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ProPainted Stock updated end of Feb19 at Alternative Armies

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Alternative Armies is known for its large 28mm miniature ranges including Flintloque, High Fantasy, Erin plus Ganesha Games and others as well as our extensive 15mm ranges but did you know (many already do) that we produce many thousands of pro-painted to a high tabletop standard miniatures ready for immediate use from those ranges every year? We do. Our team of talented ladies with many campaigning years of experience right here in Scotland take our miniatures and finish them for use right on your tabletop. For a price that is fantastic which includes everything; the miniature itself, its pro-painting, sealing and its base plus scenic basing effect. 


While the majority of these high tabletop standard painted miniatures are destined for regular customers worldwide we do have in stock singles, packs and units on dedicated pages of our website.  We have updated our stocks for the end of February 2019 and we invite you to take a look. Excellent value. Our stocks are fluid and sell out but we will always honour orders placed here at shown prices if you miss out.  When it is sold it is gone.

We have several pages each dealing with an aspect of our ranges painted.



What you are purchasing which you see on screen is what you will get.  That actual miniature or set of miniatures as shown.  Give us a try and I think you will be pleasantly surprised. We will return soon with the Spring Clean!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Spring Clean Event 10% off 170 Recent Releases plus new 28mm Discarded Kitchen Barricade

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Spring is here at Alternative Armies and we have an offer for you plus a new release to begin the month of March.  In the last year or so we have added one hundred and seventy recent releases to our New Releases page.  This does not include stand alone ranges such as Ganesha Games and Bradley 6mm but does include all our own ranges and those such as Grinning Skull, Loud Ninja Games, Sengoku and such.  Later this month we will be distributing these recent releases to their own collections throughout our website but before that we have taken 10% off every single one of them!  Until 9am GMT Monday 11th March 2019 the discount is on screen and there is something there for 28mm players, 15mm players, fans of fantasy, science fiction and more.  We ship five times a week so get yourself a treat in our spring clean event!  Go HERE.


There are so many things in these recent one hundred and seventy new codes that we cannot list them all here.  They include brand new creations, re-mastered classics, new books, digital downloads, bundles, army packs, terrain and some weird things too.  In terms of ranges they include Flintloque, Slaughterloo, High Fantasy, HOT 15mm Fantasy, HOF 15mm Science Fiction, Ganesha Games, Sengoku 15mm Japanese Fantasy, Furioso Historical Rules and Armies, Eldrich Horror, Loud Ninja Games, Artillery, Tabletop 15mm Fantasy, Torture Chamber Range, Sulpher 32mm Post Apoc, 28mm Terrain, Bases and a pencil topper.  Go HERE.

We hope you enjoy the spring clean event before we empty out the New Releases page to make room for the next twelve months (which will begin with our massive spring offensive mega event end of March..but shussh..more on this at the time) and we have added one more brand new code to the new releases today...the 28mm Discarded Kitchen Barricade!


Alternative Armies has added another code to our excellent range of 28mm Terrain Range. This range is at home in any black power, horse and musket or fantasy setting.  Each pierce is full of character and there are such things as Abandoned Beer and Goods Wagons, Corpse Piles, Campaign Table, Campfire plus stone wall pieces and barricades (Boxes and Crates, Beer Barrels and Long Table). Scatter them on your gaming table today. Go HERE. The smaller barricades come two to the pack while the larger ones are single piece to the pack.  If you already have our 28mm terrain in your collection you will know just how much detail and attention there is in every model.


59534 Discarded Kitchen Barricade (2)
Hearth and home and the fires of cooking must all be put to the defence of your home when the enemy comes.  Empty the larder and raid the cupboards and get the contents heaped up so that you may block their assault!  This pack contains two identical high quality grey tone resin terrain pieces.  A set of shelves piled with plates as well as sacks of carrots, tomatoes and apples plus other food and kitchen implements. Put them on your table as an objective or cover or just for interest.  Each measures 45mm in length, 25mm  deep and 25mm tall.  You can purchase with the buttons on screen one or get three with a saving or get it pro-painted and ready to use.  


There are many more images from all angles on the page plus plain resin picture. Go HERE.

We have three articles coming up during the Spring Clean event and these will be out over the next week.  Three free articles with resources for Furioso, Flintloque and DarkeStorme by three hobbyists.  I am looking forward to these!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Furioso free QRS download created by Tony Cane

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A treat for players and those interested in the great renaissance period rules written by Steve Danes called Furioso. A free download of a 'Quick Reference Sheet' QRS for the game created by player of the rules Tony Cane based on his experiences with Furioso. Thanks Tony! 


Furioso is a set of wargames rules that covers European warfare in the sixteenth century. The rules allow players to fight large scale land battles with a simple to use and enjoyable gaming system. Furioso can be fought using any scale figures from 6mm to 28mm. There is a core rule book with army lists and there is also the Italian Wars expansion title too. See the game books in print and as digital download along with information on the rules plus the 15mm miniature range and starter army packs on our website HERE


Furioso Quick Reference Sheet: A one page densely packed QRS which contains handy modifier tables and colour coded sections to guide you through most situations encountered in play. It is hosted on our website and you can download it free by clicking HERE. Created by Tony Cane. 


You can read an article about the rules written by the author on our blog HERE. Files for the game on our Free Downloads page HERE (scroll down until you see the Furioso book cover). Read about the Mega Bundle and the free beginners scenario on our blog HERE. An article about the new expansion book is HERE. Furioso Alfresco in Devon go HERE for a first playing account. Review of Furioso in Wargames, Soldier, Strategy magazine No97 see our account HERE. Lots to look into if you are interested in this game. 

One of my favourite aspects of Furioso is the chance to field the fantastical inventions of the master Leonardo Da Vinci on the field of battle. This is covered in the expansion book and includes the 'Turtle Car' or Tank which we have, alongside the man himself, in our range HERE

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

TAG Channel video play through of scenario What Ales You for Flintloque

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Now on his channel on Youtube a new video for Flintloque presented by Talking About Games (TAG). If you missed previous videos then check out our Begin in Flintloque page to learn more or our BLOG for their other Flintloque videos. This time Abraham takes on the forth scenario in the arc of the Escape the Dark Czar campaign; the first one beyond the booklet in the starter box. 

It is called 'What Ales You' and can be downloaded free from our website hosting by clicking HERE. He also looks at our Abandoned Beer Wagon scenic piece in this half hour enjoyable video. Abraham, who runs the channel, is a keen wargamer and though we provided the models to him to review his review is impartial and we have no control or influence upon it. Thanks! 


TAG channel are continuing their journey in the Witchlands and if you are keen to follow that journey then get yourself the excellent and affordable 5024 Escape the Dark Czar box set which contains rules, scenarios, dice, ten miniatures and bases. 


If you enjoyed the videos on the TAG channel then give them a thumbs up and a kindly comment as feedback is always welcome. 


Alternative Armies has an excellent range of 28mm Terrain Range. This range is at home in any black power, horse and musket or fantasy setting. Each piece is full of character and there are such things as Abandoned Beer and Goods Wagons, Corpse Piles, Campaign Table, Campfire plus stone wall pieces and barricades (Boxes and Crates, Beer Barrels, Discarded Kitchen and Long Table). Scatter them on your gaming table today. Go HERE. The smaller barricades come two to the pack while the larger ones are single piece to the pack. If you already have our 28mm terrain in your collection you will know just how much detail and attention there is in every model. 


