Monthly Archives: August 2018

Who Will Buy My Flaming Sword?

Posted on August 31, 2018 by Tony

First things first – on Sunday I’ll be in Peterborough for the fourth edition of the Hereward show, catchily titled Hereward IV:A New Hope. I’ll have our latest releases and as much other stuff as I can carry, so that’s … Continue reading →

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Confrontation on Kalan

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Tony

Last weekend the club to which Phil and I belong, Maidstone Wargames Society, ran an extended meeting. We took advantage of this to organise a large Hammer’s Slammers game with nine players and huge amounts of 15mm kit. There’s a … Continue reading →

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Bases are Back

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Tony

This wasn’t the post I was expecting to put up today, I was going to put up some pictures of our massive Hammer’s Slammers game last weekend, but it’s too important not to. We’ve not been able to get hold … Continue reading →

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Threat from Deep Space

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Tony

Most of our spaceship fleets are human fleets, based as they are around the background from Wessex Games’ long-out-of-print Iron Cow ruleset. We do have a couple of alien fleets, and today one of those is getting a complete revamp. … Continue reading →

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Harris Blowers

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Tony

Slammers detachments are like buses – you wait ages for one, then two turn up at once. After last week’s 111-wheel painting and assembly marathon with the unit of Foster’s Mercenaries, this one is a rather more straightforward build. The … Continue reading →

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Foster Home

Posted on August 15, 2018 by Tony

I’ve been working on and off over the last few weeks on several new 15mm Mercenary units for Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible. Projects like these have to take lower priority to more important tasks such as filling orders (!) so I … Continue reading →

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Long-range Patrol

Posted on August 10, 2018 by Tony

As previewed a couple of days ago, today we’re launching a pair of new British Aeronef dirigibles. The first, and smaller vessel, is the LRS class (Long Range Scout) which, as the name suggests, is a patrol vessel with minimal … Continue reading →

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Back to Normal

Posted on August 8, 2018 by Tony

Two weeks after coming back from my holiday, I’ve finally managed to get back on track with orders – everything that arrived before midday on Monday has been completed, packed and posted, and for the first time in several weeks … Continue reading →

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Looking Forlorn

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Tony

Firstly, another update on orders – I’ve almost caught up, everything up to the 29th of July is already packed and either sent or ready to go later this morning. I’m hoping today to finish everything from July and hopefully … Continue reading →

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