Steve Dean paints up classic 15mm Tabletop Dungeon Party

Earlier this month I put up a short article about the fine figure painter Steve Dean and his work on our HOT104 Anti-Paladins, which you can see on our blog HERE if you missed it. I have two more images on file here from last year that slipped my notice which are also by Mr Dean so I thought I would share these with you now as they are really good. You can visit his forum from where the images are taken HERE or read on for more information.

The classic 15mm Tabletop fantasy range has a lot of miniatures and monsters among its codes and while we have not as yet completed the re-release of all of them we have the majority of the codes online. Among the most popular are the Humans which include twenty five different poses all well suited to Dungeon Quest, RPG and character driven skirmish. Featuring Barbarians, Wizards, Females, Rogues, Bard, Paladins and many more you can see them all HERE on a specified search on the Tabletop page. Great for any system. 

Steve Dean has worked his magic on a selection of the Tabletop Humans taken from codes 501, 505 and 510. All of these can be had as single miniatures from our pages or as packs. However the most popular option is our great value saver skirmish packs which contain one of every pose plus some extra with a 10% saving. We have FST02 TTF Human Skirmish Pack and FST03 MDA Human Skirmish Pack. Below is our image of FST03. 

15mm.co.uk has put a lot of effort into bringing back not only Laserburn but also the Tabletop Fantasy range and the Tabletop Historicals too and we are really pleased that wargamers both experienced and new to this great pastime have sent us messages thanking us. Sure we want to make a reasonable living but we also want to keep the soul of wargaming intact too. 

Well done Steve and thanks for such excellent paint work! 

GBS

Lady Snowblood a HOTT Army Sengoku conversion by Terry Webb

I was recently sent some pictures and an account of a new 15mm scale Japanese fantasy themed HOTT 2nd Edition 24AP Army by a customer of 15mm.co.uk Mr Terry Webb.  He had converted one of our miniatures to make a paladin for his army.  I asked if it was ok to show you what he had done to create this new 'Lady Snowblood' and kindly he agreed.  Enjoy this article and if you wish to see the big selection of miniatures in the Sengoku Japanese Fantasy range please click on the link. Over to you Terry! GBS

HOTT Ninja  Army and Lady Snowblood

1 x Warband General @ 2 AP                    2 pts
1x Hero – Ninja @ 4 AP                    4 pts
6 x Warband – Ninja with assorted weapons @ 2 AP       12 pts
2 x Shooters – Ninja with bows @ 2 AP     4 pts
1 x Beast – “Tora” (tiger) @ AP             2 pts
Total                             24 pts

Alternate: 1 x Paladin @ 4 AP – Lady Snowblood, 1 x Dragoon @ 4 AP “Ryu”, 1 x Sneaker – Ninja in disguise as a monk and a peasant, 2 x Lurker @ 1 AP Ninja with blowgun and throwing bomb.

Stronghold - Ninja horses secreted away with horse holder Ninja while the other Ninja are on a raid. 

I usually make extra elements so I can switch the army up at times to make it both more flexible and it let’s me feel it is a slightly different army.

Here are the steps I did in making Lady Snowblood from the SGF19 figure.

1. Remove the fan from her right hand and drill a hole to take the handle of the parasol.

2. Reshape her hair so it is just close cropped to her head, and add a bun in the back.

3. Add a red comb and a red “Thunder Sand Bomb” to her hair where the bun is.

4. Use the remaining long portion of her hair to reshape into the bow of her obi (sash).

5. Add the obi around her waist to her front. [I did this by filing the shape there]

6. Add the cord to tie her obi in place. [I did this using narrow layers of thick acrylic paint]

7. Drill a hole in her lower left sleeve to take the katana, and add just the blade portion.

8. Remove the flare from the outer sides of her trousers.

9. Fill the inner area of her trousers to create the closed kimono. [I used liquid “Green Stuff”]

10. Take a straw “coolie” hat from a 28 MM figure to create the parasol.

11. Drill a hole in the bottom of the parasol and add the handle. Then it can be added to her right hand before or after painting as per your painting style. I used brass wire for the handle. 

A note regarding the parasol handle – I depicted her with her katana drawn so the parasol handle is a dark color overall. However, if you elect to not have her with her katana drawn, then the bottom end of the parasol handle would be white as that is the handle of her katana which she carried it in the handle of her parasol.

All that’s left is to paint her in the kimono of your choice and base her.  And she wore quite a variety, including striped ones to ones with butterflies, to one with circles and my favorite the pale green on white flame pattern. I selected the a snow base as depicted in the final scene of the first movie. It shows her out in a garden covered with snow and I tired to achieve that while at the same time not creating an element that looked like it was a moving house. Also, a snow covered base seemed only right due to her name.

Killer Plants and Survivors 15mm packs released!

“When the world ended it came in a way none of us foresaw. All that recycling, all the nature reclamation projects and all the efforts mankind made to save the jungles and forests from our predation; all turned to crap. The media, the damn media, they had us thinking the dead would walk. Pressure groups touting that the atom would poison the earth and fossil fuels would darken the sky. Hug a tree they said. Wrong. I used to be a web marketer...now I am something of a gardener. I wield the shears. How did it happen? I have no idea. All I know is that plants kill. Poison, acid and crushing vines. What is worse than that...they move too.” 

We are delighted to present three new packs released into the SHM 15mm range (Self Help Miniatures) by new designer Craig Armstrong. Killer Plants and Survivors and we think they are Triffic! Craig has one other code in the SHM range and it is SHM88 Bestial Cyclops. While the three packs are being sold as packs you can also select single miniatures from the packs too using a drop down menu on the product pages since every figure is a character. Very useful in a lot of wargame systems. Go HERE or read on for more information. 

