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Showing posts with label Guild Room. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guild Room. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Asgard FM Fantasy Range 1980's returns pt2 fifth round Monsters!

Earlier this month the first of two parts of the fifth round of restored classic 1980's miniatures by Asgard were put onto the website (details HERE) and now its time for the second part; Monsters! Sculpted by such legends as Jez Goodwin, Nick Bibby, Steve Trickett and Tony Ackland among others. These seven restored codes are all in metal and are from the FM Range. You can see the whole range nearing eighty returned HERE and we have a new page just for Nick Bibby's work at Asgard HERE by request. His work features heavily in this news. 
 
 
This time it is the turn of the monsters and creatures. From a mighty Griffon and Manticore to a Norse Giant and Trolls but not forget the chaotic Psionic Flayer. 
 






We hope you have enjoyed the fifth round. That is all for this month but next month we will have a rather special large miniature carefully returned and then in March after weeks of careful restoring work..oh my...such a huge shadow in the skies... 
 
SM14 Space Marines Set  - Save 5%
 
Space Marines and Adventurers. The classic 1980's range of 28mm Asgard science fiction began for us with the space marines. These superb miniatures are restored and great for near future and moon settings. Elven codes and a saver set with one of everything. 
 
LB05 Imperial Troopers - Value Pack
 
We will continue our restoring of classic ranges and models by Tabletop Miniatures and Asgard Miniatures and we hope you have been enjoying it. As an aside remolding is underway on the 15mm Laserburn Range on the 100 series Law Officers.  As singles and value packs with saving just as LB5 Imperial Troopers above.
 
Thanks for Reading, 
 
 GBS

Monday, 9 August 2021

MP10 Apothecary classic returns to The Guild Room range

“Are you in pain, are you in need of aid? Come in and let me see what I can mix for you good sir”

We are continuing to bring 1980's classic miniatures back to the world and we have another figure now on the website.  From the Tabletop Games scenic range we call The Guild Room a great character for your setting. Go HERE.

MP10 Apothecary: Great for use in any game system or a diorama or your wargame collection.  One metal miniature which is 28mm tall to the top of his head.  A dispenser of potions and balms dressed in robes and a skull cap hand clasped before him. Supplied unpainted and without a base.  Shown on a 25mm square cartouche resin base.

This fine fellow joins all of the tables, chairs, benches as well as Carousers and Landlord in the range but he would also be totally at home alongside our 59535 Ruined Apothecary Barricades in our 28mm Scenic Range.

This is our sole 28mm scale High Fantasy release for the month of August 2021.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 12 January 2021

MPS9 Wagon Set classic 28mm Tabletop Games added to Guild Room

We are busy working away on many projects (not as many as normal though and smaller) and among these is the 'Guild Room' where classic 28mm scale scenics and sets are returned to the world.  The Tabletop Games range was created in the 1980's and is beloved all over the world.  Gradually it is returning.  Today it is the turn of the Wagon Set which is now a pack and parts of pack in any quantity.  It joins the entire Wizards Workshop collection and other pieces already in the Guild Room HERE.

MPS9 Wagon Set

Contains metal miniatures which are a two wheeled cart which can be left open at the rear or closed.  A Mule which fits between the spars of the cart or can be used on its own.  A Wagonner with arm raised to lead the Mule.  A Woman with swaddled Baby.  Great for any game system.


You can purchase the set or parts of the set choosing from the wagon only (body, wheels, rear piece), a pair of wagon wheels only, the mule only, the wagonner only or the woman with baby only.  Consult the images to make your choice on the page.

Get on over for shelves, potions, books, candles, skulls and much more at the Guild Room and if you are keen on larger scenics in 28mm then check out our Napoleonique Fantasy range of barricades, wagons and other scatter terrain.

January Storm 2021 Event is on!  Read all about this month long event on our BLOG.  Until 1st February there is 15% off every order automatically at checkout plus eight new releases and a free Banshee in your package.  Beat those winter blues and get your project on the go.  Browse our WEBSITE.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Monday, 24 August 2020

Come into the Bar Room we have the furniture all laid out

As the Summer Campaign event 2020 draws towards its close on 1st September we are happy to present to you the first codes from the classic 1980's scenic range 'The Bar Room' which we have brought back to the world.  Originally from Tabletop Games these 28mm pieces fit into any fantasy or historical setting as well as roleplay and dungeon crawl.  We shall be continuing with these codes as the year progresses. Go HERE.  This is what we have now.

