Big H wrote: How about some legs/ bodies specifically sculpted to be prone to re-create a sniper and spotter ?
I converted a GW plastic autocannon into a Solothurn with the intention of it being fired from a supported position (the first one was prone but there will be others in similar positions). Anyway.. I had to convert the shooter and it was really awkward.. it kinda works but it would be really nice to have a go to for this type of thing. Really it would be a set of legs posed like frog legs and if the lower back/waist area is angled right, the torso wouldn't have to be too wild to get a decent pose out of it. I guess maybe arms that are specifically posed for firing from prone would probably go a long way as well.. I think I had to dig quite a bit for something close to the correct position. That pose would also be usable later for a shoulder fired rocket or whatever AT weapons we might see in the future.
The spotter should be covered by the new heavy weapons teams but I haven't looked yet to see if they are available separately.
Yeah, they already said above that the searchlight is mounted back on the turret, it is just the forced perspective that makes it look like it is on the barrel end, which it is not.
Well, I will still make my Russian Paratroopers squad with the tanker helmets, Imperial chest 3 fatigue arms, the grav chutes, just need to pick legs and weapons.
I see it now. I also won't lie, I stopped reading most posts in threads like this. If it's not posted by the OP it tends to be either internet high-fives or brow beating.. and I don't really have a lot of time for that. You can't say it doesn't look a little bit like that light is sitting on the main gun..
EDIT: Either way, I'll be passing. It looks like a modern tank with a bunch of 40k bits. Most MR stuff looks either more historical or more sci-fi and this feels kinda in the middle of the road to me. I'm glad MR is going to be doing vehicles though. Quality castings and interesting designs abound.
shasolenzabi wrote: Well, I will still make my Russian Paratroopers squad with the tanker helmets, Imperial chest 3 fatigue arms, the grav chutes, just need to pick legs and weapons.
Fallschirmjaegers will be separate unit. LOL
That should be a cool combination I should clarify that the new regiment will not be presented as drop troops, we're just using the fallschirmjäger look because it's so awesome
shasolenzabi wrote: Well, I will still make my Russian Paratroopers squad with the tanker helmets, Imperial chest 3 fatigue arms, the grav chutes, just need to pick legs and weapons.
Fallschirmjaegers will be separate unit. LOL
That should be a cool combination I should clarify that the new regiment will not be presented as drop troops, we're just using the fallschirmjäger look because it's so awesome
Just add the grav chutes and you have sci-fi drop troops ready made, LOL!,
But yeah, Soviet style drop troops used what looked like the tank helmets, just not all connected with wires to the tank for the comms. (I have a Russian Tank helmet, is a bit tight, and smells bad as I think it was sold at a high price despite obvious wear and tear of many heads wearing it prior to the one company selling them, It was not a new piece of Headgear by any standards, and I may have to get it dry-cleaned to make it smell better.)
But yeah, I figured a decent squad of those, I am torn betwenn luminous carbines, the CDF Carbine or the PPsH style for the tanker helmet drop troops.
Finally! I have no idea why it took so long but maybe they need to investigate the one postal office. I complained to the USPS< and now I find the package of Jovian Hammer bodies is now in my state, so I will have them by tomorrow. The info was hung up from the 21st, saying delivery by 24th, but nothing for 5days? the USPS< needs to see what is wrong with the one office and why they seem to delay all the time.
It is NOT the fault of Mad Robot, but the one post office they were routing it through. Maybe as a business, MRM could push such an investigation about such delays? Not sure if I am the only one to have this happen, but I will happily show the new ones as soon as they are here and I can give their heads and arms to add to their personality.
To be honest I have always had my packages turn up in record time and I am UK based, so it must be the route it has taken has there been bad weather anywhere on route ?
Mind you I have a package coming from the US at the moment that has taken 16 days, according to the tracking info it has not left the states yet this is not MRM order I have to say though.
lone dirty dog wrote: To be honest I have always had my packages turn up in record time and I am UK based, so it must be the route it has taken has there been bad weather anywhere on route ?
Mind you I have a package coming from the US at the moment that has taken 16 days, according to the tracking info it has not left the states yet this is not MRM order I have to say though.
No it seems the Forest Park Illinois Postal station is the bottle neck, I made a complaint and it had been sitting for 4 days no movement in the tracker, now it will get to me today because this wheel squeaked! \
MRM Is not to blame, it is purely a problem with the post office mentioned. I hope my complaint to them will stop the bottle necking there as it will impact shipments from MRM. I just want Steve aware that somewhere along the line, the postal service seems to jam up for whatever reason, and he may also ask them why this is happening, maybe they can re-assign the problem to a different place? usually it does not take that long for packages and mail to ship across the US, it started out from MRM on the 19th, was originally supposed to arrive the 24th as it was the 21st that it arrived and apparently was said to be sitting, on the 25th i filed a delayed shipment with the post office, and suddenly it is no longer missing.
