WARGAMES ILLUSTRATED: Issue # 436

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Theme: Big Screen to Small Board -- Translate movies and TV shows to tabletop
* Ridley Scott at Austerlitz: Two versions -- Historical and Ridley Scott's version
* Djins from the Dunes (SAS Rogue Heroes): TV inspiration from SAS Rogue Heroes and drives WWII Egypt
* From Spec Ops to COD -- Call of Duty characters from Warlord Games' Special Operations team frame and how other video games can offer inspiration
* Home Guard Heroes: Home Guard in history and in the classic BBC comedy series Dad's Army, then shows how he painted his troops in miniature
* Genre Hopping with 7TV: The 80s -- Development of skirmish game's latest Genre Guide

Departments:
* Observation Post: Reviews include Wargames Atlantic plastics, Dead Man's Hand cowboy scatter, Oathmark characters, and inter-war MDF kits.
* Release Radar: New and upcoming releases.
* Quick Fire: WI readers' hobby projects, notes, news, and observations.

Features:
* Salute 51: Pirate Painting -- Preview versions of this year's Salute show minis.
theme:
* Designer's Notes: Development of The Army Painter's new Fanatic paints
* Designer's Notes: Celtic Fringe and Montrose -- two new For King and Parliament supplements
* Designer's Notes: Achtung Panzer! -- Development and mechanics of new 'skirmish'-level tank battle game
* Painting Polish Plastics: Paint new Perry Miniatures Duchy of Warsaw infantry using Army Painter's new Fanatic range paints
* Designer's Notes: Alala! Development and playtesting of new rule set for Greek hoplite battles
* Jack Alexander Obituary: Farewell to early icon of miniature making and his Jacklex range