April Releases!

[Leon]

Apologies for the delay on this months releases, with all the Salute prep going on, plus a few days illness on my side, everything's a little behind at the moment.  There aren't any pics at the moment either, as I've not had chance to get them done, but I'll hopefully have those added over this weekend some time.

So, we've got a total of 35 new items in this batch, with a mix of new codes, army packs, and some new resin from another company.

First up is the long awaited League of Augsburg artillery, which have been broken down into separate crews and guns, as we did with the ACW range.  This way you can choose whether to have your crews aiming or firing, along with which size guns they're manning.

Next up are a few more additions to the Napoleonic Austrians, as we add the Uhlans, engineers and the Archduke Legion troops.  And bringing up the rear on the new Pendraken codes, we've got the Berdan's Sharpshooters all sorted and added to the ACW range.

Hitting the 20th C., we've got a variety of vehicles for the VBCW crowd, WWII, and the Falklands!

As well as our own stuff this month, we've also started stocking some of the excellent resin models from Anarchy Models (http://www.anarchymodels.co.uk/)  These first few codes cover WWII, and fill some nice gaps in our own ranges.  The quality of the casting is excellent, with only a thin layer of flash to be cut out of the window gaps, and being cast in grey resin, they also paint up very quickly with just a simple drybrush.  

And finally, there's always been a bunch of WWII army packs which we take along to the shows, but were strangely missing from the website, so we've fixed that now as well.  These new packs cover the Marines, Japanese, BEF, 8th Army, Early German, DAK, Italian, French and Romanian!

So, the full list:

League Of Augsburg - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Renaissance-c12/NEW-League-of-Augsburg-NEW-sc258/
LOA17   Dismounted French Dragoons (30)   £4.00
LOA18   Kneeling matchlockmen, firing (15)   £2.05
LOA19   Kneeling flintlockmen, firing (15)   £2.05
LOA20   3pdr guns (3)   £2.05
LOA21   6pdr guns (3)   £2.05
LOA22   9pdr guns (3)   £3.00
LOA23   12pdr guns (3)   £3.00
LOA24   Artillery crew, loading (15)   £2.05
LOA25   Artillery crew, firing (15)   £2.05




Napoleonic
Austrian - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Napoleonic-c14/NEW-1809-Austrians-NEW-sc265/
NPA27   Uhlans, with lance (15)   £4.00
NPA28   Uhlans, with sword and carbine ( 8 )   £2.20
NPA29   Engineers (16)   £2.20
NPA30   Archduke Charles Legion (30)   £4.00





ACW - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/19th-Century-c15/NEW-American-Civil-War-NEW-sc281/
ACW24   Berdan's Sharpshooter (30)   £4.00

Inter War - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Inter-War-c18/Inter-War-Vehicles-sc269/
IW5  Birch Gun SPG    £3.50

WWII
Russian - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/World-War-II-c19/Russian-sc128/
SV67  BA6 A/C    £2.35
SV68  Gaz jeep (2)    £2.35

German - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/World-War-II-c19/German-sc125/Page-4/
GR229  Becker's Hotchkiss PAK 75 SPG    £2.50
GR230  Becker's Hotchkiss 150mm    £2.50
GR231  Becker's Command vehicle    £2.35

Falklands
Argentinians - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Post-War-Modern-c20/Falklands-Argentinians-sc283/
FLA16  LVTP    £6.00

Army Packs - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/World-War-II-c19/
WWII Early German - 1 x GR95, 213, 214, 219, 220, 221, 226.  8 x GR212/218 mixed.
WWII BEF - 1 x 142, 144, 148, 149, 153, 160.  9 x BR141/147 mixed.
WWII Japanese - 1 x JP9, 10, 11, 14, 20, 21. ½ x JP5, 6, 7, 8.  7 x JP1/2/3 mixed.
WWII Marines - 1 x MC4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 20, 21. 7 x MC1/2/3 mixed.
WWII 8th Army - 1 x BR89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 150.  8 x BR88.
WWII DAK - 1 x GR147, 148, 149, 151, 152, 153, 226.  8 x GR145/146 mixed.
WWII Italian - 1 x ITA4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12.  8 x ITA3.
WWII French - 1 x FRE6, 10, F4. 1 x mortar team.  2 x FRE9.  9 x FRE8.
WWII Romanian - 1 x RO2, 7, 15, 16, 17, 21.  9 x RO1/18 mixed.


Anarchy Models - http://www.pendraken.co.uk/Resin-Scenics-and-Trees-c25/Anarchy-Models-sc287/
ANA-001   British Type 22 pillbox (2)   £4.50


ANA-002   British Type 24 pillbox (2)   £4.95


ANA-003   British Type 26 pillbox (3)   £4.95


ANA-004   British Type 28a gun emplacement (1)   £5.90


ANA-005   Dragon's Teeth (5 strips)   £7.50





And that's it!  

[maciek]

Good idea with selling LoA guns and crews as separate packs.
To order I would wait for photos of crews though. BTW did you use SYW guns for LoA or produced new ones ?

[Leon]

Good idea with selling LoA guns and crews as separate packs.
To order I would wait for photos of crews though. BTW did you use SYW guns for LoA or produced new ones ?

The masters of the crews are here: http://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,2504.msg44252.html#msg44252, and I'll try and get the proper pics done up this weekend.

The guns are the same as the SYW ones, we've checked them over with Clib, and they're all fine.  The only change is the 3pdr barrel will be on a larger carriage, as they hadn't developed the lighter carriages at that point.

[maciek]

The guns are the same as the SYW ones, we've checked them over with Clib, and they're all fine.  The only change is the 3pdr barrel will be on a larger carriage, as they hadn't developed the lighter carriages at that point.

I like historical accuracy.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

And any Franco-Prussian guards limber crew? 

[Wkeyser]

Great stuff, just put in my order for dragoons and bunch of guns and gunners, now I have to have my secret agent (friend) pick up the cavalry at Salute.

I really love these figures, Clibs work just gets better and better, I cannot wait to get my hands on the cavalry. His plans for smaller horses for the Dragoons are just fantastic.

Would love to see wide range of commanders. This is one area that manufactures seem to miss. The officers are the ones that stand out as they are usually only one or two figures on a base. So variety is great.

Thanks Leon and Dave.

William

[Dave]

Leon has missed off some of the new ww2 releases

Beckers three hotchkiss conversions carrying the pak 40 and 105 FG and the command vehicle, Russian GAZ jeep and BA6 armoured car

Dave

[Dave]

Ooops also forgot to mention the Birch SPG for the interwar period and the LVTP for the falklands range


Dave

[Le Manchou]

great, I was expecting the Archiduc Charles Legion for a long time! the order has been sent!

[Chad]

Leon

How many figures in the LoA crew packs?

Chad

[mollinary]

Hi Chad,

I think it says (15) immediately after the Text!!?

Mollinary

[Chad]

Mollinary

Yup, it does. I'll put my glasses on next time!

Cheers

Chad

[Jim Ando]

Pardon my ignorance, but what are these Becker vehicles.

Jim

[petercooman]

How big is one strip of dragon's teeth from anarchy?? Hard to make up in the picture.

In the store it says: Dragon's Teeth - 69x35mm (5 strips per pack)

Is this the size per strip or the total size when all the strips are combined? guessing size per strip but wanted to be sure...

[Fenton]

I think Becker vehicles were designed by a German commander..sort of ad hoc German vehicles based on French chassis..I had never heard of them either but I found some info online about them