Archived front page updates

These are previous posts from our front pages showing new product updates and more.

Webstore update 30th January 2023

More new Army of the Netherlands and Dutch East Indies or KNIL troops now loaded on the webstore.

Army signals unit with officer.
M20 Lewis LMG in AA mode supported on rifle attachment.

The second batch of new Dutch army and East Indies KNIL models added to the store. This batch features M20 Lewis guns in AA modes, new HMG and mortars with 5 man teams for Europe and KNIL. New Army Signals unit updated and new figure added. Solothurn Anti tank rifle units and units pulling the guns into action.

Chain of Command units both 11 man squads and 34 man Platoon sets added for both Europe and the far east of KNIL. The kNIL sets include both Steel helmets with sun flaps AND bush hat options so you can pose as you wish. The KNIL NCO also have optional Thompson SMG’s.

KNIL 11 man rifle squad supplied with helmets AND bush hat options.

The third batch will be uploaded I hope before we go to the Beach head show but will include more KNIL infantry as singles and support weapon.

6 horse team and Dutch Limber with 8 staal field gun…ready and coming soon.
BSA with ATR
BSA 1000 with side car and LMG…ready and coming soon

Horse drawn artillery both 2 horse and 6 horse teams pulling field guns into action. More motorcycles including the common BSA 1000 V twin with side car and M20 LMG AND with Solothurn Anti-tank rifle……….I do like motorcycles with big guns….Lots more still do add and coming soon

WEBSTORE UPDATE 17th January

As we approach the first 3 shows of 2023, can I please ask you to pre-order for collection at these shows. we are only able to carry 1/3rd of our ranges to the shows and then only in limited stock volumes. The York show..Sunday the 5th February at York race course followed by another awesome 2 day show atBeachHead show, Bournemouth Saturday AND Sunday 11th & 12th February. followed closely by Hammerhead wargaming show..Saturday 4th March. Please do pre-order for these shows choosing the “collect at show” option on the webstore. I look forward to seeing many of you at these shows.

A big set of reenforcements for the Army of the Netherlands is being uploaded to the store. Big thanks to Rob Tas for help with some of these designs both in practical design work and a wealth of reference pictures.

Coastal or Fortress gun with crew.
15 Lang with crew, a serious 6 inch howitzer

All the infantry and Artillery/support weapon crews have been remastered and remolded.

a selection of new Infantry types featuring separate head designs. This includes the Dutch M16 helmets as well.

Too many new things to show here, so see them all under the Army of the Netherlands on the store.

Another addition by Tom is this British 60 pounder Mk1 fitted with either heavy wooden or “traction Engine” wheels. Lovely work by Tom on the gun and the wheels which are cast in White metal really help make this model.

British 60 pounder Mk1

Im adding more Dutch models to the range all this week so do please keep checking the store for updates. Look forward to seeing some of you at the shows….cheers

new 2 horse limber/Caisson with 6 Veld gun and riders.

update December 2022

Just add the turret hatch open or closed and start painting…..£9.50 each

Added the new BUILT & READY Panzer IIIE to the store tonight. I am visiting the wonderful Entoyment store this Wednesday 14th December, to do a restock and add some new lines. Come see them in the flesh….cheers

2nd December update….More new Builds in “BUILT & READY” designs, some new walls and other designs available now on the webstore…….

These are now loaded on the store under Scenery, buildings & accessories. Buildings and accessories – EWM (earlywarminiatures.com) on the webstore now so you can purchase them.

This full set of 2 stone cottages and 2 building PLOTZ, all built & ready for introductory price of £47.50

The first of a new range of stone walls also loaded, with 2 more walls ranges close to completion.

Available as a set or as separate pieces. Easy to paint and highly detailed.

the first new models painted and displayed together making up a small hamlet.

The concept of the Building PLOTZ was to provide nice buildings with proper surroundings. Houses on the own on a green cloth look like there is something missing. Buildings NEED Plots, so here are some of the new EWM PLOTZ with buildings, a few figures and models to show them in context.

British Cavalry dismount and take cover making use of the buildings and PLOTZ.

First customers for these new buildings and PLOTZ have shown me some of their pictures, allowing houses to have the required detail to make the table more interesting and provide more cover for miniature battles.

showing the new EWM BUILT & READY cottages and dressed stone walls. You create alley ways between buildings, use rear PLOTZ as front yards if required…..let your creative side loose with these models.

I have created a new 2 up 2 down single story cottage, which can take dormers if required. These come BUILT & READY just stick the chimney pot on and decide front door open or closed….then start to paint it.

side view of the new cottage with optional building PLOTZ

However, the detail does not stop on the outside for these models………

details also on the inside, easy to paint, big enough for figures mounted on pennies……

Interior detailing on these cottages consists of wooden floor boards, fire with chimney breast, and stairs up to the roof space, built in detailed stone partition wall to kitchen with cooker, sink and storage units with door to pantry under the stairs. Open front door, detailed upper floor with partition stone wall and floor boards. This ALL COMES molded in, just base colour paint it and wash for effect. model fighting in or from buildings has never been so interesting and because it come BUILT & READY, you can get it painted and on your table in no time.

its my best design yet all that detail in EWM SUPERCAST Resin, ready to paint out of the pack……
Cottage and building PLOTZ as a set……£26.00 all BUILT & READY

There are more building designs , 2 more types of walls, a range of outbuildings all progressing nicely. Updates to follow…..Enjoy

4th November……The first designs for the built & Ready buildings and PLOTZ and some accessories are now loaded on the store. Building PLOTZ – EWM (earlywarminiatures.com)

Have the buildings next to each other, or create an ally way between them and the plotz.
the PLOTZ add instant detail to your buildings, character and more areas to put models.

The new building come built & ready in 4 pieces, walls, inner floor, roof and Chimney. Just stick the chimney on, paint it and go.

Some accessories to now all loaded on the store.

nice extra detail to add to your buildings and table.

See them all at Warfare show next weekend…….Enjoy

28th October Update….

And now for something a bit different. EWM scenic’s have some new additions to the range. EWM BUILDING PLOTZ, to go with our remastered model buildings. BUILDING PLOTZ are essentially Built & Ready front and back gardens, yards.

remastered stone houses and EWM building PLOTZ.
BUILT & READY in SUPERCAST resin. House is 4 parts, PLOTZ just 2.

Highly detailed, easy to paint, just add one front and rear for instant building PLOTZ for houses. It’s a concept I started working on 2 weeks ago and a number of designs are now made. The stone built house is also remastered and comes “BUILT & READY” in 4 pieces, walls, inner floor, roof and a chimney. Just paint it and use it. The new PLOTZ instantly adds more detail.

includes removable floor and roof, because I like to put figures in my buildings too.
New EWM building PLOTZ designs.

The next door plotz offers the “use of the adjourning wall” at front and rear. More designs are underway. These will work with other makers buildings with similar frontages.

Additional PLOTZ’s share the same adjoining wall, highly detailed so really easy to paint.
New EWM Building PLOTZ…….in production now. See them at Warfare in 2 weeks time. Pre-order essential.

I also created some other building accessories to add to the table. Some “outside toilets” or Kasi in 3 designs, one with a coal bunker. Another is a mix of pre-war dustbins, just nice accessories to dress the table.

Outside “KARZI’s” in 3 designs, ideal accessories for any table.
Rear view of the out door “crappers”!
pre war dust bins, easy to paint, adds a bit of nice detail to any table.
New building PLOTZ

The PZ IV has 2 new additions with the Wirbel-Wind and OstWind AA versions now supplied with a new SUPERCAST hull assembly covered in Zimmerit. Just a very small amount of building required for the turret and AA gun assemblies, which can be elevated as required.

OstWind with new SUPERCAST hull with Zimmerit.
Wirbel-Wind on new SUPERCAST hull

The 35T has also had a brush up, and a new BUILT & READY Supercast hull and turret with optional crewman and accessories.

