Aberrant Games has added four new miniatures to their product line recently:
Vatacina Starter Cardinal (US $6.99)
Vatacina Starter Watcher (US $6.99)
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New Minis from Aberrant
New Warlord Games Miniatures
Warlord Games has released and re-released a number of miniatures lately, including:
- Waffen-SS Pioniers & Goliath Demolitions Vehicle (new)
- Bolt Action British Airborne Close Quarter Fighters (new)
- Bolt Action M5 Halftrack (re-release)
- Bolt Action Panzer IV Ausf H mit schurzen (re-release)
They’ve also posted previews of several other miniatures.
Cipher Ships Hell Dorado Miniatures
Cipher Studios announced that they have shipped the next wave of Hell Dorado releases to distribution, so they should begin showing up in game stores soon. This wave includes Great Damned One of Wrath, Blade Master Hybrid, Saurav-Geet, Blessed Warriors, Husaym al Din, and Sara Zingaresce. Photos of the assembled, painted miniatures appear on the Cipher Studios web site and the related cards are available in PDF form.
Emperor’s Choice Miniatures Sale
The Emperor’s Choice Games and Miniatures Corp. is having a "metal" sale on all in-house made miniatures (Arduin – fantasy line miniatures). These will be on sale at 50% off until they post a notice otherwise on their site. To get the discount, put the word "meta" in the discount manager during checkout. See their site for more details.
BattleTech Starter Sets Release May 18
The Classic BattleTech web site announced that Iron Wind Metals is releasing two BattleForce-scale miniatures starter boxes on May 18. BattleForce is the lightning-fast combat BattleTech game that ramps up the classic BattleTech rule set to make for a fast-playing system.
The two sets Iron Wind Metals is releasing include 10-048 BattleForce-scale Starter Box 1 – Inner Sphere and 10-049 BattleForce-scale Starter Box 2 – Clan set. Starter Box 1 features 12 mechs, including the Atlas, Barghest, BattleMaster, Dervish, Emperor, Gallowglass, Legionnaire, Mad Cat MK II, Nexus II, Rifleman, Starslayer, and Wolfhound. Starter Box 2 features 10 mechs, including Hellion Prime, Vixen, Cougar, Jenner IIC, Fenris, Grendel, Shadow Cat, Nova Cat, Mad Cat, and Kodiak.
Category: Miniatures, Miniatures Games | Tags: battleforce, battletech, Iron Wind Metals, Miniatures
Baccus 6mm Releases Napoleonic Russians
The Baccus 6mm web site announced the release of more Napoleonic Russians miniatures. Set NRU30 features several mounted generals. NRU16 features limber and team. Hussars wearing kiwers and the Pavlovski Grenadiers as well. See their web site for more information.
Miniatures Games News–April 26, 2011
- Aberrant Games and Miniatures has released two new Warlands Vehicle Accessory Packs (#2 and #3) as updating their Factory Floor preview page.
- All the King’s Men Toy Soldiers has added a new line of Napoleonic Wars (1812-1815) miniatures to their catalog.
- Alternative Armies has released a slew of new miniatures in time for convention season, including Undead Engineers, The Hob-Goblins of Taffsea, French Werewolf Artillery, and more.
- Ambush Alley Games is looking to establish its Pointman program to develop a fan-based demo team for conventions, game stores, and other events.
- Catalyst Game Labs has been nominated for several Origins Awards in 2011.
- Chapterhouse Studios, makers of "custom sculpts and bits for Warhammer 40,000 and fantasy" has added many new products to their catalog recently.
- Cipher Studios has added lots of new Hell Dorado miniatures.
- The Classic Battletech web site is offering a free dropship to those who pre-order Hexpack: Cities and Roads.
- Comfy Chair Games has upgraded the MechSpiders for their W.I.L.Dfire line.
- Crocodile Games posted a preview of their upcoming King Agamemnon miniature.
- Dark Age Games will create a custom miniature of the player who wins their Immortal Tournament at Gen Con 2011.
- Dark Realm Miniatures announced that their Seeds of War miniatures are available now.
