HOBBY WEBLINKS!
An Online Resource for Historical Miniatures Wargaming
Recent additons to Hobby Weblinks:
LRT Publications - New French firm publishing full color, well illustrated books on soldiers of the past.NEW!
Funcken Uniforms - Famous Belgian series now online, Revolution thru 1st Empire. NEW!
Los Araphiles - Very nice Spanish site on the Napoleonic battle of Salamanca. NEW!
Battle Order - Brand new vendor specializing in painting services and model building. NEW!
Velmad - Fascinating Spanish sight on warfare in the age of sail, really a miniatures game on the Web.
Librarium Online - New multi-purpose tabletop gaming Website, but primarly focused on Warhammer 40K.
Annuaire Histoire - New French portal that provides access to multiple sites covering the French Revolution thru the 2d Empire.
Aerodrome - New Yahoo Group dedicated to Stan Kubiak's popular WWI dogfighter.
Reinforcements by Post - Another new Asian painting service, this time run by a British Wargamer in Bangladesh.
Waterloo Miniatures - Brand new store in Ashland, Virginia.
W
argamers Market - Sorta like an EBay for the wargaming community.
Art of Wars - Tim Reese's new site for CD's and books with color uniform and flag plates.
Wargames Command Post - From the UK, purveyors of fine 28 mm WWII figures and accessories.
Historical Archive - Firm specializing in antique and historical maps on CD ROM.
Gamers History, Bookseller - Books, games and miniatures.
PhilGreg Painters - Yet another inexpensive Sri Lanken attempt to corner the market!
Paper Terrain - Custom historical terrain and paper buildings.
Dayton Painting Consortium - Long a mainstay at HMGS East conventions, check out their new Website!
Age of Eagles - The official Website for Napoleonic Fire & Fury.
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Historical Miniature Wargaming
HMGS
East Related Websites:
HMGS
East Issues Forum on Yahoo Groups - The new moderated
site!
HMGS
East Affiliated Wargaming Clubs and Hobby Dealers (with Member
Discounts!)
Newsgroup
rec.games.miniatures.historical (via link to Google, Inc):
Deja
Now Aquired by Google, Inc - New Interface Now Available!
Yahoo
Discussion Groups:
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/foundry
- Foundry.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/WABlist
- Warhammer Ancient Battles.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ancmed
- Ancient and Medieval wargaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColonialWars
- Colonial Wars miniature gaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/LaceWars
- Lace Wars miniature gaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/Piquet
- Bob Jones' Piquet rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/DBA
- WRG DBA ancient rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/BattlegroundWW2
- Battleground World War II.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/6mm-Miniatures
- 6 mm miniature wargaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/napsbattles
- Napoleon's Battles miniature rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/vnblist
- Volley & Bayonet
miniature rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/GenQuarters
- General Quarters miniature Rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/modmil-l
- Modern era miniature wargaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodenWalls
- Wooden Walls (pre 1890 miniature naval gaming).
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/acwmb
- American Civil War miniature gaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/Age-of-Reason
- Age of Reason miniature rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/Valmy_to_Waterloo
- Valmy to Waterloo miniature rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/WorldWarIISkirmish
- World War II skirmish miniature gaming.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/NapoleonicFireandFury
- Napolenic Fire & Fury with free rules!!!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GoreAMwar
- Saga rules group.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/TheFaceOfBattle/
- Face of Battle.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WW2CombatCommand/
- Combat Command rules.
http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/Battlefront
- Battlefront World War II miniature rules . . . and for the
complete listing (over 800 strong), please Click
Here.
General
or Universal Sources:
 The
Miniatures Page: A WWW Magazine - Excellent catalog
of miniatures rules publications and manufacturer listings.
Ed's Hobby Hovel - Many of the
links below are courtesy of this Website.
The Nafziger
Collection - Excellent site for Orders of Battle.
MagWeb - Wargame
magazines digitized and online (pay for use).
ConsimWorld
Discussion Board- The premier all around wargaming site.
Wargames
Wargame
Developments Network
War
Games - The Mining Company-
Another excellent all around site.
