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October, 2024
"Houston's Naval Guns And Ship Fittings"
The transition from the original 25mm metal castings from worn out molds, to cutting edge 28mm 3D resin printed models is essentially complete. Only two items remain in metal (the Maratha Lion Mortar and Burmese "Fish Gun", and they will
be replaced in due course, as well. New items include a "Dragon Head" Siege/Heavy Gun for a Chinese Army--or Fantasy, for that matter--and an authentic Siege/Heavy Gun based on Asian types used from China to
India. These replace the old"Dog Head" and "Native Siege Gun&" castings of yore. These are single piece prints--no wheels or separate barrels to assemble--and ready to paint and add to your table.
Also, the equally old "Hotchkiss MG on Light Carriage" has also been replaced with a highly detailed resin print.
And finally, an entirely new new item has been added: A large Gun House on a revolving mount, with open back, mounting a heavy caliber gun. This is an impressively big piece that allows modelers to move up to ever
larger and more "modern" Gunboat designs than before.
And, as ever, here's the LINK to go see for yourself.
"The Sword And The Flame"/"800 Fighting Englishmen" Game Card Decks
The transition from professionally printed Game Decks to PDF files for self-printing continues. Again, this became inescapable as the price of printing became insupporatble. Since the last post here on the matter, the number of Decks
now offered in this format has grown to six, and are still full-sized and full color. The prices for these are reduced to reflect the change, and all are still delivered via E-mail, free of postage. Other Game Decks for both rule sets are still
available while supplies last.
  
 
To see all of TVAG's various Game Decks, just follow this LINK
The Sun Never Sets Project continues as Chris Ferree has nearly completed his unique solo variant to TSNS. It is a computer moderated system that eliminates virtually record keeping
on the part of the Player as Prime Minister, providing an amazing experience of Parliament to be jostled and persuaded to support your Imperial Program. It will be offered FREE with future orders of either the Print or PDF Editions of the
current 40th Anniversary Edition. Owners of that Edition may receive the Solo Computer Variant simply by requesting their copy from TVAG.
There is a good deal of Beta testing still going on, with tweaks and adjustments being made, but when we think it's fully ready to roll, it will be trumpeted here a TVAG and elsewhere.
Believe me when I say there's nothing like this system out there for any wargame, and it will provide all the miniature Colonial Battles you could ever hope for!
The eponymous new range of 15mm Colonial Figures for TSNS continues to expand, and is well past the 3/4's mark. When ready, there will be not only all the standard British/Imperial troop types, but more Native
Armies and their unique warriors than have ever been produced by a single manufacturer.
That's no brag. Just fact!
From the Abor of the NE Frontier, to three uniform types of Regular Afghan Infantry and two of Cavalry, Burmese War Elephants, Hales Rockets (9- & 24-pdr), Gardner, Nordenfelt, Gatling MG's (in multiple variants of
each), Gunboats, Boer Artillery--from the 1st War!--and transport in greater variety than ever before (ox-carts, GS Wagons, Colonial Wagons, Pack Camels, Elephants, Mules, etc). Here are some samples.
  
They're coming ASAP!
The "Prison Project"--This one is simply nuts, a "vanity project" that got out of hand, if ever there was one.
The "Mean Streets/Sets" Prison Collection models are complete and ready for release and will come with crucial accessories. Besides the Prison Cell Bars, there's Guard Rails, roof mounted Siren, furnishings for the Prison
Infirmary and Warden's Office. Photos will be posted soon of the other three completed Sets (Dining Hall, Prison Yard/Main Gate, and the Infirmary/Warden's Office. To see the Cell Block, hit this LINK,
and to visit "Mean Streets," here's that LINK.
But when I said the project has made it's own "Bust Out!," I meant it. The entire project will only be complete when the first of several sets of completely original, 3D designed 28mm cast figures to populate the Prison
Collection is released. The first set of 6 distinct "Convicts" is ready to go, and the second set of 5 Female Convicts (and 1 beast of a Prison Matron!) are nearing completion, and all will be followed by a set of Prison Staff--4 Guards,
the Chief of Guards, and the Warden. All Convicts come with separate arm combinations ranging from open-handed, to holding riot weapons, and smuggled firearms, as well as separate heads/hats where fitting. The Guards will have the option
of carrying their canes for control, but also their own firearms when it all hits the fan!
These figures are only the beginning of a definitive set of 28mm Street Characters suitable for all RPG's set in the 20's through 40's, be they Pulp, Cthulhoid, Cop/Gangster games. There will be a LOT more on this
soon!
The long promised "Tiki Bar" for "Mean Sets" is no longer in "a holding pattern" as the aforementioned special furnishings for it are now being designed for 3D printing. But that's a footnote to the news that an entire
range of "Mean Streets Scatter" is well underway: 28mm
And now, we return you to the dance portion of our broadcast....
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