Three New MkII HOF28 Charger 15mm vehicle variants released!

All across the Human Colonies and on Terra itself there is a need for security after, during and even before the high rollers and expensive kit arrives in the battle zone. Security Force Alpha is just that force filling in as police, paramilitaries, mercenaries and planetary militias too. They are the faceless grunts that do the thankless jobs needed by all those who govern, control or enforce. Use them as you will from the near to the far future! 

We are proud to present in conjunction with the new Maginot Defence Turret the release of three MkII Charger Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) in 15mm scale. Three different means of propulsion and two primary configurations see you able to choose Wheeled, Tracked or Hover along with a gun turret or APC hatch with crewman out of crew hatch or crew hatch closed with each one. All in resin spun up just for you designed by Sam Croes. Go HERE or read on for details. 

HOF28A Charger MkII Wheeled

This pack contains the resin parts to assemble one 15mm scale six wheeled Charger vehicle kit as an APC or turreted APC variant hatch open or closed. The Charger is the workhorse military and police transporter of the Human Colonies and Security Force Alpha. Designed as a feature of the Human Colonial Army template in Alien Squad Leader 2.0 it is equally at home in any near future or such game system. Parts are: Charger Hull, Charger Wheel Unit, Options Sprue (APC Top, Turret Top, Hatch SFA Crewman, Closed Crew Hatch). Approx 60mm long, 30mm wide and 35mm tall when assembled. Very easy to assemble and great value. Make yours a military vehicle or law vehicle or an infantry fighting vehicle. The Charger is part of Security Force Alpha (SFA) in the HOF Range. From battles to peace keeping or law enforcement roles it suits them all. Choose from a pack or three packs (saving 10% automatically on the price) supplied unpainted and without bases. Mono image shows parts. Image with SFA Trooper etc is for scale only and not supplied. 6.00GBP.  

HOF28B Charger MkII Hover

This pack contains the resin parts to assemble one 15mm scale hover Charger vehicle kit as an APC or turreted APC variant hatch open or closed. The Charger is the workhorse military and police transporter of the Human Colonies and Security Force Alpha. Designed as a feature of the Human Colonial Army template in Alien Squad Leader 2.0 it is equally at home in any near future or such game system. Parts are: Charger Hull, Charger Hover Unit, Options Sprue (APC Top, Turret Top, Hatch SFA Crewman, Closed Crew Hatch). Approx 65mm long, 40mm wide and 30mm tall when assembled. Very easy to assemble and great value. Make yours a military vehicle or law vehicle or an infantry fighting vehicle. The Charger is part of Security Force Alpha (SFA) in the HOF Range. From battles to peace keeping or law enforcement roles it suits them all. Choose from a pack or three packs (saving 10% automatically on the price) supplied unpainted and without bases. Mono image shows parts. Image with SFA Trooper etc is for scale only and not supplied. 6.00GBP. 

HOF28C Charger MkII Tracked

This pack contains the resin parts to assemble one 15mm scale twin tracked Charger vehicle kit as an APC or turreted APC variant hatch open or closed. The Charger is the workhorse military and police transporter of the Human Colonies and Security Force Alpha. Designed as a feature of the Human Colonial Army template in Alien Squad Leader 2.0 it is equally at home in any near future or such game system. Parts are: Charger Hull, Charger Tracked Unit, Options Sprue (APC Top, Turret Top, Hatch SFA Crewman, Closed Crew Hatch). Approx 60mm long, 30mm wide and 35mm tall when assembled. Very easy to assemble and great value. Make yours a military vehicle or law vehicle or an infantry fighting vehicle. The Charger is part of Security Force Alpha (SFA) in the HOF Range. From battles to peace keeping or law enforcement roles it suits them all. Choose from a pack or three packs (saving 10% automatically on the price) supplied unpainted and without bases. Mono image shows parts. Image with SFA Trooper etc is for scale only and not supplied. 6.00GBP. 

If you like the Charger and see it as a generic use APC or IFV for your modern, near future or science fiction forces then enjoy these additional pictures alongside SFA miniatures in use on table. 

The SFA range contains a huge variety of generic poses of 15mm white metal miniatures and vehicles allowing a wargamer to assemble a cohesive force for their campaigns. A whole integrated range within HOF which contains vehicles, tower, infantry, command, scouts, elites, female and more! Go HERE. 

Thanks for Reading, 

GBS

ASQL2.0 Alien Squad Leader rules and resource links

The fantastic and unique 15mm scale generic science fiction element base rules system Alien Squad Leader (ASQL) 2.0 is now back in stock at 15mm.co.uk.  Written by Alex Self and published in 2009 it is a high quality A4 format perfect bound book with several perforated pull out or copy reference sheets at the rear. Made in Scotland it is priced at 12.00GBP. Unlike other 15mm scale science fiction systems it is totally and I mean totally generic with army templates for anything from Human Colonial to Mechanoids, Hive Mind, Alien Greys, Outlaw Gangs and more!   To that end you can visit the ASQL page on the website HERE.  Or read on for an account of what is in the book followed by web links to resources and reviews for free.

ASQL Rule Book - 2nd Edition.  15mm Science Fiction

Squad Level Wargame Sci-Fi Rules with an emphasis on the ordinary troops not Heroic Characters. Simple Game Mechanics that are easy to understand but which reward careful play. Includes six pick up and play scenarios with clear and challenging victory conditions. The ASQL 2.0 rulebook is perfect bound and has eighty pages and several perforated pull out token and reference sheets. Get into one of the finest 15mm sci-fi rule sets on the market!

WITH ALIEN SQUAD LEADER IT’S TIME TO TAKE THE SIDE OF THE ALIENS! 

In Alien Squad Leader, you can advance into battle with the pitiless bugs of the Hive Mind, the multi-legged Tripods, the cyborg infantry of the Enslavers, the mythical fighters summoned to serve the Children of the Gods, and many, many, other alien races. Or on the other hand, maybe you prefer the forces of humanity? There’s never been a better time to experience this exciting and fast paced squad-level wargame for any 15mm science fiction miniatures.  All miniatures are assembled into units on element bases and into an army built on points.  The rules use two sizes of element base 50mm square and 100mm by 50mm rectangle.  Go HERE.

Includes rules for:  Inferior Infantry, Regular Infantry, Power-Armoured Infantry, Heavy Weapon Squads, Monstrous Infantry, Robotic Infantry, Heavy Droids, Battle Mecha, Recon Droids and Drones, Fighters, Shooters, Riders, Beasts, Monstrous Creatures, Thralls, Close Flyers, Dropships, Distant Flyers, Crewed Weapons, Floaters, Defence Turrets, Light Vehicles, Light Transports, Mobile Artillery, Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Armoured Transports, Assault Tanks, Main Battle Tanks, Refugees, Police Units and Psionic Powers...

Fourteen Army Lists (Templates) provided in the book:  Human Imperial, Human Colonial, Outlaw Gangs, Imperial Strike Force, Alien Imperial, Alien Warrior Caste, Tripods, Alien Enslaver, Cyborg Enslaver, Mechanoid, Hive Mind, Victorian Imperial, Children of the Gods and Alien Greys.  Each template has its own special rules as well as unique unit types and traits.  Build your 100 Point or larger army using one of the army lists. Full Contents of the ASQL 2.0 Rulebook by section are as follows; 

Introduction

Contents

1.0 What you need to Play

1.1 Model Terrain, 1.2 Miniatures, 1.3 Wargames Equipment

2.0 Troop Classification 

2.1 Infantry, 2.2 Droids, 2.3 Primitives 

2.4 Flyers, 2.5 Defensive Weapons, 2.6 Vehicles

2.7 Equipment, 2.8 Unit Type Quick Ref Table

3.0 Preparing for Battle

3.1 The Pre-Game Sequence, 3.2 Scenarios 

3.3 Setting out Terrain, 3.4 Winning the Game

4.0 Visibility and Line of Sight

4.1 Terrain Affects on Visibility

5.0 Command, Control and Movement

5.1 Sequence of Play, 5.2 Command and Control

5.3 Overwatch, 5.4 Movement

6.0 Shooting

6.1 Direct Fire, 6.2 Indirect Fire, 6.3 Hits and Saving Throws

7.0 Reaction Moves

8.0 Close Assault

8.1 Close Assault Order of Play, 8.2 Combat Results 

8.3 Attacking Installations, 8.4 Vehicles in Close Assault 

9.0 THE ARMY LISTS 

9.1 How to Use the Army Lists

9.2 HUMAN IMPERIAL and Special Rules

9.3 HUMAN COLONIAL and Special Rules 

9.4 OUTLAW GANGS and Special Rules 

9.5 IMPERIAL STRIKE FORCE and Special Rules 

9.6 ALIEN IMPERIAL and Special Rules 

9.7 ALIEN WARRIOR CASTE and Special Rules 

9.8 TRIPODS and Special Rules 

9.9 ALIEN ENSLAVER and Special Rules 

9.10 CYBORG ENSLAVER and Special Rules 

9.11 MECHANOID and Special Rules 

9.12 HIVE MIND and Special Rules 

9.13 VICTORIAN IMPERIAL and Special Rules 

9.14 CHILDREN OF THE GODS and Special Rules 

9.15 ALIEN GREYS and Special Rules 

10.0 Optional Rules

10.1 Fast Play 10.2 Mixed Infantry Squads

10.3 Burning Vehicles 10.4 Tall Buildings

10.5 Using Characters in ASQL

11.0 Resources

12.0 Pull out Reference Sheets

IN PLAY ORDER TOKENS 

IN PLAY REFERENCE SHEETS 1 & 2

Review, Group and Free Files Online!

You can download the ASQL2.0 Errata File from our dropbox account by clicking HERE.

There are many online references to this rules system across various platforms and you are are free to search for them dating back to 2009 however one of our favourites is the Dropship Horizon review of ASQL2.0 written by Mark which is greatly respected.  You can see that HERE.

There is an online ASQL community located on Yahoo Groups.  You can go to it HERE and join up to talk about the game.

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

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

Titanium 15mm Sci-Fi Painting Contest now on Dropship Horizon Blog

Its painting competition time over on the great Dropship Horizon blog, focal point of all 15mm science fiction wargamers.  Open to all comers there is a list of suggested entries and there will be prizes too for the winners.  This is an excellent idea to keep away the blues of the deep freeze period of the year.  Check it Out!

The painting competition runs from 15th January 2014 to 15th February 2014.  You can enter a squad or a single vehicle or a piece of terrain or structure.  Full details on the post.

How about a HOF Zidhe Space Elf squad?

As an aside I would be mighty happy if a wargamer won by entering something that we make and to that end although we are offering an offical prize along with many other companies I will be happy to mail out an additional wee surprise to any winner who used our products.  On top of this since I am a great guy I am happy to digitally edit any pictures you want to send to DSH blog to make them shine; just email me or comment below.   If any of our codes win I will personally make sure your loyalty is rewarded!

GBS