Great
Battles of History Home Page
- Devoted to GMT's series of tactical level battle games,
an excellent source for miniature gaming research.
Robert L. Bowling Painting
Service
Soldier
and War - New Website dedicated to miniatures and military reenactors.
Spanner
and the Yank's Figure Review -
Excellent, with Cindy Margolis yet!
Historical
Miniatures Wargaming Resource Site
HG
Wells' Little Wars - The rules set that started it all.
Web
Grognards- Primarily a boardgame
site; read about how cardboard wargames continue to slide
into the abys!
Miniatures
Gallery - Lots of photos showing
historical and other miniatures.
Miniature
Gamers - new multipurpose site.
Free
Wargames Rules - a host of rules, all free, ready for
download.
Miniatures
in the Classroom - Not affiliated with HMGS East, but
a fascinating site for teachers!
MiniatureWargaming.Com
- New Weblog site, and nicely done. Promises one stop shopping
resource center.
GamesTalks
- Another online discussion site about all types of wargames
to include miniatures.
Wargamer.Com - Normally associated with PC gaming, now branching out into both the cardboard counter and miniature wargaming world. Jim Zabec is honcho.
Lost Battalion Games - New card, board and gaming company run by Craig Taylor and friends.
Computer Strategies - Clinton Reilly's company providing computer moderated wargames for miniatures, all periods.
Chess Circle - Site devoted to one of the first wargames, called Chaturanga originally.
Librarium Online - New multi-purpose tabletop gaming Website, but primarly focused on Warhammer 40K.
Miniatures
HOW TO Sites:
Miniature
Painting Tips
Casting
Metal Figures: A Beginners Guide
Miniature
Painting and Modeling Guide
OSU's
Breeds of Livestock: Horses
Miniatures
in the Classroom - Not affiliated with HMGS East, but
a fascinating site for teachers!
Ancients
Rules Support Pages (WRG/DBM, etc):
 North
American Society of Ancient and Medieval Wargamers
- Premier US Club on the subject.
The
Society of Ancients - Britain's
premier club on the subject; very old and distinguished.
Roger
Pimlott's Home Page
Wargaming
and DBA
Chris
Brantly's Fanaticus DBA Resource Page
- Super site with lots of related links.
Firefall
DBM
Bob
Beattie's DBR Page
Wilko's
Wargaming Emporium
WRG
7th Ed Ancients Gaming
DBM:
De Bellis Multitudinis
Scott
Holder's Ancients Page - Tournament
and Umpire Information.
Warrior
Rules - For Ancients, a North American sucessor to the
7th Edition.
Nick
Salmon Ancients Rules - Free, from Great Britain.
Vis
Bellica - New, easy to play Ancients rules. Order online!
Histopedia
- CD ROM based reference for Ancient Armies.
Ancients and Medieval Rules Support Pages:
Classical Hack Page
SAGA
Rules Support
All
Things Ancient & Medieval
Lance & Longbow
Society - Supporting Medieval Warfare, 1040-1526.
Day of Battle II
- Feudal warfare by Chris Parker.
Medieval
Collectibles - Weapons, clothing and more for the re-enactor
and collector.
Horse
and Musket/Age of Sail Rules Support Pages:
 Wargaming
the Age of Marlborough
Linear
Tactics, by Larry Irons
Redcoat
- New site on the American Revolution, complete with rules
and more.
Battles
for Empire Publications
Patriots
& Loyalists American Revolution Rules
- by Scott Holder.
The
Official Campaign For India Homepage
- Close Action Rules.
Napoleonic
Fire & Fury - Get a copy
of this variant in MS Word format free, via Yahoo Groups.
Horse
and Musket Wargame Site
Seven
Years War Association
Napoleon's
Battles by Avalon Hill Support Site
Napoleonic
Wargaming with Military Miniatures
Napoleonic
15mm Miniatures
Northern
Wars - Emphasis on the Swedish
military.
Napoleon's
Eagles - New set of 15 mm rules.
Jeff
Glasco's Volley and Bayonet Webpage - New URL!
Pike & Shot Society - New Website of the British society dedicated to the study of warfare thru the Age of Marlborough (Webmastered by yours truly no less).
Uniform
Guides for the Great Northern War and War of Spanish Succession
- Excellent site with a host of color plates and hard to
find information.
Clash
of Arms Games - From Valmy to Waterloo rules, horse
and musket tactical boargames and more.
Guildford
Courthouse - Spectacular site
covering the battle at a New Zealand convention.
Lace
Wars Fire & Fury - The Age of Honor, download these
free rules from the Napoleonic Fire & Fury Yahoo Group.
Napoleon's
Battles II - Official Website of the second edition
of the popular Napoleonic rules.
Swedish History & Wargaming - Another great site, in English no less, with a huge selection of uniform and flag data on the Swedish military towards the end of the 18th century.
Uniform Bogen - Small German site with some excllent uniform plates from the Seven Years War.
Fusiliers.Com - New French site with its first link direct to the Napoleonic section of the Musee de l'Armee in Paris. Now find out what those gaudy uniforms really looked like.
Lace Wars - Supporting Steve Danes' new rules on the War of Spanish Succession and more.
Memorandum.Ru - Fascinating site containing every uniform and flag plate from Viskavatov's famous multi-volume tome on the Russian army. All text in Russian.
Napoleon Online - Excellent German site (and yes, you must sprechen Deutsch) that has republished numerous works of the Historical Section, Imperial German General Staff; lots of OBs and maps.
Renaissance Wargames Society - Formerly the US Pike and Shot Federation, their new site.
Annuaire Histoire - New French portal that provides access to multiple sites covering the French Revolution thru the 2d Empire.
Age of Eagles - The official Website for Napoleonic Fire & Fury.
Velmad - Fascinating Spanish sight on warfare in the age of sail, really a miniatures game on the Web.
Los Araphiles - Very nice Spanish site on the Napoleonic battle of Salamanca.
Funcken Uniforms - Famous Belgian series now online, Revolution thru 1st Empire.
Age
of Rifles Rules Support Pages:
Tim's
Pony Wars Page
Fire
and Fury American Civil War
Johnny
Reb Gaming Society - Supporting John Hill's popular
Civil War rules.
North
Coast Wargamers - Johnny Reb III a Specialty
The
Sword and the Flame
Chipco
- Age of Gunpowder & Le Petit Empereur
Major
General Tremorden Rederring's Colonial Wargames Page
- A really fine site with lots of period flavor, good pictures,
How To articles, etc.
Trevor's Victorian Colonial Wargame Page
Victoria
Gamers American Civil War Scenarios
The Heliograph - Dedicated to all your Colonial wargaming needs.
20th Century Rules Support Pages:
 Armchair
Generals - Free miniatures
rules.
Easy
Eight Enterprises' Battleground WWII
Spearhead,
France 1944 - Armored WWII combat by Rich Baier.
Fire
and Fury World War II BattleFront Rules Support Site
France
1940 - Superb site, continuously
updated, on Allied Forces with OBs, painting guides, etc.
Face
of Battle
- Offical Website.
Final
Combat - 20th Century skirmish rules, man to man.
Pindersoft ASL Logbook - PC enabled database for Advanced Squad Leader.
Flames of War - Official site supporting the popular WWII rules and Battlefront Miniatures.
Final Round - A new set of quick-play World War II rules, online and free.
Aerodrome - New Yahoo Group dedicated to Stan Kubiak's popular WWI dogfighter.
Buy, Sell,
Trade or Auction:
BarterTown
Wargame and Miniature Swap Website (by Change of Command)
EBay
(The Big Daddy of Them All)
Wargamers Market - Sorta like an EBay for the wargaming community.
Figures:
World
War I Modeling Page
Minifigs
- Miniature Figurines USA
Sash
and Saber - Master painter Chris Hughes also makes excellent
figures!
Wargames
- Johnson Hood's old outfit with new location and Website.
WarWeb!
- Bob French's new site with Old Glory, Battle Honours and a whole lot more.
Prince
August - Miniature molds from Ireland.
