Salute and Spring Season Sale

15mm.co.uk Offers Deals and Discounts

From the mouth of Gavin,

We had a massive uptake on the first set pre-orders of the 15mm Human Fantasy Buildings and that combined with the shipping of the Yandrassi Kickstarter for Loud Ninja Games and also other work on Alternative Armies and The Ion Age has meant a crazy couple of weeks for us. But we are now back with superb news. Our annual spring offer month is now live!

We have a code for 15% off all orders and the offer of a Goody Bag free in every order too. On top of that we have today released the HOB01 Buildings onto the website and in the linked blog post we tell you the releases for the next month. So you can plan your orders and work out when and what you want.

Read on for more information and we would like to thank all of you for your continued support. Its our aim to bring you the best in generic 15mm scale wargaming for Fantasy, Historical and Science Fiction. Enjoy the offers and if you have questions please do feel free to email me.

Until 1st May get 15% off orders and a Goody Bag too!
We are not attending any conventions in person this spring but this does not mean we are not making our annual offers during April to our worldwide customer base as they have come to expect from us. We will be having new releases and more during this period but the offers here apply to each and every one of them all the same. So while you will not see us at Salute 2015 in London this April on Alternative Armies trade stand here is what we are offering you:

15% Off Discount Code to be used on All Orders!
Open to use by all customers as many times as they wish to use it the code ' spring ' to automatically reduce the price of all items in your cart by 15% on screen. Use the code ' spring ' as it appears here during the checkout process on page two of the process (that is after you enter your payment details) on same page page as your postage choice in the DISCOUNT box and your product total will automatically reduce 15% on screen. Excellent Value and valid until 1st May 2015.

Free “Goody Bag” in all Orders worth 10% of your Order!
When you place an order of any size or value with us until 1st May we will automatically place a Goody Bag into your package to the value of approx 10% of the order. The items in this free bag will be related to what you have purchased but will be our choice. So if you order HOT 15mm Fantasy Undead you will get other Undead and an order for 15mm Medieval will get you more 15mm Medieval. A lovely surprise for you and great for your collections. And yes if you do order a pile of Laserburn Value Packs we will send you a small fleet of Laserburn vehicles to go with them!

Click on the link below to go to our blog for full information on these offers along with information on releases coming for the next month. Thanks.

15mm.co.uk BLOG

Ikwen Rock Village WIP - Part One

Here is a bit of video describing a technique I am using for a very inexpensive terrain project.

ClearHorizon Miniatures posts a video tutorial: How to paint a 15mm Sci-FI Miniature

ClearHorizon Miniatures (MrHarold) writes:

Hi everyone! I have put together a video showing every step I take painting a 15mm HADES Ghost Team Sniper Operative.

I go over paint choices, brush choices and techniques.

 I hope you folks enjoy it and find it useful, please let me know if you have any feedback!

 The HADES Ghost Team Squad is available from clearhorizonminiatures.com

Thanks!

Ravenstar Studios: Having a have to sale. 15% off plus freebies... thats always good.

From: http://ravenstarstudios.blogspot.com/2015/03/having-have-to-sale-15-off-plus-freebes.html

Check out all the great stuff Ravenstar Studios has to offer here.

Hey everyone , we are having a Have to Have Sale ,  we have new models in the works and this is how we pay for them. so we are having a 15% sale starting today until march 25th , until March 30th. you will also receive a free surprise gift depending on your order both in size and which line you order from. And if you have ordered from us before you know we give away a lot of stuff. so pop over to our site www.Ravenstarstudio.com
 and have fun.

ok this is the Thumper. a bio-artillery Horrid $8 each 

make another box, 3 for $20 

the thumper  comes either A or B versions ,A is the solid shell , B has the split shell . 

the 3 figures are Ghast, 3 for $6. Horrid assassins

Assault Publishing releases laser-cut modular system EDCV Labs Starter System!

Available here: http://assaultpublishing.com/?p=1862

Laser-cut March 2015 special deal!

After many inquires we decided to introduce special starter set with our new laser-cut articles. ‘EDCV Labs’ special deal is very good beginning of you adventure with Assault Publishing modular system terrain!

The starter consists of the following elements:

1. 3 x 6″ corridor [LCHT-02]
2. 2 x L-section [LCHT-04]
3. 1 x short X-section [LCHT-06]
4. 1 x short T-section [LCHT-10]
5. 2 x room w/2 entries (adjacent) [LCHT-11 – note photo shows version with 4 entries]
6. 16 x blast door (6*type 4, 4*type 5, 6*type 6) [LCXD-04, LCXD-05, LCXD-06]
7. bonus “EDCV Labs” wall layers – limited only to this set!

This is limited offer valid untill end of the March 2015. You can buy EDCV Labs set in Assault Publishing store in special price of 99 EUR (these elements normally cost 120 EUR if bought separately!).

Check out the rest of their laser cut terrain here: http://assaultpublishing.com/?p=1836

Brigade Models shows off fancy new infantry sculpts!

From: http://www.brigademodels.co.uk/Blog/2015/03/pbi/

Brigade Models is showing off some awesome new infantry sculpted by Martin Baker:

Salute 2015 is now about five-and-a-half weeks away. Loads of time, aeons. That said, the show edition of Miniature Wargames has just dropped through the letterbox which reminds us that we’re getting ever closer. We’ve been planning our show releases since before Xmas, although as always we’ll be panicking up to the last minute I’m sure ! It’s time to start previewing them, which we’ll do over the coming 3-4 weeks.

The first batch of masters has arrived ready for moulding – and we have to admit to being quite excited by them. Although we have a few packs of figures in our 15mm range (some lovely PF aliens and bounty hunters, our Power Armour and some very useful tank crew) we don’t have any straightforward, ground-pounder infantry. So we’ve got together with Martin Baker and he’s sculpted us some really excellent figures, based around some 3D designed and printed weapons. These are straight out of the package that came in the post this morning, and will be off for moulding tomorrow so I haven’t had long to get them photographed. Click on the photos for larger versions if you’d like to see more.

As you can see we have a number of infantry poses, plus command, support weapons (SAW, grenade launcher and rocket launcher), snipers and heavy weapons crewmen. The gunners will be paired up with tripod mounted versions of our pintel weapons (unfortunately I didn’t have any to hand when I took the photos). They will be sold in packs of eight figures (or equivalent), although we haven’t finalised the exact contents just yet. Having these available will also allow us to create platoon packs of APCs with crew and infantry and we’ll also create complete army packs of tanks, APCs, infantry and support vehicles.

Check out more previews on their website!

ClearHorizon Miniatures releases the HADES Ghost Team

Available at: http://www.clearhorizonminiatures.com

The 15mm HADES Ghost Team has been released!

Armed with the most advanced sensor suite and suppressed weaponry the Hunter/Ambush Discreet Engagement Section (HADES) Ghost Team is able to execute a wide array of missions covertly.

Each team member also has an advanced, lightweight exo-skeleton system designed to allow for super-human capabilities.

Each team comes with nine figures each with an optional backpack and a choice of three heads.
There is a Command figure, SAW gunner, sniper and six riflemen.

Available now for $8.99 at http://www.clearhorizonminiatures.com

Check out an overview video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vUdpm6xCOo

DLD Productions has launched their Kickstarter to bring their kits into plastic!

Check out the Kickstarter here!

The Kickstarter runs until Apr 21 2015:

"This is WAR!"  The 23rd century is a time of turmoil. The CMF or Coalition of Military Forces, (which is made up of the remnants of the old North Atlantic Treaty Organization), are embattled with the Opposition Forces, (which is a unified Russia and China), or OPFOR, for not only Earth domination, but space as well. CMF-held worlds and colonies fighting off hordes of OPFOR units, as they struggle to hang on to their territories. Battles with tracked, wheeled and sometimes grav tanks and APC’s become nothing more than tangled masses of wrecked metal, plastic and…..sometimes…..soldiers.

"This is WAR!" is a 15mm ground based tabletop miniatures game, using a d6 system, to simulate vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to troop and troop to troop combat in the 23rd century.

Units are chosen from Platoon and Company cards, and the models and figures are placed on the battlefield in accordance to the scenario. Units are "activated" one platoon at a time, alternating sides. Once the game has ended, victory points are tallied up from the backs of the Platoon and/or Company cards, and the winner is then determined.

This game simulates hand to hand combat with troops, and also hand to hand with vehicles. The game is fast paced and brutal.

