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13th November Redesign of Spartan and mixed hoplite transfers for Wargames Factory hoplites

Whilst trying out some of the 25mm Greek shield patterns on the new Wargames Factory plastic hoplites, it was noticable that the edges of the transfers were creasing. That was because the carrier film (varnish) could not fit the slightly domed curve of the shields. Now the transfers for the Spartan V
(GG5) and mixed hoplite designs (GG8) have been redesigned to only have the minimum amount of varnish needed. As I hope you can see from the attached
picture the transfers fit the shields much better and will improve application on all Greek shields, from whatever manufacturer.

Additional news

Green and blue have been added to the colour options of the 25mm GG8 mixed hoplite designs.

Green has been added to the colour options for 15mm M10, M11, M12 sheets and for the 25mm MM4, MM5, MM6 sheets.

5th October Wargames Factory Hoplites

I have just received the new plastic Wargames Factory hoplites and taken some scans of the sprues.

First of all the heads, there are 3 different types on a sprue and there were 10 sprues in the box.

Bodies, one of the bodies has the bronze muscled corselet 12 in the box and another 18 in the linen linothorax armour. All have greaves, so these are for the heavy armoured hoplite figures.

Arms, 5 sets of these and 7 pairs of arms per sprue, so enough for 35 figures.

Weapons, 10 sprues of spears and swords. The sword (kopis) is supplied drawn, for gluing into the hand and sheathed to be mounted on the body. My preference is for the hoplite to be armed with a spear and for the sword to be sheathed. Fantastic looking spears.

Shields, 10 sprues of 3, just enough for the 30 figures in a box. The shield is a total of 16mm in diameter, with the central area very slightly curved (easy to stick transfers to) and 13mm in diameter.

Included with the figures is a new item for WF, plastic bases. 30 of the 20x20mm bases are included in the box.

OK so now the next task is to build some of the figures.

25th August the Saxons arrive

New in from Wargames Factory, two packs of Saxon warriors; Thegns armoured warriors and Fyrd unarmoured warriors. They can be used as seperate units or with the thegns as a 'crust' to the fyrd, boosting the combat power of the fyrd. £14.50 a pack, just enough to get you a free tape measure. 32 multi-part figures in a box.

And the Shock Troopers, 18 figures to a pack with different weapon and head options.

7th August - great tape measure giveaway

Some of you may have already received your free tape measures. Every order for £14 or more of goods will get a free tape measure - sorry limited to UK and European orders and only 1 tape measure per customer.

These are 5 metre tape measures in both metric and imperial measures.