The Oval Table, the Large Table, Long Bench Seat, Chair and Set of Shelves.  All of these are released as single codes and all save for the Shelves can be had in a bundle with a saving of about ten percent as well.  These pieces go excellently with the Wizards Workshop miniatures which are all in the Guild Room too.  Potions, Books, Scrolls, Bags & Capes.  You can see in the pictures here how well they suit.


Makes you want to go to the Pub eh!   

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Wednesday, 19 August 2020

Wizards Workshop 28mm classic scenics are all back!

 It is my pleasure to announce that the classic 1980's Tabletop Games wargame terrain collection called 'The Wizards Workshop' is now back in production at Alternative Armies.  Following up on Laserburn, Asgard Barbarians and the Torture Chamber ranges these models are back in the world.  See them all on the Guild Room page HERE or read on for more information.

 
Very useful for your wargaming table as well as for dungeon crawl and dioramas too.  Piles of books and scrolls as well as a magic mirror and ornate table and who does not love skulls topped with candles.  Twelve codes including a Cauldron on a fire.  Many uses in your games.

What is a Wizards Workshop without the man himself!  A full set or as with all our other scenics you can purchase pieces from the set as well.  See the Guild Room page HERE.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Friday, 13 March 2020

Pint Sized Landlord released and free in every order until 23rd March 2020

“What will it be for you today sir? Beer, Ale, Wine? No. How about a pint sized person for free...” 

As Alternative Armies continues to restore the classic Tabletop ranges of the 1980's to the world we will on occasion find a wee treat and pass it on. We are currently working on the 'Bar Room sets' for later in 2020 but we just could not resist this diminutive fellow. So here he is. Great for any game system and most of all now only released but free too! Go HERE or read on. 


Until 9am GMT 23rd March 2020 we will automatically put one BR14 Pint Sized Landlord worth 1.75GBP into every package shipping out from us all over the world. You need do nothing but order something which qualifies for postage as we will do the rest. Feel free to order this miniature as well if you want and you will still get one free. Have a pint on us! 

 
BR14 Pint Sized Landlord 
He stands behind the bar slowly polishing a glass or wiping a flagon awaiting custom with a ready smile. Great for use in any game system or a diorama or your wargame collection. One metal miniature which is 24mm tall to the eye line. A short fellow of stout character holding a jug and pouring. The pack is supplied unpainted and without a base. Now restored from its original 1980's release. Go HERE



This special offer goes alongside our month long promotion of 10% off every one of 150 or so codes in our New Releases pages and our free Space Brain in every order. We treat our customers well. We are working on the array of codes in the classic Tabletop collections and more will appear. Most without this kind of offer but some..well some will! 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Monday, 25 November 2019

Guild Room 28mm returns with Wizard on Throne and Drunken Carousers

Alternative Armies is bringing the Guild Room back to the website and it starts here with two classic codes in new molds.  The Guild Room contains 28mm scale metal and resin scenery and characters great for historical or fantasy wargaming or simply collecting.  Go HERE or read on for more.


The codes in the Guild Room are the Asgard and Tabletop Games miniatures from the 1980's which have been brought back to the world.  Under this header name will be the Wizards Workshop (WW) collection, the Bar Room (BR) collection, the Marketplace collection and others as they were originally titled.  We are using original codes when possible.


WW1 Wizard on Throne
A classic 28mm scale scenic set for collections or dungeon crawl and adventures. Contains four metal miniatures these being Throne (with a demon perched upon it and a leering face on its rear 40mm tall), a sitting Wizard reading a spell book, the Young Apprentice in robes with a broom (28mm) and the Wizards Familiar a crouch hairy little creature (15mm tall). You can purchase the set or parts of the set. Supplied unpainted and without bases.  


