Monthly Archives: September 2013

Its not a glass…..

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Phil

Its a (Brigade Models) chalice, made of glass. Over the summer a well known brand of lager ran a promotion to win personalised glasses chalices and I was fortunate enough to win a couple (well six actually). If you won you got … Continue reading →

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Slow but Steady

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Tony

Another bout of late-working has meant little progress on anything Brigade-related. I have however been slowly ploughing on with some painted examples of our British spaceships. I’ve gone for a mid-blue (Tamiya XF-18) scheme airbrushed on, with the ‘rib’ sections … Continue reading →

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SAC Fleet

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Tony

Lackey Alpha has posted some pictures of a very nice painted South African fleet on his blog Broken Stars & Burning Ships. He’s also generated Full Thrust stats for them, if that’s your choice of spaceship rules.

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Shapeways Sale

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Tony

Shapeways are having a 20% sale on several different materials, including White, Strong & Flexible (normal and polished) from which many of the models in our Shapeways shop are made. It runs until September 20th, so get in quick.

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SELWG is a-coming

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Tony

The South-East London Wargames Group’s annual show, known to everyone as SELWG, is looming on the horizon – it’s around five weeks away, on Sunday October 13th. We’re working on a bunch of new releases, some of which haven’t been … Continue reading →

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That’s Better !

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Tony

Regular followers of the blog will be well aware of the issues we’ve had with our British spaceships – from all the build-up to release at Salute, followed by the crashing disappointment when the initial castings of the capital ships … Continue reading →

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Radio Waves

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Tony

A recent addition to our Shapeways Shop is this transmitter tower model. The design is very loosely based on the Crystal Palace TV mast in south London, although much scaled down (at 1/300th scale the real thing would be 72cm … Continue reading →

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Back in the Gunk Tank

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Tony

It’s been a busy few days – and unfortunately not with Brigade stuff, my real job seems to be hitting milestones almost daily which has meant late nights in the office and little time to progress with new models. Frustratingly, … Continue reading →

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