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This section links to all the various wargame-related reviews I've done. In many cases the items were sent for review by the company, although in an equal number of instances I have purchased or bartered for the items to bolster my own collection. Obviously, therefore, the main focus of this site reflects my current interests. I will be more than happy to accept items sent for review, and will continue to give reasonably unbiased, fair reviews.
Note that I revise the reviews periodically (especially after I have assembled and/or painted the item in question, so my original reviews may occasionally change- especially if the various stages bring out or hide detail...

I should also point out that, as I do everything myself (from the web-design to the reviews, painting and photography), it may occasionally take a while for me to get back to a specific review.

The system I have used to describe the figures everywhere on this site (besides the actual scan), is the "Barrett Measuring System" or "Barrett Scale", which was the brainchild of Dick Bryant, editor of the Courier.

Generic (i.e. figures suitable for any period)

  Artizan Designs  Dead Cows
  Vendel Miniatures  Mastiffs

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Ancients (BC3000 - BC 500)

   

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Biblical (BC 500 - AD 0)

  1st Corps  Imperial Roman
  Bend Sinister  "The Confused General"
  Irregular Miniatures  Late Republican and Early Imperial Roman
  Newline Designs  Ancient Spanish
  Renegade Miniatures  Punic Wars figures

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Post-Biblical (AD 0 - AD 450)

   

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Early Dark Ages (AD 450 - AD 800)

  Chiltern Miniatures  Late Imperial Romans
 Goths
  Outpost Wargame Services  Germanic Tribes
 Romano-British

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Later Dark Ages (AD 800 - AD1300)

  1st Corps  12th/13th Century Japanese
  Artizan Miniatures  Caliphates Moors and Arabs
  Battlestandard Miniatures  Normans
  Black Hat Miniatures  12th/13th Century Japanese
  Crusader Miniatures  Byzantines
  Curteys Miniatures  Mongols
 Song Chinese
  Essex Miniatures  Khitan Liao
  Gripping Beast Miniatures  Normans
  Musketeer Miniatures  Caliphates Arabs
  Old Glory Miniatures  Crusades Arabs
  Perry Miniatures  Early Crusaders

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Early Medieval (AD1200 - AD1400)

   

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Later Medieval (AD1400-AD1500)

  Irregular Miniatures  Generic Late Medievals
  Parkfield Miniatures  Italian Wars

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Renaissance (AD1500-AD1600)

  Kingsford Miniatures  Samurai
  Scheltrum Miniatures  Ming Chinese
 Samurai
 Wako
  The Assault Group  Renaissance- Ottomans and Poles 19 Dec 2008

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Early Revolutions (AD1600-AD1750)

  Parkfield Miniatures  Glorious Revolution
 Great Northern War
  Renegade Miniatures  ECW figures

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Horse and Musket (AD1750-AD1880)

  East Riding Miniatures  Napoleonic Spanish
  Parkfield Miniatures  Napoleonic Peninsular

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American Civil War and West (AD1850 - AD1880)

  Black Scorpion Miniatures  "Tombstone" Wild West figures
  Renegade Miniatures  ACW figures

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Colonial (AD1880-AD1910)

   

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Early 20th Century (AD1910-AD1950)

