FM27v2 Half Troll Chieftain by Nick Bibby restored

Our last classic Asgard restored code for 2024 is one which has been asked for since we began this process five years ago. A miniature which featured in many books and had fantastic paint jobs by artists of its era. With a face only a mother could love we present the Half Orc Chieftain sculpted by Nick Bibby. Painted by Studio Maxi Costales.

FM27v2 Half Troll Chieftain:  This code contains a single metal one piece creature in armour and armed with an Axe.  it stands 35mm to the top of the head.

Added to the dedicated page of Nick Bibby Asgard Miniatures where all of his work is collected alongside two dozen others such as Trolls, monsters and more.  

See also Nick Bibby’s superb Dragon Lizards as well for some really unique foes on the table.

We will continue to restore more Asgard in 2025 with the remaining FM codes and then a beginning on the remaining Collector Sets as we have already completed the 28mm Science Fiction as well as Space Marines and the (warning graphic content) adult themed Torture Chamber Range too. A huge undertaking in which it has been very heartening to continue to receive messages of good will and enjoyment from those who wanted to add to their 80’s collection or who were too young first time around.

FM65 Flying Reptile with Wraith by Nick Bibby restored

Now returned to the world into the classic 1980’s Asgard Fantasy Monsters Range a requested code to lead your Undead Army.

FM65 Flying Reptile with Wraith:  This is a metal kit containing a Creature and a Rider.  The beast is in three pieces being body and two wings while the rider is one piece.  28mm scale and when assembled this model is 50mm tall and 80mm long.  You can choose from the pack (kit) or the beast only or the rider only on the page.  Many different Human sized riders will fit the beast. Sculpted by Nick Bibby now remastered.

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Studio Maxi Costales has done a fantastic job painting the entire range of Jes Goodwin’s Orcs and the thus far restored Dungeon Adventurers Range too.  He has painted the FM47 Wraith above which is back as well as the FM65 Flying Reptile.  Excellent!

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New HOT Savage Lizardmen 15mm and HOTT 24AP Army

Cold blooded but hot on your gaming table we have four more codes of our Savage Lizardmen now released into the HOT 15mm Fantasy Range. Our last 15mm fantasy releases of 2024.  All of the Lizardmen are metal and their riding beasts are resin.  Now over one hundred and sixty codes in the range...

These miniatures go excellently with the free any scale HOT159 Holt the Treeman in orders until 3rd December 2024.  Now let us see what is new...

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HOT155 Savage Lizardmen Beastmaster:  This pack contains ten mixed miniatures that being two poses of Lizardman with whip and then six of the same creature.  You can choose the pack or sampler (one of each pose) or creature alone if you wish on the page.

HOT156 Savage Lizardmen Command:  Rule over your warriors on the field of battle with this pack of ten mixed miniatures giving you a High Lord on Foot, a Magician, Assassin, Female Magician and a Guard.  Evenly mixed poses in pack or choose from the sampler (one of each pose) on the page.

HOT157 Savage Lizardmen Elders:  The elders are those warriors given leadership of hosts in times of war.  This pack contains ten mixed miniatures of three poses a Banner Bearers, an Officer and a Musician.  Evenly mixed in pack or choose the sampler on the page.  This code leads your infantry such as HOT127 as well as HOT119 and HOT134 when forming units.

HOT158 Savage Lizardmen Mounted Elders: Iguanosaurs are the riding beasts of the Savage Lizardmen and this pack contains four mixed cavalry of three poses which are Banner Bearer, Officer and Musician.  Evenly mixed in the pack or choose the sampler on the page.  This code leads your cavalry such as HOT141 and HOT142 when forming units.

There are a total of twenty two different codes contains under the internal range tag of SAVAGE LIZARDMEN with a wide array of infantry, cavalry, flyers as well as a Behemoth and Lizard Ogres and artillery.  As with all codes it is pack and sampler within ideal for battle or skirmish.

HOTT1024 Savage Lizardman Army:  A complete 24AP Army Pack including all needed miniatures a free element bases for use in HOTT 2nd Edition.  This army pack joins our other two dozen armies for this wargame including High Elves, Undead, Orcs, Dwarves and much more.  All with a good saving too.