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Thanks for your time and we welcome feedback you can contact us any time on sales@alternative-armies.com. GBS

DarkeStorme free Fog of War scenario and play sheets by Vic Dobson

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Taking a change from creating excellent free content for the USEME system it is my pleasure to present free content for DarkeStorme the Skirmish from Vic Dobson. DarkeStorme is Alternative Armies generic high fantasy game system for 28mm or 15mm scale miniatures and the rules can be had in print or as a digital paid download.  


Vic has penned a great scenario called 'The Fog of War' as well as several player sheets for the game of his design and layout for your warband and for monsters.


Spring Clean Event Ends 9am GMT 11th March 2019
In the last year or so we have added one hundred and seventy recent releases to our New Releases page.  This does not include stand alone ranges such as Ganesha Games and Bradley 6mm but does include all our own ranges and those such as Grinning Skull, Loud Ninja Games, Sengoku and such. We have taken 10% off every single one of them!  The discount is on screen and there is something there for 28mm players, 15mm players, fans of fantasy, science fiction and more.  We ship five times a week so get yourself a treat in our spring clean event!  Go HERE.


DarkeStorme the Skirmish
DarkeStorme is a high fantasy character driven skirmish game written by Gavin Syme (GBS) creator of Erin 2nd edition, Typhon and Flintloque 3rd edition along with many other wargame rule systems and fiction.  Sixty pages containing Easy to learn D6 engine, Full rules for character combat, Full Magic System with ten levels of spells. A Monster Handling system with 'Amok' rules. Creature generation formula and many Mortal and Undead races. Expansion rules for Cavalry, Artillery and Chariots. A Full Points System. Terrain and Weather generation and special terrain generator.

Create Characters from nothing and lead them through linked adventures and progression. Units of roughly ten to twenty characters in games lasting twenty minutes to over an hour in length. A game system suitable for younger gamers, those with less time or starting out or those looking for an easy play wargame with a traditional high fantasy feel from the era of the 1980's and 1990's.  Click through to either the PRINT book or DIGITAL DOWNLOAD version to get your copy and while there use the links to get a folder of free files and a free mini-campaign called 'Murder at Illstadde'.  More information on the website including page images and a link to an independent review.  You can play this game in 28mm or 15mm scale with any miniatures.


Fog of War Scenario by Vic Dobson
Welcome to Fog of War a DarkeStorme scenario for two players. In this game two groups of warriors search the ruins of a village shrouded in a thick veil of magicke fog, searching for a long lost book once owned by a infamous and powerful magician! Both sides are looking for the legendary lost Book of Borganza, an Arcane Libram (spell-book) that once belonged to the ancient and powerful Mage Borganza the Wylde. The lost book now lies somewhere in the ruins of a long abandoned village in a valley shrouded by a thick magicke fog. But the book could be in any one of more than half a dozen different locations, so both sides have to search the ruins.  Download this three page scenario from our website hosting by clicking HERE.  This download also includes variant play sheets for the game. Note that there is a visual error in the scenario on page three caused by translation to PDF; it does not affect the scenario but our apologies.





While you can play DarkeStorme in 28mm you can also play it in 15mm too simply by changing ranges from Inches to Centimetres and indeed in 15mm you can use miniatures from the HOT 15mm Fantasy Range plus the Tabletop 15mm Fantasy Range. Alternative Armies has a huge selection of high fantasy miniatures in 28mm scale so we have provided a list of links so you can browse.  All packs can be purchased a single miniatures from them and we have value bundles with a big saving too.




We hope you enjoyed this free scenario and that your warbands bring you many victories.  This is our last news until late on in March when we will bring you many wonderful things.  Look out for this and enjoy your gaming.

GBS

March To War 2019 Free Worldwide Shipping plus 10% off website and 20 New Releases until 16th April

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The big event of the spring is here with 'March to War'.  Until 16th April 2019 there is free worldwide shipping on all orders of 20GBP or more in the cart!  There is 10% off every single code and its options across the entire website! We have twenty new releases in 15mm and 28mm scales, Science Fiction, High Fantasy, Flintloque, Scenics, Monsters, Horror!  On top of this we have Deals and Offers saving you from 10% to 50% on selected codes. Spring is here and its time to march to war once more! Enjoy this mega event! Go HERE or read on for details.


Let us tell you all about the March to War 2019 event ending 9am GMT 16th April 2019.  All the information on what is happening as well as a listing of all the new codes.  Click on the links to go through to what tickles your interest.

Free Worldwide Shipping
Until the 16th April 2019 (9am GMT) we giving free worldwide shipping automatically on all orders of 20.00GBP of product or greater in your cart.  Just add to cart and the website will do the rest.  This is our standard UK mail and standard Airmail.  If you desire 'signed for shipping' you must select this during checkout and its normal flat cost of 10GBP remains in place.  During this promotion you will save the normal 5GBP for UK and 6GBP for Rest of World shipping.  A great chance to try us out or to get those models which are on your wants list or from a browse. 

Twenty New Releases and 10% off entire Website
That is correct we have taken ten percent off our entire website on screen! During this event we have twenty new releases now on the website. We will be giving full information, resources and images for each of these as normal in a new release article as we always do BUT  you can order any of them RIGHT NOW if you wish saving 10% on each of them.  This 10% applies to all variants including multiples, singles and pro-painted (if an option) and will be in place on each of them until the end of this event.  Read on for the link to and basic information on each.  Each has a place holding picture and less detail than it will have at the time of its own news article when we reveal it in images.  We like to give every new miniature its time in the limelight. Here are the new things!


SDB01 Doom Squad – Go HERE.  Book!
Written by Steve Danes a new nerve-shredding game of special forces action that ranges across three hundred years of history. From the time of Napoleon through to the trenches of World War One and right up to special forces operations in the early 21st century.  A small team dropped in against the odds. Doom Squad is meant to be played as a solo game system pitting your team against the game engine. You can also opt for a multi-player game of 'co-operation' of two or several players going up against the game.  Your troops will be equipped with the latest high-tech weapons and equipment from their historical or current era; which can mean muskets, rifled carbines or assault carbines with red-dot sights.  It all depends on which period you pick. Rules are very simple and easy to use and are based around the use of one or more six sided dice to test for firing and close combat.  Players will control one or more special forces squads and will be faced with an enemy that can be tough, disciplined, confused, resolute, unsteady and always unpredictable.  This title is 44 pages and is a print book (it will be a digital paid download after this event).  On our Tabletop Gaming Books page.


59532 Library Barricade (1) – Go HERE.  28mm!
59535 Ruined Apothecary Barricade (2)-  Go HERE.  28mm!
59536 Furniture Barricade (2) – Go HERE.  28mm!
59537 Bed Barricade (2) – Go HERE.  28mm!
59538 Barricade Boxed Saver Set (8 Different Models) – Go HERE.  28mm!
Following up on our other great scenic terrain releases this year we have four new pieces and a value saver set contains one each of the eight types of barricade we have released.  The Library Barricade shows a sadder use for masses of books, the Apothecary has given up potions and bottles and more for a barricade, the furniture of a small home is piled in defence and lastly some poor sod was thrown out of his sty for his bad including the mattress to be used as a barricade.  The value set has all these plus the Long Table, the Crates and Boxes, the Kegs and Barrels plus the Kitchen barricades. Most are 45mm long and 25mm tall.  Super in any horse and musket or fantasy setting.


EH05 Giant Arachnids (3) – Go HERE.  All Scales!
The latest sculpting from Kieran Billings he of the Big Mouth Beast and Crab Monster is here!  Three giant spiders in a value pack each composed of a body and eight legs for a degree of pose choice.  Each body is different and you can use these in any scale from 6mm to 15mm and 28mm. Just under 70mm wide when assembled.  You can also get one random giant spider kit too (if you order more than one we will vary what you get).  Rather scary when painted up!  Great for many wargame settings and systems.

EH06 Arachnid Swarm (4) – Go HERE.  All Scales!
When you need a clutch of web makers for your games check out the Arachnid Swarm.  Sculpted by Kieran Billings these four different resin spiders are great for use any scale and each is about 20mm wide.  Get a pack of choose the swarm option for a bundle of them with a big saving!  You can also get one random spider too.  Great for many settings.


OH34 Goblin Knight Open Hands – Go HERE.  28mm!
The armoured goblins in our high fantasy range continue to expand with a new pack conjured up by Zac Martin.  Have a look at our BLOG for an article on these fighting goblins and our plan for them.  This new pack contains four poses in full plate, an officer, a standard bearer, warrior with long shield and warrior with round shield all with an open hand.  An array of weapons are supplied giving you the choice of how to arm them (and spares for your bits box too!).  Spear, Halberd, Sword, Curved Sword, Bow and Quiver of Arrows.  Get a pack or choose one pose with a set of weapons.   


HOF121A Fire Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE.  15mm!
HOF121B Steel Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE.  15mm!
HOF121C Grease Cat Loader Suit – Go HERE.  15mm!
HOF121D Hades Cat  Battlesuit – Go HERE. 15mm!
If you are a fan of Security Force Alpha and what Fred Richards has been releasing into the HOF range then you will know about the fantastic Bear Cat Battlesuit which stands 40mm tall.  We have four new variant kits based on the Bear Cat each with a different role in your forces.  The new Fire Cat Battlesuit brings the heat carrying a heavy flame thrower along with its fuel tank plus a big heat proof arm shield and a top mounted rotary cannon.  The new Steel Cat Battlesuit throws out the slugs with its rail gun and top mounted grenade launcher.  The new Grease Cat Loader Suit is for your docks and space stations with its cargo lifting arms plus top mounted spot light and forward lights.  The Hades Cat Battlesuit reaches out to the enemy with twin missile pods and a top mounted comms dish.


SGFP33 Guild Hunters – Go HERE.  Sengoku Japanese Fantasy Range.  15mm!
Joining the hundred different male, female, creatures, monsters and more in the Sengoku Range is a new pack of character monster hunters.  These characters will feature in the upcoming expansion title to Sengoku Monster Hunter later in 2019. Famous Monster Hunters for use in your games. Takemito the Sumo, Tomoe the Spear Lady, Miyamoto the Duellist, Sanada the Yokai Chaser and Shoki the Demon Queller. Taken from codes SGF103 to SGF107.  Pack or singles.


SGFP39 Sengoku Buildings Set One – Go HERE. 15mm!
Sculpted by John Bell we have four new resin buildings for use in any Japanese set game such as Sengoku Monster Hunter.  Two small board wall buildings and two large board wall buildings which you can get a singles or as a value set. All are one piece and are 60mm wide and from 70mm to over 100mm long.  We also have a pack of white metal shutters for the buildings which are optional and can be added or used in dioramas.  You can also have them as singles.


HOT 96 Naga Archers – Go HERE.   15mm!
HOT97 Naga Swords – Go HERE.  15mm!
Two new packs in the HOT 15mm Fantasy Range. Filling in the missing two codes hinted at last year. Powerful and mystical these half human and half serpent female creatures come ten to the pack and each pack has four different poses.  Archers armed with bows and warriors with Sword and Shield.  Great for use in any game system and you can also choose a 'sampler' which contains just one of each pose if you are a skirmish player.  


GRNP11 Klorzid Seeders Pack – Go HERE.  15mm!
The latest new from Grinning Skull Miniatures this pack can be taken as is or select one of the four poses from it.  Following up on the Klorzid Killer Plants pack there is a Two Headed Sprouter a Klorzid Sapling as well as a Nightmare Spider and a Worm Pile.  Exotically odd miniatures great for many game systems.


SHM94 Smolboi Penguin Commissar – Go HERE.  15mm!
Brand new in the Self Help Miniatures (SHM) range, which is almost at one hundred unique miniatures by aspiring designers is a great little chap sculpted by Brendon Sterma.  Armed with a pistol and wearing a long coat and shako this commissar brings the law!


Big Bundles and Discount Offers during this Promotion
Visit us HERE for our page which contains all of our best deals from across Alternative Armies entire website for all of our ranges (except Slaughterloo Divisional Army boxes which are HERE).  Saving up to 50% these offers and bundles give you entire forces for High Fantasy, Sengoku, HOF, Ganesha Games and Asgard.  As well as this we have single codes from our ranges which are discounted from regular prices. For great deals check them out.


Digital Downloads are 20% Cheaper than Print Books
Lastly we would like tell you about our range of Digital Download titles which you can see HERE.  Many of our rules systems are here and all of them are twenty percent cheaper in PDF form than they are in print.  Have a browse for Flintloque, Slaughterloo, Furioso, Sengoku, USEME, DarkeStorme, Age of Might and Steel and more.

Thanks for your time and please do contact us with any questions on sales@alternative-armies.com or on our Facebook Group HERE.

GBS

Doom Squad solo or co-op rules for 300 years of special forces warfare by Steve Danes released!

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From the dude who brought you Furioso and its Italian Wars expansion, who brought you Sengoku Monster Hunter and who was in on Sulphur too we are delighted to present Doom Squad!  The latest wargame title published by Alternative Armies from the author Steve Danes.  


You take the role of a small team of special forces soldiers in one of four different historical or present time periods then go up against the game engine in a mission which changes every time.  Use any miniatures and play a game in twenty minutes.  It is great fun!

If you play in the era of Horse and Musket, of Napoleon, the colonial wars of the 19th century, the first world war, the second world war or the cold war and ultra modern then Doom Squad will slot right in with your figure and rules collection.


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.


SDB01 Doom Squad – Go HERE.  A4 Printed Book
Written by Steve Danes a new nerve-shredding game of special forces action that ranges across three hundred years of history. From the time of Napoleon through to the trenches of World War One and right up to special forces operations in the early 21st century.  A small team dropped in against the odds. Doom Squad is meant to be played as a solo game system pitting your team against the game engine. You can also opt for a multi-player game of 'co-operation' of two or several players going up against the game.  Your troops will be equipped with the latest high-tech weapons and equipment from their historical or current era; which can mean muskets, rifled carbines or assault carbines with red-dot sights.  It all depends on which period you pick. Rules are very simple and easy to use and are based around the use of one or more six sided dice to test for firing and close combat.  Players will control one or more special forces squads and will be faced with an enemy that can be tough, disciplined, confused, resolute, unsteady and always unpredictable.  This title is 44 pages and is a print book.  On our Tabletop Gaming Books page.  Use any miniatures you possess which are suitable in 28mm, 20mm or 15mm scale (heck even 6mm if you wish).

Here is a run down of the contents of the book as well as some page images too.


Frontis: Page 1
Contents and Credits:  Page 2

What is Doom Squad?  Pages 3-4
Game Set Up and Deployment: Page 5

Sequence and Actions in Turns: Pages 6 - 15
Observation and Enemy Reaction
Firing
Close Combat
Team Risk

Time Period Weapons: Pages 16 - 23 
Jager Weapons
Rifleman Weapons
Stormtrooper Weapons
Special Forces Weapons

The Teams and Additional Assets: Pages 24 - 31
Jager Doom Squads
Rifleman Doom Squads
Stormtrooper Doom Squads
Special Forces Doom Squads


Leaders of Doom Squads: Pages 32 - 34
Doom Squad Formations: Pages 35 -36


Event Cards and Target Marker: Pages 37 - 40
Game Play Run Through: Pages 41 - 42
Doom Squad Missions: Page 43
Quick Reference Sheet: Page 44

There are not many game systems out there like Doom Squad.  Try it out solo or with your friend co-op today!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Now released in the HOF Range four new 15mm scale Battlesuits!

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Four new codes added to the HOF 15mm Science Fiction range for March and April 2018.  Security Force Alpha (SFA) brings a great deal more of the stompy  with variant battlesuit kits for many more specialised uses in battle and orbital freight yard.  These follow up on the original Bear Cat Battlesuit, the Uplifted Yeti Platoon, SFA Personalities and Dogs as well as  Tracker Wheeled Bikes and Portable Weapon Platforms with Gun Crew plus the Trencher Tracked Bikes from previous releases and are great for any game system and fit right in with the rest of the array of the SFA. 


Go HERE or read on for more about these four new codes plus all of the other related packs in the HOF range.


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.


“All across the core star systems and on Terra itself there is a need for security after, during and even before the high rollers and expensive kit arrives in the battle zone. Security Force Alpha is just that force filling in as police, paramilitaries, mercenaries and planetary militias too. They are the faceless grunts that do the thankless jobs needed by all those who govern, control or enforce. Use them as you will from the near to the far future!”

Alternative Armies has embarked upon expanding the Security Force Alpha (SFA) array of codes within the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range in conjunction with prolific wargamer Fred Richards who has a vision of space colony warfare in the near future which we find captivating and wanted to get in on.  From the mind of Mr Richards and the guys at Alternative Armies comes the seventh release in this thread the diaspora of battlesuits as a part of Fred's vision for the future.


HOF121A Fire Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Fire Cat Battlesuit brings the heat and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left arm carrying a heavy flamer, a right arm with large heat shield and separate back mounted fuel tanks plus a top mounted rotary cannon.  Assemble your battlesuit with a degree of pose choice at waist and arms.  This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.


HOF121B Steel Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Steel Cat Battlesuit throws out the slugs hyper fast and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left arm carrying a heavy rail gun, a right arm with power fist and plus a top mounted 40mm grenade launcher.  Assemble your battlesuit with a degree of pose choice at waist and arms.  This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.


HOF121C Grease Cat Loader Suit – Go HERE
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Grease Cat Loader Suit is for your docks and space stations and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left and right arm with cargo lifters plus a top mounted spot lit and a front mounted light bar. This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.

HOF121D Hades Cat  Battlesuit – Go HERE.
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Hades Cat Battlesuit reaches out with a punch to the enemy and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left and right large missile pod plus a top mounted comms dish.  Assemble your battlesuit with a degree of pose choice at waist and arms.  This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.

Here are a few images of the new Battlesuits in the fray with other miniatures in the HOF Range.




Did you miss the original.....


HOF121 Bear Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE.
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit which can be outfitted in several roles.  The Bear Cat (known as the Hell Cat in its loaded for battle variants) is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left arm ending in a fist and right arm ending in a wrist.   Fittings for that wrist supplied are a twin barrel rotary cannon, a large chainsaw and a large power drill.  There are also two supplied top mount weapon options a missile pod and a machine gun.  Assemble your battlesuit for war or construction work or as a scrapheap post apoc project.  


Use the pieces left over for your bits box.  When built the Bear Cat is approx 45mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.   It goes excellently with any science fiction force in 15mm scale.


(Save 20% off list with a whole force from codes HOF112,HOF113, HOF27, HOF28 choosing propulsion type. 75 Infantry, 2 Defence Turrets, 6 Vehicles.) 

HOF130 Uplifted Yeti Platoon 
HOF121 Bear Cat Battlesuit 
HOF120 SFA Personalties 
HOF119 SFA Tracker Urban Bike Command 
HOF118 SFA Tracker Urban Bikes 
HOF117 SFA Support Platform Platoon 
HOF116 SFA Trencher Bike Command 
HOF115 SFA Trencher Bikes 
HOF113 SFA Support Trooper Sprue 
HOF112 SFA Trooper Sprue 
HOF111 Scrofa Wheeled AFV 
HOF109 SFA Crewed Skimmers 
HOF27 Maginot Defence Turret kit 
HOF28A Charger MkII APC Wheeled 
HOF28B Charger MkII APC Hover 
HOF28C Charger MKII APC Tracked 
HOF86 Human Medical Team 
HOF95 SFA Command 
HOF97 SFA Troopers with SMG 
HOF98 SFA Sergeants 
HOF99 SFA Shotgun Troopers 
HOF100 SFA Support Troopers 
HOF101 SFA Anti Armour Troopers 
HOF102 SFA Riot Team 
HOF104 SFA Elite Troopers 
HOF106 SFA Female Troopers 
HOF7 SFA Jump Pack Troopers 
HOF8 SFA Jump Pack Sergeants 

See you out there among the Colonies of Mankind in the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range!

If you like this miniature awesome then you might want to check out our other 15mm sci-fi ranges. A huge choice of new and classic as well as all manner of characters, infantry, vehicles, robots and more. We also have a wicked cool 6mm range from Bradley Miniatures. Click on the links to visit these ranges to see more. 



Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Library, Apothecary, Bed and Furniture 28mm Barricades plus Box Set of Eight released!

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We promised and now we deliver!  Now at Alternative Armies four new 28mm scale terrain Barricades each with a lot of personality.  Following up on previous releases earlier this year the Library Barricade shows a sadder use for masses of books, the Apothecary has given up potions and bottles and more for a barricade, the furniture of a small home is piled in defence and lastly some poor sod was thrown out of his sty for his bad including the mattress to be used as a barricade.  The value set has all these plus the Long Table, the Crates and Boxes, the Kegs and Barrels plus the Kitchen barricades with a saving of 10%. Super in any horse and musket or fantasy setting as well as Flintloque.


Go HERE or read on for more information about our entire 28mm Terrain range.  If you already have our 28mm terrain in your collection you will know just how much detail and attention there is in every model.


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.


59532 Library Barricade (1) – Go HERE
A sadder use for masses of books the library suffers the loss of knowledge when it comes to fending off the foe.  Pile them high and sob but they will save your life!  This pack contains one high quality 28mm scale grey tone resin terrain piece.  A three level set of shelves made of thick wood with books lined across it and also scattered atop and on the ground in front. Put it on your table as an objective or cover or just for interest.  It measures 50mm in length, 25mm  deep and 30mm tall.  You can purchase one with the buttons on screen or get three with a saving or get it pro-painted and ready to use.  There are many more images from all angles on the page plus plain resin picture.


59535 Ruined Apothecary Barricade (2) -  Go HERE
Potions and Bottles for all manner of ails and remedies dragged from the Apothecary along with his table and chair.  What matter the remedies if you are dead!  Get that barricade built!  This pack contains two identical 28mm scale high quality grey tone resin terrain pieces.  A table with chairs next to it heaped kegs and barrel behind and a great pile of glass bottles sloughed across the front.  Put them on your table as an objective or cover or just for interest.  Each measures 45mm in length, 25mm deep and 25mm tall.  You can purchase a pack with the buttons on screen or get three packs with a saving or get them pro-painted and ready to use.  There are many more images from all angles on the page plus plain resin picture.


59536 Furniture Barricade (2) – Go HERE
It may have taken a life time to carefully accumulate the furniture for your small home but now the enemy is at the walls and it has all been taken for barricades! This pack contains two identical 28mm scale high quality grey tone resin terrain pieces.  A large round table with a rectangular table form the bulk of the front with chairs and benches piled against the back for bulk. Put them on your table as an objective or cover or just for interest.  Each measures 45mm in length, 25mm deep and 30mm tall.  You can purchase a pack with the buttons on screen or get three packs with a saving or get them pro-painted and ready to use.  There are many more images from all angles on the page plus plain resin picture.


