![]() ![]() ![]() Many of Warlord’s figures are ‘heroically’ sculpted which makes painting faces especially such a joy and their Bolt Action range just gets better and better with every new release. It was through the freebies that sometimes come with Wargames Illustrated that I discovered Warlord Games figures, which has afforded me a convenient opportunity to paint a varied mix of figures and historical periods. Warren and Tony are both from Australia and Bjorn is from Sweden.Īs part of my hobby resurgence, I began to read wargames magazines again and have managed to get several articles about painting and modelling published in Wargames Illustrated and Miniature Wargames. In essence, we are a little ‘wargames club’ with our own Facebook group and we thoroughly enjoy our hobby chats and associated nonsense. Through the Plastic Crack Podcast Facebook group, I also made close friends with three other hobbyists. My forays into online painting tutorials showed me how far things had progressed from my Humbrol days and I discovered techniques such as zenithal priming, object source lighting and non-metallic metals. I then added to my painting arsenal products from Vallejo, Scale 75, Liquitex, Wargames Foundry and Army Painter. A lot of my old collection was, in spite of it being decades old, still usable. In my day I started with enamel paints from Humbrol before beginning to use Citadel acrylics. Though my love of wargaming per se did not return, I did start to paint again. My wife recommended Youtube to me and I was amazed at the online resources now available for the wargamer/hobbyist. The pandemic saw me with more time on my hands and during the first lockdown in the UK I decided to have a look at what was in those dusty old boxes. So in my mid-twenties, my paints and figure collection disappeared into storage boxes where they would remain for the next thirty-odd years. However, my regular wargaming buddy lost interest and to be honest my interest also waned. I later discovered Games Workshop despite my primary wargaming interest being in historical miniatures, I could not help but be seduced. My collection then grew with additions from companies such as Garrison, Lamming and Essex. This led me to purchase my first ‘proper’ figures by Hinchliffe. When I got a bit older I discovered copies of Military Modelling and then Battle for Wargamers which had marvellous photographs of battlefields including Peter Gilder’s inspirational work. Paul: “Like many wargamers of my generation (I was born in the mid-1960s) I grew up on a diet of Airfix and Matchbox models and figures. But first a few words from the man himself: Here we showcase just a few of his 28mm Warlord Games miniatures. One way he has been able to achieve this is with the free Warlord Games plastic sprues that will often come with issues of Wargames Illustrated. Less a gamer than a painter and collector, rather than collect full armies, Paul cites variety as his preferred hobby spice, and dabbles in a wide variety of historical periods. As it turns out, his hobby interests stretch far beyond just Epic Battles scale miniatures. ![]() We recently featured the Epic Battles miniatures of Paul Mackay ( original article here). ![]()
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