Thursday 24 August 2017

New Releases! Two Khanate Canno AFVs plus Year Four Collection and total Monthly Collection

“It took only six minutes for the defences at Batarka Ridge to fall to the Khanate when the Styx Legion advanced upon them.  Elements of the 208th Sigil had deployed among the SEORC structures and were manning not only the turrets on those domes and towers but also Amber platforms and Anvil 888 launchers.  We had Two dozen Mullo AFV's with the regiment as well as all our own lighter vehicles.  We had over a hundred Steornede Battlesuits as well as five thousand troopers.  That morning we had chopped up several waves of Maligs as they came up the ridge and detonated their tanks too.  No problem.  When the Legionaries arrived they just waited.  No attack.  Sure they took some shots at us and we at them but they just waited.  They were waiting for their bloody heavy armour.  Back then we had never seen designation Canno before; but we learned fast.  We took out the Pugnus to the fore as they rolled on up and we lost troopers and battlesuits doing it.  But they were just a screen as a line of Canno AFV's sat back and opened up with a bombardment of mortar rounds.  The whole place was torn up real fast and there was nothing we could do.  The Mullo's we sent out to deal with the mortars were slagged by those Atomic Destabilisers on the other Canno in the line.  Bloody scary those Banshees.  The whole Batarka site was levelled and we made it out in what Hazelwurms and other transport had survived.  We left a lot behind for the Legionaries to my shame.  Their advance continues.  How the hell are we going to stop them?”
Private Richard Curtis, 208th Planetary Defence 'Sigil' Regiment, before the Traymar Stones.  4330 IC



Welcome to all of the release for The Ion Age for August through to the middle of September.  We have two new 15mm vehicles for the Shia Khan Empire bringing their total motor pool for the Legions to four.  We have have the Year Four Collection which has the twelve monthly free miniatures from August 2016 to August 2017 which you can have as a pack or singles from it.  Lastly we have the mega Full Monthly Collection which lets you purchase all 48 formerly monthly free 15mm miniatures in one place!  Go HERE or read on for details and pictures on all of these fantastic 15mm models!  Thank you for your support.


We have two new Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV) for the Shia Khan Empire and these Canno are added to the Pugnus Light Tank and the Manus APC all in 15mm scale.  The Canno gives big firepower to your Legionaries as they take the fight to the Prydian Army.  Go HERE for the Shia Khan Vehicle page.


Here is an image of all four of them in a row with a Legionary (IAF006) for scale.


IAF139 Canno AFV Laser Bombard
For long range fire support the standard modular wheeled hull used by the Legions in the Camarthen system is adapted to the Canno AFV variant armed with the mighty Ceres Laser Bombard which can level structures with ease; it also side mounts twin Juno Laser weapon pods.  The Cannon is about 50mm tall and 60mm wide when assembled.  The pack contains the following 15mm scale resin and white metal parts which can be seen in the mono image on the page:  A Central hull in two parts upper and lower with the laser bombard, two left and right large wheel hull pieces, two Wheels and two Juno Laser pods.  This kit is easy to assemble. 8.00GBP.  Go HERE.  


IAF140 Canno AFV Banshee ADS
For long range anti-armour tasks the standard modular wheeled hull used by the Legions in the Camarthen system is adapted to the Canno AFV variant armed with the blistering Banshee 120kw Atomic Destabiliser; it also side mounts twin Juno Laser weapon pods.  The Cannon is about 50mm tall and 60mm wide when assembled.  The pack contains the following 15mm scale resin and white metal parts which can be seen in the mono image on the page:  A Central hull in two parts upper and lower with the Banshee ADS, two left and right large wheel hull pieces, two Wheels and two Juno Laser pods.  This kit is easy to assemble. 8.00GBP.  Go HERE.  