New 35T model

Warfare Show is nearly upon us so please do pre-order for show collection and give us as much notice as possible, so we can ensure we have what you want at the show.

Cheers

2nd October post

Next week sees us at the wonderfull Partizan show in Newark. We shall be proudly displaying these new PZ IV models.

newly mastered PZ IV models

New Masters and models for Panzer IV types, C, F1, F2, F2 Campaign Version, PZ IV H with side Schutzian, PZ IV H with side Schutzian Campaign version and Pz IV H with Zimmerit & Side Schutzian. All come as “Built & Ready” models in highly detailed EWM SUPERCAST resin with optional supplemental stowage and crew with turret open/closed options in quality white metal.

WEBSTORE UPDATE 12th SEPTEMBER

3 new ranges added to the store. Free French Division LeClerc operating from Chad from 1940 fighting battels against both the Italian motorised Saharina Companies and Germans alike in Libya and Tunisia. Fighting along side LRDG and SDF units in deep desert operations.

You will find these new ranges here Division Leclerc: The Leclerc Column. – EWM (earlywarminiatures.com)

Méhariste Colonial French
Colum LeClerc converted Bedford trucks for deep desert operations 1940 to 1943
Laffly V15 towing the 75mm gun of Kufra

So many new exciting new models added to the store. More to follow. All these new French additions will require a re arrangement of some of our trade show racks. Do please pre-order for shows we are attending this year at Partizan and Warfare. See you there perhaps?

Cheers

Webstore update 1st September

Some more LRDG accessory packs added to the store this week. Just a reminder we are at the wonderful Partizan show in Early October and Warfare in November. The ranges are simply too vast to carry all things to shows, so please do “pre-order” from this website and check out as “collect from store” and indicate which show you want to collect at in the text field.

One of 4 new accessory packs now on the store

Although I try to carry 3 or 4 of each item that we do carry to shows, these can get easily depleted at the show, so please do pre-order where you can, and perhaps top up from what we carry at the shows.

I do really enjoy the shows, a chance to speak with our customers and for you to enjoy my fine GINGER NUTZ! More updates to follow soon including the range of Free French Le Clerk’s desert troops including Legionnaires camel mounted and dismounted, Chad troops, Meharists both camel mounted and dismounted and the converted Bedford trucks for deep desert operations against the Italians and Germans in southern Libya in WW2.

18th August 2022 update

More new additions for the French Army including some sets to make it easier to have the right thing towing the right guns. The most common French Army horse drawn carts and trailer for vehicles have been remastered and remolded.

Mle 37 ATG limber and Infantry cart with new marching pose infantry.
81mm Mortar carts, 1 with mortor in pieces the other with ammunition supplied with the 5 man mortar team marching and leading the horses. Offered as a set.

81 mm Mortar carts with the 5 man team leading and marching with the carts.

Mle Machine gun cart with optional MMG in Anti-aircraft mode and interior detailing.

The most common Army vehicle towed trailer used on all fronts and by the Germans after the fall of France.

Model 37 vehicle trailer.

A new 6 man team carrying the Hotchkiss MMG and ammunition’s into action offered as a set.

offered as a set.

Update 11th August 2022

Tom Lobley recently made an 18/25 Pdr MkV split trail field gun, used across many fronts in early WW2 from France/Belgium to Norway, North & East Africa and the Far East. I took the opportunity to remaster the original 18/25 Pdr MkIV by decreasing the number of pieces and remolding. Further I remastered some new crewman for both these Field guns. Followed by a built & ready version of the Guy Ant field gun tractor unit.

18/25 Pdr MkV split trail field gun and crew.
18/25 Pdr MkIV field gun with accessories and Caisson.

The Caisson now comes BUILT & READY just decide doors open or closed, plus I reduced the price as it is easier for us to produce them. The Guy Ant comes built & ready made from EWM SUPERCAST, just take out of the pack and paint.

