The Alternative Armies Blog

Welcome to the Alternative Armies blog. This blog tells you all about what we are up to and it is where we post our latest tabletop gaming news and articles.
We cover Flintloque and Slaughterloo, High Fantasy, Other Ranges as well as our 15mm scale fantasy, science fiction and historical ranges.
Our game systems and free content such as PDF downloads and reading articles. Enjoy and do dig back in time to see what was going on before now.

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Friday, 4 October 2019

Pilgrim Heavy Tank new 6mm by Bradley Miniatures

Now on the Bradley Miniatures 6mm science fiction range page at Alternative Armies the brand new BR030 Pilgrim Heavy Tank!  Go HERE for the range.

Designed by Voxite Industries, the Pilgrim heavy tank is built throughout the Vox Sphere as a garrison tank. Numerous Vox factions either licences the design for production on-world or purchase the vehicle from one of many Voxite plants.


BR030 Pilgrim Heavy Tank
A core slugger for your forces the Pilgrim brings the pain as a main battle tanks.  A 6mm scale metal vehicle kit which comes in a pack of four or can be selected as a single vehicle too.  Each vehicle is composed of a hull with a separate turret.  Easy to assemble and 26mm long and 15mm wide.  Supplied unassembled.  Go HERE.


No matter which game system you play in 6mm you will find something of interest in the Bradley Miniatures range.  Here is the current list of codes each of which comes as a single model or in a pack from which you can select a single if you wish to tailor your army to exact numbers.

BR002 Armadillo APC
BR003 Stalker Missile Tank
BR004 Hunter Battle Tank
BR005 Nemian Assault Tank
BR006 Tiger Walker
BR007 Jet Grenadier Platoon
BR008 Grenadier Platoon
BR009 Grenadier Weapons Platoon
BR010 Stormhunter SPG
BR011 Lionsguard Platoon
BR012 Attack Bike Platoon
BR013 Gryphon Gravscout
BR014 Trencher APC


BR015 Flame APC Caisse
BR016 Tryant SPG Caisse
BR017 Marksman AA Caisse
BR018 T47 Main Battle Tank
BR019 Actium Superheavy Tank 
BR020 Kourian Superheavy Tank
BR021 Calydon Battle Tank
BR022 Tyros Laser Destroyer Tank 
BR023 Lionheart A Battle Tank
BR024 Lionheart B Battle Tank
BR025 Ironclad Superheavy Tank
BR026 Lynx Scout Walker
BR027 Corvo Dropship (Massive 6mm scale Dropship) 


BR029 Kuu Patrol Vehicle
BR030 Pilgrim Heavy Tank
BR032 Perscheron Cargo Transporter

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Thursday, 3 October 2019

The Orrox released at Alternative Armies

A brand new miniature sculpted by Christian Cuello now added to the SHM Range.  From an alien world or from the gene factories of the future it is a great creature to add to your collection.  Go HERE for SHM with near 100 codes.  The fiction here is written by the sculptor...you can do a lot with an Orrox.


SHM95 Orrox
This one piece metal miniature is great for any game system and works well in several scales being a huge beast in 6mm, a large creature in 15mm and a farm yard sized animal in 28mm scale.  It measures 38mm from end to end and is covered in fur and armour scales.  Hunt it today!  Go HERE.


“That burger you’re eatin’? Orrox. That milkshake you’re swillin’? Orrox. The caravan that brought it here? Orrox. This vest I’m wearin’? Orrox. Yessir, ain’t a thing that can’t be made of orrox. Ain’t no gentler critter this side of the galaxy, neither. Has a temper, though, jus’ like everyone else. And you don’t wanna be ‘round when they sees red… nosir.”
Jeb, Orrux farmer, Xanium 12, Quoketh cluster

Common name: Orrox
Scientific name: Ankyloceras Oropus
Habitat: Alpine tundra to temperate savanna
Diet: Herbivorous
Threat: Varies - mild temperament with occasional territorial/protective behaviour

The Orrox is a large, herbivorous creature adaptable to various climates due to its peculiar anatomy. The Orrox has vestigial armour plates, hypothesised to have origins as defensive plating in earlier stages of its evolution. The plates offer environmental protection to the Orrox from extreme heat and airborne debris, and so they can even survive in more arid climates for moderate periods of time. However, extended desert dwelling is rarely observed without the intervention and care of a handler. The Orrox is typically mild in temperament, and has been domesticated with great success. Ethnographic and archaeological study has revealed that the creatures had coexisted with the primitive inhabitants of their home world from early times. More enterprising races have taken to Orrox farming on numerous planets. It is not unusual to find Orrox meat as a cheap and easily sourced foodstuff alongside synthetic ingredients. The meat of the Orrox is incredibly nutritious, and its fur and armour plates have been utilised in numerous ways in clothing and other accessories. The relative ease of domestication and robustness of this creature also makes it ideal for transportation and travel. Today, as in more primitive times, the Orrox is employed in battle to carry rudimentary artillery pieces and other machines of war.