59537 Bed Barricade (2) – Go HERE.
Some poor sod has been tipped out of his sty so that the bed, mattress and all, can be turned on its side and made into a barricade.  This pack contains two identical 28mm scale high quality grey tone resin terrain pieces.  A wooden bed frame on its side with a feather stuffed mattress drooping off one side and the  blanket draped over it (oh plus the chamber pot too!).  Put them on your table as an objective or cover or just for interest.  Each measures 50mm in length, 25mm deep and 28mm tall.  You can purchase a pack with the buttons on screen or get three packs with a saving or get them pro-painted and ready to use.  There are many more images from all angles on the page plus plain resin picture.

59538 Barricade Boxed Saver Set (8 Different Models) – Go HERE.
This bundle of 28mm scale grey tone resin terrain pieces gives you one of each of our eight barricades (codes 59530 to 59537) for use in any Horse and Musket or Fantasy or Flintloque campaign setting.  There is a 10% saving over single pack purchases built into this saver set.  While you can learn more about each barricade by looking at its own page the set includes:  Boxes and Crates, Beer Barrels, Long Table, Discarded Kitchen, Library, Ruined Apothecary, Furniture and Bed barricades.  A whole encampment's worth of blocking barricades.  Each is possessed of a great deal of detail.  Most of 45mm long and 25mm tall but some are bigger.  You can purchase a set with a saving or get them pro-painted and ready to use out of the box.


Alternative Armies has added to our excellent range of 28mm Terrain Range. This range is at home in any black power, horse and musket or fantasy setting.  Each pierce is full of character and there are such things as Abandoned Beer and Goods Wagons, Corpse Piles, Campaign Table, Campfire plus stone wall pieces and barricades. Scatter them on your gaming table today. Go HERE. The smaller barricades come two to the pack while the larger ones are single piece to the pack.  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Giant Spiders and Spider Swarm for any scale now released!

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A creeping horror and your heart beats faster and faster as you begin to sweat and feel faint...the spiders are here.  These brand new Arachnids are in two packs with options and are great for fantasy, post apocalyptic or many other settings in scales such as 28mm, 15mm or 6mm.  Sculpted by Kieran Billings (who created the Big Mouth Beast, the Air Squid, the Crab Monster as well as the Sandworm and its Swarm oh and the Space Brains!) these models are now at Alternative Armies.  Go HERE or read on for more.


Summoned by dark magic or stringing their webs in deep forests there are few mortal creatures which do not fear the eight legged monsters of the spider world.


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.


EH05 Giant Arachnids (3) – Go HERE.  All Scales!
This pack contains three different giant spiders each composed of a singe piece grey tone resin body and eight white metal legs for a degree of pose choice when attached.  Each of the three bodies are different and you can use these in any scale from 6mm to 15mm and 28mm. When assembled each Spider is just under 70mm wide and 50mm long.  If you wish you can also select a single spider kit from this code (if you order more than one we will vary what you get).  See the option on the page.  Rather scary when painted up!  Great for many wargame settings and systems.  Sculpted by Keiran Billings.


EH06 Arachnid Swarm (4) – Go HERE.  All Scales!
When you need a clutch of web makers for your games check out the Arachnid Swarm.  This pack contains four different spiders in high quality grey tone resin each posed over rocks formations and supplied in one piece.  Each spider is about 20mm across.  You can use these in any scale from 6mm to 15mm and 28mm.  As well as the pack you can also choose a mighty swarm with a saving or one random spider on its own (if you order more than one we will vary what you get). See the option on the page.  Rather scary when painted up!  Great for many wargame settings and systems.  Sculpted by Keiran Billings.

Here are some pictures of the spiders alongside 28mm and 15mm miniatures to show you how well they go with different scales.




Here are pictures with some of our other miniatures in the 28mm High Fantasy ranges and HOT 15mm Fantasy Range.

Giant Spiders with FL22 Adventurers Party and Beer Barrel Barricade
Spiders face off against Assassins!



In the dungeon the Adventurers see spiders in the gloom!

15mm Elf Cavalry and Cavalry Command take to the field

Feel the magic as the Druidess summons nature to aid her
Cool stuff eh!  You can do so much with these spiders.


Alternative Armies has many more monsters and creatures which you can see HERE on the website including Giant Wyvern and Giant Troll as well as Dragons, swarms of scorpions and rats plus there are Ogres and Owlbears.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

HOT 15mm Naga packs Swords and Bows now released!

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Half Human and half Serpent in the mythology of India or perhaps the sisters Gorgon in the legends of the Greeks; maybe even pure fantasy in a magic realm the Naga are here.  Alternative Armies releases for 15mm fantasy for April 2019.  Two new packs.  Go HERE or read on for more.  Sculpted by Sam Croes.


When we listed out all of the codes in the mighty HOT range (over one hundred and twenty) alongside the re-mastered Giant Hydra, Ogres and Jabberwock we hinted that the missing HOT96 and HOT97 would be revealed this spring...now they are!


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.


HOT96 Naga Archers
This pack contains ten 15mm scale white metal miniatures in a random but even mix of four poses. Powerful and mystical these half human and half serpent female creatures are armed with a bow and carry a quiver of arrows. As with all HOT miniatures you can select a pack or a sampler of one of each pose from this code for skirmish gaming. Great for any game system these miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted.  Go HERE.


HOT97 Naga Swords
This pack contains ten 15mm scale white metal miniatures in a random but even mix of four poses. Powerful and mystical these half human and half serpent female creatures are armed with a sword and carry a shield. As with all HOT miniatures you can select a pack or a sampler of one of each pose from this code for skirmish gaming. Great for any game system these miniatures are supplied unassembled and unpainted.  Go HERE.


These new snake ladies make fine warbands or sneakers or creatures in your games.  Here they are facing off against our Elf Hero on Griffin for the forces of evil!

If you are a fan of 15mm fantasy wargaming then check out our ranges for your forces.


Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Guild Hunters and Four Buildings released for Sengoku 15mm Japanese Fantasy

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The biggest array of 15mm fantasy centred around Japanese myth and legend expands again with two new pack releases!  The Sengoku range welcomes a pack of five different Guild Hunters (these are also online as singles as with the rest of the range) sculpted by Sam Croes; characters for your games of Monster Hunter by Steve Danes.  Four new Japanese buildings sculpted by John Bell great for use in Monster Hunter or any historical game in this scale.  The buildings can be had a singles and there is a pack of separate shutters too so you can button up your homes against the Yokai!


If you have not heard of the Sengoku range by John Bell then check it out with over one hundred and thirty codes HERE.


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.


SGFP33 Guild Hunters
This pack contains five different white metal 15mm scale character miniatures.  Famous Monster Hunters for use in your games who will be given profiles later in 2019 in Sengoku Rampage.  They are: Takemito the Sumo, Tomoe the Spear Lady, Miyamoto the Duellist, Sanada the Yokai Chaser and Shoki the Demon Queller. Taken from codes SGF103 to SGF107.  Average of 16mm tall.  Sculpted by Sam Croes. You can purchase the pack HERE or visit the main Sengoku page to get the single miniature codes HERE.


SGFP39 Sengoku Buildings Set One
This value pack set contains four different high quality grey tone resin buildings.  Each is a highly detailed one piece scenic for your gaming table.  For use in Sengoku Monster Hunter or any historical period 15mm Japanese system.  Two small board wall buildings (each 50mm wide, 75mm long and 40mm tall average) and two long board wall buildings (50mm wide, 100mm long, 45mm tall average).  Sculpted by John Bell.  There is an additional code (SGFP39A) of white metal shutters for use with these buildings if you wish to cover the windows.  You can purchase the set HERE or visit the main Sengoku page to get each building on its own HERE.


SGFP39A Sengoku Building Shutters Pack
This pack contains six white metal pieces in three different sizes for use with the SGFP39 Sengoku Buildings.  They are to be placed over the windows of the building propped open or closed giving more life to your village.  You can also use them as diorama pieces.  Sculpted by John Bell.  Go HERE.

Want to play......


Sengoku Monster Hunter is a Tabletop Game for up to Four Player or Solo Play using the Sengoku range of 15mm miniatures. A game for one to four players set in medieval Japan where monsters and creatures of myth roam the jagged crags and hidden valleys of the Sacred Mountain. It is from the Sengoku setting and has merciless hunters who track down the monsters and slaughter them at every opportunity.  Hunters are the players characters in the game. Each hunter has a profile of attributes, skills and special abilities that players can improve if their hunters are successful. There is a range of weapons, armour and equipment that hunters can acquire as well hired henchmen, spirit guides and others to assist them in their expeditions. The more powerful the hunters get…the greater challenges they can take on! Author:  Steve Danes. A4 Format (52 pages).  Get it in PRINT or as a paid DIGITAL DOWNOAD.


There will be further releases into this range during the course of 2019 and there will also be a second game book too.  We will show and tell you more when the time comes.  Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Armoured Goblin Knights with separate weapons 28mm scale now released!

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Back in 2018 we spoke in our BLOG about the planned expansion of the classic 28mm scale metal Armoured Goblins. Working with Zach Martin we are delighted to announce the release of the first pack spoken of then.  Alternative Armies gives you open handed Goblin Knights which are supplied with a set of six different weapons to outfit them with.  These join all the other Armoured Goblins such as the Knights, Knights Command, Bolt Thrower, Chariot with Crew the Sword Bearer and who could forget the Dodo Riders.  


Go HERE or read on for more.


NOTE:  The March to War mega event is currently on!  Until 9am GMT 16th April 2019 you get free shipping worldwide on orders of 20GBP or greater in cart.  There is 10% off the entire website including all twenty of our new releases being announced during the event.  You need do nothing but add to cart since the discount is on screen.  Read the full article including bundles and other offers of up to 50% off HERE or go straight to the website HERE.

In full plate mail these Goblins are great for many settings and campaigns such as defending a Temple of Doom or even paired up with Giant Spiders!

“The Iron Guard are the foremost of the Goblins. In ranks they march and in formations they fight. Yes, in good order. Not like any Goblins you have ever heard of. These plate armoured Goblins have turned back the Dwarfs of the green stone mountains and given the Elves of the sun vale a bloody nose. Respect them.”


OH34 Goblin Knights Open Hand
This pack contains four 28mm scale white metal Goblin poses in full plate armour. An officer, a standard bearer, knight with round shield with skull motif and warrior with long shield all with an open hand to take a weapon. An array of six different weapons are supplied with each Goblin giving you the choice of how to arm them (and spares for your bits box too!). Spear, Halberd, Sword, Curved Sword, Bow and Quiver of Arrows.  One Set per Miniature. 


Get a pack, three packs with a saving or choose one pose (comes with a set of weapons).  28mm scale white metal miniatures approx 22mm height. Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted.  Go HERE.



These open handed poses go great with the FL1 and FL2 packs of Armoured Goblins to create whole units and of course you can create whole units of these new miniatures by selecting just what you want in multiples.


Alternative Armies has a huge choice in 28mm fantasy miniatures and we also have the classic Fantasy Warlord range as well.  Have a browse and thank you all for your kind words at our returning to the world ranges thought lost in the mists.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Grinning Skull and SHM new releases!

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Two new releases this time in two different ranges.  From Grinning Skull the home of weirdness for 28mm and 15mm scales is a new pack of four creatures and now in the SHM range the first 15mm sculpt by Brendon Sterma the Penguin Commissar.  Go HERE for Grinning Skull and HERE for the near one hundred unique sculpts in the 'Self Help Miniatures' range.


Strange stuff eh!


GRNP11 Klorzid Seeders Pack – Go HERE
The latest new from Grinning Skull Miniatures this pack can be taken as is or select one of the four poses from it.  Following up on the Klorzid Killer Plants pack there is a Two Headed Sprouter a Klorzid Sapling as well as a Nightmare Spider and a Worm Pile.  Exotically odd miniatures great for many game systems.  You can get the pack or singles from it from the options on the page.  There are also scale shots for you to look at next to a 28mm Druidess and a 15mm SFA Trooper.


Did you miss the awesome that is the Zarglians or the other Klorzids?  These are a real treat for your space opera or post apoc games.  See the entire range HERE.


SHM94 Smolboi Penguin Commissar – Go HERE
Brand new in the Self Help Miniatures (SHM) range, which is almost at one hundred unique miniatures by aspiring designers is a great little chap sculpted by Brendon Sterma.  Standing 12mm tall this Penguin is armed with a pistol and wearing a long coat and shako this commissar brings the law!


There is a massive choice of unique 15mm scale miniatures in the SHM Range including the entire Star Vikings set of packs.  Take a look and see all manner of aliens and more.  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Article 18 Using VNT Wraiths in Flintloque

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Following up on his two article look at the Crystal Elves this time Andy Jefcoate is looking at other Alternative Armies 28mm high fantasy miniatures which can be put into Flintloque.  This time it is the 28mm Wraiths of the VNT Range.  If you missed any of the previous seventeen articles you can see them all for free on the blog by clicking on this TAG.  A variety of adventures in Flintloque mainly set in the Witchlands.  If you would like to Begin in Flintloque visit our website HERE for Escape the Dark Czar and free content and videos.  Enjoy!  GBS


Using Fantasy range Wraiths in Flintloque 

As you will hopefully have read in my last two articles I've been looking through the 28mm High Fantasy ranges on the Alternative Armies website as I had the idea of looking to see which figures would fit into my Flintloque sections either with or without conversion. I have previously explained how I've used various Crystal Elf figures in my Ferach forces or as swords for hire, but until now I hadn't added any figures to the Dark Czar's forces. 


That was until the recent bulk release of the Wraith figures that are available on the Alternative Armies website across the HOT 15mm fantasy, VNT 28mm fantasy and Flintloque ranges. The updated Noncorporialski for Flintloque are great, being very characterful and with a good choice of miniatures (so my wishlist has got even longer). However, I had something more feral in mind for specific scenarios so decided to use the 28mm Fantasy Wraiths which are equally great.  


What is available and what did I get
While mounted packs are available and would be very useful I decided to stay pedestrian and look at the Wraiths on foot (not the cavalry packs). These come as four miniatures to a pack for only £8.00 with two packs available, VNT28 Wraiths and VNT43 Wraiths II. As always they can be purchased separately for £2.00 each, or if you buy three identical packs on page you get a 10% discount. 

VNT28 contains a Wraith with two swords, a Wraith with two handed sword, a Wraith with axe and a Wraith gliding forward with sword, whereas VNT43 contains a Wraith with snake tongue sword, a Wraith with polearm and mace, a Wraith with twin swords and a Wraith with spear and long dagger. 

I had to get both packs as the number of weapon options is very good. While I haven't with these purchases, many of the miniatures are suitable for conversion in the form of weapon swaps or as command figures such as a standard bearer (which would be very easy with the Wraith with spear and long dagger). 



