IAF042 Mullo AFV Early Supporter Offers now online!

The Prydian Civil War saw the production of the Type 36 Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle increase six fold. Though Retained regiments had made use of them since the Battle of Fenway Prime the design of the Mullo was entirely new unlike those of the Skylark and Adder which dated from before the Ban of Prejudice. Its original fabrication pattern was laid down on New Glastonbury to fill a need for a ground vehicle that could provide fire power in excess of that offered by battlesuits such as the Havelock but not that needed by a battle tank like the Taranis series. Restricted to the ranks of the Retained the Type 36 was made to accommodate powered armour knights with larger hatches and linked controls along with internal space suited to knights. As it stood Adders were cheaper and faster to make and could pack a punch but their size meant they were really the domain of the Muster and some lucky Planetary Militia. The Type 36 was given its name by the Council of Aeddans who with a node to the mighty Taranis took another ancient Terrain deity of celtic origins and knowing it would be a work horse of a vehicle gave it a name thus.

This auto-trainer vid is centred on the Type 36W Mullo AFV marks. Those with a wheeled mode of movement rather than the other commonly seen Type 36G repulsar marks of the Mullo which float off the ground. Used on worlds andasteroids where the native magnetic fields make replusars impracticable or in urban combat where rubble and enemy action requires tires on the turf for security. In this regard its six mighty wheels provide powerful motive abilities and are capable of shrugging off small arms fire and near misses from Anvil 888 rounds. There are seven different current marks of Type 36W Mullo AFV's. The more common ones are the 36WA, 36WB and 36WC in which the only differences are the twin load outs of the turret support grade weapons. Twin Valerin 15MW Laser Cannons give the Type 36WA an energy based weapons platform good against armour and aircraft. The twin Fretan II Rail Guns give the Type 36WB a pure anti-vehicle role in the field and the Type 36WC is every effective against enemy infantry and battlesuits with twin Angis 25mm AP Cannons. The other common mark is the Type 36D which is in the 'battle bus' configuration giving up its primary weapons for additional space and hatches as an Armoured Personnel Carrier. Other marks include those designated 'super blue' which is a tank hunter and the 'long bow' mark which carries heavy Anda Missile Pods for artillery support. These are rarer but present in many regiments.

All marks of Mullo AFV's have a titanium composite hull making them rugged and durable and can be driven with a minimum of complex training. There has been a call for additional anti-personnel ball mounted micro turrets for Mullo's in action in urban warfare and these upgrades have been rolled out where possible.

Enter the next sequence to access basic driving instruction for all marks of the Type 36W. Proceed now...

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 18, New Glastonbury, 4329IC

The IAF042 Mullo AFV is now online in our latest Early Supporter Offers (ESO's) and its a great chance to get yourself a medium science fiction space opera vehicle unlike almost any other. You can read more information and see parts images in our Sneak Peek Mullo posting by clicking through. If you have not heard of the Mullo then please do read that earlier article and then come back here. Read it now? Ok, good. These offers run from today until 30^th September 2014. All orders containing a Mullo AFV will be mailed out on that date worldwide. 

Go HERE to our Early Supporter Offers page.  Three Variants of a Medium Wheeled Vehicle.

Here are the details of what the offers are composed of:

IAF042A Mullo AFV Wheeled with Twin Valerin Laser Cannons

This offer gives you the chance to get this high quality 15mm scale resin and white metal vehicle kit at a 10% saving if you purchase one (9.00GBP rather than 10.00GBP) or a 15% saving if you purchase three (25.50GBP rather than 30.00GBP) or a 25% saving if you purchase five (37.50GBP rather than 50.00GBP). Excellent! Make your choice from the drop down menu on the product page. Every order placed gets IMP013 Alouten Veteran (worth 0.60GBP) included free automatically!

IAF042B Mullo AFV Wheeled with Twin Fretan Rail Guns

This offer gives you the chance to get this high quality 15mm scale resin and white metal vehicle kit at a 10% saving if you purchase one (9.00GBP rather than 10.00GBP) or a 15% saving if you purchase three (25.50GBP rather than 30.00GBP) or a 25% saving if you purchase five (37.50GBP rather than 50.00GBP). Excellent! Make your choice from the drop down menu on the product page. Every order placed gets IMP013 Alouten Veteran (worth 0.60GBP) included free automatically!

