Welcome to the first release of Italians for our Spanish Century range of 16th Century miniatures.

These Italians are for the period 1495 - 1525, the start of the Great Italian War and could be of any of the main-land states or colonials fighting Turks in the Adriatic.

These are the full details;

• REN327    Italian Pikemen advancing with pike/pole-weapon at 60 degrees
• REN328    Italian Pikemen advancing with pike/pole-weapon at 45 degrees
• REN329    Italians standing with arquebus at port
• REN330    Italians advancing with arquebus at port
• REN331    Italian/Swiss Papal Guards with Halberds

These are the Greens for our Russian peasant labourers for use in the period 1575 - 1650. They are shown dressed in the same manner as our provincial Steltzi, with forked beards and rustic fur trimmed hats. These miniatures are stripped of their bulky outer-coats and sculpted with period shirts.  All are cast open handed to make them suitable for gun crews if equipped with our slight artillery items or as labours if given axes or hammers.

Work on our Spanish Century continues with more greens, dolls and parts from our Master Sculptors talented hands.

Firstly and the only complete 'greens' on show in this batch of miniatures, are a pair of Spanish Wives. These wifes, not subtler or whores, as designated by the visible wearing of the households keys on their skirts, are going to be given away next month with a Spanish Century offer.

Grand Ambition is another set of rules that uses the AB One system.

Having covered the Thirty Years War period and the English Civil War with previous versions, I wanted to finish off the seventeenth century by covering the wars of James II, Louis XIV and William III.

This later period saw the rise of the standing army: regular troops, funded by the state and employed all year round. This period also saw significant developments in weaponry and tactics and it is these changes that I hope are reflected in the rules. Included in the Grand Ambition rule book are sections detailing with the organisation of troops and the type of formations and tactics deployed.

Thorough out the calendar month of February, we here at TAG are giving away one freebie miniatures for every pack of our hugely successful Ultra-Modern miniatures that is purchased.

The full details of the offer can be seen here

The offer is due to end at mid-night on the 28th of this month, so that makes this weekend your last chance grab one of these these exclusive freebies.

Its been a year since we launched our new web-site, and through out that time we have been giving away large numbers of free miniatures. Initially we gave away Chechens, and following on from that Vietnamese, World War two and recently Renaissance and Asian miniatures.

The time has finally come for us ton add the Ultra-Modern miniatures to this list, and for the month of February we will be giving away anyone one freebie miniature of your choice, for every full priced pack of TAG super 28mm Ultra-Modern minis that you purchase.

Hello, and welcome to the first full release this year from The Assault Group

These six packs of 28mm miniatures represent the last of the Spanish Infantry we are making for the start of the Great Italian War.

The pack details are as follows;

• REN321    Spanish/Conquistador wardogs and handlers
• REN322    Neapolitan/Spanish with swords and bucklers I
• REN323    Neapolitan/Spanish with swords and bucklers II
• REN324    Neapolitan/Spanish firing arquebus
• REN325    Neapolitan/Spanish marching with arquebus shouldered
• REN326    Neapolitan/Spanish artillery crew

Welcome back to TAG in 2010, and thank you to everybody that made 2009 a record year for us.

This release, the first of the New Year, is a lot of tidying up from last year, all these items shown as listed on our shopping cart today are items that have been specifically requested by TAG customers which i had promised to add to the cart before Christmas, so this is us catching up and clearing the decks before the next full Spanish Century release.

These are the new items;