This is a real-life vehicle... if South African accents are your thing, there is a video here
We are starting work on the CASSPIR II - our take on a more advanced version that will also serve as a troop transport in the game system of your choice.
These are CAD renders of the cut file. Hoping to have a prototype cut next week.
Depending on the cost inc shipping, I would buy at least 3!
Didn't realise you had so many models up for sale - need to browse fully tonight.
Under the shipping tab you list alternatives based on weight - it would be really helpful if under each model description you stated the weight of the model.
Also are 2 'letters' (300g) cheaper to send to the UK as opposed to 1 parcel?
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Hi. I will do that with the weights.. Thanks for the idea. If you go to the site and just add some stuff to your basket and then click on "shopping basket" there is an option there to get estimated shipping costs.
But pretty much on all cases shipping in units of 300g is the cheapest. I think you can get two casspirs for 300g
Ooh. How is the CASSPIR II going to vary from the regular CASSPIR, barring the addition of a turret?
Seeing those vehicles without the wheels does kind of make me want to make a rusted out wreck of one. ...But justifying buying a nice kit just to scrap it isn't agreeing with Ms Wallet right now.=/
Have you put together any painted versions of the BTR-40? I see that you're going for South African designs (something which the market is sorely lacking), but I'd be interested in any modernised versions of older vehicles that you might be putting together in future (ie like the BTR-40's which were modernised by the Indonesians).
Wyrmalla wrote: Ooh. How is the CASSPIR II going to vary from the regular CASSPIR, barring the addition of a turret?
Seeing those vehicles without the wheels does kind of make me want to make a rusted out wreck of one. ...But justifying buying a nice kit just to scrap it isn't agreeing with Ms Wallet right now.=/
Have you put together any painted versions of the BTR-40? I see that you're going for South African designs (something which the market is sorely lacking), but I'd be interested in any modernised versions of older vehicles that you might be putting together in future (ie like the BTR-40's which were modernised by the Indonesians).
The Casspir II will have side doors too somewhere and mounts for extra weapons where the current casspir has spare wheels. After that... we will see
NealRC wrote: Hi. I will do that with the weights.. Thanks for the idea. If you go to the site and just add some stuff to your basket and then click on "shopping basket" there is an option there to get estimated shipping costs.
But pretty much on all cases shipping in units of 300g is the cheapest. I think you can get two casspirs for 300g
Thanks for the quick reply. Will make an order soon.
You might need to set up some extra files to make decking for the upper floors for people stacking the inn. We don't want the patrons to fall out of that door there
sonofruss wrote: You might need to set up some extra files to make decking for the upper floors for people stacking the inn. We don't want the patrons to fall out of that door there
That is an extremely good idea. I will look into it.
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Eland Test 2
Quite apart from using this in bush war games, I think this weird little vehicle is going to find it into my IG army as a Salamander
This has undergone a bit of a redesign as you can see...rather than have the roof strengthened with internal trusses, we had the idea to create an entire interior that will provide this support.
This is just the mockup to test the fit - this interior is only single layer card and is a bit flimsy but it will be made double layer in the production.
This makes the roof capable of supporting even more weight than the previous version and also means you can slide the top off the model to get access to the interior.
I like the Buffel. It looks very sci-fi, like something you'd see racing around the Ash Wastes of Necromunda. Is the back wide enough to put 25mm bases either side of the seats?
AlexHolker wrote: I like the Buffel. It looks very sci-fi, like something you'd see racing around the Ash Wastes of Necromunda. Is the back wide enough to put 25mm bases either side of the seats?
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Alex - the Buffel is quite a bit smaller than that... normal troops could sit on the seats of they had no bases but the entire back bed is only about 40mm wide. There are some pictures with models on the website.
The Impisi is getting a Cad workover as we speak... we want to make the turret at the top a lot smaller... more like a remote weapons system as it is making the whole model too high
So... is this a playable piece? What about storing it? Should there be a walkway round the top of the cooling towers? So many questions! And punctuation!
Dropship!? You just said the magic word! I like it, but it looks more like it should be a gunship than a dropship. There doesn't look to be enough room to fit troops in it.
Barzam wrote: Dropship!? You just said the magic word! I like it, but it looks more like it should be a gunship than a dropship. There doesn't look to be enough room to fit troops in it.
Hmm I think you are right. I think we are hedging our bets a little here so that it could be either. We'll take a second look for the next CAD
The G6 self-propelled howitzer is a South African artillery piece, developed around the ordnance of the G5 howitzer. It was (is?) one of the most powerful self-propelled guns on a wheeled chassis.
Here is a marketing video done by a dude that REALLY liked the 3D font effect
Here are some pictures of some work I did over the weekend... painting up some old test cuts of FUTUREHAB #1 with some corporate branding from one of our favourite sci-fi corporations
This model is almost done. I just want to make a small change to the side door... it will be bigger and the hinges will be moved so that they are both on the vertical plane. I have messed around with 2 different turrets. The figures are for scale and for coolness factor as these test models will make it into my army. There are some scale pictures with the Ratel and a Chimera
Take the top half of the Ratel 90.
Shorten the overall length by about the same amount as the side door takes up.
Use the bottom, tracked half, of the APC Tracked.
Troops disembark from a rear hatch.
Use the smaller Turret off of the Caspir II.
Take the top half of the Ratel 90.
Shorten the overall length by about the same amount as the side door takes up.
Use the bottom, tracked half, of the APC Tracked.
Troops disembark from a rear hatch.
Use the smaller Turret off of the Caspir II.
This sounds great! I will see if I can get a CAD done.
Take the top half of the Ratel 90.
Shorten the overall length by about the same amount as the side door takes up.
Use the bottom, tracked half, of the APC Tracked.
Troops disembark from a rear hatch.
Use the smaller Turret off of the Caspir II.
This sounds great! I will see if I can get a CAD done.
I'm glad you like my suggestion, and I look forward to seeing it.
Here are some shots of our new range of "orc" stuff:
- Objective markers, suitable for either hidden objectives or tactical objectives
- A set of two armed watchtowers
- A boss hut
- A set of three small scrap shacks
We are expecting to add to this range in the next two weeks with several new buildings already in development
Eight objective markers cut from 3 layers of 1mm cardboard. Each marker has a slot for a 12mm die to record the mysterious objecive roll.
One side has an orc glyph, the other side has a value in the range 1,2,2,3,3,4,5,6.
The numbers 1,2,2,3,3,4 can be used for HIDDEN OBJECTIVES
The numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6 can be used for TACTICAL OBJECTIVES
Only the best will do for da boss. This is a large hut built from scrap metal. It features a fighting deck on top that is also perfect for spotting enemies in need of a hiding.
Da enemy is kunnin'! Don't let your opponents get the drop on you. Protect your encampment with these armed watchtowers and sleep easily at night.
Guns are included!
Everyone needs a place to keep the rain off their heads. This set includes three shacks made from scrap. The set has 27 interchangeable pieces and no hut need every be the same.
Very nice (great paint jobs too).
I could see myself using the little shacks but not the others as I don't play orcs.
Still got to pick up the Ratel platoon deal sometime!
The scenery looks great and shipping to the UK is nice and low. Might pick up a few bits'n'bobs next payday. Trying to stock up on a mix of LOS blocking terrain so it's not the same battlefield all the time.
bubber wrote: Very nice (great paint jobs too).
I could see myself using the little shacks but not the others as I don't play orcs.
Still got to pick up the Ratel platoon deal sometime!
Thanks! We've kept all the glyphs off the small shacks so that they can be used in post apoc settings or modern conflict too.
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ShaneTB wrote: The scenery looks great and shipping to the UK is nice and low. Might pick up a few bits'n'bobs next payday. Trying to stock up on a mix of LOS blocking terrain so it's not the same battlefield all the time.
I have another set of these to paint up (an earlier test build) and I'll hopefully be able to show you what I had in mind for them originally. This was to have each "set" based on an irregular piece of masonite or MDF and have this a mini diorama.
So three shacks together on a very low hill with maybe some corrugated card walkways / duckboards between them. Then these can be plonked down to provide cover / difficult terrain for infantry but to leave spaces between the large bases for vehicles
Err <looks shiftily about> yes? That is to say, it has a power klaw that is laser cut from card. Not a LaserCutCard power klaw. But that is not a bad idea
Hmn, expect a visit from me next time my wages come in. ^^'
Odd question, but is the art deco ruins set going to see any more pieces in future? I'm hoping to pick up one at some point, though an expansion on it wouldn't go amiss. Uh, though I suppose that's down to how its been selling for you and well your own interest. Still, I'd like to see at least one of those buildings mixed in with some of my urban Fallout terrain.
Wyrmalla wrote: Hmn, expect a visit from me next time my wages come in. ^^'
Odd question, but is the art deco ruins set going to see any more pieces in future? I'm hoping to pick up one at some point, though an expansion on it wouldn't go amiss. Uh, though I suppose that's down to how its been selling for you and well your own interest. Still, I'd like to see at least one of those buildings mixed in with some of my urban Fallout terrain.
Thanks for the kind words
I actually got about 75% of the way through the second building before stopping. The reason was that as nice as those buildings are, they are fairly expensive and certainly extremely expensive compared to our other products.
But we might be investigating doing some 10mm scale art deco buildings and if we do I will produce the second building in ruined 28mm scale.
I was intending to make some inner city buildings myself, then you're building popped up on google (I didn't even notice those ruins on there till google popped them out). I suppose the roadblock that I'm personally seeing isn't so much the base cost of the items, but perhaps how much it'll cost to ship them. If the lot's kept under I £60 though I'd be all right with that. I could probably manage to make something similar myself, and well that's still the plan, but I know I've spent more on worse looking stuff, so this one indiscretion won't be so bad. That and well I suppose looking at how you made yours could give me ideas for some of my own (though the buildings in Fallout aren't quite as fancy. I'd put down yours to being from an earlier period before everything became quite so monolithic).
Heh, cool. I saw on your blog that you'd made another building based on one in the US too (the skyscraper). Neat to see you've based yet another thing on what you have in your local area too (the market's saturated with American, European and Asian terrain and vehicles, not so much African unfortunately. South Africa would be an interesting location to set games though).
Anyway, tah for responding and the information. ...Take your time on that second one if you do wind up working on it again. Eugh, I already have a ton of other stuff to finish before I should even make a start on some urban terrain.
We have a quad cannon already here http://www.lasercutcard.co.za/vehicles/quad-gun We want to replace it with a cheaper simpler model so I am replacing all the MDF parts with card.
Here is a test of the base. The cogs do work. The autocannons on it will be based on the ones from the chaos autocannon
Orc barricade / aegis concept test
We are looking at doing a super-cheap super-simple orc barricade. It will basically be five layers of card thick and each layer will carry different detail. The idea is that it will all be made from "found" material. This is a test of one of the long pieces. I am happy with the concept but it just needs more scrap added to the details. Recut due on Tuesday
Orc bastion first test cut
This needs some tiny changes as the card is not exactly 1mm thick but it is also ready for the detailing stage
Orc gatehouse first test cut
This worked pretty much perfectly first time! Now on to the detailing
This is going to be the third building in our "Futurehab" range. It is a four-level office block with three levels of glass and a solid foundation level.
The basic pieces are all done... it just needs some detailing.
Some questions:
Should one of the glass layers be smaller to allow a ledge on one of the other levels?
Should there be roof access shown? And an actual door onto the ledge?
The way this is designed, we want it to be able to fit back to back with the other pieces or even be able to be back to back with itself, making a huge office block
The new quad cannon is finished and ready to go and will be released 05Jan. I only have one item in stock and will only be bale to get more on the 14th Jan so I am not promoting it just yet.
The orc barricade has been put on hold for a bit as we have a whole slew of new models to release first in January.
I have never been a fan of gothic architecture and so some time ago designed these ruined art deco buildings for LCC.
They were made from a combination of MDF and card. The originals were fantastic but expensive.
This is the test cut of the next version, which replaces the MDF parts with two layers of card.
This reduces both the weight and the cost. The original was $20 and this version, which is more or less identical, should cost about $12, making it far more affordable.
I am reworking all the other files to be card and then will re-release the entire range (4 different corner ruins) in January.
I am also working on an entirely new building, meaning that eventually there will be eight different corner ruins available.
This is a late test of a new model to go with the "urban scatter" range... something to block LOS on the top of buildings. I need to make a few small changes in it but it will be in the store in January.
The main change required is to make the walkway optional... at the moment that piece is required as the base is bigger than the tower. So I am making the tower a little larger.
The cyborg hill set is almost done Just needs one more test cut to test the fit of the outside pieces and to add on a little bit more detail.
By eliminating the MDF parts and standardizing some of the plastic components , we have been able to substantially reduce the cost from $12.95 to $8.50.
The circular ammo hoppers (which we took from the chaos ikon cannon) make the model more visually interesting and nicer to paint.
Finally, the model can be assembled instead just as two twin-linked autocannon, which can be used to kitbash.
Finally, the model can be assembled instead just as two twin-linked autocannon, which can be used to kitbash.
Why would anyone want to do that ?
Spoiler:
VERY nice!
I will build up the kit that the existing cannon is standing on and photograph it against ... let us say... models by other well-known retailers. I also think they will be nifty to stick under the wings of any 1/48 scale aircraft to turn them orky.
While we are waiting for the recut of the new Futurehab building, I thought I might try and figure out an effective way to do a plate glass effect onto the card
Here are some attempts using a small rectangular template and an airbrush:
Has anyone got any tips for alternative strategies for this kind of thing?
And of these three, which one works the best as plate glass?
I think a combination of 1 and 3 so that you have the darker one in the shadow of the building while the lighter is facing the sunlight. I think that would look the best personally.
I'll have the recuts of the actual model next week with a lot more vertical pieces, which will let me try do a taller structure. I think it needs to be looked at with more vertical elements. I showed them to the wife who is the arbiter elegans and she reckons that (3) will look the best when there is a lot of them stacked up. (1) looks very visually impressive in the pictures and is my favourite too but over a large scale might look more like a bank of video monitors than reflective glass.
This is the latest test cut of the office block. Quite a few improvements have been made
- first two stories combined into one to keep the vertical elements stronger
- third story made smaller to produce a sniper ledge
- ledges have been added to the "roof" sections to facilitate stacking
- detailing added to the "back" sides... plate glass all round on the upper levels and some doors and detailing on the ground floor
There are a few more bugs to be ironed out but I am confident that the next test cut will have them all sorted.
This is almost done. It needs some final tweaks and the build instructions but we should be good to go next week.
The reason we have done this kit is simple: Line of Sight. The rest of the cyborg range is really fantastic but apart from the statis tomb, nothing is capable of blocking LOS across the table, especially from vehicles. Well, not up until now....
The set will comprise two large half-hills and two small half-hills. These can be stacked, used on table edges, split to form canyons or pretty much whatever else you want to do.
This provides gone through a overhaul as you have seen...as opposed to hold the roof increased together with inner trusses, we'd the concept to make an entire internal that may offer this kind of support.
Are those suppossed to be ramps, or they an aesthetic deisgn decision ?
The "ramps" are too steep to be functional, and they eat up a large portion of the available standing space on each tier.
It looks cool, and I suppose it wouldn't be much of an issue in a skirmish game, like Infinity, but it's not something I could fit a 10-20 man squad of Necron Warriors on.
Are those suppossed to be ramps, or they an aesthetic deisgn decision ?
The "ramps" are too steep to be functional, and they eat up a large portion of the available standing space on each tier.
It looks cool, and I suppose it wouldn't be much of an issue in a skirmish game, like Infinity, but it's not something I could fit a 10-20 man squad of Necron Warriors on.
Even if the bases don't touch, the small hill fits 12 on easily and the large hill about 30. With them stacked, I can easily get 28 on with none of the models touching each other... I'll post pictures as soon as it is painted
We've also redone the statis tomb set - the central octagon has been redone in card rather than MDF. This has brought down both the weight and the cost.
It used to cost $32.50 but postage was $9.30 (and it had to be shipped in two separate letters if you chose the cheap option).
Now it costs $29.90 and the postage is only $4.65 AND it goes in one envelope.
It is modular a modular set. You can stack it like this to be a bastion or you can leave the top off and a certain other model will slot into the top.
So now we have this - next step is to design a custom table.
Second, that's impressive, but where did the crystals come from?
Thanks for the kind words.
We get them from a shop that sells beads and things for making jewelry. I think they were intended to make necklaces or possibly chandeliers. We bought several hundred and now supply these with the kits instead of the old cardboard folded crystals we used to use. MUCH better
A teeny tiny bit of critique though- the ramps look a touch steep for model placement?
You are correct - the ramp is totally too steep for model placement.
It is only also about 1.5" of horizontal movement to get from the bottom to the top so the ramp is more for the asthetics than any practical value - intending to give it a sort of Inca pyramid feel. The original design had steps but these were fiddly to build and so were scrapped
if you play it as a hill, then you can move up any sides just taking difficult terrain but don't take the test if you move up the ramp (obviously you can't end your move on the ramp).
Also, if you want to count it as a landing pad then we say that you have to move up the ramp onto it... but that is just us
Speaking of Landing pads... do you have recommended pieces to serve that purpose? I see both Landing Pads and Defensive Walls making a comeback in the Cyborg line.
Another suggestion - you might want to edit the very first post of this thread and just include a link to your main page as the very first line. I know you include it with the updates but I tend to instinctively click on the first page to look for a link.
Anpu-adom wrote: Speaking of Landing pads... do you have recommended pieces to serve that purpose? I see both Landing Pads and Defensive Walls making a comeback in the Cyborg line.
Well, we do a barricade set that looks like this
And if you didn't want to just say that the hill "counts as" a landing pad, you could combine the two like this:
Another suggestion - you might want to edit the very first post of this thread and just include a link to your main page as the very first line. I know you include it with the updates but I tend to instinctively click on the first page to look for a link.
I'm waiting on a payday, but I'll finally stop being a lurker on your website and order something soon.
I'm more tempted to run the hills upside down as the landing pad. I'm guessing that there isn't any decoration on the bottom... One could use the removed pieces of card to make a design there, though.
Anpu-adom wrote: I'm waiting on a payday, but I'll finally stop being a lurker on your website and order something soon.
I'm more tempted to run the hills upside down as the landing pad. I'm guessing that there isn't any decoration on the bottom... One could use the removed pieces of card to make a design there, though.
Ooo.... not only is there no decoration on the bottom... there is no bottom. The piece is hollow underneath - so that you can store the smaller hills inside the larger. I'll add a picture of that today. Wouldn't want anyone else to get the wrong idea
We've had a flight stand in the store for ages but never produced a model to go on top of it. Not for want of trying... but we've never been happy with the designs we've had so far.
This one might be different. The test cut will tell.
I ordered the Orc Settlement bundle and I'm really pleased with the quality of the pieces. The cardstock is strong and firm and takes both white glue and superglue well. I'm looking forward to the Orc bastion and Gatehouse I saw on the FB page.
Thanks to the steady devaluation of the South African Rand, our postal costs have actually come DOWN.
Our DL range now costs $1 to ship worldwide
Our thin C5 range now costs $2 to ship worldwide
Our thicker C5 range and C4 range now cost $4 to ship worldwide.
On top of this, the entire shipping container range is being re-released - starting with the shipping containers themselves. These have had their cutting file totally redone to optimise it and as a result the 3 container set has dropped in price from $18.50 for 3 to $14.95 for 3.
For anyone who is interested in maybe trying these out but is a little unsure, here are two independent reviews, one from the UK and one from New Zealand
Here are some images of the paint test I did on v2 of this building.
I have built up v3 - this one has a whole raft of improvements including
Doors on each of the landings
Elevator access on the roof
Strip lighting around the rear doors
Better detailing on the “glass” panels
Internal bracing on the bottom floor (not shown)
The idea is to get people that have doubts about card (or doubts about ordering from a country as scarily as far away as South Africa) to give us a try.
There are 16 items so far that qualify for this shipping rate and we will gradually be moving as many of our existing products into this "$1 shipping" category as we can.
The idea is to get people that have doubts about card (or doubts about ordering from a country as scarily as far away as South Africa) to give us a try.
I love your stuff but not going to lie to you, the distance thing is the reason I havent ordered before. Not because Im one of these idiots that thinks Im going to get ripped off by "furreners" but because we get hammered with import taxes here and then on top of it Royal Mail double dips you.
So consider a purchase made, this is a great idea and I hope you dont lose money on it.
I love your stuff but not going to lie to you, the distance thing is the reason I havent ordered before. Not because Im one of these idiots that thinks Im going to get ripped off by "furreners" but because we get hammered with import taxes here and then on top of it Royal Mail double dips you.
So consider a purchase made, this is a great idea and I hope you dont lose money on it.
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Pete. I hope you give us a try.
To my knowledge, none of our customers have ever had to pay import duties. There are a couple of reasons for this:
- being card, our products generally ship as flat packs in a normal brown envelope. They look like letters / brochures and not parcels.
- I hand-write the address on all of them so it looks informal and friendly - CN22 (customs declaration) forms are only required on parcels that are registered as international parcels, and are not required on letters. So there is nothing on the outside of the envelope to give any idea of the value
- larger orders are generally broken down into multiple envelopes and the value of each individual envelope is seldom over the UKPO import tariff level (which is around £20)
This was the first model we made that incorporated materials other than card. The heavy artillery piece is a mix of card, MDF and plastic tubing.
We don’t normally carry these in stock – rather we make them to order. Someone recently ordered several and I took the opportunity to have a few extras cut.
They are all the same model but with a different gun shield (and a few other small customised bits for each faction gun
Just got my artillery piece , no problems or "tax's" with delivery !
This is my first plywood/card laser cut kit and I have to say all parts look great , I'm pleasantly surprised with the small details , teeth on the gears etc etc.
