Category Archives: Hammer’s Slammers
The Firedrake
(Brigadier’s log, show date S-16) Many science-fiction fans will by now be aware of the passing of David Drake, author of the Hammer’s Slammers stories amongst many others, in December last year. We wanted to do something to commemorate David … Continue reading
Return of the Crucible
Some great news for Hammer’s Slammers fans this week. The original Crucible rulebook hasn’t been available (at least from us) for a while, but this past weekend we took delivery of a new softback version. What’s in this edition ? … Continue reading
Trucks’n’Trailers
The Han Chinese army is split into the Black Banner Guards and the People’s National Guard. Although both have ‘Guards’ on the end, the Black Banner get to ride round in fancy 8×8 APCs with big lasers on the roof, … Continue reading
No Man is an Island
Baffin’s Legion makes an appearance in the second part of the story ‘The Warrior’, as the Hindi and Han forces clash over the paddy fields of the town of Morobad. While the Han are supported by the Slammers, the Hindis … Continue reading
Hindi Detachments
Welcome to a new month, after a January that seemed to last about 60 days. The latest update on the order backlog is that by the end of today’s casting session we should have finished almost every order from January … Continue reading
A Decade On
It’s a small but significant anniversary today – it’ll be ten years since one of us (Tony to be precise) took the plunge and threw himself into Brigade full time. Overall, Brigade has been running for almost 36 years, but … Continue reading
Hindi Troopers
To follow on from our recent 15mm Hindi armoured vehicles for Hammer’s Slammers, we have some new infantry figures to accompany them, this time from Jeremey Claridge. There’s a nine-man infantry section (NCO, SAW gunner, buzzbomb gunner and two each … Continue reading
It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green
Given the large number of planets that humanity has colonised in the Hammer’s Slammers series, there’s surprising little sign or mention of sentient aliens in the books. One race that does materialise (literally) is the Molts from the planet Oltenia … Continue reading
Slammers Update
Since the new website came online, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into updating some of the content of our various ranges – it was always something we wanted to do but put off until the new site was … Continue reading
Facing The Warrior
One of the most iconic stories in the Hammer’s Slammers pantheon is “The Warrior”, a three-parter that tells the tale of Slick Des Grieux, a fearsome but somewhat wayward tank commander in Hammer’s regiment. The second part portrays an assault … Continue reading
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