The August issue of Wargames Illustrated features Pete Brown and Jerry Richardson providing an update on their planned refight of the Battle of Aughrim. This video provides a more extensive insight into the tabletop setup and the extra details of the battle. https://youtu.be/OY0MkzOr2IM
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Check out some new releases from Wargames Illustrated and other companies in 360 degrees! What we can’t present to you in the magazine is a view of figures from all angles … but have no fear, thanks to this video you can check out assorted models from Wi426, June's issue, as
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A bonus for WiPrime Members: read Observation Post ahead of its publication in Wargames Illustrated and see what we think of some of the latest wargaming releases. Download the full PDF.
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At Salute 50, Editor Dan interviewed David Marshall of TMTerrain - the designer of the Never Mind the Billhooks Deluxe boards and elevated terrain pieces from our demo game. Don’t miss out on the rest of our video coverage of the show by checking out our dedicated Salute 50 playlist. https://youtu.be/pGZ9S3C65rY
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These plans should be used alongside the Wi420 How To ... article; they will assist you in building an Old West mine. Download the Old West plans.
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For this Miniature Monday, we document Callum's and James' process of building some of Micro Art Studios' MDF pre-painted terrain. Both hobbyists put their terrain tasking skills to the test and race to the finish in this great British build-off! https://youtu.be/0dC5wcfIhMk
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! What a special treat we have for you lucky people this month! Bagged free with the printed issue of Wargames Illustrated magazine (and included as a PDF for WiPrime Members) we have a complete and exclusive set of wargames rules
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! The ‘best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men, gang aft agley’, as Rabbie Burns would have said if he had planned to include a free rules supplement in a wargames magazine and then several things conspired against him at the last
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Having trouble viewing the flipbook magazine? View and download it instead! It was great to feel the buzz at the Partizan Wargames Show in Newark, Nottinghamshire recently. So enthused were we by the excitement of the crowds and the quality of the demo games on offer we struggled to contain our
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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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In this Miniature Monday episode, Marc divulges his inspiration, ideas, and process for creating a diorama for the Prussian Attack on Plancenoit during the Battle of Waterloo. https://youtu.be/ocCUh5bkQxQ
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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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Marc and James detail the process behind creating Napoleon's infamous retreat from Moscow in the winter of 1812. https://youtu.be/XKO4L8WIh0U
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Using Black Scrolls Games' Cities of Tarok: Ruined Small House, Green Stuff World's Spider Serum, and his hobby smarts, Wi Painter Marc took this terrain piece from a 3D print to something incredibly thematic. https://youtu.be/2Cy1zCvU0Y0
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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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Having taken him through the Silver Bayonet clues, Marc gives Dan further insight into how he created the snowy ruins you will see featured in one of the future issues of Wi. Watch our first video on The Dungeon and Lasers Fantasy Starter Set on our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/MN93YcARZ-Q
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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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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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Marc knocks together a Franco-Prussian War railway embankment, with a fitted track. We needed some raised embankments to decorate the gaming board for Bill Gray's Blut und Eisen article in Wi406. I got the track and train elements as MDF kits from Sarissa, which made life easier, but I needed
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In a second pre-release Prime peek at an article from Wi404 (which will arrive in The Vault next week) it's Building Fort Nassau. Glenn Clarke not only shows us how to build a fine looking piece of terrain that would be perfectly suited to Blood and Plunder or other such gaming
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Editor Dan embarks on a brave new journey of discovery, involving cardboard and clips. Dan: If you’re a 50+ wargamer like myself, you can possibly remember your first model house building project. Perhaps it was something constructed in the 1970s using balsa wood and a toxic (now banned) glue, or maybe
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Taking a break from the usual figures and rules that we cover, the folks at Army Painter have sent a set of terrain building gear our way. This box is €90 ($110 US) - the price you’d pay for a high-quality boxed game - so our expectations are high. Will
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We love a good bit of terrain in the Wargames Illustrated office and we love good MDF kits. They have brought a wealth of diversity and possibilities to people's terrain collections and ensured home gamers can have packed gaming boards at a relatively low price. Outlands Terrain is a new company
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We feel very fortunate whenever we hear the thud of a delivery landing on the office carpet. A generous number of books get pushed through the Wi Tower letterbox and we always enjoy having a flick through them but, alas, many never find their way into the magazine. This is
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Diane Sutherland, AKA the Wargames Widow, is back with one of her semi-regular terrain building contributions for WiPrime members. This time she guides us through some simple ways to make an Afghan village, perfect for anyone with a desire to get gaming in the North-West Frontier. Many great tips can be
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These two houses represent the start of what promises to be a sizeable range of buildings in Adrian’s Walls fully constructed and painted for the ‘Renaissance Onwards’ range. It’s worth underlining these last two points; the buildings come constructed and painted. That’s Adrian’s Walls shtick, they provide buildings that are tabletop
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In this video, we take a look at three of the recently released 6' x 4' fleece gaming mats from UK based Geek Villain. We unroll, examine, and push models around on: March on Moscow - a winter-themed mat Wild West Town - a versatile desert mat Juno - a beach
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As part of our 'change of scenery' here at Wargames Illustrated HQ, we have gone back to the future by getting hold of loads of 25/28mm painted buildings by Hovels - a well established UK model building manufacturer. In this vid we take you on a tour of our new
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In last week’s Primetime we told you about a change (or, rather, addition) of scenery here at WiHQ - our insatiable appetite for top quality photos in the magazine means we are always on the lookout for new background fodder in the form of scenery and terrain of every variety.
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The new year brings with it a change of scenery here at WiHQ, or more precisely an addition of scenery. Our insatiable appetite for top quality photos in the magazine means we are always on the lookout for new background fodder in the form of scenery and terrain of every
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