Author Archives: Tony

Base Over Apex

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Tony

Next off the 15mm conveyor belt are three new wheeled vehicles – the Odyssey, Catapult and Broadsword. The primary users of the first two are the Apex Dragoons, while the Broadsword is much more widely used, being fielded by the … Continue reading →

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Struck by Lightning

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Tony

A couple of weeks’ ago I had the good fortune to play a game of Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible against author John Treadaway. I fielded two detachments of the Lightning Division (infantry and tank platoons) from the updated list, while John … Continue reading →

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New Tracks

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Tony

I’ve recently been painting a couple of 15mm Lightning Division detachments for Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible; these are both upgraded units after the division re-equipped with blower tanks. Some LD units still field the older tracked vehicles, and we’ve now released … Continue reading →

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Recce Thunderbolt

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Tony

Today sees the start of a minor deluge of new 15mm Hammer’s Slammers releases, spread out over the next couple of weeks. First off the production line is the Br64/68 Viking half-track, used by both the Thunderbolt Division and the … Continue reading →

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Salute Video

Posted on May 6, 2018 by Tony

Robin Fitton of Rottenlead Publishing (Imperial Skies/Gruntz) fame had a chat with me a Salute recently and has put up a 6-minute video (mercifully I’m only waffling over the start of it, the rest is him panning over most of … Continue reading →

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Die Luftschiffflotte

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Tony

The German Aeronef Fleet is the latest one to be updated, with the existing battleship and battlecruiser models replaced with new designs. In addition, there are two new models, the Derfflinger class Battlecruiser and Weser class Carrier. All of the … Continue reading →

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Furious Joins the Fleet

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Tony

Having replaced all of the British Aeronef capital ships earlier this year, it’s now time for the carrier aviation side of the fleet to get a makeover. Joining the fleet today is the Furious class aircraft carrier, a long, slender … Continue reading →

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Medieval Metropolis

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Tony

Australian customer Pas recently sent us some great photos of his two 2mm scale projects recently. The first is his Roman walled town which we featured yesterday, and the second is a European walled town. Over to Pas… Attached is … Continue reading →

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City of the Caesars

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Tony

A while back we featured pictures of a superb 2mm Roman town by Australian customer Pas Capetta. He’s recently sent us updated photos including some of our new items such as the Roman Arches and Obelisks, so without further ado, … Continue reading →

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Merchants and Traders

Posted on April 27, 2018 by Tony

Next from the Brigade production line are the small merchant ships which came out at Salute, and I suspect we sold more of those than any of the other new releases on the day in terms of numbers of individual … Continue reading →

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