The Alternative Armies Blog

Welcome to the Alternative Armies blog. This blog tells you all about what we are up to and it is where we post our latest tabletop gaming news and articles.
We cover Flintloque and Slaughterloo, High Fantasy, Other Ranges as well as our 15mm scale fantasy, science fiction and historical ranges.
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Friday 27 November 2015

Free Worldwide Shipping and Offers until 1st December!

Alternative Armies has begun its Black Friday Weekend offers and promotions. From now, over the weekend, until the early morning of 1st December 2016 GMT we are offering FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING on all orders anywhere (no limit per customer) on orders over 10.00GBP product value. This applies to all of our ranges, all of our books, miniatures and anything else we sell. Just add items to your cart and proceed to checkout and the website will automatically do the rest. Go HERE and explore. Its time to expand your forces for the winter campaign season! 

If you wish to combine up orders from our other websites (we operate Alternative Armies, 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age) then you can do so. Email us on enquiries@alternative-armies.com with a list of what you would like and we will send you a paypal invoice saving you the shipping! 


Oh and do not forget every order, every order, gets a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord (worth 3.00GBP) added automatically to the package by our staff. This offers ends 1st December as well.  See it HERE.


We are the home of Flintloque and we have a massive selection to offer wargamers. If you are a wargamer who loves Flintloque and Slaughterloo we can offer you the books, the shilling starter packs, scenario boxes, blister packs, unit boxes and divisional army packs too from two dozen different armies including the new Pudigroan Dogmen


If you are a classic high fantasy wargamer we have our entire DH Dwarf Hosts range including a Multitude and the Runic Golem and well now as the entire OH Goblinoid Horde of Goblins, Orcs, Mountain Orcs, Hob Goblins, Lesser Goblins and Dogmen as well as Multitudes. We have a selection of VNT Undead and Monsters too including the mighty P11 Old English Dragon. All created by industry veteran sculpters in the 1980's and 1990's. 


Fans of mythology are welcome too to our 28mm scale Celtic Myth range Erin and our heroic scale Typhon range of Greek Mythology. 


We have the Torture Chamber collectors sets and the zany Grinning Skull Range by Will Grundy and the classic Asgard Space Marines Range and Barbarians Range too. 


We also have a range of Bases, a range of Terrain and Accessories and the range of Pebeo Paints. 



Lastly we have our Deals and Offers page where there are bundles, reductions, end of lines and more all reduced from list price including every Albion Orc cavalry unit and divisional army packs (some now 28% off list!) and our free postage offer applies to EVERYTHING! Thousands of miniatures to choose from. Just go to our website HERE and then browse using the top menu to choose your range to view.

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Wednesday 25 November 2015

OHM Orc and Goblinoid Multitudes released! Save 10% or more!


Black Friday Weekend is only two days away and we are offering free worldwide shipping on all orders over 10.00GBP product value automatically plus we have deals and offers and every order automatically gets the VNT31-05 Liche Lord worth 3.00GBP totally free in each package.  This runs from the 27th to the early hours of 1st December and we recommend you order this weekend to take advantage of this.  This is our LAST release of this month.  We present to you the mighty OHM01 Goblinoid Multitude and the OHM02 Orc Multitude following up on the DHM01 Dwarf Multitude. Both of these offer a saving of 10% or more off single pack purchases and each contains one of EVERY pose of that racial type we possess.  Superb for skirmishing or building a new collection or for roleplay or dungeon crawl. You can see all of the Orcs, Mountain Orcs, Goblins, Lesser Goblins, Hob Goblins and Dogmen in the range HERE.  Read on for more information. 


OHM01 Goblinoid Multitude
A great opportunity to get your hands on a box of brilliant miniatures giving an instant force for skirmish level wargaming or the core of a whole army to expand from. This boxed set code contains one hundred and five different 28mm white metal pieces (miniatures on foot, riders, mounts, chariot etc detailed list below). Great quality, great choice and great value too.  Go HERE.

