New Ion Age Scenery - Fabricator Spire

By Eli

Gavin and the folks at The Ion Age have released a cool new piece of scenery - the Fabricator Spire. I can see a lot of uses for this fun piece as it could easily represent everything from a rooftop comms system, generator, vaporator or even localized atmosphere processor. 

For more information on this cool scenery and its use in The Ion Age, check HERE.

15mm.co.uk Kicks Off Festive Season

Its the start of a month of festive season fun for 15mm.co.uk and as the little story above tells you its going to be a little mad too.  We have a brand new Festive Offers page on the website which you should refer to as over the coming weeks we will have not only new releases like SN01 above but also limited time offers on existing codes too.  We begin today and we end on 8th January and this is important if you like Snowmen in 15mm scale.  Read on!

SN01 Evil Snowmen - 5 Magic Creatures  2.50GBP

This code contains five different 15mm scale white metal miniatures.  Our not so friendly snowmen suitable for any festive themed scenario or army.  Each of them stands about 10mm tall and poses are hat with hatchet, top hat and candy cane, wool hat and rifle, saucepan and scarf, severed head and knife. Supplied Unpainted and without Bases.  HERE.

SN01 is our first code in what will be a yearly expanding range of festive themed miniatures.  They will only be for sale during the festive period of the year (until 8th January 2014) and will then be placed in storage until winter 2014 when they will be joined by another pack with something else Christmas themed.  Why have we made snowmen?  Same reason as most of our releases...wargamers asked for them!  Enjoy! 

SN01VB Evil Snowmen Horde - 20 Magic Creatures  9.00GBP

This code contains twenty 15mm scale white metal miniatures taken from five different poses.  Our not so friendly snowmen suitable for any festive themed scenario or army.  Each of them stands about 10mm tall and poses are hat with hatchet, top hat and candy cane, wool hat and rifle, saucepan and scarf, severed head and knife. Supplied Unpainted and without Bases.  This bumper value pack saves you 10% off list price! HERE.

Cold Thing - USEME Scenario

You might well have read the story at the top of this article.  Enjoyed it so far?  Yes?  Good stuff.  Well this tale is just a small part of an upcoming free USEME Scenario which will be published here on the blog as a download in a couple of weeks.  Keep watching for this.

Festive Season Current 15% Off Offers

Current special offers are as follows.  These will change on Monday next week so get in now.

HOT94 Jabberwock (1 Monster) (White Metal Kit).  

V106 Law Officer Air Raft (1 Vehicle) (Resin and White Metal Kit). 

Thanks for Reading!

GBS

ClearHorizon Miniatures - Early Black Friday/Holiday Hell Diver Special!

By Harold
(Disclaimer, this is a post about my own Miniatures Line)

No, it's not Santa in a drop pod, but something better!

To get in the spirit of the holidays and sales I've decided to do a Holiday Hell Divers Special!

Early Black Friday and Hell Divers Infantry Holiday Specials!

From now until December 20th we are having a Hell Divers Infantry Special

Two Packs of Alpha Squads and One Support squad is only $23USD!  That's a 15% savings! </b>

http://www.clearhorizonminiatures.com/store

Alpha Squad:

Includes:
(2) Command Figures
(2) High Energy Plasma SAW Weapons
(8) Plasma Riflemen
[12 Unique Sculpts]
Normally $10.99USD

Bravo Support Squad:

Includes:
(1) Sniper Team (Spotter and Sniper)
(2) AT Teams (AT Trooper and Loader)
[4 Unique Sculpts and (2) Riflemen]

Normally $4.99USD

Normal price for the pack would be $26.97USD, on sale for $23USD!

Thanks!

GZG - New Site and Christmas Offers!

GZG NEWS - revamped website now live, plus new releases and Christmas Offers!

We've just launched our NEW storefront (Cubecart 4, which drove our old store, is now obsolescent so we've upgraded to Cubecart 5); most things should work pretty much the same as the old store, though we still have to do a few tweaks of various things over the coming days.

