The second wave of Order Militant models has arrived from Gripping Beast –the Grand Commander of The Order Militant leads the way and 8 Fanatics follow in support, ready to take part in SAGA: Age of Magic. These metal models are all sculpted by Wargames Illustrated favourite Matt Bickley (who has
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Renaissance Italy is the latest battle ground for Romanian company WoFun. They are continuing their mammoth project of converting all the Peter Dennis paper soldiers to plastic, printing them pre-cut on 2mm thick clear acrylic sheet. The new range contains 35 sheets of figures covering all the different troop types for Imperialist,
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We are diving into the latest boxed sets from The Plastic Soldier Company, designed to provide purpose made armies for Mortem et Gloriam, the popular ancient wargames rules. Each box has enough infantry, cavalry, and light infantry within to create a starter army for the smallest level of MeG games,
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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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The Gripping Beast boys coined the phrase “Generic Hairies” when they released their plastic ‘Dark Age Warriors’ box set a few years ago and I would say this pack of six figures, soon to be released by Crusader Miniatures (October 2020), also match that description. Fitting seamlessly into several different Dark
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This new boxed set for Frostgrave’s Second Edition provides enough parts to build 10 hugely varied, multi-part, plastic miniatures. The models are at 28mm scale and the set consists of two duplicated Frostgrave Knights frames (each allowing you to build five miniatures), plus a frame containing 10 bases. Though "knights" are
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We’re taking a look at Knuckleduster Miniatures’ Linguine Western Faction – bringing their gun toting carbohydrates to the wild west! Included are six single-piece metal miniatures along with branded MDF slotta-bases. The models are at 28mm scale, designed for Knuckleduster’s Gunfighter’s Ball range; touted on their website as “the most
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Artizan Designs have continued their range of 28mm Victorian Science Fiction with the addition of the 17th East London Rifles. This regiment of renown has seen action everywhere from the siege of Lucknow in India to the fall of Fort Elizabeth on Mars, and veteran troops they look too. Depicted
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“Old School, new look” is the tagline of Jacklex Miniatures. The company is a resurrection of a line of figures originally sculpted by Jack Alexander – one of the pioneers of the UK wargaming figure scene. As well as original figures made by Jack Alexander back in the 1960s and 70s
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These are new models for SAGA Age of Magic, from Gripping Beast. The first of The Order Militant march their menacing way onto your tabletop at 28mm scale, cast in metal, and (with the exception of three two-part models) as one-piece models. Sculptor Matthew Bickley has excelled himself - these are
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“My orders say I'm not supposed to know where I'm taking this boat, so I don't. But one look at you, and I know it's gonna be hot!” Chief – Apocalypse Now If that quote gave you a buzz of recognition, excitement, or nostalgia, chances are you’re a fan of Francis
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There have been several recent 28mm releases catering for the ‘smaller’ nations/forces of World War Two and here’s another one, this time from Crusader Miniatures – Romanians. We’ve been handed a sample pack of what will be on offer in this initial release of 16 figures, probably forming four packs.
