Pudigroan Line and Casualties released for Flintloque

Here they are the first two codes in the whole Pudigrochumsberg Army which is in development at Alternative Armies.  We begin here and will expand with a general, cavalry, light infantry and far more across the rest of this year month by month.  Today it is the turn of the core unit in the Army of the Ruined Dogman nation the Line Infantry and their poor brother hounds who have fallen in battle. These first releases also see the creation of a new category page on our website for the Pudigroan and you can see it HERE.  All of the codes released in the army will be placed here. Additionally we have free worldwide postage just now on all orders over 10.00GBP product value until 30th September all you need to do is add to the cart the rest is automatic.  Read on!

56589 Pudigroan Dogman Line (10)  18.00GBP

This is a set of ten 28mm white metal Dogman miniatures giving you the core regular troops to form your Line Infantry sections and units; the centre of your new force.  These are for use with the rest of the Pudigrochumsberg army but they also serve well in Confederation of Finklestein collections and also revolutionary older style Ostarian Empire forces.   The command poses are an Officer smoking a clay pipe with his hand on a sheathed sword, a Flag Bearer with standard pole and shouldered Musket, a Drummer beating the advance and lastly a Sergeant with drawn sword and an ornate spontoon as well.  The mixed trooper poses are walking with shouldered musket, advancing with musket, reloading musket and finally raising musket to fire at the enemy.  These Dogmen are all 'poodle' types making them the same average height and bulk as an Elf and they use Standard Muskets.  They would make an excellent skirmish section in their own right. You  can choose this set of eight or a full unit of twenty with a saving or the option of purchasing a single trooper to add to your forces. We also offer the additional choice of purchase pro-painted and based by our team here in Scotland.  Go HERE.

56123 Pudigroan Line Casualties (4) 8.00GBP

This is a pack of 28mm white metal Dogman miniatures which give you the sadly now demised casualty markers for the 56589 Pudigroan Dogman Line miniatures.  As with those they will function equally well in the Confederation of Finklestein or older style Ostarian Empire forces.  This pack contains four randomly mixed of two poses.  The casualty poses are a dead Dogmen in line uniform with musket laying face up tongue lolling and tricorne by his side and a face down Dogman in line uniform arm outstretched.  These Dogmen are all 'poodle' types making them the same average height and bulk as an Elf and they use Standard Muskets.  They would make excellent diorama or scenic objectives in their own right. We also offer the additional choice of purchase pro-painted and based by our team here in Scotland.  Go HERE.

For players of our wargames you can find use these miniatures with 5028 Beir & Bones Flintloque 3rd edition, go HERE, and 5030 Slaughterloo go HERE.

We hope you enjoy these new miniatures which were designed, sculpted, molded and painted here in the UK and there are a lot more to come.  If you want to look at previous postings on our blog about the Ruined Kingdom of Pudigrochumsberg you can do so by looking to the right column and the 'Labels' section.  Seek out the 'Pudigrochumsberg' label and click on it.  This will bring up all of the posts.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Flintloque in Pudigrochumsberg during the Bier Wars

With the release of the first codes in the brand new Pudigrochumsberg Army I wanted to let Flintloque and Slaughterloo players and fans in on what is going on here at Alternative Armies in the World of Valon.  For while the Von Rotte Legion and the Army of the ruined Dog Kingdom are both allies of the Ferach Empire and enemies of Ostaria..they were not always so.  Back before the formation of the Confederation of Finklestein and the Krautian League, before the Elves marched to victory across central Urop there was the time of the Unified Powers, the time of the Severed Ears War or to give it the name the Dwarves favour..the Bier Wars!

The Dwarven Beir Wars focused on cities such as Monich, Barlin and Cohol and was on the whole a conflict between a hundred tiny stattes of Dwarves but it did spill out to the Dutchy of Brewswick and involved the then thriving kingdom of Pudigrochumsberg.  Both these smaller lands bordering what became the Confederation of Finklestein and while Artur of Krautia came to blows with Brewswick over the theft of bier casks it was a personal feud between Frederick Von Ales the Baron Von Rotte and the king of Pudigrochumsberg.  King Bonio of the Dogmen was a firm friend of the Baron and even offered his troops barracking and rations within Pudigrochumsberg when the opportunity arose.  However over a fine meal at the royal palace in Saltzbark the king offended the Baron in a way that led to a short war between the two!

