Category Archives: 15mm SF

The Firedrake

(Brigadier’s log, show date S-16) Many science-fiction fans will by now be aware of the passing of David Drake, author of the Hammer’s Slammers stories amongst many others, in December last year. We wanted to do something to commemorate David … Continue reading

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Return of an Ancient Threat

(Brigadier’s log, show date S – 22) Next on this year’s Salute line-up are some classic models from the archives. We’ve dug Germy’s 15mm Cimexian bugs out of storage, revamped the masters (the formerly two part hulls are now one … Continue reading

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Action and Adventure

(Brigadier’s log, show date S-25) Every year we try to come up with a lineup of new releases for Salute, and it’s time to start our previews of this year’s offerings. Much of our 15mm sci-fi output in recent years … Continue reading

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Return of the Crucible

Some great news for Hammer’s Slammers fans this week. The original Crucible rulebook hasn’t been available (at least from us) for a while, but this past weekend we took delivery of a new softback version. What’s in this edition ? … Continue reading

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Trucks’n’Trailers

The Han Chinese army is split into the Black Banner Guards and the People’s National Guard. Although both have ‘Guards’ on the end, the Black Banner get to ride round in fancy 8×8 APCs with big lasers on the roof, … Continue reading

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No Man is an Island

Baffin’s Legion makes an appearance in the second part of the story ‘The Warrior’, as the Hindi and Han forces clash over the paddy fields of the town of Morobad. While the Han are supported by the Slammers, the Hindis … Continue reading

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PacFed Supports

We have two new vehicles for the Pacific Federation (PacFed) in 15mm this week. Both the Quoll and Koala have been in the 6mm range for many years but never made the transition to the larger scale – well now … Continue reading

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Hindi Detachments

Welcome to a new month, after a January that seemed to last about 60 days. The latest update on the order backlog is that by the end of today’s casting session we should have finished almost every order from January … Continue reading

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A Decade On

It’s a small but significant anniversary today – it’ll be ten years since one of us (Tony to be precise) took the plunge and threw himself into Brigade full time. Overall, Brigade has been running for almost 36 years, but … Continue reading

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Hindi Troopers

To follow on from our recent 15mm Hindi armoured vehicles for Hammer’s Slammers, we have some new infantry figures to accompany them, this time from Jeremey Claridge. There’s a nine-man infantry section (NCO, SAW gunner, buzzbomb gunner and two each … Continue reading

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