Great Escape Games have added another string to their bow, focusing once more on the theatres of World War Two that other companies often ignore. This time, they have added the first 24 figures in a 28mm range of Greek Ezones, or Mountain Infantry. Focusing upon the Greco-Italian War from October
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Perry Miniatures have finally released their multi-part plastic US Infantry 1942 - 45. This provides you with enough parts to create 42 figures which can be used to represent troops for the majority of World War Two. This is a great set of miniatures, with enough parts to create a full
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Modelling British World War II Armoured Vehicles and Modelling German World War II Armoured Vehicles are two guides published by Crowood Press. Both address largely the same approaches to their respective subjects, albeit with a few differences in the exact focus. https://youtu.be/5ruKBYUjk-U The British book begins with a thorough exploration of the
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When is Modern not Modern - when it’s Ultra Modern. At least that’s what we’ve decided here at Wargames Illustrated. For this month’s magazine theme we wanted to go beyond World War Two, but stop before the Millennium, so we’ve decided that the Modern ‘period’ covers 1946 to 1999 and
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1st Corps have an interesting and ever expanding 1/48th World War Two vehicles range. Received for review are two British vehicles, the Morris CS9 Armoured Car and the MKII Universal Carrier. The Morris CS9/Light Armoured Car was a British armoured car used by the British Army in the Second World War.
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Battlefront have released more plastic figures for their Flames of War range. Based upon their recent releases for the Stalingrad period on the Eastern Front of World War Two, we have a Storm Group and SMG Company. https://youtu.be/J72DOrjjf50 The Storm Group contains 68 plastic figures, moulded in a vinyl style plastic on
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Elite Wargames and Models have had a somewhat ‘niche’ appeal with their ranges of female figures for the Dark Age, Napoleonics and World War Two. However, the figures produced are increasingly based upon historical reality, and the new British SOE Agents and German Secret Police are no exception. The SOE or
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Modelling and Painting World War II German Military Figures is a 176 page softback book, authored by Michael Farnworth, and is published under the Crowood Press series of Wargaming Guides. It comprehensively and constructively outlines the processes and techniques needed to get the best from your miniatures, whilst also serving
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Kallistra have added a number of tanks to their Raging Empires 1914-1918 range. These are all Late War tanks, primarily for use by the British, German and French forces. The single German tank is the slab-sided A7V, even more of a mobile pillbox than the British but slightly slower. Introduced too
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It’s interesting how much wargaming potential there is ‘between the wars’. This month’s theme looks at conflicts that took place after World War One ended and before World War Two began and without even straying into the fertile ‘what if’ territory of A Very British Civil War or Pulp, we
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This week we have new German Squadrons sets for Warlord Games Blood Red Skies up for grabs! You can watch our unboxing of this product here Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway - if you’re WIPrime, you’re in! To find out more about the additional benefits of WIPrime
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It's the first Freebie Friday of 2019 and were kicking off with these two sets from our friends over at Valiant Miniatures. Up for grabs is a box of German Infantry and a team of Mortar and Tripod MG-42 from their Fighting 20's range. You can watch our unboxing of this product here Don’t
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Valiant Miniatures have re-launched their range of 20mm hard plastic figures with two new boxes of German World War Two figures. https://youtu.be/tWtEVkpXsxM These are re-designed miniatures, with a box of 21 German Infantry 1942 – 44, plus a support weapons box of 13 figures, German 81mm Mortar and Tripod MG42, complete with
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Kromlech.eu, the well-known Polish purveyors of grim dark science fiction miniatures, has added a new aspect to their company with Kromlech Historical. The first products to be released are 28mm Early World War Two Polish Infantry, cavalry, support weapons and armoured vehicles. The infantry packs received for review all consist of five
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Butlers’ Printed Models supplies 3D printed wargames models for wargames from ancient to WW2 to modern and beyond into the stars. Sent in for review were two different vehicles in two different scales. We have an M3 Stuart Light Tank from World War Two and an M2 Bradley IFV. The two
