Sale!! July 2-7 at Wargames Vault.
Sale!! July 2-7 at Wargames Vault.
The entire Fantasy Warlord range is 15% off at Alternative Armies all this month. Characters, Infantry, Shields and Weapon packs great for any 28mm system. Discount is on screen. Full details plus the latest news for this month on our releases and such when you click through.
Thanks!
GBS
OK, brace yourself, here we go!
Fighting 15s and Gladiator Miniatures are open for business again after a break of one month. We are using a new base website address of fighting15s.com, and our previous website addresses of fighting15s.co.uk, gladiatorminiatures.co.uk, and fighting15sshop.co.uk now point there – or will point here eventually!
We have made a complete break from our webshop provider of 15 years, EKM, to new software. Frankly, this is going to get time to get used to, so the order process might be slightly hiccupy while we find our feet. Please bear with us – we're dealing with the strange, weird and unfamiliar!
The break from EKM means that everything you're used to seeing will be different: emails confirming processing and dispatch have changed, and are not quite as personal as we'd like them to be. However, the new website design is something we're proud of, and we will further develop it to make finding and displaying the products you want even easier.
During June, we managed to create and edit more than 500 new pictures for the website, transforming the Flags section and updating the restored Coat d'arms Paints section.
We made some progress on new photographs for Martian Empires, but still have new pictures for more than 1,000 Gladiator Miniatures figures to take, which we regret will be slow work. Unfortunately age, eyesight and a recurring RSI problem mean that working time at a computer is limited to what is comfortable. It therefore takes about a day to ink figures, take, edit and upload 10 new pictures to a commercially acceptable standard if we do absolutely nothing else. Obviously, we have orders to fulfil and they take priority at all times.
So we apologise if products are yet to show new or improved pictures, but we are working on them. Already, a number of Gladiator Miniatures figures are shown beautifully painted, the work of painters including myself, Martin Stephenson and Jon Atter, not only showing the figures to their best, but also providing what we hope are inspirational painting guides.
Our new website has been created and is hosted by Andy Cummings of Tradestands, which hosts a number of UK wargames businesses, and we'd like to thank him for his work, advice and patience during the set-up stages.
Unfortunately, not all our news about reopening is good: the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic means we are offering only courier services to some international destinations, particularly the USA and Canada, and have suspended deliveries entirely to others, including non-EU Europe. Although orders have been arriving, they have been taking seven to 10 weeks to arrive, leading to PayPal disputes. We will review this as the global situation changes.
Ian
Fighting 15s and Gladiator Miniatures
At Tinywargames we now offer 3 types of materials in our wargaming mats.
Cloth
Mousemat
High quality Rubber (like a snooker table feel)
Our new price list is attached and offers over 300 designs to choose from. New lower UK postal charges as well.
A PRETTY PICTURE AND A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
I haven't been very good at communication the last few months, but we have been working five days per week throughout all the recent tribulations. Here is a breakdown of what we're up to.
1. The shopping cart is currently shut down, which is why your order won't go through; you've probably arrived at our products without passing through the front page where the info banner is. If I knew how to put the banner on other pages I would, but I don't, so it isn't.
2. We start taking orders with our own shopping cart again July 1. I'm grateful for my retailers for keeping the wheels of commerce turning, and I urge you to continue to order from them. This is a difficult time for many game stores, and if you want to see our hobby thrive in the future, it is important that there are places that new people can see games being played, so please, please, please continue to patronize them after I have reopened my shopping cart.
2. The mounted Linguine Henchmen are indeed available. You can order them now from a retailer or after July 1 you can order them from us as well.
3. You can expect at least one new release per month for the next several months. The mounted Earps are next up. Expect more Indians, some cavalry, and other various and sundry characters though the summer, fall, and into the holidays.
I can sculpt much faster than we can put items into production, so please bear with us.
4. We will continue to create new items of an historical as well as cinematic nature. I'm not much of a movie buff myself, but I've tried to satisfy the cravings for that kind of thing. I will continue to balance both aspects of the West as I feel that while movies are fun, history is exciting as well. I'm always looking for unique subjects with interesting and varied wardrobe rather than the usual 60s cowboy getup with a different face.
4. We will be kickstarting our board game either this fall or at the beginning of 2021. If you're not a fan of the cartoon figures, don't worry--you can use the game with GB figures, and there will be GB versions of new characters from the game available during and after the kickstarter. The main purpose of the game is to reach a broader audience; if you have non-gamer family or friends, this will be a great way to introduce them to gaming.
5. Finally, Adam Smith of Pro Painted Miniatures has done a magnificent job of painting the Spectacular Seven, don't you think? I can't wait till these show up on my doorstep! I will be photographing them for character cards, and then I get to game with them!