Saltzbark is the capital of Pudigrochumsberg and then it was a thriving city famed for many fine goods and among those most to the fore was the tailoring of fine clothes.  As a gift for his friend Frederick Von Ales the king had several suits of silk clothes made and then presented them in person at the palace during the evening feast.  Smiling the Baron opened the ribbons securing the package of clothes and then as his face changed from jovial enjoyment to anger the chatter at the tables quietened and eventually even the musicians stopped playing. A passing Dogman servant looked over the Dwarf's shoulder and giggled. Standing the Baron threw the opened package along the full length of the table scattering food and drink as well as candles and cutlery.  The bundle skidded to as halt on the plate of the king who sat in open mouthed amazement at the other end of the great table.  The Baron roared in anger that he was no prancing Elf, no popinjay and that silver buttons fashioned thus were fit only for a Todoroni.  King Bonio stood and lifting out the garments from the strewn package realised with horror that they were actually meant for the queen.  A dress in bright pink silk with black lace and silver buttons in the shape of wine goblets.  Before anything else could be said the Baron Von Rotte rose and strode out of the hall and in a clatter of chairs his officers also rose and followed him.  At the double doors the now scarlet faced Baron shouted over his shoulder that Bonio should prepare for war.  That by the end of the year he would make the king wear that very dress and throw him in to the pens of the Pummilig riding Pigs.  And so began the short and vicious Silage War.

The War of Silage was a minor part of the Bier Wars but it saw two small but professional armies go toe to toe and featured three major battles and dozens of skirmishes which set the soldiers of Pudigrochumsberg in good stead for the coming war against Ostaria and its murdering lunatic leader the Emperior Klaffenhund.

So playing out The War of Silage in Flintloque as part of the Dwarf Bier Wars.  It is the goal of the Baron Von Rotte to capture the city of Saltzbark and thereby King Bonio to make the king wear the pink dress and to throw him in the pig pen.  To that end a chain of scenarios can be assembled building towards this goal.  I hope to get at least some of these scenarios ready and published for free during the time that Alternative Armies is sculpting and releasing Pudigroan miniatures and of course all of the Von Rotte Legion is already released.

The images in this article are all taken from the early work for the first scenario in the chain currently titled 'Paddling with Pigs'.  This scenario sees a border incursion by Hussar light cavalry against an outpost of Line infantry with the aim of preventing the Dwarves from crossing the river until a rider dispatched to battalion can bring some Dogman cavalry forward to assist the Pudigroan.

These will be interesting scenarios as they are set before the current backdrop of the Beir & Bones book for Flintloque and are closer to the Ferach Revolutionary Wars than the Mordredian Wars. You can visit the Von Rotte Legion and Pudigroan Dogmen on our website. Input is most welcome by email and comment as always and I hope you enjoyed reading this article.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

28mm Dwarf Runic Golem Kit Concepting

“The Guild of Spellsmiths and the Guild of Blacksmiths do not often clank tankards of Beir but when they do great things happen.  Imagine said Gumblebeard the greatest of the white wizards what we could do with an axe wielder as large as the common Troll but alas our magics will not take a physical form on the field of battle without intricate preparation.  Such preparation is hard enough without some stinking Gobber trying to cave your skull in.  Tamble 'Blowback' Rustmaker chief of the Guild of Blacksmiths replied to this impassioned speech without spilling a drop of golden hops.  Such a huge warrior would be most welcome and we can hammer and smith our way to clothing him but there is no Dwarf in the realm so big to wear it...  Sparkes of raw mind forging flew from them both and with a resounding clank of tankards they spoke in unison.  Between us we can build it and bind it with magic runes.  A golem will take to the field of battle.  A Dwarf Runic Golem!”

The Alternative Armies studio headed up by our lead designer Sam Croes is working on a brand new addition to our High Fantasy range of 28mm scale miniatures.  Its going to be ready in a few weeks time and now does exist as a prototype model kit however this article is to introduce it and show you the concepting work that went into it.  A Runic Golem is a magic construct of the Dwarfs created by joint effort of their smiths and mages which then obeys simple instructions.  Its not a 'steam and cogs' creation its a magic one in a more traditional Dwarf under mountain stronghold.  