In fact, based on the present tracking info, it will be out for delivery from my local postal station later this morning.
MRM Had it shipping on time, that post office, and the weather was not bad, held it or failed to mark it for 4 days. sometimes you must kick the gov't mule to make it move
shasolenzabi wrote: Finally! I have no idea why it took so long but maybe they need to investigate the one postal office. I complained to the USPS< and now I find the package of Jovian Hammer bodies is now in my state, so I will have them by tomorrow. The info was hung up from the 21st, saying delivery by 24th, but nothing for 5days? the USPS< needs to see what is wrong with the one office and why they seem to delay all the time.
It is NOT the fault of Mad Robot, but the one post office they were routing it through. Maybe as a business, MRM could push such an investigation about such delays? Not sure if I am the only one to have this happen, but I will happily show the new ones as soon as they are here and I can give their heads and arms to add to their personality.
Expect delays from USPS as the stranded here is a link:
shasolenzabi wrote: Finally! I have no idea why it took so long but maybe they need to investigate the one postal office. I complained to the USPS< and now I find the package of Jovian Hammer bodies is now in my state, so I will have them by tomorrow. The info was hung up from the 21st, saying delivery by 24th, but nothing for 5days? the USPS< needs to see what is wrong with the one office and why they seem to delay all the time.
It is NOT the fault of Mad Robot, but the one post office they were routing it through. Maybe as a business, MRM could push such an investigation about such delays? Not sure if I am the only one to have this happen, but I will happily show the new ones as soon as they are here and I can give their heads and arms to add to their personality.
Expect delays from USPS as the stranded here is a link:
It is NOT Mad robot's fault. It's the post office.
Page is lost, but no, I was holding the US POstal responsible, Mad Robot got the package ready and shipped out on the schedule he said for Monday orders, So I had to complain to the Post office for their disappearing it for 4 days.
I know you weren't blaming Mad robot I just wanted to make sure to repeat that Mad Robot was not responsible because some readers just skim through the threads and I wanted to protect their image.
However, I realize now the way I wrote it, it looks like I am accusing you. Sorry mate that was not my intention
I know you weren't blaming Mad robot I just wanted to make sure to repeat that Mad Robot was not responsible because some readers just skim through the threads and I wanted to protect their image.
However, I realize now the way I wrote it, it looks like I am accusing you. Sorry mate that was not my intention
Oh that article makes the USPS look so dumb!
No harm done, I also will reiterate, Mad Robot is great!
I have been discussing via PM with Steve the situation. the guys arrived, so now I will have a 5-hammer team.
Meet "Sluggah" everybody
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and meet "Cuttah", he tries to hide the knife, but it is a BIG knife.
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OK, new release Friday is here again! Time for Command Squad goodies.
Today we have released 3 upgrade kits that will allow you to create a command squad, when combined with your standard troop models. In addition, we have released a Command Squad Builder that allows you to customize a full, 5-man command squad from ALL of our existing parts.
May 1st will be the start of our summer long contest, tentatively called "Build the Banner". For each Mad Robot regiment, I'll be taking ideas for the banner design and then release it, along with a corresponding arm to match.
Your idea, for instance, seems like it would be a good match for our DaNamians
Lower mantlet looks like it needs trimming as it will get stuck on the hull. Not a harsh criticism, just my knowledge of tanks at work. the mantlet hangs lower than the turret bottom.
@Shas: I double checked this, the turret does turn a full 270 degrees, it only gets restricted by the extra mufflers and detail on the back section of the hull. As for depression/elevation...it's a resin model so you'll need to use your imagination
mad robot wrote: @Shas: I double checked this, the turret does turn a full 270 degrees, it only gets restricted by the extra mufflers and detail on the back section of the hull. As for depression/elevation...it's a resin model so you'll need to use your imagination
@Zogg: yes, I'll get them up for sale this week.
Good on the arms.
As for the tank, that is good to know about, if the gun is separate from the turret, I can see about use of dremel to make it pivot up/down!
Oh and I think folks are liking the Hammers as my pics show them looking good all painted up
Okay, got my order faster this time, (I guess making noise at the Postal Service helped get them to get it in gear last time), and I have assembled my CDF aka Weytani Republic Platoon command team
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And I got the drop troopers all set up, between the drop troops and the rescue team, I have the Expendable cast, LOL!
