Fireforge Games have gone all undead with their latest multi-pose plastic miniatures. The new boxes allow you to field mounted and dismounted undead fantasy warriors, plus a horde of zombified peasants, all ready to aid in enacting the wishes of a fell Necromancer. The first of the boxes received for review
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Brigade Games have long worked with ace sculptor Paul Hicks to produce some of the best figures on the US market. One of the most recent releases is an excellent set of miniatures for the American War of Independence, hopefully the first in a series of releases. The figures in each
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Clockwork Goblin have worked hard to add yet more miniatures to the Konflikt ’47 range. At the recent Warlord Games Open Day, they had a whole group of upcoming releases on show. We took a look at some of them and present them here for you. Firstly, we have some Soviet
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Knuckleduster Miniatures consistently produce some of the most characterful Wild west era miniatures on the market. Some of these focus upon the more historical, whilst others blend fact and fiction to produce something special. The new Linguine Western Faction follows the latter approach. This boxed set contains six iconic, cinematic western
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Mantic Games continue to add to their range of miniatures designed for use with their excellent skirmish game, Vanguard. The game allows players using the Kings of War rules system to play out those ‘special missions’ where hundreds of figures are not required, Consequently, the miniatures are extremely characterful and
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Modiphius Games continue to release miniatures in support of their Star Trek Adventures roleplaying game and the Red Alert miniatures combat game, now part of the Operations Manual supplement. The latest Landing Party box contains ten multi-part resin miniatures. These are themed around the so-called ‘Classic’ era of the TV show,
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Inside you will find parts to assemble 12 finely-detailed unarmoured cavalry, fighting with either javelin or bow, suitable for use in Swordpoint or any ancients battle of skirmish game. The box also includes swords, axes, and a trumpet for conversion purposes. The Late Roman Light Cavalry may be used to represent the unarmoured cavalry
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In preparation for the release of two new Napoleonic French plastic box sets, Alan Perry (one half of Perry Miniatures), invited us over to take a look at some of the painted 3-ups for the range. Wargames Illustrated: So, what do we have here? Alan Perry: These are resin figures that have
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Warlord Games have taken a step beyond World War Two into a new era for Bolt Action, the Korean War. In addition to an eagerly awaited supplement-cum-rulebook, Warlord have a number of 28mm miniatures that they will be releasing to support gamers looking to re-create battles from this important, but
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Below, for your spinning pleasure, we have two new and one forthcoming Napoleonic figure packs by Perry Miniatures. We asked designer Alan Perry to tell us a bit about each pack, beginning with the French Foot Artillery set. Alan Perry: This is good for 1808 to 1813/14, so mid-war French artillery
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Victrix Miniatures have consistently produced some of the finest hard plastic multipose miniatures on the market. Once again, they have managed to rival every other similar set of plastic miniatures out there with their new Vikings. This 60-figure set of 28mm hard plastic Vikings are amazingly detailed figures and come with
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Rubicon Models have added yet more top-quality model kits that are suitable for the more discerning wargamer. And again, they go that extra mile by providing another set of variants ‘in a box’ for a ‘classic’ armoured fighting vehicle and another example of typical anti-aircraft support. The Panzer IV is one
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Victorious Miniatures have recently added more figure packs to their Boxer Rebellion range with Legation troops and more Chinese civilians. The attack on the European Legation Quarter during the Boxer Rebellion of 1899 – 1901 saw a fairly ragtag but professional force of European troops and legation staff forced to resist
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Sally 4th have a range of classic movie inspired miniatures with a Pulp feel that could feature in historical games as well. The first pack, entitled Take the High Road, contains 4 metal miniatures inspired by the main characters from the movie High Road To China (1983). The figures are entitled
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Hardsix Gaming of Toronto, Canada have an upcoming tabletop skirmish game entitled Kingdom & Empire. This is a fantasy medieval game setting where technology is powered by magic and warring kingdoms vie for control of resources and land. Shown here is an example of an assembled Missionary MKII Praetorian suit. These
