Wargames Illustrated - June 2024 (WI438)

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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:

OBSERVATION POST – We’ve got a haul of swag from Salute in this month’s Observation Post with new plastics, pre-painted terrain, and much more.

RELEASE RADAR – With Dom Sore taking an extended honeymoon break Paul Mathews is back for another tour of RR duty!

*QUICK FIRE*- Samurai, the Crimea, lighting and Ragged Staff Minis all feature in this month’s eclectic quick-read posts from your fellow wargamers.

*WEAPONS IN WARGAMES*- To kick off this month’s Weapons theme we tracked down Alan and Michael Perry, and Jervis Johnson, and asked them how they handle weapons when figure-sculpting and game-designing.

A SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE – Magnus Alm builds some wonderful terrain without spending money on any new kits.

TWO THOUSAND YEARS AND COUNTING – Bill Gray examines the amazing longevity of the pike and related polearms, presenting wargaming notes on the weapon’s swansong in late World War Two Japan.

HITTING THE BEACHES – With Summer around the corner, the folks behind D-Day Replayed have their minds on the Normandy Beaches and big plans to commemorate the 1944 landings in 28mm.

SMITING THE GOOD SMITE – For this month’s Weapons theme, regular contributor Pete Brown decided to be less than predictable, choosing to focus on a two-wheeled ‘weapon’ pulled by a team of horses: aka the Chariot.

SALUTE 51 SHOW REPORT – Thousands crowded London’s ExCel, for the busiest Salute we’ve ever seen, and Team Wi were on hand to document the day.

THE MOSIN-NAGANT RIFLE – Lisa Smedman discusses an icon rifle which was used by her grandfather in the Finish Civil War, 1918, and still sees service today.

PAINTING DRAMATIC OSL – Callum France creates a sense of drama by applying bold object source lighting to our Richard ‘Dick’ Winters (Band of Brothers hero) Giants in Miniature figure.

THE ANNIHILATOR – As part of this month’s Weapons theme, Chris Swan examines the history of the Thompson and puts it to use in a pulp game in an unusual setting.

RUCKUS CAMPAIGNS – Mike Peters presents full rules for connecting your Ruckus games into an ongoing Campaign, along with two new Campaign Scenarios.

SHIELDMAIDENS – Sébastien Clément documents the building and painting process of his Salute 2024 Painting Competition-winning unit.