Monthly Archives: January 2013

15mm Tank Crew

We’ve just had back these pictures of some new 15mm tank crew that are being sculpted for us. There are five different torsos, with three different head variants (bone-dome helmet, beret and Soviet-style soft padded helmet). With a bit of … Continue reading

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6mm sneak peek….

Since I had the house to myself at the weekend I spent a large part of Saturday casting resin stock in preparation for Salute in April. Oh yes I know how to live. In amongst the pile of moulds were … Continue reading

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Minigwal first casting

Well its not actually the first casting since it took a few spins to debug the mould. But its the first decent casting from the master mould of the new 15mm PacFed Minigwal fast attack vehicle. I need to make … Continue reading

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More 2mm Buildings

This weekend we’re releasing more models in our remarkably popular 2mm buildings range. This time we have a pack of 16 sets of terraced houses; there are four different types with some minor variations. VLI-8012 – 2mm Terraced Houses (x16) … Continue reading

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The Senior Service

At the very end of our Twelve days of Christmas blog series, we previewed some early work-in-progress shots of the British Royal Navy spaceships. I’ve been working on these for the last 2-3 weeks, and the initial batch are pretty … Continue reading

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Celtos Base-ics #2

Having written a rambling piece about the new unit bases for Celtos, I mentioned that we were already in the process of making resin cast bases, but neglected to show any pictures. As you can see in the picture above, … Continue reading

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The PacFed are here

We’ve been teasing for a few weeks, but at last we’ve put the first of the new PacFed 15mm vehicles on the website for purchase. The two initial models are the Cougar and Wombat. SFS-701 Cougar Grav Tank – £9.50 … Continue reading

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Nap of the Earth

Our new PacFed vehicles are designated as grav tanks, so when I assembled some I wanted them to be hovering just above the table – not flying, but not sat on the surface either. I spent a little while think … Continue reading

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Into Action

On Saturday, we tried out a game of Ambush Alley Games’ Tomorrow’s War rules in 15mm using our buildings and vehicles and GZG figures. We tried two scenarios, a pilot rescue mission (from the rulebook) and a more ad-hoc meeting … Continue reading

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Size Matters

The German vehicles we previewed the other day are the first of our new wave of 15mm items that will replace existing older models. One of the aims is to scale-up the 15mm range – the older models were made … Continue reading

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