Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! HAPPY NEW YEAR! God knows we all deserve a happy new year after the trials and tribulations of the one just gone, which will be remembered infamously for the rest of our lives. From a wargames hobby perspective 2020 saw a decimation of
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As a special treat for Prime members we have a full guide that details how to convert GiM-57 Saint Louis into his equestrian statue at the front of the Sacré-Cœur in Paris. You can build the same statue by following the steps or apply the techniques to your own models and
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In Wi 396 there's a fine article from Andrew Pearsall that digs into how to build a Blast Shelter for your WW2 games and beyond. If you want to have a go at the build yourself you might find it useful to have some templates - well, here they are! Get
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! As we go to print with this, the December issue of Wargames Illustrated, things around WiHQ and indeed the rest of the county are feeling decidedly un-Christmassy. In a few days this green and pleasant land (read: dark and wet land
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! If you are holding a Wi direct subscriber or mail/web order copy of this month’s Wargames Illustrated then you have something exclusive in your hands - a twin-cover version of Wi395, featuring both US Marine landing and Japanese Imperial Army defending
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In connection with our ’Third Crusade - Conquest of Egypt’ article in Wi394, as promised - here is our bonus content on The Battle of Babayan, 1167. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/THE-BATTLE-OF-BABAYN-1167.pdf
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In connection with our 'Death of a Revolution’ article in Wi394, as promised - here are the Orders of Battles. https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Battle-of-Temesvar-Orders-of-battle.pdf
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! For those of you who are still resisting the temptation to refight some Wars of the Roses action using your free Never Mind the Billhooks rules from last month’s magazine, you will hopefully be further tempted by a ‘Billhooks’ scenario which
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In what seems like a different world, where people could gather in groups and show off their painted miniatures, Dave Taylor photographed all of the winning entries at the Wargames Illustrated/HMGS Historicon Painting Competition 2019. These 10 pages of eye-candy were shown in Bite-Size issue number 5, at the height of
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Regular Wargames Illustrated ‘How To …’er Paul Davies has a terrain building guide that is exclusive to you, our lovely Prime subscribers. This great article covers his build of a medieval bridge and quayside in 12mm with visually stunning end results. The techniques used (and templates that are also available
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In tribute to the author of Never Mind the Billhooks, for our latest Giants in Miniatures figure release we present Lord Callan; fearless (and made-up) fighting commander of the Wars of the Roses – the perfect frontman for your Billhooks army. Ben Macintyre of Brush Demon shows us how to
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Steve Wood provides an easy ‘wargames standard’ painting guide aimed at getting your forces battle ready for Never Mind the Billhooks in super-quick time. The following article should help you paint your retinue for Never Mind the Billhooks and hopefully give you some ideas regarding colour schemes. But first, a couple
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Following several months delay caused by Coronavirus, it is with great pride that we present our free ruleset, Never Mind the Billhooks with this issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine. A fast-paced small battle/large skirmish game, ‘Billhooks’ first came to my attention when
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the Cards, Tokens and Cribsheet. Never mind the Billhooks is a simple, Wars of the Roses-themed wargame pitched at the Big Skirmish/Small Battle level. This sort of thing probably went on a lot of the time, particularly up around
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! As we take further steps out of lockdown and head towards a re-opening of gaming clubs and stores (at the time of going to print at least), I thought you might be interested to hear how the wargames industry coped during
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Victory at Sea is the game of naval combat during the Second World War. Throughout 1939–45, the nations of the world duelled across the oceans across the globe, only to discover the fundamental nature of naval warfare changing in
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! Hello ... is there anybody out there? I sincerely hope so. I hope that after two months of forced absence you are pleased to be able to grasp the glossy paper of Wargames Illustrated between your fingers and read through its
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Wi Editor Dan shares his experience in taking photos using the camera in your pocket. I’ve been photographing figures to decorate the pages of Wargames Illustrated magazine for years and with every passing year it gets easier. Experience certainly has something to do with that, but technology probably has more. Despite having
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead! This is it, you are reading the last issue of Wi Bite-Size. When we temporarily mothballed production of the print magazine back in April we went into production with Wi Bite-Size and since then we’ve produced six issues with
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. By the pricking of my thumbs, something printed this way comes. The easing of the lockdown here in the UK and the ‘roadmap’ for the way forward (all be it that the roadmap is fuzzy around the edges) seems
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To go along with the article "STRANGLERS IN THE NIGHT - THE WAR AGAINST THE THUGS IN INDIA, 1820 -1840," We have put together these downloadable cards. Download the cards.
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. It has been great getting all the positive reactions and constructive criticism back from readers of Wi Bite-Size over the last few weeks. It’s also been really interesting finding out what you and your fellow gamers have been getting
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Time flies by when you’re the editor of a weekly magazine*. Bite-Size number Issue 3 is already upon us, or rather upon you (we’re already working on Issue 4!). This week we have another four new articles for you, and
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Welcome back to Wi Bite-Size - this is the second of our mini PDF magazines aimed at keeping our subscribers well-fed with wargaming reading material during the lockdown - whilst the print magazine is mothballed. BITE-SIZE BANTER We’re back with more
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Welcome to the first issue of Wargames Illustrated Bite-Size. For the next few weeks, Wi Bite-Size is going to be your Friday fix of Wargames reading. During the Coronavirus Lockdown, we won’t be printing Wargames Illustrated magazine for two reasons
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A hero of the great renowned Beowulf has sailed from the pages of his epic story and joined the Giants in Miniature range. Such an epic hero deserves something a little bit special. So as well as a step-by-step guide in getting him ready for the tabletop, we have also included
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This issue comes with a FREE 48 page modelling guide! Available as a free PDF and/or free to purchase as a hard copy for WIPrime members. WI390 was mailed to subscribers on 18 March 2020. It was made available to WIPrime members on 20 March 2020. It will be in hobby
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the plans for this How To... now. This ‘How To…’ guide is a compilation of articles published over several years in Wargames Illustrated magazine. This volume is an eclectic mix of the best of the articles from our regular
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Having trouble viewing the 3D magazine? View and download the PDF instead. Download the plans for this How To... now. This ‘How To…’ guide is a compilation of articles published over several years in Wargames Illustrated magazine. This first volume (like the following two, which will be published annually) is an eclectic
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It’s time we paid tribute to that staple of the wargame - the charge. Whether on foot in command of 15,000 Confederates trying to finally get to those damn Yankees, or riding to glory with the Scots Greys whilst re-fighting Waterloo, the charge is often the watershed moment in both real
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