Last week we showed you the frame and some spins of the forthcoming plastic Ghost Archipelago Tribal Warrior figures from North Star. Ace painter Kev Dallimore has now applied his brush to said figures, so here they are again - now with added colour!
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Cold War Miniatures have added another new range to those they have available. The latest offering is a number of ‘retro futuristic’ bikers, suitable for a range of backgrounds. Received for review are four different miniatures, two mounted bikers and their bikes, plus two dismounted bikers with guns. The first figure is
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The Wargamers’ Annual 2019 has 80 full colour pages within its soft-back cover. It has been edited by Charles S. Grant and published by Partizan Press. As in previous years, this is a collection of articles and ideas to encourage the reader to try something old, something new and something
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Aenor Miniatures of France have a number of different ranges, from Aliens to Trolls. The Fantasy range consists of some extremely characterful miniatures that cover many of the archetypes to be found in a plethora of miniature and role playing games. Although we are dealing with archetypes such as the Barbarian
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The Frostgrave: The Wizards’ Conclave supplement is the latest in the seemingly endless number of supporting tomes associated with the Frostgrave skirmish wargame. Yet this latest book is slightly different, containing within its 88 pages a whole series of playable scenarios from some of the most well-known games designers and
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Victorious Miniatures have added two new pieces of artillery to their growing range of ‘Allied’ nations. These are examples of the weapons used during the 55-day siege of the Foreign Legations Quarter in Peking. The first artillery piece is actually a Colt machine gun, mounted on a wheeled carriage that doubles
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Shieldwolf Miniatures, having run a successful Kickstarter, have begun to release their products to the retail market. This includes female figures for use in the fantasy genre, the Sisters of Talliareum, and the female sci-fi ‘paladins’, the Sisters of Faith. The Sisters of Talliareum multi-part hard plastic kit contains all you
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After their most recent Kickstarter, Fireforge Games are adding to their available ranges of plastic multi-pose figures with their Forgotten World fantasy range. One of the main factions in the game is the Northern Kingdom. This is one of the strongest and largest nations of the New World, the fantasy setting
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It's the first Freebie Friday of 2019 and were kicking off with these two sets from our friends over at Valiant Miniatures. Up for grabs is a box of German Infantry and a team of Mortar and Tripod MG-42 from their Fighting 20's range. You can watch our unboxing of this product here Don’t
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Fougou Models produce a variety of resin buildings and other items, mostly focused upon the Dark Ages and Modern or Post Apocalyptic Shanty Towns. The items sent for review include this Dark Age Oratory Church, based upon the Oratory churches of the Celtic world but could work equally well in a
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GamersGrass is a company based in Portugal who provide a number of ready painted and finished bases for all your figure needs. The company has different shaped bases, round, oval or square, plus round lipped bases. The different finishes are noted as Highland, Winter, Arid Steppe and Badlands, all of which
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Dixon Miniatures have a number of fairly ‘venerable’ ranges which offer good quality sculpting at a reasonable price. In amongst the more historical 28mm Samurai is the Legends of Nippon range, which covers much of the mythology of Japan. One of the aspects of the historical range that is particularly useful
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These Agincourt Mounted Knights expand on the three plastic box sets already available for this period - 1415 – 1429 - from Perry Miniatures. The set contains 12 non-nation specific mounted knights on three duplicate frames of body parts, arms and armour, plus four frames of horses. https://youtu.be/IgSVvlxsltQ Although there are copious
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Valiant Miniatures have re-launched their range of 20mm hard plastic figures with two new boxes of German World War Two figures. https://youtu.be/tWtEVkpXsxM These are re-designed miniatures, with a box of 21 German Infantry 1942 – 44, plus a support weapons box of 13 figures, German 81mm Mortar and Tripod MG42, complete with
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The Painting Miniatures For The American Civil War book has 143 pages and has been written by Steve Barber, published by Crowood Press. It is intended as a basic guide to a range of painting and basing options, with plenty of helpful hints and photographs to aid the overall process. https://youtu.be/uJuUgX3ugCg After
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Warlord Games have added to their Bolt Action range with these Commonwealth themed plastic infantry. These new frames are adapted from the British 8th Army plastics which have already been released for the Western Desert theatre. The main change is in the optional heads which have been added. Each of the six
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North Star and Osprey Games have produced a new plastic boxed set of Tribal Warriors. These are designed to be used with the Ghost Archipelago fantasy adventure rules. The Tribal Warriors in the boxed set are designed to represent the various tribes that can be encountered across the Archipelago’s islands.
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Kromlech.eu, the well-known Polish purveyors of grim dark science fiction miniatures, has added a new aspect to their company with Kromlech Historical. The first products to be released are 28mm Early World War Two Polish Infantry, cavalry, support weapons and armoured vehicles. The infantry packs received for review all consist of five
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Eagles of Empire Miniatures are continuing to release more 28mm figures for their core period, the Franco-Prussian War 1870 - 71. https://youtu.be/2U87gYQBn-U These excellently sculpted figures are available in boxes of 16 metal miniatures, allowing the gamer to build units up very quickly. The box we’ve chosen to review is full of
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Butlers’ Printed Models supplies 3D printed wargames models for wargames from ancient to WW2 to modern and beyond into the stars. Sent in for review were two different vehicles in two different scales. We have an M3 Stuart Light Tank from World War Two and an M2 Bradley IFV. The two
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After the success of last year's inaugural event, the organisers of Hammerhead in Newark have asked us to return to the show in March to run the Hammerhead Painting Competition for a second year. You can find the full 'Rules' here: WI Hammerhead Painting Competition 2019 You can read all about last year's
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EVERY print copy of the January 2019 issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine comes with a free Warlord Games plastic Cruel Seas frame! Each magazine has been randomly bagged with either two US PT Boats or a frame of 16 Torpedoes. WHERE CAN YOU BUY YOUR COPY? The January issue of Wargames Illustrated is available
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers! Our first magazine of 2019 features as its theme: (pre-gunpowder) Empire Building. We have four articles taking us to the great empires of Persia, Rome and Mali then we saddle-up with Genghis Khan and the Mongolian Horde and head to
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The January 2018 issue of Wargames Illustrated includes an article on the Battle of Oudenarde, 1708, refought in 15mm by Simon MacDowall and friends. Here’s the Orders of Battle Allied Order of Battle French Order of Battle
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Early in 2018, Bridge Miniatures took the opportunity to acquire several 25/28mm ranges from Black Hat Miniatures. Based on the north bank of the river Humber in the city of Hull, UK, this company has an eclectic product list which has something for everyone. Currently, there are four historical ranges, Samurai,
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Gale Force 9 is renowned for being prolific in providing the gamer with a host of gaming accessories. In addition to the buildings and terrain pieces in the Battlefield In A Box range, they offer an increasing number of gaming mats. https://youtu.be/2QcHn2fOCxc Printed upon durable neoprene, a similar material used in mouse
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Battlefront have built upon the success of their Tanks game and model range by moving beyond World War Two and offering a similar approach to the post war period. Using their range of Team Yankee models, they have added a new boxed set which contains everything you need to get started,
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Footsore Miniature have released new sculpts suitable for use with any Warband or large scale rules systems. The new Norman Armoured Crossbowmen are up to the usual excellent sculpting style of all their other figures. The crossbow was growing in popularity in Europe if not in England, it was more complicated
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Artizan Designs and North Star have released new sculpts designed to be used as Confederate irregular, guerilla or similar renegade cavalry in the period before, during or after the American Civil War. Throughout the Kansas-Missouri Wars, Civil War and post-Civil War era, many individuals and groups fought on behalf of their
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The North Star 1866 range has seen the release of new sculpts of Prussian Hussars, both Command and trooper packs. The Austro-Prussian War (known as German War, Seven Weeks War, Unification War, German Civil War or Fraternal War) was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership
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