All our web addresses (including our main one, www.gzg.com) have now been redirected to the new store, so you might need to change any bookmarks to it that you may have. The direct address for the new store is www.shop.groundzerogames.co.uk.

The most important improvement over the old store is that I will now be able to do much more in the way of updating and adding new items myself, rather than waiting for my web admin to do it, so new products should hit the store even faster now!

On the subject of new items, ALL of the new releases (infantry and

vehicles) that we launched at or just before WARFARE are now up on the new store and ready for your mailorders!

Finally, our 2013 CHRISTMAS OFFERS are also now up, full details of them are on the front page of the store! They will run until we close for the Christmas break on Friday 20th December, but don't leave it to the last minute. We're doing a similar deal to recent years, with generously-filled bags of EXTRA FREE GOODIES for all qualifying orders, PLUS our popular NEW YEAR DISCOUNT VOUCHERS - there are a few little tweaks to the offers for this year, so please check the full terms and details on the store.

Thanks for reading, wishing everyone a very Happy Christmas (or whatever other Seasonal Holiday you happen to celebrate) and thanks to the 15mm SF community for all your support during the year!

Jon (GZG)

ArmiesArmy previews BTR 160 - The Variants

By Harold

ArmiesArmy over on TMP previewed some of his new BTR 160 variants he's working on:

Hi all
Andrew my sculptor mentioned to me he was a little delayed (a few days) on finishing the BTR160. I now know why…….
A marvelous looking set of extras! I'm really, very very pleased with this list of items! Hoping they go to print in the next day or two! Again big thanks Andrew!

BTR 160 /BTR290 Turret

BTR 160 ADV

BTR 160 Ambulance

Rebel Minis: Earth Force Hover Tank up on the site.

By Harold

Hi everyone,  Rebel Mike posted up on TMP that he now has his Earth Force Hover Tanks up on his site for sale:

Rebel Mike says: 

You can see it here: Rebelminis.com

This awesome paint job is from John Treadaway. Many of you know John from the miniature forums and as one of creators of the Hammer's Slammers game. We decided to do some hover craft after Mark Ryan (Yes, I blame you Mark :) ) suggested we look into playing the game. We have the book and we are in the process of putting together a game. Stay tuned and we'll get some pics.

If you want to read more about the game, check out : link

As Always, Thanks!

Really great vehicle, and I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the range as it comes out too (along with that awesome modular range!)

Khurasan Miniatures previews new Near Future Ranges - USMC and Chi-Nippon.

By Harold

Hi everyone!  Khurasan Miniatures over on TMP previewed some really cool dollies for their upcoming near future range!

Khurasan Miniatures writes:

Here are the armless dollies for the major factions in our upcoming near future range--the USMC and Chi-Nippon.

This is the dolly for the United Systems Marine Corp. Depicted here is the hostile environment helmet but the troops will also be available with the standard duty helmet and the light duty helmet (the standard helmet with visor and mandible removed).

The chief rivals of the United Systems are the Chi-Nippon. Here's their infantry dolly.

Some really great stuff!  Can't wait to see these come out.

Check it here yo! 

http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=327480

Ion Age Legionary 3rd Tesseran

More New Shia Khan Troops Arrive

AF018 Legionary 3rd Tesseran

Come November come more Shia Khan Empire troops!  Expanding the current range further we have the brand new IAF018 Legionary 3rd Tesseran.  This pack contains eight white metal poses of Legion infantry, one Ordo officer with Cupid Pistol and seven different Discens (privates) armed with Maia 9.6mm Mpi. Legion are dressed in reactive glimmer suits and self contained breather systems with auto aid ability.   As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page.  Go HERE.  Price 4.00GBP per pack.

Other Khanate Legion Codes which go excellent with this pack are IAF006 Legionary 1st Tesseran, IAF007 Canthus Monocycle, IAF011 Legionary 2nd Tesseran and IAF012 Legion 1st Pioneers.  Including this new pack there are now thirty five different Khanate 15mm miniatures...enough for a whole force with no duplicate poses!

