Moonlight Miniatures have added two new pirate miniatures to their Moonlight 28’s range.

From their announcement:

It seems them fleshies be multiplying. Well, here ye be. A couple of new recruits have signed the articles and joined them Privateers. First thar be Monika Swift (28053) a right dangerous lass with either cutlass or pistol. Joining with her be John Kane (28054). He wields an explosive personality and a brace of pistols to boot. These miniatures be cast in the heroic scale of 28 like all of their brethren in the 28s line.

• 28053 Monika Swift $3.50
• 28054 John Kane $3.50

Crusader Miniatures have added several packs of 28mm pirates as well as WWII German paratroopers to their online store.

• Ships Cannons £5.00
• Pirate cannon and Crew £5.00

• Take Crete! Special Fallschirmjager Platoon Deal £45.00
• Pre-release German Paratrooper Deal £16.20
• German Paratrooper Headquarters £4.50
• German Paratrooper 8cm Mortar £4.50
• German Paratrooper Static MG34 £4.50
• German Paratrooper 5cm Mortar and AT Rifle £4.50

Moonlight Miniatures have added two new skeletal pirates to their Moonlight 28’s range of pirate figures and accessories.

• Deadbeard, cursed skeletal buccaneer, 1 piece. $4.00
• Skuttlebone, skeletal gunner with musket, 1 piece. $3.50

From their website:

Ahoy thar! Me skellies were feeling a bit neglected. So here be a couple of fresh recruits for your skeletal crews. First aboard is none other than Deadbeard himself (28051). He springs from the artistic mind of Melvin de Voor, who provided the concept work. With two cutlasses and a bad attitude, he’s sure to carve a place for himself in the crew. Next aboard is a lad by the name of Skuttlebone (28052). He’s a gunner by trade and a darn good one to boot, but earns his keep with with his trusty musket. These miniatures be cast in the heroic scale of 28 like all of their brethren in the 28s line. Also added a couple of painted pixs on the Hobby page.

Black Scorpion Miniatures have announced that the pirate miniatures intended for release after Salute 2008 are now available from their online store. In addition they now have an Alien section where you can view their 28mm Alien figures.

From their website:

We have 6 new Pirate releases. They are: Navy Captain, Governors Daughter, Able seamen, Navy marines 2, Pirate girls 2 and Pirate weapon sprues.

We’ve finally added some ore Alien figures to create the start of a small range. We’ll gradually add more bit by bit. Yes, we’ll think up some names for them soon

Crusader Miniatures have sent along word of some upcoming miniature releases they are working on.

From their announcement:

The Rank and File Roman production masters should be with me on Tuesday and will be off to the US and Nottingham the very next day. have gone for early and middle Imperial Roman along with command (so 4 codes) and opted for some Persians to go with them this month. So long as nothing goes wrong with the moulding I hope to have photos of these by the start of next week.

I have also posted some greens of the May releases in the WIP folder of the group. There are 2 codes for pirates - 3 crew and a cannon and for those that just want a pile of cannons for thir ships I’ll be putting these into a code of their own as well.

The other 4 codes for the May release are German Paratroopers. Support weapons including 5cm mortar, AT rifle, tripod mounted MG34, 8cm mortar and a HQ set. une sees the start of the ‘Horse & Musket’ Rank and File with 6 packs of Seven Years War figures - British, French and Russians. I’m starting sculpting these now so will post some pics of the greens when they are worth looking at :-)

Games of War have added The Sea Pup to their range of 28mm pirate vessels. The vessel is available for £5.00.

From their announcement:

The tender measures 15.25cm (6″) in length with a 12.7cm (5″) sea base and is 5.8cm (2.25″) wide. The boat is manufactured in a very durable, high quality resin.

Black Scorpion Miniatures have announced that they will have several new pirate releases available for sale at Salute 2008. Check out their Workbench page for photos of painted samples of all of the releases.

From their announcement:

I’m glad to say we have a number of new releases on the day as shown below. We tend to sell out so get there early! First come first served, we don’t take pre-orders at Salute. We’re at the end from the left of the main entrance with Hasslefree and Heresy! You can’t miss us!

Salute pre-releases available on the day:

• Able Seamen £6.50
• Navy marines 2 £6.50
• Pirate girls2 £6.50
• Navy Captain £3.00
• Governors Daughter £3.00
• Aliens (with rifles) £6.00
• Aliens (with staffs) £6.00
• Pirate weapon sprues (5 sprues) £4.00

The weapon sprue includes the monkey and Parrott. All but 1 of the Aliens have separate heads. We will of course have our other ranges available on the day and painted figures on display. We regret that we don’t accept cards on the day.

TINs bits have announced that the third of their fantasy pirate crew, Mr. Jaws, is now available for pre-order.

From their website:

Starting April 18th the second of Caption Calamari’s crew, Mr. Jaws, will be available. The miniature comes in four parts and has a total height of 32mm. He can be equipped with a blunderbuss or sword and handgun. He can be pre-ordered now for €8.50 or you can order all three pirates for €20.00.

