The term Thorakites – plural Thorakitai – is used sparingly by Polybios to refer to Achaian and Seleucid troops of the mid-second century BC. That they were armoured is plain enough – Thorakitai means ‘cuirassier’ – and Polybios describes them as acting in support of lighter troops. It is likely they were armed with the…
We are very pleased to be able to offer you the latest releases from our friends over at Sarissa Precision – three different factories from their Industrial Range! These buildings are made from laser-etched MDF and can be glued together using PVA glue. Once built they can be painted in the same way as the…
West African troops from France’s colonies provided fierce and loyal troops to the French army in two World Wars. Though raised across France’s territories in west, central and east Africa, they took the title Senegalese in honour of the first black Tirailleur regiments formed in Senegal. buy now in store Ever since the 1850s France…
This week sees the release of two new heavy tanks to help the defence of the Motherland against the invading German Army during Operation Barbarossa – the up-armoured KV-1E and the KV-8 flamethrower tank! The KV tanks were a series of Soviet heavy tanks named after the Soviet defence commissar and politician Kliment Voroshilov and…
As we have used our Figure Head system of separate heads for the models in Beyond the Gates of Antares the obvious next step was to make the heads available separately in the same way as we do for Bolt Action. First up we have the Algoryn AI heads with 3 helmeted and 2 bare…
Throughout March, we’re giving away a free German miniature with every customer order over £50.00/$80.00 – however – upon announcing this, once again (just like last month with the Soviets) we have been overwhelmed by a deluge of customers calling us, sending emails and messages to ask whether the exclusive models were available to purchase…
The Concord are the largest and most powerful Panhuman civilisation of the Seventh Age – having colonised almost a quarter of all the known human worlds in Antarean space. The military arm of the Concord is organised and directed by a branch called the C3 (or Concord Combined Command) and they responds to threats with logical…
The emergence of heavy German tanks on the eastern front spurred the Soviet military into action, looking for up-gunned tanks of their own. Rather than wait for the full development of new tank designs to combat these Teutonic monsters a stop-gap upgrade to the KV series produced. It comprised a KV-1S with the new turret…
When the German army crashed over the Russian border in 1941, Hitler was confident of a short, sharp campaign. He nearly got one, but heroic defence by the massive Soviet armies slowed the Nazi advance. It was done by the simple private soldier, “Ivan” as the Germans called him. Brave, solid, and loyal, these soldiers…
The awesome Tiger I plastic kit is now available on general release either singularly or in a 3 tank zug and will be shipped out to immediately! View in Store Our superbly detailed new kit, made by expert plastic manufacturers Italeri, has Zimmerit anti-magnetic mine paste giving it the authentic look for mid to late…
Andy Hobday