- Darkson Designs is working with Valiant Enterprises in Wisconsin to cast some of their miniatures.
- Dream Pod 9 announced that the Heavy Gear Blitz! Field Manual is available to order.
- Hamster Press is working on Jump The Shark, a game about writing really bad B-Movies.
- Black Orc Games has released Rocky, Lava, Slate Tile, and Wood bases in 25mm scale for miniatures.
- Until May 2, Mantic Games is continuing to offer its Show Specials on miniatures. This includes Dwarf, Undead, and Elf miniatures.
- Majestic Twelve Games has released Starmada: Fleet Ops, a starship and fleet space combat game.
- Mongoose Publishing has released A Call to Arms: Noble Armada Rulebook, a Noble Armada Megadeal package, and several other new items.
- Red Shirt Games will be at Gen Con and Origins in 2011. They’re also running a new space combat game with their own rule system, and are selling miniatures they bought from a now-defunct space game to use with their rules.
- SSDC is offering the complete collection of Battlelords books in print and PDF versions for 20% off.
- A rulebook is now available for gaming in David Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers universe. Called The Crucible, it’s officially endorsed by Drake.
- The Virtual Armchair General site announced the release of Corner Kick!, a miniatures game based on soccer.
- Too Fat Lardies has added So Far from God and A la Baionette rules to their product line.
- Unified Theory Games has released Vortex, free basic rules for a customizable skirmish game that can be used with any miniature in any setting.
Category: Game Deals, Miniatures, Miniatures Games | Tags: game news, Miniatures, Miniatures Games, miniatures wargaming
New Dark Age Minis
Dark Age Games posted the above pictures of two of their new miniatures, which will soon be available for sale at http://www.coolminiornot.com/shop/miniatures/dark-age-games
Cold Wars Sale at OldGlory15s.com
The OldGlory15s.com site has announced a sale now through the end of March. The sale covers anything they manufacture, including Battle Honors, Old Glory 15s, Quality Castings, Rank And File, Alpha Forge Games, and Black Raven Foundry items.
Orders of $9-$300 get 20% off. Orders over $301.00 will get 30% off. Free shipping is offered for purchases of $150 (net) or more. See their web site for details.
15% Off Sale at Alternative Armies
According to the Alternative Armies web site, they’re currently making “The SALUTE 2009 Offer” to those attending and not attending the convention in London. The offer is reportedly valid from February 27, 2009, through March 30, 2009. Purchasers receive a 15% discount off all orders placed with Alternative Armies by email, snail mail, or web. Those attending the convention also pay no shipping. For more details and any changes to the offer terms, see the Alternative Armies web site.
Recent Miniatures Releases
As a general rule, we stopped covering miniatures releases a while back. There were just so many that it occupied a lot of time and there didn’t seem to be a lot of interest in them. Besides, there are great sites like The Miniatures Page that do a better job than we’ll be able to do here. Nevertheless, there seemed to be a lot of new releases recently and I had a minute to cover them, so here’s a sort of “hit list” of the miniatures releases I’m aware of recently:
Age of Glory has released a number of Empress Miniatures, including British infantry, Zulu warriors, and others.
Baker Company has released an “Austrian walking wounded in greatcoat and shako”, Burmese with spear, pack elephant, Siamese/Burmese militia with two swords, Prussian line infantry attacking in Picklehaubes, NVA with heavy machine gun, Zulu casualties, and others.
Baueda released 15mm Vikings DBA and BI army packs on February 9.
Dragonblood Miniatures has published pictures of its Painted Draconid Shaman miniature and says that the miniature is almost ready to ship to pre-order customers.
John Jenkins Designs has published information on its upcoming Battle on the Monongahela miniatures, the Battle on Snowshoes miniatures, and other upcoming releases.
Kallistra has recently released Teutonic Knights, a medieval siege tower, and 28mm trenches recently.
Pendraken Miniatures has released a number of new Renaissance, 16h century Ottoman Turks miniatures, American War of Independence miniatures, and World War II miniatures.
