Author Archives: Tony

Aerial Fortresses

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Tony

A lot of the new models we have lined up are Aeronef – not sure why, I’ve just been on an Aeronef design kick lately! There are over forty new ones which we already have masters and in some cases … Continue reading →

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Still Working

Posted on October 14, 2020 by Tony

We may be temporarily closed to orders, but development of new models goes on. We haven’t released anything new for a couple of weeks (because we knew that the break was coming) and had already built up quite a backlog … Continue reading →

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Going Offline

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Tony

We’ve been planning a brief shutdown to Brigade for a while. Old Faithful, the centrifuge, our most important piece of equipment, needs to be sent away for a service after many years of (mostly) uncomplaining duty, just to keep it … Continue reading →

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Attack on Miller’s Town

Posted on October 9, 2020 by Tony

I recently had the pleasure of resuming my friendly rivalry with Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible author John Treadaway with our first game for some time in his splendidly-appointed “cabin in the woods” gaming room. I faced my brand new New Ukrainian … Continue reading →

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Slava Ukraini!

Posted on September 25, 2020 by Tony

The New Ukrianian Army was formed from the core of the Zaporoskiye Brigade when their commander, Colonel Orlyk, decided to retire to his homeworld of New Ukrainia and emulated Alois Hammer by taking most of his troops with him. After … Continue reading →

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Bifurcating Monorail

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Tony

I had a couple of days off last week so we’re a bit behind, hence today’s new release coming out a few days late (the paint on the ones in the pictures is barely dry…). When the 6mm Monorail was … Continue reading →

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Rome, Sweet Rome

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Tony

We have a pair of new additions to the Roman buildings in our Small Scale Scenery range this week. First we have a 1/1000th rendition of the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome. Roman basilicas were public buildings that served a … Continue reading →

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Looks Like We’ve Got Us a Convoy

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Tony

Today sees the release of new redesigned versions of our British Aeronef merchant vessels. The old models of the Pearless, Orama and Shillito have been replaced by new sculpts, all featuring resin hulls with metal parts – and looking much … Continue reading →

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Jump They Say

Posted on August 28, 2020 by Tony

This week, we have these very handy Jump Gates – ideal for spaceship games as objectives or deployment markers. Each one is a three part casting – the panels/fins are separate from the rings, and they’re interchangeable so you can … Continue reading →

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Final Tally

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Tony

Last weekend saw the end of the discount/charity donation period for our new Yenpalo 15mm vehicles and figures. And since those were the last of our planned Salute 2020 lineup, we thought it was time to work out the final … Continue reading →

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