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The Battle of Ramillies, 300 Years On

Horse and Musket

Ralph Weaver

At the beginning of the year 1706 the Duke of Marlborough conceived an audacious plan to march an army south to assist the Austrians, under Prince Eugene, not to Bavaria as he had done in 1704, but over the Alps to Italy…

 

Salute Zero Six: A Lardy View

WW2, WWII, World War Two

Richard Clarke

One of the ‘Too Fat Lardies’ demo game team gives us his retrospective view on this year’s Salute.

 

Salute Zero Six: The Battle of Maria

Napoleonic

A close look at the South East London Wargames Group’s 25mm Napoleonic display game.

 

Salute Zero Six: The Circus Minimus

Ancient

Matt Slade

Matt Slade and the Wargames Association of Reading’s fun filled Roman chariot racing participation game.

 

Salute Zero Six: Rorke’s Drift

Colonial

Photos of the winner of this year’s best demo game prize.

 

Salute Zero Six: Age of Arthur

Dark Age

The Crawley Wargames Club give us the background details on their 25mm Dark Age display game.

 

Salute Zero Six: Painting Competition Winners

Show

Photos of some of the Salute painting competition winners

 

Salute Zero Six: On behalf of the Warlords…

Show

John Treadaway

We round off our Salute Zero Six coverage with an open letter form one of the event organisers.

 

Photo feature: Ebob Miniatures, The Great Escape

WW2, WWII, World War Two

 

Photo feature: Bill Gaskin’s ACW collection

ACW, American Civil War

Bill Gaskin

 

The War of the White Elephants

Medieval

Barry Carter

After the events of the year 1548 which involved the Burmese invasion of Siam and the death of Somdet Phra Suriyothai, the next major conflict between the two nations occurred in the year 1563, over the possession of “white” elephants.

 

Freedom Fighters, Friekorps and Freaks

Back of Beyond

Bernd Biege

We explore the climate of turmoil and opportunities for wargaming in post WWI German.

 

The Battle of White Moors – Report

Dark Age

Steve Hall

A report on a game played using last month’s Dark Age White Moors scenario.

 

Painting 28mm Cowboys

Wild West

Tom Weiss

From bare metal to technicolour masterpiece, here’s expert German brushman Tom Weiss’s guide to painting 28mm cowboys.

 

Lady Godiva

Dark Age

Vince Noir

This year’s two free figures for subscribers are our designers’ interpretations of the legendary figure – Lady Godiva; but who was she? Vince investigates…

 

Photo feature: Models from Kevin Dallimore’s Collection

Modelling

Kevin Dallimore

 

Building and Painting Resin Vehicles Part Four

Modelling

Kevin Dallimore

Adding stowage and finishing your vehicles. The final part of this step-by-step guide.