{"id":6406,"date":"2016-03-18T12:59:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=6406"},"modified":"2016-03-18T12:59:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T12:59:04","slug":"if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Go Down To The Woods Today&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today\/tolerorelease\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroRelease.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" 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;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ToleroRelease\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroRelease.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroRelease.jpg\" alt=\"ToleroRelease\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Natives of the fourth planet of the Eta Odin system, the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Tolero.html\">Tolero<\/a><\/em> are primitive but intelligent creatures who outwardly resemble terrestrial bears. More than one anthropologist has been taken in by their cute and cuddly appearance but received a nasty surprise from the pointy end of a Tolero spear !<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today\/tolerorailgun\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroRailgun.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix SL280&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458299814&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;11.35&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.013333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ToleroRailgun\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tolero cavalry attempt to charge Pacific Federation Marines armed with a heavy railgun.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroRailgun.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroRailgun.jpg\" alt=\"ToleroRailgun\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Armed with the afore-mentioned spears and short bows, the Tolero are hunters that roam the plains and prairies of their homeworld, stalking the docile Shomix quadripeds for food. Some ride on fearsome Thaeyax steeds, a vicious flightless avian similar to an Emu and nicknamed &#8216;Terror Birds&#8217; by the first research teams to visit Eta Odin IV.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6415\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today\/toleroresearchbase\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroResearchBase.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,540\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix SL280&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1458300123&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;13.25&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ToleroResearchBase\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroResearchBase.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroResearchBase.jpg\" alt=\"ToleroResearchBase\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6415\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are still several research stations of different nationalities on the planet, investigating the possibilities of full colonisation. Small military outposts also exist, primarily to protect these bases from the attentions of the natives. Rumours also still persist of a Chinese labour camp, used to house particularly awkward prisoners that need to conveniently disappear, but this has predictably been denied by the CDSU government.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Tolero\/SF15-051.html\">SF15-051<\/a> &#8211; Tolero with Spears (x8) &#8211; \u00a32.75<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Tolero\/SF15-052.html\">SF15-052<\/a> &#8211; Tolero with Bows (x8) &#8211; \u00a32.75<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Tolero\/SF15-056.html\">SF15-056<\/a> &#8211; Tolero Cavalry with Spears (x6) &#8211; \u00a33.50<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/15mmSF\/Tolero\/SF15-057.html\">SF15-057<\/a> &#8211; Tolero Cavalry with Bows (x6) &#8211; \u00a33.50<\/p>\n<p><em>Those in the know will recognise the Tolero as being another part of the former ArmiesArmy range that we&#8217;ve finally got round to re-releasing.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natives of the fourth planet of the Eta Odin system, the Tolero are primitive but intelligent creatures who outwardly resemble terrestrial bears. More than one anthropologist has been taken in by their cute and cuddly appearance but received a nasty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2016\/03\/if-you-go-down-to-the-woods-today\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6415,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-15mm-sf","category-new-releases"],"views":3947,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ToleroResearchBase.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-1Fk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12753,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2022\/01\/alien-dwellings\/","url_meta":{"origin":6406,"position":0},"title":"Alien Dwellings","author":"Tony","date":"January 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"This week we have something new for our 15mm Tolero aliens - somewhere to live ! 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