Warbases: Closing Down Cairneyhill Bricks & Mortar Shop

Warbases: In order to increase manufacturing capacity, we have taken the tough decision to close our Bricks & Mortar shop in Cairneyhill from Friday 10th May 2024. Click & Collect will remain available and our website and attendance at shows remain unchanged.

Crooked Dice: Upcoming Price Rise Announcement

Crooked Dice: I have been holding off a change for as long as I could, but after 15 years, regretfully we have had to put prices up. Costs have gone up across all parts of the business over the past few years - and up until now we have absorbed them. However in the last two weeks, there has been a massive spike in the cost of raw materials - and unfortunately we are finally going to have to reflect that in our figure pricing. So with regret we have now rolled out a price rise out across all white metal figure packs. On average, the new prices are:

* Single figure - £5

* Two figure pack - £10

* Three figure pack - £15

* Four figure pack - £18

* Five figure pack - £20

This isn't a massive jump, in fact you may have noticed that we have already been pricing new releases close to this for the last few months. But we appreciate that your hobby budgets are already stretched these days, so have tried to keep these prices as close as we can to other boutique sellers - while making sure it's sustainable for us to keep running the business!

We will suck up the hit for the Mountains of Madness kickstarter, but will be assessing the impact that might have on delivery (if any) over the next couple of weeks. So apologies for this. We hugely appreciate the support you give Crooked Dice - and hope that this may long continue - even with this bump in the road!

Steve Barber Models: Miniature Business Moving From UK To France!

Steve Barber Models: Steve started Steve Barber Models with £100, twenty nine years ago after being made redundant from the printing industry. He started doing painting commissions before teaching himself to sculpt miniatures. Running a company for so long, we have seen a lot of change but nowhere near as much as in recent years. After four years of difficulties, running our business in the UK has become impossible for us to do, so we have decided to move abroad.

The last four years have been extremely difficult both personally and in business. We have lived in the UK all our lives and have a young son, so it was not an easy decision to go, but we had to do something to change things, and feel this is the best option for us. We really couldn't continue as we are.

We do not have a move date yet but will announce a stop date for orders soon. The period the company is closed for will be as short as we can make it but moving the business will take time to pack and unpack everything. We are sure it is the best thing for our family and business and look forward to our future en France, where we will reopen Steve Barber Models. We are continuing to take orders as normal at this stage but wish to keep our loyal customers informed. Thank you for your support during this time.

Games of War: Steel City Wargames Terrain - Portable Laser Cut Steel Scenery Reviewed!

Today we will take a closer look at the brand new Steel City Wargames Terrain currently being funded on Kickstarter by Henry from Games of War based in Oxford in The United Kingdom. This new science fiction wargaming scenery made out of laser cut steel is actually more or less a full battlefield in a bag. Being made from indestructible steel, the scenery is very robust and durable while also being portable and storable due to the very compact size and custom storage bag. The scenery is produced in the Midlands, UK out of cold rolled steel which naturally patinates and is 100% recyclable. So let's check out the actual content or make sure to check out the Kickstarter here

Steel City Wargames Terrain

So today we take a look at the Steel City 'Full Block' in Air Drop Bag which includes no less than 2x Big 'L' buildings with 4 Floors (including 8 Magnets), 4x Medium 'L' buildings, 4x Small 'L'  buildings and 6x Czech Hedgehogz anti-tank obstacles neatly stored in a portable 'Air Drop' Bag. This terrain has been designed to be useful for casual or competitive gaming supplying a nice amount of scenery and line of sight blocking features for tournament gaming.

Although more inclined to use more custom-build and detailled scenery (and therefore more fragile scenery) myself I can certainly see this type of scenery being attractive for wargamers often playing in different locations and tournaments. The scenery is near indestructible so will last a lifetime and is easily portable due to the compact size and useful storage bag. The detail of the buildings is rather simplistic due to the chosen material and design but gives a very nice impression of the structures with vents, windows and doors all very suitable for wargaming.

So let's start with the cool and useful Czech Hedgehogz anti-tank obstacles of which 6 are included in the package. These are each supplied in two pieces which easily fit into each other, pretty useful to keep out those deadly tanks and armoured vehicles while holding the city ruins.

Next are the 2 Big 'L' ruined buildings with 4 Floors (including 8 Magnets), these are pretty impressive and offer some very good cover for your miniatures. These pieces are supplemented with steel floors and magnets allowing you to add some levels for your defending units. As you can see the two buildings can easily be placed to construct one building with four defendable sides instead of the normal two.

Then we have the 4 Medium 'L' ruined buildings which can also be used with the modular floors as mentionned above. The scenery pieces are smaller but can also be used in pairs to construct larger buildings offering some very useful line of sight blocking obstacles for your wargames.

The last of the buildings included are the 4 Small 'L'  buildings which are some kind of industrial buildings with exhaust vents and large ventilation systems. These are pretty cool and can fit together to form a full industrial unit, great as an objective or camouflaged stronghold position.

Last but not least the useful storage bag made to carry all of the above mentionned scenery and plenty of more. Allowing you to take your scenery with great ease to different locations and tournaments or a good way to safely store your scenery when not in use. The bag doubles as a cooler bag too!

The Conclusion

This Steel City terrain isn't like your more usual scenery made out of plastic, resin, wood or other more fragile materials but build to last out of quality steel. The detail of the buildings are rather simplistic by design and due to the chosen purpose of being durable and easy to transport. Supplied with a custom bag for transportation and storage you can easily take this scenery to different venues, clubs and tournaments without to worrying about their fragility. Although I'm more into detailled scenery, I can certainly see the appeal of this terrain being used by frequent travellers, tournament players and club organisers. 

Interested in learning more about this new scenery from Games of War? Make sure to check the ongoing Kickstarter here and grab some of this useful tournament scenery that will last you a lifetime of pleasure! This scenery set including storage bag is available on Kickstarter for £199 or €232.

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Firestorm Games: Fantasy Oathmark Range Discounted!

Firestorm Games: Fantasy Oathmark Miniatures Range Discounted! Check them here

Wayland Games: Expand Your T'au Empire, For The Greater Good

Wayland Games: This week, the T'au are continuing their expansion throughout the galaxy with a new Combat Patrol, Codex, Datasheet Cards, and additional units! Employing their ravenous Hounds, the Kroot, you can now pre-order the Krootox Rampagers, Kroot Carnivores, Lone-spear, and more. Add some extra firepower to your Solar Auxilia armies with the new Basilisk & Medusa tanks or the Hermes Light Sentinel Squadron, which are available to pre-order now. Check them here

Element Games: Kroot Reinforcements and More!

Element Games: The new T'au codex goes up for pre-order today and along side it the Kroot forces are growing. There is a plethora of new Kroot boxes but the stand out for us is the Lone-Spear. Check them all here

Crooked Dice: New 80's Kickstarter Miniatures - Mavericks Cops and More

Crooked Dice: This month we are releasing the first tranche of the figures from our recent 80s kickstarter! From maverick cops to galactic marines! 14 new packs to choose from! In store now! Check them all here

Alternative Armies: Gremlin Vehicles Three Hover Variants New to The Ion Age 15mm Range

Alternative Armies: Gremlin Hover vehicles in the 15mm Ion Age Range! Fire support, missile capacity or armoured transport for your Planetary Militia and Grima Robots. Last three new releases of the Spring Mega Event 2024 (20% off auto at checkout on orders) which ends 6th May. See the article. Thanks everyone! Check them here

Victrix: New Medieval Islamic Infantry Renders Preview

Victrix: Victrix Medieval - Islamic Infantry - More renders! Here we have some updated renders of the Medieval Islamic Infantry set. We have added 2 archer figures to each sprue and there will be spare bow arms so you will easily be able to use spearmen as archers and archers as spearmen so plenty of variety included.

These are primarily going to be infantry for use as Arab, Syrian and Abbasid and Fatamid Egyptians from the 10th to 13th centuries but can easily be used in earlier Arab conquest and early Caliphates armies as well as being used in Spain. The spearmen element of the set also has other hand weapon options such as axes and swords. There are some command components such as standard bearer arms, trumpets and drums as Islamic troops liked a lot of noise to go into battle, and used drums to communicate orders.

There are a lot of head options in this set including turbans, helmets, hats and bare headed, reflecting the multi ethnic nature of Islamic armies. There will be a variety of shield shapes and whole range of new Islamic shield and flag transfers coming from LBMS. This will be a great 48 figure set (6 Sprues), full of dynamism and variation and will make great opponents for Crusader and Byzantine armies.