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers! Our first magazine of 2019 features as its theme: (pre-gunpowder) Empire Building. We have four articles taking us to the great empires of Persia, Rome and Mali then we saddle-up with Genghis Khan and the Mongolian Horde and head to
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Baueda Wargames of Italy have have released these 1-48 Tactic Starter Sets, the basic sets behind the World War Two miniatures game produced by this ambitious company. https://youtu.be/xpU-LFv1S-s The first box is entitled German Heer 26th Volksgrenadier Division Start Pack. This contains metal miniatures, resin terrain pieces and everything else needed to
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, it is with great pleasure that we would like to announce the winners of the 2018 Wargames Illustrated awards. Over the last couple of months, our readers, Facebook followers and wargamers from around the globe (1,060 in total) have been voting in nine different categories
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Cruel Seas is an A4, perfect bound softback rulebook, printed on 108 pages of high quality paper stock. Released by Warlord Games, this is a World War Two Naval battle game which focuses upon the smaller ships of the war, fighting around the coastlines of the world. Cruel Seas has been
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In this unboxing we are going to take a look at the contents of the soon to be released Strike Fast, Strike Hard! Starter Set for Cruel Seas – the new World War Two naval battle game from Warlord Games. https://youtu.be/TOGfH9WzuS8 The new Cruel Seas World War II naval battle game puts
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Beyond Rome to the Alps – Across the Arno and Gothic Line 1944-1945 Johnathan Bracken Pen & Sword, 2018 Reviewed by Dom Sore Often when we think about the Italian Campaign we get up to Monte Cassino and the liberation of Rome and then stop. Even the liberation of Rome was overshadowed by some
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Snipers at War – An Equipment and Operations History John Walter Greenhill Books 2017 Reviewed by Dom Sore Snipers are a strange bunch, sitting hidden for hours at a time, patiently waiting for that one opportunity to shoot before moving on to the next hide. Through history they have been revered and reviled, feared
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Italian Naval Camouflage of World War II Marco Ghiglino Seaforth Publishing 2018 Reviewed by John Laing The Germans of World War II were the very worst of allies. It is in large measure due to their vilification of the Italian war effort that we receive such a bad impression of the qualities of the
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Images of War – SS Specialist Units in Combat Bob Carruthers Pen & Sword Military Reviewed by Images of War – SS Specialist Units in combat is the next book in this excellent series by Pen & Sword which covers military subjects ranging from the Crimean War to the Cold War and beyond,
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Plastic Soldier Company Metals have added yet more miniatures to both their 6 and 20mm ranges. These are intended to represent the 8th Army and Afrika Korps forces which fought in North Africa during the early part of World War Two. The 20mm figures have a great sense of character with
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Previously known for creating 28mm Fantasy figures, Battlezone Miniatures have moved in a new and exciting direction. Offering Soviet troops and support in 20mm means they have entered the lucrative World War Two market, with some new approaches of their own. Currently, their vehicles feature three versions of the BT fast
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Elladan are a Germany figure and terrain manufacturer, amongst their offerings they produce a great range of Dark Age, Medieval, World War Two and Modern buildings . One of their most recent releases is this excellent Dark Age Living Hall, which arrives as a kit in a large box. https://youtu.be/vF_QIm3_4Uk The kit
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Heer46 are still working on their excellent Fallschrimjager figures, with more to come soon. However, they have managed to release a resin version of the Ansaldo 149/40 Model 1935 heavy field gun. Produced by Italy and used during World War Two, only a few were made as a replacement for the
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For this weeks Freebie Friday all Prime members have the chance to win this Terrain Crate from Mantic Games! You can watch our unboxing of this product here Don’t forget - Freebie Friday is a twice monthly giveaway - if you’re WIPrime, you’re in! To find out more about the additional benefits
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Battlefront has added more terrain to the Flames of War 15mm World War Two range with these three pre-painted resin pieces, which could be said to be able to show different stages of the same brick built factory. https://youtu.be/UP5D9kSkM9Q The first box, entitled Brick Factory, contains three resin pieces, a Factory Ground
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