Brigade Models

The Brigadier (like his new uniform ?) would like to introduce you to his latest toy – it’s a Tarling-Kinnersdal Raeside DST-10 single-occupant grav sled. Powered by a Netzer 235kw DT microfusion reactor, the Raeside can achieve speeds up to 210kph in open terrain but is equally at home in an urban setting. It can haul up to 1.2 tonnes of cargo in the flat bed load area, and the lack of moving parts in the phased grav array means minimal maintenance.

Raesides are used in the civilian market as the ideal vehicle for hunters, prospectors or farmers. The combination of fusion reactor and grav drive means that the Raeside is almost silent, so prey or livestock isn’t startled or alerted by the approach.

They’re also employed in the military market as general purpose load carriers, scouts and liaison vehicles.

We should have the Raeside available at Salute in April. It’s a 5-piece 3D printed kit that requires minimal assembly.

So last week we showed you some new 28mm toys which we’ll be launching at Salute as part of a brand new range aimed at sci-fi adventure and skirmish games. As well as our own designs we’ll be supplementing the range with a licensed** series of 3D-printed scenery and other bits and pieces, including this fearsome looking powerloader – the Brigadier figure next to it should give you some idea of its size (roughly 80mm tall, since you asked). All of the stowage, the pallets and boxes surrounding it, will also be part of this range. Phil’s currently running the 3D printers at full speed to ensure that we have enough stock for the day. There are still just under six weeks to Salute, so there’s no need to panic yet – is there ?.

* – you were expecting the title to say ‘bitch’, weren’t you ? The Brigadier would never stoop to such language.
** – 3D printed items licensed from David Sheff Models.

Both of us play quite a lot of Joseph McCullough’s Stargrave with other members of Maidstone Wargames Society (you can see the latest escapades here). For those who don’t know, Stargrave is a sci-fi adventure game published by Osprey where each player has a crew of ten beings (human, alien, robot, it doesn’t matter) who roam the galaxy looking for Excitement, Adventure and Really Wild Things. It has a slight RPG element to it in that your captain and first mate can develop additional skills and abilities (or alternatively, lose limbs) as the games go on. It’s aimed at 28mm miniatures – although there is an official range, it’s figure and scale agnostic so you can really use whatever you like.

A while back we were sourcing a few specific bits of scatter terrain for a game when we realised that we already had what we were looking for, albeit in a different scale. So we did the obvious thing and scaled up a couple of our 15mm bits to use in a game. And then this led on to scaling one or two other bits, and then some stuff we purposely made in 28mm. So we were at the point where we had a handful of useful 28mm scatter terrain and other bits, and the obvious thing to do when you run a miniatures company is release them !

Which means that at this year’s Salute we’ll be launching our new 28mm range of sci-fi terrain and accessories. There will even be a couple of vehicles – you can see one of the first of these in the photos, a 4×4 dune buggy. Germy has kindly sculpted us a 28mm Brigadier miniature, you’ll be seeing a lot of him in photos as a size reference.

The range will be a mixture of metal, resin and 3D printed items. This is just a first taster, we’ll be previewing more items between now and the show.