Enhancing Your Entire Army In Three Fast Steps

STEP 1
Adding Some Color Variations Amongst The Ranks
This is especially important with your Confederate models because they had a wide variety of fabrics, uniforms and styles. Take some earth tone colors and paint some of the details of the models such as, hats, blanket rolls, trousers, jackets, and leathers. Don't worry about being perfect with your painting, the dipping step will help to blend in any imperfections. You don't need to add many colors to federal models because they typically were very uniform in appearance, unless you wanted to do a western theatre federal unit or a zouave unit.

STEP 2
Dipping the Miniatures
Using Army Painter Quick shade dip, brush over the miniatures with a solid coat. You will begin to see the results almost instantly. The dip darkens the miniatures, adding shading and it also blends all the colors together perfectly. The dip also helps to give the models a dirty ragged campaigner look. Allow the dipped models to dry for 24 hours before moving on to step 3.

STEP 3
Basing Your Models
Enhancing the look of your model's bases can greatly improve the look of your army. There are many types of static grasses and flocks available on the market to use. Typically we use a standard green field grass.

To apply the static grass to the bases, simply use a small brush and paint on some white glue in 2 or 3 areas on the base.
Then using your hands simply apply some static grass to the glue covered areas and gently press down on the grass with your finger. Allow to dry for a few hours and that's it!
You can also paint on some lighter browns to give the illusion of muddy areas and boot tracks.

Gordon & Hague

Days of Battle: Armoured operations north of the River Danube, Hungary 1944 45

A very important new study that throws much-needed light on armoured warfare on the Eastern Front during the final months of the war Days of Battle describes a hitherto neglected part of the military history of Hungary during World War II.

In three separate studies, Dr Norbert Számvéber, drawing from files and documentation from German, Hungarian and Soviet sources, presents detailed accounts of four important clashes of German-Hungarian and Soviet armour north of the river Danube, in the southern territory of the historical Upper Hungary (part of Hungary between 1938 and 1945, at the present time now part of Slovakia).

The first is an account of the battle between the Ipoly and Garam rivers during the second half of December 1944, in which the élite Hungarian Division Szent László saw action for the first time.

The second study is about the fierce tank battle of Komárom, fought between the 6 22 January 1945. This was an integral part of the Battle for Budapest, parallel in time with Operation Konrad.

The third part of the book describes the combat during the German Operation Südwind in February 1945 and the Soviet attack launched in the direction of Bratislava in March 1945.

10mm Caesarian Romans from Adler Miniature

Having been asked to produce Ancients in 1/300th a fair bit over the years we have finally decided to do an Ancient range but to go up to 10mm. Myriad reasons for this but mainly its the extra size means we can depict the armour and dress of the period with greater detail and variations.

It also has the benefit of making the weapons more robust and also allows for the casting of figures with 'open hands' to allow for the fitting of separate more robust spears..

The first instalment are Gauls and Ceasarian Romans

Caesarian Romans

CR 1 Legionary advancing with sword ( 20)
CR 2 Legionary advancing with pila
CR 3 Legionary throwing pila
CR 4 Legionary standards(4), musicians(8), Optios (4), Centurions (4)
CR 5 Mounted and dismounted Legate and tribune, musicians (2)Aquifer (1)
CRC 1 Bodyguard cavalry (4) ( Not yet available)
CRC 2 Legionary cavalry ( 15) ( Not yet available)

TRANR 1 Legionary shield transfers ( 21 scutum and 4 round patterns ( Four patterns available)

Adler Miniatures

Operation Barbarossa: The Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Vol. 1

In June 1941 the Wehrmacht launched Operation Barbarossa: the attack on the Ussr and the largest land invasion in recorded history.

Operation Barbarossa: the Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation focuses on 1941 when the Ussr came closest to defeat. It includes full analyses of the belligerents' armed forces, weapons, equipment, personnel, transport, logistics, war production, mobilisation and replacements.

The work employs a unique military simulation methodology, extending from the tactical to the strategic level, and applies this methodology to each of the belligerents.

Volume I, the first of six volumes, is primarily concerned with the structure of this methodology, but uses many of the events and weapons from Operation Barbarossa as illustrative case studies. The complete work represents the most historically accurate, advanced and comprehensive analysis of the first six months of the largest and most decisive military campaign of WWII.

Operation Barbarossa: The Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Vol. IIA

Operation Barbarossa: The Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Vol. IIB

Operation Barbarossa: The Complete Organisational and Statistical Analysis, and Military Simulation, Vol. IIIA

Colours & Guns (10mm Napoleonic Rules)

Colours & Guns an 80 page set of land based rules system designed for 10 mm Napoleonic figures. They will whet your appetite for Napoleonic wargaming in our speciality scale, 10 mm.

The rules are simple enough to get a grasp of quickly but have enough variety and complexity to make it a game you'll want to play again and again.

With so many nations to choose from where will you begin……? The rules are choc full of photos, diagrams, army lists and sketches of some of the most famous Commanders of the day.

We've placed the quick play sheet on the back cover, so they don't take up much room on the table and the spine of the book stays neat. Units are infantry battalions, cavalry regiments or batteries of guns.

Magister Militum

Colours & Guns Rules

Colours & Guns an 80 page set of land based rules system designed for 10mm Napoleonic figures. They will whet your appetite for Napoleonic wargaming in our speciality scale, 10mm.

The rules are simple enough to get a grasp of quickly but have enough variety and complexity to make it a game you'll want to play again and again. With so many nations to choose from where will you begin……?

The rules are choc full of photos, diagrams, army lists and sketches of some of the most famous Commanders of the day.

We've placed the quick play sheet on the back cover, so they don't take up much room on the table and the spine of the book stays neat. Units are infantry battalions, cavalry regiments or batteries of guns.

Colours & Guns Downloads

Sources

Magister Militum

Colours & Guns 10mm Napoleonic Rules to Debut at Salute

We are expecting to release our new 10mm ruleset, Colours & Guns (written by Iain Dickie and Gareth Harding) at Salute.

A set of rules aimed at 10mm Napoleonics, for which we will have more 10mm releases soon.

Magister Militum