"This is WAR!"

What we would like to see happen, is that our entire 15mm futuristic/scifi product line be switched from resin castings....to plastic injection.

Why would we want to do this? 

There are several simple reasons:

#1. Production times......production times will go WWAAYYY down!.....as a plastic injection machine can create several sprues a minute as opposed to only one every few hours with resin…......that means, product will be made at a wicked fast rate!

#2. Ease of manufacture. That means that the finicky nature of resin materials will become a thing of the past. No more moisture contaminating resin stock and thus creating waste. No more having an improper mixture go bad, also creating waste.

#3. Cost. Once the cost of the mold has been funded,the cost of the plastic material, per sprue, will greatly reduce the cost to you. They directly relate to one another. That means.....you can get bigger more diverse armies!! And it won't cost a home remortgage!

#4. Weight. The plastics will cost less to ship, (and carry around!), so, shipping will become more of a stable platform. Instead of having to figure out if you can afford the shipping for this that and the other thing, you can concentrate on the more important things in life.....like......building a gianormous army in which to crush your enemies!!!!

#5. "This is WAR!" We went and decided that we need a fast paced, brutal as all get out 15mm tabletop game, featuring our OWN kits, and troops and such! So.....we did! Our great 15mm futuristic/scifi kits with a wickedly brutal game system to accompany them!!

So there you have it...5 really good reasons for this Kickstarter. But we cannot do it alone. We need your help. Let's make this happen, and get this ball rolling!

Support our Kickstarter!

Team DLD

The boxed game:

The "This is WAR!" boxed game will include the following:

4x sprues of CMF vehicles, (each sprue can make one of 3 different vehicles, Kamodo APC, Kamodo HFS or Kamodo TOC).

4x sprues of OPFOR vehicles, (each sprue can make one of 3 different vehicles, Type 692 APC, Type 695-FS (Fire Support), or Type 694-CP (Command Post).

2x squads of CMF troops, (16 figures in metal casting)

2x squads of OPFOR troops, (16 figures in metal casting)

64x cardstock counters

12x white d6

2x sheets of full color blast templates

2x Front/Flank templates

2x cardstock quick reference sheets

2x sheets of CMF Company/Support cards

2x sheets of OPFOR Company/Support cards

1x Unit/painting Guide and Scenario Book

1x "This is WAR!" color rulebook

Ion Age Planetary Militia Gets Some Heavy Support

Hey All,

So, we're a little late getting this posted, but as they say, "better late than never".

Last week, the good folks at The Ion Age released two wonderful, new battlesuits to accompany their planetary militia figures. The Steornede battlesuits come in two variety - missile and cannon- armed. The weapon pods are universally mounted, so it also stands to reason a little mix and match might be had if you wanted to diversify your loud outs. They would also work nicely as robots, if you universe does not include piloted battlesuits.

For full details on the models you can read about them, the militia and more- HERE

Double Duty, Part Two: Gundams That Don't Look Like Gundams

This is a continuation of my Double Duty series, using models and figures from other sources that can still pass as 15mm/1-100th scale.

Here's the link to Part One.

I love Gundam models from Bandai.  Chances are, if you're a mechahead, you like them, too.  But, if you want to use "scale-correct" 1/100th Gundams, you're dealing with an 180 mm/7 inch tall model or larger.

Unless you're fighting Kaiju (which is cool, don't get me wrong), that's usually too big for most tabletops.

Thus, many folks, myself included, use the smaller, cheaper 1/144th scale Bandai Gundam kits, which range from 4.5 to 5.5 inches tall (114mm to 139mm).

The problem is, most folks know the classic Zeon/Earth Federation styling (samurai crests, blue/white/red/yellow color patterns, green and red Zaku sensor domes, etc.).

This leads to awkward questions of why you're using 1/144th scale models on a 15mm (roughly 1/100th scale) tabletop.  Can't have that, can we?  ;)

So, the focus of this article is Gundams that don't look like Gundams, that still fit on your tabletop, that don't break the bank.

First up is the 1/144th scale Jesta Cannon mobile suit.  Some serious firepower, there.

A more utilitarian variant, maybe to be used as a main battle mecha or common "soldier" type, is the 1/144th scale Jesta.

