Don't know about whether it'll make a good surprise in your game, but Gnome/Halfling/Pixie Conquistadors sound kind of awesome. There are some inexpensive 1/72 scale soft-plastic artillery and cre...

I suspect a lot of the relatively common steampunk and "dungeon punk" fantasy miniatures could be modified into more of a clockwork aesthetic, especially if you can source some small, cheap gears t...

@D34dly K  The Army is working on the IVAS system that will supposedly do most all that you described and more. https://www.army.mil/article/243505/ivas_goggle_amplifies_mounted_capabili...

@Grumpy Gnome  I think the day of the Super Carrier may well be done.  Just as it occured with the Battleship.  The North Koreans supposedly tested a hypersonic missile.  The...

@Grumpy Gnome  I think you're dead on in your observations here. The new hot lick is hybrid/combo night vision/thermal helmet mounted optics.  You can actually dial up one over the ...

  From my armchair, it seems like we haven't really seen an old-fashioned war between large, evenly-matched armies in a very, very long time. Illustration:  The Ukrainian Foreign Legion...

Really enjoyed this podcast on Warfare in the Age of Homer.  Knowledgeable hosts attempt to discern how accurately Homer described the warfare of the Trojan War. I'm listening to Ancient ...

Rarely more than a handful five to six per side in most games. Yhe game has been out of print since the eighties, and only got one (fantastic) supliment. The only reason I got into it is because o...

@Caratacus   You mention Paris and his selfishness. I recently listened to a Podcast about different versions of Helen as presented in different plays, traditions, etc. Helen of Troy on Pod...

@Red Bee I'd never heard of battle troops before.  How many figs per side? EDIT: Corrected spelling error.

My expectation is that MBTs won't go away entirely.  However I expect their role will change more towards support as they become platforms for anti-drone weaponry or even drone swarm deploymen...

To whom it may concern, Make wastland nomad scavangers and shanty dwellers. Give them a combination of gasmasks, hoods, and survival gizmos. Give them a combination of crossbows, lasguns, muskets,...

I would like to know what magazines my fellow légionnaires are reading and using for painting, modelling, game aids or just for the fun of. Like most of you, I am still using material ...

Once upon a time, I used to be an historical gamer -Squad Leader, Napoleonic and Medieval mostly- till I heard about Chainmail, War of the Ring and D&D. Then came Laserburn and WhFB 1st, and I ...

My two main games are Battletech and Battletroops. I don't use WA minis in Battletech obviously, but death Fields and Iron Core have made it into Troops. Troops is a really methodical slow game pu...

At first, a quick look at very ancient manufacturers still into the Lead thing: ... Alternative Armies https://www.alternative-armies.com/ are still producing very old-school models -including so...

@Grumpy Gnome The new version of power armour in Fallout 4 was one of the ways they improved on previous games. I completed the base game and some of the DLC a while ago, I've still got to go back ...

I will admit that when I played Fallout 4 (justbover 1000 hours play time) my character practically lived in his power armor. Fallout 4 has some real issues but some bits, like the power armor, are...

You might find some of the work regarding Sludge on this blog interesting in relation to this project. Some cool photos of converted Napoleonics. https://leadballoony.com/2022/03/28/sludge-part-2/...

On exoskeletons, I like Fallout 4's version of the power armour frame  being an exoskeleton that the user operates rather than wears. In effect its a light vehicle rather than a suit. 

I'd suggest picking up a copy (or just watching the cut scenes on youtube) of Call of Duty Infinite Warfare. Its got some good stuff such as combat robots and some poor such as space carriers (w...

I guessed you guys would all have some great info, and you have, what ever real items come in the near future to real war fare. Ijust hope that Wargames Atlantic read our posts and think, yes we ne...

I await the Halfling Cavalry/Command set. Also the Landsknect Ogres. The current plan is they will be a mercenary unit alongside my Halflings (with possible potential to expand into their own army?).

