New Release: 28mm 1:56 "Pantile Granary" April 27, 2017 11:39

The 6th model in the collection, the "Pantile Granary" (horreo in Spanish) is now available in store. As other models in the range; the horreo can be used in Peninsular War, pirate or wild west Mexican type settings.

The kit is MDF with resin roof and resin supporting pillars (pegollo). The model comes with a base with engraved squares giving the exact location for the pegollo. The freestanding stairs with the "rodent gap" can be assembled in seconds. 

This kit provides a number of tactical considerations, with the many open slots, whole units can fire out! Being raised up, troops on foot can have line of sight and even move underneath the building. The stairs will block line of sight and provide hard cover.

Being a gamer, I could see the religious symbols and urns (adornos) getting broken off in play so one was cut on the front to retain the "flavour" of the piece.  

New Releases: 20mm 1:72 "The Terrace" "Back & Front Yard Set" and "W/C's" April 4, 2017 08:24

Responding to a number of requests from 20mm gamers, I am pleased to release "The Terrace" in 20mm along with the accompanying front and back yards with outside w/c's.

When compared to the 28mm version there are some new details added and some adjustment of the design to make the kits "work" at the smaller scale. 

The Terrace is available as a single kit, the front & back yards with 3 x W/C's as a set. The outside W/C's are also listed in a set of 3 (each with a different door).

New Release: Artillery Trays March 31, 2017 20:01

The artillery trays were designed by Keith Phillips for "Over the Hills" Napoleonic game and made up as a commission. I liked the idea so much I thought I would add this to the store.

160mm frontage artillery trays with either 2 or 3 removable bases. Use on the tray for "Over the Hills" or remove and use off the tray for games like Black Powder or Sharp Practise.

Guest Video: Eastern Front "Cabin, Log Store & Tool Shed" March 14, 2017 20:05

New Release: 28mm 1:56 "Pantile Church" March 10, 2017 09:45

The fifth model in the Pantile range is soon to be available instore.

Inspired by the episode "Sharpe's Rifles", photographs taken by Carlos Elias Llop from Barcelona.( I have admired Carlos' modelling on Facebook and followed his work for some time, he is a real craftsman / perfectionist) and a whole lot of Google imagery, the "Pantile Church" is crammed with detail.

A multi-layered grand doorway is topped by a layered "roseton" window and above that a metal bell hangs in the "ermita"

To make the kit more of a gaming piece, a mezanine floor has been added to allow models to "fire" out of the rosette window. A narrow roof (accessed via trapdoor) has been added so a sharpshooter / sniper can be placed behind hard cover. Four models mounted on 2p coins can be placed on the roofspace to snipe at troops below.

Guest Video: New World "Tidewater Home" March 2, 2017 23:01

Guest Video "Eastern Front Rural House 1" March 1, 2017 21:39

 Michal Pokorny from Czech Republic turns his attention to the Rural House 1. Michal has applied so much more to the standard issue waney edged "planking" that comes with the kit, lifting it to a new level. Outstanding work!.

New Release : "Long Dial Counters" set of 5 February 24, 2017 11:56

I have been using the popular "Dial Counters" to record pins, wounds and shock for some time. Being a huge fan of Richard Clarke's Sharp Practice, I wanted to record shock on cavalry units so I made the "Long Dial Counters". Now avaiable in store.

Suitable for many games systems, they have an elongated top for horses, motorbikes or sprawled casualties to match your army.

Eastern Front "Rural House 2" A review by Michal Pokorny February 14, 2017 20:28

New Release: 28mm 1:56 New World "Workers' House 1 & 2" February 14, 2017 11:49

The "Workers' House 1 & 2" are now available to house low status Colonial farmhands or slaves. Packed with period details, the "Workers' House 1" and the imaginatively titled: "Workers' House 2" comes with a supply of card "planks" to texture the roof.  The roof is engraved to assist with the assembly.

Thanks goes once more to Ron Carnegie from Virgina for supplying the photographs that these models are based on.

Ideal for gaming the French Indian Wars, American war of Independence, American Civil War and may even be used as a "Wild West" shack / frontier house.

28mm Painted Redcoats by Wargames Foundry.

Wargames Soldiers & Strategy Issue 88 February 2, 2017 12:00

I subscribe to this publication and read it cover to cover. I am a bit slow with this issue, having to finish off a Terry Brooks trilogy before turning my attention to WS&S. The www.charliefoxtrotmodels.com "Eastern Front Church" gets a review and I have another MDF building article in "Parting Shots": this time the "Porch House" is featured.

Having had quite a few published, I still get as excited as I did the first time on seeing my words & pictures in my favourite magazine. Contact  WS&S if you have any modelling / painting tips..... that is the page I turn to first.

Next issue no.89 has an American War of Independence theme...perfect timing as my New World collection is growing. 2 New releases are due in this range soon.

Guest Video: Eastern Front kits by Michal Pokorny February 1, 2017 20:03