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So, after all the problems with various online mini traders being utter pants I may have found my new go to site.

I actually found them through a banner ad on Wamp so GoogleAds is occasionally good for something. They do a fairly good discount on most things, better than similar sites in many cases and carry a decent range of stuff. More importantly they do what they say they'll do and keep you informed of when it's likely ...

Ever since the Maelstrom debacle I've been trying to find an alternative supplier for my mini fix. Wayland is out because I don't like the way they've strong armed other businesses in the past and their ties to the pitiful Beasts of War site don't help either. The Wampstore is great and I've had top quality service whenever I've used it but it doesn't stock the predominantly gaming minis that I buy most of the time.

That leaves me with three possibilities at the moment; Firestorm Games, ...

Originally Posted by Undave

I'm off to the Secrets of the Third Reich tournament in October despite only having played one game of it so far. This being the case I've been messing about with the mech design rules trying to come up with something to provide some medium support to my German Mech Grenadier platoon. DUST Tactics models are the same scale and in a similar style to the West Wind stuff so I thought I'd raid their range for a suitable candidate. I did buy the DUST starter set purely for the mechs included in it. I've

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Uuunnnnhhhh gehirnwurst! Nazi zombies are the ultimate evil. You need have no qualms in wiping these guys out as you can be safe in the knowledge that you're doing the world at large a favour. Studio miniatures are to my knowledge the first and only company to produce these guys in plastic, opening up the option for truly gargantuan hordes of fascist undead to besiege the miniature defenders of the free world.

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Originally Posted by Undave

"Come to Irregular Miniature Paintfest, it isn't actually that bad!"

Not the best slogan in the world but after the mounting sense of trepidation I felt wandering round after I first arrived and seeing table after table of teeny 6mm armies I started off feeling rather unimpressed. Now I know 6mm has it's place and as a scale it allows you to field some very impressively large armies but to me anything under 15mm (and that's pushing it) is a counter not a miniature. I knew beforehand

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