Category Archives: Spaceships

Bank Holiday Bonus

It’s a public holiday here in the UK, so the workshop is closed; in fact, for various reasons we won’t be back in the workshop until Thursday this week so there will be a slight delay getting orders out of … Continue reading

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What a (Fuel) Tanker!

Today we have two new spaceship models. The Admiral Lazarev class Battlecruiser joins the Neo-Soviets as a fast, hard-hitting capital ship somewhat removed from the usual big, heavy battleships of the rest of the fleet. It has a heavy gun … Continue reading

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It’s Oh So Quiet…

We haven’t posted here for several weeks, which is most unlike us – so much so that several regular customers have emailed us to make sure that everything is OK. Thanks you very much for the concern, we are fine, … Continue reading

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A Billion Suns – Review and Playthrough

Before we get to the main topic of this post, a quick update… We’re still a few days behind on orders – we almost catch up, the another bunch of orders arrive and we slip behind again! The delay isn’t … Continue reading

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Ship Classes

Ships in A Billion Suns are categorised from the tiniest fighters up to huge dreadnoughts. We’ve created a handy chart that puts all of our spaceship models into the appropriate category for the game, which you can download as a … Continue reading

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A Billion Possibilities

It’s still all hands to the pump at Brigade HQ, we’re slowly and steadily working through the order backlog – we’ve now caught up to Feb 14th and with luck should have cleared the backlog by the end of the … Continue reading

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Starship Painting Guide #2

Robin of Rottenlead has posted the second part of his guide to painting spaceships on Youtube, so if you fancy a watch, here’s a selection of stills to whet your appetite and a link to the video. We linked to … Continue reading

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Material World

A while ago we invested in a new bit of kit, a pressure casting vessel – basically a big cast metal bucket with a lid that can be bolted down. If you haven’t come across one before, the idea is … Continue reading

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Starship Painting Guide

Our friend Robin Fitton, author of both Gruntz and Imperial Skies, has begun a series of starship painting guides on his Rottenlead blog. He’s featuring models from a number of manufacturers including ourselves. Part one, covering cleanup and prep, can … Continue reading

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Jump They Say

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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