Hobby directory

Large modelling and wargaming supplier covering paints, weathering, tools, books and kits.

Products: Acrylic; Enamel; Lacquer; Pigments; Hobby materials

Focus: Historical; General modelling; Wargaming · Broad modelling/historical themes

Scale: Multiple scales

Extensive paint/weathering system with explicit wargaming and historical paint ranges.

Products: Acrylic; Enamel; Lacquer; Oils; Pigments

Focus: Historical; General modelling; Wargaming · Broad modelling/historical themes

Scale: Multiple scales

Specialist 6mm historical supplier aimed at large battles and large armies.

Products: Metal

Focus: Historical · Broad historical coverage

Scale: 6mm

Specialist miniature-storage and transport systems, including foam and magnetic solutions.

Products: Foam; Fabric; Magnetic systems

Focus: General tabletop hobby · —

Scale: Multiple scales

Modular pre-printed tabletop terrain and mats designed for rapid setup.

Products: Printed card; Neoprene; Other

Focus: Fantasy; Science Fiction; Urban; Post-apocalyptic · —

Scale: 28–35mm oriented; varies

Broad 28mm manufacturer/importer with many historical periods and specialist ranges.

Products: Metal; Resin; Plastic (selected lines)

Focus: Historical; Horror; Fantasy; Pulp · American Revolution; Napoleonic; War of 1812; WWI; WWII; Western; other

Scale: Primarily 28mm

Integrated game publisher/manufacturer best known for Blood & Plunder and other historical systems.

Products: Plastic; Resin; Metal; Card

Focus: Historical; Historical Fiction · 16th–18th century; Age of Sail; WWI; other lines

Scale: 28mm; 1:600 naval; varies by game

Specialist scenic-basing supplier with grass tufts, laser plants and ready-made basing products.

Products: Scenic materials

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction; General modelling · —

Scale: Multiple scales

Deep micro-armor and naval catalog, with 10mm ACW/Napoleonic lines and rules support.

Products: Metal

Focus: Historical; Modern · Napoleonic; ACW; WWI; WWII; Modern; Naval

Scale: 1:285/6mm; 10mm/1:160; 1:1200; 1:2400

Extremely broad modelling supplier useful for paint, tools, magnets, basing, terrain and 3D-print consumables.

Products: Acrylic; Resin; MDF; Plastic; Metal; Magnets

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction; General modelling · —

Scale: Multiple scales

Long-running figure case and tray system with game-specific storage options.

Products: Foam; Cardboard; Fabric; Hard cases

Focus: General tabletop hobby · —

Scale: Multiple scales

Dedicated tabletop accessory supplier with large token, base, tray and template catalog.

Products: Acrylic; Wood; Other

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction; Board Games · —

Scale: Multiple scales

PRO Acryl miniature-paint maker with brushes and supporting hobby products.

Products: Acrylic

Focus: General tabletop hobby · —

Scale: All miniature scales

Large UK stockist/wholesaler of model soldiers, rulebooks and accessories from many manufacturers.

Products: Metal; Plastic

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction · Multiple periods

Scale: Multiple scales; strong 28mm coverage

Large multi-scale historical catalog plus buildings, ships, terrain and rulebooks.

Products: Metal; Other

Focus: Historical; Fantasy · Broad historical coverage

Scale: 10mm; 15mm; 25mm

Major publisher of compact wargame rules plus larger systems, board games and supporting resources.

Products: Books; PDF; Card/board components

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction · Ancients; Medieval; Pike & Shot; Colonial; ACW; WWI; WWII; other

Scale: Miniature-agnostic rules; varies by title

Major 28mm historical range by Alan and Michael Perry; particularly useful for mass historical armies.

Products: Plastic; Metal

Focus: Historical · Medieval; American Revolution; Napoleonic; ACW; Colonial; other historical

Scale: 28mm

Major miniature producer with its own Master Series paint line and learn-to-paint products.

Products: Metal; Plastic/Polymer; Acrylic paint

Focus: Fantasy; RPG; Science Fiction · —

Scale: Heroic miniature scales; paint for all scales

Major laser-cut terrain/building supplier with broad historical and genre coverage.

Products: MDF; Other

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction · Rome; Feudal Japan; Old West; WWII; other themes

Scale: Multiple scales

Paint and hobby-product brand with miniature and modelling ranges.

Products: Acrylic; Other hobby finishes

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction; General modelling · —

Scale: Multiple scales

Dedicated miniature-hobby paint, brush, tool, spray and basing supplier.

Products: Acrylic; Spray; Hobby materials

Focus: General tabletop hobby · —

Scale: All miniature scales

Historical rules publisher emphasizing command friction; includes Chain of Command, Sharp Practice and others.

Products: Books; PDF; Accessories

Focus: Historical · Ancient/Dark Age; Napoleonic; ACW; WWII; Vietnam; other

Scale: Miniature-agnostic; varies by ruleset

Large terrain and miniatures producer with extensive MDF scenery and game lines.

Products: MDF; Resin; Plastic; Other

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction · Multiple themes

Scale: Multiple scales; strong 28–32mm support

One of the major miniature-paint manufacturers. Model Color serves historical/model painters; Game Color targets fantasy and wargaming; Xpress Color supports rapid contrast-style painting. Also offers primers, sprays, airbrush colors, varnishes and weathering products.

Products: Acrylic; Acrylic-polyurethane; Spray; Pigments/Weathering Products

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction; General Modelling · Ancients; Napoleonic; WWII; Naval; broad historical and wargaming coverage

Scale: All miniature scales

Strong hard-plastic historical ranges with growing rules and accessory support.

Products: Plastic

Focus: Historical · Ancients; Dark Ages; Medieval; Napoleonic; other historical

Scale: 28mm

Hard-plastic figure maker with warehouses in the US and UK and extensive international shipping.

Products: Plastic

Focus: Historical; Fantasy; Science Fiction · Ancients; Medieval; Colonial; WWI; WWII; other

Scale: Primarily 28mm

Large miniature-paint ecosystem tightly integrated with Games Workshop hobby products.

Products: Acrylic; Spray

Focus: Fantasy; Science Fiction; General miniature painting · —

Scale: All miniature scales

Broad one-stop historical manufacturer/publisher with miniatures, rules and accessories.

Products: Plastic; Metal; Resin

Focus: Historical; Science Fiction · Ancients; Medieval; Pike & Shot; American Revolution; Napoleonic; ACW; WWII; Naval; Air

Scale: Primarily 28mm; Epic-scale ranges; naval/air vary