Stand to and listen up! This heroic little enterprise was smelted in the fires of plague and pestilence in a dank gaming bunker, the fevered brainchild of my fellow war gamers and I, nauseating swots one and all. After countless hours of haranguing over zeltbahns, bearskins, gaiters and more, it is with irritation and begrudging pride that I finally present to you…Fizzer Johnson’s Men of Metal.

Our objective with this endeavour is to combine innovation and creativity whilst covering all the basics we wargamers need on our tabletop. Despite my best efforts to restrain their exuberance and quash their tendency towards insubordination, we have indeed put together a heady mix of smartly turned-out soldiers fit for my parade ground, alongside some atrociously scruffy ‘erberts who seem to think that months on campaign is an excuse for holes in uniforms, unbuttoned tunics and the carrying of non-standard equipment… strictly against the King’s Regulations!

As we complete the roll-out of each range of Fizzer Johnson’s Men of Metal we’ll cover your full complement of tabletop requirements, now personally I love the look of an all-Fizzer battlefield, but I’m assured that our superb little men sit happily alongside the very best of the rest on offer from other emporiums, so your beloved life-long collections of metal veterans will blend seamlessly with our new figures…but don’t be surprised if your shiny new Fizzer men chase the other rabble off your tabletop.

Fizzer’s initial deployment of Men of Metal serve the Napoleonic generals among us with a comprehensive range of 18mm British and French infantrymen, with more nations, cavalry, artillery and generals to follow swiftly.

Plans are always afoot at Fizzer, and we’ll soon be in a position to offer you miserable enthusiasts several never-before-seen-anywhere figures and models, so it’s definitely worth coming back for a gander regularly even if you’re fully provisioned.      

Fizzer J.

PS If you’re an armchair expert in something fascinating, be it history, tabletop rule sets, wargaming terrains, miniature painting, 18mm historic figures, Napoleonic battle history or Napoleonic uniforms, then get in touch about doing a guest blog for Fizzer, or send us some pretty pictures of your painted up 18mm Fizzer figures in action on your tabletop and we’ll feature our favourites in Fizzer’s Rogue’s Gallery. And definitely Follow Fizzer on Facebook for offers, sneak-peeks, product development, and informed/nonsensical discussion…but be warned, insubordination will not be brooked and I don’t half like to digress!

5th December 2024 – Miserable News for Customers in EU and Northern Ireland

Fizzer Johnson has suspended all sales to The EU and Northern Ireland until further notice because of the General Product Safety Notice (GPSR) laws that will take effect on 13th December 2024.

I remain hopeful that with time, clarity as to the true implications of this legislation will become more apparent.  Or perhaps common sense will prevail and governments will reach an accommodation without over burdening small non EU businesses with the enormous costs associated with these regulations (ie. product safety documentation and the involvement of an EU based Product Safety Representative/Distributor).  But until then the risk of attracting penalties for non compliance are not something we want to contemplate.

Fizzer Johnson is a relatively new player to the market and the growth of our range just would not have happened without the support and orders we have attracted from our European friends.  Thank you so much for your orders and I shall keep my options open to see if we can find a solution that works.