Games of War have announced the release of the first two of their range of 28mm pirate ships.

From their website:

We are proud to announce the arrival of our new Pirate Supplies section where you can buy the latest GAMES of WAR creations and get a hint of what is to come.

The models are produced for “Legends of the High Seas” from the Warhammer Historical range. A tabletop miniatures game set in the golden age of piracy where you can take control of brave Royal Navy Captains, brutal Pirates, or the greedy Privateers who sailed the Caribbean Sea.

Moonlight Miniatures have added three new figures to their Moonlight 28s range.

From their website:

Aye. Thar be voodoo in the air. It’s so a poor soul isn’t even safe to just die without some blasted Bokor raising his wretched body to do some foul task. Taint natural says I. A dead man should be laid to rest, not dragged out to dance about like some rotting puppet. Mark my words, No good can come of this. That parrot is the only one with any sense. “Ye Be Warned” (28050) he says and he be right. Them two meat puppets Stagger (28048) and Lurch (28049), them was good sailors, good men, and they deserves their final rest. Them skeletons, they sold their own and chose their fate, but these poor wretches, they had no choice. Dragged from their graves they was. Despicable. Ye be right Polly, they be warned. Judgment is coming and retribution wields a heavy hand. Mark my words. Ye be warned.

Brigade Games have posted photos of upcoming 28mm Swashbucklers and Musketeers and Buccaneers, Pirates and Privateers releases. No word on a release date or pricing for these figures.

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Photos pinched from the Lead Adventure forum.

Wyrd Miniatures have released a new figure as part of their Catacomb Prowler line, the Dwead Piwate Rupprecht. The figure is available for $5.50 US.

Rattlehead Games have announced that they now have Resina Planet Pirate miniatures in stock.

From their announcement:
We’re pleased to announce that our first shipment of the Resina Planet Pirates has arrived. The complete line of pirates is in stock and ready to ship immediately. These figures, imported from Europe, are 30-32mm scale and each retails for $12.75 US.

We also have the full line of base inserts from Wyrd Miniatures in stock as well. There are two themes, Graveyard and Sewer, and each theme offers base inserts in 30, 40 and 50mm sizes as well as a pack of accessories for each theme.

Minimi Miniatures have added new 28mm resins cannons to their Pirate range. The cannons are available for £1 each.

Armorcast have announced the release of several new Ginfritter’s Gnomish Workshop decals and pirate miniatures. All prices are in US$.

Decals

• Red Triangular Dags $5.50
• Black Triangular Dag $5.50
• Gray Triangular Dags $5.50
• White Triangular Dag $5.50

Pirates

• Commadore Lazarus Hook - Zombie Prirate $4.99
• Squidbeard - Illithkin Pirate Capitain $5.00
• Mighty Jones Young - the Killa’ Gorilla Pirate $5.00
• Jose the One Eyed, Pegleg Pirate $5.00

Warseer has a new rumour topic with photos of greens of Zombie Pirates taken from a Warhammer World display case. No confirmation on whether they are actually upcoming Warhammer figures.

A PDF version of the Diamond/Allianace Distributing marketing and business plan for 2008/2009 (PDF link) has been posted online in several places. The document looks at release details for Star Wars PocketModel, HeroClix, Pirates, HorrorClix and an upcoming Star Trek CMG.

Please note that this document is not confirmed to be from Diamond/Alliance or WizKids.

There is also a Flickr photo stream available of the slides.

Moonlight Minis have released three new pirate themed miniatures in their Moonlight 28s range.

From their announcement:

It’s has been far to long but finally, we have some new 28s releases.

• 28045 Elijah l’stran, a bokor well versed the art of voodoo.
• 28046 La Contessa Dominique, a goodly woman turned pirate
• 28047 Crates with Rats, piratey plunder no doubt

Stop by and take a look. Let me know what you think. Thar be much more on the horizon. We may have been quiet for a while, but we were merely careening for a bit. We are back under full sail.

TINs bits have updated their website and are now taking orders for their Mr. Lean Gustje fantasy pirate miniature. It is available for €8.50.

TINs bits have released the first crew model in the pirate/horror range, Mr. Lean Gustje

From their website:
The first crew member of Cpt. Calamari’s crew, Mr. Lean Gustje is available on march 28th, 2008 and can now be pre-ordered for €8.50.

The miniature comes in 3 parts:
Body
Hat
Sword

Brigade Games have announced that they have received their shipment of copies of Legends of the High Seas.

From their announcement:

We have just received our shipment of Legends of the High Seas and the limited edition free pirate figure. Customer preorders are being prepared for shipping.

If you have not preordered, you can still order online. Our Buccaneer deals are still up in the store.

Crusader Miniatures have added a new Legends of the High Seas Pirate deal to their online store.

From their website:

Buy all seven Pirate packs as one deal here, and get them for the bargain price of £28, saving £7 off the list price. Offer ends 1st of April 2008.

Black Scorpion Miniatures have updated their Workbench page with photos of ten new 28mm pirate figures.

From their website:

We’ve updated the workbench to show some upcoming releases. Click on the workbench to the left to find a new Navy Captain, more navy marines and able seaman. You’ll also see a monkey which is part of the weapon sprue which also includes: Parrott, treasure chest, peg-leg, hook, hat, telescope, bottle, powder holder, 3 different swords, musket, blunderbuss, 2 small pistols, 2 large pistols, sheathed sword, axe and grenade.. perfect for your battles of Legends of the High Seas

Wargames Foundry have announced several new collections, paint sets and deals all related to the release of the Legends of the High Seas ruleset.

From their announcement:

Legends of the High Seas is a tabletop miniatures game set in the Golden age of Piracy and you take control of brave Royal Navy Captains, brutal Pirates, or greedy Privateers who sailed the Caribbean Sea. Legends of the High Seas is an A4 softback with 144 pages, lavishly illustrated throughout in full colour. Fantastic matey.

We also currently have some great special sets to go with Legends of the High Seas, including model and book sets.

Our new pirate paint set features all the basic pirate colours and more, and is fantastic value! Including; Ochre, Flesh, Buff Leather, Base Sand, Forest Green, Arctic Grey, Charcoal Black, Armour, Spearshaft, Sky Blue, Scarlet, Burning Gold, with five high quality brushes and ‘the Pirate Jester’ too.

A fantastic new seafaring collection to go with Legends of the High Seas including: Sea Dogs & Adventurers, Sea Dogs Small Gun and Crew, Afro-Caribbean Renegades Mercenary soldiers and characters and Good Queen Bess herself, Elizabeth I of England.

Brigade Games have posted details of their Legends of the High Seas preorder offer.

Black Scorpion Miniatures have added a preorder offer for Legend of the High Seas.

From their website:
Legends of the High Seas is a tabletop miniatures game set in the Golden age of Piracy and you take control of brave Royal Navy Captains, brutal Pirates, or greedy Privateers who sailed the Caribbean Sea. The full colour manual contains all the rules you need to gather your crew and set sail on the high seas. A series of scenarios enables you to steal a ship or hunt for buried treasure on your way to fame and fortune.

A full campaign system is also included to progress your crews skill and reputation, along with a range of hired hands and real Legends of the High Seas such as Blackbeard himself. Our range is designed to fit within this rules system. We are constantly adding new packs to fit within the rules for you to expand your crews. As you flick through the book you will see many Black Scorpion miniatures featured throughout. What’s more, when you buy the book from us you will receive a free cabin boy figure as shown. Not available anywhere else

We’ve recently become aware of a terrain and miniature manufacturer, Resina Planet, that is starting a new line of 32mm miniatures. So we emailed them and asked them to introduce themselves to the readers here at TGN.

Resina Planet has been, for the last year, offering some of the best quality scenery on the market and now we are beginning a new adventure; a new line of white metal miniatures of high quality and design.

Our first set of releases will be pirates and we will have new releases every month of diverse characters that will be ideal for wargamers as well as collectors. You can see all of our releases on our website and if you have any questions then please feel free to contact us.

They currently have eight nine new pirate miniatures available from their website all of which are available for €8.50.

• Leonardo D’or
• Lorena Pistols
• Bocanegra
• Escarlata
• Geronimo Vudú
• Daniela Gúzman
• Maria la Bronca
• Jhonny
• Jacobo Escorbuto

Black Scorpion Miniatures have released several new figures today including new Tombstone and Pirate releases.

Image cropped to show only three of the five figures in the pack

From their announcement:

We have a number of new releases and updates. You’ll find a new ‘extras’ page on the site for things like glue and bases etc.. More to be added.
We’ve also added a pack of 2 SAW gunners to the US Marines so people can add them to their units.

These releases are available to order but we’re awaiting the castings, so we don’t expect to have them for the Wales show this weekend:

• Pirate girls 1 (5 figures £7.50)
• Deadly Gamesman (1 piece figure £3.00)
• Bobba- Fat Mexican (1 piece £3.00)
• SAW gunners (2 figures £3.50)

We will soon be putting the Legends of the High Seas book up for pre order. I hear it’s not available until mid February. It’s worth getting from us as we’ll be giving a free cabin boy away with it as seen on our workbench.

Tim Kulinski, the author of Legends of the High Seas, has announced that copies of the book are now shipping and should be appearing in stores soon.

From his announcement:

This afternoon I received my copy of Legends of the High Seas from Rob Broom, (the perk of being the author). And the book looks great! So now I can say I’m a published author now, Woo Hoo!

Here is what Rob Broom posted on another forum about LotHS:

“Shameless promotion, but advance order for this book on the WHW web site is now available, and its probably the fastest way to get the book.General release should be early Feb to late, depending on where you are in the world.

I received a couple of copies from the printer yesterday (the bulk of the books are somewhat appropriately sailing across to the warehouse) and after my usual look through to ensure its all alright printing and binding wise, I must say it does look very impressive.

All who have seen it here seem to be saying its our best ever book and theres been a sudden out break of talking like a pirate around the office.”

Olleys Armies have another Workbench update. This time they have photos of all five of the greens for their Scrunt Pirates.