  1st Corps  German WW2 Early- to Mid-War Fallschirmjäger
  Alpha Miniatures  Civilian Inter-War and WW2 Figures
  Amazon Miniatures  German WW2 Stalingrad-era Winter Infantry
  Anglian Miniatures  Nationalist Spanish Civil War Infantry
 Republican Spanish Civil War Infantry
 Soviet T-26 Model 1933 Riveted Version Tank (used by both sides)
  Army Group North  US M4A3 Sherman
 German SdKfz 251 Ausf A/B
 German SdKfz 10
 German StuG III G
 Soviet T-34/76 Model 40
  Arrow Miniatures
(sold by Acheson Creations)
 WW1 Mid- to Late-War Austro-Hungarians
  Artizan Miniatures  Assorted Inter-War/Pulp Figures
 Assorted WW2 Figures
  Askari Miniatures  Assorted Inter-War French Foreign Legion/North Africa
  Baker Company  Finnish Winter-War Infantry (All samples painted now)
 Soviet Winter-War Infantry
  Battlegroup  Assorted WW2 Infantry
  Battle Honors  Punjabi WW2 8th Army/North Africa Infantry
  Black Tree Designs  German WW2 Mid- to Late-War German Infantry
  Bolt Action Miniatures  WW2 Assorted Figures
 British Universal Carrier
 German 3,7cm Pak and Crew
 German 8,8cm Flak and Crew
 German Nebelwerfer 41
 German SdKfz 250/1
 German SdKfz 250/2
 German SdKfz 250/9
 German SdKfz 250/1(Neu) Wreck
 German SdKfz 251/1
 German Sprengpanzer Goliath
 Italian Lancia Lince
 Soviet T-34/76 Model '41
 Soviet T-34/85
 Soviet Su-100
  Chieftain Models  British Vickers Light Tank MkVI
 British SAS/LRDG Jeep
 British LRDG Chevvy 1533
 German SdKfz 231 (8-rad)
 German Stöwer R180 Light Car
 Italian Carro Veloce CV-33
 Italian Lancia 3RO
 South African Marmon-Harrington Recce Car Mk II
 South African Marmon-Harrington Recce Car Mk IIIa
  Chiltern Miniatures  WW2 Assorted German Figures
  Company B  British LRDG Chevrolet Truck
 US LVT 4
 US M5A1 Stuart
 German Kübelwagen
  Copplestone Castings  Russian Civil War/Inter-War Figures
  Crusader Miniatures  WW2 Early War Russians
  Easy Eight Enterprises
(distr. by Pacific Sky Games)
 Battleground WW2 US Paratroops
  eBob Miniatures  WW2 Allied POWs and German Guard Figures
 German Opel Blitz All samples painted now.
  Eureka Miniatures  WW1 Assorted Palestine Front Figures
 Inter-War Female Civilian
 Inter-War Bicycle
  Force of Arms  Spanish Civil War Assorted Figures
 Civilian Citroen 4500kg Dropside Truck
 Civilian fH77 M1896 German Field Howitzer
  Great War Miniatures  WW1 Mid- to Late-War German Figures
  Hobby Master  German PzKpfw VI Tiger 1 (Die-Cast)
  Irregular Miniatures  WW1 Assorted Figures
  JTFM Enterprises presents Die Waffenkammer  German PzKpfw IV Ausf H with Schürtzen
 German SdKfz 251 Ausf C
 German SdKfz 251 Ausf D
  North Star Figures  1:48th WW2 German Figures
  Outpost Wargame Services  Romanian WW2 Early to Mid-War Infantry
  Pulp Miniatures  WW1, Inter-War and WW2 Pulp Figures
  Regiment Games  WW2 North Africa Dismounted LRDG Figures
 German Goulaschkanone
  Renegade Miniatures  WW1 Assorted Figures
  Reviresco  Colonial/Inter-War Figures and Artillery
  S + S Models  Stowage
 British Universal Carrier
 German SdKfz 251/1 Ausf D
 Soviet T-34/85 (Sample painted now- Finnish colours).
  Steve Barber Models  Inter-War "Prohibition Wars" Figures
  Strategia & Tattica  WW2 Late-War Italian figures
  The Assault Group  Assorted WW2 Troops
  TQD Castings  German WW2 Late-War Infantry
 Soviet WW2 Late-War Infantry
  Victory Force Miniatures  WW2 Assorted figures
  Wargames Foundry  WW2 Early- to Mid-War Germans
  Warmacre  WW2 Assorted Figures
  Warrior Miniatures  WW1 Palestine Figures
  Wessex  Inter-War Pulp Naval Figures
  West Wind Productions  German WW2 Infantry, Old Style
 WW2 Figures, New Style
 British WW2 Late-War "Seperate Head" Figures, New Style
 Russian WW2 Late-War "Seperate Head" Figures, New Style
 German SdKfz 251/1 Ausf C, riveted version
 Russian T-34/85
 US M4A3 Sherman, 75mm, Dry Stowage

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Korea and Vietnam (AD1950-AD1975)

   

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Modern (AD1975-AD1995)

  Black Scorpion Miniatures  Modern US troops
  Brooks Miniatures  Modern British troops
  Chieftain Models  Alvis-Vickers Scimitar/Scorpion
 Alvis-Vickers Sultan
  Devil Dog Designs
(distr. by Pacific Sky Games)
 Modern British troops
  Irregular Miniatures  Modern Insurgents
  Mongrel Miniatures  NVA (East German Army) Cold War-era Troops
 Israeli Paratroops
 Cold War-era Soviets

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Ultra-Modern (AD1995-2010)

   

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Fantasy (anything involving magic)