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Awesome, I'm going to order some legs I need later tonight.
Out of curiosity, if you wanted to, are you able to merge some of the head renders to have different equipment combos? Like having balaclavas added to the SEAL style heads or adding NVGs to the CDF or tanker heads? If you could, say, add balaclavas to the Soviet tanker heads, you could make a pretty good approximation of the Gurlukavitch soldiers from Metal Gear Solid 2.
Barzam wrote: Awesome, I'm going to order some legs I need later tonight.
Out of curiosity, if you wanted to, are you able to merge some of the head renders to have different equipment combos? Like having balaclavas added to the SEAL style heads or adding NVGs to the CDF or tanker heads? If you could, say, add balaclavas to the Soviet tanker heads, you could make a pretty good approximation of the Gurlukavitch soldiers from Metal Gear Solid 2.
I probably shouldn't have since I'm in the process of moving and buying stuff for my new place, but I wound up ordering more than just the legs I needed. I also picked up a Lynn and a fireteam set that I'm going to make into a LRRP team to go with my Danamians.
I was thinking of a mix of tanker heads and Balaklava heads for a second drop team, all keeping themselves kind of unknown while on mission. The drop team with the personality heads is a showy unit.
Stetson and sunglasses is called "Lt. DuVall"
Beret is "Sgt Stone"
Plasma rifle is "Specialist Dallas"
Radio man is "Specialist Christmas"
Mini-Assault Cannon is "Gunnery Sgt Irmey"
Tanker heads are just regular named troopers
Automatically Appended Next Post: Got some more color added to the drop troops
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Automatically Appended Next Post: And the CDF command team with the squaddies, making my platoon
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tl;dr - I recently ordered some stuff from Mad Robot Miniatures and I emphatically recommend both Steve's product and his company to anyone after quality in either field. I had an issue with my order which, I believe, makes my review of what happened and how Steve responded even more important.
The full story for those of you interested:
There was an ultra-minor super slight issue with a past order made several months ago, 5/6 of this one particular variant of CDF legs had a slight resin leak where the detail of the laces was obscured. I'd ordered a lot, and there really was absolutely no flaws in any of the tonnes of other stuff I had got. I decided that I'd certainly be ordering again and would just bring up the issue then, which means the replacement legs could just be tossed into the next order to save Steve on postage and me on hassle.
Along came the recent 15% sale, which MRM does rarely, and I thought I'd absolutely have to get something at this point. I attempted to cash in my loyalty points and contacted Steve about the legs, but there was a difficulty with the loyalty points. Unknowingly, I had actually created two accounts and was trying to put through an order via the one that my laptop auto logged onto, thinking it was my only account. I messaged Steve about it and resumed going about my day, hoping that it would be solved before the sale was over. Steve got back to me about both the legs and the difficulty logging in within minutes, which was strange, given the late time it was in the U.S.
Steve helped me with troubleshooting until it was resolved, all told it would have taken several hours of his time where we were constantly messaging me back and forth. For a small business to offer service like this alone would be fantastic, but there's much more to it than that. Aside from the professional manner with which he conducted himself, there was also the fact that most of my purchase was actually covered by loyalty points that I had accrued. The time that Steve was giving was not going towards a huge purchase with a high financial yield for him, but one made predominately by my loyalty points from past purchases.
Hours of his time for, realistically, a paltry sale. He seemed genuinely sad that I hadn't contacted him sooner about the legs so he could fix it right away, despite it not bothering me in the slightest. The loyalty program MRM offers is by far the most generous I've seen, when the models arrived, they were crisp in detail and absolutely breathtaking. The sniper rifle recently released is huge by the way! Much bigger than the stock photo would imply. And to top all of this off, Steve's fingers must have been sore, as it seems he couldn't muster the strength to snap the specific legs I was after off the sprue, and instead sent a whole sprue of legs for each of the five I had had issues with; which of course is an incredible act of kindness on his part, especially given the trivial nature of my issue.
Again, to reiterate, I am immensely pleased with the quality, attitude and service of MRM and most certainly will be purchasing again. Steve, I'll try and copy paste this to the customer review section of your site. Hope you're well!
Wow how much did you pay him for that Steve no I have to agree with ONI-S3 Steve's professionalism and customer focus is rarely matched by most, and as a one man operation it is even more impressive.
His commitment to offer a high standard of service is reflected in all aspects of his business well done again Steve
I placed my first order a little while ago and I goofed and ordered the wrong arms I emailed Steve right away and he fixed everything up for me and made sure I got the arms I wanted. Great communication and service
I couldn't believe how crisp the detail was on the casts. I usually work in metal and plastic and I was very impressed with the amount of detail on the arms and guns. I really like he bulldog assault rifles. They are a nice and chunky, aggressive looking gun that looks like it will feth gak up.
Steve is great at making things go smooth from his end. I ordered parts after I placed an order for the drop troops, and he merged the orders with no problems! MRM is a great place to get troops from, and all customizable as well!
BrookM wrote: Maybe it's just me, but the middle one's right arm looks awfully long.
My guess is the actual commissar hand sits in the boxy section, and the actual "hand" is all mechanical in nature, so if it is some how lopped off, he ditches it and still has his real hand
BrookM wrote: Maybe it's just me, but the middle one's right arm looks awfully long.
My guess is the actual commissar hand sits in the boxy section, and the actual "hand" is all mechanical in nature, so if it is some how lopped off, he ditches it and still has his real hand
Something about hands going passed the knee without being hunched completely over..
BrookM wrote: Maybe it's just me, but the middle one's right arm looks awfully long.
Something about hands going passed the knee without being hunched completely over..
The arms do seem off. but the kit looks great.
And something a little snip snip cant fix.
You're not all that familiar with GW's Cadians are you? They have some really messed up "heroic" proportions, really short chests, long ape arms, massive heads and hands.
Given that the MR stuff fits Cadians so well and the attention to detail he has, I'd say if the proportions are odd it's probably a direct reflection of GW's bizzaro ape man anatomy.
If MR did realistic proportions people would be complaining they look too small and out of place next to their guard models, it's the GW ape men that are ugly as sin.
Even the FW stuff has really long arms (it's better than GW's plastic but not by much)
Or Yarrick who can scratch his ankle without even leaning to the side
I just went on their site for the first time, and I kinda like the potential of using a combo of tribal legs, mohawk heads, and CDF legs with a selection of ranged and hand weapons to make a Goliath squad for Necromunda! Orlocks and Delaque would be both be easy to make, too. Juves would be an issue, bit still, some awesome potential.
AegisGrimm wrote: I just went on their site for the first time, and I kinda like the potential of using a combo of tribal legs, mohawk heads, and CDF legs with a selection of ranged and hand weapons to make a Goliath squad for Necromunda! Orlocks and Delaque would be both be easy to make, too. Juves would be an issue, bit still, some awesome potential.
cool Some more cool things along those lines are coming soon.
Yeah, it just struck me that the greaves for the CDF legs and the tribal torsos really gave me a Goliath vibe, even if the figures would be a tad weedy for Goliaths, they are still the next best thing to paying overpriced Ebay prices for the original metals.
Awesome work! Still loving the camo...tunnel rats...perhaps we can do something later this year.
Thanks, glad you like them.
I think Tunnel Rats shouldn't be too difficult to do. For the most part, the pieces already exist. I think we'd just need some straightened arms that can accept the already existing las pistol hands, some close combat hands holding knives, and a combat light that can be glued on somewhere. To take it the extra mile, some plain short sleeved t-shirts and arms would also work well.
If you can put up with all the gaps, the sedition war bodies could be suitable Van Saar bodies. I can't remember if they're heroic scale or not though.. so these heads might be oversized on them. You could easily hodge-podge some smooth armor together from tons of different companies to get a convincing Van Saar suit though.. I think Spell Crow might even have chest pieces that are close to the right aesthetic.
Very nice. Wasn't expecting any of those. I'd been contemplating doing some more modern style guys and those combat vest torsos would work great for them.
ChazSexington wrote: Just dropping by to say fantastic minis! Definitely gonna use them for my next Cultists! One question, what is the APO 10% discount?
Thanks Chaz! APO is Army Post Office, it serves American armed forces.
ChazSexington wrote: Just dropping by to say fantastic minis! Definitely gonna use them for my next Cultists! One question, what is the APO 10% discount?
Thanks Chaz! APO is Army Post Office, it serves American armed forces.
Thank you! Once I got this lot painted up I'm gonna get a bunch to add to my own techno-barbarian Alpha Legion Cultists/Lost and the Damned!
mad robot wrote: We're hard at work here in the Mad Robot Labs! Here's 1 of 2 new guns we're working on for the upcoming Caipari Urban Shocktroops.
I like the short barreled M4 look but on a carbine like that it would be more practical to have a red dot or reflex sight. If the urban shocktroops are using shorter guns due to the close confines of urban settings then they don't need high magnification scopes on them because the range isn't that great. History shows us that sniping is very effective in urban combat so I think a rifle version of the gun with a longer barrel and that scope would be great.