Information overload is potentially a real problem. As the available information increases I expect there will be a lot of trial and error needed until the "right" balance can be found. I dont have...

I thought the night vision goggles we had back in the day were game changers, then I got to use the thermals in the Bradley and I was stunned by their capabilities. That was 20 years ago. I can not...

@JTam I think improvements in protection will come through a couple of ways. One is better and improved Materials that improve protection without increasing weight. The next thing could be improv...

An interesting observation about supercarriers and hypersonic missiles. I find it hard to imagine them going the way of battleships but then I was an advocate of retaining a couple of battleships f...

@Caratacus   Great points in the first paragraph.   I think this could be a successful line for WGA.  It's basically a completely uncontested battlefield if you will. Good po...

@Charles Tottington  You're Welcome Brother.   Also, fresh off the presses:

@Brian Van De Walker oh that would certainly be great! But given the choice, I'd rather they first explored some more niche corners of the period model-wise (Ottomans, Balkans, etc.) before circlin...

Fair enough.  It's hard to say if exo skeletons will be practicable on the future battlefield. That being said, exo skeleton development is pretty far along in the U.S.  As I mentioned, ...

I agree with most of your points but not the Exoskeletton. Allthough a really cool and classic sci fi trope I am very much dubious about its actual value on a real world battlefield. Not to say tha...

@John Eveson  Thank You! Pics of Krieg Halflings?  That sounds epic.

Some people are predicting the demise of the tank.  (The USMC recently divested themselves of their armor.)  I think this is premature.  The balance between tanks and anti armor syst...

Technologies most likely to be seen in near future conflict. 1.  Aerial drones.  We are witnessing a revolution in warfare currently. 2.  Hypersonic missiles.  I predict the d...

Thanks for showing me.

@Forrest Wentworth I hadnt really considered 20mm. Though if you are, the puddle base on the bodies definitely wont fit on a 20mm... so would have to be removed. Actually, one of the body variants ...

@Andy Smith I can take a look this weekend if I get a chance to work on Stuff. On a guess I would say 30-34 mm.

You are so right, I`m waiting on Shadowkesh for IRON CORE. Modern, Farm Animals, and Robot /Drones. Oh boy at my age (67) you wonder if you`ll live to see em "joke", let alone paint or play with th...

I want Spiders, Lizardmen, for fantasy, and  new comming Modern figures for D20 skirmish and zombies.

The picture is from Outside the wire, and with the following, have given me soom good ideas.

At 67, I've been wargaming one way or another, for at least 62 years, gone from Cowboys and Indians, to Space Invaders. I have used, coins, draughts, and any thing else available to represent what ...

Yard ago I tracked down TSRs Warriors of Mars to complete my OD&D era collection. I've not really touched it since then. This is really making me want to dig it up and see if anything is salvag...

@JTam 'Miniature Wargames' Jan 2021 (issue 453) my bad, it wasnt Spiders it came with, it had a free sprue of Halflings, I converted mine with some of the WW1 German bits and made Krieg Ratlings f...

@William Redford That is a great looking start to an army.  I wish these kits had been around back when I played Warhammer Fantasy.  And I should really finish up my current KoW projects ...

You get my vote for Trojan War Bronze Age models, they'd certainly fit well alongside the Bronze Age Egyptians already in production and they are a fascinating subject that has not yet been recreat...

Glad to see the parts don't look too out of place on Landsnehkts, the box i've had kicking about for ages might finaly see some use!I know they said the pikes are 50mm long, how much of that actull...

Finally, for flavor or inspiration I have to recommend "The Brotherhood of the Wolf."  Set a little earlier than the Napoleonic Wars it still has a bit of the flavor you are looking for. ...

Arguably, it's steampunk, just 20 years earlier or so. You might be able to use a handful of the Wild West Exodus figures although they are on the large size. (Sidenote: Neugebauer's websit...