{"id":3826,"date":"2014-05-07T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T08:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2014-05-07T09:30:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-07T08:30:25","slug":"in-the-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/in-the-black\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Black"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/in-the-black\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>This was the interior of Brigade Towers early yesterday &#8211; somewhat lacking in illumination, since the power was off ! This makes casting a bit tricky, so progress was a bit slow in the morning.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3828\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/in-the-black\/black\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Black.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"700,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Black\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Black.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Black.jpg\" alt=\"Black\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Black.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Black-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, power was eventually restored so I was able to get on with any outstanding orders.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we&#8217;ve added two new rulebooks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Rules.html\">15mm section<\/a> of the website. We have paper copies of both <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Rules\/GRZ-002.html\">Gruntz<\/a><\/strong> by Robin Fitton, and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Rules\/PMC-003.html\">PMC-2640<\/a><\/strong> by Assault Publishing. Both retail at \u00a320 a copy, and are available to order from the website and at shows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/04\/salute-release-list\/twin-rules\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/twin-rules.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"254,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"twin rules\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/twin-rules.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/twin-rules.jpg\" alt=\"twin rules\" width=\"254\" height=\"150\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3648\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Rules\/GRZ-002.html\">GRZ-002<\/a> &#8211; Gruntz &#8211; \u00a320.00<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Rules\/PMC-003.html\">PMC-003<\/a> &#8211; PMC-2640 &#8211; \u00a320.00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the interior of Brigade Towers early yesterday &#8211; somewhat lacking in illumination, since the power was off ! This makes casting a bit tricky, so progress was a bit slow in the morning. However, power was eventually restored &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/in-the-black\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,17,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-new-releases","category-updates-and-general-waffle"],"views":2484,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-ZI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2092,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2013\/01\/15mm-tank-crew\/","url_meta":{"origin":3826,"position":0},"title":"15mm Tank Crew","author":"Tony","date":"January 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We've just had back these pictures of some new 15mm tank crew that are being sculpted for us. There are five different torsos, with three different head variants (bone-dome helmet, beret and Soviet-style soft padded helmet). With a bit of judicious chopping and swapping we'll have three different packs of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DSC03981","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC03981.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC03981.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/DSC03981.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2011\/12\/more-15mm-sf\/","url_meta":{"origin":3826,"position":1},"title":"More 15mm SF","author":"Tony","date":"December 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"So we've had another package turn up at Brigade this week with more exciting stuff inside (in fact as I type yet another has arrived, but I'll leave that for now ...). This one contained some lovely little 15mm figures by French sculptor PF (you can visit his blog here).\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alien-bounty-hunters-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5136,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2015\/03\/relative-size\/","url_meta":{"origin":3826,"position":2},"title":"Relative Size","author":"Tony","date":"March 23, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Over the weekend I had a couple of requests for size comparison photos of some of our models - one for a shot comparing our new 15mm AmRep tanks with their 6mm counterparts, the other relating to the size of our new 15mm infantry compared to our tank crew and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1224.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1224.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1224.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dsc_1224.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":152,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/01\/more-new-stuff-15mm-this-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":3826,"position":3},"title":"More new stuff &#8211; 15mm this time","author":"Tony","date":"January 11, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on from the last batch of 6mm previews, here are some upcoming 15mm goodies. All are unfinished, needing doors, vents and other details before moulding. We've had a bit of a setback with these, they didn't take too well to the vulcaniser and weren't good enough to use -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Large house \/ shop","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/B15-103.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/B15-103.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/B15-103.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1410,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2012\/11\/more-15mm-goodness\/","url_meta":{"origin":3826,"position":4},"title":"More 15mm Goodness","author":"Tony","date":"November 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on from the first successful castings of the Bizon bits last week, I'm suddenly feeling much better about finally making some progress with our new 15mm models. We have several Neo-Soviet vehicles printed and in various stages of the mould-making process which will be the first new releases. But\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cougar.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cougar.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cougar.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Cougar.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3848,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2014\/05\/new-15mm-previews\/","url_meta":{"origin":3826,"position":5},"title":"New 15mm Previews","author":"Tony","date":"May 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The sun is shining again, so I'm out in the palatial gardens here at Brigade Towers doing some more resin casting. I'm trying out some new moulds and today we're previewing an upcoming release from these. You've already seen the Artemis APC (we previewed it in the run-up to Salute,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;15mm SF&quot;","block_context":{"text":"15mm SF","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/category\/15mm-sf\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Apollo-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Apollo-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Apollo-150x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Apollo-150x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3831,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3826\/revisions\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}