Army
Men - Unique site about plastic
toy soldiers, free rules, too.
Black
Tree Design, Ltd - A variety of historical and fantasy
miniatures.
Toy Soldiers,
Etc - Specializing in Britons, Marx, other plastic soldiers
and supplies.
SIMTAC,
LLC - Specializing in Jacobite and other fine miniature
lines.
CR
Grace Collectibles LLC - Dealer
for military and civilian diecast Corgi, Solido, Verem, Tank
Museum and Minichamps.
Mirliton
USA - The Italian figure company now has an American home!
DJD
Miniatures - In Norwalk, CT, see HMGS East Affiliated
Clubs & Dealers page for details!
The Foundry Wargame Miniatures
GHQ
Models - Tanks, ships and more.
Gamers
Attic - Largest miniature and wargaming retailer on the
internet.
Thoroughbred
Miniatures - ACW Ironclads and
more.
Mirliton Miniatures from Italy
Langton Models from the UK
The
Quartermaster - Falcon Miniatures
and more.
Musket Miniatures - Figures,
terrain and more.
Minutemen
Toy Soldiers - Also offers a
painting service, and more.
Miniature
Wargames Dot Com
Robert L. Bowling Painting
Service - Also selling figures,
buildings, paints and more!
Combined
Arms, Inc. -
Home of Britannia Miniatures in the USA.
Naval
Solutions - Custom made ships
for wargamers!
Testudo
Miniatures of Italy - Superb
figures and nifty music to boot (Final Countdown by Europe).
The
Saber's Edge Hobby Shop
Essex
Miniatures - Fine figures from
the United Kingdom.
Old
Glory Miniatures - New site of a very popular product.
Old Glory 15s - New site
devoted entirely to the 15mm line from Old Glory.
North
Star Figures - Fine 36mm and 28mm WWII figures, painting
service too.
Brigadiers
Miniatures - New hobby shop out of Michigan carrying several
lines of figures.
Canadian
Toy Soldier Company - Specializing in fine toy solders
from around the world.
Crusader
Miniatures - New firm formed by a former Foundry designer.
Heritage
Crest Miniatures - Full selection of everything Minifigs
USA has to offer, and more!
Corte
Di Cavanno - Italian miniature firm with figures, tools,
dies and diorama accessories.
Battle
Standard - New company preparing its first release of
historical miniatures.
Artizan
Designs - Manufacturer of fine World War II figures and
related products.
Michigan
Toy Soldier Company - Mostly larger scale miniatures for
dioramas and such.
Morning
Sunshine Models - Extensive collection of modern naval
products.
Winged
Hussar - New firm with WWII miniatures, rare books, bases
and more!
The
Tin Dictator - North American distributor for IT Miniatures
and more.
Scheltrum
Miniatures - British firm, excellent buildings, fortifications
and all manner of sea going craft.
Little
Grenadier - New British firm offering a variety of products
and services; very snazzy logo.
Woodrow's
War Store - Fine wargaming figures and collectables from
Canada.
Brigade
Games - Purveyor of fine miniatures from Crusader, Artizan
Designs and more.
1st
Corps Limited - Fine 25 and 28 mm gaming figures.
SOGA
Miniatures - Fine collection of painted, museum quality
minatures from Russia, several firms.
London War Room - one of East's longest supporters is now on the Web.
Soldados Galileo - Fascinating site of Leonardo Medeo presenting white metal minatures with a distinctly South American flair.
Outland Games - They're back with a new Website!
Ant Miniatures - Russian site offering nicely painted and unpainted figures or kits.
Art.I.G - New company out of Latvia (yes, Latvia) selling nicely painted large scale miniatures.
Sergeant Major's Miniatures - Fine pewter with Series 1 covering War in the Pacific.
Tin Bay - Purveyors of fine, authentically painted 54 mm soldiers from throughout history.
Victory Force Miniatures - 28 to 32 mm World War II miniatures for tabletop gaming.
Dayton Painting Consortium - Long a mainstay at HMGS East conventions, check out their new Website!