IAF135 Pugnus Light Tank
The primary armoured vehicle of the Camarthen system in service of the Legions is a modular wheeled hull which is adapted to different uses. The most common of these the Pugnus is a light tank which has two side pods, each mounting twin Juno Lasers or Jupiter Plasma Cannons giving it the ability to support infantry and to take on enemy vehicles of light to medium types.  It is deployed in threes alongside Legion Tesserans which lack mobility and heavier firepower. The Pugnus is about 50mm tall and 50mm wide when it is assembled. This pack contains the following 15mm scale resin and white metal parts which can be seen in the mono image on the page: A centre hull, a right hull, a left hull, two Wheels and two Triple Jupiter Plasma Weapon mounts. This kit is easy to assemble. 7.00GBP Go HERE.


IAF136 Manus Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC)
The primary armoured vehicle of the Camarthen system in service of the Legions is a modular wheeled hull which is adapted to different uses. Adapted for use as a personnel carrier the Manus variant can take two entire Tesserans of Legionaries to where they wish to go and support them while there. Carrying them within its central wheels in stabilised comfort. The Manus is about 50mm tall and 65mm wide when it is assembled. This pack contains the following 15mm scale resin and white metal parts which can be seen in the mono image on the page: A centre hull, a right hull, a left hull, two Wheels, a 'rear end' personnel carrier assembly of four pieces and two Twin Juno Laser Weapon mounts. This kit is easy to assemble.  10.00GBP Go HERE.


August 2017 marks the end of the monthly free miniature programme which ran at The Ion Age for four years.  You can read about this and our plan HERE on the blog in deeper detail but in essence it means that the these are the last IMP releases for monthlies.  So you can pick up the whole Year Four Collection or pick from it or if you are new to The Ion Age (as many are) you can get all forty eight of these amazing hand sculpted 15mm figures in one bumper pack.  Go HERE for the Yearly Collection.


YOC4 Year Four Collection
Gathered together as a set are the twelve 15mm scale monthly miniatures from August 2016 to August 2017 which you can get as a pack or select singles from for your collection.  Useful and sometimes odd these personalities fit right into The Ion Age or into any 15mm scale science fiction setting. They are in numerical order:  IMP37 Male Adventurer, IMP38 Prang Ambassador, IMP39 Grim Reaperbot, IMP40 Rudolph Reindeer Bot, IMP41 Baron McCauld, IMP42 Commander Gongji, IMP43 Female Muster Banner Bearer, IMP44 Malig Egg Thief, IMP45 Female Khanate Legionary, IMP46 Female Retained Knight Errant, IMP47 Happy Burger Bin Bot and IMP48 Baroness Julanne of Canlaster. This is the last yearly collection and you can find the other IMP miniatures in the Year One, Year Two and Year Three collections. 7.00GBP.  Go HERE.


YOC5 The Whole Monthly Collection 48
For four years from August 2013 to August 2017 every month The Ion Age created and gave away free a monthly miniature in the IMP series.  All in all there are forty eight different personality 15mm scale miniatures taken from armies, civilian and more in our game world background.  Excellent fun and now you can purchase all of them in one bumper pack in one place.  If you wish to get single miniatures from the 48 please refer to the Year One, Year Two, Year Three and Year Four collections.  If you are new to The Ion Age then get yourself what is likely to have been the most fun experiment done in 15mm space opera science fiction wargaming.  Go HERE.

We hope that you have found these new releases great fun and we will be back later in September with the leading edge of the massive expansion we spoke about.  As always I am so grateful to all of your who allow us to make a living in wargaming.  Enjoy!

Thanks for Reading,

GBS

4 comments:

  1. Another nice addition to a unique set of sci-fi vehicles! And I'll have to grab a couple of the year four figures I missed in my next order. The freebies were an excellent bonus to your fans and I think everyone appreciated the extra mile you went by offering these unique characters :)

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    1. Thank you. Yes, I did hope so. It was an excellent four years and now they are all out there for people to get if they missed them. Work continues on the 250 to come! GBS

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  2. More great additions to this unique line. I can't wait to see the heavies when they come out. The Khanate needs something to stand against the Taranis...

    regards, Bill

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    1. Thanks Bill appreciated. We can now say that the Legions have a match for the Havelock, the Duxis, the Adders, the Mullo. So the bigger vehicles will follow in phase two once the client races are completed. Taranis is the god of the battlefield after all. GBS

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