World Cup of Historical Wargames Miniature Manufacturers - QUARTER FINALS

 

Here's the draw for the Quarter Finals of the Yarkshire Gamers World Cup of Historical Wargames Miniature Manufacturers. Ties start next Monday, the numbers in brackets are the seeding at the start of the competition.

There have been just over 16,000 votes so far which is more than the whole of the Rules competition last year so thanks to everyone for getting involved, it's been great to see the Manufacturers themselves getting involved and as we get further into the competition I'm sure the tension will rise.

The Quarter finalists will form the Seeds for the next Manufacturers World Cup which is scheduled for 2028 😁. Match ups will start on the dates below and as usual run for three days which means I should be able to get the Semi finals away the week after.

TIes and vote links will appear here when live

The QFs are off with Steelfist taking on Victrix, it's an interesting match up, both have had two tough rounds to get here. Voting open on my FB for 3 days

The winner is Victrix 

The winner is Empress Miniatures 

The winner is Pendraken 

And the winner is Perry Miniatures 

World Cup of Historical Wargames Miniature Manufacturers - Round 2

 

Round 2 is here and so are the seeds and thank God, the Perrys are now in the draw and people can stop asking "where are the Perrys" !

Game 1 is a match up between AB Miniatures who have amazing ranges of 18mm Napoleonics (which were game changers on release and still stunning today) and 20mm WW2. They are up against the top qualifier from the Preliminary Round Victrix who are producing a growing range of high quality multi part 28mm figures from a number of Historical periods.

The winner is Victrix with 551 to 426 votes

Game 2 sees the old school Skytrex with their massive ranges of ships and military vehicles take on the 2nd highest finisher in the Preliminary Round Empress Miniatures. Empress got a large amount of votes in their first round tie so this could be a tough tie.

The winner is Empress Miniatures by 451 to 133

Game 3 underway, can the old school Elite Miniatures see off the Challenge of new kid on the block Bloody Miniatures, the seeds traditionally don't do well so we will find out in three days.

The winner is Bloody Miniatures who win 227 to 123

Game 4 in Round 2 sees No 1 seed Perry Miniatures take on Bad Squiddo. Bad Squiddo got a high number of votes in their Round 1 victory over Footsore and all the other seeds are getting battered at the moment so who knows the outcome, we've got three days to find out

The winner is Perry Miniatures with 429 votes to 325

Half way through Round 2 and Game 5 is underway, Heroics and Ros and Gripping Beast clash in this battle to get to the Quarter Finals, voting in the usual place 

The winner is Heroics and Ros with 463 votes to 406

The World Cup keeps rolling and Rd 2 Game 6 sees an interesting match up between Peter Pig and Baccus. Get down to Yarkshire Gamer and get your vote in.

The winner is Baccus 6mm 

A bit late starting today (it is Sunday 😆) Game 7 is old vs new, Minifigs vs Steelfist get voting now 

The winner is Steel Fist 

Final match up of Round 2 sees the 2nd seed @WargamesFoundry take on 3rd I the Prelim @pendraken a big match up for the final tie. Voting is down at the Yarkshire Gamer FB page 

The winner is Pendraken 

World Cup of Historical Wargames Miniature Manufacturers ROUND 1

Here we go with Round 1 where the 16 Manufacturers who recieved the highest number of votes in the Preliminary Round play off against each other to earn the right to meet a seed in Round 2 (Perrys, Foundry etc await).

I'll use this page for all of Round 1, putting the links to the voting for each Round as results as they happen, apologies the voting is restricted to Facebook as I haven't found a suitable alternative.

There will be one new vote each day and each vote lasts 3 days

ROUND 1 - GAME 1

The World Cup is off, A proper David and Goliath match up, between Warlord and Bloody Miniatures, can a small focused quality range beat a huge multi scale multi period company, we've got three days to find out, link below to FB vote

This vote ended 4th July 2024 Bloody Miniatures won with 62% (357 votes) against Warlord Games 38% (218 votes) a big shock in the first game !

Day 2 is Round 1 Game 2 and this sees Empress Miniatures take on Wargames Atlantic 

Empress Miniatures came second in the Preliminary Round and are best known for their 28mm metal ranges which simply ooze quality, there are so many ranges to choose from but my personal favourites are the Spanish Civil War and ECW ranges.

Wargames Atlantic specialises in 28mm plastic boxes sets and produces some excellent figures that often fill a gap in the existing market, a highlight for me is the 28mm WW2 Partizan range which is top quality and highly versatile.

Can we forgive WA for the Landsknecht Ogre Box or will Empress take home the crown, we've got three days to find out 😁

The vote ended on the 5th July 2024 with an amazing 1380 votes cast. Empress Miniatures won the day with 732 votes to Wargames Atlantics 648

Day 3 match up is the Renaissance Bowl between TAG and Steelfist, both manufacturers of high quality 28mm metal figures for the ........ Renaissance (as well as other periods)

Tough choice as I love them both, vote on the link below

This vote ended on 6th July 2024 with both sides getting 272 votes so look out for a sudden death shoot out later in the week.

If you vote once today make it in game 4 of the World Cup of Historical Wargames Miniature Manufacturers 

Today's match up is of two very different companies 

The Plastic Soldier Company or PSC have brought an affordable range of WW2 figures and models to the hobby, the kits and Soldiers are available in multiple scales and are easy to put together, a great way to build some impressive armies.

Gripping Beast are best known for their 28mm Ancient to Medieval ranges which are available in both metal and plastic. Their figures are full of detail and character and grace many tabletops throughout the land.

Who will prevail, we have 3 days to find out.

Get voting, Regards Ken 

This vote ended on the 7th July 2024 with Gripping Beast being the winners with 380 votes to 207

Did you forget to vote yesterday, well why not vote today in Game 5 of the Wargames Miniature Manufacturers World Cup, its an interesting match up but there can be only one, head over to the Yarkshire Gamer FB page to put your X in the box

#wargames #wargaming #Miniatures 

This vote ended on 8th of July with Baccus 6mm being the winners with 296 votes to 194

Game 6 sets off this morning with Footsore taking on the might Bad Squiddo. Are you Gangs of Barnsley or Team Dice Bag ? Get voting on the Yarkshire Gamer FB page now !

This vote ended on the 9th July with Bad Squiddo being the winners with 684 votes to 624

Today's match up is 10mm vs 15mm with Pendraken vs Battlefront, it's an interesting match up and Pendraken has set off like a stabbed rat !

Get voting down at the Yarkshire Gamer FB Page

This vote ended on the 10th July with Pendraken winning 319 votes to 91 

The final game is underway and votes can be cast on the Yarkshire Gamer FB page 

This voted ended on the 11th July with Victrix winning by 445 to 175

A live 1 hour Penalty Shoot Out was held on Friday 12th with Steelfist coming out on top after a hard fight, Steelfist progress