A neat mobile suit is the dual-cannon 1/144th scale Kampfer Amazing.  I like the sleek, almost aquatic look to it.

The 1/144th scale GM Sniper II Custom has some personality to it, though it has the classic shield and lower legs of a Gundam.  The external ammo compartments and sensor visor break up the normal design style, though.

This is a 1/144th scale Hi-Mock Simulator Suit, apparently a training suit used by junior pilots.  It's look is just generic enough, to me, that it doesn't scream Zaku or even Gundam.  Just a clean arrangement of geometric shapes.  I think this would lend itself nicely to customization.

To finish out this article, here's a mobile suit that will probably never be misjudged as the wrong-sized kit on your tabletop:  The 1/144th scale Beargguy Mobile Suit, and its yellow (and ribbon-backpacked!) 1/144th scale Beargguy III Mobile Suit.

So, there you have it.  Just some variety in your mecha purchases.  After all, Destroids, Mortis Leviathans, and L-HACs need someone their own size to pick on.

On Behalf Of Dropship Horizon,
JBR

Edit to Add:

Hat tip to Jason Spykerman for suggesting the 1/144th scale Grimoire mobile suit.  Very cool look.

I know this list is nowhere near comprehensive, but if you have suggestions, feel free to add them in the comment section.

-JBR

ClearHorizon Miniatures announced Apocalypse Tank Pre-orders!

ClearHorizon Miniatures is now offering pre-orders on it's Apocalypse Superheavy Tank!

The Apocalypse-Class Superheavy Tank is now available for pre-order!

Here is part 1 of a tutorial featuring how to paint the Apocalypse tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUtTwQpA4pk

You save $2 USD off the final price by pre-ordering ($32.99 vs $34.99 USD), and you insure that you get your Apocalypse first!

This Superheavy tank is one of the largest in 15mm and our largest ground vehicle to date!

Pre-Order today!


And, as always, check out our Facebook Page to keep up-to-date on all our releases! link

The Apocalypse tank was sculpted by the ever-talented Steve "Coolhand" Tyler, coolhandgraphics.blogspot.com

Brand new releases coming rolling throught at Brigade Models!

Check it out here.

One of the forces in our 6mm range that has never really been properly represented in 15mm (apart from a couple of odd tanks) is the American Republic. As you may have seen on our blog recently, we’ve got round to rectifying this at last with seven brand new vehicles and variants.

The two existing models, the Curtiss Heavy Tank and Kochte BT have both been replaced by brand new sculpts, and we've added the Baumann MICV and Oldmann light tank plus several variants.

All are available singly, and the Curtiss, Kochte and Oldmann are also available in discounted Platoon Packs of three vehicles, stowage and crew.

SF15-202 – Curtiss Heavy Tank – £9.00
SF15-203 – Baumann MICV – £8.00
SF15-203a – Baumann AA – £8.00
SF15-203b – Baumann w/missile turret – £8.00
SF15-206 – Oldmann Light Tank – £5.00
SF15-206a – Oldmann w/missile turret – £5.00
SF15-208 – Kochte MBT – £8.00
PP15-202 – Curtiss Platoon Pack – £26.00
PP15-206 – Oldmann Platoon Pack – £14.00
PP15-208 – Kochte Platoon Pack – £23.00

If you’re outside the EU, remember that you don’t need to pay VAT – so the price you pay is only 5/6ths of that shown above, which should go some way towards offsetting the postage costs.

Model Brush Reviews 15mm Ion Age Terrain

From the Ion Age Blog

Model Brush is a wargaming review website run by a small group of talented guys in Spain. Late in 2014 they approached us to review our Ion Age Terrain Range on their website. Specifically we sent them the introductory starter set IAF044BU01 Habitation Outpost Bundle which has a 20% saving giving a great overview of our terrain range.


You can access the product review HERE.





The review looks in depth and impartially at the pieces in the Habitation Outpost Bundle and features many images and opinions. They look at the Hab Domes, the Connector Corridors, the Turret Modules, the Pressure Door, Crossroads Connector and the Power Spire. I like their review style and I will leave you with the final line from the review:


“We can only say good things about these little outpost: the quality is great and the size is bigger than we expected. The only bad thing about it is… that we want the bigger outpost packs!!! (Meanwhile, we have started painting this outpost, so stay tuned for it!)”