A distinguished veteran of the First World War, Arthur Wilson is something of a ladies man – as his effect on Pike’s mum shows! A man of breeding, Wilson has a less than authoritarian approach to discipline “would you mind awfully falling in please?” followed by “thank you so much”. During the dark days of…
The American Civil War raged for four years between the Northern and Southern states from 1861-1865. In the box you will find enough miniatures to represent eight regiments of infantry, four Union and four Confederate, plus two artillery pieces and crew per side, one unit of cavalry per side as well as a general each….
Walker can get hold of anything – for a price! As a black market spiv (or ‘wholesale supplier’, as he prefers to be known…), regularly interrupts Mainwaring’s long-winded speeches. Walker is a popular if somewhat shifty member of the platoon. During the dark days of 1940, Britain was under dire threat of Nazi invasion. A…
Germany’s aggressive campaigns of conquest ensured that her armies would fight in many countries far from the fatherland and in starkly contrasting terrain and weather conditions. German soldiers were well-equipped for their venture into Europe, and later North Africa, but found themselves ill-prepared for the bleak, freezing and unforgiving Eastern Front. When the Russian armies…
One half of the double act played with the Vicar, the Verger fawns over Reverend Farthing, often referring to him wrongly as “Your Reverence”. Clearly antagonistic of the Home Guard he often refers to them as ‘vanadals’ due to damage caused to the Church Hall in which the platoon meet following their HQ being bombed….
It was a rare thing for a general in the 17th Century to take to the field without an artillery train to intimidate and pulverise the enemy lines. These cannon and mortars were terrifying weapons, belching smoke and flames with a frightening roar that no simple country lad was likely to have heard before. The…
The fully armoured Knight or Man at Arms formed the backbone of all European medieval armies, often fighting on foot when the need arose. This box builds 38 armoured men, with weapon options including poleaxes, pole hammers, single-handed and hand and a half swords. They can be used for the armies of England, France, Burgundy,…
The development of fast-moving reliable tanks led to many ideas of how to slow or destroy them. Large shaped blocks of concrete, strengthened with a steel core, often called Dragon’s Teeth were a good way to block a vehicle’s progress. Equally, infantry had to be stopped or channeled away, so engineers on all sides were…
Front: The hardened sailors of the Baltic and Black Sea Fleets took to land to help drive the German invaders from the Motherland. Such was their fierce reputation their enemies quickly named them ‘The Black Death’… The Soviet Baltic Fleet and most of the Black Sea Fleet were bottled up in harbour by the German…
Andy Hobday
Graham Davey