Warlord Games buys Immortal Miniatures

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**winnertakesall**

Warlord games have just announced they will now be stocking Immortal Miniatures as they have bought the company.
Seems this was the announcement that Warlord Games was talking about on their forum, was hoping for something a little more dramatic, but they aren't half bad.

Immortal Miniatures Greek Hoplites:

Spartans:

Not bad at all, but I am not sure they fit in with Warlord Games other Ancient stuff.

**kenshin620**

Ahhh, so THATS why Immortal dropped off the radar. I've been waiting for their Persians for months with little news (in fact the main page of their website went down and never came back). Nice figures although besides a few odd daggers/swords, you'll have to put these guys in a spear attack pose

Interesting to see what warlord will do. Hopefully the persians will get back on track

**BrassScorpion**

http://www.warlordgames.com/14871/warlord-games-purchases-immortal-miniatures-ltd/

We are absolutely delighted to conclude a deal that sees Warlord Games buy Immortal Miniatures Ltd. Immortal is the latest acquisition for Warlord Games following the successful capture of Bolt Action Miniatures and BEF Miniatures and we continue to look for quality ranges to add to our stable.

Stephen May, owner of Immortal Miniatures Ltd: “Over the past 12 months I have become increasingly interested in wildlife conservation, having participated in a number of projects around the world. During this year I made the decision that I wanted to dedicate more of my time to this cause, whilst taking a step back from the very time consuming business that is running a miniatures company. My decision to sell Immortal Miniatures was not an easy one, but I felt that for the sake of ensuring the best possible customer service and further development of the company it was time to let someone else take the reins.

Approaching Warlord Games with the offer made the most sense to me. Their business was already geared up to sell plastic figures and is in a good position to expand upon the business I created. I am also a big fan of Hail Caesar and Black Powder!

I have very much enjoyed running Immortal Miniatures and I am proud of what I achieved, but feel that I am now in a place to start something completely new.

I have no plans to leave the industry altogether, I have a few small scale miniature projects on the go which will be announced in time, as well as working with some of the leading companies in the industry. I appreciate all the support that I have received over the years from my customers and hope that the same support will be offered to Warlord. I would also like to thank Perry Miniatures, Renedra, Warlord Games, North Star and everyone else who supported me within the industry. Without your help I could never have achieved what I have”.

Steve has agreed to continue helping us with research and advice on the Immortal ranges – something we were very keen on from the start of negotiations. We’ll be spending a little while organising the ranges and planning for re-releasing them into our ranges and hope to bring you these great miniatures early next year.

Paul Sawyer, Warlord Games Company Secretary: “The acquisition of Immortal from Steve May gives us several new ranges to help support our acclaimed Hail Caesar rule set. With painstakingly researched ranges and a remarkable attention to detail Steve has built what are arguably the definitive ranges for these armies. Our Ancients range is now considerably more comprehensive with plastic and metal miniatures for ranges such as Greeks, Assyrians, Scythians, etc. These are exciting times for us here at Warlord!

We’d particularly like to express our thanks to Steve for the professional and friendly way the purchase has been concluded”.

We’ll bring you more news on the re-release of the range as well as new addition at a later date via our weekly email newsletter.

**winnertakesall**

Thanks Brass

**Azazelx**

So that's where Paul Sawyer ended up! Good on him!

**templarboy**

scipio.au wrote:So that's where Paul Sawyer ended up! Good on him!

The Paul Sawyer from WD?

**scarletsquig**

^ Yep, Fat Bloke himself.

**theHandofGork**

Strangely enough, the money I used to spend on GW is now going to Warlord- a company which was founded when the owner (John Stallard) was made redundant from his previous position at GW and whose main game designer (Rick Priestly) was made redundant from GW as well.

**malfred**

I...want Hoplites .

**frozenwastes**

A few clicks and they'll be on their way to you.

Paul Sawyer, Rick Priestly and others like them were the public face of GW when I actually enjoyed what GW was doing. I've bought some Warlord stuff and was even able to thank Mr. Sawyer on their forums for his excellent work with White Dwarf while he was there.

Great company that deserves a close look by all miniature gamers.

**RanTheCid**

malfred wrote:I...want Hoplites .

I believe Games Plus is stocking Immortal Hoplites. Pick some out and come out on club night - we'll get you hooked up with a game of Hail Caesar.