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Showing posts with label Civilians. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Civilians. Show all posts

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Valon Villagers and Orc Militia for Flintloque

Alternative Armies is delighted to present two further restored codes for the World of Valon in new molds with new images.  These follow up on the Deserter Army of Obidiah and on the twelve classic packs which returned in March too.  

All adding to Flintloque and to Slaughterloo choice for players in the realm of Orcs of Albion and typical folks to be found near battlefields.

58102 Valon Villagers: This returned and expanded pack gives you four different 28mm scale metal miniatures. An Orc wench in dress and bonnet, Elf woodsman or sailor with axe, Orc bandit or hunter with crossbow and lastly Elf villager with short pike.  Very useful in your games.  You can choose the pack or singles from the pack on its page.  Go HERE.

54514 Orc Militia: The Fencibles are the poorest quality Orcish soldiers and often privately raised. Meant only to serve at home in Albion they can sometimes travel to the front lines of the war. This restored code contains seven different poses and can be had as a skirmish pack of eight, a unit of twenty or single poses by choice.  There is a saving in the unit sized choice for Slaughterloo or big games of Flintloque.  Led by an Orc Gentleman who paid to raise them there are three poses of trooper with musket plus a bare headed trooper and a sitting trooper.  Lastly a larger muscular Orc Sergeant.  Make your choices on the page HERE.

We hope you enjoy these restored miniatures and these are most suited to 5025 War in Catalucia and 5020 Slaughterloo which can be had in print or as digital downloads with a saving.

Our next and last news for Flintloque this month will be the brand new release of the next unit in the Legion de Nain this week....

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

Concrete Barriers and Barrels new 15mm release

Need a road blocked or a hasty defensive works put in place? Sculpted by Christian Cuello (he who created Barkhoven and Valon Civilians). See FMS06 in our Battlefield Bits range (28mm and 15mm useful things) or in the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range (where it joins our Tents, Cans and Boxes, Body Bags etc).

FMS06 Concrete Barriers and Barrels.  This code contains six different 15mm resin pieces giving you a series of concrete barriers and barrels.  Just the thing for modern, near future, science fiction and other gaming.  

You can select a set of six pieces or using the menu on the page select any of the pieces (A to F) in any quantity allowing total choice! Go HERE.

As you can see these go really well with Security Force Alpha miniatures (remember he is on a 20mm round base thus the added height).

Enemy is incoming!  Female SFA troopers get ready behind their barricades.

Have you seen HOF122 Media Team?  If you are planning an urban campaign then reporters might well be a cool addition.  All of our non-military 15mm codes in the HOF range can be seen on the CIVILIAN tag for the range.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Monday, 13 July 2020

New Modern Tents 15mm scale now released!

Everyone needs somewhere to sleep and often it is not possible to get forty winks in a four poster when you are out in the field up against the enemy. So having a good tent is ideal to keep the bugs, rain, snow and cold out and to keep you snug. Now released into our 15mm ranges new packs of modern tents sculpted by Elton Waters.  These go excellently with our HOF 15mm Science Fiction miniatures.  Go HERE or read on for more.



There are four codes of tents to choose from which are great for any game system.


FMS03 Frame Tent (2 Pack)
This pack contains two identical resin 15mm scale tents which are thick canvas material stretched over a metal tube frame. Suitable for four to six infantry.  Each model is rectangular and is 50mm long, 30mm wide and 35mm tall.



FMS04 Large Frame Tent
This pack contains one resin larger 15mm scale tent which is thick canvas material stretched over a metal tube frame. Suitable as a command post or workspace for small vehicles or eight infantry.  Each model is rectangular and is 50mm long, 50mm wide and 40mm tall.



We have smaller two man type tents as well.  Intact and torn apart (werewolf games anyone?).

Thanks for your time and if you are interested in our Battlefield Bits range you can see it HERE.

GBS

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

The Witch Carline new and free in every order placed during October 2019

It is the season of the witch (love me some Donovan) and at Alternative Armies we have a brand new release to begin the month and its free automatically in every order placed on our website for the entire month.  The Witch Carline can also be purchased as normal.  All you need to do is place an order which requires physical shipping, not paid downloads (you can of course order this new miniature and you will still get a free casting of it too!).


Alternative Armies has many other new releases in October in 6mm scale and 15mm scale and 28mm scale.  But we will come to those as they arrive and today its broomstick time with a miniature great for many settings and a new month long offer as well.


