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Welcome to Must Contain Minis. We do Reviews, News, Showcases and Battle Reports of miniatures and miniature related products. This site does not focus on a specific system, but rather products by many different companies. My aim is for variety and to show you what alternatives might be out there. 

If you want to know what is on the market by companies aside from the biggest player on the market, you have come to the right place. 

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Below are my newest written posts for Must Contain Minis. For more Blog Posts, check out my Written Articles Section of Must Contain Minis. I also write for Bell of Lost Souls. My articles there tend to be shorter and aimed at a more general audience than the posts on this site. If you are interested in my posts there, you can check out my Author Page on BoLS. 

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Huge Announcements from Warcradle!!!

Warcradle Studios is releasing an all new version of the Ice Maiden. This was part of a huge news announcement that Warcradle Studios made yesterday. That's right, just a part of the announcement. They also announced that they will release an island and archipelago set along side the Ice Maiden.…
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Happy Canada Day 2021

For all of my Canadian readers, I want to quickly wish you a Happy Canada Day. Canada Day this year is taking on a different tone. We are still dealing with our COVID-19 lockdowns and we have also been learning more and more about the atrocities that happened in our…

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In this very quick post, I review three 28mm MDF terrain kits by XOLK. These kits are perfect for games like Bolt Action, Warhammer and other settings too. Personally, I use these buildings extensively for both Bolt Action and Frostgrave. In this review, I look at three sets of MDF terrain for wargaming. Specifically, we look at a ruined house, a ruined cottage and a ruined foundation. One of the things that I like most about the terrain by XOLK is how affordable it is. Related Links... Must Contain Miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/ XOLK Store... https://www.xolkstore.com/ Original Written Reviews on Must Contain Minis Written Review of Ruined Cottage... https://mustcontainminis.com/2017/04/xolk-cottage-in-ruins-review.html Written Review of Ruined Foundation... https://mustcontainminis.com/2017/10/mdf-terrain-review-ruined-foundations.html Written Review of Ruined Normandy House... https://mustcontainminis.com/2017/04/mdf-terrain-review-normand-house-in.html Don't forget to follow me on Facebook too at... https://www.facebook.com/mustcontainminis
XOLK Ruins Review - 28mm MDF terrain for Bolt Action. Also does Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Historical games
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In this video, I review the Living Dead Peasants boxed set by Fireforge Games. This is part of their 28mm Forgotten World fantasy line of miniatures. These are some nice looking miniatures that painted up really well. In this video, you will see the sprues, check out some of the built miniatures and see them painted too. On top of that, you will also see a series of scale comparison images near the end of the video. To paint them, I found the Glistening Blood Effects Paint by The Army Painter to be a key element to help take my miniatures to the next level. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 0:35 Start of the Review 1:28 The Plastic Sprues 1:43 A Close Look at the Assembled Miniatures 2:10 Scale Comparison - Fireforge Games versus Mantic Games, North Star Military Figures (Frostgrave) and Reaper Miniatues (32mm miniatures) 2:40 Painting my Living Dead Peasants by Fireforge Games Special thanks goes out to Fireforge Games for sending me these miniatures for review. In the interest of full disclosure, there are affiliate links below. If you use those links, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Related Links... Fireforge Games... https://fireforge-games.com/ Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/ Images of the Living Dead Peasants... https://mustcontainminis.com/2019/09/more-living-dead-peasants-fireforge-games.html Written Review of the 28mm Living Dead Peasants Miniatures by Fireforge Games... https://mustcontainminis.com/2019/08/living-dead-peasants-review-fireforge-games.html Amazon Affiliate Links... Check price of The Army Painter Glistening Blood Effects... https://amzn.to/39nIa4h [Affiliate] INTLLAB Vortex Mixer - https://amzn.to/2V1wFvM [Affiliate] The Army Painter Store on Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/stores/TheArmyPainter/page/05527D94-32A9-40BA-A826-1BFDA19633CB?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mustcontainmi-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=1f1ecaf720225c2217ac24368c9606ff&camp=1789&creative=9325 [Affiliate]
Living Dead Peasants by Fireforge Games and Army Painter Blood Effects Review