This is our last new release news for 15mm Fantasy in 2024 and we thank you for your continued support.  Have you seen our HIGH ELVES array of codes? Infantry, Cavalry, Creatures, Heroes, Chariot and more such as HOT117 above. 

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Nearly 60 Base choices with second round of MDF codes added

Your miniatures need to stand tall and to stand proud to win.  Allow us at Alternative Armies to assist you in this noble pursuit of making your warriors ready for the fray.  We have added a further six options of MDF bases to our array which covers wood, resin, metal and plastic in a great many shapes and sizes.

This time following on from squares it is circles of larger sizes.  From 25mm to 30mm, 40mm, 50mm, 75mm to 100mm round.  See our Bases for Miniatures Range for near sixty choices.

Winter Mega Event 2024 is on!  Until 5th December automatically 20% off at checkout plus 115 new releases and free code in every order shipped.  See the ARTICLE for details.

Here is a use for the 40mm Round Base to stand your Warbot upon.  See the Alternate Stars Range for such machines of conflict.

The 75mm Round Base would give a nice surround to lift Nick Bibby’s NB1 Barbarian (65mm tall) which has its integral metal base supplied with it.

What a 100mm Round Base is ideal for is a diorama of 28mm Scenics or to be put under a GNATS Mecha from the HOF 15mm Range each of which is 100mm or 90mm tall.

The smallest base and done by request of Laserburn fans is the 16mm Round which ideal for those miniatures and Asgard 15mm sci-fi too as these are true scale 15mm and smaller than our HOF and Ion Age ranges which use 20mm round bases.

Latest news from the mold makers. Restored!  VNT8 Grizzly Owls.  Two different hooting monsters from the late 1980’s originally Reider Design but with us for decades.  Painted here by Olihot27 on Instagram.  Stands 30mm tall sculpted by Dave Gallagher.

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Patrol Angis book Khanate Return plus Posters back in stock!

We are delighted to announce a major amount of new paper now in stock at Alternative Armies.  Check out The Ion Age Publications collection for all our books and posters.

The Khanate Return the third book for Patrol Angis which goes along with the core Patrol Angis game book and its expansion Callsign Taranis has a new print run. Within it is the background of an alien invasion along with army lists and rules for the Shia Khan Empire and the Planetary Militia. Every book can also be had as a digital download too.

It has been a while but now all eight of our high quality A3 Poster Prints are back in stock.  Artwork, book covers, star maps, uniform plates and of course Happy Burger eateries too.  Put them on your wall.  Several can be had signed by the artist too.

If you want to get into Patrol Angis the best way is the Game Pack which gives you the core book as well as two forces of 15mm miniatures and bases plus dice too.  The miniatures are two sides but ideal for combining once you have further figures and of course as it is the Prydian Civil War they can fight on either side.  Save off single prices and a unique Knight Errant miniatures is in the Game Pack which only comes with it.

Starvaulters are the elite of the Prydian Army the best of the best.  Knights of the Stellar Vastness who wear superior powered armour and carry laser weapons. Packs with singles within (IAF159,IAF178,IAF179 and IAF180) for the twenty poses or IAFP14 Starvaulter Platoon for all of them with a saving and free unique Hero added too.  Find rules for playing them in Patrol Angis for free on our Ion Age Downloads Page.

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BR043 Carver Scout Cars 6mm new by Bradley Miniatures

The forty third code in the great Bradley Miniatures 6mm Range is now on the website.  Remember also to check out the Bradley Miniatures 15mm Range for larger versions of some of their vehicles.  This is our only release in this scale until the end of the year.  We welcome the nippy recon vehicle Carver!

BR042 Carver Scout Car: The Carver provides excellent scouting to any embedded or advancing force planet side in most environment theatres.  Enough firepower to support infantry and to match up with armoured troop carriers too. Each Carver is one piece (integral cannon) or two pieces (separate turret.  Assembled it is 20mm long, 8mm tall and 10mm wide.  Choose from pack of four (equal mix) or single vehicle on the page.

