Leonardo Da Vinci and his Tank in 15mm painted by Steve Dean

 

Our fantastic 15mm scale renaissance fantasy packs have been painted up by the multi-talented Steve Dean! Leonardo Da Vinci and his proposed design for a tank too. You can visit the original post on Steve's forums HERE. In this short article I have put up the images from that forum post for you to enjoy. 

Steve plays a lot of different periods and paints a huge array of different miniatures. His intention here is to add these to his fantasy armies in 15mm scale. To that end using his 'Bitz Box' he made some alterations to the standard miniatures and model. Da Vinci himself is mounted on a different horse to the one we supply and the Tank has a very nice and ornate top piece added. As well as this banner top piece the front of the tank has a crest added. It shows just what you can do with this model. Enjoy the pictures and thanks Steve! 

Above you can see our own version of the Tank and of the inventor, artist and great man himself too. These show what you will get (unpainted and unassembled) when you order the packs from us. Click on the links to HOT101 Da Vinci Tank and HOT102 Leonardo Da Vinci to go to our website. You can purchase one pack or click on the drop down menu to select 'buy three save 10%' option for more value! 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

15mm Human Buildings painted up on Stephane's Blog!

There are a lot of our HOB01 Human Starter Settlement buildings out there across the world and I was recently sent an image by Stephane of his set all painted up for use in his wargaming.  Stephane is a big fan of 15mm.co.uk and uses a lot of our miniatures as well as the buildings.  As you can see in the picture he has gone for a really nice blue tint on the roof slates and bright straw for the hovel roofs giving his buildings a stand out appearance.  In front of the buildings are some of his 15mm fantasy miniatures which are taken from the Tabletop Fantasy Range of characters.  You can learn more about his wargaming on Stephane's Blog including posts on these buildings and much more; he is an interesting guy!

We are in the middle of our Spring Offers month which you can read about HERE.  In short if you use the code 'spring' during checkout you will get 15% off your order and all orders get a free 'goody bag' of related to order miniatures worth 10% of order value.  Excellent!

You can see the Hordes of Buildings (HOB) range on our website HERE.

You can learn more about the Tabletop Miniatures in the picture on our website HERE.

Lastly I want to thank Stephane for taking the time to set up and take and then send this image to me.  I really appreciate it and thanks!

Until Next Time!

GBS

Hordes of Buildings – A New Range on Pre-Order Offer until 20th March 2015

Our new range 'Hordes of Buildings' or HOB for short takes on the role for structures that our famous range Horde of Things (HOT) does for miniatures in 15mm scale for fantasy wargaming. We intend big things with this new range as a part of our commitment to 15mm fantasy wargaming which began this winter with the Monster Survey. Lots of you asked for dedicated structures the likes of which have never been created for fantasy wargaming in our scale and now we have done this. Beginning with five Human buildings in a core set before expanding into other races and more specialised structures we present 'Hordes of Buildings'! 

From now until 20th March 2015 we are offering a pre-order deal as follows. Go to our website on the links here and choose your buildings, the set, singles or multiples. You will see that they are 15% off release price for single buildings and a whopping 24% off the starter set or 34% for three starter sets!. Place one order or as many as you like and we will ship them all out across the world on 20th March 2015 making you among the first to get these awesome models. 

Maximum value can be had by taking THREE of the starter sets of five buildings giving the greatest saving plus gets you free worldwide shipping too! 

Go HERE or read on and look at the fantastic pictures! 

HOB1 Human Starter Settlement (5 Buildings) – Save 24% to 34%! 

This set of high quality very detailed resin buildings contains five different 15mm scale single pieces. These give you a Human Settlement which is suitable for any fantasy world and campaign. No assembly required. The set contains a Small Hovel, a Big Hovel, a Small House, a Tall House and a Large House. Every building is loaded with great little features and can be arranged in countless ways on your wargaming table. Total separate prices for purchase 39.50GBP starter set priced at 30.00GBP (24% saving). Buy three sets and save an additional 10% off list prices using the option in the drop down menu on the product page manually.  HERE.

Read on for details of each of the buildings in turn: 

HOB1A Small Hovel – Save 15% 

This 15mm scale one piece highly detailed resin building requires no assembly. Suitable for any Human campaign in a fantasy wargaming world it depicts the dwelling of those on the lowest rung of the housing ladder. A straw roof with wattle and daub walls intersected by crude wooden beams. Two stone steps lead up to a stout wooden door with iron hinges and detailing. A single window on the rear has wooden shutters and a panel of hand blown glass. There is a shuttered window on one side perhaps for hay storage and an open chimney with wood surround upon the roof. This building is 35mm wide, 40mm deep, 40mm tall to apex of roof. Price is 4.00GBP. Buy three sets and save an additional 10% off list prices using the option in the drop down menu on the product page manually. 15% off all options during pre-order! HERE.

HOB1B Big Hovel – Save 15% 

This 15mm scale one piece highly detailed resin building requires no assembly. Suitable for any Human campaign in a fantasy wargaming world it depicts the dwelling of those one up from the lowest rung of the housing ladder. A straw roof with wattle and daub walls intersected by crude wooden beams. A stone step lead up to a stout wooden door with iron hinges and detailing and there are two windows with shutters also on the front. A single glass window on the rear and another with wooden shutters closed. There is a shuttered window on one side and an open chimney with wood surround upon the roof. This building is 60mm wide, 40mm deep, 35mm tall to apex of roof. Price is 5.00GBP. Buy three sets and save an additional 10% off list prices using the option in the drop down menu on the product page manually. 15% off all options during pre-order! HERE.

HOB1C Small House – Save 15% 

This 15mm scale one piece highly detailed resin building requires no assembly. Suitable for any Human campaign in a fantasy wargaming world it depicts the dwelling of those in a more urban or wealthier area. A uniquely tiled roof with lots of character and a stone building which features a wooden door along with three windows across its two floors and a small inset icon too. There are more windows on the ground floor of the building on both sides with shutters and hand blown glass. Wooden panelling surrounds the upper level and a stone chimney stack runs up the rear of the structure ending in two chimney pots. This building is 45mm wide, 60mm deep, 65mm tall to top of chimney. Price is 8.00GBP. Buy three sets and save an additional 10% off list prices using the option in the drop down menu on the product page manually. 15% off all options during pre-order! HERE.

HOB1D Tall House – Save 15% 

This 15mm scale one piece highly detailed resin building requires no assembly. Suitable for any Human campaign in a fantasy wargaming world it depicts the dwelling of those in a more urban or wealthier area who likes to look over his neighbours. Four floors tall. A uniquely tiled roof with lots of character and a stone building which features a wooden door along with eight windows and shuttered hatch and loft entry on its front side. The rear side has another wooden door and six windows as well as a tiled extension where perhaps the kitchen is. One side has a thickly built stone chimney stack and one window while the other side has one small window and a now blocked up former door. Wooden panelling details the front and rear. This building is 40mm wide, 50mm deep, 95mm tall to apex of roof. Price is 10.00GBP. Buy three sets and save an additional 10% off list prices using the option in the drop down menu on the product page manually. 15% off all options during pre-order! HERE.

HOB1E Large House - Save 15%

This 15mm scale one piece highly detailed resin building requires no assembly. Suitable for any Human campaign in a fantasy wargaming world it depicts the dwelling of those in a more urban or wealthier area who are at the top of the pecking order. Three floors tall. A many faceted tiled roof with many small windows sits atop a solid stone structure with wooden panel detailing. A wooden door with iron brackets and five windows on the front, five more windows with shutters upon the rear of the building. A chimney stack tops out with two chimney pots in one corner of the structure. There are many other small details on this model. This building is 65mm wide, 50mm deep, 75mm tall to apex of roof. Price is 12.50GBP. Buy three sets and save an additional 10% off list prices using the option in the drop down menu on the product page manually. 15% off all options during pre-order! HERE.

These buildings were sculpted by our lead designer Sam Croes and as well as being superb for wargaming they are also beautiful objects in their own right which would look at home on your table or desk. They are unlike anything I have seen in wargaming and just call out for painting and your affection. I personally now want a tavern..a pub...called 'The Blind Cockatrice' of course. Enjoy the pre-order offer everyone! 

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Rodney Strongs 15mm Fantasy Armies take to the field!

Thane Army with HOT Manticores and Chimeras

I am always happy to get pictures from our customers showing them using our miniatures, our rule systems and so on before, during and after wargames.  It kind of closes the loop as it were and we like to look at the images and see how people across the world have chosen to paint and base up the miniatures we sent to them. 

Empire Army using converted HOT Griffins

A very good long standing customer of 15mm.co.uk from the United States of America sent us a host of images of some of his 15mm fantasy armies.  I asked his permission to share and Mr Rodney Strong agreed.  My thanks to him.  The images are a few select ones showing our own miniatures among those of other makers and also the whole of each army too.

He has a large Thane Army and an equally large Empire Army too. HOT Miniatures used for Monsters and for Flyers too.  Excellent.

The Whole Thane Army

Thane and Empire Armies

The HOT 15mm Fantasy Range has a huge selection of miniatures to choose from and a half dozen races too as well as monsters.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Alien Squad Leader 2.0 review at Dropship Horizon Blog

Time for a blast from the past.  Since we released the new 100 Point pre-made army for Alien Squad Leader, ASL02 Human Colonial, a couple of weeks ago we have been getting asked if there are any online reviews of the game.  Well there were but no recently so I set out to look for one and link it to here.  I found the great review written upon release back in 2009 by Mark Hannam who was the creator and owner of Dropship Horizon blog at that time.   You can read it HERE.

Mark had a copy of the book and gave it a very positive review after reading it.  An experienced wargamer and at that time science fiction fanatic he lauded it in many ways examining it from many angles.  If you are interested in Alien Squad Leader after reading the review then go to its page on our website and read more about it.

We are working on the next army pack for ASQL with the coming release this week being along those lines.  I will give details at the time.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

15mm.co.uk is now on Facebook!

 

As of the start of this week 15mm.co.uk is on Facebook with its own page. This is an expansion of our website and blog presence and its a place where I will be putting all the news, releases, offers, specials, articles, fiction and more. Indeed if you are on Facebook you can comment and show us your miniatures and games using our thousands of codes. 

 

So have a look by clicking on the link and if we are of interest please hit the 'like' button. I might even run some competitions once its all purring away nicely. Go HERE. 

 

Thanks for Reading.

 

GBS

Galactic Knights - A Miniature Design Art Jam plus offer!

Its not that often that you come home from a long day at work to find something totally awesome in your feed but that was just what I found today.  What follows is by our lead designer Sam Croes and is his own words and images about how the HOF105 Galactic Knights came into being.  Its a direct transcript with images.  I have put an offer on this code for a week at 10% off so check them out and now read on.  GBS

Some time ago, I was involved in a remarkable design collaboration, an "art jam" as some of us call. during such a "jam", two or more creative persons will bounce ideas and designs off each other and work together to create a truly unique end result. 

For this project, the first miniature design project I have thus attempted, I drew upon the wild ideas of my good friend, the many-talented Catheren "Cat" Beaton. Cat and I share a passion for swords and warriors, and during one of our online chats, the idea was sparked.

A few moments later, Cat had roughly sketched out what she thought the basic look of the Knights should be. From these expressive gesture lines, I distilled the most iconic features in a new drawing; the layered angular look of the suits and armour, the very unique helmet face plate, the broad sword blade and the flowing cloak.

Having then established the look of the figures, I then could start sculpting. One figure in the pack of four was based straight off the concept art. Two others were given handguns of a matching design, and a final one was given a support rifle type weapon. 

After receiving the first castings of these miniatures, it was time to decide on a colour scheme. Space Age white for the suits, trimmed with gold for a fantasy touch, but the main contrast was provided by a vivid purple for the cloaks and fiery orange for the energy sword blades. 

At this point the miniatures were released, but I was not done yet. Feeling inspired, I created one more illustration based on the final design. And with this picture, truly the process has come full circle. 

And so the collaboration came to a fruitful Conclusion. But that is not entirely the end of it, there's one thing more to show. Some time after the sculpting of the figures, Cat did me a lovely little sketch of a female sci-fi knight. I took this sketch and added some colour magic to it. 

Will this picture ever translate into miniature form? Only time can tell... Meanwhile, grab yourself a pack of Galactic Knights at 15mm.co.uk!  SC

Mr Harolds Magical Miniature Review of our Modern Tents!

I got a lovely surprise at the weekend when Mr Harold (he of Clear Horizon and Dropship Horizon fame) emailed me to give me a link to the above video which he has posted up to YouTube.  A video review of our recently released FST01 and FST02 15mm Modern Tents packs.   The video is well worth watching and is informative as to the use of the tents and some scale comparisons to our own and other makers brands of miniatures including his own excellent Hell Divers.

Here are links to the two packs on our website:

FST01 Modern Tents (Two in the Pack)

FST02 Torn Modern Tents (Two in the Pack)

And a nice picture of them to show you what they look like all painted up by our studio.  Mr Harold tells us that he is painting his tents up as a research set in whites and greys with logos.  I look forward to seeing that.

Keep up the good work!

GBS