There is also just a bit over a week left to get the Novermber special Ion Age miniature Knight of the Dead. This figure is free with all purchases and can also be purchased separately.

Khurasan Miniatures releases 15mm Zantin Reconquest and Phalanx Gunships

By Harold

Hi everyone, Khurasan Miniatures has been busy as always and has released some amazing figures and heavy gunships:

The Zantin Reconquest figures:

Avaliable from: http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/zantin.html

15mm GOTA Clan Ground Forces plasma riflemen (x6 in six poses)

15mm GOTA Clan Ground Forces heavy fusion gunners (x6 in three poses)

15mm GOTA Clan Ground Forces section commanders and casualty (x5 in three poses -- two of each section leader figure, and one casualty)

And some amazing heavy gunships: (avaliable here: http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmscifi.html

15mm Federal Army Phalanx "A" Heavy Gunship with side panels removed and Army door gunners (with both medium pulsers and rotary cannons)

15mm Federal Navy Phalanx "A" Heavy Gunship with side panels removed and SPAR team door gunners (with both medium pulsers and rotary cannons)

15mm Federal Army/Navy Phalanx "B" Heavy Gunship (buttoned up)

New Blog From 15mm.co.uk

Hey everybody,

15mm.co.uk has just kicked off its own blog for the vast range of miniatures they offer. For those of you who may not know of them, 15mm.co.uk is a company that offers a massive variety of science fiction. fantasy and historical ranges and much, much more. The blog is set to show news relevant to their product lines, including concepts for upcoming products.

Today they showcased the classic Laserburn Law Officer Air Raft that has now been remastered in resin. I love the classic styling on this model and feel it would be perfect for those looking for something very iconic to add to their collection. Seen below in a stunning Sam Croes paint job, it's everything you need to patrol the streets of a megacity, traverse the atomic aftermath, or hunt alien prey on exotic worlds. 

I look forward to following the progress of this blog. Gavin's got an amazing amount of imagination and if this is a sign that it's about to be unleashed upon us, then I say bring it on! Jump over to the 15mm.co.uk blog and see for yourself.

-Eli

Ravenstar Studios - END OF THE YEAR SALE Announced: 30% off 15th to the 30th

By Harold

Hi everyone, just wanted to let you all know that Ravenstar put up a notice on his blog that he is holding a 30% sale on his entire line and including free giveaway miniatures on all orders from the 15th to the 30th.

See all the details here:

http://ravenstarstudios.blogspot.com/

http://www.ravenstarstudios.com/

Chris is a great guy and he has some really great stuff including his newest 15mm line, "The Horrid", a great bio-alien line...

The Horrid

And check out some of his other great minis too:

To order just:

email me at ravenstarstudios@charter.net and I will send you price lists of every thing and any pics you need.

Amazing Painting Blogs to follow: ThirdFateCreations

By Harold

Hi everyone!

ThirdFateCreations has a painting blog that they have been updating recently: http://thirdfatecreations.blogspot.com/

They do some amazing stuff with 15mm vehicles and figures (and other scales) using almost all airbrush techniques.  Head over to check out all the good stuff!

Last week for ClearHorizon Miniatures Pre-Order specials for light and medium attack VTOLs!

By Harold
Disclaimer: This is a post about my miniature line.  Everyone should have their own mini line, it's fun!

Hi Everyone!

I'd like to just let you all know that this is the last week that ClearHorizon Miniatures is offering pre-order specials for it's Raven-Class and Sparrowhawk-Class attack VTOLs.

*please note that these pictures are final WIPs. The Final models have been completed sanded and cleaned, if you see any weird roughness it has been taken care of.

[The Sparrowhawk and Raven next to "Standard" 15mm figures]

More New Troops From GZG

By Eli

In the last of the preview/new releases from GZG for now, we have more Pan-African Union and Colonial Defense Force as well as new sculpts for the Japanese Coporate troops. For hard sci-fi fans this has been am assive windfall of new potential troops and additions to their forces.