@Prestor Jon: I totally understand & respect your perspective but this particular gun has some nostalgic appeal for me. This is just a case where I prefer to follow the "rule of cool".
As I said, this is 1 of 2 new guns, I will try and present something more practical with the next model.
@MrFlutterPie: "I heard you were dead..." lol, awesome!
Their arms to do a 2-handed hold will have to be set so the hands are much closer than most of the troops line. I do like, Carbines, Hmmm, and a heavily armored trooper design you say Steve? Now I wanna see an image of that!
You know I am in for the Fallschirmjaegers, and the heavy armored troops as well. and at least 1 Tiger!,,,Err, Gideon
actually ... the socktroopers would only need new bodies and arms and legs... as MR already has the socktroopers heads in the form of the Balaclava heads...
Viktor von Domm wrote: that stock has a kinda FG42 look to it... i guess this is as well then that it is a gun planned fr fallschirmspringer...figures^^
best line tho was from barzam...urban socktroops...mwahahahaha!!!
LOL totally missed it the first few times I read it.
mad robot wrote: I think some desert troops may be happening in the relative near future, not sure if it will be some new parts or a whole regiment at this point.
Desert heads wearing caps like these would be one simple conversion away from the Star Wars Endor Rebels I so desperately want.
...orrrrr... you could just do burkas, turbans, and shemaghs like all the other companies out there :/
Happy to announce the release of our 40th head set!
There are 10 heads total, 7 adults and 3 teenagers. There are 7 ponytails that can be attached to the adult heads for added awesomeness! The 3 teenage head already have small ponytails on them.
Simply pose the head to your liking...
Decide on an appropriate spot to place a ponytail...
Okay Mad Robot. I think you're going to need to release some portly officer bits. Preferably based on your Imperial Officer bits. Just... fatter. Some of those heads would be perfect on a nice, fat officer who hangs around nice and safe in the back.
Sweet buttery jebus. If those are in scale with GW's Steel Legion amd provide some of the special weapons options not currently available, I'll be mightily impressed and possibly slightly poorer come later this summer. Well done, sir
the_Armyman wrote: Sweet buttery jebus. If those are in scale with GW's Steel Legion amd provide some of the special weapons options not currently available, I'll be mightily impressed and possibly slightly poorer come later this summer. Well done, sir
Trust me, I have bought his soldiers, he makes them compatible with the "Heroic scale" so they will work as "Not-Steel Legion"
Fallschirmmjaeger helmet/goggles, I smell a new purchase for me coming up, and hopefully a tank as well?
Would these potential cultists be of the hoods and robes variety, or the rags and gasmask variety?
If I may, I'd like to make a suggestion for a jumpsuit torso piece. Nothing fancy, just like a boilersuit type torso piece. I've got an idea for making something along the lines of factory worker menials for my mechanicus and all I'd need would be the proper torso piece.
I was thinking rags and masks but I suppose that's open to discussion
The jumpsuit is something I've considered on the past, I've always thought a torso/legs combo was a better approach so you could really demonstrate the "one-piece" nature of the jumpsuit. How does that sound?
mad robot wrote: @Zogg: I'm sure that could happen too, you mean tools as weapons, correct?
Well, they could be used as improvised weapons, but I was thinking of things like wrenches, hammers, pry-bars, etc. With the jumpsuit bodies you could have a squad of civilian contractors that have been pressed into service. Give them a pistol to go along with their hand tool and send 'em out the door. Ooh... miner gangs... with pickaxes, shovels and lamps on their helmets...
Have you ever considered doing a sprue of detachable military-grade goggles that you could add to a guardsman's helmet? I know a certain Australian lady sculpts her own range of eye protection but they're cast in metal and really fragile and rather fiddly to fit! I'd love some big chunky sets to add to my troopers, for a bit of added spice how about including a variant with its dust protector covering on? The underside of the goggles would have to be somewhat concave to fit easily to a helmet and i don't think goggle straps or lack of would be a problem: most 3rd party bits are aimed at the 'advanced modeller in mind' we could just green stuff our own!
Anyways, a humble suggestion, keep up the awesome work, the new previewed renders look ace!
Actually, I quite like the tomahawk choice. Of course, this has absolutely nothing to do with my own converted power axes on my Steel Legion sergeants resembling tomahawks
the_Armyman wrote: Actually, I quite like the tomahawk choice. Of course, this has absolutely nothing to do with my own converted power axes on my Steel Legion sergeants resembling tomahawks
Quick questions for any and all who could answer! I recently purchased 2 sets of small backpacks on Friday. It's almost been a week and it still says it's processing? How long does it usually take for an order to process and ship out? Also, I'm very interested in the torso sets, but pictures of complete squads appear "off" around the torso region... I'm not sure if it's the arms or the legs, or if the torsos are just a little bit smaller... Does anyone have pictures of just torso swaps with regular gw guardsmen so I could compare and get a read? I would really love to buy a lot of the items from the torso line but I would love a comparision.
Sorry, I don't know how I missed it! Yeah, I do think torsos are fine, just wanted to see how they scale up to other manufacturers (like gdubs and vic)
On Xbox, you have the option of buying costumes for your avatar. Mine is currently a Colonial Defense Force type uniform.
With one difference between the official movie uniform and your figures: The helmet has goggles on it. Like the kind the Army Rangers wore in Black Hawk Down.
Now, I could use greenstuff and sculpt the goggles on to your helmets....
Or maybe you could find some time to make CDF helmets with goggles????
Just a thought...
( or you could make separate, modern goggles, like someone else suggested, that would fit on helmets....)
none of the marines in the movie had goggles on the helmet, you are referencing the video game cover where one guy had goggles on his helmet, the rest had different kinds of head gear.
CDF heads with goggles might be worth a look, easy enough to put together. If you're willing to settle for only one or two facial expressions, I can get them done quicker but it will still be late summer or early fall before I could get to them.
mad robot wrote: CDF heads with goggles might be worth a look, easy enough to put together. If you're willing to settle for only one or two facial expressions, I can get them done quicker but it will still be late summer or early fall before I could get to them.
Best bet is to remind me in a few months
That would be fine! Not like the GWIG figures had different expressions! And I'm currently finishing up a SM army before returning to Guard, so later is fine!
I also had a thought about female CDF.....All you'd really need to do is heads and arms. While women might be shorter/slimmer, with the body armor/uniform you can't really tell any differences. The reason you'd need to do arms is because of man hands......
The limited expressions shouldn't be too big a deal since one would assume most people are going to mix these with the other heads with the same helmet.. You could make helmets by themselves as well so people can chop the top of the heads off and do their own helmet swaps.
Just made a list that I really like and these guys are perfect for it, as well as your Lykans.
I'll being using the CDF in 40K as not-scouts, and will be scratchbuilding some kind of gunship to represent the LSS.
Some Mantic Dwarfs to represent Squat flamethrower troopers, my Deathwatch Vanguard Veterans....And maybe one of the rescue team heads <wink wink> to represent the not-Assassin.
Very excited....will place the order for CDF bodies and weapons soon.
Oooh I had an even better idea...instead of Deathwatch Marines, I'll rig up a mini-exoskeleton like in Edge of Tommorrow around CDF bodies. That way the whole army will be 90% Mad Robot and CDF!
Oooh I had an even better idea...instead of Deathwatch Marines, I'll rig up a mini-exoskeleton like in Edge of Tommorrow around CDF bodies. That way the whole army will be 90% Mad Robot and CDF!
I have no problem with that
Those heads should be easy enough, I'll get to them soon.
Made a small order for 5 guys to work on the exo-suits. I plan on making one suit and then casting up the other 10. The army will be a mix of the movies Aliens, Avatar and Edge of Tomorrow. Thanks for making the CDF guys else this would not be possible!
Keith
And for drop pods, maybe some influence from Starship Troopers. Any other military in space movies I can steal from????
I got my 5 guys in and started work on the exo-suits for them to wear. It won't be hard to make them out of plasticard....too small to really cast up and replicate in resin, except maybe the back packs.
But I ran into a problem...arms. While there are several generic left arms that I can use, almost all right arms out there are posed in some way that prohibits their use....
Then I looked at the pic of your not-fallschirmjaeger dude with the axe.....that arm would be perfect to convert to an exosuit right arm.
Please tell me those are coming out soon and the arms will be available separetely?????
You also said the Tank ran into some issues, I hope that does not mean it is scratched off the list? Just delayed?
Straight up, that tank won't happen as it is. I pushed to make it work in a certain way and reality wouldn't allow it. There will need to be a big re-tool of the mesh and and the design and I'll try again. It honestly won't be back on my radar until some time in 2016.
However, there may be a different tank concept that could happen sooner than the tiger. I mean, if one tank is good, 2 or 3 would be even better right?
You also said the Tank ran into some issues, I hope that does not mean it is scratched off the list? Just delayed?