Guy Ant Tractor and Caisson come built & Ready, here towing the split trail 18/25 Pdr MkV.

So, these field guns come as just a gun or as sets for Gun plus Caisson, Gun-Caisson & Crew and Gun Tractor – Caisson and Field gun. Hope you like them.

2022 shows…we shall be at Partizan in October and Warfare in November, hope to see some of you there.

July update.

Some more new additions to the French Range in the form of a Schneider Mountain gun in service with the French and Greek Armies. Gun designed by the magnificent Tom Lobley. Available as a single gun or towed by 2 horses.

Can be made in towed or firing positions. Comes with tools and Ammunition box and shells.

A new Early War British Gun set is now ready to be added. A Guy Ant tractor unit, pulling an 18/25 pounder field gun and Caisson. The Caisson and the guy ant come BUILT & READY with optional doors open or closed on the Caisson. The field gun has very few parts and is made from quality white metal castings. The Guy Ant is cast in EWM SUPERCAST resin and is ready to paint. The Guy will be available separately also for £7.75.

As a set for £17.50……..
Guy Available separately

Steve from BZM and me during a visit to Peter Valinski’s Entoyment store in Poole. Steve won as he was always into football, me I m a Tennis fan.

Thank you for your business and ENJOY.

New Early War Australian Army, 2AIF – September 2020.

I’m a fan of Peter Fitzsimmonds, an author of Australian military history books. His work on the “Rats of Tobruk” is outstanding and proved to be a great inspiration for this new range. Already excited and interested in the early war North African campaigns, discovering a lot more about the Australian 6th Division and the 2AIF (Second Australian Imperial Force), has proven to be most rewarding.

EWM purchased a number of models a few years ago from the former Sargent Major ranges in America. One of the ranges that came in that purchase was a range of early war Australian army models. I think they were previously marketed under the banner of “battle scape”, but i am not sure. It was always on my mind to rework these 20mm ranges and incorporate them into the wider EWM WW2 offerings. Listening again to the Rats of Tobruk, proved to be the spark that ignited the flame of interest.

The look of these early war Australians is quiet unique in that their uniform is a mixture of old and new. Old being the long, late WW1 army tunic, combined with 1937 or 1908 pattern webbing, WW1 leather armless jerkin, great coats, long bayonets, 303 rifles and a mix of helmet and Aussie bush hats, worn only as these magnificent troops would wear such a combination. As war progressed, the appearance of the “bush Artillery” during the siege also adds yet more interest. Fighting in Libya, Greece, Crete and even Syria, these troops got into some heavy fighting. Their “look” evolved during this time. I wanted to capture that look, for these early war battles and so to build a range suitable for such encounters was started.

The range features separate heads. New masters were made for heads with Bush hats (3 designs), helmets worn at a suitable angle, with goggles worn and hung on the helmets, with scrim netting. Separate heads offer the chance to make the figures all look slightly different, to add character and poise. Separate rear packs are both molded on some designs, but the majority are without. Separate castings mean you can quickly add them to all the figures or just some, as you desire. Adding rear packs is a easy and quick addition.

All the base figures from the old SGM range have been remastered. Heads removed and common sized sockets added. Details added and enhanced where I wanted them. New poses created. The range features poses with and without the early war gas mask case at the “alert position”. Some of the range feature figures in great coats for north Africa. Just look at the pictures of these men in action and you will see how common that is. Some even wear leather jerkins UNDER their long tunics. I wanted to allow the modeler to build a unit with character, that looked like they have been on campaign, lacking total uniformity, but still utilizing common equipment’s in service at the time. I wanted them to look like “Diggers”, each one a character and a pleasure to paint.

Typical uniform of a 6th Division “Digger”.
The one on the right is typical of “Diggers” in north Africa, up to and including the siege of Tobruk.
Australian “Bush Artillery” so called as often manned by cooks, clerks or infantrymen, operating old Italian guns captured at Tobruk. Often with sights, no training, these chaps gave a good account of them selves. they also make for an interesting addition to the new range.