The Multitude. (8 Dogmen, 13 Hob Goblins, 2 Hob Goblin Cavalry, 10 Lesser Goblins, 45 Goblins, 9 Goblin Cavalry and 1 Chariot with Wolves and Crew. Contains packs OH1,2,3,4,5,6,7,13,14,15,16,19,20,21,28 and 30. Also KC1, FL1 and FL2 and you save 10% off single pack purchases). Plus you get FREE WORLDWIDE POSTAGE on this product too.

These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu. Choose from a boxed set or three boxed sets with an additional 10% saving applied (meaning 20% off single multitude price). Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Here is a listing of all the packs which are all included in the Multitude

OH1 Nilbogs Goblin Band (10) 
OH2 Hob Goblin Raiders (5)
OH3 Cros Goblin Raiders (5)
OH4 Cros Goblin Spears (5)
OH5 Goblin Wolf Riders I (2)
OH6 Dogman Warriors (4)
OH7 Goblin Wolf Riders II (2)
OH13 Goblin Warriors (5)
OH14 Goblin Archers (5)
OH15 Goblin Elite (5)
OH16 Dogmen Elites (4)
OH19 Hobgoblin Khan (4)
OH20 Hobgoblin Marauders (4)
OH21 Hobgoblin Pony Riders (2)
OH28 Goblin Chariot (1 Kit)
OH30 Goblin Knights on Dodo (5)
FL1 Goblin Knights (5)
FL2 Goblin Knight Command (10)
KC1 Coblynau (Lesser Goblins) (10)


OHM02 Orc Multitude
A great opportunity to get your hands on a box of brilliant miniatures giving an instant force for skirmish level wargaming or the core of a whole army to expand from. This boxed set code contains fifty eight different 28mm white metal pieces (miniatures on foot, riders, mounts, chariot, bolt thrower etc detailed list below). Great quality, great choice and great value too.  Go HERE.

The Multitude. (9 Mountain Orcs,  27 Orcs, 7 Orc Cavalry, 1 Bolt Thrower and Crew and 1 Chariot with Boars and Crew. Contains packs OH08,0910,11,12, 17, 18,23,25,26,27, 29 plus KC2 and you save 10% off single pack purchases). Plus you get FREE WORLDWIDE POSTAGE on this product too.

These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu. Choose from a boxed set or three boxed sets with an additional 10% saving applied (meaning 20% off single multitude price). Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Here is a listing of all the packs which are all included in the Multitude

OH08 Orc Desecrators (4 Orcs)
OH09 Orc Command (3 Orcs)
OH10 Orc Archers (4 Orcs)
OH11 Orc Fanatics (4 Orcs)
OH12 Orc Elites (4 Orcs)
OH17 Orc Pony Riders (2 Orcs on Ponies)
OH18 Orc Herd Guard (4 Orcs)
OH23 Orc Brigands (4 Orcs)
OH25 Orc Chariot (1 Kit with Riders)
OH26 Orc Boar Riders (5)
OH27 Orc Artillery 1 Bolt Thrower and 2 Crew) 
OH29 Mountain Orcs (6 Big Orcs)
KC2 Mountain Orcs (3 Big Orcs)


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November was a big month and was filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  This offer ends when our Black Friday weekend does in the early hours of 1st December.  After that the miniature will not be included free in all orders.  So a free Liche worth 3.00GBP and free worldwide postage and offers...excellent!

Thanks for Reading see you Friday....

GBS

Tuesday 24 November 2015

Into the OH Range now FL1, FL2 Goblin Knights released!


