Free Postage Offer ends 1st May and Patrol Angis Delayed

There is just under a week left in our spring offers month for free shipping worldwide and a goody bag in all orders. This ends on 1st May. We have been quiet for the last two weeks so I wanted to put up this article to do two things. Firstly a reminder and a showcase of everything we have at The Ion Age as we have expanded so fast you might not know about our miniatures, terrain, vehicles and more. Secondly to update you all on Patrol Angis which was due to appear in April 2015. So please read on and click through on anything that takes your fancy. We begin with the Spring Offers, Free Monthly Miniature and Reward Points! 

Free Worldwide Shipping on all Orders over 10.00GBP Value! 

If you live in the UK or Europe, the USA or anywhere else on this blue marble we call home we are giving you free shipping worldwide on all orders over 10.00GBP in product value. This has been applied to our website so all you need to do is to add items to your cart as normal. We use airmail and courier services as required and you may still choose to add a 'signed for element' to your order. Orders of less than 10.00GBP will attract our normal flat 5.00GBP shipping charge worldwide. 

Free “Goody Bag” in all Orders worth 10% of your Order! 

When you place an order of any size or value with us until 1st May we will automatically place a Goody Bag into your package to the value of approx 10% of the order. The items in this free bag will be related to what you have purchased but will be our choice. So if you order Hab Domes and Terrain you will get other relevant Terrain and an order for Prydian Army Battlesuits and Vehicles will gain you other Prydian troops and vehicles. A lovely surprise for you and great for your collections. And yes if you do order two IAF044BU03 Terrain Bundles we will send you another 20.00GBP plus in extras for them! Superb! 

IMP20 Female Legion Officer of the Khanate Empire 

April 2015's free 15mm scale miniature for the month is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order regardless of order value. It can also be bought in any amount on the monthly IMP page of the website for this month only too before being withdrawn. It will be one of the twelve in the 'Year Two Collection' on our second anniversary. After the Prydian Army the alien soldiers of the Shia Khan are the biggest part of our ranges and this character miniature is a first; a female officer in the legions. Legionaries are the prime foot soldiers of the Empire and this officer is bare headed while wearing a long cloak and carrying a Cupid Laser Pistol. She can be a lower or senior officer in any of your Legion forces. She stands 17mm tall and is a one piece white metal miniature. Withdrawn from free on May 1st 2015. 

Reward Points and your Account 

Here at The Ion Age we operate customer accounts. We do this so that you may earn Reward Points on all of your orders. So remember that by placing an order with us you will sign up for an account with the website and that means you get Reward Points in all purchases and the free monthly miniature too. These points can be used any time to get free products and discounts on orders. Its a feature that our loyal customers really like and it gets them a lot of added value. 

A World of Science Fiction Wargaming at The Ion Age 

In the year and a half since we launched our space opera dream and in that time we have created hundreds of new miniatures and items for wargaming and while all of this has been detailed on our blog its well worth a short showcase by general types here. Click on the links to be taken to the parts of our website that interest you and would suit your wargame collection. Spring Offers apply to everything on the website! 

15mm Terrain and Structures 

We have an extension range of structures and terrain in 15mm scale. From Hab Domes to Block Houses, Geo Shelters, Towers, Spires to Rocky Outcrops and our connector style and Outpost Bundle offers. Go HERE. 

15mm Prydian Army and Vehicles 

Power Armoured Knights, Muster Troopers, big Desteria Knights and Planetary Militia in packs, singles and platoons with unique free extra miniature. Characters and Droids and more. Portable Weapon Platforms and Gunners for them. Some of the finest Human soldiers in the scale. We also have conversion packs of weapons and bits. See all the packs HERE. The mighty Duxis Battlesuit and the Havelock Battlesuit too as well as a fleet of Adder Combat Cars and Combat Lifters. The Mullo Armoured Fighting Vehicle and its variants and the unique Corbal Deployable Hardpoint. Planetary Militia patrol cars and patrol carriers as well as a battlesuit too. The Skylark Patrol Flyer and smashed and crashed versions of all our vehicles and battlesuits for terrain and casualty markers. See the heavy armour HERE. 