Corgi USA - Celebrating 50 years with a new military line named "Forward March!"
Wargames Command Post - From the UK, purveyors of fine 28 mm WWII figures and accessories.
Waterloo Miniatures - Brand new store in Ashland, Virginia.
Flaming Monkey Games - Games as they should be, fast, simple and fun.
Flags
and Standards:
Vexillologie francaise - Absolutely stunning website covering French military flags through the ages, ready to download and print. Continuously updated, often with near impossible to find data and illustrations.
Robert L. Bowling Painting
Service
Signifer
Historic Miniature Flags
Cotton
Jim's Flags - His new site is finally on the Web, great
flags and more!
Ian Croxall's
War Flags - Website for free
downloadable flags.
Veni,
Vidi, Vici, Inc - Excellent shield decals and more.
Maverick Models - New UK firm specializing in flags for all eras, other accessories.
Militaria:
Aurora
History Boutique - Fascinating site of all sorts of historical
mementos.
Pirate's Cave - Weaponry, equipment and clothing for buccaneers and their wenches.
Terrain:
MagWeb
- Wargame magazines digitized
and online (pay for use).
Military
Miniatures Magazine
The
Courier - North America's Foremost Miniature Wargaming Magazine
The
War Times Journal
The
Naval Gazette Online
Nec
Pluribus Impar - French site on Seven Years War armies.
Belle
& Blade Video - A mainstay at all East conventions,
now online!
Historical Miniature Gamer Magazine - New pub spawned from a fusion of Dick Bryant's Courier and MWAN.
German War Machine - Military History Magazine covering the German army in World War II.
Prints
and Books:
Last
Square - Books, prints, the
St Petersburg miniature collection and more.
Articles of War LTD Bookseller
Caliver
Books & Miniatures - British
site with excellent selection.
On Military Matters
- Excellent selection of books.
Time-Rover
Press - Don Featherstone's Skirmish Wargaming book now
available!
Military
History Press - Fine military history publications from the editors of Napoleon Journal.
Gamers History, Bookseller - Books, games and miniatures.
Historical Archive - Firm specializing in antique and historical maps on CD ROM.
Art of Wars - Tim Reese's new site for CD's and books with color uniform and flag plates.
LRT Publications - New French firm publishing full color, well illustrated books on soldiers of the past.
Painting
Services:
Robert L. Bowling Painting
Service - Also selling figures,
buildings, paints and more!
Ronin
Craft Works Painting Service
Battledress
Studios Painting Service
Northern
Dragon Painting Service
The Painted Soldier
- Painting service for wargamers.
Pictors Studio
- Custom Painted Miniatures by Jaime Fenimore and Scott Perry.
GAJO
Enterprises - Mr Gajo offers
complete new and used painted armies for sale!
Change
of Command Painting Service
Goodwin's
Painting Service - Deane P. Goodwin.
Command
Post Painting Service - Dave Reynolds.
Green
Studios Painting Service - From HMGS Pacific Southwest
land.
The
Enchanted Brush - Painting service, all proceeds go to
the theraputic needs of a sick child.
Old
Guard Painters
- Specializing in 15/25 mm with complete armies for sale.
Minature
Lovers Painting Service - From Sri Lanka no less.
PaintedArmies.Com
- First class figure painting by Lee (& Sharyl) Clapp.
Oblivion - No, not the result of your last battle, but a top notch painting service from the UK.
Battle Order - Brand new vendor specializing in painting services and model building.
Aire-Brush - New painting service from the United Kingdon. Spectacular photo gallery.
Russian Painter Art Studio - New painting service from St Petersburg, Russia.
PhilGreg Painters - Yet another inexpensive Sri Lanken attempt to corner the market!
Reinforcements by Post - Ano
Clubs
and Societies (non-HMGS East affiliated):
Miniature
Wargaming Society of Sacremento - from California, reach
them through their Yahoo Site.
AusWar
British
Historical Games Society
Wrexham
Wargames Club Page
Heroica,
Victorian Wargames Association.