Now all I need to do is find the time to put it together !
MLaw wrote: Your webstore appears to be broken.. The cyborg stuff is the only thing available..
Shew - you had me worried there for a minute. It seems to be ok now.
e.earnshaw wrote:Be carful you are aware of gw's legal policy of sue sue sue.
GW has already fired a shot across my bows, in a desultory sort of form letter way. Intellectual property though is something that works both ways. Terminators are gleaming silver killer androids. Stargate is full of futuristic Egyptian technology. Just because a certain company makes a product does not mean that similar products are automatically off-limits to everybody else.
For instance, I have made myself plenty of laser-cut rhino models and they look pretty good
If I were to sell these, I would fully expect the wrath of GW legal to come down on me because for each one of these I sold, they lost a potential sale of one of their own kits.
But I do make and sell a 1/50 scale M113:
It so happens that at 1/50 scale, this is fairly similar to the GW product. And no surprise since the rhino was inspired by the M113.
Curiously, what GW complained about was me using pictures of their models next to mine for purposes of scale. So according to them, this is a no-no
So... fine. I'll use Infinity figures for scale.
Also, apart from the cyborg range, we're moving away from making 40k-compatible stuff and trying to make product with a more general utility... so focusing on things that can be used in more than one gaming system.
There are a few more releases in the orc range to come but after that, we are pretty much going to be doing generic scenery.
e.earnshaw wrote:Be carful you are aware of gw's legal policy of sue sue sue.
GW has already fired a shot across my bows, in a desultory sort of form letter way. Intellectual property though is something that works both ways. Terminators are gleaming silver killer androids. Stargate is full of futuristic Egyptian technology. Just because a certain company makes a product does not mean that similar products are automatically off-limits to everybody else.
And again, GW's policies have managed to destroy someone's goodwill towards them...
e.earnshaw wrote:Be carful you are aware of gw's legal policy of sue sue sue.
GW has already fired a shot across my bows, in a desultory sort of form letter way. Intellectual property though is something that works both ways. Terminators are gleaming silver killer androids. Stargate is full of futuristic Egyptian technology. Just because a certain company makes a product does not mean that similar products are automatically off-limits to everybody else.
And again, GW's policies have managed to destroy someone's goodwill towards them...
Well, actually in this case, no. I still love the company, and the products and the games. Just because some articled clerk in their legal department has been given a brief to send a letter to every small producer does not detract from my love affair with the game. For me, "GW" actually means the games designers, not everyone else.
I still buy their products and I generally support them. I created LaserCutCard to give me things that they could not... so I don't really feel like I am treading on their toes.
For instance (and spoiler alert... there is a blatant bit of self promotion coming up) if they had a complete and comprehensive range of necron scenery then maybe that would be different, but why should I use their imperial aegis for my necron army? I'd rather make my own, and if you want a copy of what I made, then hey... I'd love to supply it to you.
Converted containers are a great idea, and suit any period from modern day to sci-fi far future. Definitely a fast way to build a temporary 'village' or post-apocalyptic town etc.
Hmm, one on the back of a truck might make an interesting light armoured personnel carrier...
Theophony wrote: There's more pics on their website , even ones where the models are inside.
I looked but couldn't find one with miniatures.. saw the unpainted ones and the ones with the wine bottle (subliminal message ) but no scale picture.. any chance you could link or just drop it in here?
Theophony wrote: There's more pics on their website , even ones where the models are inside.
I looked but couldn't find one with miniatures.. saw the unpainted ones and the ones with the wine bottle (subliminal message ) but no scale picture.. any chance you could link or just drop it in here?
We set up a 4'x4' table to test terrain density with the shipping containers we have and this was the result. We need to think about getting some bigger pieces if we ever want to offer an entire container board.
Some of the little "scenes" you can set up are really cool though...
Might I suggest a park pack. Park benches, a slide of two (short one for toddlers and big one for larger kids), maybe a newspaper coin operated dispenser, street lamps, assorted signs, a teeter totter, possibly a swing set with or without monkey bars (though I'd vote for monkey bars).
Any sort of crane set would work really well with the containers. A rail set would be interesting, especially if you designed it so it could be built either at ground level or as an elevated train with supports.
Automatically Appended Next Post: As a matter of fact, if you designed the train right, you could make it match up to any style with the correct accessories. The basic smooth sided engine and cars could be used as either a modern/near future train or subway train, where a gothic accessory kit could make it either steampunk or grimdark and a post apoc accessory kit would make it post apoc or orcy. Lots of possibilities!
NealRC wrote: We set up a 4'x4' table to test terrain density with the shipping containers we have and this was the result. We need to think about getting some bigger pieces if we ever want to offer an entire container board.
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Some of the little "scenes" you can set up are really cool though...
I don't know about where you guys are in the world but most of the containers that go on ships here are about 20' long and 8'x8' for H and W. It would certainly help to fill in the board Your current ones are 99mm or 3.9". To scale with the 20' it would be 127mm or 5". It's not that big of a difference but it definitely adds up. (edit: Note this is for 1/48 which is pretty close to most 28mm figures.. GW's figures don't follow any specific scale closely and proportions are not consistent for their humanoids, so sometimes scale is weird for them.)
I'm am positive I've seen these released previously... at least the shipping office and containers... a few years back at least. Are they re-releases or are there changes over the original kit?
I'm am positive I've seen these released previously... at least the shipping office and containers... a few years back at least. Are they re-releases or are there changes over the original kit?
You are absolutely correct - the site office and shops used to be in the store. They have been re-released with these changes
- all the modified containers now fit together the same way, so that once you have built any one of them, you can easily build any of the others
- the site office and the houses (a brand new kit) now have a different accessories set (2 sets of steep sets, a walkway and a platform) which makes them more fit in with the urban slum feel and lets you set them up so that there are steps leading to all levels.
- the way the files are laid out for cutting has been optimised and so they are now $2 cheaper per set
The size of the containers is, as you say, fairly arbitrary. These were originally sized for Infinity figs, not 40k but ultimately the size was determined by the overall size of the flatpack... we wanted them to fit into a C5 envelope so that postage would only be $2 per units. Any bigger and we would have to put them in a C4 envelope and the postage would have gone up to $4
But we have some ideas coming to fill the table
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Anpu-adom wrote: A harbor crane set would be awesome to go with the shipping containers. Something like this:
Also, a full on rail yard would be interesting to see. Many historical guys are looking for that kind of terrain too.
Hold that thought
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Theophony wrote: Might I suggest a park pack. Park benches, a slide of two (short one for toddlers and big one for larger kids), maybe a newspaper coin operated dispenser, street lamps, assorted signs, a teeter totter, possibly a swing set with or without monkey bars (though I'd vote for monkey bars).
With skulls... we need skulls on the swings or it is not 40k, no?
Thanks for the idea. We will look into it
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Peredyne wrote: Any sort of crane set would work really well with the containers. A rail set would be interesting, especially if you designed it so it could be built either at ground level or as an elevated train with supports.
As a matter of fact, if you designed the train right, you could make it match up to any style with the correct accessories. The basic smooth sided engine and cars could be used as either a modern/near future train or subway train, where a gothic accessory kit could make it either steampunk or grimdark and a post apoc accessory kit would make it post apoc or orcy. Lots of possibilities!
We've looks into trains before for Infinity but those were more fast intercity trains for the Paradiso scenario. Your idea has more merit and is more versatile. Thanks... we'll look into it
Thanks for the rundown. The size thing makes sense.