How did I paint the figures
As standard Wraiths in black robes they are very easy to paint. I do this by doing a black undercoat, before heavily dry bushing in a dark grey then putting a black ink wash over the top. This creates lighter areas and shade while still looking like black robes. I particularly like the contrast of the black robes against the snow.

After that I merely painted the weapons, with dull silver coloured blades, gold hilts and brown wooden shafts on the pole arms. These were also subjected to the black ink wash.

Of course you could always paint their robes in a different colour, and I've also found that if you paint metal weapons in a reddish brown colour then dry brush in silver metallic this can make them look rusty. For my Wraith leader, I gave him a gold helmet and gave the sword blade a light blue ink wash to make it look magical, and so that he stands out!


How have I used them in my games
I initially used my wraiths in small numbers in a scenario where Ferach troopers searched an area of ruins for archaic weapons to use in battle. This then dictated what 'the Levellers' from my last article could use in following games. Several counters were placed around the gaming area and turned over as Ferach troopers made contact with them and searched that area. Some of the counters were wraiths using the same stats as Noncorporialski, with one having the stats as an average human sized Vampyre to represent the leader. All other counters had a type of melee weapon listed. As mentioned earlier these Wraiths are more feral than Noncorporialski Wraiths and are simply defending their territory, immediately attacking the nearest Ferach figure. 

As weapons are found on the playing area, and as an additional bit of fun a player has to roll D10 and look on the following table when first using that weapon in combat to see how useful it is. 

1Cursed         opponent gets +2 to their combat value
2-3Rusted         no bonus to combat value
4-7Standardgives bonus according to weapon type
8-9Good Quality        additional +1 to normal bonus for weapon type
10ExquisiteAdditional +2 to normal modifier for that weapon

As more of my Wraiths have been painted, I've started to use them as a Flintloque section with the stats listed above. All of them have melee weapons and are fun to use when fighting  'The Levellers' from my last article. 


How do they fit in with my narrative
As Saindoux's troops have searched old manor houses and ruins to look for anything that can help them survive, they have angered Wraiths who see those buildings as their territory, especially when items are taken. The Wraiths have now joined the pursuit, gliding across the snow to attack any Ferach troops that become isolated.  


What's next 
As always I hope that you've enjoyed reading about my Wraiths and that I've inspired you to get some. They are great figures and fun to use in scenarios. I plan to move back to more traditional style Flintloque figures for my next article and I'll let you know how I get on.

Thank you for reading.

Andy

TAG Channel video review of our 28mm Barricades

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Now on his channel on Youtube a new video for Flintloque presented by Talking About Games (TAG). If you missed previous videos then check out our Begin in Flintloque page to learn more or our BLOG for their other Flintloque videos. This time Abraham reviews two of our packs of 28mm terrain pieces.  The Barrels and Kegs plus Boxes barricades.


An enjoyable seven minute video giving great insight into the uses of terrain in wargaming and in roleplaying with miniatures. Abraham, who runs the channel, is a keen wargamer and though we provided the models to him to review his review is impartial and we have no control or influence upon it. Thanks! 


Here is the video.  Watch it on our blog or continue on to Youtube for full screen play. If you enjoyed the videos on the TAG channel then give them a thumbs up and a kindly comment as feedback is always welcome.


Alternative Armies has an excellent range of 28mm Terrain Range. This range is at home in any black power, horse and musket or fantasy setting. Each piece is full of character and there are such things as Abandoned Beer and Goods Wagons, Corpse Piles, Campaign Table, Campfire plus stone wall pieces and now eight different barricades with a value saver set too.  Full of character! Scatter them on your gaming table today. Go HERE. The smaller barricades come two to the pack while the larger ones are single piece to the pack. If you already have our 28mm terrain in your collection you will know just how much detail and attention there is in every model. 


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Doom Squad solo rules released as a digital download!

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Back in March we released Doom Squad in PRINT and now its time for it to come out as a paid DIGITAL DOWNLOAD at twenty percent less than print. Doom Squad is the latest wargame title published by Alternative Armies from the author Steve Danes. You take the role of a small team of special forces soldiers in one of four different historical or present time periods then go up against the game engine in a mission which changes every time. Use any miniatures and play a game in twenty minutes. It is great fun! 

If you play in the era of Horse and Musket, of Napoleon, the colonial wars of the 19th century, the first world war, the second world war or the cold war and ultra modern then Doom Squad will slot right in with your figure and rules collection. 


SDB01 Doom Squad – Go HERE. Digital Download 
Written by Steve Danes a new nerve-shredding game of special forces action that ranges across three hundred years of history. From the time of Napoleon through to the trenches of World War One and right up to special forces operations in the early 21st century. A small team dropped in against the odds. Doom Squad is meant to be played as a solo game system pitting your team against the game engine. You can also opt for a multi-player game of 'co-operation' of two or several players going up against the game. Your troops will be equipped with the latest high-tech weapons and equipment from their historical or current era; which can mean muskets, rifled carbines or assault carbines with red-dot sights. It all depends on which period you pick. Rules are very simple and easy to use and are based around the use of one or more six sided dice to test for firing and close combat. Players will control one or more special forces squads and will be faced with an enemy that can be tough, disciplined, confused, resolute, unsteady and always unpredictable. This title is 44 pages. On our Digital Downloads page and also our Tabletop Gaming Books page if you wish a print copy. Use any miniatures you possess which are suitable in 28mm, 20mm, 15mm scale or 6mm scale. Here is a run down of the contents of the book as well as some page images too. 


Frontis: Page 1 
Contents and Credits: Page 2 

What is Doom Squad? Pages 3-4 
Game Set Up and Deployment: Page 5

Sequence and Actions in Turns:  Pages 6 - 15 
Observation and Enemy Reaction 
Firing 
Close Combat 
Team Risk 


Time Period Weapons: Pages 16 - 23 
Jager Weapons 
Rifleman Weapons 
Stormtrooper Weapons 
Special Forces Weapons 

The Teams and Additional Assets: Pages 24 - 31 
Jager Doom Squads 
Rifleman Doom Squads 
Stormtrooper Doom Squads 
Special Forces Doom Squads 


Leaders of Doom Squads: Pages 32 - 34 
Doom Squad Formations: Pages 35 -36 


Event Cards and Target Marker: Pages 37 - 40 
Game Play Run Through: Pages 41 - 42 
Doom Squad Missions: Page 43 
Quick Reference Sheet: Page 44 

There are not many game systems out there like Doom Squad. 

Try it out solo or with your friend co-op today! 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Cut a path into May with a Free Scimitar Monster in every 28mm Fantasy Order!

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Andrea Sfiligoi the fellow behind Ganesha Games and wonderful rules systems such as Song of Blades and Heroes and Four Against Darkness is a great friend of Alternative Armies. To celebrate the arrival of May we have a special offer on the whole 28mm Ganesha Games miniature range which we manufacture here in Scotland. Andrea has created the new mass battle system Of Armies and Hordes and we are putting a Scimitar Monster (worth 3.50GBP) into all 28mm fantasy orders until 2nd May 2019. Go HERE for the range or read on for more. 


The Ganesha Games range at Alternative Armies contains a hundred different models in 28mm Fantasy and 28mm Science Fiction. If you order one or more of these miniatures we will put DS001 Scimitar Monster (great for encounters) into your package automatically as a gift. It is worth 3.50GBP so this is a great spring offer to welcome May and the sun. We will also give you this creature free if you order any 28mm miniature from our own fantasy ranges such as Crystal Elves, or Dwarven Host or the Goblin and Orc Hordes among many others. You could also have a look at Fantasy Warlord too. Have a browse! 


