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Don’t Miss Out – Massive Sale On February 22

On February 22nd, we celebrate our annual 2nd Dynasty Day, you might notice a theme of twos. Starting with a 50% off sale on our MyMiniFactory store. We have two creators provided gifts, That Blasted Samophlange and Kathy Millatt Modelling. And we decided to do something a little special with our usual $22.22 sale price on an existing flagship vessel …

This year, we’re launching a brand-new standalone edition of one of our most popular ships: Scout Ship Beta, reimagined as Galeos.

Galeos is a remix, with great help from Shirgall in our Discord. It mixes the Hammer head mod to allow a forward cockpit. This configuration is built for crews who want a fast, long-range scout with serious interior presence. Normally $44.44, it will be available for $22.22 on 2nd Dynasty Day only.

Eligibility requires Tribe membership at Vehicle tier or higher.

Galeos Specifics

At 85 cm long, 31 cm wide, and 20 cm tall, Galeos dominates the table without wasting space. It assembles from 300+ parts plus clips and connectors, giving you a deeply modular build thanks to new GridForge compatibility that rewards hobbyists and delivers dramatic play value once complete.

Interior highlights include:

• A new recreation area on the top deck, because crews need somewhere to breathe between firefights. Includes a new modified couch and redone upper hull to help with consoles.
• An expanded galley on the middle deck for a more believable lived-in layout that gives space for play.
• A new Engineering section with added space for minis and a new console, as well as a temperamental Matter Anti-Matter Marriage Engine (MAMME).
• The same spacious cargo bay and crawl spaces below, do you hear something in the vents?

Galeos is built to allow more roleplay scenes, and still work with full-scale sci-fi campaigns. It includes multiple mounting points that can be swapped to our universal turret system when you want to get into the fight.

On February 22nd, it’s yours for $22.22.

This Year Starts With Quite A Big Bang

Last year ended with the Tribes-release of Skoldpadda – an absolutely massive release, bigger than the Shuttle Alpha!

Skoldpadda is the Swedish word for Tortoise (Ben explains the pronounciation like this: roughly pronounced hwoold-pad-da – the hw sound is like making your best Michael Winslow impression of a distant jet engine on a warm day). Directly translated, it means Shield-Toad.

The Skoldpadda is a single level starship with a 6×6 GridForge cargo/passenger area, and a 5×2 neck. It will be 13.5 squares long and 11 squares wide (ca. 34 cm x 27.5 cm).

The Skoldpadda is now available in our store at Myminifactory, our main distributor.

Ben’s chief inspiration for the Skoldpadda is the USS Defiant (anyone who’s familiar with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine understands) along with another design that he can see in his imagination (he refers to Macross and Robotech).

2nd Dynasty has not done many Trek style ships, but some have pointed out that Skoldpadda is not far from belonging quite comfortably in a Traveller universe too.

And guess what happened in January Tribes? Benoworf premiered! A kind of cross between Skoldpadda and a Traveller Grant Cab, most voted for by the community during one of our Friday Livestreams on Youtube.

By default Benoworf has an interior cargo space of 6×8 tiles, a vestibule of 4×4 tiles, and the upper deck is 4×4 tiles, plus a 2×2 tile area at the front and 1×2 at the back. The alternate nose and upper deck is compatible with the base Skoldpadda, and the ship can be lengthened, but not wide.

These two massiv Tribes releases will be followed this month (February) by a phantom of sorts. That is the working title of the drone space fighter inspired by QF-9iE Ghost II, a obscure Macross design. It features six turrets and 44 missiles, letting you get a full Itano Missile Circus going! The arms stow for landing.

Weighing in at around 28 cm (11.3 inches) in length, or 16.5 metres at scale this phantom of a space fighter is another big Tribes release.

All three, Skoldpadda, Benoworf and the phantom drone will be presented in more details on 2nddynasty.com shortly.

Kickstarter Final Week!

Our latest Kickstarter, GridForge: Exoplanet Colony is our awesome new delve into the world of colour FDM printing (don’t worry, it’s optional). The setting is our own ode to Hadley’s Hope, a modular outpost on a desolate planet named Cocytus.

With over 500 parts, assembly that is enjoyable and closer to playing with lego, and compatibility with BrickBling’s amazing plug and play lights, forget about the mountains of unpainted prints you convince yourself that you’ll paint one day! Two to six colours/materials can give incredible results, and the best part – they are game ready!

The Kickstarter ends on Wednesday, November 26th, 2025, so get in fast and help unlock a plethora of awesome stretch goals!

Black Friday Sale!

The annual MyMiniFactory.com Black Friday (plus) sale is now on from November 17th to December 8th, 2025. Use the promo code below to get 50% off our entire store, including bundles (does not apply to Tribes or Frontiers).

code: BF2025:

See our Store.

Watch out – you don’t want to be deserted at Cocytus station

Don’t miss our latest campaign Expendable that launches today!

It features both beautifully sculpted GridForge terrain and STL scenery as well as a grim, cinematic survival campaign built for Star Quest, the solo/co-op narrative system from One Page Rules. Over three fully realized missions, your crew of roughneck heroes will:

• Repair a failing relay station – and discover the first signs of something unnatural.
• Investigate the abandoned base, now overrun with inhuman hybrids and leaking its last breath.
• Make a desperate escape across a deadly strip mine, pursued by androids that no longer see you as human.

The GridForge terrain and STL scenery includes communications relays, strip mines, exterior terrain, and a modular colony base of corridors, science labs, power plants, executive hangars and more.

The campaign ties directly into 2nd Dynasty’s June–August Tribes releases and culminates in a cinematic skirmish finale featuring AI-driven enemies, environmental hazards, and moral decisions with lethal consequences.

If you have missed the Tribes Expendable releases don’t fret, the GridForge parts are included in both the Cocytus Station Pledge and the Expendable Collection Pledge. The vehicles that were released in Tribes during June-August are found in the Expendable Collection Pledge.

Transmission from Cocytus Station – June Tribes Release

June marks the beginning of Expendable, our new narrative campaign project unfolding over the next three months on Tribes. Set on the hostile mining colony of Cocytus, Expendable tells the story of a skeleton crew trying to survive their final weeks on a dying world—until everything starts to unravel.

Releases

This month’s release introduces the first key elements of the setting:

• The Communications Relay Set
  A rugged, modular installation built for hostile off-world environments. This set includes a concrete foundation, a power node, and a multi-level truss tower topped with a communications array. Ideal for remote outposts or perimeter control points.
• The Taurus Highlander ATV
  A six-wheeled, all-terrain crew transport built to handle the rough ground and toxic atmosphere of Cocytus. Available in two versions: a fully operational variant, and a wrecked version—perfect for narrative missions and crash site scenes.
• Back Catalogue Items
  The Friends of Benjaminen tier gets some additional classics this month, including the Prison Cell Pack, Bridge Tiles, and the brand new Sleipnir Hull Extenders (NEW). These models expand the possibilities of your sci-fi setups with more detail and versatility.

All featured new terrain and vehicles are GridForge-compatible, making them easy to integrate with your existing layouts. Simply plug them in to expand your modular boards and create atmospheric mission zones in moments.

This is just the start. Expendable takes place in the same universe as Starship VI: Sole Survivor. It serves as a prequel to our upcoming Kickstarter campaign, The Last Voyage of the Persephone, launching later this year. We’re also teaming up with one of the biggest names in indie tabletop games to bring skirmish-focused missions and gameplay to life alongside the terrain. More on that partnership soon.

We can’t wait to show you what’s coming next. For now, suit up, keep your helmet sealed, and prepare to leave Cocytus—if you can.

The Aesir Fleet Has Launched

Our latest campaign – The Aesir Fleet: 28mm Ships for your tabletop – is currently running at Backerkit and we are fully funded. Now we are excited to see what achievements/stretch goals will be met before the fleet reaches it destination at 1.00am CEST on March 1, 2025.

The campaign offers five vessels, both old and new ones. Starship Sleipnir is back with a complete refit and overhaul, as is the Fenrir.

These two tail-sitters has three new sister ships in different shapes and sizes and we are proud to introduce the Valkyria Shuttle, the Ratatosk Light Corvette, and the Nidhogg Torpedo Destroyer.

All five vessels come from the Aesir Shipyards, owned by a conglomerate of Scandinavian bloc megacorps sometimes called Kalmar II after the famed 14th century union of Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Each vessel is named for a legendary wight of Norse Mythology (which have been Anglicised), and built in the Mercurius Shipyards.

Fifth Frontier War Sign-Up Page Available

Our upcoming officially licensed Traveller campaign is now open for sign-ups. Be reminded when we go live, and don’t forget to register for our newsletter to get a free Imperial Marine STL file (or a physical version if you later back the campaign).

The Fifth Frontier War is based on the official Mongoose Publishing Traveller campaign of the same name and marks our first licensed product under the Mongoose Traveller banner. We are presenting the Imperial Marines, Zhodani forces, and of course, some Travellers caught in the crossfire!

The campaign goes live on September 18th at 8 pm CET (2 pm Eastern USA), and introduces a plethora of officially licensed 28mm figures and vehicles from the Mongoose Traveller universe! In all, we have plans for a collection of 80 figures in a limited print run, or available in STL format for those with a 3D printer.

Massive Tribes Release

This month we went all our with Tribes. We’ve released our largest vessel to date in a single month, the Ox Starlifter, a space barge that uses brute force to get its cargo in the air and into orbit. It has a detachable cab, and once fully printed in 28 mm, it is over 14 inches long (35 cm)!

Additionally, the ship features:

• A folding ramp
• Posable navigation rudders (tip: use a tiny bit of Blutac if they are loose)
• Fully articulated VTOL engines
• Extendable hull
• Support for metal rods

But that’s not all! We’re very excited about the upcoming Alien Romulus film, and thought, why not more Sole Survivor! We have three previously unreleased models by Kyoushuneko of our Sole Survivor, Maddy Walker. Also, and a brand new standing cryotube to fit on your Erebus shuttle!

To justify such a large release, these items will be joining our Welcome Pack for new tribers next month. We hope you enjoy the super-sized release!