Warlord Games - 28mm 1812-1815 Russian Line Infantry

This boxed set allows you to build 32 figures representing Russian Line Infantry in the Napoleonic Wars, fighting as they did, against the French.

The set actually contains 4 metal and 28 plastic figures. As usual the metal figures are to represent the command figures with a regiment, the plastic figures provide your rank and file.

As such, the set contains 7 frames (see above right), each of which allows you to build 4 marching figures. Assembly is simple, attach pack-pack & equipment piece and then select a head - for which you have option of a helmet with or without a plume- then you are done!

A great kit for building up the massed ranks required for any Napoleonic game but which is particularly important for Russian armies.

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 More coming soon...

Warlord Games - 28mm WW2 US Coloured Infantry

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The US Coloured Infantry boxed set is based upon the WW2 American Infantry boxed set also produced by Warlord Games. As such you can make 28 figures, representing the men of the highly decorated 92nd US (Coloured) Infantry Division, in a wide variety of poses, including a host of weapon and command options.

The set also contains metal heads to represent African-American facial features.

See our review of Warlord Games  WW2 American Infantry elsewhere on this site to get more details...

Warlord Games - 28mm WW2 US Rangers

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The US Rangers boxed set is based upon the WW2 American Infantry boxed set also produced by Warlord Games. As such you can make 25 Ranger figures, in a wide variety of poses, including a host of weapon and command options.

This set also contains a number of metal parts, requiring super glue to fix onto your models but giving you the option to build figures with Bangalore torpedoes, M2 flame-thrower, pick/mattocks, axes, wire-cutters, heads with goggles, and US Ranger knuckle-duster knife.

The set also contains 8 heads to represent well known film characters - think of the classic film 'The Longest Day'. 

See our review of Wasrlord Games  WW2 American Infantry elsewhere on this site to get more details...

Warlord Games - 28mm WW2 German Infantry

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This boxed set allows the construction of classic WW2 German Infantry, uniformed in jackboots and coal-scuttle helmets.

The set contains 5 figure frames (see below right) and enough plastic components to make 30 German infantry miniatures. Each frame includes parts for 6 figures of which 4 are standing, one is kneeling and one is prone.

In addition there are a host of options to allow for different weapon configurations and command models., the weapons included are - Kar 98K rifle, MP38/MP40 sub-machine gun, Luger pistol, MG34 light machine gun, Kar 98K with attached bayonet, stick grenades, scoped Kar 98K rifle.

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Figures are not cheap - but the possibilities for creating such a wide variety of poses and options,  make this a good purchase.

Warlord Games - 28mm WW2 British Infantry

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 This boxed set allows you to build the classic WW2 British 'Tommy', in full battledress and with classic weaponry.

The box contains 5 frames (see right) and enough plastic components to make 25 British infantry miniatures. Each frame allows you to build 4 standing and one kneeling figure. The set includes a host of options to allow for different weapon configurations and command models, see below right for the UK Weapons Frame.

Weapons included: Lee Enfield rifle No. 4 (plus scoped and bayoneted versions), Bren light machine gun, Thompson sub-machine gun, 2" mortar, Sten gun sub-machine guns, Webley revolver, Mills bomb grenades, bandoleers and the Tommies' trusty shovel!

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Figures are not cheap - but the possibilities for creating Commonwealth and other allied forces such as Polish, Czech etc are huge. Well worth investing some hard earned money in this set.

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Warlord Games - 28mm WW2 Japanese Infantry

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This boxed set allow you to build infantry units of the Japanese Army that fought through-out the Pacific theatre in WW2.


Each box contains 5 figure frames (see right), plus one weapons frame. Each figure frame contains enough parts to make 6 figures, 4 standing, one prone and one crouching. 

There are 10 heads per frame - allowing for a variety of helmet options and enough arms to give each figure a rifle, Type 100 SMG or Type 99 MG Additionally there are parts to provide Knee Mortars, Swords for NCOs & Officers, flagpoles and a variety of pistols, grenades, bugle etc.

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The very high production & quality standards we have come to expect from Warlord Games are maintained,  these are some of the most expensive plastics we have seen to date but you get what you pay for!

Warlord Games - 28mm WW2 US Marines

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This boxed set allows you to recreate the legendary US Marine Corps Infantry that fought the Japanese in the WW2 island hopping campaigns.

Each box contains 5 figure frames, plus one weapons frame. Each figure frame contains enough parts to make 6 marines, 4 standing, one prone and one crouching. There are 10 heads per frame - allowing for a variety of helmet options and enough arms to give each figure a rifle, SMG or BAR.

The additional US Weapons frame allows for more exotic weapons such as Bazookas, Pistols and Carbines to be added to your models, as well as a variety of pouches, grenades and ammunition cases etc.

As ever well, fantastic production & quality standards are maintained, remember you get what you pay for, these are some of the most expensive plastics we have seen to date but you have so many options to make top quality figures it will be worth a look.

Warlord Games - 28mm Married Zulu Regiment

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 The Zulu army was a formidable foe. Well-trained, well-led, and well-equipped for campaigns, the Zulu regiments were the terror of Africa. Created by the great Shaka, founder of the nation, each regiment was composed of small companies who trained together, and a regiment could be 1,000 men strong.

They were then brigaded together to form divisions that could move at great speed and with drilled precision, forming the classic Zulu attack formation of the Horns of the Buffalo.


The military system formed units into married and unmarried units, so a cadre of young men would be forced to remain unmarried on the King's orders until they had 'washed their spears' in the blood of their enemies.

They are armed with throwing spears, smoothbore muskets and the deadly stabbing short spear whilst their patterned ox-hide shields help identify their parent regiment.

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Once they were blooded, and only then, would they sew in the characteristic head ring which is the symbol of a mature and married warrior, showing his much enhanced status in society.

Each boxed set contains 8 frames, each containing enough parts to make up 4 figures., each figure is armed with a shield and a variety of weapons ranging from Assagis, Knobkerrys, rifles or throwing spear. Each frame also has 7 heads to add variety to the figures.

The leader of the regiment is a metal figure that is supplied with the boxed set.

Warlord Games - 28mm Dacian Falxmen

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The Dacians, originally from what is largely modern Romania, were one of the Romans most fierce opponents, they fought two wars with Rome.

Fighting principally as infantry, the Dacians allied themselves with the highly skilled horsemen, and women, of Sarmatia, making a balanced and very powerful enemy force to fight, as the Romans found out to their cost.

The most terrifying and effective Dacian troops were those armed with the lethal falx – a wicked looking double-handed war scythe that could shatter a shield and carve off a limb with a single blow. So fearsome was this weapon, the Romans developed additional armour to protect arms, legs and heads from it’s devastating impact.

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The boxed set contains 42 plastic & metal foot figures, the plastics being based on 4 of the Celt frames reviewed elsewhere on this site, also included are full-colour waterslide shield design decals. Also included in the boxed set is a carnyx and a standard bearer.

See also: Warlord Games - 28mm Celtic Warriors for more details on the original set and it's frames

Warlord Games - 28mm Ancient British Warriors

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This boxed set contains 4 plastic frames and enough metal parts to make 40 Ancient British Warriors. With several variants of limed hair and distinctive helmets (such as the 'Waterloo' helmet) plus new metal shields such as the Battersea-style shield, as a result the figures cut an impressive and rather worrying-looking bunch!

The frames (see below right) are the basic Celt products, that are reviewed as such elsewhere on this site. 

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The boxes set also contains a metal upper torso to allow to you to include a British Chieftain as well as new carynx and standards.

So, whether you are starting a new British army or merely looking to add more character to an existing Celt army these chaps shouldn't be overlooked!

Also contains superb, full-colour self-adhesive (not water-slide!) shield transfers to bring your models to life!

See also: Warlord Games - 28mm Celtic Warriors for more details on the original set and it's frames

Warlord Games - 28mm Soviet Infantry

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The prolific output from Warlord Games continues with this boxed set of WW2 Soviet Infantry, which is well up to the usual standards we have come to expect.

The set contains enough pieces to make 40 figures and includes a number of options to allow for different weapon configurations and command models, see the basic frame left that contains 8 torsos and a variety of arms and heads.

There are 5 such frames in the set and with a mix of figures wearing a mix of Summer and quilted uniforms, there ares 3 kneeling and 2 prone - in both winter and summer clothing. These can be constructed with a variety of weapons and uniform options, as there are eight heads with helmets plus an officer's head as well, in a peaked cap.

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The selection of weapons is contained on a separate frame - see below left - and includes a Mosin-Nagant rifle (scoped, with bayonet and without), PTRD Anti-tank rifle, submachine guns (PPS-43 , PPSh-41 and PPD-40), Mosin-Nagant carbine, DT-28 light machine gun, Tokarev semi-automatic rifle (and bayonet version), pistols and captured Panzerfaust!

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Warlord Games - 28mm Ceasar's Legion with Pilum

This is the second boxed set in Warlord Games' new Ceasarian / Republican Romans, this set is with the Pilum.

As with the Gladius armed set there is the option of three command figures that comprises of  centurion, standard bearer and musician. This is the same frame as used in the Gladius armed boxed set and as with them, the basic legionary body is used to build up the specilist command figures from spare parts on the frame.

The frames include parts to build up a figure that is armed with chain mail, pilum, oval shield and Montefortino Helmet, also include arms with slings to provide an alternative missile weapon for the legionaries to use.

Warlord Games - 28mm Caesar's Legion with Gladius

Warlord Games is soon to release their new Ceasarian / Republican Romans, these are to be made available as 2 sets with Gladius or with Pilum. As can be seen this set is with Gladius.

The command frame comprises of  centurion, standard bearer and musician.

The frames include parts to build up a figure that is armed with chain mail, gladius, oval shield and Montefortino Helmet, also include arms with slings to provide an alternative missile weapon for the legionaries to use.

Warlord Games - 28mm French Line Infantry

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This release from Warlord Games sees a useful set of French Line Infantry for teh Napoleonic Wars, up to about 1812. The set consists of 28 x plastic figures supplied 4 to a frame, see below right, plus 4 x metal figures of an officer, standard bearer and drummer),

One figure on each frame has epaulette and is thus designed to be used as either a Grenadier or a Voltigeur, this ratio is rather high so some of the epaulettes can be carved off with a sharp knife to reduce the excess flank men back to the centre companies!


Moulding quality is excellent, with virtually no visible flash, the poses are very utilitarian, all figures are in a marching stance. This makes assembly easy, simply add a head and a backpack and you are done...

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... if you want variety then we'd suggest getting hold of some of the Perry or Victrix figures, they are totally compatible.

Back to the figures, as noted each frame has 4 figures, a selection of 5 backpacks (two with attached hangers) plus selection of 8 heads, wearing a selection of shakos, with or without plumes and / or covers.

Warlord Games - 28mm Celtic Warriors

Warlord Games released this boxed set with the aim using the two basic frames included with the set as the basis for a number of future releases.

This boxed set contains 40 multi-part, hard plastic 28mm Celtic Warriors, and the set consists of two each of the frames shown below, right and left.

Each figure can be built in a variety of ways, by combining seperate leg pieces with torsos and arms - to give an exciting variety of poses that you would expect to see in an irregular unit. With each figure comes a selection of weapon options such as spear, sword and javelins and with extras such as spare weapons, helmet icons and severed heads.











Uniquely the set also contains a set of self-adhesive shield stickers to add to the figures. These have come in foe some criticism , from some quarters - many preferring the use of transfers - as with the company's Roman infantry boxed set.

That said, with careful trimming, and application of varnish to ensure the 'stickers' don't peal, the end result is quite acceptable.

When constructing the figures, the initial thought is that there are almost limitless combinations of poses that can be made. This is not so - check the dress of the torso to the dress of the legs, the reality is that these are limited as you need to ensure armoured torsos are joined to armoured legs / waist s and similar to bare chested figures. This is not a problem - just a point to consider.
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RRP per Box	Figures per Box	Cost per Figure
£20.00	40	50.00p

           As of  Feb 2013.  (Multi Box Deals available to drive cost down further).  

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Warlord Games - 28mm Tribesmen of Germania

Warlord Games latest infantry set, based upon their original 'Celtic Warriors' boxed set, allowing 43 figures to be created (including 3 x metal command figures - included within the box).

All the comments made about the previous releases of these multi-pose foot frames apply. The Germanic characteristics are again achieved by the use of cast metal add-on parts supplied with the set, to give th expected selection of topknots, animal skins and other  tribal features.

The command figures include an impressive warlord plus a standard bearer and a carynx player, again as expected, perfectly proportioned for the plastic figures in the set.

See also: Warlord Games - 28mm Celtic Warriors for more details on the original set and it's frames

More to come ...

Warlord Games

Warlord Games are currently the 'biggest' of hard plastics manufacturers, with a wide range of boxed set available, all backed-up with metal figures to provide specialist troops and highlights to your plastics armies.

Additionally, Warlord Games, make extensive use of metal 'add on' parts t their basic plastic sets to enable a much wider range of units to be represented.

Based in Nottingham, UK - the company was created in 2007 and is run by John Stallard (ex Games Workshop and author of Warhammer ECW Rules ) and Paul Sawyer (ex Games Workshop and best known as the former editor of White Dwarf).

Another Wargames notable linked to the company are Rick Priestley (again ex Games Workshop and author of Warhammer, Warmaster and many other games systems).

Warlord Games Website <Here> 

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Product List

Ancients

Celtic Warriors

Ancient British Warriors

Dacian Falxmen

Tribesmen of Germania

Early Imperial Romans: Praetorian Guard

Early Imperial Romans: Scorpion Battery

Early Imperial Romans: Auxilaries

Early Imperial Romans: Legionaries

Early Imperial Romans: Veterans

Early Imperial Romans: Legionaries and Scorpion Set

Ceasar's Legions with Gladius

Ceasar's Legions with Pilum

Greeks: Classic Greek Hoplites

Greeks: Ancient Greek Hoplites

Macedonians: Phalangites 

Macedonians: Royal Guard 

Spartans: Spartans

ECW

Royalist Infantry

Parliamentary Infantry

Scots Covenanter Infantry

Royalist Cavalry

Parliamentary Cavalry

Firelock Storming Party

Thirty Years War

Imperialist Infantry

Swedish Infantry

Swedish Cavalry

Napoleonic War

French Line Infantry

Russian Line Infantry 1812-1815

Pavlovsk Grenadier Regiment 1789-1815

Prussian Landwehr Regiment 1789-1815

Colonial

Anglo-Zulu War: British Infantry 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu Married Regiment 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Zulu Unmarried Regiment 1879

Anglo-Zulu War: Natal Native Contingent 1879

WW2

American Infantry

British Infantry

German Infantry

Japanese Infantry

Soviet Infantry
US Coloured Infantry
US Marine Infantry
US Rangers

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Wargames Factory - 28mm WSS Artillery

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Wargames Factory Figures are now available via Warlord Games, where the sets have been re-boxed and re-branded accordingly

This boxed set enables you to build a two gun section of artillery from the War of Spanish Succession (WSS), as with other sets in this range, the figures are generic, so that they can be built and painted to represent any nationality.

The set contains two frames - see picture below right - each frame contains the parts to build one gun with either a 12lb or 6lb barrel. Additionally there are 4 crew figures which come, each moulded as a torso & legs, to which you can add a variety of arms to create a umber of alternative poses. Finally the frame contains a mounted officer to command the gun section.

As ever there are a few additional extras on the frame - as we have come to expect from Wargames Factory - a bucket and neat piles of cannon balls plus a couple of barrels.

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For the price these are good value, the crew are workman like and represented well, as ever with Wargames Factory figures they do seem a little tall and thin to my eye. That said the mounted officer is very good - if  a little fiddly to put together as both his legs and arms are separate and they are all small! There are options for the officer to be waving his tricorne or his sword - take your pick.

The only disappointment is the horse, as with the horses in the WSS Cavalry set, there is something not quite right about them to me. (See more in that review - here) However, it would be a simple task to substitute another manufacturer's horse...

Wargames Factory

Wargames Factory Figures are now available via Warlord Games, where the sets have been re-boxed and re-branded accordingly

Wargames Factory is the first American company to appear on this site, it is also unique in that it uses computer assisted design techniques to sculpt and produce their offerings, which are manufactured in China.

Wargames Factory boxed sets are typically rich in parts - allowing many variations of pose to be achieved - yet to many people,  the quality of their figures is best described as OK not great.

That said, I think that the company has been the first to say that they have been going through a learning curve, their more recent output is of a much better quality than some of their earlier offerings. Their production techniques has meant that they have been able to get a lot of product to market in a relatively short period of time.

Wargames factory website <Here> This Website is no longer functional

Warlord Games Website <Here> 
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Product List

Ancients
28mm Heavy Armor Greek Hoplites
28mm Persian Cavalry
28mm Persian Infantry
28mm Ancient German Cavalry
28mm Ancient German Infantry
28mm Caesar's Legions
28mm Celt Cavalry
28mm Celt Chariots
28mm Celt Warband
28mm Numidians
28mm Roman Cavalry

Dark Ages
28mm Saxon Fryd
28mm Saxon Thegns
28mm Viking Bondi
28mm Viking Huscarls

Oriental
28mm 16th Century Ashigaru Missle Men
28mm 16th Century Ashigaru Spearmen
28mm Samurai Cavalry
28mm Samurai Warriors

War of Spanish Succession
28mm Infantry
28mm Cavalry
28mm Artillery

Colonial
28mm British Infantry
28mm Zulus

WW2
15mm German Infantry
28mm German Infantry
28mm American Infantry
28mm Red Army INfantry

More somming soon...