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We’re pleased to introduce our Wound Markers, especially designed for wargaming and tabletop strategy games. Available as a number of sets in different colours, or individually if you prefer, these are priced at pocket money prices. We have single, double, triple and quadruple markers to hold various dice types. Ours are based upon the standard 14mm D6 dice, and can hold those, as well as D12 and D20 dice.

These are 3D printed in PET-G plastic, both environmentally friendly and recyclable when you no longer need them. They can also be primed and painted if you prefer in your tabletop factions colours. So if you’re into Warhammer, Kings of War or other battle systems, you’ll find these useful.

The markers are available in Black, White, Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Purple, Clear and for a limited time only in Silver Grey.

More good news is that these are available to back order, so if we do run low on stocks, we can manufacture new ones within 1 week.

Up your game with our markers today!

Yes…here at last: 10 brand new acrylic based shading mediums, enabling you to add subtle tones, weathering, highlighting details and textures on your wargaming miniatures and terrain to make them sparkle or indeed, the exact opposite.

Perfect for beginners and pro painters, Our washes are carefully formulated to allow you to get creative, add 1 or multiple layers, mix colours and create your own shades and tones. Or you can simply apply over a white or black primer, or add over our base and technical paints for quick and easy shading.

These are easy to use, and also tricky to spill. Yes, we’ve taken your views onboard as painters, as well as being fellow victims of N*** O** syndrome – we know that you’d rather splash out on something you can use, than lose what you splash everywhere by accident.

Using some decent quality bases from our stocks of Legend Games bases, you can easily see the possibilities.

Our shading mediums come in 30ml bottles, and are priced at a very reasonable £3.95.

These come in a variety of carefully curated colours. All that is needed is a brush and your unlimited imagination.

We have the monochromatics of course – Black Smoke, Grey Day and White Fade which can be used undiluted, or watered down to produce a more measured effect. Then there are the coloured shading mediums.

Red or Bled can either be used for shockingly full-on grand guignol effects, or making red highlights on uniforms and panels stand out. Go for gory every time we say! Scruffy Green can be used from anything like tanks or landscaping to give an aged lichen effect in grooves or paving gaps, while Varicose Purple, Yellow Peril and Orange Venom are ideal for poisonous or grunging up a model.

So, the weekend is here again, and what better way to pass away the time than to plough through the pile of shame you have built up mercilessly over the last god-knows-how-long. In the time honoured tradition of wargaming show-and-tell, post a picture of your miniature painting jobs here of what you’re working on at the moment. You never know, someone else on this feed may have some handy tips or words of encouragement.

Show us what you got!

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They’re mean and they’re ruthless. Have a look at our Eisenkern Stormtroopers. These are made from fine cast plastic, sitting at 28mm high.

These figures will need to be primed before you can bring them to life with our colours. Ideally, you will need a dark grey primer, such as the Expo Acrylic primer spray prior to painting.

These iron core troops sport light grey armour. The tone of the armour for these figures have been created through a combination of our own Base Black and Base White paints. This isn’t all, however. I have also used our Pastoral Green and Bloodbath paints to detail these figures. In particular, check out the camouflage on the officers hats.

Now no soldiers would be complete without a good set of weapons. To add to these tools of destruction I have opted to add Pewter (over our Base Black paint) and Silver Sword paints to be the base colours for their firearms. Another thing that makes these figures stand out are the bases.

To echo their combat worn environment, I have created textures by adding sand and charcoal to add depth with other elements to the base, embellishing these with Desert Storm, Base Black, Quagmire Brown, and finally Khaki Dream paint – all of which and more can be found in our shop.

It’s that time of week again. And we’ve got these Moonhopper tee shirts to give away free with the next twenty orders.

Just put your order through, and we’ll email you if you’re one of the lucky ones.

Our lovely Moonhopper tee shirts come in either royal blue or traffic cone orange. Impress your friends…confuse your enemies…leave the cat bemused. Alternatively, you can buy one from our merch shop if you’re not so lucky and you still want to look the proverbial bee’s knees.

Happy Friday folks!

(Offer closed Friday 13th August 2021)

We’re pleased to announce that we now stock Stargrave and Oathmark figures. Stargrave is a fantastic skirmish game, gaining popularity. Its premise is simple, players command a small crew looking for loot while avoiding trouble from the authorities. Oathmark figures are the opposite end of the fantasy realm – choose to fight with elves or dwarves, humans or goblins…we’ll be stocking more of these figures soon.

Keep an eye on our Instagram feed and Facebook page for updates, painting ideas and much more. And if you’re wondering where the castle parts are from the picture below, look no further…visit our STL File 3D downloads page so you can get the files and use them to your hearts content for less than the cost of a bag of sweets.

Yes, that’s right – we’re going to bung in a free battle tape measure for the first lucky 50 people that put an order in. It has a nice sturdy grip, our logo on it and can measure up to 5 metres. Not dissing anybody in particular, but they’re way better than the crap orange ones doing the rounds.

Pop into our shop and have a look around. We definitely have something that’ll float your boat. And remember: postage and packing is free for orders over £30 in the UK.

And keep an eye out for special offers over the next few weeks – we have some fantastic surprises and prizes coming up.

(Offer closed Friday 11th August 2021)

Moonhopper’s paints and glazes are just what you need for your models. Sometimes you need a specific paint or glaze for a task, and often you find that there simply isn’t one. That’s why our Paint Pixie started mixing ours. We have developed our range so that they can be used in their own right, or with each other to create complimentary effects. From alien landscapes to snow crusted mountains and moonscapes, you can literally paint anything with our technical acrylics.

Why not take a look at our range of paints guide. This tells you what each paint does, and we’ll be highlighting the qualities, as well as giving hints and tips on using Moonhopper paints and glazes. We have lots more in the pipeline, so keep your ear to the ground.

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Our resident Paint Pixie has been busy this week on two additions to her increasing shelf of figures. One is the beautifully cast Sashenka, a Kurganovan Yaga Soul Weaver, and the other is the buxom and dangerous redhead that is Kiki Bulldozer, both from Raging Heroes.

Both are already nearly finished, which is impressive as the Paint Pixie has been rushed off her feet this week getting stuff onto shelves and mixing more oddball paint combos up. We may even sell some of these new additions shortly. Watch this space.

Kiki from the Jailbirds range is an astonishing figure, not least because of her sheer brazen violence, as seen by the poor chap she’s tied to a pole as a flag. Mildly unhinged, she’d happily fire a thousand rounds at you while putting on her lipstick. This is one babe you don’t want to mess with. A bio experiment survivor, she’s supposed to be a gentle giantess, but even so, you don’t want to mess with her – she was designed to be a weapon, born and bred to kill.

These figure have been painted using our own range of Moonhopper Paints, and we’re quite pleased with the results. Sashenka’s robe has been painted using our Fighter Blue paint, with just hints of Imperial Indigo. Anyone who knows anything about Russian folklore will know that the title Yaga comes from ‘Baba Yaga’, or Grandma Snake. She’s an old witch, very unpredictable and by use of cybernetic implants, her and the other Soul Weavers use their powers to bend the forces of nature.

Sashenka comes as a single kit, and is a steal at £11.99, while Kiki at the moment, comes as part of the Heroes Box: The Big Ones, priced at £42.99. We are buying in more Raging Heroes characters, and given the interest in Kiki, we may be getting into stock soon as a single packaged figure shortly.

So, who do you want to put down on the table in a fight? Sashenka or Kiki?

Only one way to find out. Tell us who and why!

More on these ladies can be found on our Instagram page. Follow us for more tips, tricks, news and new products.

For a full description of our paints, glazes and how to use them, check out Our Range of Paints.

Need to bung grass and foliage in awkward places? Why not use one of our Flock Pots. A little goes a long way, and these pots will help you make anything from a hilltop battlefield, to an alien arid landscape. These are made with a safe hydrophilic compound, and the colours are mixed to produce the flock pots. Used in conjunction with our grasses and Terrain Pots, you can achieve some stunning effects and scenes.

We stock four types. Meadow Green is a lush verdant green, that you can sprinkle on hills and apply to give a grassy texture. Moss Acre is a harsher green, that can be applied sparingly to rocks and cliff edges, ruined buildings and walls as an aging medium.

Harsh Marsh is a brown, dull and nasty weed, and again is good for ruined terrain, decaying landscapes and flurrying over urban detritus. Finally, Wellsian Red is our tribute to HG Wells. Anyone who’s read The War of the Worlds is aware of the insidious Red Weed that crawls across the landscape once the invading Martians have established their hold on the Earth.

This our homage to the floral menace, and can be used to cover rocks and other features.

For more information and updates on new product lines, what we’re up to and what you’re painting or building (because we love to share other peoples work), check us by either subscribing to our mailing list, following us on Instagram or Facebook.