Black Friday Weekend is only a few days away and we are offering free worldwide shipping on all orders over 10.00GBP product value automatically plus we have deals and offers and every order automatically gets the VNT31-05 Liche Lord worth 3.00GBP totally free in each package.  This runs from the 27th to the early hours of 1st December and we recommend you order this weekend to take advantage of this.  We have releases still to come today and the next day though.  Today it is the now re-molded classic late 1980's FL1 and FL2 Doomgarde which came to Alternative Armies in the early 1990's from the same source as the P11 Old English Dragon.  We have chosen to re-categorise these miniatures into the Goblin range but to keep their FL codes rather than OH.  They go excellently with OH30 Goblin Knights on Dodos.  You can see all of the Orcs, Mountain Orcs, Goblins, Lesser Goblins, Hob Goblins and Dogmen in the range HERE.  Read on for more information. 


FL1 Goblin Knights
This code contains five identical 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 23mm height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

FL01-01: Goblin in full plate armour and helm with Shield and Poleaxe.


FL2 Goblin Knight Command
This code contains five different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 23mm average height. Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

FL2-01: Goblin in plate armour with Horn.
FL2-02: Goblin in plate armour with Standard.
FL2-03: Goblin in plate armour with Drum.
FL2-04: Goblin in plate armour with Back Banner and Sword
FL2-05: Goblin officer in plate armour with Spear.


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November was a big month and was filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  This offer ends when our Black Friday weekend does in the early hours of 1st December.  After that the miniature will not be included free in all orders.  So a free Liche worth 3.00GBP and free worldwide postage and offers...excellent!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Monday 23 November 2015

Free Shipping Worldwide and Offers this Black Friday Weekend!


This message is being put out across all of our brands, blogs, websites and email listings. Alternative Armies, 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age will be making a brilliant Black Friday Weekend set of offers at the end of this week. From Friday 27th through to the end of St Andrews Day Monday 30th November 2015 we will be offering free worldwide shipping on all orders on all websites (and by email if you want to combine up your order across our brands) on every order over 10.00GBP product value. The cart will automatically give you free domestic, international, courier shipping depending on your location and order size and all you need to do is put items in the cart of proceed to checkout. 

On top of this we have special offers on the websites for the weekend which differ for each website. For example Hab Domes are half price and a free miniature and reward points for The Ion Age. 15mm.co.uk has brand new Loud Ninja Games releases and offers on them plus bundle deals on vehicles and fantasy. Alternative Armies is giving discounts on all Albion Orc cavalry units and characters and also the whole OH High Fantasy range will be released with multitude bundles and more! 

On Friday 27th visit www.alternative-armies.com or www.15mm.co.uk or www.theionage.com or email us on sales@alternative-armies.com with your proposed combined order and we will send you a paypal invoice by reply. Offers will end when we switch to December on the 1st of next month at some point GMT in the morning of the 1st December. 

So what is happening before the big deal weekend? 

Here at Alternative Armies we are delighted to be working with our sister brands and we will have several things happening before Friday. These will appear on our website and blog as the week progresses. Here we go! 

FL1 Goblin Knights (5) 
FL2 Goblin Knight Command (5) 
OHM01 Goblin Multitude – Save 10% (One of everything!) 
OHM02 Orc Multitude – Save 10% (One of everything!) 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Friday 20 November 2015

OH 28mm Orc Brigands, Chariot, Boar Riders and Artillery released!


“Galvus Sertain lay propped against a tree his mailed legs mangled and three dead Goblins around him.  His hands were clutching his belly tightly trying in vain to contain the pain of his innards away as they sought to escape from the wound made by the serrated blade of his last attacker.  Bloodied his great sword lay at his side discarded.  His strength to fight deserted him and it was all he could do to watch as the last of his own army fled and the Orcish Horde advanced.  Atop snorting boars, their tusks sharpened to a point Orcs rode ahead waving swords and clubs.  Behind them rumbled crude chariots pulled by more boars being whipped by their drivers while an archer notched an arrow ready to loose upon command.  At the edges and further back Orcs on foot dressed in the looted or stripped clothing of Men picked at corpses of all races and plied teeth from skulls for the chance of gold.  They all ignored the lone wounded soldier seeing him rightly as no threat.  But not all ignored Galvus.  He looked on with fatalistic resignation at a pair of Orcs who were turning the crank on a bolt thrower.  They were grinning through broken teeth as they turned the huge bow towards the tree.  Galvus did not even feel the strike that took his life.  The iron bolt went high of the intended mark and pierced his skull before passing on through the tree.  Other more civilised races might have offer the soldier aid or perhaps a merciful death...but to the Orcs he was nothing more than target practise for the rest of the day ahead.”

Following up on the Orc Herd Guard and Pony Riders from earlier this week we present the remaining codes in the OH range!  Four packs of Brigands, Chariot, Artillery and Boar Riders. Before the end of the month we will be releasing an Orc Multitude and a Goblin Multitude much like the DHM01 Dwarf Multitude we have for our Dwarf Range containing one of everything with a saving.  You can see all of the Orcs, Goblins, Hob Goblins and Dogmen in the range HERE.  Read on for more information.  Only a week to go until the Black Friday weekend offer!


OH23 Orc Brigands
This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 28mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH23-01: Orc in Human garb with Bow.
OH23-02: Orc in Human garb with Spiked Club.
OH23-03: Orc in Human garb with Bladed Spear.
OH23-04: Orc in Human garb with Sword and Shield.


OH25 Orc Chariot
This code contains one 28mm scale white metal kit with all the parts you need to build a chariot, two Orc riders and two Boars to pull it.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied or some parts options, the chariot alone, two Boars or single miniatures (Orc Driver, Orc Guard).  Total choice!  Assembly is required for this code. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH25: Chariot Kit with Two Riders and Two Boars
OH25-01: Chariot Kit only
OH25-02: Two Boars (one pose)
OH25-03: Orc Chariot Driver
OH25-03: Orc Chariot Guard


OH26 Orc Boar Riders
This code contains five 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 28mm average height sitting on Boars (Two parts per miniature) with three poses plus two extra Sword armed Orcs on Boars.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH26-01: Orc Officer rider with Serrated Hatchet.  Supplied with a Boar.
OH26-02: Orc Banner Bearer.  Supplied with a Boar.
OH26-03: Orc rider with Sword.  Supplied with a Boar.

OH27 Orc Artillery
This code contains one 28mm scale white metal kit with all the parts you need to build a bolt thrower artillery piece and two Orcs to operate it.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied or some parts options, each of the operating Orcs and the Bolt Thrower itself.  Total choice!  Assembly is required for this code. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH27: Orc Artillery Set (Bolt Thrower and Two Orcs)
OH27-01: Orc Artillery Officer only
OH27-02: Orc Artillery Loader only
OH27-03: Bolt Thrower (Base and Weapon)


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November is a big month and will be filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  At the end of this month we will be taking part in a Black Friday Weekend event with our sister sites 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age.  This will be a great offer given in detail on Monday.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Wednesday 18 November 2015

OH17 and OH18 Orc Pony Riders and Herd Guard released!


“The Orcish horde moves in great tribes across the plains and then into the valleys of Men and the mountains of the Dwarves.  Brutal and unforgiving the Orcs pillage and plunder at will but never seem to slow or tire.  Some put this down to their cruel strength but others, more scholarly, think there is more to this than meets the eye of knights and foot soldiers atop the town walls.  Raiding parties have been seen far back from the battlefield and our own cavalry have pursued them back to the encampments of the tribe.  While this is dangerous it is most important to know the ways of the foe.  The few knights who returned told of Orcs quite unlike the ones we faced in the fray.  They rode ponies or walked carrying long spears and while quite willing to mount an attack under duress they were more intent on the husbanding of great flocks of sheep and herds of cattle.  These herd guards must be the providers of the food that the Orcish warriors consume as they advance upon the plains.  It seems the Orcs are more of a people and less the savage animals we thought them to be.”