BR23 Drunken Carousers
A classic 28mm scenic set for your townscape or collection. Contains two metal miniatures these being a chair and the carousing couple. When sat on the chair the models combine to 28mm tall. There is an element of female nudity in this code. Censored in main image. You can choose from the pack or the two elements from it. Supplied unpainted and without bases.


These releases join our other scenics in a new menu on the website which has our 28mm Napoleonique Terrain HERE of Barricades and Abandoned Wagons  plus the Torture Chamber.  Note the Torture Chamber range contains adult themes and nudity in miniature form be aware before you click HERE for it.

We shall continue these releases across 2020 and we thank you for your support and custom.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

FL19 Guild Assassins released!

In the Fell Lords (FL) codes there is a pack among the warriors, adventurers, wizards, knights and more which gives me the shivers.  It is this pack...FL19 Guild Assassins.  Not Undead, not creepy at all but rather a nightmare which will come for you in the darkness without sound.  Now released.  Here is a pack that needs to be in your collection.  Fantastic 28mm white metal miniatures for any system. Go HERE or read on.


“To gain a place in the Guild you must be more than any other can be.  You must be better than the finest warrior, more nimble than the most dexterous thief, more skilled than the greatest mage.  All of this and more.  You must be unseen.  You must be like a ghost, a spectre which is never sensed and never suspected.  All you are is in the moment.  To kill and to leave as if you never were.  To do this and to do it many times you must be an assassin.  A member of the Guild.  Do you wish to try...”


FL19 Guild Assassins 
This code contains four different 28mm white metal miniatures of approx 28mm 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:

FL19-01: Robed and Hooded assassin with hand crossbow.
FL19-02: Assassin in robes and hood with curved blade.
FL19-03: Assassin preparing to use the Garrotte.
FL19-04: Senior assassin sword raised in victory.

The Assassins often hunt their prey in the woods as well as in the cities...


Thanks for reading,

GBS

Monday, 8 December 2014

Campfire and Dwarf Half Price until Xmas Eve!

Our current stock of Campfires!
Until the twenty fourth of December 2014 Alternative Armies has a set of special offers on our website and among these are two excellent half price or 50% off codes that will appeal to a lot of wargamers. 

If you play any fantasy 25mm or 28mm scale system you will be glad of a heat amid this winter chill with our white metal roaring camp fire. A one piece miniature with the lick of flames atop piled wood. Great for scenics or for diorama or even the bases of larger creatures plus of course dungeon quest too. Code 54502G is just 1.00GBP! 

Heinz DerMead and his Ale!
Our brand new festive themed Dwarf is also half price during this offer period. A master brewer betrayed by his own people Heinz Dermead is a lovely miniature that suits a lot of 25mm or 28mm wargame systems. A character fit to lead or accompany your Dwarves into battle. Code 52014 is just 1.00GBP. 

Go HERE for these and the rest of the offers. 

Merry Christmas! 

GBS

Wednesday, 16 July 2014

TOR1 The Whipping Beam at Alternative Armies


This week we have the first re-release, under Project Darkhelm, of a classic display set in 25mm scale. From the Guild Room range of quality white metal dungeon and wargame scenics we present to you...The Whipping Beam.  Please note that due to the nude aspect of this release the censored version has been used on all public forums.  Go HERE.

This is a classic set originally seen in the early 1980's from Tabletop Miniatures and though its taken us a while to get it back to the market we are pretty pleased with the results.  Its a set with a variety of uses in scenarios or just for collecting as there are many more to come from us when they are back in production.  Its rather complex to put together so we have made up a new IKEA style diagram (good eh!) for assembly guidance.


TOR1 Whipping Beam
This diorama set is composed of seven white metal 25mm scale parts.  These are the pillar, the pillar base, the restraining rope, the hook mount, the hand restraints the Captive Nude Woman and the Whipmaster. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu on our website.  Choose from a pack or three packs with a 10% saving applied.   You can also choose to purchase only the Whipmaster or the Captive Nude Woman on their own too.  Pack price is 7.00GBP.  Go HERE.

If you run a classic miniatures web page or site then feel free to use our images on your site for this code. We would ask that you let us know and link back to here for your visitors.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS