Time again for a catch up with our Head of Product Design, Paul Sawyer, trying his best to answer your questions and reveal juicy insider information about our Doctor Who range. Over to you, Paul… Q.When you research characters to release, approx how long before the initial design commission to the product reaching our shelves?…
By Alan Hunting Last week I shared Part 1 of an interview with head of product design, Paul, for a chat about the Doctor Who range. Here is Part 2: Q. What made you decide to make the figures larger than 28mm? There were a number of factors. From the start, we wanted our figures…
Anyone spending more than a few minutes in Paul’s company won’t help but notice he’s a fan of the Germans in WWII. We’d say ‘all things German’ but his views on Michael Schumacher and lederhosen bely this (although we have our doubts about the veracity of the lederhosen denial…). So, it was a foregone conclusion…
You can tell the winter holidays must be close as the paintbrushes are flying as workers are released from their daily toil to fritter their time away painting miniatures. Fresh from the paintbrushes of Darren Linington and our own Paul Sawyer, we’ve a few eye-catching models from our Pike & Shotte range to feast your…
Phew! What a great day! Saturday 28th November saw a gathering of like-minded souls who had come from near and far to the doors of Maelstrom Games’ superb new gaming facility in Mansfield. They were there to celebrate the launch of Warlord Games’ highly acclaimed new Black Powder rules. Garry, from Maelstrom played host to…
We’re constantly inundated with questions and enquiries about our forthcoming Horse and Musket period rules, Black Powder. Written by none other than Rick Priestley and Jervis Johnson these rules cover the period 1700-1900. A continual process of playtesting, tinkering and fine-tuning is going on as the likes of Rick, Peter Dennis, Bob Naismith, the Perry…
We’ve been inundated with professional painters wanting to get to grips with our highly-detailed and superbly dynamic miniatures. Gift horses, mouths and all that… No more waffle needed from us – here’s the first batch of marvellous paintjobs. More soon! Celt Army Standard Bearer by Dale Yates: Celt Slingers by Dale Yates: Imperial Roman Officer…
What is more iconic than the famous Roman Testudo (tortoise) formation? Pretty much nothing in Roman terms. So, it would have been remiss of us not to have designed one for our range! This 6-part (yes, SIX!) resin model is available now and really captures the feel of the testudo perfectly – what self-respecting Roman…
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