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Gear Krieg goes 28mm!

Gears and Guts is a joined venture of Brent Dietrich of Company B and John Cunningham. They have acquired a license from DP9 to produce 1/56 models of the classic 15mm Gear Krieg models by DP9.
Very much in the way I have the license to produce World at War books based on the original Gear Krieg books.
Brent and John approached me a couple of months ago for additional input on the project. Very soon after that we received even more in depth support by John Bell (aka Jakar Nilson) the guy behind the great GK “Alfies Tenners” comics.
Soon ideas were flying around via the interweb and the first walkers were taken shape. We agreed that I would paint the walkers.

The General Early walkers shown are a pre-production prototypes with some weapons still missing. The Artizan Greatcoat troopers (painted by Tom Weiss) are shown for scale comparison. The final models will have even more details and a full complimenting set of decals included. Jakar is even working on vehicle dashboard layouts!

The above picture shows how well the spirit of the 15mm models is captured! Release dates and future plans are noted on Brents website under the Gears and Guts subsection.

More pics on my site: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/gears_and_guts_.html
Brent's Site: http://www.companyb.biz/
DP9: http://www.dp9.com/

Wow, now this is something to look forward to, maybe even combine with Dust Tactics.

You can definitely do this, my GK walkers are standing in fact right beside my DUST Kämpfers!

In hindsight, looks like I'll be starting up another game in the not-so distant future. As long as it is 28mm and has weird science stuff, count me in.

Ooohhh... I've been eyeing off Gear Krieg minis for years, and the only thing stopping me from picking up a few just for giggles was the scale.

There's definitely going to be a few of these in my future.



Oh, and nice job

Hmm... I shall wait and see..

My friend has been looking for imperial guard alternatives. Those infantry might do nicely.

Interesting...

Kurgash wrote:My friend has been looking for imperial guard alternatives. Those infantry might do nicely.

I want the Armor, I will finaly have Sentinals that I like.

Wow, nice. Are the plastic or resin?

I'd guess whatever the 15mm ones are made of

looks pretty cool

Kurgash wrote:My friend has been looking for imperial guard alternatives. Those infantry might do nicely.

Those minatures (the great coats) have been available since 2006 from Artizan:

http://www.artizandesigns.com/prod.php?prod=1487

agnosto wrote:

Kurgash wrote:My friend has been looking for imperial guard alternatives. Those infantry might do nicely.

Those minatures (the great coats) have been available since 2006 from Artizan:

http://www.artizandesigns.com/prod.php?prod=1487

From what I can tell they're just sculpting new Gear Krieg mechs in 28mm, and like the 15mm Gear Krieg, they just use scale-appropriate historicals. There's plenty of WW2 plastics on the way these days from Bolt Action/Warlord and so on though.

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Wow, nice. Are the plastic or resin?

The kits will be high quality resin casted by JTFM. Expect the best.
Some weapons (.30cal, .50cal will be metal)

The DP9 15mm ones are metal casts, only the hull of the newer Uller walkers is resin.


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Brother SRM wrote:From what I can tell they're just sculpting new Gear Krieg mechs in 28mm, and like the 15mm Gear Krieg, they just use scale-appropriate historicals. There's plenty of WW2 plastics on the way these days from Bolt Action/Warlord and so on though.

Yup, the walkers are new, the Artizan metal Greatcoat trooper are just there for scale comparison.

AAN wrote:

Kid_Kyoto wrote:Wow, nice. Are the plastic or resin?

The kits will be high quality resin casted by JTFM. Expect the best.

After FW anything is better.

In all seriousness I can't wait. Will these releases be digital only or will there also be physical books?

Are the walkers transformers or do you have to build them standing or as a tank?

and how do they compare in size to 40K models, like an IG sentinel?

Necros wrote:Are the walkers transformers or do you have to build them standing or as a tank?

Not sure what you mean by that. They're probably like the DUST tactics models excpet maybe a few more parts

Necros wrote:Are the walkers transformers or do you have to build them standing or as a tank?

and how do they compare in size to 40K models, like an IG sentinel?

Those infantry they have around them are about 25-28mm tall, and about the same height as a Guardsman.

Oh.. in that first pic it looked like the tanky thing in the back was the same as the walker, only it transformed into a tank

They transform between tank mode and walker mode. Really looking forward to 28mm Krieg Gear use as is for IG or add some armor and random guns and use as Orks. Bring it on.

IG walker right there.

BrookM wrote:Will these releases be digital only or will there also be physical books?

The Gear Krieg book can be bought in print from me if you are in Europe,
see: http://www.adpublishing.de/html/order.html

or DP 9 if you are in the US.
All other books from the World at War Gear Krieg line are digital only.


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Necros wrote:Oh.. in that first pic it looked like the tanky thing in the back was the same as the walker, only it transformed into a tank

One of the key features of Gear Krieg walkers are their ability to switch movement modes.
The rules cover these different modes.
While in walker mode the Gear can enter difficult terrain more easily.
Walkers are also able to perform special close range attacks. All walkers carried customized Anti-Tank Explosives - packs of demolition charges, very short range grenades or mines. These were usually spring or compressed-gas launched, though by the time walkers sported arms they could also be manually thrown.
While using the Walker movement system these may be placed on other vehicles with a Charge Action.
While using the movement mode the Gear are faster.
It is a very unique aspect that opens nice tactical possibilities...

The model kits will include both set of legs, so if you are really into it you can magnetize the legs and actually switch them during games...

Any clue of Prices? [Need Fear OrkModicon]

These are really cool. If the price is good, I might pick one up for the fun of it. As to the greatcoat troopers, I can attest to their quality. I ordered from Artizan a couple of years ago, and everything was good. The figures are great, and the service is also good.

Anpu42 wrote:Any clue of Prices? [Need Fear OrkModicon]

Brent (from Company B) said on another forum that "Models with be about $37, and include both sets of legs (travel and walking) as well as several weapon options."




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Some guys asked me for a comparison shot...

Here you go: Allied DUST walker, GW Grey Knight together with a General Early in walker mode.

Hi,
The Gear Krieg Combat Walkers will mix well with DUST and other WW2 mechs and figures out there. I have an picture of some prototypes (this is an internet driven project between guys in the US, Canada and Germany, so each of us may not always all have the latest and greatest models -- but whatever you see posted on the Company B website will be the most up to date -- http://www.companyb.biz/).

Here's an image of the final master for the General Early:


Here's some images of prototypes, one next to a DUST Jagdluther, and one with some weapons accessories. The General Early walker can use any Stuart tank turret, there will also be a version with a Quad .50cal HGM A turret. We will also have crew, detail kits and decals available.

$37 [ouch!], but duable

$37 is the estimated price. I want to start high, rather than lowball and have to back track later. I'm hoping we can get the price a little lower, but that price does include both sets of legs, extra weapons, etc, etc.

The kits are a combination of resin and metal. The Early includes both travel and walking legs, as well as two sets of extended and folded arms, the hull top plate, turret, weapons hard-points, and several side weapon options.
Quite a lot actually for a small run kit!

Once I am able to start stocking all the parts and boxing the kits, we'll have a more formal pricing announcement.

Brent
Company B

It sounds reasonable to me for the parts and options given. But that's my opinion.

If you're good with magnets, would it be possible to switch between standing and the undeployed legs? I'm very interested, and $37 is very reasonable for big walkers like that.