The Ancient Iberian Cavalry are gathering for a charge across an Ancient battlefield with Victrix. These are some fantastically dynamic looking warriors.

Mantic Games have now added their Kings Of War Historical book onto their webstore for you to pre-order. Has this caught your eye?

Join us as we dive into the news from the week!

It's time for that weekly dip into what you've all been working on in the Hobby & Painting Forum here on Beasts Of War. Let's see what has been inspiring you...and us! First off we have some sandal wearing warriors […]

We got a bit more news on what's happening with Mantic Games' new Kings of War Historical book!

Eureka Miniatures have their eyes set on some new Historical miniatures for their collection. Now their minds turn to a selection of Dark Age Greeks for your use on the tabletop.

We discuss the potential of Mantic stepping into Historical Wargaming & want to fight out Robot Wars on the tabletop

Victrix continue to show off what's coming for the Imperial Romans. Here we have another look at their Centurions ready to march into battle.

Victrix have shown off another render piece for what's coming in the future for their Roman range. Here we have the Signifier who looks rather splendid holding aloft this pole with pride...

Forged In Battle have shown off some of the new Saxons coming your way for their 15mm War & Empire range.

A 40mm Celtic Chariot for your painting pleasure has made its way onto the webstore of V&V Miniatures.

Elephants are charging into the world of Hail Caesar soon from Warlord Games. These 'tanks of the ancient world' fight for the Macedonian Successors.

Footsore Miniatures has posted completed painted pictures of their Goth Chieftain and his standard bearer.

As well as delving into a jam-packed week full of news we also have a chat about whether or not gaming in the dark is a good idea! We'll let you be the judge...

Victrix are going to be setting about conquering Gaul and beyond with their Early Imperial Romans set which is coming together very nicely.

Italeri are stepping back in history once again with another of their Battle Sets. Their previous one went back to Rorke's Drift whereas this delves into Ancient times with Pax Romana.

You options for 15mm ancient Siamese miniatures are about to get bigger (or smaller), as Khurasan Miniatures has announced 2 new sets for the Sukhothai Dynasty. Elephant Warbands and Infantry will be on the way soon as they are finishing up moulds.

Gripping Beast are going to be running a Swordpoint demo at Salute 2016 (next week people!). This is a rules set which allows you to play out big battles from the Ancient, Dark Age and Medieval periods of history...

Victrix have talked about their upcoming project for the Ancient period. They are now going to be tackling Early Imperial Romans starting with this one render to show the direction they are taking with their plastics.

Victrix have some more Ancients plastics on the way for your gathering horde of warriors intent on battling the forces of Rome. See what you make of both their Armoured & Unarmoured Samnites who will be joining the battle at Salute...

Warhansa are looking towards the sands of the arena with their upcoming releases. Here you can see two of their Gladiators - Secutor & Retiarius.

If you're looking for some cavalry to charge forth and take out the ranged element of the enemy army and harass the flanks then see what you make of Relic Miniatures Republican Roman Cavalry.

The next big unit are the Iberian Cavalry who are in the midst of charging into the massed ranks of the enemy to hopefully break them with a thunderous charge...

Victrix have now added two more plastic sets to their collection for Ancient wargaming. The two sets consist of the Balearic Slingers and the Iberian Unarmoured Infantry so you can begin to bulk up your armies...

Nonsense Miniatures have sent us some shots of one of their latest additions, the Greek Warrior Pack. These soldiers have been created to provide you with a Fantastical diorama so you could depict them as mythological warriors...

Sticking with some more cavalry news today we have a look at a new addition to the Scythian & Sarmatian section of the First Corps webstore. They have now added this Light Cavalry Command option to their listings for those of you wanting to command some Ancient warriors.

Coming out towards the middle of 2016 we have the plastic Numidian Cavalry from Victrix which continues to supplement their growing Ancients range in 28mm. There's some work still to do on these but they're looking pretty good so far I reckon...

West Wind Productions and Forged In Battle are closing in on the last three days for their War & Empire II Kickstarter for the Legions Of Rome.

Welcome to a relaxed Sunday morning where we get stuck into a whole bunch of new miniatures that caught our attention over the week and talk Hobby Time too...

The Forged In Battle range grows with the Dacians being added to the armies available through their War & Empire II Kickstarter to bring out both the Legions of Rome and their enemies. See what you think of these previewed warriors here in 15mm...

Victrix have shown off some of the final elements of their Ancient Greek range. The latest showing is of Hoplites with Corinthian helmets, probably the most well known designs from the period. This is the 'tank' like design of the Hoplite that I saw first in Horrible Histories and the like!

Gripping Beast have bought together four more Gladiators for you to send out onto the sands of the arena in Jugula. The new Familia Three are armed and dangerous but you will have to train them to kill with their mix of weapons...

The Legions Of Rome are marching into Gaul and beyond with this new Kickstarter project by Forged In Battle and West Wind Productions. This historical arm of West Wind noted that everyone wanted to see Romans like they had in the movies on the tabletop and so here they are in 15mm!

Victrix have now showed off some of the interesting looking designs for the Successor Phalanx to use in your Ancient Wargaming.

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Forged In Battle have some big plans for their Ancients range and this includes bringing the mighty forces to Rome to bear on the tabletop. With that in mind see what they had to say on the upcoming project below which will include a fundraiser on Kickstarter...

Victrix have shown off the renders for the Ancient Macedonian Command that will be leading your units of Pikemen into battle during the age of Alexander the Great in the forging of his Empire...

Great Escape Games have opened up pre-orders for the 2nd Edition of Sword & Spear which will be available at the end of November. This is a rules set for playing out both Ancient and Medieval battles and shines when you're looking at multiplayer games...

Victrix have put together a little preview of their upcoming Macedonian Pikemen who would have ranked up with bristling spears out in front of them and a row of gleaming bronze shields facing the enemy...

Phew it's been quite a weekend. With that in mind sit back and relax with us as we chill for The Weekender XLBS...

Hallowed Ground Terrain has started their new campaign to bring forth 15mm Roman fortifications.

Victix have completed more digital sculpting for their upcoming Samnite range. This time they have some of the Armoured Samnites to show off complete with heavy breastplates and some rather ornate looking helmets...