Category Archives: Hammer’s Slammers

Anders Plus

We previewed a bunch of new 6mm models for the Joy of Six show – and I managed to get the cooling tower painted and photographed! The first of these have gone onto the website today, along with (thanks to … Continue reading

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Six Specials

We have a some new bits and pieces for the Joy of Six on Sunday – all 6mm scale (of course !). We have a mix of vehicles, VTOLs, starfighters and buildings to try to tempt the moths out of … Continue reading

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Joy of Six 2019

Our next show, the Joy of Six in Sheffield, is less than two weeks away. Jo6 is, as you might guess from the name, an event dedicated to the delights of 6mm gaming across all periods and genres. Organised by … Continue reading

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Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolverines?

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to again spend a day rolling dice and pushing tanks with Miniature Wargames editor and author of The Crucible, John Treadaway. We played a large Hammer’s Slammers game with over 160 … Continue reading

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Fly Like an Eagle

The skies above the battlefields of the world of Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible are not the safest place to be; computer guided powerguns knock down just about anything that flies, from aircraft, VTOLs, air cars, even missiles and artillery shells. Nevertheless, … Continue reading

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Personal Blowers

Interrupting the sequence of Small Scale Scenery releases, we’ve also uploaded the new 6mm Infantry on Skimmers packs to the website. A Skimmer is a one-man personal hover vehicle, a bit like a Jetski, used to give infantry much higher … Continue reading

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Token Addition

To round off the first week of new items from Salute, we’ve added the Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible counter pack to the website. This has over 50 laser-cut acrylic tokens for marking orders, damage, suppression, artillery and mortar blast areas and … Continue reading

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Baby Missiles

The 15mm range gets five new vehicles and variants today. The American Republic gets a command version of the Baumann hover APC which is armed with a pintel mounted weapon over the top hatch. There is also a new armoured … Continue reading

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Counting the Cost

Something we’ve been working away on for a while is a very handy counter set for the Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible rulebook. Made for us by Beadspoke Designs, we’re very pleased to say we’ll have stocks at Salute on Saturday – … Continue reading

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Skimming in Six

Yet more for the Salute line-up – and our only Salute release in 6mm for this year (the smaller scale gamers will have to wait for the Joy of Six in early July). We have two new sets of 6mm … Continue reading

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