15mm Shia Khan Empire and Vehicles 

Alien legions headed up by the Legionaries in all their variety with mighty Warlords backing them up and Nox power armoured troopers too. Verminous Malig space goblins along with conversion packs of weapons and bits and characters too. We have the Canthus Monocycle set and the crazy space goblin vehicle called the Infernus Ball Tank which as to be seen to be believed. Go HERE. 

15mm Specials 

We have a small range of limited edition packs of characters giving you commanders for your Retained Lances. Also we have the Year One Collection where you can purchase a set or singles of the first twelve monthly free miniatures. Go HERE. 

28mm Ion Age Range 

We began as a 28mm scale white metal range and we have several hundred miniatures on our website in this scale. Retained Knights, Muster Troopers, Desteria Knights, Nobles and Errants as well as Space Goblins, Legionaries, Pioneers, Nox and Warlords. Human Betrayers and Conversion Packs too. Great prices and great variety. Go HERE for the Prydian Army, go HERE for the Shia Khan Empire and go HERE for our 28mm scale publications including MOTH and Firefight. 

Patrol Angis Delayed – An Update! 

We began the month of April with the intent of releasing Patrol Angis as a book and a game starter set round about now but alas this will not happen. Due to circumstances beyond our control the book has been delayed by several weeks at the printers. While this has now been attended to it is too late for the offer in April to go ahead. We are saddened by this as it is an excellent book and I know hundreds of you who are super keen to get your copies. So we apologise for this. News will come in May about the book and the offer which we will still carry out. I have articles written about the book, example pages, free files, pictures of the starter set and more. You will see these in coming weeks. 

Email me with any questions you have or let me know in comments or social media. I leave you with the Patrol Angis Vignette miniature. It can be seen HERE. 

Enjoy the spring offers and more news and releases next month! 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

IAFP04 Muster Platoon with Unique Miniature released!

The standard formation Muster Platoon is a very fluid and task possible entity. This has been proved in dozens of localised conflicts and also in the Civil War too. While we are not born to the noble ranks of the Retained or the lofty idealism of the Starvaulters we have our own elan, our own pride in our skills and our martial prowess. During your training you will learn this well. After you have earned your place in the ranks you will be assigned to a Platoon within your Regiment. Why a Platoon and not a Squad? The Platoon is the instrument of our war and our way of winning that war whither its against Yordan or Canlaster or if you are unlucky the alien horde. Our armour gives us some protection, certainly more than the low impact armour of the planet bound militia's, but not enough to slug it out with knights. The Platoon gets us around this and means that your Moth 6 Rifles and Anvil 888's can deal out some real damage. 

Twenty two soldiers in a Platoon and from there its up to your Majoris how they use you. Against tough enemies the Platoon would divide into two squads of ten and a command stick of two. Able to deliver concentrated fire power on a target and secure in numbers. When facing weaker foes the Platoon might well divide into five fire-teams of four each and a command stick of two. Spread out and able to cover a lot of angles at the same time. But in some cases, in places where assault from much heavier forces is expected the Platoon can become a 'Pyre' breaking up into eleven sticks of two ready to light it up from anywhere. 

So the Platoon is your best friend, your mother, your home. You will be one platoon among a hundred most of time maybe more at times but at all times it is the troopers in your own Platoon that will save your life and take the lives of the enemy. Remember that and your military career will be all the better.  

Academy Auto-Trainer Series 52, New Glastonbury, 4335IC 

We are in the second week of our month long promotion period. Remember you get FREE SHIPPING on all orders plus a Goody Bag in every order as well as Reward Points on your account with us and the monthly free miniature too. Go HERE for details. We have a new release today following up on the excellent IAFP07 Planetary Militia Platoon we present a platoon with a unique additional miniature in it for The Muster. 

