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Architects of War is now 18 months old and we have enjoyed every minute of it. We endeavor to bring you the best 28mm historical miniatures available combined with our own terrain and accessory kits. We are very grateful to the response we have received from our many customers, both hobbyist and Trade accounts. Support from our trading partners Perry Miniatures, Gripping Beast, Renedra, and Warlord Games has been extraordinary and we hope to keep serving all of you for years to come.

However, it’s time we split like some weird Amoeba monster so we can pursue some other things.

We are establishing a brother company to Architects of War called AlienDungeon. This new company will allow us through a separate web site to release and retail products in the Adventure, Sci-Fi and Fantasy market where we hope to make lots of new friends.

We are off to a running start by introducing our new Frightmares line of Fantasy terrain and Pan Galactic Geographic*, a range of hard Sci-Fi terrain, miniatures and vehicles. And since we are delving into the Sci-Fi/Fantasy market, the Woodbine Design Science Fiction Range is now being stocked by us. And last but certainly not least, we will be carrying the complete collection of “dungeoneering” figures from Otherworld Miniatures. The Otherworld Miniatures sculpts are fantastically sculpted, modern takes on classic designs. We are very excited to be able to offer all of these items for sale at Cold Wars and our web store soon after.

But the BIG NEWS for AlienDungeon is that we will be producing two complete game systems this year with rules, miniatures and terrain. The first project is titled Fanticide which we are doing in partnership with Eureka Miniatures, and the second will be a Sci-Fi game. We have gathered together some of the finest people in games design, toy design, and film to produce some great products. Time and our customers will tell us if we get this right!

The first of our offerings are:

Blood Tree, A Single Giant Monstrous Tree Demon……….….$31

Hag Stone, A Sacrificial Altar complete with victim………….$14

Tree Haunts, Three Trees Filled with Lost Souls……………… $58

Hole Beast, Just the protruding mouth of a titanic beast.. $14

We will be posting additional information about our initial Sci-Fi/Fantasy releases on the Architects of War blog until the AlienDungeon blog is created. This additional information can be found here: http://greenstuffandbrass.blogspot.com/

Please stop by the Architects of War booth and chat with us about our future plans and current offerings.

For those of you that are fans of Architects of War, fear not. We will continue to put out lots of great stuff this year and continue carrying some of the best miniatures available. We will put out a news item with some new releases available at Cold Wars from us and are happy to say we have even put the American Uncivil War rules into the hands of some professionals to get it out in time for Historicon. We also have a special event planned for 28mm historical gamers coming this summer. More on that very soon.

WARNING- Our Fantasy products are intended for Mature Audiences. The descriptions and nature of the models and background thereof contains excessive fantasy violence. Parental Discretion is advised. There are many other Fantasy products out there suitable for younger gamers.

*The Pan Galactic Geographic Society is brought to you through the generous donations of the Epsilon Eradani Corporation.

The hole beast is all kinds of chaosy awesome.

The Blood Tree is unsettling with its hollow eyes and distended jaw, but I think the thorn arm lets it down a bit and some branching from behind the head area would make it look less linear.

The open mouthed haunt is a good creepy piece. The closed mouth one looks a bit bug eyed- I think the eyes are a bit too large compared to the mouth.

The hagstone is probably the weakest, IMO, but looking at the sculpt, I think the paintjob lets it down somewhat. But the hair isn't well done and the figure is rather soft, as are the details on the outside of the altar. Overall, it looks more like a 15mm detail level.

Some strong offerings to start with and I look forward to your continued releases!

I am not sure if it is the paintjob or the sculpts, but they look really cartoony to me.

Here is another take on the Hag Stone (by me) for those who would like to see it painted in some different colors. I will be doing my version of the Hole Beast next!



More pictures on the blog here:
http://greenstuffandbrass.blogspot.com/2012/03/another-take-on-hag-stone.html

They look great. Anyone else hear "giggle at the ghostie" upon seeing those trees though?

Thanks! Just wanted to point out that we will be in full force at Cold Wars next weekend in Lancaster PA. In addition to the Frightmares line of terrain, the show will also be the first time you can buy our newest line of miniatures we are carrying - Otherworld Miniatures! I am very excited about this excellent fantasy line. If you are not familiar with their models, please head over to their site to check out what they have available. We are carrying the full line and after the event we will be adding their miniatures to our webstore for sale. http://otherworldminiatures.co.uk/

Here are just a few of their amazing miniatures:

That's awesome about otherworld! I've been a fan of their minis for a while and I'm excited to see them available in the US. Will stores that carry your products be able to order otherworld minis as well? I'm mainly thinking of my local store, Showcase Comics.

Yes, the Otherworld miniatures will be available for our Trade partners so Showcase will be able to order them!

Our Alien Dungeon Blog is up and running now at:

http://aliendungeon.blogspot.com/

We have our first previews of miniatures for the forthcoming Fanticide game - the Liberi Centaurs.

Also, we announced this weekend at Cold Wars that Fanticide is being developed by Andy Chambers, Alessio Cavatore, and Ernie Baker (our company owner and founder). Start getting excited for this 28mm Warband Skirmish game! It releases early summer!