We have many re-released classic 28mm Orc packs to come during the next week plus before the Black Friday even that ends the month.  These two excellent packs are first.  Enjoy and if you wish to see all of the Goblin, Orc, Dogmen and more we have then go HERE.


OH17 Orc Pony Riders
This code contains two different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 30mm average height sitting on Ponies (Two parts per miniature).  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH17-01: Orc rider with Axe and Square Shield.  Supplied with either walking or running Pony.
OH17-02: Orc rider with Sword and Round Shield.  Supplied with either walking or running Pony.


OH18 Orc Herd Guard
This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 28mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH18-01: Nearly nude Orc with Axe overhead.
OH18-02: Nearly nude Orc with Shield and Spear.
OH18-03: Nearly nude Orc advancing with Spear.
OH18-04: Orc in chainmail vest with Spear.


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November is a big month and will be filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  At the end of this month we will be taking part in a Black Friday Weekend event with our sister sites 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age.  This will be a great offer given in detail soon.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Friday 13 November 2015

OH8 to OH12 Orc Packs – 19 Different 28mm Miniatures released!


Five packs released into our classic 25mm / 28mm fantasy range by Alternative Armies.  We are nearing the end of the OH line for re-molding and this time it is all of the core infantry for the Orcs to go alongside all of the Goblins, Hob Goblins, Mountain Orcs and more already on the website. 

These are OH08 Orc Desecrators (4 Orcs), OH09 Orc Command (3 Orcs), OH10 Orc Archers (4 Orcs), OH11 Orc Fanatics (4 Orcs) and OH12 Orc Elites (4 Orcs).  You can visit the Orc and Goblin Horde page HERE where there are now a total of twenty four different packs to choose from.  Read on for the five packs in detail:

“ Goblins are bad but trust me boy the Orcs are the ones to fear.  As big as a Man but far stronger and totally without restraint the Orcs are brutal foes.  While the Dwarves fight against the lesser ones beneath our feet it is here on the plains and at the town walls that we must with pike and bow face the horde.  The Elves think themselves above the Orcish rabble and the Dwarves lay them no heed at all but he have not that luxury.  It takes more to stop an Orc than a Man.  Notch me with an arrow and its likely I will be slowed and the second shaft will put an end to me but an Orc...never.  I have heard tales of Orcs with enough arrows in them to fill a quiver and show no effects of it at all.  Take a sword to my arm or leg and I am put down perhaps to certain death.  Take the arm from an Orc and he will just grin at you with broken tusks and teeth before using the other arm to smash you to a pulp.  Its just a good thing that we are smarter in the heads than them.”

OH08 Orc Desecrators
This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 27mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH08-01: Orc appealing to the sky with Sword and Shield.
OH08-02: Orc thug with Shield and Mace.
OH08-03: Orc with Spear and Shield.
OH08-04: Orc in armour with Polearm.


OH09 Orc Command
This code contains three different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 27mm average height.  Also two separate items a banner and a drum.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH09-01: Orc Shaman with Wand.
OH09-02: Orc Banner bearer with Banner.
OH09-03: Orc sitting Musician with Drum.
OH09-04: Banner Pole and Drum pieces.

OH10 Orc Archers
This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 27mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH10-01: Orc aiming Crossbow.
OH10-02: Orc kneeling firing Bow.
OH10-03: Orc running bent over with Bow.
OH10-04: Orc wrapped in cloak loading Bow.

OH11 Orc Fanatics
This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 27mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH11-01: Orc lunatic with two Blades screaming.
OH11-02: Orc leering with two handed Sword overhead.
OH11-03: Orc with Sword and Whip.
OH11-04: Orc lunatic with Sword licking severed Elf head.

OH12 Orc Elite
This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 29mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH12-01: Orc veteran with long Sword and Bone decorations.
OH12-02: Orc veteran with two handed Axe and tusk helm.
OH12-03: Orc veteran in armour with long handled Axe.
OH12-04: Orc veteran in armour with large Shield and Sword.


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November is a big month and will be filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  At the end of this month we will be taking part in a Black Friday Weekend event with our sister sites 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age.  This will be a great offer and will be explained in greater detail nearer the end of November.  

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Tuesday 10 November 2015

P11 Old English Dragon classic monster released!


Back at the dawn of the 1980's a brand called Rieder Miniatures which primarily created jewellery produced a small range of wargaming miniatures.  Some of these came to Alternative Armies at its start in the 1990's and have since been or are going to be put back into production by us.  One code though in particular catches the imagination; a Dragon.  P11 Old English Dragon is a tremendous white metal monster equally at home in 28mm or 15mm scale and Alternative Armies has now put it back in to production and it is re-released today!  Go HERE or read on.


P11 Old English Dragon
This classic 1980's monster is brilliant even by today's standards.  Full of detail and expression it is a creature of rage and power.  It is composed of five white metal parts these being the body, a foot, the tail and two wings which are straight forward to assemble.  Once assembled the Dragons stands about 55m tall, 100mm or so across and about 110mm long including the tail.  Suitable for any fantasy campaign and rules system and it belongs with you if you collect Dragons as well.   You have the choice of purchasing one kit or three kits from the drop down product menu which gives you a 10% saving.  20.00GBP.  Go HERE.


You can see the parts of this Dragon model placed on a 1cm grid of square above.  Below are pictures showing the Dragon on the wargaming table alongside our DH Dwarf miniatures (about 24mm tall each) for scale and our new DH15 Dwarf Runic Golem which is 65mm tall.




As this Dragon is suitable for use in 28mm scale and in 15mm scale too as a 'Great Dragon' we have come to an arrangement with our sister brand 15mm.co.uk for it to hold stock of P11 for fans of 15mm fantasy wargaming.  You can read their announcement of this HERE.


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November is a big month and will be filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  At the end of this month we will be taking part in a Black Friday Weekend event with our sister sites 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age.  This will be a great offer and will be explained in greater detail nearer the end of November.  

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Monday 9 November 2015

First Look at the Rache Carabiniers for Flintloque

Welcome to the first look article for the next release in the Ruined Kingdom of Pudigrochumsberg army for Flintloque and Slaughterloo.  This new code will be released at the start of December and follows up on 56591 Hundmorder Dragoons, 56589 Pudigroan Dogman Line and 56123 Pudigroan Line Casualties from this autumn.  You can see them all on the Pudigroan page of our website HERE. We want to show you these great 28mm original miniatures.  This time as inked 'tins' master castings in white metal which are now part of the production process. 

Here is the code, description as well as images of the excellently trained light infantry of this burned and blackened land.  The Rache Carabiniers!


56588 Rache Carabiniers
This will be a set of 28mm white metal Dogman miniatures which will give you the light infantry and skirmishers for the sections and units of your new force.  These are meant for use with the rest of the coming and exisiting Pudigrochumsberg packs but they will also serve well in Confederation of Finklestein collections and also revolutionary older style Ostarian Empire forces.  Sculpted by our lead designer Sam Croes there are eight different models in this set and they will be available as a full unit (12) as well as a trooper booster (1) as well.  As with all our Valon miniatures we will offer the additional choice of purchase pro-painted and based by our team of ladies here in Scotland. 





The poses are from left to right in the pictures, beginning with the command poses, an officer holding a pistol and hand on sword hilt.  Then a musician blowing a horn, a standard bearer whose pole has a stylised metal Elf Head on its top and a sergeant with spontoon and pistol.  The Trooper poses are advancing, loading, marching and lastly taking aim.  All are armed with short carbines and wear a 'Hungarian' style bearskin along with carrying a sword.  The Carabiniers are skirmishers that often act alongside Dragoons using the same equipment and weapons.  While they lack the long range hitting power of some Light Infantry they are better armed for and more skilled in melee combat. These Dogmen are all 'poodle' types making them the same average height and bulk as an Elf.  They would make an excellent skirmish section in their own right. 

