Key people George Sivy Founded 2007 | Website Wargames Factory | |
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Type of business Limited liability company (LLC) |
15mm late war germans from wargames factory
Wargames Factory is a plastic miniature manufacturer opened in 2007. It specializes in highly detailed, multi-part models in hard plastic for wargaming. Wargames Factory produce models mostly in the 28 millimetres (1.1 in) range, but have done other scales as well. It is unique in the way it chooses the subject of its miniatures, using what they call the Liberty and Union League to produce models submitted by consumers.
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- 15mm late war germans from wargames factory
- Review 15mm wwii german infantry campany late war wargames factory flames of war
- Production process
- History
- Liberty and Union League
- Might of Rome 28mm
- War of Empires 28mm
- Alien Suns Sci fi 28mm
- Dark Futures Sci fiFantasy 28mm
- Hammer of the Gods Dark Ages Britain Northern Europe 28mm
- Horse Musket Gunpowder Warfare 28mm
- Legacy of the Greeks Ancient Greece Persia 28mm
- Rising Sun 16th Century Japan 28mm
- World War Two 1939 1945 28mm 15mm
- Myths Legends Fantasy 28mm
- Old Soldier Recycling Program
- References
Review 15mm wwii german infantry campany late war wargames factory flames of war
Production process
The company is using a "direct to digital" approach which does not use an original physical sculpt. This is unlike many other plastic wargames figure manufacturers who sculpt the figure at three times the eventual size (called three-ups), then digitally scan and reduce them for production. In the design process the company uses the software Freeform from Sensable (which in 2012 was bought by Geomagic).
History
Wargames Factory was established as a Limited Liability Company in 2007, managed by Anthony Reidy. The company entered partnership with the plastic injection molding company Ghost Studio. In 2010 the company was taken over by its partner with George Sivy as new manager. The Massachusetts based LLC was dissolved on April 19, 2011 as the business moved to Colorado.
2012 saw the company taking on manufacturing projects for several miniature wargaming companies. They produce models for InMediaRes Productions' imprint Catalyst Game Labs boardgame Leviathan's, first released on GenCon in 2011. They also produce lines of miniatures for DreamForge-Games and Scarab Miniatures.
Liberty and Union League
The name Liberty and Union League was taken from the protests of the early American colonists and the raising of liberty poles.
Ideas are submitted by customers and then wait for approval by the Wargames Factory staff. Once the idea is approved as being viable it is listed on the Liberty and Union League, and on the Wargames Factory message boards on the company's website.
After its listing, people are then able to pre-order sprues of that idea for a miniature. The pre-orders are to gauge the interest in a sprue idea, and once they reach a thousand the models are put into production.
Might of Rome (28mm)
War of Empires (28mm)
Alien Suns (Sci-fi) (28mm)
Dark Futures (Sci-fi/Fantasy) (28mm)
Hammer of the Gods (Dark Ages Britain & Northern Europe) (28mm)
Horse & Musket (Gunpowder Warfare) (28mm)
Legacy of the Greeks (Ancient Greece & Persia) (28mm)
Rising Sun (16th Century Japan) (28mm)
World War Two (1939-1945) (28mm & 15mm)
Myths & Legends (Fantasy) (28mm)
Old Soldier Recycling Program
In the past Wargames Factory ran a plastic sprue recycling program in which environmentally conscious wargamers could send in their unused plastic sprues for recycling. The factory could then melt these down and use them in new frames of miniatures. As an incentive for participation in the program, the company entered the names of the participants into a raffle to win Wargames Factory products. This program has since been discontinued and no longer recycles old sprues, however Wargames Factory encourages wargamers to recycle their old sprues locally.