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Showing posts with label HOF Fire Team. Show all posts
Showing posts with label HOF Fire Team. Show all posts

Thursday, 11 March 2021

Human Cyber Thralls 15mm scale released

“The Zeta's were tough to take down.  Death Rays and fusion beams but we took them.  Your asking me about regret?  We got them off the Earth and I don't feel a thing for all the almond eyes I blew away.  But.  The Cyber Thralls.  Men, women and kids with metal grafted into their skulls coming at us with bare hands and little else.  That keeps me awake nights.  How many?  I don't want to know how many I killed...” -  K.Justin Sergeant 207th SFA Regiment 2083.

With implants and lacking a will which was once their own we are delighted to present a new pack (choose from pack or single poses within it) in the HOF 15mm Science Fiction range; the Thralls!  Go HERE for the whole range or read on for more.

Our expansion of the Grey Alien part of the range continues apace and will be completing in April 2021. From the mind of veteran wargamer Fred Richards over in the United States. They were preceded by Dominator Spheres and by Grey Alien Infantry and Disc Riders and weaponised Flying Saucers.  Though part of the expansion of the Greys these will work as slave troopers in any setting for any master!

HOF159 Grey Alien Human Thralls: This pack contains ten 15mm scale metal Humans in a mix of five different poses.  Thralls controlled by cyber implants to serve their masters with no regard for themselves.  Each miniature is approx 16mm to eyeline in scale with the rest of the HOF Range.  Human Male bare chest with SMG (A), Human Male running with combat shotgun (B), Human Female leaning back with rifle (C), Human Female tank top with heavy weapon (D) and Human Male walking with automatic shotgun (E). Choose from a pack or singles by letter in any quantity.  All miniatures are supplied unpainted and without bases.  Shown on 20mm round bases and with other codes for scale purposes which are not supplied.  Go HERE.

Here is a scale image alongside a Grey Alien Overlord and a Dominator Sphere.

This is our sole release in the HOF Range this month and takes the range to one hundred and sixty covering the massive Security Force Alpha, the Greys, the Automata, Post Apocalyptic Warriors, Cultists, Droids and Bots, Killer Plants, Bikes, Vehicles, Battlesuits, towering GNATS Mecha and much more.  On the range page look to 'Filter By' and select what interests you to see it all.

Thank you for Reading,

GBS

Thursday, 18 February 2021

Grey Aliens in Hostile World Armour 15mm released

“Grey Alien Soldiers clad in powered armour suits suitable for operating on hostile worlds be they natural or intelligent threats.  Being a short race a Grey climbs into the suit which extends its arms and legs giving greater height, speed and strength.  They carry more powerful weapons than a Grey could typically manage.”

We are delighted to announce the release of a new pack in to the HOF 15mm Science Fiction range which also grows the Grey Army now to seventeen different codes of infantry, disc riders, arachnid troops, portable weapons, grav platform, characters and flying saucers.  Hostile World Armour gets your almond eyed aliens up to face to face with Humans and other creatures and packs a punch.  Go HERE for the range or read on for more.

HOF158 Grey Alien Hostile World Armour: Five Miniatures in five different 15mm poses.  Grey Alien Soldiers clad in powered armour suits suitable for operating on hostile worlds.  Each miniature is approx 20mm tall. HW Armoured Grey with Heavy Energy Rifle lowered (A), HW Armoured Grey with Support Heavy Energy Rifle firing (B), HW Armoured Grey with Heavy Energy Rifle shouldered (C), HW Armoured Grey firing Heavy Energy Rifle (D) and HW Armoured Grey with helmet removed aiming heavy energy pistol (E). Choose from a pack of miniatures or select parts of the pack in any quantity.   Go HERE and see more pictures and scale shots.

There are more Greys to come before we call this expansion complete and you will see these in March and April 2021.  Above is a line up of a Grey Alien, a Disc Rider, a Dominator Sphere, a Grav Platform and a weapon toting Flying Saucer.  Your Greys can fight in any rules system such as HOF Fire-Team and against any foe you choose such as the massive array troops, vehicles, battlesuits and mecha of Security Force Alpha.