DS001 Scimitar Monster 
This one piece 28mm scale creature has blades for hands and a vicious bite. It belongs in any dungeon crawl or fantasy game system and will also work across other scales as a giant in 15mm for instance. It stands 32mm to the top of the head. Go HERE

Of Armies and Hordes is an army level wargame using area movement and abstract manoeuvring to simplify play while retaining all the tactical choices and variables required by the genre. The rules are designed for fast, relaxed play among friends, not competitions. Bookkeeping is minimal. A typical large game requires two hours, including setup. Combat is dramatic. Battle-lines clash into each other. Something happens on the table every turn. Troops die quickly. The rules are non-scale specific. You can use any figures in any scale. Use any models you already own, or build dedicated armies. Basing is flexible. Use any system you like. You can even mix basing systems. As long as you can count the units (either the heads of models or the number of stands), you can play. Table size is flexible. As long as you can identify enough areas of the battlefield to provide a good game, you can play on a small kitchen table or on a huge wargaming table. 92 pages and additional material. 

Alternative Armies stocks all manner of miniatures great for (and featuring in) the new 'Of Armies and Hordes' game system by Andrea Sfiligoi but we do NOT stock the game book itself. You can find it HERE on Gumroad as a paid for download and it is a great read indeed. It plays well. 

Thanks for Reading! 

GBS

The Ion Age returns to Alternative Armies

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Please read this major announcement from The Ion Age.  Thank you.

'This galaxy has decided to gorge upon itself, to consume its vitality once more in pointless slaughter that will see those left afterwards little more than mono-planet atom burners.  Well, its not going to happen, not again.  My father, your king, died for the dream that Prydia held dear and in two decades of civil war we here also have nearly lost that promise of freedom we hold equally dear.  We will all have that freedom again mark me, the Barons will pay and those beings not of mankind that are even now forcing open the doors will be thrown back to the Anwnn where they came from.  Prydia will rise once more and I will, with the aid of the Starvaulters, make it happen.'
Princess Daphe Cyon address to the Council of Aeddans 4330IC


Back in July 2013 I was given the chance to take what existed of the space opera setting of The Ion Age and develop it as a free standing entity apart from Alternative Armies.  In the near five years since then I feel that the little team I assembled has achieved some great things including a 15mm range which went from some thirty poses to many hundreds of poses, new factions, many vehicles and a terrain range.  There was also the three books of the Patrol Angis game system.  We also had four years of monthly free special miniatures.  All great stuff.

The world changes as you all will know and I have reached an agreement with Alternative Armies to hand The Ion Age ranges back to the mother company.  The reasons for this are several.  Firstly the ranges have grown to a point where I no longer feel comfortable handling their expansion on my own.  Secondly Alternative Armies has greater resources which I feel are needed as we continue onto a fourth book and more releases.  Thirdly I realise that we are now in an age of social media (so much different from 2013) and that I am the public face of both Alternative Armies and The Ion Age; this tends to cause some confusion for gamers.  With everything in one place this confusion vanishes and The Ion Age will be able also to take part in the big offers that Alternative Armies makes.  Alternative Armies has increased its staff level and technical resources and is a very active company.  It makes sense to have this return happen.

Do not fret.  There are no staff changes and no miniatures will disappear from production.  Alternative Armies and The Ion Age operate out of the same office.


So what will happen and when?  Do you need to do anything?

In essence I will gradually close down The Ion Age website while transferring the miniatures and books to new pages on Alternative Armies.  Across the next four weeks the 15mm range and the 28mm range as well as Publications and Free Downloads will gain their own pages under a main new heading on the Alternative Armies website.  We will also shut down the ability to purchase from The Ion Age once the codes are moved.  The Ion Age blog will remain in place and will continue to give you the latest news and be a source of content.  Once all of the ranges are transferred The Ion Age website will be mothballed and then shut down in coming months. Our email address info@theionage.com will remain active going forward and do feel free to contact me with any questions.

A large part of the process of handing over will apply to the 'Reward Points' system powered by SLoyalty on The Ion Age.  We have over one thousand customer accounts and several million points accumulated.  It is vitally important to me and it has been agreed with Alternative Armies, that those reward points will be honoured.  Right at the start of the process of range removal from The Ion Age website the Sloyalty programme will be closed down.  When this occurs all customers will be exported and held in a master document with me.  You will still be able to access your account on the site until the site is closed down.  Here is how to claim your accumulated points.

Contact me (Gavin Syme) on sales@alternative-armies.com with your name, address and the email address you used with The Ion Age.  I will confirm this with the master document and then reply to you.  I will tell you the amount of points you have, its value in Sterling (GBP) and how to spend it.  You will get the value of these points on anything on the Alternative Armies site (including Ion Age codes) and it can be used on shipping too.  We ask you use it in one order (for my sanity) and it will be done by email with me directly.  There is no time limit upon this offer so if you are reading this long after May 2019 just contact me.

Aside from this to gain your points you need do nothing more. 




Alternative Armies has a lot planned for 2019 and beyond and its agreement with me to take back The Ion Age is only a part of that.  I can tell you that there are more than a dozen new codes in development for the 15mm range as well as the 'Baron' book for Patrol Angis.

Here are links to the new collections for The Ion Age on the Alternative Armies website:

Ion Age Publications
Ion Age Terrain
Ion Age 15mm Miniature Range
Ion Age 28mm Miniature Range
Ion Age Free Resources

I want to take this moment to thank every one of you for the fun four year ride which we have taken.  Its time to get off.  Before we get back on again!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

p.s. The images in this announcement are of a customised Magog mecha belonging to Sam Croes, the lead designer at Alternative Armies, painted in the colours of his baronial force 'Castella'.  It is in his personal collection and we hope you like it.  Contact me if you want to know the pieces used to create it and how you might do the same thing.

Ogre Mercenary and Reluctant Brigands released

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Alternative Armies presents its 28mm fantasy releases for the month of May 2019 in the form of some of the last of our classic range now re-molded and on the website.  We have an Ogre Mercenary and four different characters who make a living by robbery.  Great for any campaign and for dungeon crawl and roleplaying too.  Go HERE to our Adventurers and Wizards range or read on for more.


Coming in alongside our Wizards Party, Guild Assassins, Adventurer Packs, Wizards Progression and Halfing Walking Party among others these miniatures fit right in and could also be used in some Flintloque games too.


FL25 Ogre Mercenary
With a large axe on his shoulder the Ogre Mercenary is for hire to the highest payer of golden coins.  This 28mm scale white metal miniature is a single piece and stands 38mm tall.  Suitable for any game system and is supplied without a base (shown on a 30mm square base).  Any other miniatures shown are for scale purposes only.  Go HERE.


FL26 Reluctant Brigands
Hard times abound and when it is no longer possible to turn an honest coin with a days labour then those with mouths to feed or the desire turn to gaining coin in other ways.  This 28mm scale white metal pack contains four different miniatures.  Armed with a sword and carrying a small bag is the Sea Captain. Armed with a long bow is the Forester.  Sporting a thick beard and an axe is the Lumberjack. A Half Orc Thief armed with a crossbow. Choose from a pack or select single miniatures from this code.  Suitable for any game system these miniatures are not supplied with bases (shown on 25mm square bases).  Go HERE


Alternative Armies has a huge selection of excellent 28mm fantasy miniatures across several collections which you can check out.  We have something for everyone.


There is more news and further releases to come this month into our HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range, the Sengoku 15mm Japanese Fantasy Range plus classic Torture Chamber sets re-released and a major Flintloque boxed set too.  Each of these will have their own news so make sure you do not miss out.  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS
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