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 1 October 2019

The Witch Carline new and free in every order placed during October 2019

It is the season of the witch (love me some Donovan) and at Alternative Armies we have a brand new release to begin the month and its free automatically in every order placed on our website for the entire month.  The Witch Carline can also be purchased as normal.  All you need to do is place an order which requires physical shipping, not paid downloads (you can of course order this new miniature and you will still get a free casting of it too!).


Alternative Armies has many other new releases in October in 6mm scale and 15mm scale and 28mm scale.  But we will come to those as they arrive and today its broomstick time with a miniature great for many settings and a new month long offer as well.


FL24-02 The Witch Carline
She is old..very old.  No man now born knows just how old the Witch Carline is nor the limits of her power.  It is well they do not know for Carline was once known by another name 'Cailleach' from the ancient Celtic times of myth.  This hag was given her name by the Scots she terrorised and now in winter months children fear her and women keep a clean front step to avoid the ruination of her magic broom.  Great for any game system. This 28mm scale metal miniature (23mm tall) is supplied unpainted and without a base (pictured on a 25mm square resin base). Go HERE.





Here are some pictures of the new Witch alongside those who you might find in battle alongside her..forces of darkness and light.  Her sister in code the FL24-01 Midsummer Druidess is a mortal enemy.  The VNT31-05 Liche Lord would be her master and a great Nosferatu style Vampire from VNT4.  Are arachnids servants or simply beasts?  EH05 Giant Spider or EH06 Spider Swarm go well with the forces of night.  Our 28mm fantasy Wraiths are perfect companions to this Scottish Witch both on foot and mounted in packs such as VNT28 and VNT44.


During October 2019 for the whole month our range wide offer of 15% off every code is on the Jacobite 1745 Rebellion range in 28mm scale.  These go great with the Witch Carline and feature such notables as Bonnie Prince Charlie and Flora as well as a a piper, dancers plus sword, musket and pike troops.  As singles and a value pack with extra saving for one of each of the fifteen poses.  There are also twenty man units for battle level games.  Ends 1st November.


Lastly we have just re-molded a classic 'Various Nasty Things' pack VNT4 The Necratom Risen which goes great with the Witch Carline and also with the Jacobite Rebellion range for some fantasy or eighteen century adventures.  Five different Undead characters in 28mm scale.  

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Friday, 27 September 2019

Sengoku Monster Hunter expansion Rampage now released in print and as digital download

Written by Steve Danes and with artwork from Sam Croes and John Bell the expansion title to Sengoku Monster Hunter is now shipping worldwide in print after its pre-order offer and we are delighted now to release the book as a paid digital download too. The digital download version of this title is twenty percent less in price than in print as with our other digital books.  Go HERE for all our digital titles.


If you are not familiar with Sengoku Monster Hunter then you can read all about it on our website HERE.  It is a tabletop game in 15mm scale for one to four players where you take the part of a Hunter and seek out Japanese Mythological creatures who are terrorising the countryside.  The very nature of the game makes every play of it different and it has a loyal following.  The Sengoku 15mm Japanese Fantasy miniature range sculpted by John Bell has over one hundred and thirty different miniatures and its growing.  So what can you expect to find in the fifty two pages of Rampage?  Here is a run down with a couple of page images.  Go HERE to see those and more pages larger.



Rampage is the second book in the Sengoku Monster Hunter series; the game set in a mythical Japanese past of fierce monsters and even fiercer monster hunters. This is a supplement to the original rules and it provides much more material for playing Sengoku Monster Hunter. Players will need to be familiar with the original rules and will of course need the first book to be able to make use of Rampage.

More Monsters More Encounters
This includes a whole new batch of monsters such Rokurokubi, Tsurube-Otoshi, Nurikabe, Snakemen and more. There are also a whole new set of profiles for the various demons and devils that can be encountered, obviously all more powerful than those previously described - but with greater risks comes greater rewards! Also included are a new set of encounters that can be played out during the hunt such as the Soba Shop, Mile Markers, Police, Komuso Monks and many others. These new encounters will provide an interesting array of new challenges, distractions and even some benefits to the hunters on their expeditions.

New Hunters
As well as new monsters and new encounters, these rules contain new hunter types including the shape shifting Yokai and the dreaded Water Shadow Clan. Players who are familiar with the game and have their own favourite hunters can try their luck with these new characters and the new skills and abilities that they bring. This book also includes five new named characters, legendary hunters of old who continue to inspire new generations of hunters. Players can take these characters from their humble origins and turn them into the heroic hunters that they became.

New Hunting Grounds
These rules provide extensive details about a new hunting ground that players can try out - the dreaded wave washed caves of the Underworld. In this gloomy underground realm, not only are the hunters at risk from the hostile denizens of the caves but there is the dark and dangerous environment of the caves themselves with the ever present risk of rock falls, floods and the other more sinister consequences of the little understood Ghost Light. Only the bravest hunters will try out this new and hostile environment.

Monster Rampage!
Contained within these rules is a new way to play Sengoku. This is still a solo game but as the heading suggests, now the hunters face a different challenge, now there are more monsters, now it is the monsters that are on the attack. To coin a phrase - “now the hunters become the hunted”. Players may wish to ignore this section because it contains information that will put their cherished hunters at severe risk. In a Monster Rampage, hordes of monsters will try and overwhelm the stealthy hunter and exact severe and bloody retribution. I won’t be offended if players choose to avoid this section. But if players do take up this challenge they will find six new hunting scenarios plus additional material such as monster spells and all manner of other nastiness. You have been warned…

Gashadokuro giant skeleton of the dead in Sengoku Monster Hunter
This one page free article which adds to Rampage gives you the rules in play to field the biggest monster thus far in the game.  It includes monster tokens to add to your collection.  Download it from our website storage by CLICKING HERE.


Free Simple 20mm Grids for Sengoku Rampage
In your games of Sengoku Monster Hunter Rampage you can choose to fight in the Underground with all the hazards that presents.  You can use any squared grids or tiles in your collection but we are happy to present to you a free article containing simple grids of all the types of chambers and caverns you can expect in play. These simple 20mm grids work with the 15mm miniatures and can be reproduced as many times as you wish.  Download this article from our website storage by CLICKING HERE.

Thank you for Reading,

GBS

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Kitton a new 28mm range of Fantasy Catmen begins!

Alternative Armies is delighted to bring to you a new expansion to the World of Valon.  Kitton!
See all articles for this range on our blog by clicking HERE.


Far from Urop and beyond the Mordredian Wars away from the battle between the Ferach Empire and the alliances against it is a land almost sealed off from the rest of Valon. Sealed by fate and by the tumult caused by the shattering of the bonds of Wylde Magicke.  This land is called Kitton home of the Kitoka.  The Kitoka lived in harmony with the mountainous land around them and under the sway of the strange creatures which inhabited its forests, streams and fields but that was before the great war. Started by the shattering of the laws of Wylde Magicke this war brought chaos to Kitton and great tumult in nature.  This war ended with the titanic battle of Sekimeowara which saw the Kitoka victorious against arrayed magicke creatures.  The war resulted in the rule of the Tiddlesgawa Shogunate.  The feline Kitota live in a rigid society topped by the Daimyo lords then the Samurai warriors, the Ashigaru soldiers below them then the merchants and peasants and the outcast Ronin most lowly of all.  Skirmishes between Daimyo are common as are bandit raids and attacks by monstrous yokai too.  Welcome to Kitton!


We introduce to you the latest expansion in the World of Valon.  It is rather different in flavour for though it occurs at the same time as the rest of the 4th Age of Valon it is distant to the Power Ring and science.  We begin with two packs of Kitoka Ronin.  Outcast former Samurai who are perfect core for your building band of characters.  Highly detailed metal 28mm scale miniatures depicting Japanese inspired Catmen sculpted by our lead designer Sam Croes.  From these two packs totalling eight miniatures we will be releasing more codes each month as we populate the islands of Kitton. Go HERE. These are the new miniatures!



In much the same manner as Flintloque itself came into being we will be growing the Kitton range before we release a beginners set similar to 5024 Escape the Dark Czar.  It is our intent to get to the beginners set and then beyond it with soldiers, civilians, female miniatures and monsters too.  Skirmish gaming is the aim.  I know what you are thinking next...mass battle and yes we have factored in units to lead to a 5030 Slaughterloo level of play.  It is a long term project but much like our first Contender GNAT 15mm mech which is a first with more to follow and new game books such as Doom Squad with titles to come Alternative Armies is committed to tabletop gaming!


