Thank you to all who voted in the Wargames Illustrated Awards 2024! We’re delighted to have won the Best New Range of Miniatures award for Hail Caesar Epic Battles. Studio Sculptor Marco Sano really knocked it out of the park with these ones – particularly those Carthaginian War Elephants – even if we do say so ourselves.
Warlord Games was also the runner-up for Best Manufacturer, and Bolt Action: Third Edition took second place in the Best New Wargames Rules category. Our Customer Service team also continued their streak with another win for Best Customer Service – a massive eight years on the trot!
We asked Marco about his approach to designing the Punic Wars range and he was only too happy to oblige:
Marco: “When we were showcasing previous Epic Battles ranges like the American Civil War and the Waterloo Campaign, at shows like Salute, we had many visitors on our stand suggesting that Hail Caesar would make for an excellent subject of the Epic Battles treatment. Warlord absolutely listens to customer feedback (it just takes a little time to design!), and so last year we launched Hail Caesar Epic Battles.
Compared to the previous ranges I had the opportunity to work on, I feel like the Punic Wars range did offer a lot more potential in terms of ‘coolness’ – the sheer size of the armies involved combined with the stark difference in the designs needed for the Romans and Carthaginians had me excited from the get go, and needless to say, there were the elephants to consider…
On a technical level, it was the Carthaginians that were to present more of a design challenge, the Gallic Celts and Spanish Scutarii in particular. As these units were less regimented historically, they needed to have more dynamism in their design. This is always more problematic to depict when we’re dealing with single strips of plastic. The design needs to suggest or hint at their slightly unruly nature – such as by very slightly staggering the figures in a strip, so they are not in a strictly straight line. When arranged the sheer quantity of men in each regiment contributes to the overall effect.
After the core models are designed, in this case the plastics, I am usually left with what I consider to be the most fun part of any project – the commanders and peripheral stuff, like alternative elephant head sculpts, and vignettes, which bring so much character and soul into the range. And now that they are all made in Warlord Resin, a far more forgiving material than metal, it gives me even more scope to push the boat out. These elements are the icing on the cake, in my humble opinion.
Working on the Punic Wars range has been a great pleasure and I certainly look forward to revisiting the Epic Battles range in the future.”
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Scipio Africanus’
Roman Legions
Hannibal Barca’s
Carthaginian Army
