Timecast produce a comprehensive range of 1980s Cold War models in 1/144th scale, or 10mm to me and you. Already available are infantry, equipment and vehicles for Soviet, British and American forces, with the West Germans coming soon. To bolster the American forces in Europe two new tanks have recently been
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This is a new range of 28mm metal figures from 1898 Miniatures, aimed at covering the Spanish troops of the early to middle 17th century, when Spain was busy fighting the Dutch Republic in the 80 Years War, and also supporting the Imperial armies in the Thirty Years War. The initial
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“Oxford Diecast” will probably be well known to most readers as they produce an extensive range of ready painted diecast civilian vehicles, many of which may already be in your 1920’s gangster collections or World War II Home Guard. Perhaps less well known is their extensive, and growing, military range,
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Debris of War have a track record in doing what it says on the tin - providing debris for your wargames table - and done to a high standard of quality. Their range includes: stowage, barrels, crates, drums, rocky outcrops, wheelie bins etc. plus a smattering of buildings and tokens. This
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The “Kings of War” fantasy mass battle game has been around for a number of years but recently Mantic have launched the skirmish version of the game, known as “Kings of War: Vanguard.” This allows those of you who have large Kings of War armies already to pick out a
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US airborne are the latest addition to Crusader Miniatures extensive World War II range, which already contains US infantry and anti-tank guns, along with British, French, Poles, Russians and Germans! The first two packs contain riflemen, who are all in nice action poses and are very detailed sculpts. Each pack contains
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These new releases are part of North Stars expanding range of miniatures designed for the 1866 war between Prussia and Austria, although they are suitable for the earlier conflict with Denmark in 1864 and the later Franco Prussian War. First up are the Prussian Dragoons, wearing pickelhaube style helmet, Prussian
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Baccus do a great job of making it very difficult for you to want or need to go anywhere else for your 6mm miniature needs, and with their expanding range of WWII ‘German Equipment’ I certainly can’t see why you wouldn’t want to start or expand you 6mm forces with
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Victorious Miniatures are continuing to add to their Boxer Rebellion range. Having covered some of the troop types for the Boxers themselves, they have moved on to the troops from the Legation Quarter, who defended this foreign enclave in Peking. The figures received for review are a single pack of Japanese
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The figures seen below are from the forthcoming (released at Salute 2020) Late Roman Cataphract box set from Gripping Beast. The set will contain four frames that can be used to make up twelve models. There is an extra body on the frame so that you can make the unit with
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The Miniature Company are a small, family run UK company which produce figures in 28 and 10mm. Previously known as the Miniature Design Company, they offer a number of different periods. The samples sent us for review are packs from three of their 28mm ranges, Dark Age Saxons, Dark Age
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Sally 4th recently released Whiteout: The Arctic Survival Game which featured in a previous Primetime as a flipthrough. In order to support the new rules, the company has added to their 28mm Classic Movie Miniatures range with packs of figures that match some of the images and reference points mentioned
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North Star Miniatures are supporting the release of the second edition of the Muskets & Tomahawks rulebook by releasing new miniatures for the French Indian War, one of the options outlined in the first supplement, Redcoats & Tomahawks. The new figures include packs for the main forces described, including Canadians, Highlanders,
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Offensive Miniatures already have a fair number of figures packs in their excellent World War Two themed ‘Elite’ range. However, one of their upcoming releases at Salute is an adjunct to that range, a number of packs of British Paratroopers. We have one set of samples from the upcoming release, consisting
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One of Empress Miniatures rapidly expanding ranges is that for the Vietnam War. Having begun with the Battle for Hue 1968, the wider war is slowly being explored, and the further into the war one goes, the more support weaponry is needed. Hence, the two packs reviewed here. The first pack
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Artel W Miniatures are a company based in Russia who produce finely sculpted and cast resin miniatures that have both a familiar and unique look al of their own. The majority of their figures are 28mm ‘scaled’ and represent a fairly ‘grimdark’ vision of the far future. Yet they also innovate,
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The Lithuanian battlemat manufacturers have branched out into buildings. Their first line of painted 28mm - 32mm houses err on the large side and have a classic medieval-fantasy look, although they would work for any characterful middle-ages European setting. They also have new boxes and barricades to add urban scatter.
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Stronghold Terrain continue to support their ‘SAGA Collectable’ line with some new ‘Barbarian’ figures. It seemed like everywhere you looked at Tactica in Hamburg this year semi-glad Barbarians in a Conan the Barbarian style were on sale and Stronghold had come to the party with their “32mm” offerings of both male
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We caught up with Schilling Figuren at this year's Hamburger Tactica show. ‘Neu’ figures from this German manufacturer, known for the quality design of its miniatures, included these Askaris in their 1/72 scale line. They come in packs of six for 5.40 euros and would be suitable for several mid-19th
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One of the outstanding, and award winning, games at last year’s Salute Wargames Show in London, was ‘Gaskin’s Plantation’ an American War of Independence game presented by demo game maestro Bill Gaskin and Friends. Bill’s latest appearance on the UK show circuit prompted us to press him to accommodate us
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North Star have added to their range of 20mm miniatures for the increasingly popular Osprey Games' Gaslands, with two sets of figures designed to represent Team Highway Patrol. Within the game players choose ’sponsors’ for their team and one of those on offer is Highway Patrol: “the last law in a
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These new Vikings from Brother Vinni are a welcome addition by a very talented sculptor (Brother V does all his own work) to a range of figures that too often features some unsavoury inclusions. Produced in resin and brimming with character these two packs, billed as ‘Longswords' and 'Varangian Guard’,
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New miniatures from Elladan of Rheine, German include these five caricatured female barbarians, in the mould of Conan the Barbarian/Sword and Sorcery novels and films. They are all armed with massive weapons and gravity-defying breasts. Three of the ladies (above) come as a set entitled “Halla by Kev White”. Kev being
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These new, plastic 15mm figures from the Plastic Soldier Company are just one box set from a whole variety of armies that are being made available for use with the Mortem Et Gloriam Pacto rules system or any other Ancients rules. There is a complete ‘army in a box’ approach,
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Now that Eureka Miniatures have a new ‘office’ in the UK, we have access to some of the latest and upcoming releases ‘hot off the moulds’. As a consequence, we have samples from two upcoming ranges this week, in two different sizes. First up, we have one pack of three miniatures
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1st Corps have always got new items ‘on the boil’ to add to their ranges. Two of their most popular at present are their 1/48th Armour and 28mm English Civil War Horse, both of which are due to see serious reinforcement in April at Salute. In the 1/48th World War Two
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NoMad Miniatures are the Post-Kickstarter creation of two Swedish gamers, who glory in the name OldGamersWorkshop. This is typical of those small, relatively quick campaigns that exist alongside the much larger ones. From the outset, this KS campaign began by showing actual physical sculpts of the miniatures themselves. The basic pledge
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A review by Matt Broughton A welcome addition to the painter's arsenal is the latest product from Instar Paint. It would first seem that the 'Alpha' range steps into an area of the hobby currently created by the Games Workshop Contrast paints. An apparently fast and easy way to get your
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Bad Squiddo Games have continued in their self-appointed ‘quest’ to shed light upon the important role undertaken by women during World War Two. One of their most recent releases is a resin cast representation of the mighty 40mm Bofors gun as used in its role as an anti-aircraft gun. The gun
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Samples of these multi-pose Anglo-Saxons miniatures from Victrix have taken a while to get to us (they were released in November 2019), but they are still well worth taking a look at. The two sets of plastic miniatures are great for those looking to create large armies for the Dark Ages or
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