SHMP25 Triffic Killer Plants 

This pack contains three different white metal 15mm scale plant creatures. They are a grown plant spitting its acid, a larger plant in motion with limbs flailing and a newly sprouted plant. You can purchase a pack or choose miniatures from the pack with poses running from left to right. Supplied Unpainted and without Bases. Shown mounted on 20mm round bases. Price 2.50GBP Go HERE. 

SHMP26 Blighted Survivors I 

This pack contains seven different white metal 15mm scale humans. From left to right in the image they are a Riot Cop nightstick raised with separate shield, Male Survivor running, Riot Cap nightstick lowered with separate shield, Male Survivor sword raised, Male Paramilitary with knife, Male Survivor in coat with shotgun and Sporting guy with double barrelled shotgun. You can purchase a pack or choose miniatures from the pack with poses running from left to right. Supplied Unpainted and without Bases. Shown mounted on 20mm round bases. Price 2.90GBP Go HERE.

SHMP27 Blighted Survivors II 

This pack contains eight different white metal 15mm scale humans. From left to right in the image they are a Female Survivor comforting a small child, Survivor with automatic rifle, elderly Male Survivor with cricket bat, elderly Male Survivor with pistol and loot sack, Female injured Survivor, teenage Male Survivor, Female veteran long haired Survivor with sack and bat, Paramilitary Man waving to stop holding a sub-machine gun. You can purchase a pack or choose miniatures from the pack with poses running from left to right. Supplied Unpainted and without Bases. Shown mounted on 20mm round bases. Price 3.30GBP Go HERE. 

Above is an image of all the miniatures in this release so that you may see them alongside each other. Enjoy! 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

15mm.co.uk stocks PH11 Old English Dragon as Titanic Monster

Our sister brand Alternative Armies has brought what we think is one of the best white metal Dragons ever back in production.  P11 Old English Dragon dates from the 1980's and we thin it is totally suitable as a Grand Dragon or a Titanic Monster in 15mm scale too.  To that end we have put it on our website in the HOT 15mm Fantasy Range and have a short article here showing it alongside 15mm scale miniatures. Go HERE or read on.

P11 Old English Dragon

This classic 1980's monster is brilliant even by today's standards.  Full of detail and expression it is a creature of rage and power.  It is composed of five white metal parts these being the body, a foot, the tail and two wings which are straight forward to assemble.  Once assembled the Dragons stands about 55m tall, 100mm or so across and about 110mm long including the tail.  Suitable for any fantasy campaign and rules system and it belongs with you if you collect Dragons as well.   You have the choice of purchasing one kit or three kits from the drop down product menu which gives you a 10% saving.  20.00GBP.  Go HERE.

You can see the parts of this Dragon model placed on a 1cm grid of square above.  Below are pictures showing the Dragon on the wargaming table alongside our TTF Fantasy Human miniatures (about 15mm to 17mm tall each) for scale and our HOB1 Human Buildings Set too.

You can read the release announcement for Alternative Armies on this Dragon HERE.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Tabletop Fantasy Character Packs Re-Mastered and Offer

We have been beavering away getting more of the classic and well loved 15mm Tabletop Fantasy range re-mastered and re-released. Dating from the early 1980's and packed full of Dungeon Crawl and adventure characters these miniatures provided a pattern that has influenced 15mm Fantasy ever since. Now its the turn of the Human Female Characters and the great value Human Skirmish Pack. In celebration of getting these miniatures to our website we are offering an EXTRA 10% off the packs and singles in the packs now put back out until the end of September.  Go HERE.

510 Human Female Characters Pack

This pack contains ten 15mm scale white metal miniatures. A random mix of five poses great for skirmishing or characters. 510 Female Mage, 511 Female Cleric, 512 Female Thief, 513 Female Fighter in Plate and 514 Female Fighter in Chainmail. You can choose to purchase a pack or single miniatures or purchase three packs and save an additional 10%. Not supplied painted or with bases. .

FST02 TTF Human Skirmish Pack

This value pack contains sixteen Humans in fourteen different poses! In this special skirmish pack you can find sixteen 15mm Humans from the TTF range. Taken from packs 501, 505 and 510. Get into 15mm Fantasy skirmish! Choose from one pack or three packs with a 10% saving..

Here are some details on the rest of the Tabletop Fantasy Human packs which are great for character skirmish or dungeon crawl or any wargame system. Go HERE for the Tabletop Fantasy page.

501 Human Mages and Clerics Pack

This pack contains ten 15mm scale white metal miniatures. A random mix of four poses great for skirmishing or characters. 501 Mage with Staff, 502 Mage with Wand, 503 Cleric with Mace in Chainmail and 504 Cleric in Plate Armour with Hammer. You can choose to purchase a pack or single miniatures or purchase three packs and save an additional 10%. Not supplied painted or with bases.

505 Human Characters I Pack

This pack contains ten 15mm scale white metal miniatures. A random mix of five poses great for skirmishing or characters. 505 Thief with Dagger, 506 Assassin in Cloak, 507 Bard with Dagger and Instrument, 508 Fighter in chainmail with pack and sword, 509 Fighter in plate armour with sword. You can choose to purchase a pack or single miniatures or purchase three packs and save an additional 10%. Not supplied painted or with bases.

We will be back with more packs when they are ready and thanks as always for your support.

GBS