Five new Espaten Portable Weapon kits for 28mm Ion Age Range

“During the ancient Ban of Prejudice the Espaten was a powerful tool for support in the street fights which raged in underground cities across the Precinct.  In recent years the original gun has been present in all campaigns and it has been broadened as well.  To deal with Battlesuits and larger infantry formations as well as indirect fire missions there are now six variants.  These are  the same weapon systems as used by the new Havelock Type 57 being rolled out to Muster Regiments right now.” Academy Auto-Trainer Series 07, New Glastonbury, 4325IC

Now that we have restored all of the original 28mm Ion Age Range codes in the Prydian Army and added motive units to the existing gun platform as well as new gun teams for Retained Knights and Planetary Militia we have five, yes five, further portable weapon platforms now released.  These five take the 28mm range into line with the 15mm Ion Age Range for portable weapons.  The new codes are:

IB72 Moth 88 Rotary Espaten Portable Weapon (Platform Kit)

IB73 Angis Cannon Espaten Portable Weapon (Platform Kit)

IB74 Bodkin Howitzer Espaten Portable Weapon (Platform Kit)

IB75 Valerin Laser Espaten Portable Weapon (Platform Kit)

IB76 Fretan Railgun Espaten Portable Weapon (Platform Kit)

Each kit has a built in saving of ten percent as all the value packs in the range do.  They are composed of resin and metal pieces and are easy to assemble being approx 50mm by 40mm and 25mm tall.  They will go with any of the gun teams in the range.

Move your guns on the battlefield using IB77 Tracked Espaten Propulsion Unit or IB78 Anti Gravity Espaten Propulsion Unit.  These fit all the weapon platforms.

For those wanting serious numbers with an excellent saving of two miniatures included free then check out the PLATOON PACKS which we have for Retained Knights, Muster, Grima Combat Robots, Legionaries, Betrayers and Malig Goblins.

This is the first of two big release announcements for the 28mm Ion Age Range this month keep your eyes peeled for the second..when the Khanate get their even bigger turn.

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Evil Adventurers ten 28mm miniatures painted by Sporehammer

"Out of the light and in the darkness are the adventurers who would do ill upon the world. Some are savage and some noble with other skilled in abduction and in theft too but all are cruel. Cruel and with a streak of evil in their bones that makes them so. Often in the service of nefarious warlords or skulking dark mages these adventurers love gold above all else and will kill with ease to get it."

We are delighted to announce new molds for CA3 Evil Adventurers and CA4 Evil Adventurers II we add that they are now online as single miniatures and value packs with a saving on the five poses in each. Lastly new pictures of them all painted by the talented Sporehammer over on Instagram.

Ten different 28mm scale metal miniatures originally released in the early 1990’s by Alternative Armies and full of character. Powerful female barbarian and sorceress alongside rogue, thief and warriors all aligned to the bad side of the coin.  An example of a single code is above. See them all and more (such as Halflings and Guild Assassins) in our Adventurers and Wizards range.

The Icon is free in all orders until 3rd October 2024.  You need do nothing but place an order and as long as it ships out (no digital only orders sorry) then VNT54-01 (shown above) will be included for free automatically.  You can purchase it and the other two larger sizes of VNT54 The Icon and you will still get the free one.

By request we have added The Icon to the Erin Celtic Mythology Range alongside the latest Scatter Terrain and the Skull Pile as three single codes.  Enjoy!

We hope you enjoyed the talented brush work skills of Sporehammer!

The Icon free any scale terrain piece in all orders until 3rd October and news

We bid goodbye to the any scale Devilish Imps which were our ‘hella hot’ three month summer giveaway in orders (they join all the previous gifts in the Formally Free Codes pages) and welcome the new and totally free model put in all shipped orders.  Until 3rd October 2024 put in your package automatically (you can purchase it as well and still get a free one) we present The Icon!

The only rule is that your order must be shipped anywhere in the world (no digital download only orders sorry) and it can be as many orders as you wish.  When we say free we mean it.

Above you can see the smallest of the three sizes of the new Icon in the green lands of Erin (with CM10-02 Amergin the Druid) it is this smallest of the three sizes of the Icon which is free auto in shipped orders.  We have now released the entirety of brand new VNT54 The Icon.

VNT54 The Icon:  Carved from ancient stone by hands unknown or not of this world the Icons have glittering gems upon them and strange markings and patterns.  Perhaps a vanished race of men or those from under the seas or the stars made the Icons.  Great any scale battlefield terrain.  Choose from a set of all three or singles or a value pack with saving.  Single piece models in high quality resin as follows giving total height and width across the base of the model.

VNT54-01 The Small Icon (Free Auto in orders until 3rd Oct 2024) is 30mm tall and 15mm across.

VNT54-02 The Medium Icon is 70mm tall and 30mm across.

VNT54-03 The Large Icon is 90mm tall and 45mm across.

Perhaps your brave Milesian Warband has come across these Icons left by the Sidhe?  Perhaps they are high chaotic and your Star Mercs have met them on an alien world?  Or have your Adventurers found them in a glade which steams with powerful magics? 

We show the three sizes of Icon with miniatures so you can set them on your table.  CA7 Classic Fighter in 28mm scale and HOT138 Dwarf Handgunner in 15mm scale for the smallest Icon. The Medium Icon has 28mm CM17-03 Cu Chuliann hero of the Celts and a Tiger Combat Walker from the 6mm Bradley Sci-fi range.  CA1-01 The Magical Youth sits next to the Large Icon and a 15mm scale IAF118 Jade Ape Battlesuit of the Xin from The Ion Age on its other side.

What is coming soon at Alternative Armies?

During the time that VNT54-01 Small Icon is free in orders we will have quite a few releases and restored codes brought back to metal life.  On top of this we will have a couple of hobby related articles.  Firstly we must tell you that the third book in the Patrol Angis series The Khanate Return has sold out its print run. Worry not it will be back in stock in the coming weeks.  We will also have new stock of the Ion Age Posters which have been anticipated.  Produced on high quality paper as before.

The 28mm Ion Age Range will see Espaten Portable Weapon Platform variants to go with the gun teams and also the total release of all Shia Khan portable weapon platforms plus gunners and motive unit so loads of stuff.  We have a 15mm Tabletop Miniatures creature from the 1980’s to follow up on the Hydra and Black Dragon.  Finally of the biggest metal models of the Asgard Fantasy Monster Range will be back after decades away...a big boy indeed.   News on each of these as they happen.

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