Straight up, that tank won't happen as it is. I pushed to make it work in a certain way and reality wouldn't allow it. There will need to be a big re-tool of the mesh and and the design and I'll try again. It honestly won't be back on my radar until some time in 2016.
However, there may be a different tank concept that could happen sooner than the tiger. I mean, if one tank is good, 2 or 3 would be even better right?
-Steve
Well, I am looking always for Armored Personnel Carriers with decent weapon load outs myself, troops need safe rides in battle-zones, right?
2-3, Hmmm, sounds like you have ideas bubbling on the burner!
Jet powered Ju52's for the Not Fallshirmjaeger ?
Skdfz251 to go with the Tiger ?
Just a thought Steve but if start up of a complete model is problematic why not make conversion kit for already existing tanks etc ?
Tamiya would be a good bet here , readily available, cheap and there are already loads of aftermarket conversion kit makers aimed at their product so minimal copyright issues ???
mad robot wrote: Lol, so a tank is not enough...you want a dropship?
Hmm...
dropship...
I have measurements for one a good design - its a bit of a superheavy, I'll get a photo up tonight, everything thus far has been in the experiment stage.
Let's be honest....a drop ship would be a collectible item/show piece that would be expensive and hard to make. The only "dropship" that is in general gaming today is 40K's Storm Raven, and that is a Space Marine item.
Now gunships and transports like say, 40K's Valkryie/Vendetta would be doable, but coming up with a unique design that supplants those, or is usable for other games is the tough one. Not to mention costs...
I have been writing up some easy to play sci-fi RPG and accompanying wargame rules, and have been hard pressed finding decent sci-fi transports/vehicles, including air transports and dropship type vehicles. Probably because there isn't really a market, or what market there is does not justify the expense.
I'm definitely talking about a gunship/lander, and costs are an important factor, it is for any vehicle. The fun thing about owning the company is that I can take chances on things that may or may not work, as long as I think they look cool
That being said, I still have a desire to make them, lol. At some point it will happen, just a matter of finding the right design at the right time.
That being said....Unlike a plastic kit that costs upwards of 50K just to create the mold, let alone the design cost, with a resin kit, all you need to do is design, make a master, and then you can cast per order and don't need to hold a large inventory, unlike plastic kits. ( I'm sure you know this, but the average person may not).
Are the line troopers going to have stocks attached to their arms, or will it just be a pistol grip in the trigger hand with no stock sculpted on? I need to start hoarding folding stock lasguns if there's no stocks on the arms...
Are the line troopers going to have stocks attached to their arms, or will it just be a pistol grip in the trigger hand with no stock sculpted on? I need to start hoarding folding stock lasguns if there's no stocks on the arms...
They will have stocks. I just received the prints today so look for a launch next week, probably Tuesday or Wednesday.
Don't forget girl CDF! seriously...heads/faces and if you want to get fancy shorter bodies. YOu could market those are just shorter CDF figures, cause after watching Aliens this weekend, Dietrich looks just like a male marine with a girl's face. Vasquez is easier to spot because she's way smaller/shorter. (girl versions of all your models would be welcome, not just CDF.) Edit: You would just need to model shorter versions of the regular figures. You don't need to sculpt hips and chest areas etc...with the uniform and armor, a CDF trooper looks the same whether male or female. Thus, you could have shorter male models in addition to normal ones, so if a customer doesn't want girl CDF, he might still want shorter male CDF.
One of the things I love about your range is how compatible it is. I have what, several arm choices to use with the CDF bodies. And your hands aren't as man-handy as GWIG, so again, the arms can be used for girl CDF, though slimmer bare/rolled sleeve arms would also be nice.
That being said, I'd love to see someone do right and left arms in various poses and positions, aiming pistols, shooting from the hip etc, just to make things easier to convert. All makes of space infantry seem to only make 90% of their right arms either holding a rifle for shooting, or pistol flexed in the upright ready position.
I'm currently trying to figure out a way to convert DaNamians into unit Bishops...Since the army I am building has an Inquisitor, his servo skulls might be Bishops! I can't see having a guy in the squad with no gun.
( another idea popped into my my head. You do flight suit legs/CDFlegs for females, then a compatible top either in flight suit, leather jacket, and a female tank top. Right there you can make Ferro, Ripley with jacket, Ripley with tank top, and Vasquez with tank top. You'd need to at least do bare female arms and flight suit/leather jacket arms, but those could probably be the same. Then you do a set of female personality heads...Ripley, Vasquez, girl with crew cut, girl with girly hair pulled back in bun, girl with ponytail).
Oh! Now I remember what I thought would be cool.....DaNamian tank/Vehicle driver heads. Your current ones have a WW2 vibe to them.
Oh there are many images, some even CAD renders for just the game, but would be good to study to make the right "differences" to make the troops look pretty damn good
One of many images in my google search for Helghast
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I've been waiting for 15 years for someone to make multi-part kits that are stylisticaly compatible with the Steel Legion. It'll be nice to have an easy way to convert the gaps in the range!
Assembled my CDFer's today. They look aces! Fantastic kit. I need to throw some greeblies on them...ammo pouches, canteens, pistol holsters.
IN addition to the squad, I used a DaNamian body with some GW arms and a head that had some kind of robotic augmentation on it to make a Synthetic Person figure.
The bad news is....I lost the 5 figures I ordered to make the exosuits out of. Will probably put that off now while I work on the core Marines. Hopefully will have them painted by next week!
Assembled my CDFer's today. They look aces! Fantastic kit. I need to throw some greeblies on them...ammo pouches, canteens, pistol holsters.
IN addition to the squad, I used a DaNamian body with some GW arms and a head that had some kind of robotic augmentation on it to make a Synthetic Person figure.
The bad news is....I lost the 5 figures I ordered to make the exosuits out of. Will probably put that off now while I work on the core Marines. Hopefully will have them painted by next week!
Be sure to send me some pics, or post them on our Facebook
I will take pics, but the figures probably won't be pure Mad Robot. While I can get pouches and canteens from you, I want each guy to have a pistol and knife. GW stuff is a bit too large, so I'm looking elsewhere for those parts. I put an IG guard pistol on one guy and the thing was longer than his thigh.
I have some bolt action stuff around, might grab some Dreamforge stuff to see how that matches up. I also have some VicLamb stuff. I could end up going with GW knives which aren't too bad and greenstuffing/molding my own pistols in holsters.
(unless you want to add those in with my helmets with goggles request wink wink).
(oh and besides holstered pistols and knives/bayonets, grenades would be a good addition. All of this stuff would be generic enough so that they would work with all your lines....)
Hey Steve! I should have shown you this ages ago, remember about a year and a half ago when I was churning out the Imperial Guard? well I re-purposed one of the heads I kept
and I think you'll agree that Bruce Willis makes a damn good Librarian!
nerdfest09 wrote: Hey Steve! I should have shown you this ages ago, remember about a year and a half ago when I was churning out the Imperial Guard? well I re-purposed one of the heads I kept
and I think you'll agree that Bruce Willis makes a damn good Librarian!
hope you like
... and introducing Bruce Willis as The Librarian!
Was that a painted head or a doctored up photo? looks like it could be both
nerdfest09 wrote: Hey Steve! I should have shown you this ages ago, remember about a year and a half ago when I was churning out the Imperial Guard? well I re-purposed one of the heads I kept
and I think you'll agree that Bruce Willis makes a damn good Librarian!
hope you like
Spoiler:
LOL, Damo that's sweet! Yipee Kai Yay Muthaf...well you know what I mean
Ha! I do indeed know what you mean Steve! :-) and I think he fits in nicely lol! and yep, Necros that's a head I painted a while back but when I sold my Guard army the buyer wanted me to keep the character heads I painted up as they felt they were kinds special to me! although Jason Statham got away.......
@the_Armyman: Thanks for the order! I'll get it cast up today and should have it in the mail tomorrow.
You're welcome! But don't be giving me that cheap, watered down resin you have behind the bar. I want the stuff that's under the counter: the Good Stuff!
the_Armyman wrote: don't be giving me that cheap, watered down resin you have behind the bar. I want the stuff that's under the counter: the Good Stuff!
( and some wish pics of future head ideas....) ( love ball cap with the goggles. You have the spec ops guy with a cap....Maybe a cleanshaven version with cap?) Oh and crew cut haircuts?
( and some wish pics of future head ideas....) ( love ball cap with the goggles. You have the spec ops guy with a cap....Maybe a cleanshaven version with cap?) Oh and crew cut haircuts?
Wait! Which class of armor in 40k should CDF Marine cuirass be?? Flak or Carapace?
I'm using my CDF as counts as scouts. Why? Combat squads so I can have 2 5 man fire teams ( which is part of USCM doctrine) and because I'd want them to count as either veterans or stormtroopers if I took them as guard, and pulse rifles are more powerful than hellguns or lasguns. There are other reasons as well.
I'll be taking pics of my assembled first squad this weekend! Then painting it next week! Fun times!
I should clarify that the new regiment will not be presented as drop troops, we're just using the fallschirmjäger look because it's so awesome 
this is not MRM order I have to say though.