  East Riding Miniatures  Dwarf
 Orcs
 Skeletons
  Hasslefree Miniatures  Humans
 Martial Artists
  John Jenkins Designs  "Terror-cotta" Zombies
  Renegade Miniatures  "Risen" Orcs

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Science Fiction, Pulp or VSF (i.e. anything that doesn't fit the above listings)

  Bolt Action Miniatures  Weird War 2
  Cold War Miniatures  Horror Hospital zombies
  Darkson Designs  Alternate WW2 figures
  East Riding Miniatures  22nd Century Corporate Enforcers
 Nazi zombies, their controller and a British officer
  Hasslefree Miniatures  Fantasy WW1
 Post-Apocalyptic Survivors
  Irregular Miniatures  Bug Hunt
  Rebel Minis  Fantasy/Pulp WW2
  Shadowforge Miniatures  "Juliana Jones" female archaeologist
  TQD Castings  1946 Germans
  Wessex Games  Fantasy/Pulp WW2
  Wyrd Games  Fantasy and Sci-Fi figures

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Terrain, Scenery and Bases

  Amera Plastic Mouldings  Ruined Chapel
 
Administration Building Ruin
 
City Block Ruin
  Arrow Miniatures  Fortified Ruined Church
 Square Ruined Building
 Long Ruined Building
  Black Cat Bases  Textured Resin Bases
 Resin Wooden Barrels
 Resin Metal Fuel/Water Drums
  Bolt Action Miniatures  "Dragon's Teeth" Anti-tank Obstacles
 Ruined European Building Corner
 Sandbags, Barrels and Crates
  Bouldings Mouldings  Wizard's Summoning Chamber
 Wall Sections
 Floor Sections
  Chiltern Miniatures  Ruined Russian Farmhouse
  Fox Bases  Magnetic Bases
  Gungnir's Card Models  Dutch WW2 "Market-Garden" Campaign Village
  Scotia-Grendel  Ruined Greek Temple
  The Miniature Building Authority  Latex Brick Street
 City Wall Sections
  The Scene  Generic Hill
 Generic Sandbags
  Total System Scenic (TSS)  Generic Green Terrain Tile and Hills

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Books & Magazines

  Battlegames  001
  Panzerwrecks  Panzerwrecks Volume 1
 Panzerwrecks Volume 2
  Touching History  Vol 1- Napoleonic Spanish Terrain Modelling Book
 Vol 2- English Civil War Terrain Modelling Book
 Vol 3- The Sudan and WW2 Gallery and Modelling Book
  Wiking Divisioona OY  Asepuku M/36 Finnish Uniform Reference Book

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Rules

  Battlestandard Miniatures  Battlestandard Ancient Rules (BAR)
  Britton Publishers  Final Combat
  Columbia Games  Battlelust
  Four Horsemen Enterprises  Warrior/ WRG 8th
  Ganesha Games  Song of Blades and Heroes
  Great Escape Games  Rules of Engagement
  Hetzerdog Designs  Babylon's Burning
  Iron Ivan Games  Disposable Heroes and Coffin for Seven Brothers
 Angriff!
  Pete Jones  Blitzkrieg Commander (BKC)
  Stealthy Spider Publishing  Occult Wars
  Solway Games  A Very British Civil War 16 Jan 2009
  TSR  Battlesystem
 Chainmail
  Warhammer Historical  Warhammer Ancient Battles (WAB)
 WAB Supplement - Armies of Antiquity, a compendium of armies of all eras.
 WAB Supplement - Armies of Chivalry, a compendium of armies for early medieval times.
 WAB Supplement - Chariot Wars, army lists for the Biblical period.
 WAB Supplement - Alexander the Great, army lists for the Macedonian period.
 WAB Supplement - Spartacus, army lists for the Servile Wars and Spartacus' rebellion.
 WAB Supplement - Fall of the West, army lists for the Fall of the Roman Empire.
 WAB Supplement - Shieldwall, army lists for the Viking age.
 WAB Supplement - El Cid, army lists for the Reconquista.
 Warhammer English Civil War (WECW)
  WarmAcre  Hour of Glory
  WRG  WRG 6th Edition
 WRG 7th Edition

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Storage, Transport and Peripherals

  Figures in Comfort  "Mini" Carrying Case

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Non-28mm Reviews

  Paolo Parente's "Dust"  Sourcebook, Comic, Raketentruppen and Gunther
  Pilot Games  Duel in the Dark

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