find photos and some of our trademark 'spins' of the models. https://youtu.be/RO4ewTck848 Brengunner Non-Commissioned Officer Battalion Commander Rifleman with bayonet Rifleman Find out more
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3,000 years is a long time! Any book trying to map the armies and warfare of such a wide period is showing a level of boldness that is to be admired. That's what this Dadi & Piombo published book attempts to do in this softcover, spiral bound, 66 pages expansion
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We've got some new painting products to look at from the Mig Jimenez AMMO range, both of them aimed at sprayers. Some are f0r use with an airbrush, some not! AMMO Shaders Combining airbrushing and brush work on models can, in the hands of a skilled painter, lead to phenomenal results. These
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To accompany our Q&A with Afghan Tribesmen sculptor Michael Perry (on page 92 of Wargames Illustrated 394) we’ve snapped extra photos and spins of some Afghans. These have all been painted by the other half of Perry Miniatures, brother Alan. The tribal nature of the Afghans meant that they didn’t develop
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In last week’s Primetime we looked at new American and British Regular Infantry, this week they are joined by Native Americans for the War of 1812. Native Americans became involved in the conflict to secure British support for their own war against the United States. Led by Tecumseh, they played
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