On the train.. a semi-futuristic bullet train type of thing would definitely hold my interest.. Especially if it had a nice cheap rail system and some sort of checkpoint or station. It doesn't need to look like it's ready for Infinity but I would also prefer it not look like it's from a cowboy film. The train from Snowpiercer is an example of something sort of in-between.
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The crane would be nice too.. there are already a few people making them though.. Fenris being one example. I mention it so if you do make one you can perhaps avoid doing the same thing and maybe offer a different product (variety = good!)
I don't think anyone has done the big rail style cranes .. like the kind that straddle docks. I might be mistaken though.. so don't take my word for it.
Has anyone ever taken one of the Casspir and used putty on the seams to give it a more solid look? I'm contemplating one of those but the gaps are holding me back. I am also thinking about some Zinge or other resin wheels.. do these work well or does the weight create issues?
MLaw wrote: Has anyone ever taken one of the Casspir and used putty on the seams to give it a more solid look? I'm contemplating one of those but the gaps are holding me back. I am also thinking about some Zinge or other resin wheels.. do these work well or does the weight create issues?
No-one has done that with the casspir but two people have upgunned the buffel.
Those would be awesome with the star behind them instead of the aqu...er.. uh.. bird..
This is interesting though.. I tend to do work with the pen tool somewhat frequently and could come up with stuff I'm sure.. What format would you need?
Interesting that nobody has taken the time to putty these.. There really aren't 1/48 / 28mm kits for this stuff.. There are a few that are somewhat close, so I'm surprised it's not more common. My main concern on the gap filling would be if I had to go back over to sand it. What kind of effect would that have on the card? The kits you showed with resin wheels appear to be at least partially wood.. I was hoping to see some with card to see how the weight might effect it but I guess it's at least helpful to see how it looks.
Hrm.. I think I'll add these into my "when I have extra money" spending list
MLaw wrote: Those would be awesome with the star behind them instead of the aqu...er.. uh.. bird..
This is interesting though.. I tend to do work with the pen tool somewhat frequently and could come up with stuff I'm sure.. What format would you need?
I work in Illustrator mainly so an .ai would be first choice, but any format that preserves the vectors would be fine, including dwg or svg
Well I'm anxiously awaiting my first order that I placed this weekend, but another order will soon be placed. I'm thinking of making a Woodbury type terrain set up using cargo containers and the elevated platforms you just posted. Plus plenty of pallets strewn about. Also have an idea for the shipping container crane that you started work with. If I got into the Batman game I could see a docks sort of set up with that.
I really love your stuff, and the $1 shipping items is brilliant.
I do wish that you would post the dimensions of your items. If there isn't a reason for you to have NOT posted them, that is.
THanks.
We’ve been asked several times to look at doing 10mm scale buildings for games like Dropzone Commander and we’ve finally decided to give it a try.
These are early tests. These are the straight 28mm scale files shrunk down and cut. There are huge gaps or overlaps as the 28mm files were carefully balanced to take into account the thickness of the card, which is now hopelessly out.
Nevertheless, I think these show that we have something we can contribute to the 10mm arena – all we need to do is recalibrate the files.
10mm you say? DOOOO EEEEET.
10mm terain at the moment is usually stupid expensive. If you can do this kind of stuff for the kind of prices you charge it could potentially be a real money spinner.
Those look sweet. Personally, I'd prefer them to be more around 12mm (around 1:144) because I'm a Heavy Gear fan and it would still work for 10mm, but I understand that DZC and Planetfall are more popular.
Albertorius wrote: Those look sweet. Personally, I'd prefer them to be more around 12mm (around 1:144) because I'm a Heavy Gear fan and it would still work for 10mm, but I understand that DZC and Planetfall are more popular.
Still, those look great.
Thanks
But surely at this scale there is not much to show for differences in scale?
I'm still waiting for some DzC models to test these against and I have zero experience with games at these scales so that comment was perhaps wildly inaccurate
Albertorius wrote: Those look sweet. Personally, I'd prefer them to be more around 12mm (around 1:144) because I'm a Heavy Gear fan and it would still work for 10mm, but I understand that DZC and Planetfall are more popular.
Still, those look great.
Thanks
But surely at this scale there is not much to show for differences in scale?
I'm still waiting for some DzC models to test these against and I have zero experience with games at these scales so that comment was perhaps wildly inaccurate
It's a bit more complicated than that. If it's a bit bigger than it needs to be it will look better than if it's a bit smaller than it needs to. That's why you can get away using stuff made for 15mm for 12mm, but 100mm stuff feels entirely too small.
made my first order a few days ago (Mix of Chaos and Necron stuff, nothing custom - yet). Even without making contact with them afterwards their customer service has been amazing, LCC have kept me promptly informed about shipping status, ETAs, bespoke emails about my order - If I actually had any questions about my order Id be confident in getting a prompt reply
I will definitely be ordering again if the product quality matches the service, and will probably order some custom work once some pricing details go up!
Half hour of building later. Some time spent taking pictures and stuff in there as well.
Great work!
You might have been the first person to follow the new generic instructions for the containers so if anything was confusing, please let me know and I will try make them clearer (although you look like you had no problems at all)
Since it is Tuesday and since we are trying to have something new every Tuesday, today is the day of the skips and bins
The “urban scatter” set has been renamed “skips and bins”. It has gone up in price $2 (from $5.50 to $7.50) but it now has an extra skip in it (which is the most useful piece in the set)
It ships worldwide for $1 and will love you long time.
I didn't have any problems with the instructions, though I figured most of the design out by looking at it. I think it's missing the steps showing adding the texture to the back side of the container and maybe the non opening end.
Theophony wrote: I didn't have any problems with the instructions, though I figured most of the design out by looking at it. I think it's missing the steps showing adding the texture to the back side of the container and maybe the non opening end.
Theophony wrote: I didn't have any problems with the instructions, though I figured most of the design out by looking at it. I think it's missing the steps showing adding the texture to the back side of the container and maybe the non opening end.
Noted - thanks. Will sort that out
I'll look more in depth this week. Unfortunately back to both jobs, and school this last week. Awesome work on the picnic tables, that's sme strong stuff
We’ve created a new product to round out our container range – stacked containers.
We found that a lot of the time we were stacking the containers on top of one another and someone suggested we do a stacked set (as it would be cheaper than two individual ones).
And so here it is.
$16.95 for the set of stacked containers, and postage anywhere is $2 (the set has two stacks)
Good idea on the stacked containers. Consider doing the same for crates and boxes, perhaps including 3 or 4 in a line, for customers wanting to quickly build barricades or cargo loads.
Clang wrote: Good idea on the stacked containers. Consider doing the same for crates and boxes, perhaps including 3 or 4 in a line, for customers wanting to quickly build barricades or cargo loads.
After our initial strength test (scroll back a bit if you did not see it), someone in the Infinity Australia facebook page asked if the picnic table could stand TWO bricks The answer is, one brick good, two bricks bad (but it can handle the weight of two bricks with assistance)
Nothing actually broke but it was very difficult to get the weight to stay exactly above the legs. If I held it in place, the legs could take the weight but as soon as I let go it would fall one way or the other to the side. I think my work table is not actually level.
I was quite impressed that the normal wood glue did not tear… the card just bent. I’ll have these back on the table after straightening the legs up.
Just to be clear... I am in no way implying that our stuff is stronger than anyone else's - these are just to say that our stuff is stronger than most people give card credit for.
This is a model that I am really excited about. The test build went together incredibly easily meaning all we have to do is think about detailing. When you compare it to some other flyers it is a little big and so the next test will scale it down a little but overall it worked out fantastically.
All it needs now is a layer of detail texture to denote the windows and engines.
Indeed. Going to keep the detailing fairly minimal on this one. Just add fan-like intakes on the engines and some ailerons, some windows and maybe a cargo hatch at the back.
Oh - and shark teeth for the front. Those might be mandatory for the orc version
Barzam wrote: Sir, you have my arattention. What's the price range you're expecting for the gunship?
Thanks for the kind words. The final price will entirely depend on how much detail we add on but I think that it should come in at around U$ 18, including the stand.
I will have a better idea after the next test cut, which will include the detail
The container docks table was a highlight of the tournament.
Apart from featuring plenty of examples of our shipping container range, it also featured a container ship AND an escort destroyer.
The destroyer had three basilisks on it, each of which could be fired once per game.
The Necron table represented the surface of a world totally given over to a data matrix and featured an example of every single item in our Cyborg range
The “Infinity” table represented something unfamiliar to most 40k players: unruined buildings. It had all our Futurehab range on it
The art deco ruins table was a big favourite with all the players, being dominated by a huge skyscraper that had special rules attached to it. This used multiple versions of our art deco ruins
The ork table used all of our existing Orc range as well as our soon-to-be-released orc fort and orc bastion
The Nurgle table featured a large number of disturbing baby heads, showing that cute little dolls can be way way creepier than skulls.
The alpine table represented a 40k version of the Ardennes
The entire weekend was a blast and we will definitely be back next year, bigger and better.
Thanks! It always gives a warm feeling to see parents walk their kids over to that table and then hurriedly walk them away again. I have big plans for a Slaanesh table.
I'll take some more detailed pictures of the pieces during the course of the week
Wow... I finally know what I am going to do with all the random creepy dolls my wife keeps getting in piles of baby stuff! Amazingly strange and creepy!
We've been playing around with this for a while, including using a prototype in a local competition to see how players interacted with it.
It is almost ready to go
The idea is to produce a modular fort that comprises of four basic kits:
A bastion
A gatehouse
A tower
A wall
The gatehouse, tower and wall also come with two short angled walls so that you don't have to have a perfectly square fort.
We aim to have each set priced at around $10 and you can buy what you want depending on how big you want your fort to be
As for player feedback,
- it was a great LOS blocker at the centre of the table
- The short walls are counted as buildings with stats Armour 11/11/11 HP2 so that they can be destroyed in game relatively easily
- the other pieces are Armour 12/12/12 HP3
- having the pieces modular made it very easy to pack away and the pieces were really strong
Any chance of a version with a fatter fuselage and a rear ramp? I can model on the side doors to make a Valkyrie alternate, but the ramp might be a pain.
P.S. Thanks for bringing back the Art Deco ruins! Definitely want to grab some of those soon.
Any chance of a version with a fatter fuselage and a rear ramp? I can model on the side doors to make a Valkyrie alternate, but the ramp might be a pain.
We're not going to modify that model much apart from adding landing skegs but we are thinking about doing this
We're not going to modify that model much apart from adding landing skegs but we are thinking about doing this
<standing applause> That's exactly what I'm talking about. I could rig a rear ramp on that easily! I love the Valkyrie models, but my Inquisitors need something unique to show up in.
It's been a quiet couple of months on the R&D front at LCC but things are starting to happen again.
These are test cuts of two new kits.
Container Box Set test cut
This is basically a set of 4 containers in sets of two, joined together. It will complement the stacked containers and the set of three single containers and provide a cheap and easy way to set up an entire board with containers.
Na-To test cut 1
The Na-To was an Imperial Japanese Army tank destroyer designed in the closing stages of WW2.
We like the shape as a generic tracked transport and so are having a crack at it.
The basic test for the Na-To turned out quite well. This is the basic shape with no detailing – that can come later. Assuming that we are aiming for 1/48 scale, this cut is substantially bigger than the “real” one – it is aimed at wartrakk size. The bin on the back is also a lot wider than the real model on account of WAAAGH.
The next version will test an accurate 1/48 scale one with a slightly different track system but so far, so good.
We’ve added a new container set to our collection – the “container box” set. This is effectively two of our standard containers, side by side.
This completes our Core Container range, which comprises set of 3 standard single containers, the “container stack” (two standard containers on top of one another) and now the “container box”.
The stack and box sets are $14.95 each and the standard set of 3 is only $15.95 but you can now get all three of these core sets in a single bundle for only $34.95 – saving 25%!
The Na-To, resized for 1/48 and with detailing added.
The track system has been modifed to have idler wheels too.
What a great model to put together... easy and fast to build and strong as heck. It had some tiny bugs which have been sent for correction and then we should be able to release it next week.
The Na-To was a late addition to the WW2 arsenal of the Empire Of Japan. It was intended as the carrier for the Type 5 anti-tank gun and was meant for the final defense of the home islands.
The war ended before it went into production but we kind of love the ugly little beast and so it is resurrected here as a generic tractor.
The standard model is really easy to put together and is a great basis for your own conversions. This basic set is $16.95
It can be bought with the “orc” upgrade set for an additional $4… this includes a set of orc glyphs and a set of our heavy machine guns. The upgrade is an extra $4
The model is scaled fairly accurately to 1/48 scale and as a happy coincidence, is perfect for 30mm wargames systems.
Postage is $2 worldwide for a single model, but only $4 for up to 3.
The glyph upgrade set includes enough glyphs for 2 models so if you are considering ordering 2 or more of the "orc ones, it is only necessary to buy one upgrade per 2 models.
i must say, and not meaning to run down our other vehicles at all, this is really the best kit we have done in terms of easy of build, attractiveness of finished product and number of possible uses.
I had seen that conversion and yeah, it does look good. That's cool that you're going to retouch the cockpit design and add the landing gears. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to wait a bit longer.
Hey Neal, I received my Ork Fort last week. Great stuff! I'm working on the Ork Bastion right now. I'll post some pics as soon as I get some more work done it. Thanks again for the great work
It is on hold for now but is being looked at again next month.
For now, we have this (click to get bigger images)
An entire table’s worth of orc scenery for $65
1 expanded orc fort 1 x gatehouse set
1 x wall sections set
2 x towers sets
1 orc bastion 1 x orc bastion set
1 expanded orc settlement 2 x orc scrap shack sets (6 shacks in total)
2 x orc boss huts
1 x mek hut
1 x water tower
1 x watchtower set (2 watchtowers)
All models are supplied unpainted and unassembled.
Models are made from 1mm heavy card in 2 layers (so final wall thickness is 2mm)
Commerce is the lifeblood of the city, no matter what the century or planet.
This is a three-level office block that would be at home anywhere from Neo Tokyo to Coruscant.
It is made from 1mm heavy card and comes supplied unassembled and unpainted in an A4 flat pack.
It features access points to all levels, including the roof.
The lowest level is exactly the same height as FutureHab #1, making those heroic leaps across the alley a little easier.
Multiple models can be pushed together to create one huge building.
Other FutureHabs
This is a two-level retail store made from 1mm heavy card and comes supplied unassembled and unpainted in an A4 flat pack.
Once constructed it can be stored by stacking the components inside one another to save space.
This is a single-level entertainment venue from the seedier side of Neo Tokyo (or below the cloud cover on Coruscant)
It is made from 1mm heavy card and comes supplied unassembled and unpainted in an A4 flat pack.
Once constructed it can be stored by stacking the components inside one another to save space.
The outer walls are removable to allow models to move inside.
All three models have the same price: $15.95 per model
We are releasing our three turrets as stand-alone kits for $3.95 each.
Also, the tracked APC has come down in price to $15.95 and all the other vehicles are now only $17.95
90mm cannon
20mm command turret
ZT3 guided missile turret.
These are all compatible with the tracked APC and the Ratel IFV and can be bought as an add-on for these vehicles for an extra $2.95
(the Ratel always comes with the 90mm turret but you can add on one of the others)
We’re working on some 28mm brownstone buildings for use in contemporary games.
The basic idea is to have a core building and then have detailing layers that can change the look depending on how you add them on.
Here are some shots of the first two buildings, mixed in with some of our “urban scatter” terrain and a water tower
You can click on the images to get bigger versions
If you are wondering how strong these buildings are, given that the FLGS can be a brutal place, you can watch this to see a destruction test on one of them
Forgot to include these A set of fire escapes will be available separately. This is is the first draft of them - I will post the final version pics tomorrow
overtyrant wrote: Are they precoloured? I may snap some up if they are.
I am not sure what you mean by that... they come unpainted in that colour, which is a sort of grey - but you still have to build them and paint them. I will take a photo of the unassembled kit tomorrow
A nice range of modern buildings with a good variety of 3-4 floor apartments and a couple of single floor shops like diners or convenience stores and a big centerpiece building with a tall profile (think Wayne Tower, Stark Tower, Avengers.. etc etc..)
My main concern is fire escapes, balconies, or other side-mounted attachments might separate. Either way, I'm sad to say I had lost track of you guys. You've got quite a bit of nice offerings.
lasgunpacker wrote: These buildings are very exciting... what is their general footprint? Have you decided on "windows open" or not?
Personally I hope for them to be not too big, and with open windows, but I understand that other people have other ideas
These ones have a footprint of 220mm x 150mm excluding the stairs
The windows can be left in or removed... they are cut through all the way except for two little tabs, so you can either leave them in and paint them gloss black, or remove them
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MLaw wrote: A nice range of modern buildings with a good variety of 3-4 floor apartments and a couple of single floor shops like diners or convenience stores and a big centerpiece building with a tall profile (think Wayne Tower, Stark Tower, Avengers.. etc etc..)
My main concern is fire escapes, balconies, or other side-mounted attachments might separate. Either way, I'm sad to say I had lost track of you guys. You've got quite a bit of nice offerings.
Some good ideas there... thanks. All noted.
You are absolutely correct about the fire escapes. They will be sold separately and if you glue them on, then of course the building will have to be stored in such a way to protect them. They should not come loose from general play but yes, if someone throws them in a box after the game then there is that risk (which is the same risk if they were plastic or MDF)
overtyrant wrote: Are they precoloured? I may snap some up if they are.
I am not sure what you mean by that... they come unpainted in that colour, which is a sort of grey - but you still have to build them and paint them. I will take a photo of the unassembled kit tomorrow
I mean precoloured like 4grounds and Antenocitis Workshops terrain where the customer doesn't have to paint them, I don't have time to paint scenery that's why a lot of mine is from those two companies. It's a moot point though as you answered my question as they don't come precoloured.
We have released a range of futuristic buildings aimed at Infinity but possibly good for Tau or Eldar.
The buildings on their own are just basic shapes but they can be combined with themselves and our range of DIY doors and windows to make some attractive and very cheap buildings.
Click on each image to see a bigger version if you want
*** The Round House ***
It is called the "Round House" because 6 of them will form a circular structure
This costs around $5 for one - and can be stacked and combined in numerous ways.
It can be combined with ours (or anyone else's) doors and windows to give buildings like this.
As a bundle deal, you can get 3 round houses, 8 doors and 16 windows for only $16.50!
*** The Comma House ***
The largest of the three and slightly more complicated to build. This is truly a unique building that will draw attention on any table it is on
This costs around $9 for one - and can also be combined in numerous ways.
It can be combined with ours (or anyone else's) doors and windows to give buildings like this.
As a bundle deal, you can get 2 comma houses, 8 doors and 16 windows for only $21.17!
*** The Arc House *** A multi-level building with gracefully swept wings, this was also referred to as the "bird house" earlier in development. It too can be combined with itself to create numerous different configurations.
This costs around $12 for one - and can also be combined in numerous ways.
It can be combined with ours (or anyone else's) doors and windows to give buildings like this.
As a bundle deal, you can get 2 arc houses, 8 doors and 16 windows for only $25.40!
Those comma houses are really something. Great job.
You might consider some sort of big building bundle with one of each type or something for somebody looking to fill a table with some really stellar building designs.
Neal, I got some of those artillery pieces for my Ig, and they are sooooo cool. I decided to go with some cheap artilley pieces my local model kit store sales instead, but are turning them into ruined gun emplacements, I cant wait to buy more from you, they are pretty cool.
Click on the images for bigger versions if you want
M113 Redux
We wondered what our M113 model would look like if we expanded the side armour down a bit and so the first step was a quick sketch
This is the "first fit" cut - a basic proof of concept cut to see what it would look like.
Next came a detail cut to see how it all fitted together. Not looking too bad but some of the details need to be reworked
The main thing that will have to change are the road wheels. If we want the side hatch to be realistically able to go through to the main hull, then the existing road wheels (light green) are too big. Fortunately the Churchill (a WW2 British tank) provided the inspiration for a smaller set of road wheels, as the Churchill had a side hatch and ran its tracks around the outside of the sides, similar to WW1 tanks. The track course is shown in red. So the next cut will be to modify the design to incorporate these changes.
Mk IV Tank
If you haven't seen the trailer yet for Battlefield 1 then you really are missing out.
We are super-excited about the game and have decided to do the vehicles that have featured in the trailer (for use as "counts as" models in other gaming systems)
Steve started out doing a basic cad render and I think he nailed it pretty well
This is the "first fit" test done straight off the render... worked out so so but was a bit small and also difficult to put together.
This is the second cut... a detail cut that was also scaled up substantially. This one went together very easily but is perhaps a little big. The next cut will scale this down and add more detail
All cardboard Heavy Artillery / Big Bertha
Our existing heavy artillery kit is a mix of card and MDF and the MDF adds quite a bit to the cost. This was a test to take all the MDF bits and turn them into two layers of card - so instead of 3mm MDF, you would have 2mm of card. Worked ok but a few small bugs to iron out.
In keeping with the BF1 theme, we also want to make our heavy artillery into a towed version... and Big Bertha (a WW1 German siege gun) is proving the inspiration
Here is the first fit cut for the Bertha components. The main gun and barrel is the same as the existing kit and will be interchangeable- it is the chassis that is new.
A7V tank
718 We've seen this tank (the only production tank the Germans put into WW1) in the BF1 gameplay videos and so are going to have a crack at it.
FT17 tank
This might or might not be in the game but we want to do it anyway as it is an iconic WW1 tank and also, I want them for my Imperial Guard army as a small scout tank that I can use instead of sentinals.
adamsouza wrote: Really like the new M113 Redux. The new side hatch is a big improvement
Thanks but the next cut will have a door of the same size but one with hinges on the front side, so that when it is open it provides a shield to dismounting models. Because, y'know, logic
There was a lot happening on the workbench in the second week of Q3 (10 - 16 July 2016)
M113 R(edux)
The new road wheels and doors are sorted.
The doors (which we borrowed from the Ratel model) open forwards to offer some more protection to dismounting troops. There is also a step plate and a handle to help troops remount.
All doors and hatches can be modeled open. There are some tiny bugs with this file and we want to change the detailing on the sides... the "icon" on the side will be dropped in favour of some more armour detailing. This should be released next week.
Estimated cost will be $12.50, worldwide postage will be $3
MK IV tank Lots of detailing has been added. We are loving this model! The model is 1% smaller than 1/48 scale. Still some teething issues with the armour plates on the sponsons. The next cut should fix all of these (including bumping the size up to be exactly 1/48 scale)
The kit price is looking at being around $16 but we will try get that down with the production cuts.
Big Bertha
Lots more detail added, and a short range mortar version of the barrel as a test.
We are going to scrap the working cogs and gears and rather ramp up the detailing. The gun will still go up and down in the mount but the side handles will no longer turn. They are fiddly to build and we would rather it looked awesome and not work, than look simple and work.
FT17 and A7V The "first fit" cuts for these had mixed results. The A7V was a dream... we are moving straight on to detailing.
The FT17 needs a lot of work - this way is hard to build.
.Mikes. wrote: Looking good mate. Is there any word on the brownstone type buildings you were showing off a while back?
Thanks!
The brownstones are pretty much ready to go... we just got distracted with other stuff. Thanks for the reminder.... I will haul them out and see what needs doing to get them into the shop
This is our single biggest product release to date and there is a LOT to cover, so please bear with us.
Firstly, the Na-To Tractor
This is a modification of the Na-To chassis with wheel armour. A key point here (we will come back to it below) is that
- the sides can fold flat
- it has a tow hook on the back
Next - two new vehicle accessories.
The Servo Arm takes the drudgery out of the heavy lifting, and can be attached to any vehicle
The Bulldozer Blade can be attached to the front or back of most vehicles (when at the back it can represent a recoil spade)
And now on to the main event... three new artillery pieces.
All the artillery pieces come with various barrels that can be swapped out between games.
The first artillery piece is the vehicle mounted artillery
This is just the gun plus a plate that can be glued onto the back of any flatbed (but which is specifically designed for the Na-To chassis or tractor)
Here we see the first barrel option - the battle cannon
This is the siege mortar barrel
By combining the two we get a super mega big cannon
The next artillery piece is the fixed emplacement. This comes on a sturdy tripod mount.
Again, all three barrel options are included in this kit
And finally - probably the best model we have produced to date - Big Bertha (the wheeled artillery kit)
This is our favourite kit so far. It went through quite a bit of revision and input from a lot of people to get to this stage but the results speak for themselves.
It comes with the servo arm accessory included and can be upgraded to include a Na-To tractor at a big discount
The servo arm is fully posable during building and it was very easy to modify the kit to show this dynamic loading scene.
I hope the pictures can do this model justice - please click on them for bigger versions.
Seeing that servo arm, and that you already make turrets, have you ever considered some sort of 4-6 legged walker akin to a Chaos Space Marine Defiler, or Adeptus Mechanicus Onager Dunecrawler ?
Seeing that servo arm, and that you already make turrets, have you ever considered some sort of 4-6 legged walker akin to a Chaos Space Marine Defiler, or Adeptus Mechanicus Onager Dunecrawler ?
So, I have your original Artillery kit, and while cool, I felt it lacked detail and so forth, so I scrapped my project with them,
These new ones look amazing, and I think with a bit more conversion, would end up looking great with my IG Also, for the Artillery Platoon, if I wanted 3 Wheeled ones, I would choose the +20$ version correct?
hotsauceman1 wrote: So, I have your original Artillery kit, and while cool, I felt it lacked detail and so forth, so I scrapped my project with them,
These new ones look amazing, and I think with a bit more conversion, would end up looking great with my IG Also, for the Artillery Platoon, if I wanted 3 Wheeled ones, I would choose the +20$ version correct?
I'm glad you like them and yes the wheeled one is the +$20 for 3 but I should point out that the fixed one is pretty much exactly the same as the one you have except there are now 2 larger recuperators on the main gun rather than 1 thin one... no extra detail has been added to that kit.
There is a LOT of extra detail on the wheeled one though.
This is a model we have been working on for some time and are proud to finally release it.
The scendship is a high altitude VTOL vehicle capable of dropping down from orbit and then taking off and returning.
Since it can ascend and descend, it is... the scendship (thanks to Iain M Banks for the name)
It represents the safest and most economical way to
- drop your troops into combat from orbit
- escape from the top of your arcology before the assassins get you
- hop between theatres of combat delivering chaotic war engines and tainted troops (spikes not included)
The engine pods are mounted on swivels that can move, and feature locking pins in case the engines become loose over time.
This is a 1/48 scale model of perhaps one of the most recognisable tanks of all time... the 1917 Mk IV British tank.
The basic kit will let you create a generic Mk IV tank but there are some interesting optional upgrades if you like your tanks grimmer and darker...
The turret upgrade lets you make a model very close to the Mk VIII tank featured in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
But why stop there? The extra sponson set adds a front sponson and comes with three heavy bolt guns (one for the front sponson and two to replace the side sponson guns)
Finally, there are three alternative turret guns (the main turret guns can be magnetised to easily swop them out)
Today we release the Gothic Bastion Shrine - a great piece of terrain for your imperial homeworld.
Featuring rose windows, gothic arches and just a touch of firepower, this building projects just the right mix of salvation and purgatory.
The basic kit includes the 4 gun turrets shown in the image
Gothic Shrine Add-ons
The basic kit is upgradable to a "sisters" version by adding fleur-de-lis details. This upgrade set includes new door arches, new window frames and a replacement for the eagle.
Weapons Add-ons
You can add a quad cannon to the shrine to give you some support against flying and skimming units
This kit is made from 1mm heavy card and comes in a flat pack unpainted and unassembled.
Instructions are included in the kit
The basic design features rose windows and doors on two sides, and gothic arched windows on the other two
Each side is capped by the symbol of the eagle
There are optional gun sponsons for each side too
The roof is big enough to hold an entire squad with easy
The fleur-de-lis version adds some softer details by replacing the harsh eagle with scrollwork
Each door and window is also topped with a small fleur-de-lis symbol
With a bit of extra detailing, the fleur-de-lis version would not be out of place in any time ranging from King Arthur to the far future
Ratius wrote: 14 euros for the pods? Yikes I might have to snap them up!!!
Are they easy to assemble/make?
The sets I've gotten from them are really easy to put together. The instructions for all their sets should be on their website I believe so you could check it out there before ordering to see if it's too high for the hive mind to figure out.
By the way Neal did you write a series of stories on the Hive Mind way back around 2000/2001? Cerebus I think you called them and they were stories written from the Minds perspective (it had captured a space marine and dark eldar iirc?). They were great
By the way Neal did you write a series of stories on the Hive Mind way back around 2000/2001? Cerebus I think you called them and they were stories written from the Minds perspective (it had captured a space marine and dark eldar iirc?). They were great
Ha ha thanks yes I did. Hive Fleet Charybdis. Wow haven't thought of those for ages.
but i agree nice building