Kitton has its own new page on our website where all miniatures, articles, links and so forth will appear.  Visit it HERE.


Lastly as you may know Alternative Armies offers pro-painted and based miniatures ready to ship on our website. Our talented team of ladies here in Scotland add codes to their pages on the site weekly and right now they have limited stock of these two new Kitton packs just released. If you want your figures ready to use out of the box at a great price see HERE.

Thank you for reading and if you have questions please do ask us on sales@alternative-armies.com and we will be happy to help you.

GBS

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Three New Flintloque casualty packs for Dogmen and Centaur

Alternative Armies presents its three releases for the existing World of Valon ranges in September 2019.  New resin casualty packs!


For use in Flintloque and in Slaughterloo.  Read on for more information.


56126 Frei Corp Von Chum Casualties
This pack contains four 28mm scale resin miniatures in two different poses of dead Dogmen soldiers of the elite Von Chum.  For use in play with your units of 56504 Frei Corp Von Chum light infantry in the service of the Ostarian Empire.  Supplied unpainted and with resin cartouche bases.  Go HERE.


56127 Von Mohlblume Casualties
This pack contains four 28mm scale resin miniatures in two different poses of dead small Dogmen soldiers of the tiny dutchy of Pugs.  For use in play with your units of 56595 Von Mohlblume Line infantry in the Confederation of Finklestein.  Supplied unpainted with resin cartouche bases.  Go HERE.


57040 Centaur Casualty
This pack contains one 28mm scale resin miniature of a dead Centaur from the city of Coltz in the land of Diberia.  For use in play with your units of Centaurs such as 57508 5er Uhlans de Coltz Regiment in the service of the Ferach Empire.  Supplied unpainted with a resin cartouche base.  Go HERE.


56595 Von Mohlblume Line
This set contains 28mm white metal miniatures including an officer with Sword and Pistol, Musician with Drum, Sergeant with Pike, Standard Bearer and four different poses of Dogmen all with muskets. Dwarf sized 'Pug' type Dogmen standing around 23mm tall. A small dutchy within the Empire of Ostaria and in the service of the mad Emperor Klaffenhund. Or you can use them to portray any one of the multitude of tiny stattes in the Confederation of Finklestein. Go HERE.


These new fallen soldiers are great for keeping track of the dead in your games and they join our growing list of casualties.  Here they are in a list for you to see along all the armies of Valon.


Thanks for Reading,

GBS

Monday, 16 September 2019

Free downloads for Sengoku Monster Hunter expansion book Rampage

Written by Steve Danes and with artwork from Sam Croes and John Bell the expansion title to Sengoku Monster Hunter is now online for print pre-orders at 10% off list until 27th September.  Go HERE.  

Pre-orders will ship then and at that time we will release a digital download paid version of the book too (as normal it will be twenty percent cheaper than print). Pre-orders are building up now and we wanted to bring to your attention three things.  Firstly that the print run of the book has now arrived!  Beyond this we have two free articles which bolt right onto Rampage for you to download right now.  See these on our Free Downloads page or read on for more details and links.


If you are not familiar with Sengoku Monster Hunter then you can read all about it on our website HERE.  It is a tabletop game in 15mm scale for one to four players where you take the part of a Hunter and seek out Japanese Mythological creatures who are terrorising the countryside.  The very nature of the game makes every play of it different and it has a loyal following.  The Sengoku 15mm Japanese Fantasy miniature range sculpted by John Bell has over one hundred and thirty different miniatures and its growing.  Rampage is the second book in the Sengoku Monster Hunter series; the game set in a mythical Japanese past of fierce monsters and even fiercer monster hunters. 


This is a supplement to the original rules and it provides much more material for playing Sengoku Monster Hunter. Players will need to be familiar with the original rules and will of course need the first book to be able to make use of Rampage.  Go to the website for a full run down of what is in the book HERE.

Gashadokuro giant skeleton of the dead in Sengoku Monster Hunter
This one page free article which adds to Rampage gives you the rules in play to field the biggest monster thus far in the game.  It includes monster tokens to add to your collection.  Download it from our website storage by CLICKING HERE.

Free Simple 20mm Grids for Sengoku Rampage
In your games of Sengoku Monster Hunter Rampage you can choose to fight in the Underground with all the hazards that presents.  You can use any squared grids or tiles in your collection but we are happy to present to you a free article containing simple grids of all the types of chambers and caverns you can expect in play. These simple 20mm grids work with the 15mm miniatures and can be reproduced as many times as you wish.  Download this article from our website storage by CLICKING HERE.

Thank you for your support and enjoy the free articles.

GBS