FL24-02 The Witch Carline
She is old..very old.  No man now born knows just how old the Witch Carline is nor the limits of her power.  It is well they do not know for Carline was once known by another name 'Cailleach' from the ancient Celtic times of myth.  This hag was given her name by the Scots she terrorised and now in winter months children fear her and women keep a clean front step to avoid the ruination of her magic broom.  Great for any game system. This 28mm scale metal miniature (23mm tall) is supplied unpainted and without a base (pictured on a 25mm square resin base). Go HERE.





Here are some pictures of the new Witch alongside those who you might find in battle alongside her..forces of darkness and light.  Her sister in code the FL24-01 Midsummer Druidess is a mortal enemy.  The VNT31-05 Liche Lord would be her master and a great Nosferatu style Vampire from VNT4.  Are arachnids servants or simply beasts?  EH05 Giant Spider or EH06 Spider Swarm go well with the forces of night.  Our 28mm fantasy Wraiths are perfect companions to this Scottish Witch both on foot and mounted in packs such as VNT28 and VNT44.


During October 2019 for the whole month our range wide offer of 15% off every code is on the Jacobite 1745 Rebellion range in 28mm scale.  These go great with the Witch Carline and feature such notables as Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora as well as a a piper, dancers plus sword, musket and pike troops.  As singles and a value pack with extra saving for one of each of the fifteen poses.  There are also twenty man units for battle level games.  Ends 1st November.


Lastly we have just re-molded a classic 'Various Nasty Things' pack VNT4 The Necratom Risen which goes great with the Witch Carline and also with the Jacobite Rebellion range for some fantasy or eighteen century adventures.  Five different Undead characters in 28mm scale.  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 10 September 2019

Perscheron Cargo Transporter new 6mm by Bradley Miniatures

Now on the Bradley Miniatures 6mm science fiction range page at Alternative Armies the brand new BR032 Perscheron Cargo Transporter! Go HERE or read on for more details about the next model in this expanding range. The big rig is here!  Transport your fuel, your cargo, your goods with the Perscheron.  This truck with trailer is great for any 6mm game system and will need to be protected by armed vehicles like the Kuu Patroller.  


BR032 Perscheron Cargo Transporter
Your valuable commodities will be easily carried by this truck and trailer.  A 6mm scale metal vehicle kit which comes in a pack of four or can be selected as a single vehicle with one or other load as well on the page.  Each Perscheron is composed of a truck cab and a flat bed trailer along with either a fuel tanker load (long cylinder) or two hexagonal cargo pods. The four pack contains two of each load. Easy to assemble and 50mm long once put together.  Supplied unassembled. Go HERE.


No matter which game system you play in 6mm you will find something of interest in the Bradley Miniatures range.  Here is the current list of codes each of which comes as a single model or in a pack from which you can select a single if you wish.

BR002 Armadillo APC
BR003 Stalker Missile Tank
BR004 Hunter Battle Tank
BR005 Nemian Assault Tank
BR006 Tiger Walker
BR007 Jet Grenadier Platoon
BR008 Grenadier Platoon
BR009 Grenadier Weapons Platoon
BR010 Stormhunter SPG
BR011 Lionsguard Platoon
BR012 Attack Bike Platoon
BR013 Gryphon Gravscout
BR014 Trencher APC


BR015 Flame APC Caisse
BR016 Tryant SPG Caisse
BR017 Marksman AA Caisse
BR018 T47 Main Battle Tank
BR019 Actium Superheavy Tank 
BR020 Kourian Superheavy Tank
BR021 Calydon Battle Tank
BR022 Tyros Laser Destroyer Tank 
BR023 Lionheart A Battle Tank
BR024 Lionheart B Battle Tank
BR025 Ironclad Superheavy Tank
BR026 Lynx Scout Walker
BR027 Corvo Dropship (Massive 6mm scale Dropship) 


BR029 Kuu Patrol Vehicle
BR032 Perscheron Cargo Transporter

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Friday, 24 May 2019

Huge new Dark Elf releases for Flintloque and Slaughterloo

Hinted at and asked about it is now time for Alternative Armies to present the Regimenta del Sanna Annie a series of new packs and sets for the Dark Elf Army of Catalucia.  An entire line infantry unit plus skirmish packs and single characters too as well as a box set of all nineteen different poses with an insert.  May 2019's releases for Flintloque the Skirmish and Slaughterloo the game of Mass Battle.  Sculpted by Elton Waters, studio set painted by Mark Taylor and with the two page insert also here to download for free we hope you enjoy the travelling circus!  Go HERE or read on for more.

REGIMENTA DEL SANNA ANNIE
Something of a legend in Southern Catalucia is the once magnificent Regimenta Del Sanna Annie, an ancient and venerable regiment of Grenadier quality troops in the personal service of Fernando.  Since those glory days the ‘Sannie’ as the Orcs call the battalions has taken part in many battles and survived them all almost intact.  Accompanied by a priest on a donkey and gaudy officers along with a veritable train of women and hangers on the Regimenta is a spectacle on the move.  It is organised like any other Dark Elf Line battalion with the same equipment.  The Regimenta may only serve in a non-Ferach Division or force.

If you are playing in Catalucia or Al-Garvey with the Orcs of Albion against the Ferach Elves of the Emperor Mordred then there is something here for you.  If you are playing in the Witchlands then some of the characters are very useful as are the infantry if you use them as turncoats in the pay of Armorica just like the Al-Garvey Ferach Legion Goblins.  


5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie (Box)
This is a boxed set supplied with a two page insert of game statistics and information containing sixteen 28mm miniatures on foot and three 28mm mounted miniatures (on Horse, on Lizard and on Donkey) for a total of twenty two different pieces.  An entire skirmishing force or line unit for your collection in the Dark Elf Army of Catalucia.  Featuring in 5025 War in Catalucia and 5030 Slaughterloo.  Add to your Grand Alliance forces.  Supplied with our resin cartouche bases.  Choose from the box set or get the box set painted and based ready for immediate use on the table.  Go HERE.

The poses in this boxed set are as follows. Colonel Cleto del Jaso mounted on a horse (A) along with his personal banner bearer (B), Captain Losa on foot (C) plus the drummer of the regimenta (D).  Four poses of regimenta infantry armed with musket; cocking (E), standing (F), advancing (G) and firing (H).  Standard Bearer (I) along with sergeant holding spear (J), kneeling private firing musket (K) and private running with bayonet fixed (L).  The travelling circus of characters are an injured Orc private (M), Dark Elf sausage seller (requires assembly) (N), a vicious Goblin thief disguised as a monk (O) and an Orc priest of Sentinel carrying totem (P).  The more illustrious characters are Dama Godessa del Jaso the colonels wife mounted side saddle on a riding Lizard (Q), Cardinal Trampa de Grasa bedecked in golden rings sitting on his donkey which rests on a divan pillow (requires assembly) (R) and lastly Don de Helloa a noble recently returned from Amerka with a new kind of gun (S).


5110U Sanna Annie Line (Unit)
This set contains an entire line infantry unit of twenty Dark Elf 28mm miniatures in ten different poses on foot. Taken from 5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie box set the poses are an officer, standard bearer, sergeant, drummer and six different privates with musket with these being repeated evenly to a total of twenty miniatures.  For your Slaughterloo collection.  Supplied with resin cartouche bases and choose from a unit or a painted and based unit ready to use out of the box.  Go HERE.


5110T Sanna Annie Command
This pack contains four different Dark Elf 28mm scale miniatures.  Taken from 5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie this pack gives you the command poses of the regimenta with the option of also getting them as single miniatures if you desire. Colonel Cleto del Jaso mounted on a horse (A) along with his personal banner bearer (B), Captain Losa on foot (C) plus the drummer of the regimenta (D).  Choose your option on screen.  Supplied with bases and can be purchased painted and based.  Go HERE.


5110V Sanna Annie Flag
This pack contains four different Dark Elf 28mm scale miniatures.  Taken from 5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie this pack gives you the secondary command and trooper poses of the regimenta with the option of also getting them as single miniatures if you desire. Standard Bearer (I) along with sergeant holding spear (J), kneeling private firing musket (K) and private running with bayonet fixed (L).  Choose your option on screen.  Supplied with bases and can be purchased painted and based. Go HERE.


5110W Sanna Annie Privates
This pack contains four different Dark Elf 28mm scale miniatures.  Taken from 5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie this pack gives you trooper poses of the regimenta with the option of also getting them as single miniatures if you desire. Four poses of regimenta infantry armed with musket; cocking (E), standing (F), advancing (G) and firing (H).  Choose your option on screen.  Supplied with bases and can be purchased painted and based.  Go HERE.


5110X Sanna Annie Circus
This pack contains four different 28mm scale miniatures.  Taken from 5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie these are the 'travelling circus' of useful incidental characters to fit into your games.  The travelling circus of characters are an injured Orc private (M), Dark Elf sausage seller (requires assembly) (N), a vicious Goblin thief disguised as a monk (O) and an Orc priest of Sentinel carrying totem (P).  Choose your option on screen.  Supplied with bases and can be purchased painted and based.  Go HERE.


5110Y Sanna Annie Personalities
This pack contains three different 28mm scale miniatures and their mounts. Taken from 5110 Regimenta Del Sanna Annie these are the more important characters around which you can build scenarios and adventures. The more illustrious characters are Dama Godessa del Jaso the colonels wife mounted side saddle on a riding Lizard (Q), Cardinal Trampa de Grasa bedecked in golden rings sitting on his donkey which rests on a divan pillow (requires assembly) (R) and lastly Don de Helloa a noble recently returned from Amerka with a new kind of gun (S).  Choose your option on screen of pack or single poses.  Supplied with bases and can be purchased painted and based.  Go HERE.


There are many facets to the Regimenta Del Sanna Annie from its background to its uniform and character profiles as well as rules for Flintloque and for Slaughterloo.  All of these are in a three page insert supplied with the 5110 boxed set.  You can get this insert for free as a download from our website as well just by CLICKING HERE to download it.  Enjoy!



We hope you like this huge expansion to the Dark Elf Army.  We are in the process of writing up two different Flintloque scenarios for the Regimenta which will be published for free in the future.  Ambushed by Ferach Dragoons in an almighty exchange of musketry can Colonel Del Jaso hold off waves of the enemy long enough in 'I Thought these Barrels were for me'.  In a cat and mouse evasion scenario called 'Trot on Bacon' a patrolling section from the Regimenta under Captain Losa tries to lose Von Rotte Cuirassiers in the woods. 

Thanks for Reading!

GBS

Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Ogre Mercenary and Reluctant Brigands released

Alternative Armies presents its 28mm fantasy releases for the month of May 2019 in the form of some of the last of our classic range now re-molded and on the website.  We have an Ogre Mercenary and four different characters who make a living by robbery.  Great for any campaign and for dungeon crawl and roleplaying too.  Go HERE to our Adventurers and Wizards range or read on for more.


Coming in alongside our Wizards Party, Guild Assassins, Adventurer Packs, Wizards Progression and Halfing Walking Party among others these miniatures fit right in and could also be used in some Flintloque games too.


FL25 Ogre Mercenary
With a large axe on his shoulder the Ogre Mercenary is for hire to the highest payer of golden coins.  This 28mm scale white metal miniature is a single piece and stands 38mm tall.  Suitable for any game system and is supplied without a base (shown on a 30mm square base).  Any other miniatures shown are for scale purposes only.  Go HERE.


FL26 Reluctant Brigands
Hard times abound and when it is no longer possible to turn an honest coin with a days labour then those with mouths to feed or the desire turn to gaining coin in other ways.  This 28mm scale white metal pack contains four different miniatures.  Armed with a sword and carrying a small bag is the Sea Captain. Armed with a long bow is the Forester.  Sporting a thick beard and an axe is the Lumberjack. A Half Orc Thief armed with a crossbow. Choose from a pack or select single miniatures from this code.  Suitable for any game system these miniatures are not supplied with bases (shown on 25mm square bases).  Go HERE


Alternative Armies has a huge selection of excellent 28mm fantasy miniatures across several collections which you can check out.  We have something for everyone.


There is more news and further releases to come this month into our HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range, the Sengoku 15mm Japanese Fantasy Range plus classic Torture Chamber sets re-released and a major Flintloque boxed set too.  Each of these will have their own news so make sure you do not miss out.  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Friday, 29 March 2019

Now released in the HOF Range four new 15mm scale Battlesuits!

Four new codes added to the HOF 15mm Science Fiction range for March and April 2018.  Security Force Alpha (SFA) brings a great deal more of the stompy  with variant battlesuit kits for many more specialised uses in battle and orbital freight yard.  These follow up on the original Bear Cat Battlesuit, the Uplifted Yeti Platoon, SFA Personalities and Dogs as well as  Tracker Wheeled Bikes and Portable Weapon Platforms with Gun Crew plus the Trencher Tracked Bikes from previous releases and are great for any game system and fit right in with the rest of the array of the SFA. 


Go HERE or read on for more about these four new codes plus all of the other related packs in the HOF range.


“All across the core star systems and on Terra itself there is a need for security after, during and even before the high rollers and expensive kit arrives in the battle zone. Security Force Alpha is just that force filling in as police, paramilitaries, mercenaries and planetary militias too. They are the faceless grunts that do the thankless jobs needed by all those who govern, control or enforce. Use them as you will from the near to the far future!”

Alternative Armies has embarked upon expanding the Security Force Alpha (SFA) array of codes within the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range in conjunction with prolific wargamer Fred Richards who has a vision of space colony warfare in the near future which we find captivating and wanted to get in on.  From the mind of Mr Richards and the guys at Alternative Armies comes the seventh release in this thread the diaspora of battlesuits as a part of Fred's vision for the future.


HOF121A Fire Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Fire Cat Battlesuit brings the heat and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left arm carrying a heavy flamer, a right arm with large heat shield and separate back mounted fuel tanks plus a top mounted rotary cannon.  Assemble your battlesuit with a degree of pose choice at waist and arms.  This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.


HOF121B Steel Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Steel Cat Battlesuit throws out the slugs hyper fast and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left arm carrying a heavy rail gun, a right arm with power fist and plus a top mounted 40mm grenade launcher.  Assemble your battlesuit with a degree of pose choice at waist and arms.  This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.


HOF121C Grease Cat Loader Suit – Go HERE
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Grease Cat Loader Suit is for your docks and space stations and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left and right arm with cargo lifters plus a top mounted spot lit and a front mounted light bar. This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.

HOF121D Hades Cat  Battlesuit – Go HERE.
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit..  The Hades Cat Battlesuit reaches out with a punch to the enemy and is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left and right large missile pod plus a top mounted comms dish.  Assemble your battlesuit with a degree of pose choice at waist and arms.  This code uses parts from the original HOF121 Bear Cat.  When built it is approx 40mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.  Other 15mm miniatures are from the HOF range and are not supplied; shown for scale only.  There are many other larger images on the page which you can scroll through.

Here are a few images of the new Battlesuits in the fray with other miniatures in the HOF Range.




Did you miss the original.....


HOF121 Bear Cat Battlesuit – Go HERE.
This pack contains one 15mm scale white metal and grey tone resin vehicle kit which can be outfitted in several roles.  The Bear Cat (known as the Hell Cat in its loaded for battle variants) is composed of a lower body part, an upper body part which includes armoured cockpit as well as a left arm ending in a fist and right arm ending in a wrist.   Fittings for that wrist supplied are a twin barrel rotary cannon, a large chainsaw and a large power drill.  There are also two supplied top mount weapon options a missile pod and a machine gun.  Assemble your battlesuit for war or construction work or as a scrapheap post apoc project.  


Use the pieces left over for your bits box.  When built the Bear Cat is approx 45mm tall.  This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted and without a base.   It goes excellently with any science fiction force in 15mm scale.


(Save 20% off list with a whole force from codes HOF112,HOF113, HOF27, HOF28 choosing propulsion type. 75 Infantry, 2 Defence Turrets, 6 Vehicles.) 

HOF130 Uplifted Yeti Platoon 
HOF121 Bear Cat Battlesuit 
HOF120 SFA Personalties 
HOF119 SFA Tracker Urban Bike Command 
HOF118 SFA Tracker Urban Bikes 
HOF117 SFA Support Platform Platoon 
HOF116 SFA Trencher Bike Command 
HOF115 SFA Trencher Bikes 
HOF113 SFA Support Trooper Sprue 
HOF112 SFA Trooper Sprue 
HOF111 Scrofa Wheeled AFV 
HOF109 SFA Crewed Skimmers 
HOF27 Maginot Defence Turret kit 
HOF28A Charger MkII APC Wheeled 
HOF28B Charger MkII APC Hover 
HOF28C Charger MKII APC Tracked 
HOF86 Human Medical Team 
HOF95 SFA Command 
HOF97 SFA Troopers with SMG 
HOF98 SFA Sergeants 
HOF99 SFA Shotgun Troopers 
HOF100 SFA Support Troopers 
HOF101 SFA Anti Armour Troopers 
HOF102 SFA Riot Team 
HOF104 SFA Elite Troopers 
HOF106 SFA Female Troopers 
HOF7 SFA Jump Pack Troopers 
HOF8 SFA Jump Pack Sergeants 

See you out there among the Colonies of Mankind in the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range!

If you like this miniature awesome then you might want to check out our other 15mm sci-fi ranges. A huge choice of new and classic as well as all manner of characters, infantry, vehicles, robots and more. We also have a wicked cool 6mm range from Bradley Miniatures. Click on the links to visit these ranges to see more. 



Thanks for Reading, 

GBS