The Alternative Armies Blog

Welcome to the Alternative Armies blog. This blog tells you all about what we are up to and it is where we post our latest tabletop gaming news and articles.
We cover Flintloque and Slaughterloo, High Fantasy, Other Ranges as well as our 15mm scale fantasy, science fiction and historical ranges.
Our game systems and free content such as PDF downloads and reading articles. Enjoy and do dig back in time to see what was going on before now.

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Wednesday, 22 November 2017

Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry released with free article for Flintloque

Big and brutal it is our pleasure to present to you the central Flintloque and Slaughterloo release for this month. An entire unit of new Ogre Cavalry which can act either for Hunvaria or for the Krautian Giant Legion as elite riders. They can also be Hussars for both sides. This new unit is entirely in resin and at a reduced price compared to white metal (along side of our other Ogre cavalry) plus we have a free article for you to download. Choose from a single to a skirmish pack or a full unit of ten plus painted options. 


Go HERE for 56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry or click HERE for a free Uniformation article download with rules and more from our website. Sculpted by Elton Waters. A big unit! 


56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry 
 Hussars of the finest quality who make the lands of Urop tremble with their very step. The veterans of the Guard Ogres can choose to fight for the Emperor Mordred or for Kyng Gorge as part of your Ferach or Alliance armies. This code contains 28mm scale multiple part resin models comprising two poses of body with separate hands which can be made an Officer with pistol, a Standard Bearer with pole, a Musician with bugle or two poses of sword arm. Dressed in hussar uniform with bearskin head gear they are mounted on resin Rhinos. They are easy to assemble and come supplied with our resin cartouche style cavalry base. 


You can choose from a single trooper booster, a skirmish pack of five miniatures or a full unit of ten miniatures with a saving. You can also choose to purchase these miniatures pro-painted and based in Scotland for immediate play out of the box. Note we will supply them in the Hunvarian uniform shown unless you request K.G.L uniform or other uniforms by email with your order number. Go HERE. 

Uniformation – 56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry 
Download a free Uniformation article which contains fiction, background and rules for Flintloque and Slaughterloo plus images for this miniature as well as details of Ferach and Alliance use. Stats Block for Slaughterloo included! It is hosted on our website and you can get it by clicking HERE. We have a vast amount of free files for you which you can get by going to our FREE DOWNLOADS page. 



Go HERE for War in Catalucia which tells you of the KGL and for Beir & Bones which deals with Hunvaria. Both are in 5030 Slaughterloo. Go HERE for the Ogres of the Confederation and HERE for the Ogres of the Alliance. We have a large range of Ogres from this divided land to choose from and don't forget the new 56115 Captain Schlager of the KGL who is great for your forces too. 


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 


If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Tuesday, 21 November 2017

15mm Mummified Wizard on Throne released!

Now released at Alternative Armies a classic 1980's 15mm Fantasy wargaming piece now re-mastered and into resin for a reduced price. The way cool Mummified Wizard on Throne. Go HERE or read on for more. 


DFE01 Mummified Wizard on Throne 
Dungeon Scenics or a Lord of the Dead this pack contains one model. A real classic 15mm miniature from the 1980's now re-mastered and into resin. Single piece with no assembly required standing 35mm tall. This code is supplied unpainted without a base. 4.00GBP. Go HERE. 

The Tabletop 15mm Fantasy Range 
A classic range of 15mm Fantasy miniatures originating with Tabletop Miniatures this listing include many personalities and unusual monsters and creatures in addition to the now staples of Fantasy gaming. It also has the classic Asgard 15mm Fantasy codes too. Have a browse. Go HERE. 


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 



If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

 GBS

Monday, 20 November 2017

Soba Shop released for Sengoku 15mm Japanese range!

Now released at Alternative Armies into the excellent and unique 15mm Sengoku Japanese Fantasy range is the first code in the fifth wave. The Soba Shop sculpted by John Bell. Go HERE or read on for more. 


SGF82 Soba Shop with Peddler 
Travelling the cities and the roads the Soba Shop is carried by its owner who is always ready to dispense noodles and other food to customers high born and low. Great for historical or fantasy gaming. This pack contains four 15mm white metal parts which assembled form the Soba Shop. They are the Vendor with pole, the roof, the left shop part and the right shop part. Easy to assemble and about 35mm long when built. This code is supplied unassembled and unpainted without a base. 4.00GBP Go HERE. 


The Sengoku Range 
Beginning its fifth wave of expansions this 15mm scale range is sculpted by John Bell and now contains more than eighty different miniatures. Warriors, Peasants, Monsters, Creatures and much else besides. Many of these creatures are unique in 15mm scale to this range. Have a browse. Go HERE.

Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 



If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Sunday, 19 November 2017

MP30 Deaths Head Fountain released into Torture Chamber collection

Now released at Alternative Armies into the adult themed Torture Chamber collection is the great 28mm scale Deaths Head Fountain. Go HERE or read on for more. 

MP30 Deaths Head Fountain 
Great for use in any diorama, dungeon or wargame collection the Deaths Head Fountain is a three piece 28mm scale resin model with requires a small degree of assembly. Re-mastered from a classic 1980's design it goes really well with the TOR codes. Assembled it is 40mm tall and 40mm wide. The pack is supplied unpainted and without a base. 4.00GBP Go HERE. 

The Torture Chamber Collection Excellent for roleplay, dungeon crawl, dioramas and wargaming you can purchase the packs or parts of them if you just want some of the furniture or the people from them. Thus far we have the following. The Whipping Beam, The Cage, The Rack, The Branding Iron, The High Inquisitor on Throne, The Snake Pit (2017 version) as well as The Iron Maiden, The Wall and The Garrotte Chair. Go HERE. Be warned adult themes. 


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 


If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Saturday, 18 November 2017

VNT39 The Air Squid and Handler 28mm code released!

Now released at Alternative Armies and designed by Kieran Billings we present a brand new creature into the 28mm fantasy range. Its odd and its lovely and its great for many settings from fantasy to post apocalyptic as well. Go HERE or read on for more. 



The swamps of Kelpo are notorious and virtually impassible to the trudging caravans which ply their trade between the distant townships of Milliagar. The poor ragged peasants who scratch out a living carving blocks of fuel from the reaking soup of the lands there are often without such finery as wine and silks. No horse nor mule will try to cross the swamps laden with goods; to do it is to risk drowning. Trade comes to Kelpo by way of the Guild of Sky Merchants who have established good relations with the diggers. Loaded with things to sell the guild sends its Air Squids. Strange creatures which float above the ground and can carry great weight and yet remain aloft. They are slow but sure and often led by guild members who are aged or feeble in some other way which makes them proceed at the same pace as their sky borne beast. 



VNT39 Air Squid and Handler 
Wandering from town to town and pulled by its limping owner the Air Squid is a beast of burden unlike any other. This pack contains two 28mm scale models. A high quality grey tone resin model, the Air Squid, in several parts (the body, two cargo basket sets and tentacle set) which is about 90mm tall from top to tentacle ends when assembled. Please note ours is shown on a fight stand which is not supplied. The Handler is a single piece 28mm Human miniature in robes with staff. This two model pack is supplied unpainted and without a base (shown on a 40mm square base and 25mm square base) with basic assembled required. Designed by Kieran Billings. 12.00GBP Go HERE. 


Until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November the Black Friday mega event is on at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Follow the links. 

If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Friday, 17 November 2017

Black Friday mega event 2017 now on at Alternative Armies biggest of the year!

Now on and until 9am GMT Tuesday 28th November there is a Black Friday mega event happening at Alternative Armies. We have automatic Free Worldwide Shipping on all orders over 15GBP of product placed in the cart and we have SIX brand new releases too during the event. A new release each day from the 18th to the 23rd November leading up to the big weekend itself. All of these releases (minus their images) are now on our Events and Bundles page along with all our other special offers for the event and more. We will feature each new release in its own news article on its day in detail. Here are the new codes and the top offers we have alongside our free postage! Its huge and it will end with a Cyber Monday (27th Nov) mega offer on all our digital download books (the other deals are still on during Cyber Monday). Enjoy and here are the details. 


New Releases! 
All are on the website now on the New Releases page and will be revealed in detail in its own article. 

VNT39 Air Squid and Handler (28mm High Fantasy Monster) 
MP30 Deaths Head Fountain (28mm Torture Chamber) 
SGF82 Soba Shop (15mm Sengoku Range) 
DFE01 Mummified Wizard on Throne (15mm Fantasy) 
56114 Hunvarian Guard Ogre Cavalry plus Uniformation (Flintloque and Slaughterloo) 
RAP037 Ikwen Hardened Fighters (15mm Loud Ninja Games)

Black Friday Event Offers! (Save up to 50% on these codes) 
These are on our Events and Bundles page with all the other bundles. 

5024 Escape the Dark Czar (Flintloque Beginners Set) 
59523 Abandoned Beer Wagon 
VLE13 Gnomish Notary 

EH01 Flower of Evil (Monster Plant) 
VNT31-05 Liche Lord (28mm Fantasy) 
VNT29-02 Stricken Adventurer (28mm Fantasy) 
VNT33 The Wyvern Kildane (28mm Fantasy) 

HOT37 Destroyer of Hope Grand Dragon (15mm Fantasy) 
HOT7 Giant (15mm Fantasy) 
HOT30 War Elephant (15mm Fantasy) 
HOT31 War Mammoth (15mm Fantasy) 

V007 Scythe Jet Copter (15mm Sci-fi) 
HOF51 Grey Alien Landing Party (15mm Sci-fi) 
HOF50 Grey Alien Flying Saucer (15mm Sci-fi) 

ER28 Wolf Hounds (Erin 28mm) 
ER29 Venom Pigs (Erin 28mm) 
ER30 Wolves (Erin 28mm) 

Plus twenty plus more big bundles of 15mm and 28mm fantasy and others including Ganesha Games, Asgard and more. Mega Savings!


Cyber Monday Mega Digital Event! (25% off all our digital download books for 24hrs) 
For one day only we are going to reduce the prices of all our paid for PDF books by twenty five percent on our Digital Downloads page. Flintloque, Slaughterloo, Furioso, Sulphur and all the others. Cyber Monday 27th November only. 


If you have not already done so we urge you to go to our website home page, scroll to the bottom and join our mailing list through the box provided there. We are featuring an email only bonus blister offer which you can find out about if you are on the mailing list. You must be on the list to get it. You will also not miss out on all the new releases and fun as we send out each day's new release and news. 


Lastly if you wish to combine orders with our little sister site The Ion Age then you can and you get access to the offers and free shipping. Send an email to info@theionage.com and list out all the codes you want from both websites along with your address and your paypal email. We will respond and send you an invoice to pay. Easy! 

Thanks for reading and enjoy the biggest event of the year! 

GBS

Thursday, 9 November 2017

Outworld 2114AD a free campaign setting book for USEME by Vic Dobson

Written by wargamer Vic Dobson we are proud to present to you for free download a thirty four page book called Outworld 2114AD War in the Darkness.  This is a campaign setting for USEME particularly for UM001 15mm Science Fiction and UM006 Starship Battles.  It contains many things including an introduction, setting, special rules, starship design and lots of scenarios.  It can be played with any of your suitable miniatures including those from the HOF and Laserburn ranges for the ground action.  Go HERE for the free book plus the USEME Range of titles as paid for downloads.


One of my fondest creations as a humble creator of wargaming content and books is USEME.  The 'Ultra Simple Engine for Miniature Engagements' system has a dozen titles to its name and in print and download has been all over the world with eight thousand copies sold since first release.  I have played and seen played games with USEME from five 15mm figures a side to five hundred at conventions.  Science Fiction, Fantasy, Historical, Starships, Zombies and more and all really easy plus without a setting you can fit them to your own wants.  Author of USEME Gavin Syme (GBS)


Outworld 2114AD War in the Darkness
by Vic Dobson
Welcome to Outworld 2114.AD, a setting for USE ME 15mm Sci-Fi and USE ME Starship Battles. Within this title you will find all you need to fight the battles for Humanity's survival in the near future. This document does not repeat the basic rules as used in USE ME 15mm and SSB but instead replaces some parts and adds to or removes others. To help in understanding the changes made this document in arranged as per the USE ME rules, with any changes made described when required. Part 1 is USE ME SSB and is dealt with first; Part 2 is USE ME 15mm Sci-Fi. Get the free book from us by clicking HERE for the download from our website.  This is one of the biggest give away titles we have ever hosted.

We have another bundle of free fun for USEME by Vic Dobson for you to download from back in July!


USEME Mini-Campaign, 16 Scenarios and Map Bundle
Written by Vic Dobson the mega bundle is a fantastic free edifice of USEME scenarios and more. Sixteen single and loosely linked scenarios.  The Battle of Beta Carotene, Tiger Run, Recon Run, The Raid, Bug Hunt (parts 1,2,3,4), Battle of the Spanners, The Patrol, The Valley of Death, A Bun in the Over, Run Fat Boy Run, A Fistful of Credits, Wendigo and lastly Night Flight to Mandagora.  On top of this is the mini-campaign called Smash and Grab.  There is also the space map that goes with all the scenarios and shows the factions. This is a mighty mountain of free gaming material lovingly assembled for your enjoyment with every scenario being fairly small scale with a playing time of ten to forty minutes.  They make use of Alternative Armies miniatures in the pictures and of Vic's own table layouts and graphics.  Click HERE to download the free mini-campaign and fourteen scenario plus map bundle from our website as a zip file.  Enjoy!


There are more than dozen titles in the USEME Series with more to come.  Written by authors including Gavin Syme (GBS), Omer Golan Joel, Kurt Benson, Bob McAlister and Alex Scott.  If you click on your chosen title on our website you can learn all about it, what period it covers, its contents, a short article on it and pictures of pages too. Do you Want a Set of Wargame Rules that are Fun, Simple and Elegant? That are used all over the World and take only minutes to learn?  Look no further!

UM001 15mm Science Fiction
UM002 15mm Fantasy
UM003 World War Two
UM004 Modern Warfare
UM005 American Civil War
UM006 Starship Battles
UM007 Post Apocalyptic
UM008 Wild West
UM009 Zombie Dawn
UM010 Support Pack (Expansion)
UM011 Cyberpunk
UM013 Eldritch Horror

We offer the whole range as great value digital downloads which you are free to print for your own use.  Every download contains the book, its covers plus an 'ease print' version for simple printing at home. At just 3.00GBP price for a set of rules immediate...its awesome!  Go HERE.

Well done Vic and thanks everyone for reading,

GBS