This is our last science fiction release this month and we expect Advanced Laserburn to be back in stock in a new print run next week!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 13 October 2020

Grey Alien Arachnid Suits eight new 15mm releases

Striding across the landscape come the Greys in their six legged suits (spiders on Zeta Reticuli are six legged..we are the odd ones out on Earth).  Towering above their subjects and enemies the speed and terror which Arachnid troops bring make them something to be respected when the death rays start a shooting!  

Two new packs and a special single pose choice list added to the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range and the Grey Alien Army.  Following up on last months Lift Disc Riders and also the four new packs of infantry the Greys keep on growing.  From the mind of veteran wargamer Fred Richards in partnership with Alternative Armies.  Go HERE for the range or HERE for a narrower result of all the Grey Aliens.

HOF162 Grey Alien Arachnid Soldiers: A pack containing four different metal miniature kits.  Arachnid Suits with six posable legs holding up a Grey Alien with control back pack.  Grey Alien with Neuro Flayer Rifle (A), Grey Alien with support size Death Ray (B), Grey Alien with Energy Rifle held across his chest (C) and Grey Alien with Energy Rifle lowered (D).

HOF163 Grey Alien Arachnid Command: A pack containing four different metal miniature kits.  Arachnid Suits with six posable legs holding up a Grey Alien with control back pack.  Grey Alien with Pistol (A), Grey Alien with Tracker (B), Grey Alien with Comms Gear (C) and Grey Alien with Scanner (D).

HOF1623A Grey Alien Arachnid Singles: Choose from eight different poses of Arachnid Suits using the drop down menu. In any quantity you wish. Each suit is composed of seven pieces and you can pose the legs.  When assembled it stands about 40mm tall.

These are all of our 15mm science fiction releases for this month and we are happy to report that next month there will be further new packs in the range to enjoy.

Read on our BLOG in full.  Free Tree Demon automatically included in every order shipped during October 2020.  Great for many scales and settings.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

HOF Fire Team 15mm rules and loads of free files online

Back in 2012 myself and Bob Minadeo published a wee rules set for 15mm scale grid based skirmishing with neat mechanics and generic setting (though it came with three settings included).  Recently Alternative Armies has had a fair bit of interest in the game which is long out of print but is a paid for digital download (at 20% less than print price and including all the terrain tile sets for free now) and for the free files made for HOF Fire Team.  Go HERE for the rules.

HOF Fire-Team is a dynamic tactical grid 15mm game with a setting from ultra modern to the far future. Fire Team pits squads of soldiers, guerrillas, police, and thieves or just about anyone else with a grudge against one another. Use miniatures on single bases add any new ones of your choice as it is generic. Players command a number of Teams. These being Fire Teams, Support Teams, Command Teams and trusting to sound small unit tactics and the luck of the dice they attempt to carry out their mission objectives. 

Using the 'tech level' generic aspect of the rules you can field any miniatures you want.  Create any setting you wish.  Three settings are included. The Ion Age - Prydia Aflame (Muster and Retained fight in a bitter civil war for the future of the Prydian Precinct while the shadow of the Khanate ever looms), The Pan Galactic Empire (A vastness of human and alien life in constant struggle in a galaxy that is rich with resources, planets and conflict) and Argo Cities of the Teeming Future (The Earth teems with seething billions all housed in cities hundred of kilometres wide.  The law is harsh and mutants and cyborgs walk among us. Keep the Peace...if you can).  See the HOF Range for suitable figures.

CLICK HERE to download a zip file of free additional PDF's for the game including advanced rules and a scenario. Craig over at ORCS IN THE WEBBE has put all of the former Barking Irons magazine scenarios, solo play rules and more for HOF FT up to read. Released in 2012 there are independent articles and reviews online for this game HERE for Rob Alderman's video review on Youtube and HERE for Dropship Horizon Blog and its interview about the game.  Note when released this game was from 15mmcouk which was and is a part of Alternative Armies.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS