By Mitch Reed
While space themed dog-fighting games are all the rage right now, players who want a historical feel are not left out in the cold. “Wings of Glory WW1” by
ARES Games has been out since 2004 when it was called ‘Wings of War” and now has different rule-sets that cover both the Great War and the Second World War. I have been playing the WW1 (the official name, it should be Great War) version for over a year now and I only regret I do not play it enough.
One thing I wanted to address is the plethora of pre-painted miniatures games that are very popular right now. Star Wars X-Wing/Armada, Wings of Glory (WW1 & WW2), and Star Trek, are just a few of the games that bill themselves as miniature games and also supplies the player with finished forces in which to play the game. From a marketing standpoint one can see what a great idea this is since it gives a player the ability to play the game right out of the box
without having to paint and base their forces.
I think this and the tight rules (more on this later) gives these games an edge over games in which you have to paint tons of figures before you can play.
Playing mat; optional but a nice touch. They have a few different types
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The infantry in the army was painted by The LRDG's own phenomenally talented Warlord Tobu many moons ago. The models themselves are a combination of the Artisan Designs Indian range and Warlord Games miniatures (using their optional Sikh heads sprue). The Gurkha Squad is from the Assault Group's Britain in the East Range. Though my infantry come from a fairly diverse range of companies, the models really come together as one coherent force once painted and based. I painted the vehicle and artillery models for this army and as the pictures appear I will mention which model ranges they were pillaged from to find the right match for this project. 
By Anthony "Anfernee" Mason
By: Old Man Morin
Last week, I wrote an article detailing how to create IJA (Imperial Japanese Army) infantry models wearing greatcoats and cold weather gear. Although most people don't usually think of Japanese forces wearing this kind of gear, they did so during their campaigns in China, Manchuria and Alaska. Soldiers wore mittens, gloves, coats, uniforms, hats and helmets to protect themselves from the elements.
By Tristan
By Mitch Reed
By Tristan
Tarzan and I decided to play a Late War game of Flames of War before recording the podcast. We wanted to do something weird, so we jacked up the points and both picked lists that are not great. I wanted to get the old Panzer IV/70s on the board - which I love.
