Monthly Archives: March 2012

Last call …

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Tony

If you want to order any items from our Shapeways shop to collect at Salute, you have until the end of tomorrow to e-mail us with your requirements. We’ll be placing an über-order bringing together everyone’s pre-orders, which should arrive … Continue reading →

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Skeletons in the closet ?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Tony

We have six in ours ! They’ve been lurking there for, well, ages, having been previewed in our old Design Studio page long ago. The six are a drummer and standard bearer, plus a leader and three more armed with … Continue reading →

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Building a bridge … at last !

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Tony

Anyone who’s been following the progress of our Pegasus Bridge game will realise that I’ve had a rather frustrating time getting hold of a model of the bridge itself. The 3D computer model has been submitted to and rejected by … Continue reading →

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Salute Releases

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Tony

As in previous years, we’ve (finally) added a previews page for new releases at this year’s Salute show to our website. Most of what goes on there will get mirrored here on the blog (we started yesterday with the Land … Continue reading →

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VSF Forts

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Tony

More previews today, this time of three fortifications for Land Ironclads or Aeronef. These models have already been moulded and we’re casting tins for a production mould – we’re aiming to release these at Salute in April. First up is … Continue reading →

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World of Water

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Tony

Another bunch of models have just become available on our Shapeways store – two more Normandy buildings, and three water towers. Yes, three ! Why ? No idea really, I just sat down one day and decided to make them … Continue reading →

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Sqonuts

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Tony

A sqonut ? It’s a Tesco thing, a SQuare dOughNUT. With custard in the middle. Phil and I tried a couple the other night – you can read what we thought when we both wax lyrical in the cake reviews … Continue reading →

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Nef naming

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Tony

Talking to a customer in the US over the past couple of days led me to his club’s website, Houston Beer and Pretzel Wargaming. In amongst their photo galleries are some great aeronef pictures, well worth a look for those … Continue reading →

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Normandy buildings available

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Tony

The Shapeways Normandy buildings we previewed a week or so back have arrived at Brigade Towers, and we’re extremely chuffed with how they’ve turned out. Here’s a few pictures of the unpainted models, lined up next to various tanks and … Continue reading →

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