Warbot III new any scale miniature free in orders until 24th April plus news

Spring is upon us!  Yes, the winter is near done even in Scotland (some ruddy strong storms hit us as you might recall) and with it something a lot of wargamers have been looking forward to and marking on their calendars nears….the Spring Mega Event.  The event begins on Thursday 27th March 2025 and will have more than fifty new releases as well as the blanket discount across our huge array of ranges. Full details when the time comes and now we say goodbye to EH09 Flower of Evil III as it joins all the other Formerly Free Codes with a hearty saving and we say hello to some heavy hitting firepower instead for free.

Until 24th April 2025 the new AS031 Warbot III model is automatically put into every order shipped out from us. You need do nothing but place an order for anything which is physical (so no Digital Download only orders sorry), as many orders as you wish, of any value you want and you can also order Warbot III itself and you will still get one free included.  When we say free we mean it.  Auto in every package sent out.  Shown with Armed Crew (AS024 to AS027).

AS031 Warbot III:  This code contains all the parts to assemble one any scale use four legged robot armed with a missile pod and two rotary cannons.  A resin body and two sets of legs with two identical metal cannons. It is 40mm across and 25mm to tallest point. Added to the Alternate Stars 28mm science fiction range where you will find its two brothers (see them below) and much else.  

In 6mm scale the Warbot is a full size mecha, in 15mm scale it is a battlesuit or walker with a pilot and in 28mm it is a sentry robot or mobile enforcer.  Take a look and see...

Aiding the Planetary Militia in a running gun battle with Human Betrayers deep in the lower levels of a domed city.  The 28mm Ion Age Range.

Advancing over scrub ground as a walker alongside the Star Mercs of the HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range.

Rebel forces mount an evening attack on a gas refinery in 6mm scale with models from the Bradley Miniatures Range.

We will be pretty quiet for the next two weeks as we get ready for the Spring Mega Event and as always we thank you for your custom and support of an independent and family owned business.  This spring is going to be a 28mm, 15mm and 6mm blast!

Thanks for your Time.

An Unearthly Garden of Delights…third plant...

It is your last chance to get the excellent EH09 Flower of Evil III automatically in your order from Alternative Armies.  In the afternoon (UK time) of 10th March 2025 it shall be replaced with another brand new free code. You need do nothing but place an order which is shipped and the Flower will automatically included by us for free.  You can order anything and any number of times including the free Flower itself and it will be included each time.

Our unearthly garden now has three monstrous plants in it all of which work in any scale and most settings of tabletop gaming. See them and everything else ever free on our WEBSITE.  Every former free code has a great saving on it due to being produced in such large amounts.

What can you use the Flowers of Evil for?  

Well just about anything.  

How about….

A titanic bio threat in 6mm Science Fiction wargaming?

A dungeon creation in 28mm Fantasy against the Undead Legions or Dwarfish Hosts?

A serious peril found by the Savage Lizardmen in 15mm fantasy games with the HOT Range?

A work of insane science gone wrong for the foot soldiers of the Corporate Ashigaru to deal with in HOF 15mm science fiction?

Lastly encountered by the valiant Starvaulters on a lost world near the Prydian Precinct for the 28mm Ion Age.

Finally it is your last chance to take advantage of our Deals and Special Offers current round which will also end on the 10th when the free code changes. Save 25% on the HOF27 Maginot Tower as well as a Fomorian Storm Warrior, the 28mm Mortar Set and 6mm Stalker Tanks until then.

See you all on Monday...with a big surprise..one with more legs than usual….

Sponsoring the ADLG 15mm Tournament at Recon 2025

We were approached once more to offer sponsorship prizes for the winner and runner ups at this year’s Recon 2025 convention. We were happy to do so with early Medieval packs from our 15mm range.  For those who are able to and are keen to attend here at the details.

The ADLG (Art de la Guerre) 15mm Feudal/Medieval Tournament is happening on April 26th Saturday from 9:00am to 17:50pm.  It will be a 200AP event of a total of Three rounds. The scale being played is 15mm.  You should bring a table mat and terrain as well when attending. The armies eligible are from 1000 AD to 1540 AD from the lists in the ADLG rulebook.

Venue: Wyndham Orlando Resort & Conference Center/ Celebration, 3011 Maingate Ln, Kissimmee, FL 34747, USA

You can learn more about the Recon Convention on its WEBSITE.  If you decide to attend look for the ADLG Tournament on the Saturday and ask for Tom when you reach the room.

We supplied ME4 MI Foot Soldier, ME7 Lt Med Bowman and MEC5 Teutonic Knight 13th Century packs for the prizes.  All the miniatures are singles on our website with lots to choose from.

Thanks for your time.

DH19 Baggage Turtle released 28mm Fantasy

"Swim the seas of trade across the ocean to being the finest things to the mountain holds of the Dwarfs.  The Gnomes are masters of commerce and welcome the gold of the deep Kings."

A promised new release to cap off our overhauling of the entire Dwarf Hosts (DH) 28mm Fantasy Range is here. Something rather different and special to go with with your Dwarfs, Gnomes and Halflings.  No mere donkey with load; oh no...this one can swim!

DH19 Baggage Turtle with Gnome Rider:  One resin Turtle covered in mixed baggage and a metal Gnome rider who sits atop it.  Excellent for your campaigning and a real eye catching piece.  Sculpted by Kieran Billings.  It is 50mm long and 40mm tall with rider. You can choose from the pack or parts of the pack. Get the rider on his own or the Baggage Turtle to put other riders upon it.

An Elder Dwarf Wizard and the demi giant Fnorr for scale next to the Baggage Turtle.  

The Overhaul Project has taken a whole month but it is now complete.  As well as every one of the seventy odd Dwarfs, Gnomes, Halflings being on the site as a single with new pictures they are also in value packs with a saving plus the mega multitude. Requested by wargamers the DHM01 Dwarf Multitude Miniature Set contains one of EVERY pose in the DH range with a bigger saving.  Get it all in one go.

Here is a line up for comparative sizing of the denizens of the DH Range.  From the smallest to the largest with sculpting by Dave Gallagher, Andy Cooper, Mike Owen and Sam Croes spanning the 1980’s to now.  DH6-05 is 25mm to top of the head as is DH13-01.

EH09 Flower of Evil III is new and totally free automatically in all shipped orders until 10th March 2025.  Above you can see it being tackled by Skeleton Warriors unarmoured and armoured with added weapons and shields from our Undead Legions Range.  Codes VNT57,58, 59 and VNT51.  You can purchase more Flowers if you want but every packaged shipped gets one free all the same.

500th Anniversary of the Battle of Pavia in 1525!  Amazing event half a millennium later which we have marked with a blanket 20% off every order at checkout (no code needed and shown on screen).  This ends shortly on 3rd March 2025.  While it honours soldiers of the time and in turn our 16th Century Furioso Renaissance Range the discount covers all ranges and everything we make.

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500th Anniversary of Pavia 1525 honouring the ghosts with 20% off

The 24th of February 2025 is the 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Pavia the most famous battle of The Italian Wars. It was the decisive engagement of the war of 1521–1526 between the Kingdom of France and the Habsburg Empire of Charles V the Holy Roman Emperor. Nearly fifty five thousand men took to the field and France was utterly defeated.  This exposed Italy to Hapsburg domination and swung the balance of European power.  Read more about it HERE.

Here is our way to give blood to the ghosts of these soldiers of the Renaissance. 20% off auto at checkout on ANY orders placed until 3th March 2025. You need do nothing but add to cart; discount is shown during checkout.  This offer applies to ANY codes though we are pointing it at our 15mm Furioso Renaissance Range and as usual anything on special or in our Deals and Offers page it’s discount is also applied.

An ideal time to get into the great rules set Furioso written by Steve Danes (author of Sengoku Monster Hunter and Doom Squad among others).  Playable in any scale and well loved by wargamers world wide there are two books these being the core rules and The Italian Wars expansion. In print and digital download. 

The 15mm scale range is huge and features infantry, cavalry, command, personalities, artillery well as loads of Landsknects and pre-made armies which come with free element bases.  Every code is a single miniature for tailoring your choices.  Many miniatures ideally suited for Pavia such as MR20 and MR133 to MR139.

As said this discount is a blanket one to mark this unique half millennium anniversary and it applies to anything you put in the cart so if you fancied some 28mm Fantasy Dwarfs or 15mm Ion Age Science Fiction or anything else we make this is a good time.  Plus you will automatically get EH09 Flower of Evil III in your package for free.  Excellent!

Here is to the ghosts and may someday war be only found upon the tops of our tables and in miniature.

Grima Combat Robot Gun Team new 28mm Ion Age

In the vast echoing expanse of the Vanda hydrogen refinery’s wide primary conducting corridor, two Grima Combat Robots stood vigilant, their angular, matte-white frames scarred from past engagements and faintly aglow under the harsh flicker of overhead lights. They flanked a hovering Espaten gun platform which mounted a formidable Valerin laser cannon thrumming with a low, menacing hum, its barrel traced with pulsing lines of blue energy. Cables snaked along the walls, hissing with the faint whine of pressurized air, water and other fluids. The Militia controller in charge of the robots was a hundred metres further down the corridor behind a thick barricade.  She angled the control unit into line of sight and issued commands to the waiting machines. “Enemy approaches….Hold Position...Rapid Fire...Avoid Overheat...Pin the Enemy...Enemy is Malig.”

The Grima Gunner’s multifaceted optical sensors whirred in sync, clicking as they tracked the guttural snarls and staccato clatter of Maia 9.6mm gunfire echoing off the reinforced walls, the goblins’ hunched, sinewy forms bursting into view through a haze of distortion from flung smoke grenades. Yelling they sprayed wild bursts from their weapons.  “Enact Programme...Proceed.” 

With a sharp whine, the floating Espanten platform’s cannon came to life and its muzzle flaring. The second Grima, keeling directed the searing Valerin beam which carved through the front wave; vaporizing goblins mid-stride. Then, adjusted the angle, the robots unleashing a second blast that scorched a jagged line across the Goblins; silencing a chorus of Maia fire in a burst of molten flesh. The twin Grima Combat Robots remained unyielding, their servos hissing amid the acrid tang of burnt metal and flesh.  More Maligs were coming...a lot more.

New releases in the 28mm scale Ion Age this week as we add a requested code to the line up of Grima Combat Robots in the service of the Prydian Precinct.  Alongside gun teams for Retained Knights and Planetary Militia we have the first of two for these programmable soldiers.  The new two miniature gun team ‘man's’ the Portable Weapon as seen above and can be had as the pack or as singles like the range of the mighty range.

IB96 Grima Gun Team (IA281,IA282). This pack contains two 28mm scale metal miniatures.

IA281 Grima Gunner with enhanced optical viewer head

IA282 Grima Gunner kneeling with gun control unit

We have gun teams for Retained Knights, Muster and Planetary Militia which go well with all the Portable Weapon Platforms.

We have over thirty poses of Grima Combat Robot along with a four man male and four female control team for them.  Platoon packs offer the best value though the range is in packs and all as single poses too.

Malig Space Goblins the most numerous and expendable troops of the alien Shia Khan Empire. The new ones were sculpted by Sam Croes.

Work this year continues on The Ion Age and new editions of MOTH and Firefight to support the growth of the 28mm range.  News on this as it happens of course but for now we wish to thank you for the support of Alternative Armies and our space opera setting.  This is our sole release news in this scale and setting for February 2025.

Thanks for your Time

Adore a Monster FM24v2 The Silent Shambler returns at half price

Alternative Armies is working away. From Flintloque to The Ion Age to Erin and many other ranges and scales there are new creations a plenty from our wee team. Among these projects is one ongoing which is close to our hearts; the restoration of Asgard Miniatures. A titan of the 1980’s miniatures landscape its models are one by one, range by range; returning on our website. New molding means new life from legendary masters such as Nick Bibby, Jes Goodwin, John Blanche and others. 

While Asgard restoration has slowed down after Jes Goodwin’s Dwarfs and the epic undertaking of his entire massive Orc Range and we have been tending to our own 1990’s codes (see the DH Dwarven Hosts Range) there is still Asgard work going on. The first of the 2025 restored codes is ready and is here with a great Valentines Weekend Offer.  We invite you to Adore a Monster with 50% off regular price until 18th February on The Silent Shambler!

FM24v2 The Silent Shambler:  A one piece metal miniature which is 37mm tall to the top of the figure. Long arms ending in claws and a mouth full of teeth this creature never makes a sound.  Sculpted by Nick Bibby and our one painted by Studio Maxi to perfection.  It will function in 28mm scale but also 15mm and even 6mm as a monster.

Above you can see an Alternate Stars 28mm Sci-fi miniature facing off with the Silent Shambler perhaps in an alien hunt scenario?  A Dwarven Shield Maiden as well as a 15mm Elf Lancer on Horse show you its size in the fray with fantasy opponents.

The D5 Spike Tailed Dragon Lizard is 75mm long and 25mm in height and in two piece metal. Sculpted by Nick Bibby.  This was last years Love the Monster fun for Valentines Day and its 20% off too.  See all of Nick Bibby’s other restored work on the website in its own collection. 

Fancy something free for your miniature garden?  Every shipped order until March 10th 2025 automatically gets the brand new EH09 Flower of Evil included for free.  Yes totally free.  You need do nothing but order and it will be put in the package by us.

Keeping the fun in tabletop gaming and love of miniatures in your life.