Candyshop

Candyshop

Whenever I look at the WoFun Games website, I feel like a kid in a candy store. You know you can't eat all the different candies, and yet there's this little voice in the back of your head that tells you: Just try it!


I have to admit that I have an extensive collection of classic 3D figures in a variety of scales and from a variety of manufacturers. For example, I own three Roman legions and their enemies from Germania and Dacia in 28mm. I can send entire army corps to the American Civil War in 15mm, and in the Napoleonic Wars I am able to lead troops of every nation involved in the war into battle in 28mm, and in the classic 1/72 scale I can at least play out the Waterloo campaign.


And yet I look at the WoFun homepage over and over again and think about what else I could use.


I recently treated myself to the figures of the Thirty Years' War in 10mm from Peter Dennis and have already fought the first battles. I was also able to get into the Seven Years' War in 18mm and set up both a Prussian and an Austrian corps.

10mm Thirty Years' War

10mm Thirty Years' War

Of course, if I'm honest with myself, I belong to the endangered species of wargaming butterflies who fly from one conflict to the next, who enjoy ever new conflicts and who have had problems painting quickly enough to be able to set up large armies.

 


Admittedly, I actually like painting and I can do it quite quickly, because I decided a long time ago that the figures don't have to be perfect, they just have to look good on the gaming table. So I've never been in the embarrassing situation of having to lead grey armies into battle, apart from my confederates, of course. But I have many fellow gamers in my circle of friends who have never managed to give their armies more of a colourful uniform than the commanders.

 


And this is exactly where WoFun comes in. The figures are already painted and if you want, you can play them straight out of the rather stylish box. Simply put them in the bases provided and you can start fighting the battles. It has never been easier to raise large armies and lead them into battle, fully painted, and it doesn't matter what your preferred scale is, WoFun has something for almost everyone. The classic 28mm figures, to stay with the standard tabletop figures, or something smaller 18mm, or for players who like to lead entire armies into the field, the cute 10mm scale. Although I have to admit without envy that the new 10mm range of the Seven Years' War offers an incredibly comprehensive selection of troop types and regiments, as well as separate flag sheets and officers, so that the units can be customized, or you have figures for small dioramas or markers. Maybe I should get this range as a supplement to my 18mm figures of the Seven Years' War?

But maybe I'll move on to a completely different era. I've always wanted to lead Vikings into battle and plunder villages and churches, or would I rather be a crusader and fight for the right faith and make the heathens pay for their ignorance?

 

 

Viking Leidang
Viking Leidang
Knights Templar
Knights Templar

Or maybe just a small force for Culloden and give Bonnie Prince Charlie his due? A conflict that has always intrigued me, but I must confess that I have never been able to bring myself to paint tartans, not even for my beloved Highland Regiments of the British Army at Waterloo, so the Highlands Brigade is still waiting to be painted at some point. But why should I paint them when I could just buy them already painted.

 

Jacobite Highlanders

Jacobite Highlanders

 

British Army Infantry

 

Another conflict that still appeals to me, but which I have always avoided painting, is the Zulu Wars. Of course, I already have enough Zulus in 28mm to recreate a small skirmish at Rooke's Drift, but to quote the famous line from one of my favourite historical films: there should be thousands. And I don't have the patience to paint thousands of Zulu warriors, but I think I could manage to put them in the bases and then just start playing.

 

Zulu Warriors

Zulu Warriors

 

Mixed Infantry, Defenders of Rookes Drift

 

Many will now of course say, where is the creativity, the artistic design? But here too I would just refer you to the article: To pimp or not to pimp? There I have already shown ways in which you can also
individualize your WoFun miniatures. Be it by simply blackening the corners, designing the bases or painting the corners in the colours of the figures. No matter what you decide, you will still be able to set up a much larger army much faster than with conventional 3D models.


Of course, I don't want to demonize the classic models in any way, I have put far too much heart and soul into my collection for that. But I am also a realist. I am aware that my hobby time is limited and WoFun offers me a way to quickly set up large and attractive armies and lead them into the field. In addition, I can simply try out a new era, order a few sprues and look at the figures, get a feel for the era and then decide whether it is worth buying, building and painting classic figures, or whether I would rather just order a few more sprues.


One such conflict could be the War of the Spanish Succession, for example, a conflict that I personally find very exciting, but where the uniforms have always put me off, especially since I already suffered when painting the Napoleonic uniforms.

 

Maison Du Roi - Gardes Francaises (WSS)

Maison Du Roi - Gardes Francaises (WSS)

 

British Dragoons, Hay’s regiment (Scots Greys)

British Dragoons, Hay’s regiment (Scots Greys)

To return to the image of our candy store, WoFun can do even more. WoFun not only offers armies for rank and file, but also the possibility of fighting skirmish battles. There is a wide range of individually based miniatures that can be used wonderfully for many of the common rule systems. There is something for every taste here, for example you can lead Japanese samurai or Byzantine warriors into battle, you can fight skirmishes from the French Indian War or the Roman era.

 

Byzantine Commanders and Horseguards

Byzantine Commanders and Horseguards

 

British Light Infantry (FIW)

British Light Infantry (FIW)

As in our childhood, our fantasy and our hunger for sweets are only limited by our wallets and perhaps the warning words of our parents, or nowadays perhaps our partners.
For my part, however, I know that I will definitely get one or two WoFun armies for my mass battles or one or two skirmish units. Did I mention that WoFun also has samurai?

 

Foot Commanders and Samurai

Foot Commanders and Samurai

 

Samurai and Ninja

Samurai and Ninja

Enough rambling, I think I'm going to delve back into the homepage and think about what I'm going to write on my Christmas wish list, after all, you can't start early enough and I think it could be a long wish list this year, after all, I've been very good.

 


I hope you enjoyed my little trip to the WoFun candy store and that it whetted your appetite for one or two of the ranges. Maybe one or two of you found something on my little tour that you hadn't noticed before. Take your time and browse the site, dare to look beyond the box to the top of the shelves. Maybe you'll be just like me, discovering new, great miniatures every time.

See you soon,
Yours, Martin

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