Coming in early December 2015!

Our eventual aim is to make the Ruined Kingdom of Pudigrochumsberg army for Flintloque and Slaughterloo a totally complete one as we did with the Von Rotte Dwarf Legion at the start of this year.  This means line infantry, casualties, light infantry, cavalry, command, artillery and more.  Its an even bigger line up of releases than for the Von Rotte which you can see HERE.  Feel free to ask me questions on enquiries@alternative-armies.com.


I also want to thank you all for the purchase of the recently released Hundmorder Dragoons codes which you can see HERE.  This has become one of the most popular sets of the year very quickly. We are glad you like them.

Thanks for Reading 

GBS

Friday 6 November 2015

56591 Hundmorder Dragoons for Flintloque released!


HUNDMORDER DRAGOONS
Much like their litter brothers this formation of light cavalry ride into the fray seeking the heads of Ostarians or failing that Krautians.  They are good cavalry and are often seen harrying enemies between major battles.  There are two regiments each with ten squadrons of about fifty riders each.  A squadron has two sections and a command element meaning a section has roughly ten Cavalry on light horses in it.  An officer, standard bearer, musician, sergeant along with troopers.  Armed with Carbines and Swords their uniforms are as follows. The uniform consists of a a light orange tunic, white breeches, a black shako with silver and an orange plume, black shoes. Facing colours (cuffs, collars, etc.) are light blue. Equipment is black with equipment straps being of white leather.


56591 Hundmordor Dragoons 
A new set of 28mm white metal Dogman miniatures giving you the light cavalry sections and units of your new Pudigrochumsberg force.  These are meant for use with the rest of the coming Pudigrochumsberg packs but they will also serve well in Confederation of Finklestein collections and also revolutionary older style Ostarian Empire forces.  Sculpted by our lead designer Sam Croes there are five different models (riders) in this set as well as a horse (taken from 51509) and they are available as a full unit (10) as well as a skirmish set (5) and a trooper booster (1) as well.  As with all our Valon miniatures we offer the additional choice of purchase pro-painted and based by our team of ladies here in Scotland.  The poses are from left to right in the pictures an officer pointing out the enemy with his hand on a sheathed sword, musician blowing on a bugle and scabbarded sword, a standard bearer with a pole topped with a plain cylinder head, trooper with drawn sword raised and lastly a trooper aiming carbine.  All models are wearing a fur trimmed hat.  Hundmorder Dragoons carry a straight sword and a carbine (shortened musket) and can operate as infantry when needed.  Go HERE.


These Dogmen are all 'poodle' types making them the same average height and bulk as an Elf.  They would make an excellent skirmish section in their own right.  The horse in this code is taken from code 51509 and well suited to cavalry operating in a colder part of Urop near Diberia as the horses have cloth protection for the face.   Go HERE.



Our eventual aim is to make the Ruined Kingdom of Pudigrochumsberg army for Flintloque and Slaughterloo a totally complete one as we did with the Von Rotte Dwarf Legion at the start of this year.  This means line infantry, casualties, light infantry, cavalry, command, artillery and more.  Its an even bigger line up of releases than for the Von Rotte.  Now that we have Line Infantry, Infantry Casualties and Light Cavalry what will be next...find out later this month and one more release for Pudigrochumsberg before Christmas. Feel free to ask me questions on enquiries@alternative-armies.com.


Lastly this message will be across all news and releases this month.  November is a big month and will be filled with many Fantasy and Flintloque releases and offers.  All orders this month will get a free VNT31-05 Liche Lord miniature automatically included read about this HERE.  At the end of this month we will be taking part in a Black Friday Weekend event with our sister sites 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age.  This will be a great offer and will be explained in greater detail nearer the end of November.  

Thanks for Reading.

GBS