Our theme this month is Infamous Sections and we include four articles which feature famous World War Two units, like The Filthy 13, Popski’s Private Army and Dad’s Army. https://youtu.be/zHNjZMkcGRs There’s plenty more going on outside of our theme content with articles on building an Antietam battlefield, pirates in the Hebrides, gaming
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1st Corps continue to add to their growing range of 1/48th vehicles for World War Two. Two of the latest are a British armoured fighting vehicle and a German artillery tow and transport. The British armoured vehicle is an A11 Matilda. This is labelled as a ‘Later Production’ version of this
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Stoessi’s Heroes is rightly known for the quality of their figures, which are all based upon historical personages from World War Two. The three figures we picked up are Soviet Cook Ivan Pavlovich of the 91st Tank Regiment, German Haupsturmfuhrer Fritz Klingenberg and SOE & French Resistance Simone-Segouin AKA Nicole Minet. Soviet
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You can’t go wrong wargaming with a bunch of mohawk sporting US paratroopers known as the ‘Filthy 13’ or indeed a group of armed British citizen militia known as ‘Dad’s Army’, both (very different!) sets of warriors featured in this month’s ‘Infamous Sections’ theme, along with Popski’s Private Army -
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Artizan Designs, distributed by North Star Military Figures, have a new pack of miniatures to add to their World War Two range. This time we have four metal figures representing US GIs for use in the period 1944 – 1945. The figures wear the M43 combat uniform, first issued during the
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Setting the Scene Volume 2, subtitled Creating a Wargames Layout for the Mediterranean, is fundamentally a series of wargaming terrain building projects. These are all presented in a stage by stage format, with full instructions and plenty of photographic support. A 148-page, full colour softback book, this is a book
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Warlord Games continue to support their World War Two aerial combat game, Blood Red Skies, releasing more Ace Pilots and Squadrons for use with the game. Two of the most recent are Soviet Ace Pilot Vladimir Pokrovski and the Mikotan-Gurevich MIG-3 Squadron. https://youtu.be/xiDGyL5a7qc The Soviet Ace Pilot Vladimir Pokrovski boxed set is
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Heer46 have become specialists in the World War Two era. Having started out as a company which focussed upon a continuation of the war into 1946, they have released a wealth of miniatures suitable for other aspects of the war, focusing not only on the Eastern Front but also on
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Artizan Designs continue to support their World War Two range with some specialized packs of miniatures. One of the more recent ones is a pack of Soviet scouts with captured German small arms. The fighting on the Eastern Front saw both sides making use of captured weapons. As the fighting in
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Parkfield Miniatures have a comprehensive range of miniatures for the Winter War between Russia and Finland which lasted from November 1939 until March 1940. They have added more new figures recently. Each of the Parkfield Miniatures range is available as a single figure or in platoon packs. However, the light and
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Buy this in Print Do you like this month’s cover mount freebie? (Prime members can find theirs here) We figured that even if you are not into naval wargaming you would like to ‘have a play’ with the great new 1/700th scale ship models designed by Warlord Games for their forthcoming
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Artizan Designs, distributed by North Star Miniatures, have added three new packs of figures to their World War Two range. These are Late War US Infantry, armed with various weapons. Each pack contains four figures in various poses. The figures wear the M1943 uniform and equipment. The first pack we have
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Chieftain British Cold War Main Battle Tank Robert Jackson Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith The Chieftain tank is synonymous with the United Kingdom’s participation in the Cold War as a member of NATO. In Chieftain British Cold War Main Battle Tank, part of Pen & Sword’s Tank Craft series, tank expert
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Adler Miniatures have begun adding more figures to their 20mm World War Two range, this time offering a number of Late War Waffen SS. These particular figures are depicted as wearing a two-piece uniform, which was made available in the so-called ‘pea dot’ camouflage. Designed to be worn over the top
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1st Corps in the UK continue to release yet another slice of 20th Century Follies with the Home Guard Austin 7. This model has two Home Guard in their sidecaps and denims for a crew. One drives the car, whilst the other leans forward from the rear of the vehicle and
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Gale Force Nine have a well-established line of pre-painted tabletop-ready scenery in their Battlefield in a Box series, and here we are going to take a look at two new terrain pieces. https://youtu.be/KbI3mCks_jk Sacrificial Rocks and Dragon’s Grave definitely have a classic fantasy or even lost world vibe about them. As with
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In the first ‘post-WW2 setting’ release for their highly successful Bolt Action rules system, Warlord Games have released Bolt Action: Korea. This new supplement is pretty much a whole new approach to the rules – although set only five years since the end of a worldwide conflict, the new book
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Warlord Games have taken a step beyond World War Two into a new era for Bolt Action, the Korean War. In addition to an eagerly awaited supplement-cum-rulebook, Warlord have a number of 28mm miniatures that they will be releasing to support gamers looking to re-create battles from this important, but
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In the great pantheon of gaming rules, it is inevitable that we’ll miss out on a few. However, Fistful of Lead by Wiley Games looks like one of those we should learn about and share. Starting life as a set of gunfight rules for the Old West about 18 years
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Dunkirk German Operations in France 1940 Hans-Adolf Jacobsen Casemate, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith Originally published in 1958, Dunkirk relates the incredible success of the German army in crushing French, Belgian, and British opposition in a blitzkrieg campaign that took place over a few weeks in May 1940. In five chapters, running to about
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WWII in the Desert Andy Singleton Pen & Sword, 2019 Reviewed by Neil Smith I do not intend to start an internet versus book debate here, but I had wasted an awful lot of time looking for painting tips and lessons in the virtual world before Andy Singleton’s WWII in the Desert fell through
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Rubicon Models have added yet more top-quality model kits that are suitable for the more discerning wargamer. And again, they go that extra mile by providing another set of variants ‘in a box’ for a ‘classic’ armoured fighting vehicle and another example of typical anti-aircraft support. The Panzer IV is one
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Sally 4th have a range of classic movie inspired miniatures with a Pulp feel that could feature in historical games as well. The first pack, entitled Take the High Road, contains 4 metal miniatures inspired by the main characters from the movie High Road To China (1983). The figures are entitled
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Rubicon Models continues to churn out top quality model kits that are suitable for the more discerning wargamer. Some of their latest and upcoming releases provide variants upon a ‘classic’ armoured fighting vehicle and ant-aircraft support. https://youtu.be/IHkzoc-4l0s The Panzer IV is one of the most iconic and widely produced tanks in the
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Crooked Dice have recently added to their burgeoning Pulp era range with two new packs of movie inspired miniatures that could well feature in historical games as well. One of the main features of 1930s and 40s pulp and pulp era derived movies, television and stories is the rise of the
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Warlord Games continue to offer variant packs for their plastic 88mm which is a part of the Bolt Action range. Fundamentally, the core of this boxed set is the previously available plastic kit of the 8.8cm Flak 37 anti-aircraft gun, the infamous ‘88’. This kit comes with the cruciform firing platform
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Debris of War have some interesting items in their resin cast 1/300th scale Coastal Features range which could be of use for those gaming using Cruel Seas or similar rules systems. We have a fairly generic Lighthouse Set and an Atlantic Wall Observation Tower. The Lighthouse Set consists of one unpainted
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In WI378, April 2019 we included an article in Wargames Illustrated in which regular contributor Pete Brown mused on the thorny issue of ‘taking offensive’ in our hobby. Incase you didn’t buy the magazine and see it (at which we take offence!) you will find the said article here. In WI379,
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Warlord Games continue to add to their product line for their Blood Red Skies WW2 aerial combat game. There latest release cover the fictional war on the frozen Eastern Front to the reality of combat in the tropical Pacific. First of all, we have the ace pilot Johnny Red and the
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Heer46 have added to their excellent range of German Fallschirmjäger with a three man special weapon team. The first figure is an NCO or officer waving his men forward, armed with a STG44 equipped with a ZG 1229 Vampir 1229 (ZG 1229), also known by its code name Vampir, the infrared night scope and sighting
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