Year 2011

Impact! Miniatures & A Band of Orcs are pleased to announce the formal release of the miniatures. They have arrived from Iron Wind and will be available at GenCon (booth 507). They will begin shipping after shortly after GenCon. They are available for purchase on our webstore

Conquest of Nerath is conquest game set in the world of Dungeons and Dragons. You control one of four factions and try to score enough victory points to win.

New 28mm French revolutionary generals available as single figures or as a set of five figures at a slight discount Also now available in 28mm Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. These figures are now available from www.cpmodelsminiatures.co.uk

Here are the final painted images on the Strain Phase 1 Necroforms - pretty nasty stuff! The rest of the phases are well under way and I might even be posting the painted phase 2 miniatures later today. These (and all the others) will be pre-releasing at GenCon 2011 this coming week (4th - 7th August). We will also have them for sale at the same time in the Studio Store.

Here are the first images of our evil dragon sculpt. Inspired by the ancient Caduceus and legends of two-headed snakes, this creature is a messenger of evil, a dark omen of ruin and destruction. As you can see, the sculpt is far from being finished and so we would like to know how you see this creature turning out. Please read the notes on the images to get a better feel of what is still in the works and what is close to completion. Also note that we will probably release a single-head version of this beast as well. Let us know what you think...

Dark Nebula Games returns to GenCon 2011 for another year with Cyprian Rift: Warships a cinematic starship miniatures game. Do you have the desire to take command of a warship and engage foes in ship to ship combat? Then come take charge of the bridge and use your tactical genius to be victorious. This game system is geared around engagements with small to medium class warships of cutters, corvettes, frigates, destroyers and cruisers. This year in addition to the regular scenario there will be a number of two hour introduction games. Now you can jump right into the battles and experience the flavor of the game. Rules will be taught so new comers are welcome. All you need is your imagination and wiliness to defeat your foe.

One player’s battle report mentioned, "Cyprian Rifts looks to be an excellent game. Going into the demo, I hadn't had the desire to pick up a space combat game in years, but this game is going to bring me back into the fold." Cyprian Rift: Warships, 1.9 Edition

• CR-Warships Intro
• NMN1120659 Thursday 10:00 AM
• NMN1120660 Thursday 12:00 PM
• NMN1120661 Thursday 2:00 PM
• NMN1120662 Friday 9:00 AM
• CR-W: Hostile Engagement Cyprian NMN1120663 Friday 11:00 AM

If you are looking for a stellar but peaceful journey through space seeking enlighten game, please do not apply. Things will blow up and carnage will happen.

Hi all, I will be running a 25pt Mangled Metal / Tooth and Claw tournament at North Cornwall Beasts and Bionics on Sept 17th. Full rules and prizes details can be found on the blog. Hope to see many there

We have received some preliminary information from Mantic for their sci-fi release coming in November. The Warpath Starter is planned to contain 55 models, 2 vehicles, dice, rules and Mantic points and retail for $74.99. The final name of the product should be chosen in mid-August. As we do not have an exact date, this product has been placed in the TBA PreOrders section for now. When we have more information, it will be updated accordingly.

There has never been a better time to be a Dust Tactics fan. We are thrilled with how the game is going from strength to strength. The introduction of the new point system earlier this year met with a very positive response and an increase in sales. Dust Tactics has matured greatly with the release of two new campaign expansions, several new squads for both factions, and fantastic new walkers. The Revised Core Set is right around the corner, and we can tell you right now that you haven’t seen anything more than the vanguard. We are just getting started. Next week at Gen Con Indy 2011 we will show off some new walkers that will send shock waves through the miniatures community. Miniatures players around the world will be buzzing about these amazing new models.

It's official - Blackball Games will be releasing our latest game, "Monkeys with Knives and Guns" at PAX Prime. We'll be showing off the monkey madness along with our latest "Book of Fragments" miniatures at the big event in Seattle, August 26th - 28th, 2011. Stop by the booth for a demo and to check out the latest creepy monsters for the table-top.

We are also pleased to announce that we'll also be partnering with our friends over at Cipher Studios for PAX - which means that in addition to Monkeys and Book of Fragments, we'll also have all the latest releases from Cipher's smash hit "Anima Tactics" and the awesome new "Helldorado" line. We'll have demos and general shenanigans - stop on by.
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Blackball Games Since we'll be focused on our presence PAX this year, we have decided to skip GenCon - while we love both events, we wanted to make sure PAX got our undivided attention this time around. We have cancelled the GenCon events we were planning, but we'll be running all of our latest all weekend at PAX. We do plan on GenCon in full-force next time around.

Hydra Miniatures

In our first Gen Con preview, we showed you some of the latest Retro Raygun 30mm figures available from Hydra Miniatures (booth #405 at Gen Con Indy). However, our War Rocket fans will be excited to know that a new fleet is on the way—Space Pirates! Although the full Space Pirate fleet is still in development, we will be selling packs of the Space Pirate Class 1 ($10.95 for 3 models). Sculpted by David Leppink (Sublimate), these sleek dart-like rockets are armed with unique weaponry on their wing pods.

We are also excited to show you the bronze master model of the Pirate Class 2, but we missed the deadline to get castings for Gen Con. As you can see from the photo below, the Space Pirate rockets have that classic 1950s look. Once the entire fleet of 4 ships is complete, the rules for the Space Pirates will be available from the Hydra Miniatures downloads section as a free PDF. Finally, here is another teaser image of our latest 30mm miniatures. Stay tuned for more information in the next few days.

We have just gotten the next wave of Hell Dorado figures shipped off to distributors! Also, in the last two weeks, we have received the Hell Dorado book and shipped all outstanding distributor orders and pre-orders from our web store. So, if the book hasn’t already made its way to your FLGS, it is on its way. Along with Samael, Li Tsu Tsin, Wormpile, Berber Chasseurs, and the Missionary.

• Molly
• Alt. Lady Justice green
• Carver
• Alt. Colette
• Alt. Pandora painted
• Alt. Ramos painted
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JC Figures is selling the rights and molds for their Samurai, Modern US Marines and Insurgents lines to Victory Force Miniatures. These lines will be a fantastic addition to the existing Victory Force figure lines. JC is a fantastic sculptor and anyone who likes the Victory Force lines will be equally pleased with JC’s figures. You can expect to see the lines for sale in the Victory Store within the next month. More information soon. Thank you

Easy Painter owner Arthur Hannan offers his honest apologies for his extended absence throughout the month of July. holidays and internet issues caused severe interruption. Business is back in full swing.

Just a quite note to say that I’ve finally worked out how to charge postage as a percentage of each order on the website, so with immediate effect MDS postage rates are now set at:

• UK – 12% of order value
• Europe – 17% of order value
• ROW – 20% of order value

Thanks for looking. Please note: All MDS miniatures are 28mm. Supplied unpainted and unassembled

Here you are the "Curtido" ( "Hardened" ) of the "Morados Viejos" ( "Old Purples" ).