In this unboxing video we take a look at two new Prussian Cavalry Black Powder sets from Warlord Games. Each set contains 12 horses and 12 cavalrymen, manufactured using Warlord Resin. How does this new wonder material stand up to close scrutiny? https://youtu.be/p1bDX0mMe6c
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In this 'unboxing' video we are looking at sample packs from the first release of First Corps' 28mm, metal, World War Two British Expeditionary Force range. Lower down the page you will also find photos and some of our trademark 'spins' of the models. https://youtu.be/RO4ewTck848 Brengunner Non-Commissioned Officer Battalion Commander Rifleman with bayonet Rifleman Find out more
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3,000 years is a long time! Any book trying to map the armies and warfare of such a wide period is showing a level of boldness that is to be admired. That's what this Dadi & Piombo published book attempts to do in this softcover, spiral bound, 66 pages expansion
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We've got some new painting products to look at from the Mig Jimenez AMMO range, both of them aimed at sprayers. Some are f0r use with an airbrush, some not! AMMO Shaders Combining airbrushing and brush work on models can, in the hands of a skilled painter, lead to phenomenal results. These
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We’re taking a look at a new Lion Rampant book, in the instantly recognisable blue gaming book cover of Osprey Games … wait … no … What devilry is this red cover? … and from the University of Edinburgh? Have we entered another reality? Has 2020 decided to throw a
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We have created a video playlist to help you get to grips with the basics of Never Mind the Billhooks. This 10 part series includes Q&A will the rules writer Andy Callan and includes deminstrartions on setting up, playing through a game of Billhooks and much more. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn7lk0MRdW_zxY3TxaogCSiaMiy61N0yZ Join the Billhooks community
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To accompany our Q&A with Afghan Tribesmen sculptor Michael Perry (on page 92 of Wargames Illustrated 394) we’ve snapped extra photos and spins of some Afghans. These have all been painted by the other half of Perry Miniatures, brother Alan. The tribal nature of the Afghans meant that they didn’t develop
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In this flipthrough we’re taking a look at P Ainting War …, Ainting Pwar … um… Painting WAR – Bringing Your Warmodels To Life. This softcover book is issue 10 of the Vallejo distributed painting guide, covering the Wild West over 64 full-colour pages. https://youtu.be/F2SOGjZGNxo The below text is a transcript of
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In last week’s Primetime we looked at new American and British Regular Infantry, this week they are joined by Native Americans for the War of 1812. Native Americans became involved in the conflict to secure British support for their own war against the United States. Led by Tecumseh, they played
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Fresh from Winterdyne’s 3D printers are a varied collection of 28mm accessories, to add detail to any 1890s to 1940s (with perhaps a little further wiggle room if you’re so inclined) games, dioramas or bases. We took our first look at Winterdyne’s 3D printed terrain last week with a 15mm Medieval
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Black Seas presents an intriguing modelling challenge for those wanting to do it 'properly', what with the complexities of the sails and rigging that need adding. Here at Wargames Illustrated we wondered how much of a challenge it was to build these ships, so we threw some new boxes at
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There’s no shortage of people producing MDF terrain right now; for anyone new to make their mark it’s going to take something a bit different. Enter Brutal Cities, a relatively new company who are creating some impressive laser cut kits, themed to a cyberpunk style. We’ve got a selection of buildings
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Never Mind the Billhooks Games Designer Andy Callan regularly produces an update concerning rules clarifications and general muses on the game, you can read and download these documents here - Billhooks FAQ and Author's Musings - Download Here - Further updates can be found here! https://www.wargamesillustrated.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BillhooksFAQx.pdf
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We recently had the pleasure of visiting Alan Perry's expansive home gaming room. In between filming coverage (which will be up to accompany an article coming in Wi 395) we grabbed some of his recent work and rushed it into our portable photo setup. First we have AW 206 Spanish
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Programmed wargames Scenarios is the latest book by Charles S Grant to be revised and re-issued by Caliver Books, this time with some new scenarios added. The A4 softback book runs to 167 pages and although entirely in black and white, is liberally illustrated with excellent artwork depicting soldiers through
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Something a bit different here - a highly detailed 15mm Medieval Home from Winterdyne Commission Modeling - part of their 3D printed scenery range. That's right, we're living in the future, folks! This model has been 'grown' from scratch on the print bed of a 3D printer, layer-by-layer, piece-by-piece, to create
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North Star are expanding their official range for Muskets and Tomahawks beyond the French Indian War and into the later War of 1812. First out of the mould is a pack of American Regular Infantry. These miniatures are cast with light equipment, wearing the stovepipe style shako, with the hackle and
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We’ve got some new models from Gringo 40s on the review table today - Viet Cong Female Soldiers from their Vietnam War 1968 range and a Mayan Princess in Elaborate Headdress from the Mesoamerican range. Viet Cong Female Soldiers Let’s get into the Viet Cong (VC) first - these are four 28mm
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In the October issue of Wargames Illustrated (Wi394) you had the pleasure of ogling Bob Amey’s fine collection of converted 15mm ancient armies. As a bonus exclusive Prime members can ogle them some more with these extra photographs and spins. Wargames Illustrated' September issue (Wi393) also featured a masterclass on Bob's
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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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One hundred points is considered "about right" for a game of Never Mind the Billhooks, so we thought we would pictorially show you what that looked like. So the photo below of Pete Harris's splendid army (as featured in the Billhooks rulebook). All Perry Mins, and exactly 100 points.
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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 nestles amongst this month’s ‘Last Battles’ theme. The Battle of
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The second wave of Order Militant models has arrived from Gripping Beast –the Grand Commander of The Order Militant leads the way and 8 Fanatics follow in support, ready to take part in SAGA: Age of Magic. These metal models are all sculpted by Wargames Illustrated favourite Matt Bickley (who has
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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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It only seems a couple of weeks ago that we were reviewing a supplement for World War Two in the Pacific... And that's because it was only two weeks ago but now is the turn of Battlegroup from Plastic Soldier Company to join the Pacific war arena. https://youtu.be/Mp5qmmkbZxs The below text is
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Renaissance Italy is the latest battle ground for Romanian company WoFun. They are continuing their mammoth project of converting all the Peter Dennis paper soldiers to plastic, printing them pre-cut on 2mm thick clear acrylic sheet. The new range contains 35 sheets of figures covering all the different troop types for Imperialist,
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We are diving into the latest boxed sets from The Plastic Soldier Company, designed to provide purpose made armies for Mortem et Gloriam, the popular ancient wargames rules. Each box has enough infantry, cavalry, and light infantry within to create a starter army for the smallest level of MeG games,
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A new Starter Set from Battlefront is always a reason to be cheerful, both for the established player, of in this case Team Yankee, and for the newbie. For the former it represents a great value way of getting hold of more models, and for the later, a clear inroad
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Two upcoming releases from Warlord Games arrived in the office this week, both for their Warlords of Erehwon fantasy game. We don’t get to talk about the stuff that lurks in the ‘Other Games’ section of Warlord Games’ website as much as we’d like so this is a real treat,
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