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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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How do you deal with miniatures when they come to you with broken limbs and missing parts? Perhaps you are looking for ideas on how to cover up a 3D-Printing mishap. In this very short video, I discuss a group of used miniatures that I traded for and how I fixed four broken miniatures from that lot. One miniature was completely missing a limb. To hide it, I used The Army Painter Glistening Blood Effects paint. The fix was to hide the issue by making the leg look purposely missing to represent a limb blown off from some sort of mishap. The alien miniatures within this post are for Wild West Exodus by Warcradle Studios. Hopefully you enjoyed this quick hobby idea to cover blemishes and missing parts on miniatures. Below are some other links that you might find useful. Related Links... Check Price of Glistening Blood on Amazon... https://amzn.to/3II3PDZ [Affiliate] Check Price of Alien Miniatures (Watchers) for Wild West Exodus on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2740 [Affiliate] Check out The Army Painter on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2745 [Affiliate] The Army Painter... https://www.thearmypainter.com/ Wild West Exodus... https://www.wildwestexodus.com/ Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/ The Written Article... https://mustcontainminis.com/2022/01/saving-miniatures-with-army-painter-blood-effect.html Written Tutorial with more details on how to use Glistening Blood Effects... https://mustcontainminis.com/2022/01/using-the-army-painter-on-my-enlightened.html Written post about the three broken miniatures that I fixed with glue... https://mustcontainminis.com/2022/01/working-on-miniatures-of-aliens-wild-west-exodus.html
Saving Miniatures With Blood - Another Use for The Army Painter Glistening Blood Effects Paint
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This video is a tutorial on how to use brush on primer for miniatures. Specifically, we are using The Army Painter Brush-On Primer. Special thanks goes out to The Army Painter for sending me products to use in this video. Sure, you can use spray primer for miniatures, but when the weather does not cooperate, brush on primer is a fantastic option. Let's face it, spray primer for miniatures does not work in all climates. Sometimes it is too hot, too cold or just plain old too humid out to use them. In my case, it was too cold. As such, I decided to give brush on primer a try. It worked out pretty good. Join me as I discuss my experience and how to use brush on primer. This advice works for any brush on primer, but I am specifically using Brush-On Primer by The Army Painter. As a note, if you would like to support my content, there are affiliate links in the links below. If you use one labelled as an affiliate, Must Contain Minis will receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Win-win. Now, let me tell you what is in the video. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction - The issue, Why I am using Brush-On Primer 0:58 Discussing my adventure and lessons in using brush on primer and why you would use primer 1:41 Making myself a paint pallet for the primer 2:01 Shaking my primer on a vortex mixer 2:32 Using the wrong brush, but still making it work 3:03 Changing over to a better brush for priming miniatures - Learning from my first mistakes - Proper technique for using Brush-On Primer 5:25 Completed miniatures, Wild West Exodus, note about affiliate links and sponsors This video was edited by Dave Mann of Highland Media. If you are interested in having him edit some of your videos, please email him at... Highland.media.biz@gmail.com Related Links... Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/ Tutorial on how I painted the miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/2022/01/using-the-army-painter-on-my-enlightened.html The Army Painter... https://www.thearmypainter.com/ Wild West Exodus... https://www.wildwestexodus.com/ Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/1084.html [Affiliate] Check Pricing on Items in this Video... Vortex Mixer on Amazon... https://amzn.to/3ql4LI4 [Affiliate] Check price of Army Painter Brush-On Primer on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2724 [Affiliate] The Army Painter on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2725 [Affiliate] Check Price of Wild West Exodus 2 Player Starter Set on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2558 [Affiliate] Check price of Army Painter Brush-On Primer on Amazon... https://amzn.to/3tkZAK4 [Affiliate] Paint Case 2.0 by Frontier Wargaming... https://frontierwargaming.com/ Related Articles... How to wash and prepare your miniatures for painting... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/08/how-to-prep-plastic-miniatures-for-painting.html How to paint miniatures for role playing games... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/04/how-to-paint-a-miniature-for-role-playing-games.html How to Paint the Miniatures from this Video... https://mustcontainminis.com/2022/01/using-the-army-painter-on-my-enlightened.html Related Videos... Unboxing Wild West Exodus... https://youtu.be/8GwWQETDe_8 Building Wild West Exodus Miniatures... https://youtu.be/vBlh9dDNyW0 Unboxing 128 Army Painter Paints... https://youtu.be/amsP7Okoxlw How to paint miniatures for RPGs (includes section on washing minis)... https://youtu.be/P9_9008t47Q Music From... Premonition of Tomorrow by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
How to Use Brush On Primer for Painting Miniatures - A quick guide sponsored by The Army Painter
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In this video post, I unbox the First Blood Boxes for the Spires and Nords in Conquest. These boxes give you a taste of the game with a small mix of figures to build. The ruleset that comes with them is a very similar game to Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings but built for smaller forces. The mentioned link and coupon code are a little further down in the description. The audio was echoey to start because of where I recorded the voiceover. Lessons for next time. Now, let me tell you what is in here. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 0:17 Unboxing the Spires 2:30 Flip through of the Conquest: First Blood Rulebook 2:59 Unboxing the Nords 4:32 Wrapping it up Related Links... Para-Bellum EStore... https://eshop.para-bellum.com/?ref=2779 [Affiliate] Use Coupon Code MCM to gain 10% off your first purchase. Check Price on Wayland Games Spires... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2707 [Affiliate] Nords... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2708 [Affiliate] Conquest... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2600 [Affiliate] Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/ This video was edited by Dave Mann of Highland Media. If you are interested in having him edit some of your videos, please email him at... Highland.media.biz@gmail.com Notes about the Music and Sound Effects Premonition of Tomorrow by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The Vikings by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Additional sound effects from https://www.zapsplat.com
Unboxing First Blood Spires and Nords Starter Boxes - Conquest First Blood by Para Bellum Wargames
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If you are looking for games other than those by Games Workshop, come give Wild West Exodus a look. In this video, I present to you the absolute best unboxing of Wild West Exodus Showdown at Retribution on the Internet. For those who don't know, this is a new 2-player starter set for WWX by Warcradle Studios. This unboxing video looks at the contents of the box, flips through the rulebook, takes a close look at the sprues and provides commentary on the game all in less than six minutes. Further below I placed some affiliate links and labelled them as such. If you use those links a portion of the purchase price goes to Must Contain Minis as commission at no extra cost to you the consumer. @OnTableTop sent me this box set to help build excitement for their Global Gunslinger League. In it, you can win some great prizes while you follow them along and build a force starting from this two player starter set. Let's talk about what is in the video. Table of Contents... 0:00 Introduction 0:24 Opening the box and exploring the contents 1:26 A close look at the sprues in the box 3:40 A flip through of the included books - How to build the miniatures, the Campaign book, and the official rulebook 5:25 Let me know what you think of the new format Related Links... Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/ Information on the Global Gunslinger League... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/11/wild-west-exodus-global-gunslinger-league.html How to base Wild West Exodus Miniatures... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/11/base-wild-west-exodus.html How to base Wild West Exodus miniatures on YouTube... https://youtu.be/vBlh9dDNyW0 Check price of Wild West Exodus: Showdown at Retribution on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2484 [Affiliate] Wild West Exodus on Wayland Games... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2300 [Affiliate] This video was edited by Dave Mann of Highland Media. If you are interested in having him edit some of your videos, please email him at... Highland.media.biz@gmail.com
The Absolute Best Unboxing of Wild West Exodus - Showdown at Retribution out there!
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When I received a copy of the new two player starter set for Wild West Exodus game set, I was dismayed that there were no instructions on how to base the miniatures. What size model goes on what base? Initially I checked online and did not find what I was after. Then I checked through my copy of Wild West Exodus: Showdown at Retribution and found nothing. No images were in (or on the box) of all the miniatures on their proper bases. So I got reading and found the answer in the instruction manual. I then decided to make a video showing people how to know what sized miniature goes with what size of base. Oddly enough, when conducting research on this one, I found some people sharing their work online were putting the wrong miniatures on the wrong bases. As such, I know this problem is not isolated to myself. Consider this post a Tutorial on how to base miniatures for Wild West Exodus. It also shows my constructed Enlightened miniatures and some of my progress in the Global Gunslinger League by @OnTableTop. Special thanks goes out to that group too as they sent me my Showdown at Retribution box set to help promote their Gunslinger League. While this is not a review of Wild West Exodus, it is in some ways a partial review. You will get to see one of the two factions in the starter set fully built and learn how to base these miniatures too. Some of the links below, I receive a small commission if you use it. These commissions help in supporting this channel and to encouraging me to create more content. I noted all of the links where I receive a commission if you use the link as affiliate. Related Links... Check out the price of Wild West Exodus Showdown at Retribution [Affiliate Link]... https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2484 How to Get Involved in the Global Gunslingers League for Wild West Exodus... https://mustcontainminis.com/2021/11/wild-west-exodus-global-gunslinger-league.html Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/
How to Base Miniatures for Wild West Exodus and Showdown at Retribution!
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In this video, I review the Stryx miniatures for the Spires of Para Bellum Wargames’ Conquest. For those who don’t know, this is a 38mm miniatures game that comes in both a skirmish and rank and file variant. The rules themselves are free, and so is an army builder that I will link to further below. These miniatures are quite nice. They come on thick sprues and have plenty of detail. Don’t just take my word for it, we zoom right in on them in this video so you can see for yourself. In this review, I show the sprues, the built miniatures and even a scale comparison too. In the scale comparison, I compare the Stryx to miniatures from Oathmark, Frostgrave, Wargames Atlantic and Warhammer 40K. This will give you a good idea of how these 38mm minis scale to other manufacturers. This may be important if you plan to use the figures in games other than Conquest. Otherwise, their size should not be a deal breaker. Special thanks goes out to Para Bellum for sending Must Contain Minis these miniatures for review and content purposes. I really appreciate the support. Below is a quick table of contents for the video. 0:00 Introduction 0:16 Sprues of the Spires Stryx Miniatures 0:56 The Built Miniatures 1:13 Discussion of the Miniatures 2:34 Scale Comparison - Spires Stryx vs Oathmark, Frostgrave, Wargames Atlantic and Games Workshop's Primaris Space Marine 3:13 Further Discussion About the Miniatures Relevant links As mentioned in the video, I have a few affiliate links for these miniatures. If you buy from one of these affiliates, a small commission goes to Must Contain Minis, which really helps encourage me to keep making videos. This commission is at no extra cost to you and they could even save you money too. If I am compensated for you buying from the link, I denoted it as Affiliate. Don’t forget, I have a coupon code to Para Bellum too. That is MCM. Parabellum E-Store [Affiliate] - https://eshop.para-bellum.com/?ref=2779 Use Coupon Code “MCM” to save an extra 10% off your first purchase. Check the price of the Stryx on Wayland Games [Affiliate] - https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2599 Conquest on Wayland Games [Affiliate] - https://affiliates.waylandgames.co.uk/idevaffiliate.php?id=1084&url=2600 Para Bellum - https://www.para-bellum.com/ The Conquest Army Builder - https://armybuilder.para-bellum.com/ Must Contain Minis... https://mustcontainminis.com/
Conquest Spires Stryx Miniatures Review - Taking my First Look at Minis by Para Bellum
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Must Contain Minis is ran out of Ontario, Canada. To help gaming in my area, I run the Ontario Miniature Gaming Convention Webpage. If that interests you, head on over and check out the Page.

Right now this game is on a bit of a hiatus due to Lockdowns and COVID-19.

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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