Firelock's New Year sale cuts miniatures prices by 25%

Firelock Games launched a New Year sale on January 6 that applied a 25% discount to most of its product families, including Blood & Plunder, Port Royal, Blood & Steel, Oak & Iron and related ranges. The publisher provided a checkout discount code for eligible items, and the sale ran into mid-January; verify the store for exact expiration and which SKUs qualify.

For painters this is a straightforward, time‑sensitive opportunity to pick up targets for both skill-building and collection goals. Bulk or repeat sculpts make ideal speed‑paint subjects, while single standout figures and reference kits are useful for testing skin tones, metallic techniques, or new palette ideas. Miniatures from naval lines like Port Royal bring sails and rigging practice, pirate crews in Blood & Plunder offer varied flesh and cloth studies, and the historical styles in Blood & Steel and Oak & Iron give different material textures to tackle in batch sessions.

Plan purchases around practical studio aims. Buy duplicates of a single sculpt to practice a single technique repeatedly — two or three quick passes on the same model deliver more learning than one long repaint. Pick up basing materials and filler parts at the same time to assemble prepped warbands, and consider conversion bits if you want to experiment with kitbashing without risking rare sculpts. Verify which items are excluded at checkout, watch stock levels on popular lines, and factor in shipping times if you aim for a January project start.

On the bench, treat these new minis as training pieces: batch prime, block in a basecoat, and set a time limit for washes, layers, and highlights to build speed and consistency. Use one model to trial a new wash or glaze combination before committing to an entire squad, and keep a swatch card of mixed colours so you can reproduce successful palettes. For collectors, the sale is a low‑cost chance to grab sculpts for reference photos and kit references without paying full retail.

The takeaway? Our two cents? Grab a small stack of inexpensive or duplicate sculpts, prioritize pieces that match the techniques you want to practice, and use the sale window to design focused January drills — speed painting, basing routines, and palette experiments will all level up faster when you have the right miniatures on the bench.