Winter Mega Event 2024 is on!  Until 5th December automatically 20% off at checkout plus 115 new releases and free code in every order shipped.  See the ARTICLE for details.

At the other end of the armour spectrum the mighty BR042 Erzherzog is a monster of metal used to smash through enemy formations and fortifications.

The Bradley 6mm Range contains an array of choices of infantry, power armoured infantry, bikes, light vehicles, medium and heavy vehicles as well as skimmers, a mighty Dropship plus towering Mecha and walkers.  Also behemoths such as the BR020 Kourian Super Heavy Tank.

Good for any game system in the 6mm scale and every code comes as a pack or choice of singles within it on the page.

Check out UM016 USEME 6mm Science Fiction written by Vic Dobson which gives fast play and easy to learn rules including solo play to use with any range of miniatures including Bradley’s.  In pocket sized Print and as a Digital Download too.

Our 6mm Terrain Range presents twenty eight different buildings as well as bundles and saver sets.

The Latest Hobby and Artist News!

Resident artist of Valon! Our own Hogarth of Flintloque has new artwork for the upcoming Moskova Volunteers big release 2nd Dec 2024.  Edward Jackson illustrates the free game stats PDF which will be out at the same time. Enjoy this sneak peek.  Skeletons anyone? 

French Fusilier (F105) and Line Grenadier (F109) painted by Spillingpaints_Studio. Classic 15mm Tabletop Miniature Range of the 1980’s restored by Alternative Armies.  Huge choice and all as single miniatures. 

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Grima Robots 28mm wave two 16 new poses with Female Control Team

Last year we brought a new faction to the massive 28mm Ion Age range; Grima Combat Robots and their Planetary Militia controllers.  Those sixteen miniatures have now been joined by a further sixteen based on requests.  The range now nears three hundred poses with the second release of Grima Combat Robots with Female Planetary Militia Controllers!

The Planetary Militia are present on virtually every world of the Prydian Precinct and while the bulk of its troops are Men and Women there is another type of soldier who fights; the Grima Combat Robots. Under Human control at all times and incapable of independent thought these machines selflessly serve using the same weapons and equipment that regular Planetary Militia’s do. Specialist operators control them issuing programmed orders. 

If you wish to read in depth into the Gurtan Activation in 4302IC and about the Grima Robots there is an ARTICLE to glean more.

Winter Mega Event 2024 is on!  Until 5th December automatically 20% off at checkout plus 115 new releases and free code in every order shipped.  See the ARTICLE for details.

See all of the GRIMA ROBOTS or the PLANETARY MILITIA on the website refined searches.  These follow up on the brand new PORTABLE WEAPONS and their gun teams for Retained Knights, Muster, Militia plus the Shia Khan Empire last month.  Platoon’s give you two poses free, value packs give a small saving and as always every miniature is a single code too.  Here we go!

IP08 Grima Robot Rifle Platoon (IB92,IB93,IB94,IB95)

Sixteen miniatures with two included for free.

IB92 Grima Rifle Squad (IA265,IA266,IA267,IA268)

Dramatic Moth Rifle armed Combat Robot poses to expand your force.

IB93 Grima Rifle Squad II (IA269,IA270,IA271,IA272)

A fire team of Combat Robots with Rifles and a Charlatan Launcher.

IB94 Grima Close Assault Squad (IA273,IA274,IA275,IA276)

Armed with Urgan Combat Shotgun and Minstrel Taser these are urban assault robots.

IB95 Planetary Miniature Female Grima Control Squad (IA277,IA278,IA279,IA280)

The Female Human operators and maintainers of the Combat Robots.

Here is a painted example of the typical uniforms of the Grima Combat Robot taken from the first releases last year.  Every planet has its own ideas on colouration with some core worlds matching the robots to regiments of Muster or even Retained powered plate armour.  See code IP06 for the first platoon and packs IB63 to IB66.

Currently in the works at Alternative Armies are playing drafts of MOTH 2.0 and early work on a new edition of Firefight as well.  These, among many other updates, will feature mechanics for the Grima Robots.  

Finally on Thursday 28th November towards the end of the Winter Mega Event we will have the release news of the new 28mm Malig Goblins..the first since 1993.

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