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North Star continue to add to their range of plastic figures intended for use with the popular Frostgrave rules system. The most recent release is Frostgrave Soldiers II: featuring 20 female warriors. The figures are multipart plastics, allowing gamers to mix and match weapons, poses and heads to create their own warriors.

Rubicon Models continue to add to their excellent range of plastic model kits but have also added more 1/56th metal miniatures to compliment them. The SdKfz 222 / SdKfz 223 1/56th scale model kit contains enough parts to create either version of this German light armoured car. Produced from 1936 until

Elite Wargames and Models specialize in offering 28mm female figures for three main periods, Dark Ages, Napoleonics and World War Two. The first are female Dark Age warriors, the second are a more ‘fantasy’ version of Napoleonic warfare, but the last pays homage to the female fighters who fought for

Ancient and Modern Army Supplies have continued to produce new 15mm miniatures under the Donington ‘New Era’ banner. The latest releases are a new range, entitled ‘Armies of Islam’. The pack featured here is a command pack, a Senior Turkish or Early Mamluk Commander. There are three riders and three horses

Sally 4th will soon be presenting a Kickstarter to launch Albedo Combat Patrol, ACP164, a new 28mm science fiction miniatures game set in Steve Gallachi's “Albedo Anthropomorphics” universe. Prior to the completion of the Kickstarter, there will be a comprehensive initial release of miniatures, such as those shown here. The miniature

Here’s a sneak peek at some ‘breaking news’ - these are frames from the upcoming ‘Frostgrave Soldiers II’ boxed set of plastic figures. These are female soldiers in appropriate attire for the Frozen City but could feature in other fantasy games or even historical skirmish adventures. These are so new

Charlie Foxtrot Models offer a whole variety of buildings in MDF. The most recent release are a number of Russian style buildings suitable for the Eastern Front during World War Two but based upon largely timeless designs that would suit gaming periods before and even after. These 1:56 / 28mm kits

Parkfield Miniatures have added to their ranges with new figures for the 1939 – 1940 ‘Winter War’. There are a number of packs of Finnish and Russian infantry, with a number of options and deals available. The so-called ‘Winter War’ took place between Finland and the Soviet Union from late 1939

1st Corps continue to release a host of figures. Just recently, the 20th Century Follies range has seen sculptor Mark Fuller add two useful vehicles that can be used for the Inter War and World War Two periods. The British Reconnaissance Motorcycle and sidecar (A) and (B) both contain one motorcycle

Empress Miniatures continue to add to their excellent range of Late War German Volksgrenadiers on a regular basis. One of the most recent packs provides some light machine gun support to what is already a well-armed range of figures. The pack sent for review is VG13, MG 42 teams moving

Plastic Soldier Company have once again re-sized one of their kits from 1/100th to 1/72nd. The Sexton Self-Propelled Gun was a mobile artillery piece intended to keep pace with the armoured formations it was designed to support. The box contains 6 frames, with enough parts to create 3 of the same

As well as providing more and more expansion sets for their The Walking Dead: All Out War Miniatures Game, Mantic Games often add collector’s sets in resin that add to the mythos. One of the most recent is The Governor’s Trophy Room. This set of five miniatures is designed to re-create

1st Corps have added to their 1846 Mexican-American War range with more cavalry variants. This time, they’ve added Mexican Jalisco Lancers, in their trademark uniforms and Uhlan-style helmets. There are two packs of figures in the range so far, both containing 4 rider figures and horses. The Jalisco Lancers pack, labelled

Heer46 are renowned for the quality of their World War Two miniatures. From the historical Eastern Front Battle of Kharkov to the alternate history of a war which stretched into 1946, they have a number of metal and resin figures and vehicles that set new standards. This is reflected in the

Making use of their extensive back catalogue, the team at Foundry have created 3 and 4 point Dark Age “Starter Warbands” which they are billing as being “suitable for SAGA”. So far they have Vikings, Saxons and Normans, with more on the way. You get between 20 and 30 miniatures

At the recent 'Other Partizan' show in Nottinghamshire we called by the Crooked Dice Game Design Studio stand, as ever they had a cabinet packed full of painted new and forthcoming releases. Yet more figures and vehicles for their planned 7TV: Apocalypse boxed ruleset have been on show recently with

Warbases have an upcoming range of US-themed buildings and vehicles. So far, they have planned an RV, Panel Van, the windmill like Farm Windpump, a Fast Food outlet and the Corner Car Dealership - in a range they are calling Route 66. The RV or motorhome is based upon the classic

Sally 4th are adding to the variety of options using Buck Surdu’s Combat Patrol rules system with the upcoming Albedo Combat Patrol miniatures game. Based upon Steve Gallaci’s Albedo Anthropomorphic comic book stories, this is gritty sci-fi combat in an age of anthropomorphic animals based upon mammalian and avian species. Of

The release of the Oathmark range of miniatures by North Star and Osprey Games has most recently seen plastic, multipose Human infantry with a fantasy theme. Of course, any army needs leaders, and the next release for the humans is designed to rectify that problem. There are six new metal character

Available from Caliver Books, this range of resin buildings was initially based upon the old PMC ones but continues to grow under the auspices of Caliver Books. These pieces from the ‘Arab Buildings’ sub-range provide plenty of options. This particular building is entitled ‘Large Arab Building’ on the Caliver website. It

Since acquiring the Hammer’s Slammers range from Ainsty Castings, Brigade Models have worked hard to add more to the options available for purchase. The two-wheeled vehicles shown are just two of the most recent additions. These are light vehicles, one an APC, the other a light AFV with twin weaponry. The resin