Cool New Odds and Bobs from Brigade Models

From the Brigade Models Blog

It’s been a moderately quiet week, in which we’ve completely cleared the order queue (all orders up to midday yesterday have been despatched), the accounts have been brought up to date and the VAT sorted. I’ve also been fighting a hugely misbehaving PC – if anyone knows why a Win7 PC should keep switching itself off after a few minutes except when I disable the graphics driver, please let me know. I’ve reinstalled Windows, changed the graphics card for a new one of a completely different make (Nvidia instead of ATI), but it just turns itself off – powers down, no blue screen of death – if the graphics driver is enabled. If I run in safe mode, or just run a standard VGA driver instead of the card-specific driver, it’s fine. It’s driving me to despair…



Anyway. Onto the business of the day. I spent a sunny-ish afternoon on Wednesday assembling a small collection of 15mm bits-and-pieces for release today. The first is something we’ve been sitting on for a while, but I just haven’t had time to make/paint a few sample pieces. It’s barbed wire, or at least something that makes a good scale approximation. It’s not as lethal as the real thing and won’t spike your fingers, but looks the part at 15mm (or 20/28mm) scale. It’s supplied in 10 metre lengths, and I’ve made up some simple coiled wire barricades as an example of what can be done with it.



Next up are a couple of very useful accessory pieces – two radars, a small dish radar, and a larger rectangular one. As well as being great for buildings and bunkers, the smaller one fits the 7mm turret ring on most of our APCs and smaller vehicles, while the large one fits the 12mm turret ring on our tanks. As an example, I’ve fitted a dish radar to a Javelot scout car to create a small EW vehicle, and a larger radar to a Montsabert hull as a radar tank..





The next piece is a mini version of our existing large and small cargo containers, perfect for smaller deliveries.



Last in today’s mini feast of bits and pieces are a pair of new base types in our Fireteam bases range. Both are plain bases with no slots for figures, for guns or small vehicles. The smaller one is the same size as the rest of the bases (40x40mm top surface), while there is also a longer (60x40mm) version.



SF15-923 – Mini Container – £1.50
SF15-925 – Large Radar (x2) – £3.00
SF15-926 – Small Radar (x2) – £1.50
SF15-927 – Barbed Wire (10m) – £4.00
SF15-928 – Plain Base – £0.50
SF15-929 – Large Plain Base – £0.60

Happy Birthday Laserburn

Until the end of August 2015 it is the birthday month for the classic and origin range Laserburn which was one of the first 15mm science fiction miniature ranges ever made. Characters, Infantry, Robots, Vehicles and more. Laserburn is a true origin point for the whole 15mm science fiction hobby.



The Laserburn rulebook was published thirty five years ago this month and we are celebrating that with three great offers on the range and they are great offers. Read on and you can find the range HERE.



The Four Types of V008 Glaive APC

If you purchase any Laserburn codes from single miniatures to value packs or books or the starter set that total 10.00GBP or more before shipping we will give you a free V008 Glaive APC resin kit worth 5.00GBP! This will be a random Glaive kit from one of the four propulsion types (Hover, Wheeled, Tracked, Anti-Grav). Superb!

Three Free Glaives all of the same propulsion type

If you purchase more than 30.00GBP of Laserburn codes of any type as above before shipping we will give you THREE free V008 Glaives worth 13.50GBP. These will be a random propulsion type but all three will be the same propulsion type. Brilliant!




V011 Scorpion Air Lander


And three free Glaives!

If you purchase more than 75.00GBP of Laserburn codes of any type as above you will automatically get FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING plus THREE free V008 Glaives worth 13.50GBP of the same random propulsion type as above but also a FREE V011 Scorpion Air Lander vehicle kit worth 11.00GBP. Awesome!




A tracked Glaive kit with Imperial Trooper for scale
You can see the whole range HERE and you need do nothing but put items in your cart as the free products will be added automatically by our staff to the package before dispatch worldwide to you. You can order other ranges too in the same order as long as you have Laserburn codes in your cart you will get the free items.



