1898 Miniaturas is a Spanish company that appeared on the scene with some great figures for the Spanish-American and US-Filipino Wars of the very late 19th Century. The latest additions to the range are figures from the Spanish-American War. These represent the 10th Cavalry, the African-American troops who started out fighting
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Black Pyramid Gaming continues to add more miniatures to their 19th Century militia range, with a couple of twists with regard to choice of subject. First of all, all the Fencibles are women, dressed in long skirts and military style jackets. Many of these wear traditional bonnets or are bareheaded with
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Cibo’s Little Dudes are an Italian-led company with a base in Switzerland. There are a number of ranges available, stretching from the Wars of Italian Unification to Modern Africa. The Risorgimento collection consists of various troops from a variety of nationalities. These all took a part in aiding or resisting the
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First Command Games is a U.S. based publishing company that provides rules and supplements that cover a whole host of periods. We take a look at just some of the softback books available. https://youtu.be/hWpsxyfwPu4 Our first book is For King or Empress, a complete set of fast play rules for designed to
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Knuckleduster Miniatures is a company that focuses upon creating and casting figures in a number of figure sizes for only one period, the Old West. Some could say that this focus upon one period is perhaps not the best of business models. Yet the fact that these are some of the
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Wargames Terrain Workshop has produced some useful vehicles for those looking to add a touch of the Road Warrior to their PA gaming. Sent for review are three different vehicles that have been given a PA ‘bent’, in the case of one, quite literally! First of all, we have a large, super
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Trident Designs from the Miniatures Service Center continue to add to their excellent range of French Indian War / Seven Years War miniatures. We received samples from SYWC 7- Last of the Mohicans set, amongst others. We picked out Alice Munro, Major Duncan Heyword and Hawkeye himself as examples to feature
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Anvil Industry was one of the first UK companies we became aware of that specializes in providing resin parts to create or customize miniatures. They have an ever-expanding range of miniatures that may be used for a range of backgrounds. Many of these miniatures and the parts thereof can be used
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Fireforge Games continue to release plastic miniatures that help to bulk out your armies. This time around, they’ve produced some Byzantine Spearmen. The Byzantine Empire of the 9th to the 11th Century was pretty much the direct heir to that of the fallen Roman one, with many of the people being
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The latest supplement for the Team Yankee rules system, Stripes, focuses upon more of the US forces deployed to fight in a fictional World War III. The book follows the standard Team Yankee format, adding additional unit choices and new weaponry to US players. https://youtu.be/l1YpFNtVE04 The book begins with an account of
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Urban Construct have produced a resin version of an iconic vehicle, used by the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Known as the ‘Tangi’, the Landrover was in use for a number of years for riot control and protection of police officers in
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Adler Miniatures continue to add to their excellent range of World War Two miniatures. We received samples of British infantry to take a look at. We picked out a pack of British infantry for the late war period, designed to be used during the winter and spring of 1944 to 1945.
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Full Battle Rattle Miniatures is a relatively new company which has decided to focus upon the Canadian infantry who have served with ISAF in Afghanistan and beyond. The phrase ‘Full Battle Rattle’ is a military slang term for going on patrol or into battle with full equipment loads. With this in
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Mad Robot Miniatures is an American company which specializes in providing resin parts to create or customize miniatures. We were sent two sets of miniatures from just one of their ‘mix and match’ ranges. The world of customizable resin parts has seen a great deal of growth in recent years. Although
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Hysterical Games appeared on the wargames scene with a plan to re-vamp the decidedly different Panzerfauste range, first marketed in the 1990s by Wessex Games. As a ‘historo-fantasy’ set of rules and miniatures range based upon World War Two, they once more unleashed Germanic Dwarves and British Orcs upon the
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Raven Banner Games aim to offer something more than the usual for the American Civil War gamer, picking subjects that aren’t always tackled by other manufacturers. We decided to pick out a few figures from various packs in order to convey an overall impression of the range. One of the first
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Warhansa is a Russian company, more a consortium of sculptors, who produce a number of ranges in resin. One of their ranges is a variety of different types of figures that would grace the collection of any modern era gamer. Although produced in a slightly salmon pink resin, these are incredibly
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Footsore Miniatures continue to support their Dark Age range, adding mounted warriors to supplement their infantry. However, work continues apace on their new venture, a set of rules with streetwise, toga wearing thugs battling amidst the filthy streets behind the splendour of Imperial Rome. Having fast raiders or flank guards for
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This rag-tag bunch are a pack of eight forthcoming ’Foreign Mercenaries’ for SAGA The Crescent & The Cross, from Gripping Beast. The expected retail price is £14, in line with other C&C packs. Foreign Mercenaries are one of the special ‘Dogs of War’ unit from the C&C rulebook, they can be
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There are so many companies out there producing miniatures that it’s difficult to connect with all of them. After meeting up at Colours with the very helpful staff of Parkfield Miniatures, we thought we’d share some of the ranges they stock. The company covers whole swathes of history and produces miniatures
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Foundry continue to release and re-release many of the miniatures that they once stocked or find amongst their master castings. Their range of 28mm World War Two figures contains a number of familiar looking Home Guard heroes and more, now with additional support in the fight against German invasion. The armoured
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North Star Military Figures and Osprey Games have teamed up once again to bring a new set of rules and supporting miniatures onto the market. Oathmark is the name of the rules and the miniatures will be available in plastic and metal. We got our hands on one of the
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Victrix has built its reputation on high quality plastic miniatures, first for the Napoleonic period and then branching out into Ancients. Its Warriors of Antiquity range contains a host of useful, multipose plastic figures and continues to grow. Their latest offering are these Macedonian Greek Successor Heavy Cavalry, which come with
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As you already know Osprey Games offer a whole variety of different types of miniature games across a range of genres. The latest in the now famous ‘blue book’ series is Gaslands: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Combat. https://youtu.be/mQqIHux41fU This softback book begins with a brief background and details of what is required to play.
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Fans of Osprey’s Frostgrave game have been awaiting this new variant for many months. Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago is basically a whole new game, with new heroes and villains, a new setting and a whole new bestiary full of creatures to face. https://youtu.be/e3ld51PlTbM Of course, with so many new aspects to remember, any
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Mungo Mah Lobeh, the Throne of Thunder is a new campaign book for Studio Tomahawks Congo game. This supplement contains six scenarios designed for adventures in the Heart of Africa. It recreates the real-life journey of Mary Kingsley’s daring 1894 expedition, that ended with her column climbing Mount Cameroon. https://youtu.be/4y8p7O7CR1U Along with the
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Crusader Miniatures, manufactured and distributed by North Star Miniatures, have added more Early War figures to their World War Two range. This time, they have created the first in a number of packs representing the brave members of the Polish Army who faced the invasion of their country by Germany
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For use with Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago, these female miniatures are designed to represent some of the standard supporting Crew members. The first release consists of four figures, armed with a range of weapons. One wields a trident, the next a sword and shield, one with a hammer or mattock and the
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Perry Mins are releasing around twenty new packs of 28mm Napoleonic Spanish. We were given a sample selection of figures from across the range. We asked Alan Perry to tell us a bit about the new release - "These are a selection of most of the uniforms that will be covered
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GEG continue to release new figures for their horror variant of Dead Man’s Hand - The Curse of Dead Man’s Hand. This new blister pack contains three ‘Cursed' figures (AKA Wild West Zombies). We have a female child, woman and an unfortunate fellow who has had half his body ripped off
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