August 2014 Offers at Alternative Armies!

52616 Uhlans Von Krautia now on Resin Pigs!

Thanks to everyone who sent in kind words and praised us on the transfer of all our white metal riding pigs for Flintloque and Slaughterloo into resin. Earlier this week we announced that every order placed with us would get one of these grey tone piggies for free in their package as a wee gift. Well on top of that we have an offer this week instead of a release. Players of Flintloque and Slaughterloo have been asking if we were going to do something on the codes affected by the change so we will do!

For one week from today we are taking 15% off the prices (Unpainted and Painted) of the following pig riding codes (packs, units and singles):

52506 Krautian Dwarf Command

Six Miniatures (Officer Aggressive, Officer Cowardly, Officer Dastardly, Officer Heroic, Mounted Colonel, Mounted General).  HERE.

52516 Uhlans Von Krautia

Five Miniatures (Officer, Standard Bearer, Musician, Trooper 1, Trooper 1) with Pummilig Pigs. HERE. (Picture above).

So that will be white metal riders and resin mounts and a freebie too.

Lastly we have updated for August 2014 our Deals and Offers page. The final sets of LEU02 1^st Moldsk Guard have sold out and only a couple of LEU03 Princess Julianna packs remain. This month we have the following offers. BS001 Pastry Pies are half price meaning you have add baked goods to your 28mm Flintloque or Fantasy miniatures. From the classic Asgard space marine range SM9 Large Battle Droid is half price and we would like to thank everyone who took up the last offer on the Space Captain. Artillery for Flintloque and Grapeshotte now on offer is the 59516 Rocket Platform at 15% off so that you can whizz pop your foes. 

Personalties we have an offer of 15% off on 56017 Finkestein Ogre Officer. The Erin 2^nd Edition starter boxed set is 10% off its already great price which includes the rule book, dice and miniatures and this applies to painted and based as well as unpainted options. Lastly we have an offer on the first pack re-released under Project Darkhelm so that is 15% off the pack of five DH1 Young Dwarves.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Brand New Resin Flintloque Pig free in all orders!

Those who are in regular contact with us will know that we have had our resin production department in operation for more than six months now.  That means its now Alternative Armies turn to begin putting out resin products in earnest.

From today the 28th of July 2014 Alternative Armies has begun the production casting of the first resin models in the World of Valon.  That is the Flintloque and Slaughterloo ranges.  This means that we are no longer a totally high quality white metal casting company and while we have only begun the journey compared to our little brother The Ion Age we are intent upon it. It is our intention to re-master into high grade resin our largest soldiers and biggest cavalry mounts to keep them affordable in this world of rising costs.  We will report more on this as it progresses of course. But enough of that and on to the announcement!

The Uhlans Von Krautia riding pig as it was originally known was created in the middle of the 1990's and is a firm favourite with Dwarf players of Flintloque and Slaughterloo.  I gave it an official name during the development of Flintloque 3rd edition in 2007 and it stuck with a sense of humour. 

From today until further notice we will be placing one free 28mm scale fantasy 'pummilig pig' into every order going out of our doors.  We like giving things away and this riding pig works with any smaller rider such as a Dwarf.  It will let you see what we are up to and its a nice example and gift too.  As I said until further notice since this freebie will change.  You need do nothing the pig will be included automatically.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Dampf's modelling page: Finklestein Dwarf project complete!

Finklestein Dwarves

Congratulations to Tony Harwood on completing his July 2014 online build for his personal Flintloque collection.  I have been watching this online build since it kicked off at the start of the month.  Tony kept us all up to date on the Notables Yahoo Group of his progress and unveiled a surprise too right at the end of the process.  He created the section with his own ideas which is right at the heart of the Flintloque ethos. Their uniform...his old school blazer!

The little red 'surprise'

Tony is a big fan of the Dwarves of Flintloque and has his own Sauerkraut Wars setting as well. 

Getting started early July 2014

You can read all about the process across its four parts.  Beginning with Part One then Part Two moving on to Part Three and finally Part Four.

Excellent work!

GBS

DH5 Dwarf Polearms at Alternative Armies - Project Darkhelm

“Good to have by your side in a scrabble these lads are. They ain't important, they ain't that pretty to look at and they ain't the best dressed but they do know how to lunge and recover. Once the Dwarves get into a mass and made the slow advance it will take more than some puny Elves or slobbering Orcs to make them stop know what I mean! In the chambers of the under halls it pays to have Dwarves with you that can poke into the nooks and crannies. After all we all know what happened when the Fear Mountains tried to wrestle the keep from Argle Longbeard of Krim. They were scouring the walls for weeks afterwards.”