Wargames Atlantic: New Plastic Chariots Box Preview

Wargames Atlantic: Henry Hyde is in the middle of painting the chariots and horses for the Chariots box and Peter Dennis has delivered the art. This set will feature three chariots and six horses. The chariots were previously part of the Skeleton Cavalry and Chariots set and the horses are our Medium Horses that are also part of the Grognard Cavalry set. There are no crew included - you can use something from Atlantic Digital like the Trojans or Dendra Armor Warriors or whatever you like!

Crooked Dice: New Alien World Scenery, Concrete Barriers, Dinosaur Bones and More!

Crooked Dice: We have: two sets of fauna for your alien worlds; some new street furniture - concrete barriers and traffic cones; and finally some dinosaur bones and tree stumps! All sculpted by the talented Iain Andrew Gonzalez! Painted for display by Andrew Taylor and photographed by Kev Dallimore.

Alternative Armies: Star Mercs 25 Poses New Faction For HOF 15mm Science Fiction Range

Alternative Armies: Star Mercs! A whole new faction in the HOF 15mm Sci-fi range of near 200 codes. 25 new poses, command, rifles, shotguns, support and assault. Singles, packs, value platoon with saving. See the article for details plus free War Bot II in all orders and Mega Event 20% off auto at checkout on orders until 6th May. Thanks! Check them here

Studio Tomahawk: New V for Victory - WWII Skirmish Rules

Studio Tomahawk: V for Victory will be available in June and should appear on preorder anyday soon from our chums at North Star Military Figures and your FLGS.

For those who don't know what V for Victory (which is pronounced "Five for Victory" if you ask) is a WW2 skirmish game that we have been working on these last 3 years. It is designed for small scale action, with a platoon per side, backd by a couple of support weapons and vehicles. It is played on a 1m20 by 1m20 table, wich around 30 figures per side, using missions. We will reveal more in some sneak peeks in the next few weeks, so stay tuned!

Alternative Armies: Asgard Orcs by Jes Goodwin Restored Part One OR1 to OR24

Alternative Armies: Jes Goodwin’s Orcs by Asgard in the 1980’s are back! Part one of the restoration detailed in this article. OR1-OR24 as singles and saver set. Following on the Dwarfs and Creatures of Chaos ranges. Mega Event auto 20% off at checkout on until 6th May. Thank you kindly for your support of the golden age. Check them here

Alternative Armies: BR042 Erzherzog 6mm Heavy Tank New by Bradley Miniatures

Alternative Armies: Heavy Hitter! New in the 6mm Bradley Miniatures sci-fi range the Erzherog with three different turrets. Forty second code in a wide array of awesome. Check the range out as well as USEME 6mm sci-fi rules. Free any scale Warbot II in all orders (until 9th May) and event discount on until 6th May. Thanks!

Wargames Atlantic: New Plastic "Citizens of Rome" Miniatures

Wargames Atlantic: New Plastic "Citizens of Rome" Miniatures

Victrix: New 12mm Universal Carrier and 8th Army Update!

Victrix: Universal Carrier & 8th Army Update: Hot on the heels of the 12mm/1/144th US Airborne we are really excited to show you some images of the 12mm plastic Universal carrier.

These models are finished and just waiting on the packaging before release, so not too long to wait. The kit has lots of options to make your universal carriers with 50 cal machine guns, flame thrower options (both British and Canadian variants) Piats, antitank rifles, mortar, Vickers and Forward observation options, as well as the standard Bren carrier.

They have both European and Desert uniform options for the crews as we start to expand into the North African Desert. We have been busily working away on British 8th army infantry for the Desert. As well as the ordinary infantry shown, we have mortars, Vickers, officers, radio, 2 inch mortar, antitank rifles, mine detectors and officers and we will be including a 2 pdr Antitank gun plus crew. This will be a new addition to our normal sprue layouts for out 12mm infantry with the addition of the 2pdr. Once these are done we will be making a start on the Afrika Corps who will join our early version Panzer IV’S and 88mm which has German crew in Desert uniform. More 12mm models are in the pipeline so keep your eyes peeled.