Wargames Illustrated (affectionately known as Wi) is the world’s leading and best-selling magazine dedicated to the hobby of miniature wargaming.
Each month Wi features news, views, reviews, and over 100 pages of articles relating to the noble hobby of miniature wargaming – the pursuit of collecting, painting, and gaming with miniature figurines (known variously as figures, miniatures, figs, minis, or toy soldiers).
This Month's Issue Features:
This issue comes with a free Warlord Games Modern Military Special Ops Sprue.
OBSERVATION POST
This month’s reviews include Wargames Atlantic plastics, Dead Man’s Hand
cowboy scatter, Oathmark characters, and interwar MDF kits.
RELEASE RADAR
Dom Sore’s here to tell us about a stack of new and upcoming releases.
QUICK FIRE
Short, quick-read posts from Wi readers about their hobby projects, notes, news,
and observations
BIG SCREEN TO SMALL BOARD
Want to translate your favourite movie or TV show to the tabletop? Pete
Brown’s here to help you out.
SALUTE 51: PIRATE PAINTING
Wi Painter extraordinaire Matt Parkes applies brushwork to preview versions of
this year’s Salute show minis.
RIDLEY SCOTT AT AUSTERLITZ
Colonel (Retired) Bill Gray compares two very different versions of Austerlitz.
One is seen through a historical lens, the other, through the lens of director
Ridley Scott’s Arri digital movie camera.
THE WARPAINTS FANATIC STORY
We’re very impressed with The Army Painter’s new Fanatic paints and asked
Adam Abramowicz to shine a light on the development of such an
expansive range.
DJINS FROM THE DUNES (SAS ROGUE HEROES)
Glenn Clarke takes TV inspiration from SAS Rogue Heroes and drives out into the
Egyptian sands during WWII.
CELTIC FRINGE AND MONTROSE
Paul Reynolds provides a guide to two new For King and Parliament supplements,
which he has co-written with two other enthusiasts of these popular 17th
Century rules.
FROM SPEC OPS TO COD
Matt Parkes builds iconic Call of Duty characters from Warlord Games’ Special
Operations team frame, and we probe how other video game offerings can inspire
our tabletop warfare.
ACHTUNG PANZER!
Mike Bradford, author of Warlord Games’ new rules Achtung Panzer!, tells us
about the development and mechanics of this new ‘skirmish’-level tank
battle game.
HOME GUARD HEROES
Paul Mackay examines the Home Guard in history and in the classic BBC comedy
series Dad’s Army, then shows how he painted his troops in miniature.
PAINTING POLISH PLASTICS
James continues his experiments with Army Painter’s new Fanatic range and
paints a couple of the new Perry Miniatures Duchy of Warsaw infantry.
GENRE HOPPING WITH 7TV THE 80S
7TV: The 80s lead writer, Helena Nash, provides insight into the design process
of the popular skirmish game’s latest Genre Guide.
ALALA!
Simon MacDowall talks about the development and playtesting of his new ruleset
for Greek hoplite battles.
JACK ALEXANDER OBITUARY
Bob Black bids a fond farewell to his friend Jack Alexander who, through his
Jacklex range, was one of the early icons of miniature-making.