19th Aug 2025
John Jenkins Preview: Persian Heavy Cavalry
The Achaemenid Empire c. 550–330 BC, also called the First Persian Empire, was an ancient Iranian empire based in Western Asia founded by
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30th Jul 2025
John Jenkins Designs Preview: Afrikakorps Armour
The Deutsches Afrikakorps in North Africa (1941–1943)
JJD is excited to step into the windswept sands of North Africa with upcoming releases representing the Deutsches Afrikakorps. Commande
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24th Jul 2025
John Jenkins Designs Preview: Jacobite Rebellion
CUMBERLAND’S ARMY
The Jacobite rising of 1745 was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to regain the British throne for his father.
It took place during the War of The Austrian Succession, when t
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18th Jul 2025
Collector’s Story by Paul Simadas
The annual visit to Australia by King & Country co-founder Andy Neilson to visit Peter Nathan Toy Soldiers and meet with collectors of K&C figures is always something to look forward to. The a
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1st Jul 2025
John Jenkins Designs: Preview of the Gladiators
"HAIL, EMPEROR, THOSE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE SALUTE YOU."
Gladiators were armed combatants who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gl
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17th Jun 2025
Team Miniatures: Upcoming Crusader Knights
Team Miniatures shared the following images, showing upcoming releases in their Crusades series. Looking forward to seeing them painted!
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11th Jun 2025
John Jenkins Previews: Battle of Gingindhlovu
The Battle of Gingindhlovu was fought on 2nd April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the siege at Eshowe, and a Zulu impi of king Cetshwayo.
The British soldier would refer to it as t
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13th May 2025
John Jenkins Designs Preview: Wheat's Tigers
The First Battle of Manassas, 1861, Louisiana Infantry (Wheat's Tigers)
The battalion called the Louisiana Tigers was the creation of Roberdeau Chatham Wheat, and was to become one of the most
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6th May 2025
John Jenkins Designs Preview: Battle of Gingindhlovu
The Battle of Gingindhlovu was fought on 2nd April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the siege at Eshowe, and a Zulu impi of king Cetshwayo.
The British soldier would refer to it as t
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30th Apr 2025
John Jenkins Previews: Romans
The Roman army of the mid-Republic (also known as the manipular Roman army or the "Polybian army"), refers to the armed forces deployed by the mid-Roman Republic, from the end
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9th Apr 2025
John Jenkins Preview: Roger's Rangers
Roger’s Rangers was a company of soldiers form the Province of New Hampshireraised by Major Robert Rogers and attached to the British Amry during the Seven Year’s War (French and Ind
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3rd Apr 2025
John Jenkins Designs Preview: Prodromoi and Sarissophoroi
In ancient Greece the Prodromoi were skirmisher light cavalry. The translation can best be represented by “runners-before”, or “runners ahead”. This implies that these cav
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