Pictures of the first models will follow shortly. In truth, this is the first time I have written about a new range BEFORE it becomes a reality. So often, all the hard work that goes into creating miniatures happens with out any of the “back story” or inspiration that is the driver for the creation of the models. As this new range takes shape, I hope to share those stages here with you, hoping it will be of interest.

2nd September update – as promised a number of pictures of the WIP on this new range. Today I cut the thrid mold and the figures from that were cast late today. I will show them after some photos are taken in the morning.

Here are a few from the first 2 molds.

NCO with Thompson SMG, in both Helmet and Bush hat options. Both heads come with every Ausi Model so you can choose the pose and head.
Advancing in great coats, both head options shown.
Vicjkers MMg team, note the steel helmet examples in the corner. Again, both head types come with EVERY figure so you can choose how they look and where they look.
Me cutting the third mold today in the EWM workshop, beside the ocean on the IOW.
The third mold showing a number of advancing and firing poses. I will make up some of todays castings and photograph them in the morning.

Part 2 –

New Early War 2nd Australian Imperial Force range in development – part 2 Here are some pictures taken today of the castings from the 3rd mold finished Wednesday. I have tried to show what the miniatures look like by fitting both head options. Each figure in the new Australian range will come with both head options. A nice selection of infantry types advancing and attacking. Some of the figures boast the Gas mask case in the “alarm position”. Thats basically on the front of the chest ready to use. Some of the poses dont have the gas mask case. I wanted to show the figures like I see in the pictures Im researching. In the same group you can have men with and with out that gas mask case. When we sell them, they will be of a pose or unit and so the gas mask case may not be on all the figures. If you have a preference, we can pick with or without. I did not want to have a separate code for all of them, but there are some exceptions. these are coded with or with out the gas mask case.

The Morris platoon truck is from our “built & ready” range but has been updated. You can build it with windscreens up or down. The bars are for the folded canvas hood over the cab. You can order with screen fitted, or as shown and more commonly seen, with just the poles behind the cab. The final layout of the model will see some stowage included. The Bren on its AA mount with crew firing and the driver and officer observing will be in one version of the kit. The platoon truck was central to the unit and a common sight. This kit has come together better than I could have imagined. Support weapon and teams are also progressing well with Vickers MMG, 3 inch mortar and some other Anti-Aircraft versions with bren and lewis guns.

The field telephone set is a great addition for FOO’s or forward HQ.

I still have another 10 or so figures and designs to work on so Part 3 will follow as progress is made. I hope you enjoy seeing a range becoming a “reality”, from pictures, books and stories all creating a creative desire and passion to turn these into a new range depicting early war Australian Troops in north Africa, Greece and Syria. Cheers Paul T@EWM

Part 3 – 14th September 2020 update

Some new additions to the range include a Lea Enfield with grenade launcher attachment, 2 inch mortar with prone number 2 feeding rounds and more infantry poses including diggers with Thompson SMGs and kneeling infantry poses.

Shown with both head options so you choose what to use.

The original owner of the range has been really helpful in telling me about their history. Once the range is launched on the EWM webstore, I want to be able to credit the designer and sculptor properly. It has been a joy to remaster these models. The latest additions were molded only Sunday, so these are fresh out of the mold.

with or with out rear pack, these will come separately and fit really easily.
digger with Thompson SMG and drum magazine

I plan one more mold and then will start to release the new range on the EWM webstore. I want to build up some stock before release, but as we are still behind on orders that process is a bit slower than I would like. The figures have all been coded and photographed, I’m working on support weapon and sets this week. I cant wait to paint a few myself, they really are very lovely.

Enjoy

New 35 (T) model, in our “Built & Ready” format.

Well, here is another new model in our built and ready format.

The German 35(T) comes with a light weight white metal turret, crewman and hatch and one piece Plastic polymer detailed hull casting. You decide, crewman in turret or closed. thats it.

Here is a short video of the model casting being “birthed” out of the mould.

Hope you like the model, I’m really pleased with it.It has taken a lot of effort to be able to mould and cast such detailed models. PLus we can afford to offer these, built and ready models for only £10.50 each.

Cheers

Paul T@EW

New Ruined building, curved road section plus!

So,
Work continues a pace on the new EWM webstore but we are still making new things for release. Here we feature a ruined building with additional “rubble piles”. The building comes with some rubble, but you can really go for it with the rubble packs.

So Nigel Plumb, our resident “resin monkey” (His own name for him self) was playing with making a ruined building pattern from the odd miscast we get, or he makes, when casting our resin buildings. Some might say, that most of what he makes is a miscast, but I would never be so cruel to condone such a sentiment! Anyway, fueled after working hours by the fumes from his day of resin casting, Nigel has created a bullet poke marked building pattern which has now been turned into an EWM product.

The building comes as a flat pack, so easy to post. Its highly detailed as you can see, easy to build and painting is dead simple. The detail is easy to just base coat and highlight.

The rubble packs are extra and available as a separate pack. Ruined buildings look great, but they need piles of rubble around them to make them look right. Our building comes with some rubble, but you can make it even more special with the EWM rubble packs.

The building comes with destroyed floors, stair case, shattered roof, some rubble piles, highly detailed frontages pock marked with bullet and shell impacts. Someone has made a real stand here in this place, it has the scares to prove it. Its £21.50 with instructions, supplied flat packed.

The rubble Packs are £9.50 and can be used stand alone or some without new ruined building.

We have also been working on a new accessory pack for the Armourfast Sherman’s, well any bodys Sherman in 1/72 really. Its the american Sand bagged Armour “upgrade” for Sherman’s. We have made these in “drop tested” plastic polymer. There are a few random plastic stowage accessories ranging from ammo box’s, fuel cans, cammo netting etc included in the kits.

These Sherman upgrades pack will be out shortly.
EWM’s flexible latex roads and tracks are now seeing wide spread use, we keep noticing them in magazine pictures, bloggs and used in published rule sets, which is great to see. We have just developed a new cobbled road section, a long curve, seen here on our latest coffee table chatter discussion. Its over 30cm long, curves gently to about 35 degrees and is highly detailed, eay to paint and very thin and flexible, just like the rest of our road and track products.

So, work progresses on the web EWM web store and web site, some images from the new store, to wet the appetite.

We have a tentative release go live date of 1st January 2017. Yes, new years day 2017. So after you have dealt with your hang over, you can peruse our new webstore and maybe, just maybe, we can temp you with some of our new offerings and products, first seen here on this new store. We have aroud 60 products to release on the new store.

cheers

Paul T@EWM

New Dutch Army Armored Car 1940

New Dutch Armored car designed by Tom Lobley. This is the Landsverk L180 made by Sweden, used by the Dutch Army in 1940 as the Pantserwagen M36 6×4. Some captured examples were used by the Germans and known as the PZ Sp L202(h).

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So the master is built by Tom using metal, solder, some Miliput and a lot of skill. Tom uses some “old school” methods, working in solder and metal for the masters. tom only makes 1 wheel, so the parts with multiple castings needed, are then added to a traditional metal mold and produced. Once these castings from the masters are cleaned up, then added tot he model.   I then, do some cleaning up, exaggerate the detail, add bits where I think the model would be enhanced.img_3702

We are now making all our new models in our “drop tested” plastic Polymers. Making a mold that creates a single, model that is “ready” has taken us at EWM a LOT of effort and investment in new technologies. The M36 then comes “built and Ready”, in a “drop tested” plastic Polymer with a turret that is separate, crewman for the turret with the hatch that can be made open with crewman or closed. Its good to go straight out of the pack. You can spend more time painting and playing than with cutting out bits, gluing, sticking and waiting.img_3700img_3697img_3695

We hope you like it. Its where I hope to take all the wonderful EWM models in our ranges to this “ready and drop test” standard in future.

Available on the new EWM webstore at £13.50 each.