Military
History Gaming Society at UT
Historical
Gaming Association of London (Ontario)
North
American Gaming Club List (NAGCL)
Hutt
Valley Wargames Club Online
Wrexham
Wargames Club Page
LSHM
Home Page
Wayne's
Legion Historical Gamers - Toledo
and Southern Ohio.
Garrison
Clubs - Charlotte
Ottawa
Gaming Club
- From Canada, naturally.
India
Wargames Club
- And that's India, as in Asia.
Oslo
Military Gaming Club - And that's in Norway, as in Europe.
Historical
Boardgame Simulation Society of Japan - So unique I just
had to include it.
Games
Club of Maryland
- Mostly boardgaming, but looking to expand into miniatures.
Salute!
- Big British convention sponsored by the South London Warlords.
The Wargamers' Page - Brand new site for an Atlanta, GA based wargaming group.
Les Dragons de la Garde - Classy French wargame club site with lots of pictures.
South London Warlords - The doughty British lads who sponsor the famous SALUTE convention each year.
Big Muddy Historical Gaming Alliance - Gaming out St Louis, MO way.
Personal Sites:
Medieval:
Northern
Wars (Sweden vs Russia and Europe)
Marshal
Vauban
Major
McLeroth's Company Home Page
1755
The
English Civil War Society
The
American Revolutionary War Home Page
Eighteenth-Century
Resources
Liberty
- Some accounts of American Revolution southern campaign battles.
Pike & Shot Society - New Website of the British society dedicated to the study of warfare thru the Age of Marlborough (Webmastered by yours truly no less).
19th
Century:
Military
Equipment & Technology:
General
Purpose Site:
- FAS
Military Analysts Network - everything you ever wanted
to know about just about nearly any piece of modern military
equipment.
- Ships:
Ships
of the Ancient Greeks
Trireme
Mary
Rose Homeport
Portsmouth
Historic Ships
Naval Ship Visits to Local Ports
United
States Naval & Shipbuilding Museum Online
State
of the Russian Navy
US
Navy Ship Pictures
Nautica
images of ships and shipmodels
Mac's
Navy Links
Aircraft:
 Russian
Aviation Page: Su(khoi)peragility
Russian
Aviation Page
TOTAVIA
/ Adrian Cybriwsky Aviation Image
Archives
F-105
Thunderchief Web
Elevon
-- Aviation on the Internet
Air
& Space Magazine Home Page
Fighter
Planes
- 95 different aircraft.
Russian
Military Aviation - very detailed.
Swords,
Armor and What Not:
Journal
of Roman Military Equipment Studies
Bonhams:
Arms and Armour
Small
Arms:
The
Brown Bess
Other
Issues:
The
Geometry of War
Information
Warfare, I-War, IW, C4I, Cyberwar
This listing of any business
does NOT
constitute an endorsement by HMGS
East or any of its Officers.
Picture
credits - fourth, Langton Models; fifth from German Armed
Forces in WWII Website; sixth, Old Glory, Inc; eighth Bavarian
Army Museum, Ingolstadt; ninth, The Last Square, Inc; tenth,
Bonaparte at the Grand St Bernard Pass, by David (1748
- 1825), bottom from Federation of American Scientists Website.
All others Colonel (Ret) Bill Gray, HMGS East.Special
kudos to HMGS East member Tina Zilz for helping find several
bad and broken links.
Reconciled
with REL Link Checker Lite.
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HMGS 08 Board Election Results! Simply click here to see who the unlucky . . . I mean dedicated souls are who won the election. Congrats to all!
Legion of Honor! Bob Giglio and Jean Lochet have just been selected for induction into the HMGS Legion of Honor. Click here for all the details on two of the hobby's finest.
Sad News. Bob Watts, former Cold Wars convention director and Board member recently passed at the age of 48 due to cancer. Click here for the official notification.
Historicon 08 Pictures Online! Just click here for all the memories and to see what you missed if you could not attend. NEW!
Newsletter! Click here for our latest Newsletter, minus the financials. East members may access the entire document via our Yahoo Group.
Legion Webpage Posted! And speaking of the Legion, just click here to see exactly what this HMGS honor society is all about.
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