Welcome to the largest collection of female miniatures in the world!

Bad Squiddo Games, home of Believable Female Miniatures, Baggy the Bag and Annie - The Dice Bag Lady. Bad Squiddo Games provides gamers and painters around the world with the largest selection of female miniatures out there. As well as manufacturing my own line, I carefully hand pick stock from over 50 different manufacturers. This means you have as wide a choice as possible to get that perfect miniature, and it’s a great way to bring many companies to work together in what is a small and friendly industry.

Just like a large portion of the industry, Bad Squiddo Games is a one-person business set up, owned and run by me – Annie Norman. However, I do work with some absolutely outstanding sculptors, casters, painters and concept artists – both in talent and personality – which make up the “Bad Squiddo Family”.

Phil Hynes, John Morris, Alan Marsh, Shane Hoyle, Jo Brumby, Tim Prow, Martin Baker, Delaney King, Kev White, Mark Evans and Andrew May are the putty pushers behind the madness so far, with Paul Cubbin and Andrew Taylor (and John Morris again!) bringing them to life with stunning paint jobs. They all deserve a mention and clap here as the company would not be what it is without them.

The number one aim for Bad Squiddo Games is to create and supply the miniatures that would have made the hobby far far better for my 10 year old self. To welcome more young girls and women into wargaming and miniature painting, as well as providing diverse options to the entire gaming community. And yeah – cool toys!

Who the heck am I? Well hello, I am Annie, you may have also heard of me in regards to my previous business “The Dice Bag Lady”. I credit my mum (Hi mum) with introducing me to the hobby via some dusty old White Dwarfs as a young girl, as well as encouraging me along as I got more and more into it. Like most people, my interest waved up and down over the years but it was always there. It was in 2010 that I made a strong decision to find a local group and get my game back on. I was studying Fine Art at the time and made myself a funky dice bag for my new shiny dice.

As is the case with these stories, I made more for friends, then more for people around the tournament scene, and before I knew it, they were all over the world and I had quit my university course and then my job. “The Dice Bag Lady” is a legacy I am very proud of, and it is amazing to still see them floating around in such abundance. It was sadly brought to an end in 2015 by a series of wrist injuries brought on directly from such intense embroidery and crochet (rock and roll!). Don’t craft too hard kids, it’s not worth it, listen to your Auntie Annie!

Following this, much like a Japanese pocket monster, I evolved into “Bad Squiddo Games” and began the next chapter: Miniatures. Gaming wise, I played around the Warhammer Fantasy tournament scene quite heavily for a few years, before discovering just how many games there are out there (thanks trade shows!) and have tried many games at least once, with SAGA, Frostgrave and Iron Cross currently winning. I naturally play a lot less now, whenever I can squeeze time away from this.

What is a Bad Squiddo? What is a good squiddo? Baggy the Bag was the mascot of The Dice Bag Lady, and when it switched to a miniatures company, I didn’t want to lose him, but “Baggy Miniatures” sounds a bit horrible. The squiddos are squid like creatures which feature in a lot of the cartoons based on Baggy. They have a love/hate relationship. The Squiddos are usually pictured smiling, and Baggy is usually frowning. Poor fella.

Magister Militum, The home of over 14,700 wargames products for wargamers everywhere, from Akkadians to Zulus, Tanks to U-boats, aircraft to orcs we have thousands of products in various scales. We also stock some great rules and board games.

Who We Are
Magister Militum was founded in 2002 by Richard and Zoë Clewer. Our company manufactures and imports of some of the finest wargaming figures, scenery and accessories money can buy, with over 14,700 products on our website. We truly are Giants in a Land of Miniatures!

Who Does What?
Richard has a degree in War Studies and a lifelong passion for history of almost all eras matched by an enthusiasm for wargaming and board games to be reckoned with. He researches new ranges, makes the moulds, answers historical enquiries and is half of our double act at trade shows.

We have two fantastic spin doctors, a packaging princess and Zoë spends her time mainly maintaining and improving our website, including photography of newly painted figures - a never ending job!!

Where Are We Based?
We’re based in two industrial units near Salisbury in south west England. This is where we run the manufacturing and mail order part of the business, although you can see our ranges ‘in the flesh’ on the show circuit throughout the UK and parts of Europe. Check out when we are next in your area by clicking on our Trade Show link.

Mission
We have always worked to the principle of providing top quality, inspiring wargaming products. We sell historically accurate ranges, strong in breadth and depth, backed with expert knowledge in a professional manner for you, our customers.

Our History
Magister Militum came into being in 2002, when we began by importing Hallmark Figures 1:6000 ships back into the UK from their new owners in the USA. We soon progressed to manufacturing with the purchase of Navigator Miniatures 28mm ancient ranges and shortly afterwards bought the Chariot Miniatures 15mm range which spans the Biblical era to the Napoleonic Wars and has been in business for over 30 years.

It was during this time that we began producing 10mm Crimean War figures of our own. After a chance conversation with Rick Priestly at a Society of Ancients day, we began a rapid expansion of our fledgling 10mm Ancients range in collaboration with Games Workshop Warmaster Ancients team. This huge range of 10mm figures includes the Medieval era, a massive Napoleonic and Revolutionary Wars range, WW1 and WW2 figures and indeed our scale model dinosaurs.

Next came an expansion into the world of buildings and scenery with JR Miniatures, Baueda and Miniature World Maker from the USA, Italy and Australia respectively.

With GHQ we knew this was a range that couldn’t be beaten on quality or detail, so we had to make this excellent range easily available to you on this side of the Atlantic. We stock over 10,000 packs with deliveries on average every six weeks or so, so you’re never far away from 1:285 heaven.

Latterly, we have begun stocking pleasantly challenging strategy board games, card games and other useful items like bases, paint and brushes and unusual dice. Not to mention our growing range of 10mm fantasy ranges!

We’re always spotting and stocking new products that may interest you, the latest being 15mm Polly Oliver, 28mm Lead Adventure Miniatures, Dark Sword Miniatures which includes the Game of Thrones figures as well as A Song of Ice and Fire, Ozmy Oddzial 3mm and Et Sans Resultat! rules and armies series.

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