Category Archives: Aeronef
Battleship Bits
It’s been busy here at Brigade Towers lately, with a rash of shows, contributions to Kickstarter campaigns and trade orders (and I didn’t help the backlog by going away on holiday for a week !). However, we’re up to date … Continue reading
The Russians are Coming !
The four new models we created for the Imperial Skies Kickstarter were all the result of stretch goals that we hit in the campaign. There were several other goals that we didn’t quite get to, including a new Russian battleship. … Continue reading
The Gaulois
The huge Gaulois class Dreadnought is a departure for the French aerial fleet, being slower and heavier than existing French vessels. The tumblehome-hulled ship has four heavy turrets arranged in a diamond layout with two centreline twins and two outboard … Continue reading
SMS Kaiser
One of the largest aerial vessels in service anywhere in the world is the German Kaiser class. The Kaiser has six heavy new-design turrets, two twin and four single, along with an array of secondary turrets and sponson guns. The … Continue reading
USS Lexington
The US aerial fleets have a new vessel entering service – the battlecruiser Lexington. The Lexington’s unique layout has her four heavy-bore guns in huge semi-circular sponsons, able to rotate through 110° arcs. Secondary armament is a more conventional broadside … Continue reading
HMS Vanguard
The first of the new Imperial Skies Kickstarter models to be launched is the British battleship Vanguard. This all new model has a resin hull and a dozen metal parts which make up a detailed flying battleship, ready to serve … Continue reading
Taking to the (Imperial) Skies
Today is the day – the Imperial Skies rulebook is now available from our website for those who missed out on the Kickstarter. We also have accessories such as the turn rulers and logo dice. In case you don’t know, … Continue reading
Imperial Upgrade #3 – Russian Behemoths
I’ve been planning some new Russian Aeronef capital ships for a while – we rolled them into the Imperial Skies Kickstarter as a stretch goal, but the total didn’t quite get that far. However, since I had the idea for … Continue reading
Imperial Upgrade #2 – A Masty Business
The Imperial Skies Kickstarter requires us to cast well over 1000 Aeronef. Almost all of these have our standard masts, which have been around since the very first Aeronef releases. The mast production mould is one of the oldest we … Continue reading
Imperial Upgrade #1 – Japanese Cruisin’
To support the Imperial Skies Kickstarter, we’ve needed to produce large numbers of models. Although we chose models that we felt we had reliable production moulds for, one or two have ended up being more troublesome than expected. One of … Continue reading
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