IAFP04 Muster Platoon 

This pack gives you a full platoon of Muster soldiers as well as a unique miniature only found in this code. If you want to field a full force suitable for skirmishing then this is the code for you. Twenty five different miniatures which are IAF003 Muster 1st Squad, IAF059 Muster 2nd Squad (Female) and IAF060 Muster 1st Platoon Command. On top of this you get the unique miniature which is a prone Muster Spotter, visor raised, which is found only in this pack and what's more its free within the pack. Excellent! As always this code can be bought as a pack or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 12.50GBP per pack. 

Interested in the Muster? Read on! 

IAF060 Muster 1st Platoon Command 

There are now command poses for our 15mm Muster squads! This code contains five miniatures in Aketon clam shell armour in command poses. These are a Majoris (Platoon leading officer), a Muster Medic, a Muster Comms, a Muster Standard Bearer and a poor Muster casualty. Great for your Muster Platoons. Excellent on their own or for mixing into other Muster forces. As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 2.50GBP per pack. 

IAF059 Muster 2nd Squad 

An entirely female squad of ten brand new poses of white metal 15mm scale miniatures. Female Muster for your Platoons! IAF059 contains ten miniatures in Aketon clam shell armour armed with a variety of weapons including Moth Type 6 Rifles, Tumbler Mpi, Hermit 44mm Plasma Rifle, Minstrel PP2 Taser (a rarer support weapon) and the first ever trooper with the Ron 32mm Hi-Ex Launcher. All but two poses are bare headed so that you can see their faces. There is also a pose with the breather part of the helmet typically worn within the helmet on her face for added character. Excellent on their own or for mixing into other Muster or Retained forces. As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 5.00GBP per pack. 

IAF003 Muster 1st Squad 

The original ten man squad of 15mm white metal Muster miniatures. IAF003 contains ten different miniatures in Aketon clam shell armour armed with a variety of weapons including Moth Type Rifles, Anvil 888 Launchers and Hobbs Bomb. This is a core pack which can form the basis and the bulk of your Muster forces at the Platoon level. Excellent on their own or for mixing into other Muster or Retained forces. As always this code can be bought as a pack or as single miniatures or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 5.00GBP per pack. 

Information Burst 

Our spring convention month offers of free shipping and a goody bag are now on and last until 1st May. The IMP20 Female Legion Officer of the Khanate Empire is April 2015's free 15mm scale miniature for the month which is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order regardless of order value. It can also be bought in any amount on the monthly IMP page of the website for this month only too before being withdrawn. It will be one of the twelve in the 'Year Two Collection' on our second anniversary. After the Prydian Army the alien soldiers of the Shia Khan are the biggest part of our ranges and this character miniature is a first; a female officer in the legions. Legionaries are the prime foot soldiers of the Empire and this officer is bare headed while wearing a long cloak and carrying a Cupid Laser Pistol. She can be a lower or senior officer in any of your Legion forces. She stands 17mm tall and is a one piece white metal miniature. Finally remember that by placing an order with us you will sign up for an account with the website and that means you get Reward Points in all purchases and the free monthly miniature too. These points can be used any time to get free products and discounts on orders. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

Free Worldwide Shipping and Goody Bags until 1st May 2015!

From 1st April until the 1st of May 2015 The Ion Age is having its spring offers period. We will be having new releases and more during this period but the offers here apply to each and every one of them all the same. So while you will not see us at Salute 2015 in London this April here is what we are offering you: 

Free Worldwide Shipping on all Orders over 10.00GBP Value! 

If you live in the UK or Europe, the USA or anywhere else on this blue marble we call home we are giving you free shipping worldwide on all orders over 10.00GBP in product value. This has been applied to our website so all you need to do is to add items to your cart as normal. We use airmail and courier services as required and you may still choose to add a 'signed for element' to your order. Orders of less than 10.00GBP will attract our normal flat 5.00GBP shipping charge worldwide. We have placed this minimum on free shipping due to a very small percentage of customers previously who thought it correct to place extremely small orders for delivery. We do have to make a living. 

Free “Goody Bag” in all Orders worth 10% of your Order! 

When you place an order of any size or value with us until 1st May we will automatically place a Goody Bag into your package to the value of approx 10% of the order. The items in this free bag will be related to what you have purchased but will be our choice. So if you order Hab Domes and Terrain you will get other relevant Terrain and an order for Prydian Army Battlesuits and Vehicles will gain you other Prydian troops and vehicles. A lovely surprise for you and great for your collections. And yes, for example, if you do order two IAF044BU03 Terrain Bundles we will send you another 20.00GBP plus in extras for them! Superb! 

These two offers run over the top of all our coming releases for the next month plus. Here are most of the things we will be releasing from now until a week plus before the 1st May so that you can plan out your order(s) with The Ion Age. These are within this time frame. They will be on our Early Supporter Page HERE. 

IAFP04 Muster Platoon + unique miniature 

IAFR01 Patrol Angis (15mm Ion Age Skirmish Wargame Rules) 

IAFR01S Patrol Angis Game Pack (Complete Starter Set with Miniatures) 

(Both of these will have a pre-order offer with 15% off list prices!) 

Lots more details to come especially on Patrol Angis but we wanted to tell you all of this right now at the start of the month plus of offers. So get more with us and get free shipping and a goody bag too on every order as well as the monthly free miniature and the Reward Points on your account too! 

The monthly free miniature for April which is IMP20 Female Legion Officer of the Khanate Empire. More about her HERE. 

 As you might know we also have two other wargaming websites that we are known for and each of these is having its own similar offers until 1st May. Here are the links to the blogs for 15mm.co.uk and Alternative Armies. Have a look. 

Lastly we will be putting up the releases and the pre-order offer on Patrol Angis next week so stay tuned! 

Thanks for Reading.

GBS

IMP20 Female Shia Khan Legion Officer free miniature for April 2015!

The IMP20 Female Legion Officer of the Khanate Empire is April 2015's free 15mm scale miniature for the month which is automatically put into every order at the rate of one per order regardless of order value. It can also be bought in any amount on the monthly IMP page of the website for this month only too before being withdrawn. It will be one of the twelve in the 'Year Two Collection' on our second anniversary. 

After the Prydian Army the alien soldiers of the Shia Khan are the biggest part of our ranges and this character miniature is a first; a female officer in the legions. Legionaries are the prime foot soldiers of the Empire and this officer is bare headed while wearing a long cloak and carrying a Cupid Laser Pistol. She can be a lower or senior officer in any of your Legion forces. She stands 17mm tall and is a one piece white metal miniature. If you are interested in the rest of the Shia Khan you can see them all HERE. 

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. 

As it is our second year we look back at this time last year and see what the free miniature was at that time. In April 2015 the free miniature was IMP08 Muster Girl. It was our eighth miniature to be given out free. You can find this miniature in the Year One Collection if you are lacking it. 

Last month we were all about The Planetary Militia and Battlesuits but this month its a four week long convention season spring offer. That's right! As well as the great new free miniature in every order we are also offering FREE WORDWIDE SHIPPING on all orders (over 10.00GBP) and a GOODIE BAG worth 10% of your order value included free in all orders. Full details on this can be seen on April 2nd on our blog along with the releases for the month, but they are live as of the 1st April 2015 or go to our website HERE. 

Thanks for reading. 

GBS

Planetary Militia at The Painting Agency Blog

We have mailed out over a thousand white metal 15mm Planetary Militia miniatures since released last month and now that a load of Steornede Battlesuits are stomping off too it was a pleasure to see Allison M over on his blog put up a posting. You can visit the full posting on his blog HERE. 

The Peoples Protectors. PPP Home Guard 

“The People's Planetary Partnership have the odd distinction of being the only sustainably functioning anarcho-socialist society in human history, existing across multiple star systems with a government based on group arbitration and consensus-building. While no official apparatus exists to enforce ideological conformity, this governmental structure is sufficiently popular that dissenters generally find themselves facing social scorn and little cooperation from their fellow citizens. 

