Alien Stations

Posted on October 2, 2026 by Tony

Recently, a European Federation scout paid a visit to the GJ 3470 (Kaewkosin) system, roughly 96ly from Earth. But it seems that they weren’t the first to get there. Deploying long range scans, they found a space station of unknown type orbiting the system’s single planet (the as yet unnamed GJ 3470 b). Moving closer in, sensors found that there were in fact several of these larger stations, and each was accompanied by a cluster of smaller installations. Maintaining a safe distance and sheltering behind a stray asteroid, the crew released several small reconnaissance drones which moved to within a few thousand kilometres and were able to take a number of photographs which were beamed back to the scout ship. However, the drones were detected and destroyed by fire from the smaller stations before they were able to get close enough for a full sensor sweep.

Following standard contact protocols, the scoutship immediately exited the GJ 3470 system, jumping to a random nearby star to avoid giving away anything that would reveal its origin. The images, video and sensor data were provided to the UN and other major powers under the Joint Extra Terrestrial Data Sharing resolution. Initial analysis shows distinct structural similarities with known Yenpalo technology, particularly the honeycomb surface plating. Discussions are underway in the UN about further missions to the Kaewkosin system, but no decision has yet been reached.

SFS-6012 – Yenpalo Base Station – £8.00
SFS-6013 – Yenpalo Small Defence Station – £1.50

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Hold My Dice !

Posted on September 29, 2026 by Tony

A small midweek bonus today. We sell loads of little 7mm dice – but not as for people to throw, they’re too small for that. Instead, they’re very handy as markers to show various statuses on the battlefield – wounds, health, damage, shock (if you play TFL games you’ll know about that) and so on. But the dice can easily be knocked over, even a good sneeze can send them flying across the table. We know, since we use them for exactly the same purpose.

So today we’ve added these very handy dice holders to our accessory range to keep your status dice safe on the battlefield. They’re resin castings and come pre-textured, so all you need to do is paint and flock them to match your table or figure bases, and they’ll blend in nicely. Supplied in packs of 10 to match the packs of dice for just £2.50.

Small dice holders on gridded background

And as an even smaller bonus-bonus, we also now have 50mm round plastic bases in the accessories range.

Single round black 50mm plastic base on gridded background

ACC-033 – Dice Holders (pack of 10) – £2.50
ACC-034 – 50mm Round Bases (pack of 5) – £1.20

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Merchants of Mars

Posted on September 25, 2026 by Tony

We return once again to the reports of Lt Algernon Carmichael-Jefferies of the 22nd West Kent Lancers, written during his long reconnaissance patrol across the Syrtian plains of Mars.

On the third week of the expedition we set up camp on the bluffs overlooking one of the smaller Syrtian cities. On the second day we observed a new (at least to us) class of large warship hovering in the skies above what appeared to be a port area – it must have arrived overnight. The vessel was longer and sleeker than the battleships that we had previously encountered, although it still looked fearsomely armed. When it finally departed, it was far less clumsy than the other squat, heavy ships seen over the capital city, moving gracefully and remarkably quickly. We surmise that it’s a lighter, faster class of capital ship used to patrol the outer reaches of the Syrtian Martian empire where its superior speed allows it to rapidly intercept any trespassing enemy vessels. It’s perhaps analogous to one of our own battlecruisers, although somewhat larger.

The city seemed to have a thriving merchant trade. Alongside a number of smaller craft, the Syrtians seem to use a number of large merchant vessels for carrying goods long distances between their urban centres. The steering vanes on these craft are positioned in the centre of the hull, unlike warships which have them at the rear of the main hull. We saw how this allowed them to make very tight and precise manoeuvres in the confines of the port area. Presumably on a warship this positioning would obstruct the view of the guns, so they accept lower agility in return for much wider arcs of fire.

We’ve created the vessels described in the good Lieutenant’s report so you can now field the Ul Rhymic battlecruiser in your Syrtian fleets, alongside the Ib Gahim large merchant vessel.

VAN-6008 – Ul Rhymic class Battlecruiser – £10.00
VAN-5023 – Ib Gahim Large Merchant – £8.00

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Hit the Beach !

Posted on September 18, 2026 by Tony

We promised a holiday release, and here it is – and appropriately, it has to do with beaches (vaguely).

We’ve previously previewed several 6mm landing craft of various types, and we even took a few to Colours. Today they hit the website (as well as the beach), along with a couple of others that you haven’t seen before.

Neo-Soviet infantry landing on a sandy beach covered by a gunboat

The largest is the Air Cushion Tank Landing Ship; this carries either 3-4 MBTs, half-a-dozen smaller APC-sized vehicles or up to a company of infantry on foot (as long as they don’t mind being squeezed in). The vessel is fully enclosed and carries four point-defence weapons.

Large air cushion landing ship

The other two vessels that we’re already revealed are the Tank Landing Craft, a conventional large flat-bottomed craft that can haul a single MBT or a couple of smaller vehicles. The Infantry Landing Craft is also derived from the LCIs of WW2 vintage but has a fully covered troop compartment to give some degree of protection to the troops inside, and carries a heavy support weapon on the roof to suppress enemy defences on the way in.

Tank Landing Craft

Infantry Landing Craft

The last two vessels in this release are both air cushion landing craft. The Air Cushion Landing Craft is large enough to haul an MBT or a couple of small vehicles in its open bay, while the smaller Air Cushion Infantry Assault Craft can put a platoon of infantry on the beach at high speed. Both have a single Point Defence gun mount.

Air cushion landing craft in formation

Air cushion landing craft in port

SF300-8001 – Tank Landing Ship (Air Cushion) – £6.00
SF300-8003 – Tank Landing Craft – £2.50
SF300-8004 – Infantry Landing Craft – £1.50
SF300-8005 – Air Cushion Landing Craft – £2.50
SF300-8006 – Air Cushion Infantry Assault Craft – £2.00

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We’re All Going On Our Autumn Holidays

Posted on September 13, 2026 by Tony

As is traditional this time of year, Tony’s off on his holidays for a week with the Brigadieress and hound to recover from the rigours of Colours. The website remains open for orders, but we won’t get to any of them until he returns on Monday 21st. This time it’s Lincolnshire, a major battleground in the English Civil War, so who knows what ideas he’ll come back with for the Small Scale Scenery range, which is the usual result of his holidays !

We’ve left a release scheduled for next Friday, and we should still be able to answer emails, just with a bit of a delay.

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Cargo and Casualties

Posted on September 11, 2026 by Tony

Today’s offering is a series of new 6mm vehicles, mostly rear echelon.

The American Republic logistics train runs on the carrying capacity of the M-421 Connestoga, a flat-bed GEV load carrier. The Connestoga can handle bad ground including marshy areas and its light armour means that it can operate just behind the front line. Derived from the same chassis is the M-422 Rosecrans Armoured Ambulance, named for a Civil War-era Union General who had a major hand in developing the first field ambulances.

Meanwhile, our Mercenary forces gain several derivatives of the Shinigami combat car. The first two swap out the rear tribarrel mounts for heavier weapons, either a mortar or 6-round missile launcher. The missile carrier also fills a small gap in the Hiroseke forces for Hammer’s Slammers, which were missing their missile jeep in 6mm – this fills that vacancy.

The Mercs also get a Shinigami-derived ambulance, the Sukuna (named for the Shinto spirit of, amongst other things, healing). This has a small, lightly armoured enclosed rear cabin for one or two stretcher cases or half-a-dozen seated casualties.

SF300-210 – M-421 Connestoga Cargo Hauler – £1.00
SF300-210a – M-422 Rosecrans Ambulance – £1.00
SF300-1510a – Shinigami Missile Carrier – £0.75
SF300-1510b – Shinigami Mortar Carrier – £0.75
SF300-1510c – Sukuna Ambulance – £0.75

The two ambulances also go into our Surgeon General range, which aims to collect money for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity here in the UK. 50% of the ex-VAT price of each model will go towards Macmillan’s efforts to support patients with cancer. We’ve already contributed £450 to Macmillan through this range of models so date.

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Pitching our Tents

Posted on September 4, 2026 by Tony

We have two related Small Scale Scenery releases but at opposite ends of their respective size scale this week.

For the last couple of years we’ve been promising a customer at Colours that we’d make some WWI aircraft hangars, specifically these – Bessonneau tent hangars. We thank him for his patience, and expect him to purchase a minimum of ten sets tomorrow 😉 . Designed and built in Angers, France by Établissements Bessonneau, they were already fairly widespread before the Great War began. They were designed around a wooden frame with canvas sides and roof and could be assembled rapidly by a small team. The standard size was around 24m x 20m with an internal roof clearance of 4m, although they could easily be extended lengthways by adding extra bays.

They were used extensively by the French Aéronautique Militaire and also adopted by the British RFC and RNAS (and later the RAF). They continued to be used post-war, and in fact there are still some in existence including one in Alberta, Canada, although only the frame is original and the canvas has been replaced by more rigid materials.

We don’t make any WWI aircraft in this scale (or any scale, for that matter) so we’ve photographed them with a couple of our Imperial Skies British 2-seaters to give an idea of their size.

At the other end of the hangar scale is the enormous Type J and K aircraft sheds, built for the RAF in the 1930s. The main bay of these is around 120m x 60m, large enough for a football pitch (for any value of ‘football’). Either side are full-length annex buildings; in the Type Js these housed workshops and offices and had lots of access doors and windows, whereas the Type Ks were used more for aircraft storage so the annexes were mostly store rooms and had fewer external features (our model is a type J).

We’ve again posed it with a pair of Thornton 2-seaters so you can gauge the massive size of these edifices.

SSS-8233 – Bessonneau Hangars (pack of four) – £3.00
SSS-8234 – Type J/K Hangar – £9.00

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Shields Up!

Posted on September 2, 2026 by Tony

We have a couple of new sets of 6mm Power Armour today; firstly, Germy has created a variant of our existing models with riot shields, useful for close-combat, boarding actions or some serious crowd control.

6mm scale power armour

Power Armour with Shields

The second set is a completely new design, a solid, chunky, square-edged power suit which we’ve named Titan suits. Six each of four different figures, including one wielding a missile launcher.

6mm scale power armour

Titan Power Armour

SF300-5003a – Power Armour with Shields (x24) – £3.50
SF300-5008 – Titan Power Suits (x24) – £3.50

We’ll have stocks of these at Colours on Saturday.

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Bank Holiday Bonus

Posted on August 31, 2026 by Tony

Our CDSU (Chinese Socialist Republic) 6mm forces get some new heavy weapons today. We have a pack of three remote machine guns, three missile launchers and two heavy mortars, each with two crew. We’ll have stock at Colours this coming weekend. And this is a good time for a reminder to get those orders in – you’re drinking at the last chance saloon as far as orders for the show are concerned.

SF300-571 – CDSU Heavy Weapons – £3.25

CDSU Missile Teams
Missile Teams
CDSU Mortar Teams
Mortars
CDSU Remote MG Teams
Remote MG

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Walking Undead

Posted on August 28, 2026 by Tony

Having brought out the Celtos Dragon Lancers at Salute, today we add some new Fir Bolg undead. The Fir Bolg are the dead hosts of Anwyn, spirits doomed to eternally wander the lands.

Wraiths are incorporeal spirits, visible but lacking substance. At times they bind themselves to the rotting bones of the dead to give themselves a physical presence, stalking the hills and vales in search of fresh victims. Dressed in mouldering robes and bound by crumbling ropes, they lend their borrowed skeletons a speed and strength that belies their decaying appearance. They are armed with rusting knives stolen from ancient graves.

CLT-561 – Wraiths (pack of three) – £5.00

We’ll have some of these at Colours next weekend – don’t forget to get those orders in.

This pack of three metal figures was sculpted by Jeremey ‘Germy‘ Claridge. Background image by Handiwork Games; gravestones by Debris of War.

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