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“That was a pleasure to put together” says Ian who constructs most of our models for review here at Wi, Not a bad way to start a review is it? As you can see ‘NAM19 Ford Mutt’ is a multi-part metal kit, recently released by Empress Miniatures. The MUTT, or M151
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We nipped into Lucid Eye Publications earlier this week and, after distracting them with niceties and small talk, snagged a baggie of their latest metal miniatures. It’s an eclectic group, which seems fitting when you peek at the sheer number of ranges and styles sculptor Steve Saleh creates. They’re described
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Soaring into the Wargames Illustrated office, like a diving Zero from a clear sky, are Warlord Games’ new Aircraft Flights for Victory at Sea (get the rules for this WW2 naval combat game free with Wi 392). Each set includes four Flights of four planes each, mounted on custom stands that
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We have got our grubby mitts on a couple of ‘test shots’ of the forthcoming Afghan/NW Frontier Tribesmen from Perry Miniatures. There are still a few details to iron out e.g. the trigger guards on some of the rifles, but this long awaited box set is now pretty much ready
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This set of 28mm Steampunk soldiers form part of Artizan Designs’ ‘Victorian Science Fiction’ range. For sale singly at £3.00 each. Although collectively they may look as if they could pass for late 19th or early 20th Century Russians or Slavs, on closer inspection their fantastical rifles and goggles place
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Great word isn’t it, ramshackle. Apparently it’s got nothing to do with rams or shackles, but is derived from ransack. It first appeared in a copy of the weekly journal Forest and Stream in 1830. Anyway, I digress. This 28mm Ramshackle House is the sixteenth model in Renedra’s range of flat-pack
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It’s 1870 and the American Civil War isn’t over, it has also taken a rather dramatic twist in that the North has laid waste to the South using chemical weapons and the Confederate States have responded by using Necromancy to raise their dead and retaliate! Artizan Designs’ Grim Prairie Tales (GPT)
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The latest plastic box set in the expanding and eclectic Wargames Atlantic range, is German Infantry 1916 -18. https://youtu.be/BcJ3bKUdxmY Comparison shot with metal Great War Miniatures WWI figures Below: Spins of six of the figures we made up from one of the frames. Below: A transcription of the video,
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1898 Miniatures have released three more packs of foot to expand their 28mm Thirty Years War (TYW) ‘Spanish’ range. As with their previous releases these would fit well in any European army of the first half of the 17th century, but they have been designed in particular with the Spanish
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“Dead Earth Games” are producing a range of miniatures to support their “Pirates of the Dread Sea” (PODS) skirmish wargames rules. The range currently consists of Human, Undead and Dwarf crews but crews from the other races are promised soon. Sent for review here are the human crew, led by
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If you are looking to wargame the Chinese in World War Two or in their Civil War of 1945 - 49, then you’re hardly spoilt for choice. Despite featuring heavily in the Bolt Action Empire in Flames Campaign book, Warlord don’t make a dedicated range of figures, and in fact
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Great Escape Games ran a successful Kickstarter campaign in April of this year to bring some Danish World War II figures to the market. From this campaign came; two ten-man squads, a command pack of four figures, and a motorbike sidecar combo. The figures measure 28mm from foot to eye. The
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These are “selling like hot cakes” at North Star apparently. Not surprising really because who wouldn’t want four “scary” plastic trees, two tree stumps, two clusters of mushrooms and two ‘stick-on-able’ (or not) tree faces for £15? These models form part of a forthcoming Mantic Games ‘Terrain Crate’, but Mantic have
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Trent Miniatures is one of those companies that always seems to me to take “the road less travelled”, producing excellent miniatures for some of the less well-covered wargames periods and these new releases continue this trend. First up is a pack for their “Vendean” or “Chouannerie” range. This was the peasant
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Published in collaboration with Sarissa Precision Ltd this full colour A4 book, by Sarissa’s chief designer and building painter Gary Faulkner, is designed to help those of you who want to take your MDF laser cut buildings to the next level. “What’s to learn?” I hear you ask; “don’t you
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If you are a player of Games Workshops “Warhammer 40,000” then you will already be aware that this month sees’ the release of the latest edition of the rules. GW have decided to mark the event with the launch of what they are describing as “the biggest and best boxed
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I think it’s fair to say that any wargamer with a penchant for Normans is well catered for. Whether you’re a fan of plastics from Conquest Miniatures or metals by Gripping Beast, Crusader Miniatures, Footsore, Foundry, V&V or anyone else I’ve missed – there’s a lot of choice out there.
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Ultimately the Kriegsmarine was too small to match Germany's ambitions plans during World War Two, yet it managed to produce the most famous ship of the war; The Bismarck. Despite only having one, eight-day, combat operation, it is fitting that this ship is one of the early releases for Warlord Games'
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