Reaper Miniatures released some Dark Heaven Legends, Warlord, and Chronoscope miniatures on 2/16/09.
Renegade Miniatures released several World War I and World War II miniatures on 2/17/09
Scale Creep Miniatures has new items from Quick Reaction Force, Navwar, and Litko in stock.
Timecast has updated its web site and is offering some Landmark Buildings at Salute and Triples.
That’s all I’ve got for now. Enjoy…
Category: Miniatures | Tags: Miniatures
GF9 Releases New Magnetic Base Sizes
A while back, the good folks at Gale Force Nine released yet-another interesting product, magnetic bases for miniatures. As they describe them, “The Magnetic Basing System is the ultimate solution for your model basing needs. Each pack contains ready to use magnetic bases and a sheet of self-adhesive “rubber steel”. Your forces will always be battle-ready, be it in their movement trays, display boards or army transport case. Every pre-sized base is a powerful magnet, topped with molded plastic. Simply mount your miniature as you would on any standard plastic base, paint and flock the base and your model is ready to take to the battlefield. The magnetic base will adhere to any ferrous surface and is strong enough to hold even metal models in place.”
If you’re looking for a good basing product for your miniatures, you might want to check these out.
Category: Gaming Accessories, Miniatures | Tags: gale force nine, gf9, magnetic bases, magnetic basing system, Miniatures
Armorcast Releases Steam Dragon and Cityscape Pieces
Armorcast has released a “Steam Dragon” miniature, which is basically a steampunk version of a traditional dragon. They’ve also released several pieces of Cityscape terrain, including soda machines, candy machines, parking meters, lampposts, jersey barriers, billboards, and street signs. For pictures and more information, see the Armorcast web site.
Category: Miniatures | Tags: Armorcast, billboard, candy machine, cityscape terrain, Miniatures, soda machine, steam dragon, steampunk dragon
15% off Miniatures at 15mm.co.uk
Until January 29, 2009, the 15mm.co.uk site is reportedly offering 15% off list prices for all miniatures. Purchasers must enter the code “1506″ in the discount box during checkout to get the reduced price. For more information and details, see their web site.
New Releases from Pulp Figures
As I announced a while back, we’re not going to cover new miniatures on this site as a general topic anymore. However, I will cover sales on miniatures when I uncover them, or if a new release happens to pique my curiosity or looks really “neat” to me I will cover it here. Such is the case with two of the newest releases from Pulp Figures in their “Radon Zombies of the Ionosphere” line.
Recently, Pulp Figures released packs number 2 and number 3 in this line, and while I don’t play any games for which they’d be useful to me, I do think they’re neat to look at:
These have a very 1950′s sort of “Forbidden Planet” kind of feel to them, which may be what I enjoy about looking at them. They make me think of the old pulp sci-fi films.
New Christmas Miniatures and More at Armorcast
The Armorcast site is featuring a number of new Christmas and other miniatures, including the “Kandy Kane” Christmas elf pictured below. The list of new miniatures includes:
XMAS002 Kandy Kane the Xmas Elf $5.00
XMAS001 Ginfritter the Gift Giving Gnome $5.00
(00204) Archangel Michael $6.99
(00205) Guardian Angel $6.99
(00206) Angel Gabriel $6.99
(00202) Pegasus Mare & Foal $14.99
(00203) Unicorn Mare & Foal $8.99
WARN006 Atomic Symbol in Black $5.50
WARN007 Atomic Symbol in White $5.50
90201 Zephyr Gothic – White $6.50
90202 Zephyr Gothic – Black $6.50
90203 Zephyr Gothic – Metallic Gold $6.50
90204 Zephyr Gothic – Metallic Silver $6.50
90206 Zephyr Gothic – Yellow $6.50
90208 Zephyr Gothic – Golden Dulux $6.50
For more information, see their web site.
Discount on WW1 and WW2 Minis at Renegade Miniatures
Renegade Miniatures, as of this writing, is offering WW1 and WW2 blister packs at 6.50GBP each. See their web site for more information.
