Held at the NEC in Birmingham, the biggest gaming show in the UK hosted over 8,000 enthusiastic gamers looking to see the latest and greatest from Games Workshop. This year Warlord Games ran a huge games of Warhammer Ancient Battles. Using Paul Darnell’s (of Touching History fame) beautiful Antonine Wall battlefield which Paul had built…
While it is well known that the Centurion was the head Legionary in charge of his century, his hand-picked assistant and rear guard officer was known as the Optio. Should the Centurion be unfortunate enough to fall in battle or become otherwise incapacitated, the Optio would assume command of the regiment in his absence. Optiones…
If you feel your Roman Legion has been slightly lacking in its leadership of late, our new Roman Officers pack should put a bit more discipline into your ranks! Released next week , these highborns will get your Legionaries into line. These models, sculpted by the rather-too-talented-for-his-own-good Paul Hicks, are ideal for representing Legates or…
As a certain Roman Legate once said “Upon my command, unleash hell!” Now you have the tools to do just that! Ex-Games Workshop master sculptor Tim ‘Baneblade’ Adcock has sculpted possibly the finest Roman war machine yet produced – the Ballista! This is a truly war machine that will dominate your army’s battle line. Powerful,…
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…
Take one talented painter and add in several finely-detailed and dynamically-posed Warlord Games miniatures. Sprinkle lightly with the revolutionary The Army Painter hobby products and leave to simmer over a low heat before serving up a veritable feast of wargaming goodness to your enthusiastic guests! This week Dr Phil Hendry has surpassed himself. Fresh from…
One of the most popular parts of our newsletter is Sneak Peeks. This week’s offering will be no different as we have loads of new goodies to tempt you with! Imperial Roman Officers They’ve been a while coming but they are most definitely worth waiting for! Roman Top Brass wore pretty much the same equipment…
This week’s new release is one you’ve been waiting eagerly for – the Imperial Roman Scorpion catapult! Manned by two Legionaries this war machine fires a heavy arrow unerringly into the massed ranks of the enemy or dashes defenders from their fortifications. Every century in a Legion would have one of these bolt-throwers attached to…
Like us many of you will be ardent fans of Simon Scarrow’s ‘Eagle’ series of novels. Set in Britain during the Roman invasion it follows Macro, a tough centurion and Cato, a young optio on their adventures – and what adventures they are! Warlord Games have been granted license by Headline Publishing to produce 28mm…
Fresh from the painting table of Dr Phil Hendry are these beautifully painted metal Auxiliaries. Painted using The Army Painter hobby products the unit is finished off beautifully with Little Big Men Studios transfers. Bloody marvellous they look too! If the holy trinity of finely-detailed, dynamically-posed Warlord Games miniatures, revolutionary Army Painter hobby products and…
Paul Sawyer