Wargames Illustrated – June 2024 (Wi438)

Wargames Illustrated (affectionately known as Wi) is theworlds leading and best-selling magazine dedicated to the hobby of miniaturewargaming.

Each month Wi features news, views, reviews, and over 100 pages ofarticles relating to the noble hobby of miniature wargaming the pursuit ofcollecting, painting, and gaming with miniature figurines (known variously asfigures, miniatures, figs, minis, or toy soldiers).

This Month’s Issue Features:

OBSERVATION POST Weve got a haul of swag from Salutein this months Observation Post with new plastics, pre-painted terrain, andmuch more.

RELEASE RADAR With Dom Sore taking an extendedhoneymoon break Paul Mathews is back for another tour of RR duty!

QUICK FIRE– Samurai, the Crimea, lighting and Ragged StaffMinis all feature in this months eclectic quick-read posts from your fellowwargamers.

WEAPONS IN WARGAMES– To kick off this months Weaponstheme we tracked down Alan and Michael Perry, and Jervis Johnson, and asked themhow they handle weapons when figure-sculpting and game-designing.

A SCRAPHEAP CHALLENGE Magnus Alm builds some wonderfulterrain without spending money on any new kits.

TWO THOUSAND YEARS AND COUNTING Bill Gray examines theamazing longevity of the pike and related polearms, presenting wargaming noteson the weapons swansong in late World War Two Japan.

HITTING THE BEACHES With Summer around the corner, thefolks behind D-Day Replayed have their minds on the Normandy Beaches and bigplans to commemorate the 1944 landings in 28mm.

SMITING THE GOOD SMITE For this months Weaponstheme, regular contributor Pete Brown decided to be less than predictable,choosing to focus on a two-wheeled weapon pulled by a team of horses: akathe Chariot.

SALUTE 51 SHOW REPORT Thousands crowdedLondons ExCel, for the busiest Salute weve ever seen, and Team Wi were onhand to document the day.

THE MOSIN-NAGANT RIFLE Lisa Smedman discusses an iconrifle which was used by her grandfather in the Finish Civil War, 1918, and stillsees service today.

PAINTING DRAMATIC OSL Callum France creates a sense ofdrama by applying bold object source lighting to our Richard Dick Winters(Band of Brothers hero) Giants in Miniature figure.

THE ANNIHILATOR As part of this months Weaponstheme, Chris Swan examines the history of the Thompson and puts it to use in apulp game in an unusual setting.

RUCKUS CAMPAIGNS Mike Peters presents full rules forconnecting your Ruckus games into an ongoing Campaign, along with two newCampaign Scenarios.

SHIELDMAIDENS Sbastien Clment documents thebuilding and painting process of his Salute 2024 PaintingCompetition-winning unit.