We take an extensive look at the League of Augsburg's new rulebook, Mad for War! https://youtu.be/DTEamD-NXTM
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Wi Project Manager James 'unboxes' and reviews the latest Warlord Games Bolt Action A Gentleman's War Starter Set. https://youtu.be/XYbc8az7oSw
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Taking a look at the rulebook, figures, and casualty tokens, Editor Dan unboxes and reviews the Epic Battles: Waterloo - The Hundred Days bundle from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/WD83sH7nFUs The text below is a transcript of the video, for those who prefer to read rather than watch. Here at Wi, we bought into the
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James unboxes and reviews the new Ship of the Line MDF kit from Sarissa Precision. https://youtu.be/01lgBbHGUoY
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This new box set of plastic minis from Wargames Atlantic was slightly delayed due to shifting production from China to the US, but the figures are worth the wait. The set of five infantry frames offers up six different bodies, and there are also two frames featuring a command figure
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After James and Marc gave you an in-depth look into The Army Painter's Speedpaint Mega Set in the last speed painting video, they now look at more advanced results you can achieve. They test highlights, shadows, texturing, and more, all in this follow-up video! https://youtu.be/VQsyFa4mlww
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James and Marc give you an in-depth look into The Army Painter's Speedpaint Mega Set. They apply these new paints to an eclectic mix of Bolt Action Brits, Agincourt French Infantry, Space Marines, and more. They test coverage, how they look over different basecoats, run them through an airbrush, and compare
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The arrival of Crooked Dice new releases at WiTower usually incites a discussion or two. The main discussion point this month was who was everyone’s favourite character in the 1980s TV classic The A-Team. Project Manager James surprised nobody by revealing he’s a fan of Hannibal (they have a mutual love
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Hot on the heels of the plastic Prussian Infantry box set (see our in-depth feature in Wi404) we’ve snagged some new and (at the time of writing) unseen Franco-Prussian War figures from sculptor Michael. We even got some finely painted versions for you to enjoy spinning around! Prussian Infantry Command First up
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It’s been almost a year since we last looked at Victory at Sea, the WW2 1:1800 game of naval warfare from Warlord Games. Included in the releases we looked at in 2020 were flights of Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zeros – those planes would have appreciated one of these new releases,
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We’re unboxing a new plastic box set from PSC and building a couple of the six 1/72 scale WW2 trucks inside! Quite a bargain from PSC here - a set of six Russian GAZ trucks that average out at just £5 ($7 US) each. Included in the box are six frames
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Barry Hilton of Warfare Miniatures/The League of Augsburg has expanded his 17th Century passion from land to sea over the last 12 months. First came a 'trial version' of a new set of naval rules: Mad for War, and now we have an impressive release (14 packs) of 1/1200 scale
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We open up this new set and have a good look at some of WW2’s most elite combatants - the Panzer-Lehr. It seems like only last week we were talking about elite German troops from WW2 *checks the previous articles* and it was! This time we’re examining some Warlord Games Panzer-Lehr.
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Offensive Miniatures add to their Elite: Waffen SS range with this set of ten 28mm miniatures, armed with more anti-tank firepower than you can shake a Sherman at. It seems gamers have an insatiable appetite for the elites of the Third Reich - we get almost as many new lots of
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New from Offensive Miniatures, an addition to their Elite catalogue, it’s a “Jedburgh” Team. This set of four figures joins the Offensive Miniatures British Paras range and represents the teams of specialists who parachuted into France during WW2. Over 90 ‘Jed’ teams joined the fighting in Normandy in the later
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Following on from our look at the Skirmishers last week we are unboxing the Dismounted Cavalry for Black Powder Epic Battles. The basics Within the box are 54 dismounted cavalry miniatures and the Epic Battles bases you’ll need to mount them on. The figures come cast as groups of two which allows
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We’re unboxing the new Skirmishers box set for Warlord Games’ Black Powder Epic Battles and ranking up some troops! When the plastic Epic Battles ACW frame first arrived at the office it caused quite a kerfuffle (and much discussion) as we pored over the figures. Wargames Illustrated consensus was that they
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This sturdy set of eight double-sided satin-finish templates for Osprey Games’ Stargrave, is made by Laser Cut MDF manufacturer Sarissa Precision and sold by North Star (amongst others). The templates cater for all the area effect weapons currently featured in the Stargrave universe: Flamethrower, Psionic Fire, Smoke Grenades and Fragmentation Grenades,
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The latest release for skirmish game Test of Honour is a set of new Samurai and Ashigaru figures. The Samurai Warband box set contains eight fine-looking metal figures, the 18 cards you’ll need to use them, MDF bases, and it costs £35 ($50 US). There are two additional packs -
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New from Artizan Designs, six extra codes join their range for the Second Afghan War. NFW 1008 - Afghan Irregulars Command II We’re looking at command figures first. These add to Artizan’s already released Afghan Irregulars command set but they look more suited to summer campaigning. Unlike in NFW 1001, there are
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We're checking out six new codes from Artizan Design's Second World War US range. Artizan's Mike Owen has been busy creating new figures, perfect for use in the later part of WW2. These new US Infantry options will bulk out an existing force or, perhaps, might inspire a new one. Cast in
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We've got all sorts of smashing new 7TV: Fantasy stuff to look at over the next couple of weeks and to start things off we're reviewing two new sets of figures - Fantasy Stars and Skeleton Command. Left to right - Monster Hunter, Tyrant King, Vicious Henchman, and Tragic Hero. Fantasy Stars The
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Following our look at the plastic Revenants set for Oathmark, we've got some associated characters to have a peep at. The first thing to point out is that these are 28mm resin sub-masters, not the final metal production figures, but we'd imagine those will be to the high-quality standard we've come
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A new selection of plastics have landed on the review desk - Oathmark: Revenant Infantry to go with the upcoming supplement Bane of Kings. There are enough parts on each frame to construct five Revenants in a variety of poses and with different weapon choices. Six of these frames are included
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We're getting a real Beau Geste feel from these fine looking 1898 Miniaturas produced figures, freshly delivered from Spain. On the review desk are three packs from their French Foreign Legion range. We mentioned Beau Geste at the outset and though that's certainly the iconic point of reference for the Legion,
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We were rather partial to the previous Order Militant figures that came across our review desk; their dark and weird look and quality were apparent in every sculpt. Will we feel the same way about these new ones? SAGA: Age of Magic has got some cracking figures in its evolving range,
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Mortem et Gloriam’s 15mm Hundred Years' War French Army starter pack delivers on its promise. It provides all you need to build a nicely balanced French army from the middle period of the Hundred Years' War. The figures are nicely proportioned and crisply cast with very little flash. They are compatible
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Born out of a love for the period and a desire to game the larger battles of the Baronial Wars of 13th Century England, this latest release of 10mm medieval Knights, Militia and Archers follows a couple of successful Kickstarter campaigns and sees a move away from just Kickstarting their
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We’ve got an array of resin conversion parts on the review desk from a pretty new company by the name of Anzio Miniatures. Aimed at anyone wanting to play the Chinese in WW2 or for use in Chinese Civil War games. These sets give you the chance to add some customised
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Steel Fist Miniatures have released a new range of figures for the English Civil War in 15mm - a new addition, alongside their existing 28mm ranges. The initial release covers the earlier part of the conflict, although the clothing and most equipment would not look too out of place up
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