Imperial Marines (300 codes) and V105 Sabre Jet Flyer (Sam Croes collection)

If you are a pro-painted customer of ours or you wish to enquire about getting your Laserburn order from us pro-painted and based please email your proposed order to sales@15mm.co.uk and our staff will give you a quote. You will get the SAME free items at each tier of the offers and they will be painted too!


Offers end Monday 31st August at 8pm GMT.


Thanks for Reading.


GBS

Patrol Angis AAR

Gavin at the Ion Age tuned me into a battle report for his Ion Age rules "Patrol Angis". By now most of you in 15mm scifi are familiar with the Ion Age and the universe that has been unfolding in the various releases, but the rules are new enough that there haven't been a lot of battle reports coming out. This one, from The Conflict Cornucopia blog paints a good picture of the system and the character of the rules. 

To read the battle report, follow this link - HERE

It is worth mentioning that so far I am very much liking what I. have read about the system and this AAR only reinforces those opinions. The universe and rules have some nice innovations and interesting twists while still managing to be a spiritual successor to the older school Space Opera scifi game I grew up on. In a universe that uses such terms as Chameleon Circuits, knights, and weapons with heroic names like Anvil there is little not to love in "Patrol Angis" and the whole of the Ion Age

Give it a read!

For full info on the Ion Age check out the Ion Age Blog - HERE 

-Eli

New Month Brings New Special Mini

As we start year three of the Ion Age, a new special minis has been released for the month of August.

This month brings the Planetary Militia Demolition Expert. This figure would make  nice technician in battledress or even a medic or officer figure. Available free with any order through the month of August or as a separate purchase for those wanting just the miniatures or to get multiples. 

I'm really looking forward to seeing what this year brings for the Ion Age. Now that the Patrol Angis rules are released and the universe is officially out of the bag, we're bound to see some exciting new development from Gavin and crew. 

For more info read - HERE 

New ruleset in the works, feedback requested: Working title is "Another Glorious Day in the Corps."

Source: 15mm Sci-Fi Facebook Group

Mark Severin (of Flaghshipgames.com) writes:

New to the group but a big fan of 15mm SciFi. I've been working on a set of rules for the past year or so, and wanted to let you know a free playtest draft is available at FlagshipGames.com/shop
Working title is "Another Glorious Day in the Corps." There is also a module for bug hunts I just finished drafting.

Units are squads and players can command a platoon. With experience a player can command up to a company.

Most of the mechanics are pretty straight forward. What sets the game apart is the use of a 2 phase turn sequence and a simple orders system. A turn has two phases. When activated a unit may move and shoot during the phase. BUT whether it goes in Phase 1 or Phase 2 is random. A simple way to recreate some fog of war.

Draft contains basic infantry rules and light vehicle rules. Now that the core engine is pretty much ready, I'm on to adding in things like detailed drop ship rules, electronic warfare, calling in support fire, etc.

Take a look and let me know what you think!

ClearHorizon Miniatures Releases 15mm Covert Ops Team 2

ClearHorizon Miniatures Releases 15mm Covert Ops Team 2

Covert Agent “Loki” is armed with a Mk.12 Combat Rifle with integral heartbeat sensor and suppressor. In his left hand he carries a remote hacking device that is also capable of detonating placed explosives.  He wears an airtight environmental suit with re-breather and up to eight hours of oxygen.

Covert Agent “Steel Eve” is armed with a “Widowmaker” handgun. It has four different ammunition types linked by cybernetic implants and can fire explosive rounds, armor-piercing, flechette and gas rounds. All options can be selected instantaneous via direct neural connection. She wears a stealth chameleon suit that renders her almost invisible to both visual and EM spectrum scans.

This pack contains two (2) single-part metal miniatures sculpted by PF, painted by Tom Kelly.

Available now for $2.99 at http://www.clearhorizonminiatures.com