We’re going mini with this month’s theme, in two senses of the word. A mini trio of articles focused on the Napoleonic Peninsular War, 1807 – 1814, and some free minis are being given away with the magazine*. You will have a frame of either French or British Line Infantry bagged with this magazine – ideal for wargame adventuring in the Iberian Peninsula.
Our Peninsular War articles take in the Siege of Zaragoza, a ‘What If?’ battle around Valladolid, and an ‘On Campaign’ painting guide aimed at capturing that unique Peninsular War look. Those three articles amount to a short, sharp(e), shot of Iberian action, before we move on to some radically different wargaming subjects, including The Other Partizan, Stargrave, Celtic headgear, The Arabian Nights, scratch building, A War Transformed, the Mexican-American War, and more.
Happy reading and rolling.
Dan Faulconbridge
Editor
OBSERVATION POST
The Silver Bayonet visits Canada, there’s a roundup of releases from the Other Partizan, and mounted Bloody Miniatures in this month’s reviews.
RELEASE RADAR
Dom Sore’s fired up his festive radar to search out the latest wargaming releases.
QUICK FIRE
Short, quick-read posts from Wi readers about their hobby projects, notes, news, and observations.
THEME:
GUERILLAS IN THE MIDST
Editor Dan joins Ron Ringrose and his Essex Gamester chums for a Peninsular War mega-game.
PAINTING WARS OF THE ROSES ARMOUR
Paul Mackay suggests some effective and relatively simple ways to add interest to your rank-and-file and character figures in armour.
THEME:
ZARAGOZA BESIEGED
As part of our Peninsular War theme, James shares how he modified Valour & Fortitude to play the first siege of Zaragoza.
OLD ROUGH AND READY MEETS OLD FUSS AND FEATHERS
Nick Buxey revisits the passions of his wargaming past and explores the Mexican-American War of 1846-48.
THEME:
PAINTING PENINSULAR VETERANS
Matt Parkes paints two opposing units of Peninsular veterans (right) in a grizzled, battle-weary, disarrayed style that can also be applied to this month’s free plastic frames.
RETURN TO ARABIAN NIGHTMARES
Dr Gianluca Raccagni reveals more colourful heroes, villains, and adventures from the pages of Arabian mythology.
IS IT UP TO SCRATCH?
Gary Faulkner considers scratch building and how 2023 offers all kinds of new options to the home hobbyist.
THE OTHER PARTIZAN
Over a thousand of gamers and collectors headed to Newark Showgrounds for the second Partizan of 2023. Team Wi was there to report on some truly spectacular tables and armies.
STARTING WITH STARGRAVE
Paul J. Carney shares his Stargrave hobby experiences.
WHERE DID YOU GET THAT HAT?
Wargames Illustrated Editor Dan shares his latest Editor’s Exploits – his quest to bring a unique Iron Age warrior back from the grave, in miniature.
A FIGURE COLLECTION TRANSFORMED
Editor Dan shares his enthusiasm for the background and setting in the new Osprey game, A War Transformed.
THINGS FROM THE BASEMENT
Dave Taylor interviews Joerg Bender about his terrain company, hobby passions, and gets him to share some model-making tips.