As you can see the Dwarf Runic Golem stands about three times the height of a typical Dwarf warrior (the final model will be about 60mm tall) and is emblazoned with powerful runes all over its metal body.  It has thick steel armour making it a match for any Goblin or Orc and even smaller Trolls toe to toe.  It takes a lot of punishment to break the runes and consign this moving magic suit of armour to its end.  

The form of the Runic Golem is that of a huge dwarven warrior.  Stocky, slightly hunched over and with a head sat directly onto its shoulders it is perfectly capable of fighting out in the open but it is in the caverns and tunnels that the golem comes into its own.  Able to press itself into the tunnels and using twin double headed axes to carve a path along them the golem can rid a hold of Goblins in short order.  

We hope you have enjoyed looking at the concept art for this new 28mm scale kit.

The code of this all resin kit will be DH15 and it will join the other fourteen pack codes and a multitude giving you everything with a saving on the Dwarfish Hosts page of our website in a few weeks time.  We have about sixty five different poses and pieces in the DH series including Dwarfs, Halflings, Gnomes, Artillery, Cavalry and Adventurers.  Great for any fantasy system such as Song of Blades and Heroes. Enjoy!

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

OH13, OH14, OH15 Goblin Warrior Packs Released!

Three packs released into our classic 25mm / 28mm fantasy range by Alternative Armies.  We are at half way point with the OH series of codes and this time we give you the core Goblin Warriors (all from 1991 and designed by Andy Cooper) that are in the OH line.  Following up on last time when we gave you the excellent OH28 Goblin Chariot kit which is already on the website.  We have free worldwide postage just now on all orders over 10.00GBP product value until 30th September all you need to do is add to the cart the rest is automatic. The three packs are as follows:

“There are few blood feuds that are as deeply felt and as long lasting as that between the Dwarves and the Goblins.  Indeed in the under mountain and the great stone halls war is continual between these two wildly different races.  Armour and axes wielded with stubborn skill is matched with greater numbers and a wild joy of savagery with crude club and blade.  But they are not too different for in the tongues of both you will find brutal mention of each other.  The rune words of the Dwarvish for chamber pot and for cloak hook come from the crude diction of the goblinoid words for skull and nose respectively.  Among the goblinoids the words for meat and for cooking pot are exactly the same as the words for Dwarf and for breastplate.  Even among age old foes there is some humour it seems.” 

OH13 Goblin Warriors

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:

OH13-01: Goblin dancing with Sword and Shield.

OH13-02: Goblin running with Spear and Shield.

OH13-03: Goblin nearly naked advancing with Sword.

OH13-04: Goblin running with Mace and Shield.

OH13-05: Goblin in armour with Sword and Shield.

OH14 Goblin Archers

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:

OH14-01: Goblin kneeling with Bow.

OH14-02: Goblin standing with Bow.

OH14-03: Goblin capering and firing Bow.

OH14-04: Goblin archer drawing arrow with Bow.

OH14-05: Goblin kneeling firing Bow.

OH15 Goblin Elite

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:

OH15-01: Goblin in armour with Club and Shield.

OH15-02: Goblin in armour with conical helmet and Axe.

OH15-03: Goblin in armour standing with Halberd.

OH15-04: Goblin in armour with Axe.

OH15-05: Goblin fanatic running with Sword.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Free Worldwide Postage and Release Schedule both to 30th September 2015

From now until the end of 30th September 2015 Alternative Armies is offering free postage worldwide on all orders over 10.00GBP product value so if you are a Flintloque fan, a High Fantasy Wargamer, you like Celtic Mythology, Greek Myths and much more all in 28mm scale then we have something for you!  This covers all of our miniatures, resin and metal bases, rulebooks, dice and applies to both unpainted and painted and based miniatures too.  Just choose what you want and add it to your cart and as long as you have at least 10.00GBP of product in the cart you will pay no shipping if you live in the UK, Europe, USA or anywhere else on Earth (sorry we don't yet deliver to Mars).

You need do nothing but add to cart the rest is done for you.  Increase your forces today!

www.alternative-armies.com 

Having now said that I want to say a few more things.  Alternative Armies is a really friendly company as a lot of you know so we have and are adding free miniatures (themed to what was ordered) to ALL orders placed with us seven days ago or less so those customers do not lose out.  As long as the order paid postage free items are added.  Excellent!  See what you got when your box arrives.