IAF042C Mullo AFV Wheeled with Twin Angis AP Cannons

This offer gives you the chance to get this high quality 15mm scale resin and white metal vehicle kit at a 10% saving if you purchase one (9.00GBP rather than 10.00GBP) or a 15% saving if you purchase three (25.50GBP rather than 30.00GBP) or a 25% saving if you purchase five (37.50GBP rather than 50.00GBP). Excellent! Make your choice from the drop down menu on the product page. Every order placed gets IMP013 Alouten Veteran (worth 0.60GBP) included free automatically!

Go HERE to our Early Supporter Offers page.

The Mullo is the medium size of vehicle in our range in 15mm scale which is ideal for Retained Knights and virtually any other space opera force. Bigger than the Adder series of Combat Cars this is the wheeled variant of the model to which others will follow in coming months. A Mullo is an Armoured Fighting Vehicle meaning that it fills a variety of roles from gunnery support to troop transport and strong point defence; tasks it is well suited to. Once assembled the Mullo AFV wheeled measures some 80mm in length with a width of 70mm and a height to top of turret of 30mm. It is easy to assemble with a one piece hull and pre-set bracketing points for the six wheels to be mounted. The Angis 12.5mm AP weapon on ball mount can be attached to the front of the hull or left off if chosen. The main turret is one piece with two mounting points for a pair of support grade weapons.

Here are a couple of images of the model in use in play with captions (we had some fun with this!).

IAF042B Mullo and Railgun armed Adders see of Nox Troopers

IAF042C Mullo in support of Retained Knights in a Geo Shelter outpost

We think that the Mullo is a fantastic and original model and we hope that you do too. Thank you for your support of all of us here at The Ion Age in allowing us to pursue our dream of a space opera future that is wholly its own. Remember you get the monthly miniature free in every order and once you have signed up for an account with the website you will get Reward Points on all purchases which can be used later for freebies and discounts! Extra value indeed!

GBS

Corbal Deployable Hardpoint has Legs by Allison M

Sometimes you just see something that perks the interest and for us here at The Ion Age such a moment happened a few weeks ago when hobbyist and painter Allison M stated that he thought the IAF041 Corbal Deployable Hardpoint would be better suited if it could MOVE!  Yes move and he thought this could be done by giving it legs.  Read on to see what madness ensued.  GBS

While the Corbal Deployable Hardpoint provides ground troops with instant fortification and fire support, its static nature is unsuitable for a constantly-advancing planetary invasion force.  The Corbal Mobile Hardpoint is hardly the fastest-moving vehicle on the battlefield, but it can at least advance into newly captured territory, and its monolithic 11m stature makes even disciplined opponents consider retreat or surrender. Once a permanent position is established, the Corbal tower unit can be mounted as base defense or loaded back on a dropship for further service.

 

 

I knew I wanted to do this conversion as soon as I saw the Corbal on The Ion Age blog.  But I was stumped as to how to make the legs... my plasticard scratch-building skills are pretty sad and I'm too cheap to buy a whole other model just for its legs.  Fortunately, there's a ready source of interesting plastic shapes... Lego!  

I bought some promising-looking pieces off of eBay and started cutting: 

I'll freely admit these legs don't make a lot of sense mechanically, but I think we're well into "rule of cool" territory here anyway.  I also wanted the conversion to be "reversible" so the legs and belly details are mounted on an inverted 40 mm base that attaches to the Corbal's underside with a magnet and pins:

 

 

Allison M.

(The original blog post is HERE)

IAF042 Mullo AFV Sneak Peek!

The Ion Age is entering the realm of medium sized ground vehicles in 15mm scale this month. This sneak peek shows you some images of the mighty Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle which will be the subject of an Early Support Offer (ESO) real soon. The Early Supporter Offer will start on the 18^th September 2014 and run until 30^th September 2014. Full details will be in the ESO post so look out for it!

Designed by Sam Croes the Mullo is a resin and white metal vehicle kit which features six large ground tackling wheels along with a turret with twin weapon mount and a centre forward anti-personnel weapon mount. An armoured vehicle that acts in support of the Retained Knights that it serves. It is very much a space opera style vehicle that you can see as the result of a far future military with varied needs. Its very fetching!

Parts of the Mullo AFV

Once assembled the Mullo AFV measures some 80mm in length with a width of 70mm and a height to top of turret of 30mm. It is easy to assemble with a one piece hull and pre-set bracketing points for the six wheels to be mounted. The Angis 12.5mm AP weapon on ball mount can be attached to the front of the hull or left off if chosen to. The main turret is one piece with two mounting points for a pair of support grade weapons. Shown here are two Valerin 15Mw Laser Cannons but we will also be offering the Mullo with twin Fretan Rail Guns (the same as those mounted on the Corbal Deployable Hardpoint) if you wish those weapons instead. Any turret mounted weapons from the Adder vehicles and the Corbal will fit the Mullo.

Mullo with Size Comparisons to Retained Knight (16mm) and Adders

The Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle plays a role between the scouting and low intensity roles of the Adder Combat Car and the Skylark Patrol Flyer and the high intensity and fighting the Shia Khan Empire roles of the Taranis Battle Tank and the Brama Heavy Repulsar Platform. While it will not play a part in the core book of Patrol Angis all vehicles will feature in an expansion title. But in the meantime they are excellent for any rules system and of course for adding to your collection.

Full details on the Early Supporter Offers on the 18^th September 2014.

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

Skeleton Staff

The Summer has been really busy for us.  None of us got any time off or a break.  So before there is a spark of mutiny we will be going quiet for a little while.  Hopefully catch the last of the good weather.  From the 4th to the 11th of September we will not be releasing any new products and aside from vital email and communications we will be silent online.  There is nothing amiss but in these days of hi-tech living we try to speak every day and since we will be all going our separate ways this will not be possible.  

The normal Goblin staff will be replaced with a temporary 'Skeleton Staff'.  Listen for the rattle of bones!

Continue to send in your emails and comments, orders and questions as normal and they will be attended to in a week or so.  While I cannot speak for the others and what they will be up to I myself will be using the time for a bit of a jaunt about and also to do some fine calibration of some wargame rules I am working on.

As a little hint for what will be happening from the 12th onwards across ...here we go!

Alternative Armies - First Look at Finished modular Ferach Dragoons!

15mm.co.uk - Corporate Ashigaru are Coming!

The Ion Age - Sneak Peek at the Mullo AFV!

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

IMP13 Alouten Veteran free miniature for September 2014!

Its our second year by gad!  That means that its time for the first free monthly miniature of the second year so lets have something a little bit to the side of the Prydian Army to get us into the swing of it.  The Alouten.  What is that and what will it be?  Well the Alouten are mentioned in passing in the fiction of The Ion Age and are a plan for much further in the future.  They are the beginning stage for all Retained Knights.  Alouten are in training from young boys and girls into teenagers and then for their testing and acceptance into the lowest ranks of the Retained as an Esquire. But who does the training, it must be over seen by experienced knights for it to be effective.  So an Alouten Veteran is a knight of a great amount of combat experience who has chosen to bring on the next generation rather than choose the path of a Knight Errant for instance.  He would therefore be of an age that gives greying hair and perhaps more defined features too so lets have his helmet off to be able to see them. I think that wargamers who enjoy the Retained will enjoy this free miniature.

The IMP13 Alouten Veteran September 2014's free miniature which is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order of any value.  It can also be bought in any amount too on the monthly IMP page of the website. Wearing MkV Alwite armour and carrying a Carnwennan Pistol the veteran is minus his helmet and stands some 16mm tall in one piece.   A real character. This miniature is a fine addition to any 15mm science fiction collection for any game system.

Of course you earn reward points on all orders too through your account.  We realise that some of you may wish to purchase the currently free miniature to get multiples of it without placing a lot of orders so you can do just that.  Visit this page on the website for the miniature at a fair price for a special miniature.  There is a growing page on the Ion Age website where the current and all former IMP series free miniatures are shown so that you can see what came before.  Enjoy and go HERE. 

