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JR Miniatures have added three new pieces to their 15mm RVT Dirt Road range. Each piece is prepainted and available for $9.75 US.
Black Cat Bases have expanded their Skulls ranges of scenic accessories with a new Crystal skull on a stone plinth.
From their announcement:
We have updated out “skulls” section of the website, hopefully all the usual products are now available again! We have added our crystal skull on a stone plinth to the range. This scenery piece is designed for all the brave pulp explorers out there and also anyone who dares to put it in their graveyard and watch it glow!
This piece is made of a high quality clear resin and can be painted leaving the skull free of paint or indeed inked in any colour to glow on it’s plinth. Particularly effective when placed on a light base.
Wargames Factory is reporting that their Field of Glory online game is temporarily offline.
From their website:
Apologies to all who are attempting to play the game right now, but the server was struck by hackers and is temporarily offline. This is a widespread attack that has effected 100s of thousands of websites worldwide and has been going on for a few weeks!
Here is an article on the attack: SQL Injection Attack Infects Hundreds of Thousands of Websites
We apologize for the interruption in gameplay — but the hosting company is working on having the site relaunched as soon as possible.
Once we are back up — we have some exciting news about the contest as we have had a winner of “See Yourself in Miniature”. The grand prize is STILL available though — “Miniatures for Life”
Brigade Models have posted photos of their first addition to the 28mm Belgian WWI, the Hotchkiss MMG team. No mention of a release date yet for these figures.
Darkson Designs have posted some work in progress photos of the upcoming Soviet Banshee miniatures. No word yet on a price or release date for these.
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Litko Aerosystems have announced that they have corrected a problem with their online ordering system not offering the correct shipping options.
From their announcement:
We wanted to let our international customers know that if they have tried to place an order with us in the past two days they may have gotten an inflated shipping price. Our store was only offering Priority Mail International and not (the more affordable) First Class Mail International.
If you have placed an order, you can possibly get it corrected by us (depends on if it qualifies for the lower shipping rate… it must be under 4 lbs). The lower shipping rate is more affordable, but will result in taking longer to get to you. We’ve found that most customers prefer the lower shipping rate to faster shipping..
Rackham have posted a photo of the production master of the Karman Saint Anuman and Jindo-Un Hero box that will be released this summer.
The Assault Group have updated their Workbench page with photos of 28mm miniatures of mounted Western Cuirassiers.
Rackham have posted details of their upcoming Operation FROSTBITE expansion. They have also posted photos of three miniatures (1,2, and 3) associated with the campaign.
From their announcement:
The conflicts opposing the armies of AT-43 are crystallizing around a planet known for its extreme weather conditions and that has gained huge strategic significance for all the armies in the galaxy: Élysée.
It is in these hostile conditions that the players will deploy and move their companies over different sectors scattered over three main battlefronts where the U.N.A., the Red Blok, the Therians and the Karmans are fighting. As the Frostbite campaign gains momentum, the players will benefit from a variety of advantages gained during previous battles or, on the contrary, suffer the consequences of their recent failures.
There are 18 missions that can be played in two different ways, plus a deadly tie breaking mission. That´s 37 different games the players will have to fight to install their domination! Operation Frostbite also allows you to discover exclusive terrain elements: crystals and reversible gaming tiles. But the set also includes rules for neutral fighters. Adding new flavor to the game, new combat drills are also offered along with rules for support units and troop transport units.
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As part of the latest Cry Havoc Online newsletter, Rackham has released work in progress photographs of several miniatures for the Cogs faction.
GAMA have announced that pre-registration for Origins starts tomorrow.
From their announcement:
Get ready for the race. Event pre-registration for Origins 2008 opens on May 15 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (9:00 a.m. PDT).
To make your event purchases go quicker and easier that day, create an account on the www.originsgamefair.com site (use the Click to Create an Account link at the top of the page), then buy your show badge. By doing that, you’re all ready to buy events when they go on sale this Thursday.
GAMA have announced that the event grids for the upcoming Origins game show are now online.
From their announcement:
You waited so patiently to see what Origins has in store for you for 2008 — well, wait no longer. You can download the event grids and see all of the Origins events for yourself! Check out the event grid files Excel files at www.originsgamefair.com. If the master file (4501 events) is too big for you, that’s ok – we broke the master out by gaming genre. Enjoy.
Episode 44 of The Drop Pod Cast is now available for download.
From their announcement:
In this episode:
- News From The Front Lines:
- 40K 5th Edition LE Preview
- New Citadel Advanced Orders
- WAR Newsletter
- Unit of the Show: Skaven Night Runners
- Welcome to the Underhive: Necromunda Talk
- Listener Feedback
Thomarillion have added three new terrain products to their online store.
Prince August has announced a Warzone Diorama competition where you can win €250 worth of Prince August products.
From their website:
Free to enter, open to all customers, all we want is original photos of a well made diorama using our Warzone Mutant Chronicles miniatures. Any faction can be used, or combination of factions. Rules are as follows:
- Diorama should contain at least 5 miniatures, fully painted, from any Warzone stock we sell.
- Diorama should be exciting, but do not overwhelm the figures.
- Please take photos of different development stages of the diorama as we will want to show others how the winner made the final piece. At least 6 supportive photos need to be included along with descriptive text.
- Photos must be original, and not digitally manipulated excessively. Basic resizing, cropping and brightness and contrast alterations are allowed. No text or montaging is allowed.
- Photos must be good quality and clear. No fuzzy images are allowed.
- Photo must be sent as jpeg (.jpg) format only, but can be up to 500kb in size (I will resize them later to fit on the website) so do not over compress the file.
Competition closes on July 31st midnight GMT. Then we will arrange an open vote so that all our customers may decide on the most exciting entry based on the following criteria: miniature paint quality, diorama building skill and photographic presentation. Results will be posted middle of August. Only one entry can win the 250 Euro Voucher.
Alternative Armies today announced several new releases for their Flintloque/Slaughterloo rules as well as several new figures for their Frontier fantasy western game.
From their website:
Now released for Flintloque and Slaughterloo. Joccian Hussars, light cavalry mounted on Rams. Hob Goblin Line Infantry the latest addition to the infantry of Great Britorcn. Now released for Frontear. Four more packs, Alamorque Characters, Ogre Bounty Hunter and Civile Warre Orc Privates.
Flintloque and Slaughterloo
Frontear
The Command Horizon website has been updated with new Human Infantry Support Weapons.
From their website:
It’s taken a bit longer than I wanted, but at long last I’m pleased to announce that the Human Support Weapons are now available. Each pack contains a mixture of two types of support weapon base; Infantry support launcher and Infantry support gatling.
These can be ordered directly from the cart or you can pick them up at the Partizan show in Newark on the 25th June. We’ll have the full range with us at the show, but if you want to place a pre-order for collection there, now is the time to let us know.
Company B have updated their Greens page with photos of an upcoming 1:56 scale Rolls Royce Armored Car. No word on a release date or price for the vehicle kit.
Armorcast have announced their new Gallery Base Line.
From their website:
New from the mind of Shawn Lux are the Armorcast Gallery Base Line. There are six new detailed bases and three new plinths to choose from. All are cast in high quality urethane beige resin.
We are also glad to announce that Chick Challenge’s Jason Moses was kind enough to sell us the rights to the Steve Buddle Hussar Girl in Winter Garb, His motorcycle and Bobby Jackson’s Biker Girl
WorldWorks Games have announced the release of Wormhole: The Sathricans, their DIY space combat game. More info can be found at the dedicated Wormhole page on their website.
From their website:
WorldWorksGames is proud to present “Wormhole”, a groundbreaking space combat game. Why groundbreaking? Because Wormhole is the only such game that allows anyone to build up a massive fleet without spending hundreds of dollars on expensive miniatures and rule books. You don’t even have to wait for shipping to get your hands on it because Wormhole is a completely digital product which you download from home, print, build and play. We’ve included everything you need in an easy to navigate package, stepping you through the entire process from planning your game to building your fleet.
Ever lose or damage a card, a token, or some other *vital* piece to a game before, having to replace it with a cheesy-looking standin or buy the whole thing over again? Not with Wormhole. Every element can be printed, or reprinted as needed.
Fantasy Flight Games have posted details of their GenCon Indy events for AT-43 and Confrontation.
LivingDice.com have posted the GenCon bankruptcy documents to their website including a list of creditors.
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The Monsterpocalypse website has been updated with photos of miniatures from the Lords of Cthul faction as well as a small teaser about the faction.
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The Miniature Wargaming Union has details and photos of some upcoming new Warhammer Dark Elf figures.
Links below to the correct images as the links in the forum post are incorrect.
Ad Astra Games is looking for photos of painted samples of their various spacecraft miniatures.
From their announcement:
We’ve wanted pictures of painted minis for the shopping cart for a while. We’ve always had it on our “to do” list … unfortunately, none of us in the office are A) any good at painting miniatures, or B) have the time.
Then we saw a bunch of our customers painting up minis and we went, “Hey …”
Here’s what we’re offering:
1. Each week we’ll offer prizes for the best photo of a particular painted miniature or fleet box.
2. If you win for painting up the entire contents of a fleet box, we’ll give you store credit of $40. (Label the ship in the file name or in your e-mail.)
3. If you win for painting up a single ship, and give us a clearly labeled picture of what it is, we’ll give you $2 in store credit.
4. Yes, you can double dip—paint up your fleet box and then snap individual shots of the minis for the singletons.
5. If you mount the minis on Ninja Magic magnetic adapters (even if not shown at an angle), the prizes go to $60 and $3 respectively.
Moonfleet Miniatures have announced the release of a new sci-fi mercenary figure as well as posting a preview of the first in a new range of Roman miniatures.
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From their announcement:
First up we have a new mercenary. A twin Uzi/Mach 10 wielding nutjob. Ideal for those close quarter skirmish games. It is 28mm and retails for £2.00
Secondly we have a sample photo of a new range we are working on. We are just throwing the photo out at present, so comments please, on what limited information there is :)
Dom’s Decals have announced the release of a 1:144 scale decal sheet for the WWI Jasta 19.
From their announcement:
After rather more time and effort than I’d hoped for, I’m pleased to announce the first release in my new 1/144 WWI decal range. This sheet is aimed squarely at players of a certain well-known card-based game, and while suitable for use on models painted “from scratch” as it were, has been designed primarily to allow easy conversion of pre-painted Fokker Dr.1s (the model piloted by Rahn) into other aircraft from the same squadron - indeed, it’ll enable you to field a full squadron of 12 different models if you’re a real megalomaniac….
Priced at a princely £3.00, sheet 144-GE-S1 is available from www.domsdecals.com - if you order online I’ll also email you a detailed instruction sheet with paint recommendations, photos of completed models, and details on decal placement. (The photo shows my own three models; the excellent pre-painted models from Wings Of War, with a little repainting and new decals on the front two.)
Warlord Games have announced the release of their first 28mm plastic Roman figures which are now available from their online store.
From their announcement:
After months of blood, sweat and tears we’re delighted to be able to announce the release of our 28mm Imperial Roman range. Leading this range is our multi-part, hard plastic Legionaries boxed set - highly detailed 28mm model and great value.
It’s not all about the plastics though - we also have the start of our comprehensive suporting metal range available now. Eastern Archers, Slingers and Western Archers are already on sale and you’ll be seeing more very soon.
We’d like to thank all those who made this day possible and also a big thank you to the legion of gamers who have already pre-ordered - your Romans are on their way.
Baccus have posted details of the first releases in their 6mm Colonial Sudan range as well as announcing the date for their next Open Day.
The Cold War Commander errata document has been updated and is available for download from the CWC Download page.