Release Schedule. I want to give you the release schedule for Alternative Armies until the end of this month.  This means you can plan your order or orders and know what to expect from us during the free postage period.  Here is the list and all of theses products are online RIGHT NOW so if you are interested you can order them right now while we will be talking about them across the coming week plus.  Follow the links.

28mm High Fantasy

OH13 Goblin Warriors (5)

OH14 Goblin Archers (5)

OH15 Goblin Elite (5)

Go HERE

Flintloque and Slaughterloo

56589 Pudigrochumsberg Line (8)

56589U Pudigrochumsberg Line (20)

56123 Pudigrochumsberg Line Casualties (4)

Go HERE

Blog Articles

Concepting – DH15 Dwarf Runic Golem 

Concepting – Flintloque in Pudigrochumsberg

Croes Nest – Painting the Pudigroan

Croes Nest – OH28 Goblin Charioteer Guard

So there is a lot to see now and to read across the next week plus and all with free shipping too.  Remember we have DEALS and OFFERS too and the free shipping applies to these too.

More on the fantasy OH series Goblins in the next update.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

OH28 Goblin Chariot Released!

A fantastic re-release into our classic fantasy range at Alternative Armies this time.  Progressing through the OH series of codes and this time its the Goblin Chariot kit with wolves!  This white metal 28mm scale kit contains all the parts you need to build a Goblin Chariot with two wolves pulling it and two Goblins riding in it.  The pack is as follows:

OH28 Goblin Chariot

"Racing across the plain and ahead of the broiling Goblin Hordes the charioteers have harnessed wolves to the rickety construction that they made from scavenged  Dwarvish nails and Elvish timber burned at the ends.  Those charioteers who had teeth soon lose them to the jarring clamour of high speed travel and the wolves that are forced to pull the creaking chariot are foul tempered at best and sated on raw Goblin flesh at worst.  With spear and sword the chariot riders lash out at those foes and indeed friends that pass by in a blur.  Death or glory!  That is the life of a Charioteer!"

This code contains one 28mm scale white metal kit with all the parts you need to build a chariot, two Goblins riders and two Wolves to pull it.  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 or some parts options, the chariot alone, two wolves or single miniatures (Goblin Driver, Goblin Guard).  Total choice!  Assembly is required for this code. Go HERE. Poses in this code are as follows:

OH28-01: Chariot Kit with Two Riders and Two Wolves

OH28-02: Chariot Kit only

OH28-03: Two Wolves (two poses)

OH28-04: Goblin Chariot Driver

OH28-05: Goblin Chariot Guard

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Resin Cartouche Base Four Packs Released

We supply all Flintloque miniatures with resin bases for free as part of the price of the miniature and now Alternative Armies has released these bases as packs for separate purchase by wargamers after being asked for the expanding High Fantasy range. The bases are a soothing cartouche shape meaning with rounded edges which make picking them up from the gaming table easier and the assembly of ranks of troops simpler too. All the bases are 3mm thick meaning they are durable and hard wearing giving your figures presence on the table and of course you can write the name of the miniature on the side too if you wish. We have four new pack codes and the sizes of the bases for good for any wargame system being 20mm Square, 25mm Square, 30mm Square and 25mm by 50mm Rectangle. Go HERE 

Here are the details of these packs: 

59020 20mm Square Resin Cartouche Bases 

This pack contains forty bases suitable for use with smaller races such as Goblins and Dwarves. Bases are high quality grey tone resin with rounded edges and 3mm thick. You can purchase one pack or using the drop down menu on the product page you can select 'Buy Three Packs and Save 10%'. 

 59021 25mm Square Resin Cartouche Bases 

This pack contains thirty five bases suitable for use with most races such as Elves and Orcs. Bases are high quality grey tone resin with rounded edges and 3mm thick. You can purchase one pack or using the drop down menu on the product page you can select 'Buy Three Packs and Save 10%'. 

 59022 30mm Square Resin Cartouche Bases 

This pack contains twenty bases suitable for use with larger creatures such as Ogres. Bases are high quality grey tone resin with rounded edges and 3mm thick. You can purchase one pack or using the drop down menu on the product page you can select 'Buy Three Packs and Save 10%'. 

59023 25mm by 50mm Rectangle Resin Cartouche Bases 

This pack contains twenty bases suitable for use with the cavalry of most races. Bases are high quality grey tone resin with rounded edges and 3mm thick. You can purchase one pack or using the drop down menu on the product page you can select 'Buy Three Packs and Save 10%'. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS