It's June's From the Vault; we look back at past issues of Wargames Illustrated and suggest interesting, odd, and visually appealing articles that are worth a second look. Wargames Illustrated 356 – June 2017 Five years ago Wargames Illustrated focused on Death in the Dark Continent (DitDC) - a game that explores
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These plans should be used alongside the Wi414 How To ... article; they will assist you in building a post mill suitable for various periods. Download the post mill plans.
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Sweeping in at the last minute we've got May’s From the Vault; we look back at past issues of Wargames Illustrated and suggest interesting, odd, and visually appealing articles that are worth a second look. Wargames Illustrated 355 – May 2017 Five years ago our theme brought the colour, drama, and centuries
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I do like an umpired game and I’m particularly keen when I'm unfamiliar with the rules but the umpire is a walking, talking, 3D version of the rulebook. That meant I was already keen when friend of the magazine Pete Brown offered to umpire a game based on a battle
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Prussians, Prussians everywhere: on the new plastic frame from Perry Miniatures (page 50), invading England (page 60), fighting communism (page 78), and indeed lots of other locations thanks to our Prussia at War intro article on page 32. Most importantly,
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A little hobby bonus PDF on basing Epic Battles: Waterloo figures. This article features Wi Painter Marc showing you how to knock up your own bases in no time at all! Download the PDF. [pdf-embedder url="https://ed025442.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Basing-your-Napoleonic-Infantry.pdf" title="Basing your Napoleonic Infantry"]red earth on either side of no man's land.]
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Well, it finally got us! After holding out for over two years WiHQ was finally awash with the Coronavirus in March, with five out of six office staff scumming to various levels of infection. Production of this venerable organ, and
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It was quite flattering to discover that one of our readers had been to nine different stores in the Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Birmingham areas of England to try and get hold of a copy of the April issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. On the flip side, it wasn’t so good
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April rolled around quickly, didn’t it? This is a month that is always clearly timestamped in our old issues by the presence of pre-Salute adverts and build-up. With Salute cancelled this year it makes April a slightly melancholy time for those in the UK wargaming scene but with a hint
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! It felt slightly indulgent sitting in a pub on a Wednesday afternoon drinking, eating, and talking wargames, but ultimately I hope you find the fruits of my ‘labours’ interesting. In the name of research for this month’s magazine theme, I
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The 40th anniversary of the Falklands War is less than a month away and we’ve been looking back at previous issues in the Wi archive that feature articles about that conflict. We’re working on something new to commemorate the Falklands War; that article will appear in an issue a little later
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Who doesn’t like to see a parade of elephants, a caravan of camels, or a mute of hounds on the tabletop? There are some great animal miniatures out there, capable of taking on a number of wargaming roles; from the
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Somebody once said “It’s not what you know it’s who you know” and when that somebody you know is a very good and pro-active Game Designer they are certainly worth knowing! Andy Callan has been writing wargames rules since I was in short trousers. His 'Loose Files and American Scramble' rules
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Gee Walsh takes his first foray into Epic scale Napoleonics and shares the painting approach he used on this month’s free French Infantry frame. Download the full PDF.
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“I thought this would be sacrilege!” said Andy Callan. He was referring to the fact we were about to play a wargame using unpainted figures, and feature them in the pages of Wargames Illustrated. He had a fair point because I can’t remember the last time we did such a
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! All hail the 2021 Wargames Illustrated award winners! Whether you voted for them or not, I am sure you will be interested to read about the winners and runners-up in the eight categories that made up our annual awards, as
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I hope the festive season brought you (more than) your fair share of gaming goodies, and that you are heading into 2022 with a renewed hobby vigor which will see your paintbrush whizz through those undercoated minis at the back
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With the release of Wi408, our covermount gave you the option of some Black Powder: Epic Battles Waterloo British or French Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry figures. In the magazine, Marc guided you through painting the British. Now, he's guiding you through the French. Download the full PDF.
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The board The game in action!
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Changes to Wargames Illustrated Overseas Subscriptions Over the last few weeks, we have been forced to make major changes in regard to Wargames Illustrated subscriptions for overseas subscribers. Some of these changes will bring welcome improvements to the service we are
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It’s that time of the year again when we ask Wargames Illustrated readers to get their thinking caps on and cast a vote for their favourite Miniature Manufacturer, New Rules, Wargames Article, and more in the ‘Wargames Illustrated 2021 Awards’. Here Editor Dan talks a bit about the awards process. Compiling
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Did you miss out on part one of Callum France's Building Breezehome article from Wi406? Have no fear, we've got you covered with the first eight pages of the impressive build! Part two can be found in Wi407. Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Building-Breezehome.pdf
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“Oh good, great. I didn’t think you were here, or I thought I’d missed you. Quick, come over here. Come and look at this!” That was the unexpectedly enthusiastic greeting I was met with when I bumped into Paul Sully at the recent Partizan Wargames Show in Newark. Paul, the proprietor
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Download the Saxon church plans. This 'How To... A Guide to Modelling (4)' is a compilation of articles published over several years in Wargames Illustrated magazine. It is the fourth in an ongoing series which began with the publication of 'How
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! I would like to immediately point you in the direction of page 28 where you will find an article we are particularly proud of; ‘Introduction to Airbrushing’ provides the advice you’ll need to start effectively airbrushing your wargames figures. My wargaming
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We take our monthly dive into the Vault and blow the virtual dust off some of the articles of yesteryear. Rulesets in the Vault! Before we get into the back issues, we want to draw your attention to a recent addition to the Vault. Our webby chap Joe has been adding various
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In this Editor's Exploits, Dan pulls back the curtain on the trials and tribulations of getting a monthly magazine printed exactly how we want it (or in Wi406's case, exactly how we didn't want it)! Dan: The conversation a few months ago went something like this: Printer rep: I’m afraid the cost
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In Wi406 James Morris suggests going Greek in your gaming. Here we expand on the miniatures shown in the article, all from James' collection! We got some extra details from James about some of his models. Follow his suggestions and you could create epic action like this (above) on the tabletop! Cyclopes These
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Want to paint up our latest Giants in Miniature release Dante? Marc, our in-house painter shows you how! Download the full PDF. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Painting-Dante-.pdf
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On page 66 of Wi406, Callum France delivered a guide on how to build Breezehome, the iconic Whiterun house from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. We took an arrow to the knee before we could give you the templates to go along with the guide. Thanks to the glory of the
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