Consequently, outsiders have variously described the PPP as "stodgy but egalitarian" and "numbingly conformist". The PPP remain technologically inferior to their main stellar-political rivals the Cultural Collective, largely because of their refusal to create sentient artificial intelligences. They maintain that "leashed" AI's constitute slavery while unrestricted ones represent an existential threat to humanity. They loosely ally themselves with the photosynthetic Chloros, whose biological collectivism they admire.” 

I think Allison's take on using the Planetary Defence Forces, the other name for the PM, is really nice. Combines my own thinking about what these troops are which is mid tech level, basic, core and localised to a world along with a new story and uniform that make them quite different to look at. Across the infantry and the Hazelwurm Patrol Car too. Here are pictures of our own uniforms on the same miniatures. If you want to see them on our website go HERE and HERE. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

IAF072 Steornede Battlesuits Released!

There was a smooth hum and vibration that began as Kimball pressed the start up sequence into the battlesuit's raised front plate. Transmission systems started up and the power core cycled at a low rate. One by one the displays on the inside of the front plate began to wink into life showing reds that flowed to amber and then into green ready status. Kimball settled himself into the padded pilots frame of the Steornede and placed his feet onto the grippers that quickly molded themselves to his bare flesh making themselves an extension of his legs. He reached out and flicked the primary switch that brought the front plate down. As it locked into place the titanium alloy clamps around the plate clunked home sealing it airtight and the displays were now at eye level. Each of Kimball's arms sat at his side with a control stick and buttons for the weapon systems in the arms of the battlesuit. He had been the pilot of PC119STR for two years but to him the machine was simply called 'Beth'. The real Beth had left him a year ago for a guy that worked for Maudlin in a high rise block in down town Pelcan City. More money but less fun. Still his Beth was purring now and would do as he told her. Around him the five other battlesuits in his platoon were showing ready status. He ran a check on the twin Moth 88 cannons which were his Steornede's primary weapons and they showed armed with twelve thousands case less rounds loaded. Kimball was ready. 

It would not be a long walk from the barracks to the combat zone. Not now. His Beth had been in action twice already against the aliens and the second time he had been lucky to get out alive. On the outskirts of the city they had been encircled as the barricades had fallen. He had been rescued with a magnetic lock from a dropped line that had lifted his Steornede up and out of harms way. Damn lucky that grav platform had seen him as it floated over, his ammunition was expended and Beth just could not run like those fancy Havelocks. This time the enemy was only a few streets away and Kimball doubted he would ever breath fresh air again so the smell of Beth would be last in his nostrils. He would die inside the battlesuit. He would die to give the people time to escape the city. Kimball wondered if the real Beth was still alive. Was she dead or had she got out already? Part of him really hoped she had. 

Using the platoon comm he signalled the order to move out. Up the ramp and into the street. His legs moved and the Steornede amplified it and stomped forward into a fight against an alien enemy that seemingly could not be stopped. 

Captain Frederick Kimball, Pelcan City, New Glastonbury, 4334IC 

I hope you liked the little extract from a future title here and welcome to our last releases for March 2015. We are expanding the existing Planetary Militia range with two new battlesuits in 15mm scale. These new Steornede's fit exactly with the Planetary Militia platoon with unique miniature and with the vehicles too such as the Colabreta Carrier and the Hazelwurm Patrol Car. These are all great 15mm science fiction miniatures and all of us here at The Ion Age have been really pleased with the feedback not only from customers but also online to the first look at the Steornede's last week. Read on! 

IAF072A Steornede Battlesuit with Twin Missile Pods 

The defence forces of the Prydian Precinct have their own battlesuit to put them on an equal footing with those who would invade or insurrection their homes. The Steornede is that battlesuit and this is the first variant made for short range anti-vehicle and artillery use. This code comprises a highly detailed 15mm scale miniature which is approx 30mm tall supplied as a one piece resin body and two separate white metal arms mounting Anda 60mm missile pods. Suitable for use in many different settings it is excellent back up for your infantry. As always this code can be bought as a pack or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 5.00GBP. 

