OH6 and OH16 Fantasy Dogmen Packs Released!

Two more packs released into our classic 25mm /28mm fantasy range by Alternative Armies.  We are working on with the OH series of codes and this time we follow up on the Cros Goblin Raiders and the Goblin Wolf Cavalry with our Dogmen.  Savage half canines that have a bite much worse than their bark! Go HERE. The two packs are as follows:

OH6 Dogmen Warriors

From what are the Dogmen?  Are they of mankind or something else?  Lore tells us they are the resulting were creatures of dark magicks that drove some insane and others to an undeath while the rest changed into these things.  But I am not so sure.  The soldiers of Irkegrad have brought me many mangled corpses and from them, with the aid of my knives, I have made some revelations.  Dogmen are “Canum Cobalorum” they have the inner workings of Goblins.  Pricked ears and long tongues yes but the same muscles and formed bones as their smaller relations.  This origin?  I still have no trueness and with my back bent with age I doubt I ever will on that score. 

This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 24mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH6-01: Dogman with Axe.

OH6-02: Dogman with Bow.

OH6-03: Dogman with Mace and Shield.

OH6-04: Dogman lunging with Polearm.

OH16 Dogmen Elites

Though they come to your court of minor nobility dressed in polished armour and with their fur combed and perfumed do not be fooled by these Dog Warriors into hiring them with your silver.  For those who come to the court are the least of their kind.  The least fierce, the least demented and the least vicious.  Even then they must control themselves with mighty effort for the “Canum Cobalorum” kin of the Goblins have the taste for Man flesh.  See you a stream of drool escape from even one lipless mouth and know that once your silver is taken your kin will be next into their clawed hands.  They have not the loyalty of Dogs.

This code contains four different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 28mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH16-01: Dogman in armour with Sword and Shield.

OH16-02: Dogman in armour with Sword.

OH16-03: Dogman in armour with Axe and Shield.

OH16-04: Dogman in armour with Spear.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Dogmen of ruined Pudigrochumsberg coming for Flintloque

“A blackened and burned land is all that remains of the once thriving kingdom of Pudigrochumsberg the victims of the Ostarian Emperor Klaffenhund’s madness.  In an attempt to gain popularity during the Ferach Revolution the Emperor decided to test his newly uniformed in white and musket armed Dog soldiers against this prosperous nation....” 

Its time to announce the second half of our plan for 2015 for Flintloque and Slaughterloo.  Following up on the whole new Dwarven Von Rotte Legion at the start of this year we are going to add another whole brand new army of white metal 28mm miniatures to the World of Valon.  This time it is the Dogmen of the blackened and burned wasteland that used to be Pudigrochumsberg.  That's right the mortal enemies of The Empire of Ostaria and until now a legend and little known in figure form will now be a whole army for fans of our unique black powder fantasy wargames.

It was in the late 1990's that Pudigrochumsberg first appeared in Orcs in the Hills magazine as a foil for not only some superb jokes and puns about our love for Doggies but also a foil for the mad Emperor Klaffenhund.  Over the next ten years mentions were made and a single code sculpted by Elton Waters for wargamers to add to their Confederation of Finklestein armies alongside other Dogmen as well as Dwarves and Ogres.  With the retiral of this code we proceeded onto other miniatures such as Trolkin and Elf Dragoons as well as many others but the ruined kingdom of King Bonio kept cropping up with players interested in just what was going on there and the troops who fight there.   The foundations of today’s announcement were placed into 5028 Flintloque 3rd Edition Beir and Bones on page 45.

Page 45 spoke of the Pudigrochumsberg Line of the Rache Carabinier light infantry and the Hundmorger Dragoons as well as King Bonio and special characters and I am delighted to tell you that all of these units and more will be appearing in the coming months.  In fact we are planning the entire army including infantry, command, cavalry, artillery and more ending in a full Divisional Army Pack.  The design work is being done by our lead designer the very talented Sam Croes who also did the work on the Von Rotte Legion.  We will be making releases towards this goal month by month.  We will begin with the core of the army the Pudigrochumberg Line Infantry and will soon be showing the 28mm sculpts which have just been submitted for master molding this week.

Line Sergeant green by Sam Croes

I welcome questions and comments here and by email to enquiries(at)alternative-armies.com.  I look forward to speaking to you.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

OH Goblin Raiders, Spear and Wolf Cavalry Packs Released!

Alternative Armies is proud to now release more classic 25mm /28mm scale miniatures as part of our ongoing programme to bring our mighty range back to the world of wargaming. Following up on the two codes in the 'Kev's Creatures' range KC1 Lesser Goblins and KC2 Mountain Orcs we now have four more codes giving you OH Goblin Infantry and Cavalry to put into the fray!

The four packs are as follows:

OH3 Cros Goblin Raiders

“Damn the name of Yardugul Cros to the deepest depths of the vile pit that spawned him.  His raiders have slaughtered peasants and nobles alike and while the commoners matter not to the throne the loss of persons of quality must be stopped.  The city guard will lay an ambush and when Cros raiders arrive eager for blood and plunder they will meet out steel and our lances.  Yardugal Cros will die by my blade and the rest of his Goblin vermin will be skewered upon poles to line the road back to the palace.  This will be and I Baron Hardstrain will see to it!” 

This code contains five different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 21mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH3-01: Goblin squatting with pained expression, holding sword.

OH3-02: Goblin with Axe raised and shield.

OH3-03: Goblin with dead Crow standard.

OH3-04: Goblin running with shield and Scimitar.