I know we may have to wait a bit for releases out of GZG, but when they come out it's usually a big deal and this seems to have been no exception.

Good stuff, Jon!

New additions for the PAU (Pan-African Union) troops:

SG15-P11    PAU Rifles B   (Caps)         £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in fabric battledress and jungle  caps; 2 each of 4 different poses, all with infantry assault rifle.

SG15-P12    PAU Light Machine Gunners           £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in fabric battledress with combat helmets; 2 each of 4 different poses, all with LMG/SAW (sustained-fire version of assault rifle with bipod, heavy barrel and extended magazine).

Packs P11-P12 (and the P10 pack previewed earlier this week) are in production, they will be available at this weekend's show and for mailorder straight afterwards.

COMING SOON: P13: PAU Support Weapons (RPGs and Snipers).

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New addition for the CDF (Colonial Defence Force) troops:

SG15-C13    CDF Light Support Weapons           £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in fabric battledress with light upper-body armour, with open-face helmets; 2 each of 4 different poses - 2 poses with single-shot rocket launchers and 2 poses with heavy anti-armour rifles.

Pack C13 is in production, as are the C10 and C12 packs previewed earlier, they will be available at this weekend's show and for mailorder straight afterwards.

COMING SOON: C11: CDF Riflemen in field caps.

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ALL-NEW-SCULPT  Japanese Corporate Ashigaru -  

Infantry in light combat armour. These all-new figures are in the same uniform style as our original J01, J02 and J05 packs, but are completely redesigned in terms of weapons, detail and pose.

Taking their name from the foot soldiers raised by feudal lords in ancient Japan, the Corporate Ashigaru are "Company Troops" funded by the huge Megacorps that effectively control most of the Japanese economy and almost all of its off-world colonies. The range contains a mix of male and female troopers, and includes helmeted figures plus some bareheaded poses with traditional headbands.

SG15-J10          Japanese Corporate Ashigaru Rifles A (Helmets)    £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in light armour and combat helmets, 2 each of 4 different poses, all with flechette rifle.

SG15-J11          Japanese Corporate Ashigaru Rifles B (Bareheaded)         £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in light armour, BAREHEADED with headbands, 2 each of 4 different poses, all with flechette rifle.

SG15-J12          Japanese Corporate Ashigaru - SAW gunners      £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in light armour and combat helmets, 2 each of 4 different poses, all with rotary tribarrel SAWs.

SG15-J13          Japanese Corporate Ashigaru - Squad special weapons    £3.00 inc VAT (£2.50 ex VAT)

Pack of 8 figures in light armour and combat helmets, 2 each of 4 different poses - 2 poses with six-round MicroMissile launcher and 2 of Marksman with Laser  Rifle.

Packs J10-J13 are in production, they will be available at this weekend's show and for mailorder straight afterwards.

J20: TECH-NINJA SPECIAL FORCES PACK COMING VERY SOON!

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Antenociti's Workshop teases upcoming Kickstater

By Harold

Hi Everyone,  I spied this piece of news on Antenociti's Workshop's facebook page:

Quick FYI: We will be running a Kickstarter in 2014 that will cover resin scenery (lots of it), MDF structures, Vehicles and figures.

More details sometime later, but i know that many have been waiting for us to make a decision one way or another.

So, if you have a hankering for some serious quantities of resin and terrain at great prices, save a bit of pocket money for early 2014.

While this will be stated for 28mm,  much of their scenery and items meant for 28mm work great for 15mm as well.

I also know they have some cool VTOLs and dropships in the works too.

Exciting news! Can't wait to see what they come out with.

GZG Keeps Rolling - New Vehicles

By Eli

In an amazing push of new product, Jon over at GZG sent me these new previews of upcoming releases. With new troops on the way, it's cool to see that the vehicles didn't get left out. This batch will find quite a broad audience I'm sure providing vehicles suitable for colonies, cities and battlefields alike.

NEW 15mm VEHICLES!

V15-99A           SWAT van - Police transport vehicle: 

4-wheel lightly armoured carrier for Riot Police and SWAT teams, ideal for urban operations, riot control and even as a makeshift APC for militia forces. This version is the basic van with two roof hatches, unarmed except for smoke dischargers and the personal weapons of the occupants. Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)

V15-99B           SWAT van - Riot Control variant: 

4-wheel lightly armoured carrier with light turret on roof, supplied with multiple smoke/gas dischargers and a choice of autocannon or grenade mortar (both weapons supplied). Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£8.40 inc VAT (£7.00 ex VAT)

V15-99C           SWAT van - Crowd Dispersal Vehicle (CDV) variant:

4-wheel lightly armoured carrier with large microwave emitter, used as a non-lethal (well, most of the time...) area denial system.

Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£8.40 inc VAT (£7.00 ex VAT)

V15-99D           SWAT van - Water Cannon variant: 

4-wheel lightly armoured carrier with large storgae tank in rear body and twin independent water cannon turrets. Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£8.40 inc VAT (£7.00 ex VAT)

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V15-100A          MRAP-A light armoured patrol vehicle:

4-wheel carrier designed for patrol and transport duties, well protected against IEDs for counter-insurgent operations. This version has a troop carrier body with a manned weapon mount on the roof (two weapons supplied - MMG and grenade launcher). Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£8.40 inc VAT (£7.00 ex VAT)

V15-100B          MRAP-B light armoured patrol vehicle: 

4-wheel carrier designed for patrol and transport duties, well protected against IEDs for counter-insurgent operations. This version has a raised roof body and can be used as a command/comms vehicle or a general transport. Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£8.40 inc VAT (£7.00 ex VAT)

V15-100C          MRAP-C light armoured patrol vehicle: 

4-wheel carrier designed for patrol and transport duties, well protected against IEDs for counter-insurgent operations. This version has a larger rear body and can be used as a logistics vehicle or a field ambulance/casevac vehicle. Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£8.40 inc VAT (£7.00 ex VAT)

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V15-101A          Heavy Missile Battery on 4-wheel trailer:

Mobile launcher unit for three very large missiles, suitable either for heavy surface bombardment OR as a ground-to-orbit space defence system - an ideal objective for a surgical strike team to have to take out before the dropships can land....  Multi-part ALL METAL kit, includes towing hitch to fit to the tractor vehicle of your choice!

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)

V15-101B          Heavy Missile Battery on Groundmount base:

Static launcher unit for three very large missiles, suitable either for heavy surface bombardment OR as a ground-to-orbit space defence system - an ideal objective for a surgical strike team to have to take out before the dropships can land....  Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)

V15-102A          Heavy MLRS Battery on 4-wheel trailer: 

Mobile launcher unit with a Multiple-Launch Rocket System, suitable either for heavy surface bombardment or anti-aircraft roles. Kit is supplied with alternative end plates for rocket box, for either six large-calibre or twelve smaller rockets.  Multi-part ALL METAL kit, includes towing hitch to fit to the tractor vehicle of your choice!

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)

V15-102B          Heavy MLRS Battery on Groundmount base: 

Static launcher unit with a Multiple-Launch Rocket System, suitable either for heavy surface bombardment or anti-aircraft roles. Kit is supplied with alternative end plates for rocket box, for either six large-calibre or twelve smaller rockets.  Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)

V15-103A          Tracker Unit on 4-wheel trailer: 

Mobile unit with Long-Range Sensor/Tracker System, as a guidance/Fire Control unit for either the 101 or 102 rocket/missile batteries.

Multi-part ALL METAL kit, includes towing hitch to fit to the tractor vehicle of your choice!

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)

V15-103B          Tracker Unit on Groundmount base: 

Static unit with Long-Range Sensor/Tracker System, as a guidance/Fire Control unit for either the 101 or 102 rocket/missile batteries.

Multi-part ALL METAL kit.

£7.50 inc VAT (£6.25 ex VAT)