Low-cost Sci-fi Minis from Studio Bergstrom
Periodically, I like to remind fellow sci-miniatures gamers that they can pick up some inexpensive miniatures from Studio Bergstrom. These are not the expensive, official miniatures you might find for sci-fi properties such as Stargate SG-1, Star Wars, or other well-known science-fiction names. Rather, they’re miniatures inspired by big-name properties that would look good alongside the real thing.
Currently in the Studio Bergstrom catalog are a “Stargate Picture Frame”, F.E.D. ships that look a lot like Star Trek ships, “Galactics” starships which resemble a similarly-named sci-fi show’s ships, “I.M.P.” ships that might look at home with Darth Vader inside, and others. They’re all pretty reasonably priced as well. Most fighter-sized ships are priced in the $1.25-$1.50 range.
I should point out that I get absolutely no kickbacks, commissions, or compensation of any kind from Studio Bergstrom.
Category: Miniatures | Tags: galactica, Miniatures, sci-fi, science fiction, Star Trek, Star Wars, stargate, Studio Bergstrom
Wyrd Miniatures at GenCon Indy
Wyrd
Miniatures posted the following Gen Con Indy news on their
web site:
Wyrd Miniatures is off to
GenCon Indy! We’re loaded up with boxes out the whaazoo, have the truck
loaded to the gills and the trailer attached to the back squealing
under the pressure of all the metal goodness we’re toting off with us.
GenCon Indy! We’re loaded up with boxes out the whaazoo, have the truck
loaded to the gills and the trailer attached to the back squealing
under the pressure of all the metal goodness we’re toting off with us.
Stop by and see us in our double booth at #1332 where we’ll have all of
our studio paint jobs on display as well as the metal addiction we’ve
all come to love. We’ll have the full lineup of Wyrd minis released to
date as well as an additional six (6) miniatures which we are
pre-releasing at GenCon.
As always, we’re going to be running a few specials and give aways
during the convention. For every $25USD you spend at the booth, you get
a raffle ticket with which you’ll have a chance to win one of our
studio painted miniatures which will be on display at the convention
(purchases are cumulative, $50 gets two tickets, $75 three tickets ..
etc). On Sunday we’ll be making the drawing for the winner and you can
walk home with your prize, or, if you aren’t available, we’ll send it
directly to you at our cost.
Bought one of our shirts? Great! For showing your enthusiasm and
support of Wyrd Miniatures at the convention we’ll be giving away a
free miniature when you stop by our booth proudly displaying your
Wyrd’ness.
Joining the GenCon Painting Contest? Fantastic! If you’ve painted up a
Wyrd miniature, we will be doing the judging for a manufacturers award
which we’ll be giving away a $100USD coupon which is good at the booth
where you can come and snag up the latest releases for nothing. Also,
for taking the time to paint a Wyrd miniature, come on by the booth
with your painted miniature and contest entry card and we’ll give you a
free miniature for showing your Wyrd colors!
Wyrd is once again sponsoring the Paint and Take as well as the Speed
Painting event this year which will be ran by the volunteers at GenCon
T-F-S at 3pm. We understand that all of the Speed Painting slots have
been filled but that the event coordinators always factor in a couple
of extra slots so stop by and enjoy, naturally there will be prizes for
1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the Speed Painting Contests.
Lastly, Eric will be in the booth this year with a fantastic demo table
that we’ve had put together for us to showcase an early showing of our
skirmish game Malifaux. The game isn’t complete yet, and no we won’t be
selling any advance copies, this is just our way of giving an early
preview of the rules, mechanics and product.
Looking forward to meeting everyone, stop by the booth and say hi! Oh
… and buy minis.
Category: Miniatures Games | Tags: gen con, indy, malifaux, Miniatures, Miniatures Games, wyrd miniatures
6mm Power Armoured Human Sprues at 15mm.co.uk
The 15mm.co.uk web site is currently offering 6mm Power Armoured Human
miniatures in single sprues of 4 miniatures each for only 40p (80 cents
USD) each. For images and ordering, click here.