OH3-05: Goblin standing growling with Axe lowered.

OH4 Cros Goblin Spears

“I shall take none of the blame in this debacle.  The fault lays with the knights, with the squires and with the peasantry who fled in the face of Yardugal Cros warband of Goblins.  It is true that we did not think them so many.  It is true that we did not think them so well armed and armoured.  It is also true that due to an illness brought upon me during the previous night I had to led the ambush from the rear.  It is not true that I shook in my satin boots at the sound of screams and sword clash nor that I hid in a pig sty and befouled my silk breeches.  Yardugal narrowly carried the field...next time he will be mine!”

This code contains five different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures approx 21mm average height.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required with some white metal miniatures. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH4-01: Goblin armoured and lunging with Spear.

OH4-02: Goblin armoured leaning on Spear.

OH4-03: Goblin armoured running ducked with Spear and shield.

OH4-04: Goblin capering, armoured with Spear and shield.

OH4-05: Goblin armoured with horned helm and Spear advancing.

OH5 Goblin Wolf Cavalry I

“With a speed that is deceptive and agility unmatched by any horse the wolf riders can appear from a tree line and charge with little time to react to them.  Ranging far ahead of the Goblin hordes they are scouts and mounted archers and while no threat to an army they are a pest and can be lethal for an isolated garrison or patrol.  Often the howl of the wolves is the portent of doom for those poor souls.”

This code contains two different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures (four pieces) approx 26mm average height assembled.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH5-01: Goblin Rider with Sword and shield.  Wolf in walking or running pose.

OH5-02: Goblin Rider with Mace and shield. Wolf in walking or running pose.

OH7 Goblin Wolf Cavalry II

“I know the horses of the Imperial Guard are trained to kick and stomp and even bite the foes as their riders sweep with sword and level with lance but the wolf riders of the Goblins are worse for a poor foot archer like me.  Worse because they stalk you, they circle you and then they lope in low and fast before baring yellowed teeth and trying to tear your throat out.  Ignore the screaming Goblin on its back...make sure your last arrow finds the eye of the wolf!” 

This code contains two different 25mm / 28mm white metal miniatures (four pieces) approx 26mm average height assembled.  Great quality, choice and value. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu.  Choose from a pack, three packs with a 10% saving applied and single miniatures.  Total choice!  Assembly is required. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH7-01: Goblin Rider with Bow.  Wolf in walking or running pose.

OH7-02: Goblin Rider with Spear. Wolf in walking or running pose.

These packs are added to the Goblin and Orc Horde page of our website to the codes already there. There will be further releases in the near future.

The Alternative Armies classic high fantasy range dates from the period of the early 1990's through to the end of that decade.  Designed by leading names in the wargaming industry and highly successful in its day this range has been on hiatus.  Alternative Armies, under the name 'Project Darkhelm' is dedicated to re-mastering, re-molding and re-releasing this entire range back onto the market.  We will be doing this work at a measured pace maintaining high quality and excellent pricing. During and beyond this process Project Darkhelm will see the range continue to be expanded in the mediums of white metal and high grade resin using top industry designers in new releases.  Every pose in each pack is unique with no duplicates making them perfect for skirmish wargaming, roleplaying and unit building for any battle system. 

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Lastly as many of you will know Alternative Armies offers a full pro-painting service with custom basing to its customers but did you know that as well as Flintloque, Slaughterloo, Erin and Typhon you can also get our 28mm scale Fantasy miniatures painted and based from us at great prices?  Since we manufacture our own miniatures and hand paint them here in Scotland you get superb value.  Go along to our Pro-Paint Miniatures page to see our latest stock which, for fantasy, is sets of KC2 Mountain Orcs at just 6.00GBP each or 15.00GBP for the set of three.  Painted and on 30mm round bases they are big and mean and ready for your wargaming table.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Pebeo Paints back in full stock!

All of the miniatures you see on our websites and purchase from us pro-painted and based across Alternative Armies, 15mm.co.uk and The Ion Age are all painted with Pebeo paints which we offer on each of our websites. This short announcement is to let you know that we now have all colours of paint, all inks and medium along with support items back in full stock as of now. 

The Paint Rack 

Alternative Armies supplies many thousands of pro-painted miniatures to hundreds of happy and returning customers. We aim to offer high quality acrylic paints suitable for use with all manner of wargaming miniatures and kits from white metal to resin and plastic along with terrain piece creation. The Pebeo Studio collection. We use these paints, inks and medium in our own studio painting and offer them to you as well. Excellent pricing and true artist paints that will make your miniatures into small works of fighting art. Professional finish and great coverage too. Have a look HERE for Paints and HERE for Inks and HERE for Brushes. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

The Massed Cavalry of Frederick der Kleine

To the stirring sounds of martial music the impressive cavalry collection of Flintloque miniatures belonging to Bob Minadeo over in the USA makes its way across the battlefield in a short video on Youtube. You can watch it above or click HERE. Well done Bob! 

The miniatures you can see in the video are from the Von Rotte Legion which you can see over on our website HERE. Infantry, Command, Cavalry, Artillery, Light Infantry and Casualties along with a full Slaughterloo Divisional Army Pack (DAP) which gives you a whole army with an 18% saving. Bob has unique uniforms for the Frederick der Kleine units which are very different to the red coats and white of the Von Rotte Legion. Here are some select pictures of these Dwarves from our collection. 

52521 Von Rotte Light Grenadiers

Von Rotte Hussars and Cuirassiers 52520 and 52519

52517 Von Rotte Command Set

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS