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Alternative Armies launches new website. Triggers memories of a ‘painting commission’ which I didn’t record here

June 26, 2025 Jimboba Leave a comment

Wayyyy back in 2017 Gavin at Alternative Armies gave me the opportunity to paint up some 25/28mm fantasy miniatures for potential use on his site as product shots.

Never one to pass up an opportunity, I obliged and here are the results (my photography). They were painted up and sent back to Gavin for studio shots that would tie in with the rest of the website photography.

I forget why I didn’t record these at the time. Life is full of diversions.

CE22 Elf Assassins – The were a pleasure to paintup. Nos 1, 2 and 5 being my favourites (see AA website for Nos).

Next up a single miniature affair – FL20 Sorcerer Lord – a mounted and unmounted version of the same Sorcerer Lord. Perhaps a little over zealous with the bright palette but I did want this guy to ‘pop’ rather than look ‘drab’ as his theme may call for.

That’s all for now. Be sure to check out the new site at https://www.alternative-armies.com. Gavin has been a beacon in the wargaming community probably for longer than he cares to admit. Loads of great miniatures to be had.

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The Gap Plug Project: Swelling Undead Archer Ranks

October 13, 2018 Jimboba Leave a comment

I’ve more recently gone back over my collection with a view to plug some gaps – that might be a troop type for an army or in this case, expanding upon existing units so that their numbers tie in with the likes of Dragon Rampant unit sizes.

So, some fairly generic Undead Archers. Mostly from Alternative Armies, a few Splintered Light or Khurasan and some from, I think, TSR Battle Systems.

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15mm High Elf Reinforcements arrive on the field

July 10, 2018 Jimboba Leave a comment

It had been on my mind for a while to get around to beefing up several of my existing forces for the likes of Dragon Rampant, HotT or possibly giving Kings of War a go in 15mm. Then the ever-charming John over at the Facebook Group 15mm Fantasy Gaming came up with the DR Painting challenge. I’ve already forgotten the terms of the challenge but it has spurred me on a little.

So first up, the High Elves. I was lacking both heavy cavalry and some bowmen. Still need to add more light cavalry at some point.

These Heavy Cavalry are from Alternative Armies (hi Gavin!).

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Mini Update: Overdue Prang Raiders from the Ion Age

February 27, 2017 Jimboba 2 Comments

[EDIT: Previous post title assigned the Prang’s availability to 15mm.co.uk which has recently been reabsorbed into Alternative Armies. That aside, The Prang were moved from 15mm.co.uk to the Ion Age site some time ago anyway, so I got it wrong on 2 counts 😉 – and the Overdue reference is to my painting promise, not the availability of the miniatures.]

Excuses aside, this year so far has not been so great for the blog but the painting and hobby continues in the background. I promised these pics to GBS sometime ago and they did make a guest appearance in an earlier post but I’ve only now got around to posting their own, more focussed entry.

The Prang themselves, sculpted by Eli Arndt of Loud Ninja Games, are full of character. They make an excellent basis for a skirmish-level game, bug hunt or larger scale battle.

Available here on Alternative Armies Ion Age site, the Raiders being part of a growing range of Prang.

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15mm Star Trek Away Team: Happy 50th Anniversary!

February 15, 2017 Jimboba 2 Comments

Last September (2016) was the 50th anniversary of Star Trek. I did paint these at that time in ‘tribute’ to the show and universe. I would add though, I’m not a Trekkie by any stretch of the imagination – I like it, but we never really gelled, unlike that other famous sci-fi franchise 😉

That aside, these “Space Explorers” were available from a small US business called AstroMiniatures which I believe have since stopped trading (boo!). No doubt some cease and desist order played a part in that. I’ve a few Klingon-types and Romulan-types still to paint and these are about half of the Federation-types I bought as I traded a handful with a fellow gamer sometime back.

I’m glad I did paint them up as they look better painted than in lead and I may never have bothered to put a brush on them had it not been for the anniversary.

At the same time I painted up the little u-haul six wheeler and trailer from GZG. Nice. Also pictures is a grav sled-thing from 15mm.co.uk that was kicking around and seemed to fit for photo purposes.

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“I am the Lawww… Biggest!”: Judge Dredd in 15mm and 28mm

January 24, 2017 Jimboba 8 Comments

I’ve already amassed and painted a fair few law enforcers that would not look out of place in Mega City One – courtesy of 15mm.co.uk (Laserburn range) – my previous efforts are here and here. Old figures but still great fun. I recently picked up a few sculpts at a bring and buy that I didn’t already have and got around to painting them up to join the rest of the Justice Department.

I had also picked up a few 2000AD minis from Wargames Foundry in a sale last year so thought I’d paint up the Judge Dredd I’d purchased at the same time as the 15mm guys as I’d be using the same colour palette.

Here they are, big and little together.

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