This code contains five different 25mm/28mm white metal miniatures approx 24mm average height. Great quality, great choice and great value too.  Go HERE.

Poses in this code are as follows:

DH5-01: Dwarf with Polearm in leather jerkin.

DH5-02: Dwarf with hood wielding stone headed Hammer.

DH5-03: Dwarf running in leather jerkin with Polearm.

DH5-04: Dwarf roaring a challenge in fur cloak with Spear.

DH5-05: Dwarf in full armour and helm with shield and long handled Axe.

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.

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 and a weekly rate 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.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Slaughterloo Battle Report from Two Sides!

The view from the Ferach Empire table edge

Over the past couple of months I have been watching two wargamers that have been getting into Slaughterloo with great interest.  This interest came not only out of my normal huzzah's for all players of our games but also because I could actually watch each army be purchased, painted and raised ready for last weekend.  The result are two superb blog posts each with a different point of view on a Slaughterloo After Action Report (AAR).

The view from the Grand Alliance table edge at the same moment!

These are two really high quality blog posts one from Brummy Lad's World of Painting and the other from The Conflict Cornucopia.  Both with very interesting text looking at game mechanics and play progression and also a very large number of photographs.  We all love photos of painted miniatures and these look very nice as they cross the wargaming table turn by turn.  I have include a couple of shots without favouritism!

Grand Alliance troops mid game

Ferach Empire Todoroni cannon fire mid game

Here are the links to both blog posts.  You can read them either way around and be sure if you like them to leave a comment:

The Conflict Cornucopia

Brummy Lad's World of Painting

Its great to see Slaughterloo games online and reported in this fashion.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Small Cuts Comics and Special Offer on a Lady

Sometimes not all Flintloque material you find on the internet is quite what you would expect and sometimes it just makes you smile.  Some of the nicest people I have ever met in this industry have been fans of Flintloque and their minds come up with excellent ideas and treats for us all.  I wanted to share something with you all that came to my attention during the migration of Alternative Armies to its new website a few weeks ago (is that all, seems a lot longer to me!).  Small Cuts action comics.  Three comics online depicting the playing out of scenarios from Lady Wintermore's Fangs scenarios box set.  Created by Mikko Kurki-Suonio it gets a thumbs up from me.

Click on this link and scroll down, then on each of the Flintloque comic titles in turn and enjoy!

We have a special offer for you as well.  I was so impressed with Small Cut's take on 5005 Lady Wintermore's Fangs that we have taken 10% off the price of the boxed set on the website.  So if you don't have this sixteen miniature set with scenario booklet in your collection perhaps this week is the time to remedy that..before Lamia Wintermore decides to snack on your neck.

What is even more excellent is that you can visit Orcs in the Webbe where there is a mass of Flintloque material for free including the booklet from Lady Wintermore's Fangs as a PDF and what's more its totally updated to 3rd edition rules!  Have a look.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

TOR1 The Whipping Beam at Alternative Armies

This week we have the first re-release, under Project Darkhelm, of a classic display set in 25mm scale. From the Guild Room range of quality white metal dungeon and wargame scenics we present to you...The Whipping Beam.  Please note that due to the nude aspect of this release the censored version has been used on all public forums.  Go HERE.

This is a classic set originally seen in the early 1980's from Tabletop Miniatures and though its taken us a while to get it back to the market we are pretty pleased with the results.  Its a set with a variety of uses in scenarios or just for collecting as there are many more to come from us when they are back in production.  Its rather complex to put together so we have made up a new IKEA style diagram (good eh!) for assembly guidance.

TOR1 Whipping Beam

This diorama set is composed of seven white metal 25mm scale parts.  These are the pillar, the pillar base, the restraining rope, the hook mount, the hand restraints the Captive Nude Woman and the Whipmaster. These miniatures are not supplied with bases and are supplied unpainted. Select your choice from the drop down product menu on our website.  Choose from a pack or three packs with a 10% saving applied.   You can also choose to purchase only the Whipmaster or the Captive Nude Woman on their own too.  Pack price is 7.00GBP.  Go HERE.

If you run a classic miniatures web page or site then feel free to use our images on your site for this code. We would ask that you let us know and link back to here for your visitors.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS