Dear All,
Several new items and a new line of hobby accessories just went up at TVAG.
The sales of Richard Houston's 25mm Gunboat models have been remarkable, and four are already gone. Information concerning future custom work has been added to the page, but of greater interest is the first of two new Chinese Junks and a Sampan. Junk #1 with photos has been added to the page and is another little jewel to make those Sand Pebbles games complete!
And Studio 33 Productions is offering the SMS Grendel for German Colonial gamers who want to have the last word on the river! An extensively modified version of the Stone House Miniatures resin-cast model of the Queen Rose, the Grendel has been assembled, painted, armed and outfitted so that all you need to add is the crew - and some Native Peoples in need of being seriously, if not Teutonically - "Civilized!" She even comes with her Ship Record Sheet for the soon-to-be-released rules More Gunboat Diplomacy. There are four rather large photos of her so you can make up your own minds about the Influence of Seapower.
In the next week or so, the first of Studio 33's own 25mm wooden hulled Gunboat models will go on sale as well.
Finally, but not least, TVAG is now accepting orders for the complete Sikh Wars Battalion Flags sets designed by the indefatigable Chris Ferree. Many of these Colors will do double duty for the Mutiny as well, but every British Army and "John Company" unit that carried its Colors into battle is represented in three sets, and the first of two sets of flags for the Sikh Khalsa is also ready to go. The average flag cost about $0.80"USD, and have been duly researched and frequently reworked to get them "just right." But, perhaps best of all, they are available in three scales: 25/28mm, 20mm, and 15mm, all at the same price. Sample photos of three flags are up, but the sample Sikh Flag is AWOL at the moment, but will go up as soon as we can catch it and drag it back to camp.
More Colors are to come for other conflicts (First Afghan War, the Mutiny, to start) in the reasonably near future, all in support of the release later this year of John Company: The Conquest Of India, 1750-1860 by And That's The Way It Was... Press. Indeed, look for more flags from Colonial conflicts outside the Sub-Continent as Chris moves into high gear.
To view any of this, please go to TVAG and see what novelty and utility awaits you!