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In this review, I take a close look at the Ice Maiden Battlefleet for Dystopian Wars by Warcradle Studios. If you like high quality images of miniatures, sprue shots and scale comparisons too, be sure to give this video a watch. In this video, you see the entire Ice Maiden Battlefleet built for the Imperium faction in Dystopian Wars. On top of that, you will get a close up look of the miniatures and sprues too. For those wondering, the Ice Maiden is a part of a 1/1200th miniatures naval game set in a steam punk world. At this time, the Ice Maiden is the biggest ship released for Dystopian Wars. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 1:10 Discussing Contents of the Dystopian Wars Ice Maiden Battlefleet Set 3:00 Unboxing the Ice Maiden Battlefleet Set 4:37 Building the Ice Maiden 6:11 Looking at the sprues / plastic frames of the cruisers, destroyers and frigates that come in this battlefleet 6:39 Looking at the built cruisers, frigates and destroyers 7:36 Ice Maiden Battlefleet Set Review 7:49 Scale Comparison Images versus Warhammer 40,000 and other Dystopian Wars Ships 8:24 My only criticism of the kit Special thanks goes out to Warcradle Studios for sending me this product for review. There are also affiliate links in the description of this video. If you buy from a link that lists as "Affiliate" a small portion of the sales price goes back to me as a commission at no extra cost to you. Let's get on to links related to this post. Related Links... Check Price on the Ice Maiden with Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2389 [Affiliate] Check Price of the 2 Player Dystopian Wars Starter Set on Amazon... https://amzn.to/3kmgOBR [Affiliate] Check Price for Vortex Paint Mixer from Amazon... https://amzn.to/2XHCWhj [Affiliate] Ice Maiden Written Unboxing on Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/08/unboxing-the-ice-maiden-for-dystopian-wars.html Tempelhof Battle Fleet Set Review on YouTube... https://youtu.be/YS2mUO6hoDA Must Contain Miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/ Dystopian Wars Website... https://www.dystopianwars.com/ Warcradle Studios... https://www.warcradle.com/ Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/1084.html [Affiliate]
Is this the biggest 1/1200th scale ship ever? Ice Maiden Battlefleet Set Review for Dystopian Wars
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Looking for some miniatures to act as proxy Imperial Guards for Warhammer 40K? Perhaps you have another game in mind, but still want some great and affordable miniatures. Wargames Atlantic has a potential solution to fit that bill. In this video, I review their Les Grognard Command and Heavy Support Boxed Set. Basically, this is their equivelant to 28mm Heavy Weapons teams made by another company. Instead of getting 3 teams at $40 (USD), you get 6 teams at $34.95 if you go with Wargames Atlantic. That makes this company's product an extreme value if you are looking to affordably buy into Imperial Guards. Mind you, these miniatures would be proxy models, so you might not be allowed into official tournaments with them. That said, if you are just playing with your friends or at a club that allows proxies, then these miniatures are fantastic. Of course, you could use these miniatures for other games too. Basically anything sci-fi and in 28mm could use these miniatures. I also keep hoping that Wargames Atlantic releases their own game for all of their Death Fields miniatures. In the interest of full disclosure, Wargames Atlantic sent me these miniatures for review purposes. In no other way was I compensated for this review. In many of my posts, I do have affiliate links that earn me a commission at no extra charge to you. Those links will be labelled as "Affiliate" to keep you informed. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Looking at the Packaging 1:31 The Sprues / Plastic Frames 2:29 Building the Minis and Completed Weapons Teams 5:55 Scale Comparison 6:12 Talking about the Miniatures - Plans and Value Related Links... Check Price on Amazon... https://amzn.to/3BQ7NHc [Affiliate Link] Check Price on Wargames Atlantic... https://wargamesatlantic.com/collections/demo-collection/products/les-grognards-command-and-heavy-support Must Contain Miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/ Wargames Atlantic... https://wargamesatlantic.com/
Wargames Atlantic Les Grognards Command And Heavy Support Review - Proxy Guard Heavy Weapons Teams
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Have you ever wondered about Army Painter Paints for miniature painting? How about the Frontier Wargaming Paint Case 2.0? I discuss both of them in this very quick video review and showcase of my paint station set up for painting miniatures. While you may have seen my hobby desk and miniatures painting area in an earlier video, I had to change it up to accommodate more paints than I initially owned. That's not a bad issue for a hobby enthusiast to have. Let's talk a little bit about that problem. Recently, The Army Painter sent me their Wargamers Complete Painting Set. This massive collection contains 124 bottles of paint. Which lead to a new issue. How do I fit them into my current Paint Station? Currently, I use a HobbyZone Modular Workshop System for organization. My setup is not big enough for the new 124 bottles of Army Painter Paint. So, I broke out the Paint Case 2.0 sent to me by Frontier Wargaming. That case can hold 128 paints, which is more than I need for this current project. In this video, I reconfigure my miniatures painting desk to accommodate all of the paints in The Army Painter's Wargamers Complete Paint Set. More specifically, I fill my Paint Case 2.0 with those paints. While I do this, I talk to you about both the case and the paints. This includes the most encountered problem that I know of related to people using Army Painter Paints. That issue is that they do not shake the paints the right way. You must remove some of the medium at the top of the bottle before you can use it properly. All the details are in the video. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 1:41 Finding a Home for The Army Painter Wargamers Complete Paint Set 2:19 Filling the Frontier Wargaming Paint Case 2.0 with Army Painter Paints 2:26 The Most Common Mistake People Make with Army Painter Paints - How to Mix Army Painter Paints Correctly 3:55 My Recommendations on how to make shaking the miniature paints easier and a recommendation on how to make the dropper bottles easier to identify. 4:46 The Frontier Wargaming Paint Case 2.0 filled with The Army Painters Complete Paint Set plus four extra bottles. 128 paints total. 4:54 My Reconfigured Hobby Area Useful Links Check Prices on Amazon Army Painter Wargamers Complete Paint Set - https://amzn.to/3gGRYKs (Affiliate) Army Painter Wet Pallet and Hydro Pack Bundle - https://amzn.to/3DvDNBO (Affiliate) Army Painter Starter Paint Set plus Mixing Balls - https://amzn.to/2WAQvyG (Affiliate) INTLLAB Vortex Mixer - https://amzn.to/2V1wFvM (Affiliate) The Army Painter Store on Amazon (Affiliate) - https://www.amazon.com/stores/TheArmyPainter/page/05527D94-32A9-40BA-A826-1BFDA19633CB?&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mustcontainmi-20&linkCode=ur2&linkId=1f1ecaf720225c2217ac24368c9606ff&camp=1789&creative=9325 Check Prices on Wayland Games Army Painter Wargamers Complete Paint Set - https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2392 (Affiliate) Army Painter Mixing Balls - https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2393 (Affiliate) Related Reviews The written post related to this video on Must Contain Minis - https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/09/the-army-painter-paints-take-over-mcm-desk.html Frontier Wargaming Paint Case 2.0 Written Review - https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/04/carrying-miniature-paints-in-style-case-review.html Frontier Wargaming Paint Case 2.0 Video Review - https://youtu.be/yXZM70fWMHE The Vortex Mixer Written Review - https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/02/affordable-vortex-paint-mixer-from-amazon.html The Vortex Mixer Video Review - https://youtu.be/jIS52HWnLEw HobbyZone Collection Video Review - https://youtu.be/6cnUqN69sUM Company Links The Army Painter - https://www.thearmypainter.com/ Frontier Wargaming - https://frontierwargaming.com/ HobbyZone.pl - https://hobbyzone.pl/ Must Contain Miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/
Packing away 128 Army Painter Paints and Reconfiguring my Hobby Space to Fit Them
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In this video, we review and showcase some alien miniatures by Warcradle Studios for Wild West Exodus. These miniatures are sized for 35mm gaming, but if you play other games (like Stargrave and other games by Osprey and other companies where the miniatures don't matter), I think they would fit in well too for 28mm gaming too. This video showcases the Cerulean Clade Posse's alien miniatures all painted and also shows some of the minis on the sprues and talks a little bit about building them too. In addition, I go right into describing the abilities of all these miniatures in the game of Wild West Exodus. As this showcase also serves as a review, you will find a scale comparison comparing the miniatures of Wild West Exodus to Warhammer 40K and to Frostgrave. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 1:48 Discussion about the Cerulean Clade Posse and Breakdown of the Units and Miniatures 5:27 Wild West Exodus Lore and Story of the Cerulean Clade Posse (Watchers) 6:33 Some Comments about building the miniatures 6:58 Scale Comparison - Wild West Exodus to Frostgrave to Warhammer 40K 7:28 Wrapping it up Special thanks goes out to Warcradle Studios for sending me these miniatures for review. There are also affiliate links below. If you use them, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. Now, let's take a look at some related links that you might enjoy. Related Links... Must Contain Miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/ Cerulean Clade Posse Review on Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/07/cerulean-clade-posse-set-alien-miniatures-review.html The above link also discusses all the colours that I used to paint the miniatures and the issues that I ran into while completing these minis. Review of the paint light that you see in this video... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/02/led-lamp-for-miniature-painting-photography.html Buy These Miniatures From Wayland Games (Affiliate Links) Check Price on the Cerulean Clade Posse... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2302 Check Price on Alien Miniatures (The Watchers) for Wild West Exodus... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2301 Check Price on all Wild West Exodus Miniatures... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2300 Other Pages of Interest Wild West Exodus Page (You can find the free rules and unit cards here too)... https://www.wildwestexodus.com/ The Warcradle Website... https://www.warcradle.com/
Alien Miniatures Showcase & Review - Cerulean Clade Posse for Wild West Exodus by Warcradle Studios
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In this comprehensive post, I take a look at many of the gaming tables available on the market. This post is part of my research in my journey to find a table for my gaming space. If you are also looking for a gaming table, you might as well take advantage of my research and links too. 

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