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Crooked Dice have recently added to their burgeoning Pulp era range with two new packs of movie inspired miniatures that could well feature in historical games as well. One of the main features of 1930s and 40s pulp and pulp era derived movies, television and stories is the rise of the
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Warcradle Studios continues to release more miniature options for their top selling Wild West Exodus game system. One of the latest boxed set releases is the Death From Above Posse Set. This consists of 4 winged Spirits, taken from Native American mythology and intended for use alongside Warrior Nation factions. Shown
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Dark Fable Miniatures are a small company which produces a fantastic range of Egyptian-themed miniatures. From the prosaic to the mythological, the range has something for everyone. We picked out 3 packs that most ably represent what is on offer. Our first pack contains 3 figures and is entitled Pharaoh and
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Bear’s Head Miniatures has an eclectic but ever increasing series of unique miniatures in metal and resin. We’re highlighting three of them, from their Animals and Mythical Creatures and Undead ranges. The first figure is a resin cast Grizzly Bear. The pose on this animal is aggressive, with wide open, roaring
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Warlord Games have put together some new unit boxes to support the recent release of their Black Powder supplement for the French and Indian Wars - A Dark and Bloody Ground. Each of the three boxes contain 12 metal figures and acts as a ‘unit add-on’ for the larger boxed sets or the
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The eagerly awaited Test of Honour 2nd Edition rules will soon be out, presented as a set of rules in a box-cum-slipcover with all the tokens and other items that you could need. Of course, a new edition needs new models, and here we have 8 of them, characters all,
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Offensive Miniatures have a fantastic Near Future range that has been out for a while but is well worth a second look. The Rioters, Protesters and Police miniatures are pretty much the best on the market for those looking to add something extra to their tabletop. With such a wide selection
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Gringo 40s have finally been able to release their own range of 28mm figures to represent the combatants during the Battle for Hue in early 1968 during the Vietnam War. Just recently, the world of 28mm miniatures has gone from one or two figure ranges designed for troops fighting during the
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Parabellum Wargames continue to make progress with their Conquest: Last Argument of Kings pseudo-fantasy / historical rules and background. At the UK Games Expo, they had some samples of the figures from the core set on offer, so we grabbed a selection to take a look. The first thing to realise
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Warlord Games continue to offer variant packs for their plastic 88mm which is a part of the Bolt Action range. Fundamentally, the core of this boxed set is the previously available plastic kit of the 8.8cm Flak 37 anti-aircraft gun, the infamous ‘88’. This kit comes with the cruciform firing platform
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Debris of War have some interesting items in their resin cast 1/300th scale Coastal Features range which could be of use for those gaming using Cruel Seas or similar rules systems. We have a fairly generic Lighthouse Set and an Atlantic Wall Observation Tower. The Lighthouse Set consists of one unpainted
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Ulfsark Games are a small, new company with a fairly unique range of 28mm ‘heroic’ scale miniatures. Depicting anthropomorphic animals with an oriental setting twist, these are something different on the market place. The miniatures are designed to be used with the Taiyō Dynasties rules system, wherein players take control of
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North Star Miniatures are offering ‘official’ figures to support the Rangers of Shadow Deep game, a solo and co-operative tabletop miniatures game by Frostgrave author Joe McCullough. Players create their ranger, gather companions, and play through a series of missions in their fight to hold back the darkness. If their rangers
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Warlord Games are continuing to add even greater variety to the vessels they have on offer for use with the Cruel Seas rules. One of their most recent is from the British Fairmile ‘family’, a Fairmile D MGB 660. The Fairmile company produced a mass production vessel, which had good seagoing
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Modiphius Entertainment have revealed the Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms Starter Set models. The Elder Scrolls is a series of action role-playing open world epic fantasy video games primarily developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. The series is known for its elaborate and richly detailed open worlds and its focus on free-form gameplay. Morrowind, Oblivion and Skyrim all won Game of the
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