IMP01 is top left

From this month onwards when we unveil the new free miniature for the month we will also be looking back at what the monthly free miniature was a year ago at this time.  In September 2013 the free miniature was IMP01 Kneeling Retained Knight in cloak.  It was our very first miniature to be given out free and to this day its still the rarest of all the IMP series.  You can find this miniature in the Year One Collection if you are lacking it.

I do wonder what the Year Two Collection will look like....Its going to be awesome to find out across the next twelve months!

Thanks for reading.

GBS

Last Day of our Birthday Month all offers end Monday 1st September

Our Birthday month celebration ends on Monday 1st September.  This little blog post has two pieces of information to put across.  Firstly a great big thank you for making this the most enjoyable month of The Ion Age's short life thus far and secondly to remind you that all the offers we have made for this month end on the 1st September about noon GMT.

As far as our offers go if you place an order between now and when the month ends (the new free miniature appears and the offers are removed on our site) you will get the following.  IMP12 Starvaulter Instructor free in all orders and 10% of your order value in our choice of extra FREE Ion Age codes included automatically.  We also have an offer on The Havelock Battlesuit of 10% off as well.  You can also see the brand new Geo Shelters and the Corbal Deployable Hardpoint too as well as the Year One Collection and the Vehicle Conversion Pack. There is also Mad Mecha Guy's excellent Skylark article which we will feature in September as we simply did not get to it this month.

So until Monday when a new monthly free miniature appears I take my leave.

Thanks for all your support in this wonderful month and as always thanks for reading.

GBS

IAF064 Adder Vehicle 15mm Conversion Pack Released!

We at the Ion Age are starting to get into vehicles in a big way with some released and more to come but today we release the re-mastered 15mm Vehicle Conversion Pack which is filled with useful pieces in white metal. Pieces for adding to or changing your Adder Combat Cars and Adder Combat Lifters along with most other Human vehicles and even your infantry too. Build terrain or vignettes too. Or just personalise a scenic base or wreaked vehicle. With sixteen different pieces and the option of purchasing them as single bits there is a lot you can do to your 15mm scale science fiction vehicles with this code. This set was originally in the HOF Range at 15mm.co.uk but has been given over to us at the Ion Age along with the vehicles from that venerable range.

IAF064 Adder Vehicle 15mm Conversion Pack

15mm Scale white metal parts for our Adder Vehicles. These will fit on all Adder series vehicles which are wheeled, lifter and so on. They can also be used on other vehicles and items such as the equipment rolls will fit on our Muster and Retained Knight miniatures. Great for personalising your forces and for making terrain markers or other scratch building projects. Offered in a set pack of sixteen pieces (one of each piece) or three packs and save 10% or as single items as shown in the image below which you can click on to enlarge.  HERE.

Price per pack is 4.00GBP with single items ranging from 0.25GBP to 1.00GBP based on size. Use the drop down list on the web page to make your selection.

10% Off Havelock Battlesuits and Freebies in Orders – Last Few Days!

This week we put up a great blog post showing Sam Croes own take on his Havelock Battlesuit for the Marcher Barony of Castella. Its well worth a read and since its our birthday month we have taken 10% off all of the Havelock Battlesuit types. This means also that if you select the 'buy three get 10% off' option you will actually get 20% off. Excellent eh. This offer lasts until the end of the month as does our month long offer of 10% of your order value in our choice of freebies from the range automatically placed in your order. So save on the Havelock and get something additional free!

Information Burst

Our birthday month is almost over now with only a few days to go. What does this mean? Well there are only a few days to get the IMP12 Starvaulter Instructor free in every order before it is retired from free. It means the Havelock offer and the freebies offer will run out at the same time at month's end. Its been a manic month with a lot of releases such as the Year One Collection, the Geo Shelters and The Corbal Deployable Hardpoint. We have actually given away some really impressive free items with a few orders so large that they got Block Houses, Landing Pads and Hab Domes free. So if you want in now is the time before we go back to normal. Free miniature, extra free goodies AND by placing an order with us you sign up for an account and earn points on all purchases which can be used later for discounts, special items and more. See you in September!

Thanks for Reading.

GBS