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2016/04/24 10:55:06
Subject: Re:Fox Box :: April 2016 - All the wheels! Well, lots of them at least
Every now and again a mould needs replacing and usually that's a fun opportunity for us to add new details to the new version. Currently the Create-a-Shoota kit is being redone (they're not gone forever, worry ye not!) but these bad-boys are finally available separately:
http://fox-box.co.uk/product/fox-box-armoured-truck-wheels-4/
Unless otherwise stated our wheels all use the standard 4mm diameter axle that seems to have become the de-facto standard.
2016/06/18 12:20:52
Subject: Re:Fox Box :: June 2016 - WiP stuff while getting the new casting shed ready
We're still getting stuff setup at our new place but in the meantime stuff is being worked on. A few of you asked about when our old Create-a-Shoota kit will be back in stock and the answer to that is "it won't" - it's being upgraded to a new version with more bitz! The old one had six weapons arranged to allow 216 possible combinations. The new one will allow for a thousand!
The bits aren't on a sprue yet but here they are laid out for you to ogle:
Others have been asking after the truck extension kit. It's coming back soon too - I just want to make sure the new version includes all the relevant parts to fit with the new truck kit:
It pairs with the (soon to be reissued) truck extension kit like this:
So now wheels have been cast, the chassis and axles are ready, the cabin needs a few more rivets, and wait - we need some crew right? Weapons would be a good shout too, I expect.
Here's the first cast from the mould. It needed a few tweaks and a certain prat forgot to remove the pedal masters from the driver's feet before pouring in resin but not bad overall!
I'm pleased that the fine details of the weapons survived:
If you want to replace them with something more post apocalyptic I'm sure you won't struggle. Personally I'm rather fond of the M60 and M202 FLASH (which would in no way be safe to mount on a vehicle like this!). I feel like I'm getting better at tweaking weapon proportions to match heroic scale - in the past I've found it difficult to stray from the real world proportions.
2016/07/19 13:19:56
Subject: Fox Box :: July 2016 - Trucks need crew, right?
Back in 2010 The Unnamed Gorkamorka Site released a Halloween scenario featuring “Da Monster” drawn by Clayton Tait. Well YakTribe had a contest a little while back with the theme “It came from the…” and I felt like having a bash at this sculpt would be a fun challenge. It’s taken a while to get it cleared for commercial release but now we’re good to go!
As you can see in the comparison photos – this guy is big. He can easily go toe-to-toe with a Games Workshop Ork warboss and uses a similar 40mm base:
Here's a spinny video thingy of him:
adamsouza wrote: Just discovered this thread, and your site. Great stuff !!
Just curious, any chance of you selling just the drivers and heavy weapons separate from the vehicle ?
That driver and gunner, and those heavy weapons, would look at home on my scratch built vehicles.
I'd like to eventually but it's a fairly low priority at the moment as there's a pretty big backlog of things to get released at the mo'! I'll get there eventually
2016/10/17 10:14:04
Subject: Re:Fox Box :: October 2016 - Orc Blackthumb Tools, Create-a-Shoota V2, and Frankenork! (page 5)
I was putting these together for something else and Kiblams suggested I cast them as they are as well. I trust him so here they are!
From left to right: Capped oil displacement spray Oil can Open-style toolbox Barn-style toolbox Pack o’ smokes Blowtorch Pipewrench Tube of gunk A mallet or lump hammer
Right-o, sale time! You've got until the end of Halloween to use the code to get 25% off our own products (as opposed to plastic bitz). Which ones are they? These ones:
http://fox-box.co.uk/product-category/fox-box/
Time to get back to working on my costume!
2016/10/24 13:55:29
Subject: Re:Fox Box :: October 2016 - Halloween sale (page 5)
Something a bit different today - a new thing that we're selling.
Some of you may have seen these around - well now they're available.
To buy.
You know, with money.
They're made of acrylic, lasers are used to make 'em (always a good selling point), and they look damned cool when they're assembled.
The missus tries to keep my priorities straight when it comes to working on things but I'm a slippery one sometimes. I'll have fobbed her off in October with "Nah, that can wait" or something and so November became a bit of a mad scramble to get this guy finished:
There's a short video of me showing off the kit and how it fits together too:
Last thing - posting dates. With Christmas coming up the Royal Mail has cut-off times for getting things delivered. After a certain point stuff basically won't arrive until the first week of January.
So if you want things to arrive before then here's the deal:
I'll be taking a break from 16th December to ~3rd January.
As the end credits of Love Actually roll and I stubbornly refuse to remove my paper hat from dinner it occurs to me that it's probably time to announce our second Foxing Day sale. Instead of a voucher code this time we're sticking a load of discounts on things for Boxing Day.
It runs from, erm, now, until the end of boxing day (UK time, so 23:59 UTC 27/12).
I've been brushing up on my styrene skills and in between working on other things and a commission I've found the time to add a bit of polish and an extra design to our old Orc Revolver set.
Here it is on a GW Ork Boy for size comparison:
I've not got a painted one to update the product image with so this silliness will have to do for now:
I made one of these for another project and couldn't resist turning them into a full set. Now to figure out how best to strap a load of them to my next vehicle build...
We don’t go on many holidays and they’re rarely anywhere glamorous. This time we’re heading to Wales to visit my parents. I know, that Instagram life I lead. Anyway, my folks always ask how things are going with the business and it’d be nice to be able to have a good moan about all the work I’m going to need to do when we get back!
As the graphic below says the code to put in at checkout is “eggthingy2017”. Mmmm eggs…
We run JigoShop as our ecommerce solution and have done since it was a fairly new bit of software. A little while back, a few months, something like that, they finally hit version 2.0. I don’t make a habit of upgrading production software until it’s been out a while just in case there’s some show-stopping bugs that haven’t been found yet.
So when we get back from our holiday I’ll be tinkering with the software and doing my best to make sure everything is running smoothly. This could take a few hours, or it could take days. I have no idea – that’s one of the reasons I’ve been putting off doing it!
I’ll also be revising our postage costs slightly as it’s now a new financial year and that means the Royal Mail have once again raised their prices. One more reason to get orders in before the sale ends!
Now if only I could convince someone to buy me a chocolate egg. It’s been bloody years!
2017/05/17 17:26:08
Subject: Fox Box :: May 2017 - Tiny Tanks at ChillCon - Sheffield, May 27th (Page 5)
Some of you might have been following this project on our Facebook page and have seen some of the fun setbacks we ran into but to others this'll be all new. It's going to be on our site within a month but until then the only way to get it is to be at ChillCon 2017 in Sheffield at the end of May.
There's also a YouTube video of it on a turntable:
found it^^