IAF072B Steornede Battlesuit with Twin Moth 88 Cannons 

The defence forces of the Prydian Precinct have their own battlesuit to put them on an equal footing with those who would invade or insurrection their homes. The Steornede is that battlesuit and this is the second variant made for short to medium range anti-infantry use. This code comprises a highly detailed 15mm scale miniature which is approx 30mm tall supplied as a one piece resin body and two separate white metal arms mounting twin barrel Moth 88 Cannons. Suitable for use in many different settings it is excellent back up for your infantry. As always this code can be bought as a pack or select the three packs and save 10% option on the page. Go HERE. Price 5.00GBP. 

Are you interested in the Planetary Militia range at The Ion Age? 

IAF067 Planetary Militia 1st Squad 

IAF068 Planetary Militia 2nd Squad 

IAF069 Planetary Militia 1st Platoon Command 

IAFP07 Planetary Militia Platoon - A full platoon of Planetary Militia with a unique miniature only found in this code. 

IAF054 Hazelwurm MkII Patrol Car – Planetary Militia 

IAF061A Colabreta Patrol Carrier MkI – Planetary Militia 

IAF061B Colabreta Command Carrier MkIII – Planetary Militia 

You can see all of the codes for the Infantry HERE

You can see all of the codes for the Vehicles HERE

Information Burst 

We have not managed all that we would have liked this month and I apologise for no news on Patrol Angis but we are nearly ready I promise! This is our last pair of releases for March 2015. I hope you like the two new Steornede Battlesuits and its a hybrid for us as its our only bi-pedal model this far to have a resin body and metal parts too. You also have until the end of the month to get the free miniature which is currently IMP19 Happy Burger Bot. You guys are loving this characterful robot. Thanks for your custom and for the kind words about our products we do appreciate it. We work hard and we want you all to have fun with your wargaming in our space opera setting. Finally remember that by placing an order with us you will sign up for an account with the website and that means you get Reward Points in all purchases and the free monthly miniature too. These points can be used any time to get free products and discounts on orders. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS

Yordan and the Steornede Battlesuits

We are gearing up for our convention season month long offers so we thought as it was a Thursday we would share with you all some eye candy and a sneak peek as well. Ain't that just marvellous! We do not do many pure visual postings on the blog but this one ties together several things that are in the immediate future of all IonFans and 15mm science fiction wargamers too. Namely the coming posts about Patrol Angis and the near to release Planetary Militia Battlesuits. 

A Yordist Duxis Battlesuit with Fretan Railgun

A Yordist portable weapon with Retained Gunners

Holding the heights.  Yordist Knights and Espatan Moth 88.

I have placed a caption on each image but it is the one at the header of this post that will grab your attention the most. A pair of Steornede Battlesuits the heaviest infantry open to Planetary Militia commanders on the ground such as in the campaign for Camarthen Prime against the Shia Khan Empire. A brother to the elegant Duxis and the workhorse Havelock battlesuits. Lacking a gauntlet or hand these battlesuits are pure mobile fire support armed with a pair of Moth 88 twin barrel cannons or a pair of Anda Missile Pods. They have a really rather different look as well which is what we wanted for the Planetary Militia with various low light and infra-red lenses for urban and night fighting and high power lights for illumination. Backing up PM Squads and light vehicles. You can see more about Planetary Defence Forces HERE. We will be releasing these battlesuits before the end of March 2015 so plan accordingly if you like them. I think Sam Croes did a super job on these mechanical ogres. 

The other pictures show Retained Knights along with an Espaten Portable Weapon and a Duxis Battlesuit in the light green and yellow colour schemes of the League of Yordan. We have been playing Patrol Angis with these and indeed all of these miniatures will be featuring in the excellent value Patrol Angis game set and there will be more on this next week. We know you are used to the white and red of the Prydian Army but on Dando's World the League of Yordan is dominant and its great to see these miniatures in different colours. We hope you like them. 

Thanks for Reading. 

GBS