This is a brief guide to collecting Del Prado and other partwork toy soldiers. Partworks have been popular in Spain, Italy and France for a long time but its seems they have really caught on in the UK in...
This is a brief beginners guide to the 1/72 scale plastic toy soldier sets that are currently in production. It details the leading manufacturers, the figures they produce and the historical periods they...
This is a brief beginners guide to buying toy soldiers on eBay that would be of particular assistance to those new to eBay or to those new to buying toy soldiers or indeed those new to both. It is not intended...
This is a brief beginners guide to some of the 1/32 scale (54mm) plastic toy soldier sets currently in production. It details the leading manufacturers, the figures they produce and the historical periods...
This is a very simple and straight forward guide to the Del Prado Men at War Series. The numbers below are based around the first UK release. This listing will be of use to collectors wishing to identify...
This is a brief guide to building an American Civil War Union wargames army using 1/72 scale plastic figures. I use the excellent Fire Fury rules and make up units, markers and scenery required under that...
This is a brief guide to building an American Civil War Confederate wargames army using 1/72 scale plastic figures. I use the excellent Fire Fury rules and make up units, markers and scenery required under...
This is a guide to making markers for use in wargames. I have illustrated the article with painted 1/72 plastic American Civil War figures that I use with the Fire Fury rule system. These rules pay particular...
This is a guide to building a Moria Goblin wargames army using mainly Games Workshop Lord of the Rings figures. To keep things simple for myself I adapt the same rules - Fire and Fury - for use across whatever...
This guide offers a few potentially left field tips on solo wargaming gained from many years of fighting battles for both sides. Wargaming as a hobby is a fairly idiosyncratic one with folk pretty free to do...