Blooadaxe GNW in Action

Posted on March 26, 2014 by admin

I know that I’ve mention the Bloodaxe Miniatures GNW figures a few different times in the past. I do believe that I’ve even talked a wee bit about my own GNW project that is slated to get rolling this year (April is my current plan). I may even have shown a few pictures, but not any pictures of the figures in action.

Jeff, a long time Bloodaxe Miniatures GNW war gamer, runs the Saxe-Bearstein blog where, among other things he reports on the happenings of his 18th century ImagiNation. Recently, Jeff granted permission to reuse his photos featuring the Bloodaxe Miniatures from his collection.

So, today I thought it would be a good idea to share a couple pictures from Jeff’s blog. These picture accompanied the post from 26 March 2013 and depict a war game battle fought about 7 years ago.

We hope you enjoy the pictures and will pay Saxe-Bearstein a visit when you are next looking for something new on the web.

Those in Peril : Wilbur Smith

Posted on March 17, 2014 by admin

Literary Muster – Those in Peril

Despite its predictability, characters of cardboard and silly dialog, Those in Peril is a rousing thriller.College student Cayla Bannock is cruising in the Indian Ocean aboard the family yacht. She should be studying, but she’s too busy with her boy toy – the cabin boy (Rogier) – being heals over head in love, she is blind to the harsh reality that she is merely a pawn in Rogier’s grand scheme…Soon enough Cayla is held captive by Rogier and his band of pirates and is being held for a $20 billion dollar ransom.

Will this be a simple matter of Cayla’s mother, Hazel, heir to Bannock Oil Corp, paying up? Of course not, or we wouldn’t have much of a story…

Security chief Hector (Heck) Cross to the reduce! Heck organizes a crack team of mercenaries and sets out on a daring rescue mission. And of course along the way Hazel and Heck fall in love (you knew it didn’t you?).

Wilbur Smith keeps the pages turning though his non-stop excitement. Smith handles action better than most any modern author. The story may be predictable, but Smith keeps it interesting and you will find yourself turning page after page as the plot unfolds…

For the war gamer: Plenty of modern mercenary vs. pirate/ action for numerous skirmish scenarios.

Those in Peril – by Wilbur Smith
480 pages, St. Martin’s Paperbacks; Reprint edition (January 31, 2012)

Also available for Kindle:
669 KB, Thomas Dunne Books; Reprint edition (May 10, 2011)

New Websites

Posted on March 16, 2014 by admin

I’m slow with new posts this week, as this is a busy time at work. As such my extra time has been limited. After today, things start to get back to normal, so you can look for more news and figure / war game goodness.

In the meantime, a short update on some of our website projects. The first work you have already seen; the new look for Table Top Talk. Not sure we are done yet, but at least we have managed to freshen thing sup a bit.

The next site to get an update will be the HistoriFigs website. The site is now 11 years old, an looks it! The site will remain a bit on the old school side. Meaning this update won’t incorporate interactive, online ordering. Since we sell single figures for the most part, we are staying with a simple site with figure listings, pictures and ordering information. At initial launch, the pictures will still be a bit light, but we will have a picture gallery scheme in place and the galleries will be populated as we take new photos.

For, now you can get an idea of how the new figure listings will look. This example shows the new look as applied to our N-Gauge Thirty Years War figure listing:

Our first experiment with interactive, online ordering will continue with the Ådalen Miniatures site. This site already has a simple PayPal based cart system. We are experimenting with a better looking system. Something that we can apply to our other websites; Blasted Planets, Bloodaxe Miniatures and Resistant Roosters. We will post more sneak peeks at the new look just as soon as we nail down a few more details and solve a couple of nagging little issues with the functionality. For now, a quick look at a sample product listing (needs more work) from the test site:

New 28mm British Light Infantry

Posted on March 7, 2014 by admin

Time for a New Release!

This small set of British Light Infantry have been on my desk for the past several years and are finally in molds are available for purchase.

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These models are the work of Tony Aldrich, who also created our other 28mm American Revolution / AWI offerings as well as our 40mm AWI figures.

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28mm British Light Infantry

Figures are in cap with a front plate. The coat, is cut down with shorter tails.

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British Light Infantry, Standing Firing
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British Light Infantry, reaching for cartridge
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British Light Infantry, in reserve
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British Light Infantry, Officer

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Figures are available Now at our standard pricing for 28mm figures. See HistoriFigs web site for figure listings and ordering information.

Don’t forget to check the HistoriFigs Specials page for March 2014…

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Picture Day – 20mm World War II

Posted on March 7, 2014 by admin

A simple picture posting today…

E2-9 – German, 2-man machine-gun crew, prone

Some 20mm Germans (Suitible for Late War WWI and WWII) from my collection. Recent castings, from New molds created from Original Master figures.

E2-10 – 20mm German, 2-man anti-tank gun crew, prone

I use these figures with for small WWII Skirmish games and with old school WWII rules such as: ‘Fast Rules‘ and ‘Tractics‘.

These would match the figures used by: A.W. ‘Ed’ Saunders and Lionel Tarr in their Modern (WWII) wag games.

Original creations by:
Holger Eriksson. Once sold under the Authenticast brand, transferred to the Scruby line in the 1960’s

E2-12 – 20mm German, Infantry, helmet, prone, firing rifle