USEME Series all twelve titles now back in stock and future development

News long delayed due to circumstances beyond our control and awaited is now with us at Alternative Armies.  The entire USEME (Ultra Simple Engine for Miniature Engagements) range of rule booklets is back in A6 print and in deep stock once more.  Go HERE for the dozen titles plus two starter sets with miniatures and scenarios.  Oh and loads of free downloads too.

Very affordable and pocket sized the booklets are also in 'ease print' format as paid for digital downloads too on the same page.  Choose from...

UM001 USE ME Science Fiction

UM002 USE ME High Fantasy

UM003 USE ME World War Two

UM004 USE ME Modern Warfare

UM005 USE ME American Civil War

UM006 USE ME Starship Battles

UM007 USE ME Post Apocalyptic

UM008 USE ME Wild West

UM009 USE ME Zombie Dawn

UM010 USE ME Support Pack (Expansion Title)

UM011 USE ME Cyberpunk

UM013 USE ME Eldritch Horror

UM014 USE ME Valiesk (UM004 Modern Warfare Campaign Book)

You can learn all about each one on its page of the website.  Go HERE and you will also find a lot of free downloads and files for USEME which will add in play including a lot of scenarios for Starship Battles written by Vic Dobson.

The USEME series is active once more in development too and there shall be new titles coming this year with the first one now UM014 USEME Valiesk.  Written by Gavin Syme, Omer Golan, Vic Dobson as well as Robin McAlister and Steve Rysemus these will each cover a new area of tabletop gaming with miniatures.  As always we are open to suggested titles and if you wish to take on penning a USEME then contact us at Alternative Armies for the guidelines.

Get into USEME 15mm Science Fiction with a starter set containing a print booklet, miniatures and scenarios.  There are two to choose from.  Outpost 32 which sees a group of Human troops and alien people trying to hold off a force of Grey Aliens intent on mischief.  Or you could try The Ziggurat of Clem IV in which a force of Zidhe Space Elves encounter Octopod Aliens with both sides intent on victory.  Codes are UMS01 and UMS02.

Thank you for Reading.

GBS

Fir Bolg War Banner released for Erin Celtic Myth

A new miniature added to the expanding Erin Range for this month.  This warrior carries the spirit of his people with him to the field of war!

The eighty ninth miniature is a standard bearer for the Fir Bolg as we add in more poses for this growing faction which will see a full warband next month. Go HERE for the range. 

A single Erin metal miniature. See CM26, CM20, CM21 and CM27 codes for other Fir Bolg. 

All this month our free miniature automatically put into every order shipped from here in Scotland is ALT003 Alternia of Erin who makes a super Milesian Female Warrior or Champion if you are into Celtic Mythology.  As you can see she fits right in and our mascot can bring the fight to the Formorians or anyone else. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

Painted Stock big update March 2022

Hand painted miniatures from Alternative Armies ranges by our ladies here in Scotland.  A large update has now been completed with nearly two hundred new ready to ship painted codes added.  Everyone one of them ready to use right out of the box as it were and the price includes not only the miniature itself and its painting but also the base it is mounted on (or element base) and the sculpted basing effect (typically grass but also snow or rubble) too.  Try us out or add to your collection from a single miniature to entire units with flags included for free.  Free Worldwide Shipping kicks in at 50.00GBP (UK), 100.00GBP (Europe), 125.00GBP (North America and rest of world) of product added to cart. 

We have hundreds of happy customers all over the world who purchase painted and based from us every year. While most of these miniatures are sold and shipped out directly there are some which we place onto our website for immediate purchase.  There are several pages.  You can look at the Painted World of Valon (Flintloque and Slaughterloo ranges), Painted 28mm Fantasy and Painted Science Fiction (including The Ion Age) as well as Painted 15mm Scale (for Furioso, HOTT, Patrol Angis and Laserburn).

Enjoy your look around and if you would like a quotation on anything else we offer on our website as a painted item then do ask us.  Email on sales@alternative-armies.com with codes you are keen on and you will find our prices very reasonable.  Above a recent commission we carried out on Bradley Miniature 15mm Science Fiction several tanks, field guns and armoured cars for example.

Lastly our Deals and Offers page will shortly be reset just as our New Releases page now has been.  We always have great offers on whole sets, single packs and such with up to half price with them being rotated every few months.  Just now 28mm Campfire, 28mm Winter Knight, 15mm Cultist Mob as well as Ion Age Battlesuits feature.  Well worth a look before they change once more at the end of next week.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Robots and Trimotes 1980's by Asgard now on the website

A treat today with the return of four more classic science fiction miniatures by Asgard to our website.  The only such releases in the scale of 25mm/ 28mm in March 2022.  

Two Robots and two Trimotes join the Warbirds, Gorgory, Froog, Szithks, Centalons, Thulgs, Glax, Vroom Beasts and others in the combined Asgard and Tabletop part of the website.  1980's cool which Alternative Armies is happy to say is available once more.

The codes are:

X2 Three Armed robot

X3 Hover Robot 

S4 Trimote in Power Armour

Great for any setting and indeed robots are excellent as ship crews or simply to hand in urban centres during a skirmish.

T3 Trimote with Axe (uses generic spears or SF3 Weapons Set in its free hands)

We have a great deal of science fiction to choose from.  

Have you checked out the 28mm Ion Age Range (including the recently remastered IA152 Betrayer Alpha Female above), Alternate Stars or the Space Marines and Adventurers?  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

5002 Deadloque miniatures return for Flintloque and the 1998 book too

Last month ago we re-released remastered 55003 Graviski Zombie Infantry and told Flintloque fans that the classic and asked for 5002 Deadloque miniatures set would return to the website.  Alternative Armies is committed not only to the continued expansion of Flintloque but also the return of original codes out of production for many years.

Well this promise is now here and also the original 1998 Deadloque book is also now online as a very affordable paid for download.  Excellent!  This is our World of Valon news for the month of March 2022 and if you asked to be told of this news then a message has been sent to you too.

5002 Deadloque Miniatures Set (17 Poses and as Singles)

Gerard and his Elves have been separated from the main body of the retreating 1er Armee du Norde and now find themselves battling for their lives against a group of Undead led by the ruthless Vampyre Officer Grigori Dracsul.  Dracsul has sworn to kill Gerard and his Elves.  The Vampyre and his minions search the tundra of the Witchlands in an effort to find them.  The original sixteen miniatures plus an alternate pose of Armond DeGalis with pistol drawn making seventeen miniatures.  A set with saving or any of them as single miniatures.  Go HERE.

5002 Deadloque Book (1998)

The Sword of Shivalia must be possessed by the Emperor Mordred and so the greatest army ever seen enters the Witchlands. Within the walls of Moskova the trap is sprung and the Emperor barely escapes with his life.  Meanwhile hordes of Zombies and Skeletons fall upon the Grande Armee du Norde and the retreat from Moskova begins.  Can Colonel Etienne Gerard and his band of soldiers make it home alive?  Will the Vampyre officer Grigori Drascul and his rotten troops overseen by Stalinov the Liche stop them?  This is Deadloque...

The expanded Deadloque (written by Mike Roberts) was the current edition of game rules for Flintloque from 1998 to 2002 when Flintloque Reloaded was released.  While we no longer support this edition it is still perfectly playable and ALL your miniatures will work within it including those in 5024 Escape the Dark Czar.  In its pages you will find the Background to the Witchlands Campaign, the Elf Characters, the Undead Characters, Terms & Definitions, Three Scenarios, Flintloque Rules, Elf Summary Sheet, Undead Summary Sheet, Rules and Weapons Tables plus Roster Sheet and Record Sheet.  Go HERE.

The Army of the Dark Czar contains more than sixty codes of Vampyres, Zombies, Skeletons, Wraiths, Ghouls as well as cavalry and artillery all in 28mm scale as foes for your Ferach Empire troops.  Every pack offers typical purchase as well as full units with a saving and single trooper option or more.  You can also get the 5024 Escape the Dark Czar beginners set as well as 5027 Death in the Snow game book which is the inheritor of Deadloque.   Go HERE.

In the future we shall be publishing a free article which will give full game statistics for Flintloque 3rd edition for the Deadloque characters so that you may field them alongside, say, General Saindoux and his survivors.  Now there would be something!

Thank you for reading,

GBS

Alternia of Erin free in orders all month and March 2022

"From the very dawn of time, the land existed. Invaded, colonised, deserted, invaded once more, and always fighting against the darkness that dwelt in the Northern Seas. The land was rich with Magic, a place for Heroes, Gods and Monsters. This land has been and shall always be Erin. Now sit you down and listen for this tale will fascinate and confound you in equal measure, for what I speak of is no longer vivid life in this world of men...."

Now it is March!  The third of a dozen (one each month all year) Alternia miniatures is free in every package sent out from Scotland to customers.  Place your order as many as you wish and she will automatically be included.  Any size of order the only exception is no digital only orders; as long as it is shipped it gets the free miniature.  Ends 1st April 2022.  See our mascot Alternia on the WEBSITE.

As you can see it is a very interesting miniature and would be a great addition to your collection with a variety of uses.

This month our mascot is inspired by the invigorated and expanding ERIN CELTIC MYTHOLOGY range of 28mm miniatures.  Now nearly ninety miniatures you can see she would make a fine Milesian female warrior or hero.  Fight the Fomorians, Monsters and the Fir Bolg!

Here we are with all of the Alternia's thus far.  By years end there will be thirteen in total!  You can purchase previous versions and current free one if you wish on the website.

Alternative Armies News for March 2022

Firstly it is with regret we must announce that on Monday 7th March some seventy of our biggest miniatures and models will increase in price by ten to twenty percent.  This is beyond our control.  See our BLOG for the article with full listing which includes 15mm Mechs, 28mm Giants, Golems, Busts, Military Figurines and Scenic Pieces too.  Fair notice is given of this price rise.  Thank you.

Secondly we will be reducing our NEW RELEASES page on the website taking it down from the roughly one hundred and eighty codes to only those items from the last year to make some space.  This will occur at the same time as the price rise above.  Read on.

This month we have some new releases and the return of a much asked for classic set of miniatures too.  All of these will occur by the middle of the month as our big spring event will start on the last Monday of March.  This will be announced at the time but we are always informative to our customers so we are letting you know.   Erin Celtic Myth will get another Fir Bolg miniature which was asked for a War Banner for your forces.  Classic Asgard 28mm Sci-fi will see the return of the Robots from that range.  I am delighted to say that the entire USEME Series of gaming titles will come back into print on the website and we will announce that.  In February we spoke of Deadloque on our BLOG and in March we will return those miniatures to the website with single pose purchase option and a previously not released variant pose too.

As always if you have any questions or would like to make a suggestion or ask if we can restore or release something you are looking for then contact us on sales@alternative-armies.com and we will do our best to assist you. 

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Regretful price increase on our largest models and miniatures

The world turns and things happen which increase costs which we cannot avoid sadly.  In any event it has meant that our largest (in terms of materials) codes will have to increase in price by ten to twenty percent.  This is to give you fair notice of this increase if you wish to purchase any of these codes before the price rise.

As always we are as fair as we can be so this short article gives you a list of the codes which will change price and some time.  The increase will happen Monday 7th March 2022.  Click to go to the code or range by consulting this list.  You can also use the Search box on our website home page by typing in the code of the pack.

JBC00 Canadian Paladin on Flying Moose

CM5-01 Lord of the Fomorians Culach

58020 Jigoku the Giant Oni

DRG5 Ki-Shu Oriental Dragon

59519 Le Imperiale Trois Cannon

59541 Bread Oven

59542 Roadside Shrine

IAF169 Arcus Magog War Mecha 50A

IAF170 Blaes Magog War Mecha 50B

IAF171 Lann Magog War Mecha 50C

IAF136 Manus APC

IAF041 Corbal Deployable Hardpoint

IAF070 Command Dome

The entire range of twenty nine different Taranis Main Battle Tanks including all tracked, wheeled, hover and anti-gravity variants and Murdo's special assault Taranis too.  Go HERE.

IB27 Nobles of Prydia

IB30 Marcher Barons

IB32 Knight Errants

HOF131 Contender GNATS Mecha

HOF146 Crookback GNATS Mecha

HOF147 Spike GNATS Mecha

EH02 Big Space Brain

V011 Scorpion Air Lander

V007 Scythe Jet Copter

SGF132 Small board-wall building One

SGF133 Small board-wall building Two

SGF134 Long board-wall building One

SGF135 Long board-wall building Two

HOB1D 15mm Tall House

HOB1E 15mm Large House

BR027 Corvo Dropship

26000 Ogre Hero

16100 Ogres

DH15 Dwarf Runic Golem

EH05 Giant Arachnids

HE01 Hydra of Lerna

OH31 Durzum Dwarf Killer Giant Troll

VNT39 Air Squid and Handler

RAP010 28mm Chuhuac Alphas

RAP011 28mm Chuhuac Troopers

HG007, HG008 and Hyenadon Mounts

FIFU025 Swamp Fungus

BU01 Todoroni Bust

V120-02 Landsknechte Doppelsoldner - 120mm Kit

V120-01 Greek Hoplite at Rest - 120mm Kit

Thank you for your time.

GBS