Wargames Foundry this week are highlighting army deals and collections of miniatures of the Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard.

Alban Miniatures have released figures in support of the Sharp Practice Napoleonic skirmish rules.

From their announcement:

Alban Miniatures is a new company set up to bring you the best in sculpting expertise. The figures are 1/56th 28mm scale and are properly proportionate,

We are very proud to introduce our fist range entitled “Sharp Practice”. These have been produced to compliment the awesome new wargames rules of the same name by “The TooFatLardies”. Variation is the key; there are 12 separate 1809 British Riflemen in the first release. These figures are ideal for large scale skirmishes and complement these ground breaking rules perfectly.

We are concentrating on the Peninsular War, so you can expect to see French Voltigeurs next; followed by British Line, French Dragoons both mounted and skirmishing on foot. For the future there will be British Light Dragoons in Tarletons and of course French Line Infantry. We will to bring you the finest and best researched Peninsular range yet produced.

The first 3 releases for June are as follows: All packs £4.50.

• BR1. British Rifles Officer 1809 Blowing whistle, Sergeant, bugler and chosen man
• BR2. British Riflemen 1809 loading and firing, 4 different figures
• BR3 Riflemen moving, 4 different figures. All are wearing a mixture of overalls or gaiters

Scale Creep Miniatures have announced that they have received stock of Age of Eagles: Napoleon vs Europe - Scenarios 1813-14.

From their announcement:

The first scenario book for Age of Eagles is here! 80 luscious perfect bound pages, priced at a mere $25.

Age of Eagles: Napoleon vs Europe - Scenarios 1813-14 Each 80 Page Begreiungskrieg Scenario Book Contains:

• Introduction - includes conversion schemes for Grande Armee, Napoleon’s Battles and Volley & Bayonet.
• Battle of Gross Beeren - 23 August 1813, Oudinot vs Bernadotte.
• Battle of the Katzbach - 26 August 1813, MacDonald vs Blucher.
• Battle of Kulm - 30 August 1813, Vandamme vs the Czar.
• Battle of Dennewitz - 6 September 1813, Ney vs Bernadotte.
• Battle of Wartenburg - 3 October 1813, Bertrand vs Yorck.
• Leibertwolkwitz (Leipzig) - 14 October 1813, Murat vs Schwarzenburg.
• Battle of Mockern (Leipzig) - 16 October 1813, Marmont vs Blucher.

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The Assault Group has added several new 28mm figures to their online store and also posted details on how to get some free miniatures from them when you order.

Renaissance

• REN075 Russian Streltzi Horse-holders
• REN098 Polish horse-holders
• REN099 Ottoman Tufecis horse holders

Napoleonic

• NAU004 German Fusilier marching (Shako)
• NAU006 German Fusilier Command (Shako)

Front Rank Figurines have added new 28mm Middle Guard Fusilier Grenadiers in full dress. The miniatures are available for £1.00 each.

• FN389 Marching
• FN390 Advancing, high porte
• FN391 Advancing, low porte
• FN392 Sergent marching
• FN393 Drummer
• FN394 Fifer
• FN395 Fanion Bearer
• FN396 Sapper
• FN397 Junior Officer
• FN398 Senior Officer
• FN399 Mounted Senior Officer - horse required please order separately

Eureka Miniatures have released a 28mm vignette of Napoleon in a charge across the Bridge at Arcola.

From their website:

To get everyone in the mood Alan Marsh has sculpted a wonderful vignette of Napoleon trying to inspire his men by example and leading them in a charge across the Bridge at Arcola – a famous incident that took place during the desperate sequence of battles fought around Mantua in 1796. The set comes complete with bridge, a flag welding Napoleon, and four grenadiers – one of whom has already succumbed to the fire of the Austrian Grenzers defending the opposite bank. The figures are cast in white metal, and the bridge is made of plastic resin and designed for us by H G Walls (many thanks Herb!) It is a ‘wargames model’, and as such is a deliberately under-scaled representation of the bridge, although the original bridge was not large, the Alpone River being just a few metres across, flowing between two high causeway embankments.

Baccus have posted preview photos of some new 6mm Goth miniatures as well as Napoleonic Wurttemburger Jaegers.

From their website:

Out today in the Ancients range comes the Goths. These are very useful troop types for armies across the period, allowing you to model not only the Goths, but more ‘generic’ troop types across western Europe. I also know that quite a few are already lined up for service in various fantasy armies as well.

They are also available as an army pack Suitable For ‘Massed Ancient Games Such As Warmaster Ancients’ and through our very popular ‘Buy by the Unit’ option for those of you using DBX, FOG or Impetus.

And while we’re in the mood for new things, the Napoleonic Wurttemburgers get their Jaegers who missed the initial release, and we’ve added some Bell Tents to the Equipment range which will be useful in lots of 19th camps.

Wargames Foundry have posted new Imperial Guard Chasseur Collections and Army Deals as well as announcing a price increase.

From their announcement:

I’m sorry to say that we are going to have to put our prices up; we held off having to do a price rise shortly after Christmas in the hope that raw material and carriage prices would come down as quickly as they had risen. Sadly, this has not been the case. Whilst our material prices have increased beyond all expectations, our metal price in particular has risen to an unprecedented high over the last 15 months, and we are no longer able to continue to absorb the costs. Consequently, as from July 1st 2008 we will apply a price increase to the majority of our products.

TooFatLardies are reporting that copies of their recently released Sharp Practice Napoleonic skirmish rules are back in stock

From their announcement:

TooFatLardies are pleased to announce that Sharp Practice is back in stock. Sales of our latest rule set, designed for large scale skirmishes in the black-powder era, were so good that we ran out of stock within days of the release. Now we have them back in stock and can supply both hard copies and PDF versions.

Thanks to everyone who bought the rules, the reviews we have been sent have been absolutely fantastic. Watch out for loads of Sharp Practice material in the forthcoming Summer Special.

Eureka Miniatures USA have announced the release of new 15/18mm Waterloo British Household cavalry.

From their website:

Designed in 18mm by sculptor Alan Marsh to be compatible in size with Tony Barton’s AB Figures Napoleonic miniatures, our new 1812-15 British Household Cavalry now join the rest of the Eureka 18mm Napoleonic ranges.

Being tied to their role as the Royal escort, and considering Britain’s somewhat limited deployment of land forces in continental Europe prior to 1808, the Life Guards and the Blues and Royals heavy cavalry regiments saw comparatively little opportunity for action during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Early Napoleonic campaigns. Aside from some spirited charges made by the Blues during the ill fated Flanders campaign of 1794 it was not until 1812 that squadrons of both Lifeguards and Blues and Royals were despatched to join Wellington’s army in Spain. Later, in 1815, they would both form an important part of Wellington’s heavy cavalry at the Battle of Waterloo.

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Eureka Miniatures have announced a series of new 15/18mm AB Figures Napoleonic releases.

From their website:

There is always room for a little improvement, even to Tony Barton’s definitive range of Napoleonic miniatures, and Tony continues to fill in odd gaps and expand existing parts of the AB Figures collection. French generals who are bored with seeing their Imperial Guard battalions stiffly at attention, hanging around in reserve and just observing the action from the rear, can now throw caution to the wind and send out their Old Guard in full skirmish order.

Other new figures include a French Cuirassier Eagle Bearer (a notable omission from the range until now). The 1812 Prussian Musketeer in marching pose, and 1812 Prussian Jäger skirmishing, have both been re-mastered and new variants added, and a new variant has been added to the Prussian infantry officer with sword code. The 1812 Prussian Uhlan trooper, officer, and trumpeter figures have all been re-mastered, with some variants completely redesigned.

Nexus Games have announced the first title in their Battles of Napoleon game series.

From their announcement:

The first set, The Eagle and The Lion, will introduce the French and the British troops, with hundreds of miniatures and an innovative game system

Nexus is working on a new game series, dedicated to the Napoleonic age. The first title, due to be released in Summer 2008, is Battles of Napoleon: The Eagle and The Lion, a massive board game with hundreds of detailed plastic 1/72 scale figures (Infantry, Light and Heavy Cavalry, Artillery and Commanders), modular terrain boards, cards and dice. All these components will match with an innovative game system, efficient and easy-to-learn mechanics and historical accuracy. The Eagle and the Lion includes French and British troops. Future sets in the series will introduce new armies, units, scenarios and additional game boards.

Created by Sergio Guerri and Ugo Di Meglio, Battles of Napoleon is a game system that merges principles and mechanics from board and miniature games and allows constant player’s interaction. The original and realistic command system makes it possible to simulate that not always the subordinates do exactly what their commanders want from them. An innovative basing system makes it possible to simulate quickly the basic combat formations, easily replacing the losses and allowing fast movement over the game board – the game will include special bases where the miniatures will be inserted to create units and formations and removed to keep track of the losses.

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Wargames Foundry have added some new miniatures and accessories and also have made note of a short supply of one of their book titles.

From their announcement:

The Small Wars And Skirmishes 1902-18
The Early Twentieth-Century Colonial Campaigns in Africa, Asia, and the Americas
Written by Edwin Herbert, illustrated by Ian Heath. 224 packed pages, over 250 illustrations, 30 maps and many pictures, an encyclopaedic edition. We have less than 25 copies remaining of Small Wars and Skirmishes so get a copy while you can to avoid disappointment

Darkest Africa Shields
Some of our customers have requested to buy our shields separately to customise their models. So we have put together another collection of our most popular shields. Reflecting the individuality of African warriors the shields for them are supplied as an assorted selection… They are all available in unit deals too.

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old Glory 15’s are having a sale on Battle Honors and Old Glory 15mm Napoleonics.

From their website:

We are having a early spring sale on 15mm Battle Honors and Old Glory Napoleonics. On Napoleonic orders of $50 USD or more, the total price will be reduced by 30%. This only applies to the 15mm Napoleonic ranges only(French Revolution and War Of 1812 are not included in the sale.) Please note that the system will not calculate the 30% off, so we will re-calculate the purchase before shipment.

Wargames Foundry have announced two new miniature and accessory collections today.

From their announcement:

Shields and weapons
Some of our customers have requested to buy our shields separately to customise their models. So we have put together a collection of our most popular shields, with a very nice new spear. Reflecting the individuality of barbarian warriors the shields for them are supplied as an assorted selection… They are all available in unit deals too. Note: All our packs of models are supplied with relevant shields already where appropriate.

French Guard Artillery
This collection includes both Guard Foot & Guard Horse Artillery. Many of these models can also be used for Napoleon’s exotic allies, like the Neapolitans and some of the German states.

Front Rank Figurines have posted news of some upcoming 28mm miniature releases.

From their website:

Alec is currently working on 28mm Napoleonic French Young Guard and Middle Guard and is planning to release the Fusilier Grenadiers in May/June. We will give a more accurate date and preview of the figures nearer the time.

We will also have available in the summer a British Napoleonic Limber and ammunition wagon plus limber horses and mounted/seated crews - more details nearer the time.

Front Rank Figurines have reported that their 28mm Napoleonic Polish Artillery miniatures are now available for order from their online store.

Wargames Foundry have announced a new series of Napoleonic French artillery miniature collections and battery deals.

Sash and Sabre have announced quite a few new 25 and 40mm miniature releases.

From their website:

25mm: ACW Federal Limber
40mm: Viking Bowmen, More Napoleonic Cavalry and Command, ACW Confederate Cavalry and Falling Wounded Federals.

We’ve also introduced Romanoff Miniatures, a new line of 40mm figures from the team behind Drabant Miniatures of Russia. The first releases include Ancient Greeks and 1st Century Romans. We’ll soon release some Thirty Years’ War figs which can be used in conjunction with our ECW range.

Baccus have announced several new 6mm Napoleonic and Franco Prussian War miniature releases.

From their website:

Just a couple of days to go before Sheffield Triples and so its time for news of some new releases that will be available for the first time at the show. Firstly the Grand Armee has its ranks further swelled with the contingent from Wurttemberg.

This completes the section of the Napoleonic range covering middle Europe and the years to 1814. The next set of releases will concentrate on the Peninsular War.

Next comes the eagerly awaited Bavarians for the Franco Prussian War With their cornflower blue uniforms they make a handsome alternative to the serried ranks of Dark Prussian Blue. The range includes Kurassiers and Chevauleger, Artillery and flags.

Check out their website for full details.

Front Rank Figurines have added new 28mm Napoleonic Polish Artillery miniatures to their online store. All figures are available for £1.00.

Polish Foot Artillery

• Gunner standing with ramrod
• Gunner using ramrod
• Gunner with portfire
• Gunner carrying ball
• Gunner with trail spike
• Officer at ease, hat in hand

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Front Range Figurines have added Napoleonic Polish Generals and Staff to their range of 28mm Polish Napoleonic figures. All figures are available for £1.00

• Prince Josef Poniatowski (horse required)
• Aide de Camp to Poniatowski (S1 horse required)
• Chief of Staff of a legion (horse required)
• General of Division Dabrowski (horse required)
• General of Division in bicorn (horse required)
• Aide de Camp, pointing (S1 horse required)
• Aide de Camp, hat in hand. (S1 horse required)
• General of Brigade in bicorn (horse required)

Wargames Foundry have announced the release of several new packs of 28mm Napoleonic Late Portuguese Cacadores as well as a special collection of their Victorian figures including Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective and Queen Victoria.

Baccus have announced the upcoming release of two new Polemos rulesets for the Franco-Prussian War. As well they have posted a teaser image of some upcoming 6mm FPW Bavarian figures.

From their website:

Firstly, I’m pleased to announce that work on the Polemos Franco-Prussian War rules is nearing completion. These have been written by Peter Riley and will feature superb original artwork from Canadian artist, Rob De Wolfe. As well as the colour covers, Rob has also supplied some wonderful interior black and white artwork.

The rules themselves will follow the model set by our popular Napoleonic variant by actually featuring two complete sets in the one publication.

Commandant de Battaille can be used for smaller actions, where one standard base is equivalent to a battalion. For those of you with yearning to do something that much bigger, Kommandant der Armee puts you in charge of several corps with one base representing a brigade.

Check out their news page for full details.

Caliver Books have announced new stock. Items include:

• H16098 Painting Guide to the Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars 1805-1814: Part 3 / Slope Nick 8p. Pamplet. Artillery, Guard, Mounted Jagers and Cossacks. Fine £2.50
• H16099 Painting Guide to the Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars 1805-1814: Part 2 Cavalry / Slope Nick 12p. Pamplet. Fine £2.50
• H16100 Painting Guide to the Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars 1805-1814: Part 1 Infantry / Slope Nick 11p. Pamplet.Fine £2.50

HistoriFigs have announced new 15mm releases in their Resistant Roosters range of WWII figures as well as several new 54mm Napoleonic releases.

From their website:

Speaking of Resistant Roosters, we it a big snag in our release of new figures; We have had a package go missing in the post - the package contains some greens being sent back for some minor re-works. At this point we do not have a new schedule for this release (more Late War Panzergrenadiers - in winter kit). However, we do have one new offering: Releasing tomorrow is a new company pack:

USMC Rifle Company - $80.00 US

This new pack contains:

• Company HQ
• 3 Rifle Platoons
• Weapons Platoon
• and more…

Front Rank Figurines have announced several new releases coming at the end of February or early March. These will be Napoleonic Polish Generals and Staff as well as Polish Artillery Crews.

As well Front Rank now appear to have a new website.

The Assault Group have announced the start of a new range of 28mm Austrian Napoleonic figures.

From their website:

I’m delight to announce the start of the much anticipated Austrian Napoleonic range.

The 28mm miniatures sculpted by Richard Ansell, will be the start of a a complete new period for TAG. Initial releases will include the Jaeger who came top in our resent Forum Poll, and four types of Fusilier Infantry.

Strelets-R has released preview pictures of its 1/72-scale plastic Napoleonic French Hussars. Box art is also available.

Wargames Foundry have posted a new collection of Napoleonic Portuguese Cavalry & Officers as well as several platoon deals for use with the Rules Of Engagement WWII ruleset.