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After Yakface's suggestion I've decided to make a general thread for the releases by Troll Forged Miniatures.

First off are the new Red Guard Great Coats by our very own Icesword.


With the release of the Codex Imperial Guard coming up (it's not out yet right?) some players might be interested in some alternative to the Cadian or Death Korps models we've been seeing so much. To me they kind of have this Imperial Army (pre Heresy) vibe when comparing to some of the artwork for it. With some converting they would also make great Vostroyans I think!

You can order them here!

Their guns look like crap but other than that they look okay.

The rifles you mean? I agree that the pistol isn't the greatest in the universe but the rifles look pretty decent to me. Besides, they come separate so you could always add other ones to them if you wish.

How many parts per model?

yeah i'd love some pics of the kit... althoguh shipping for anythign les than 20 might be pointless for me... might end up haivng to fidn some good gas maskheads

BrookM wrote:How many parts per model?

If I'm not mistaken the rifles come separate, otherwise they are one piece models. However the bodies are quite convertible.

I'll come back on that!

i wtinking about the heads, i was hoping i coudl easily add some westwind gasmask heads from the SOTR stuff

The heads could easily be cut off, you could then add the westwind heads. You might also want to check this out, it's a greatcoat body (different type) which might be more appealing?

Malika2 wrote:The heads could easily be cut off, you could then add the westwind heads. You might also want to check this out, it's a greatcoat body (different type) which might be more appealing?

perfect! i've never sen those before, i must be blind thanks mate

Nice figures, do you have a Cadian knocking around for size comparison?

Also I recommend you produce them with separate heads, I think you will increase your customer base this way.

Some separate balaclava, turban and fez heads would look good on these guys too.

Overall, good work.

I have been talking about that with Icesword, he seems to dislike multipart kits. One reason is that most multipart kits all end up having the same poses or have odd poses/proportions, another one might have to do with the casting process. However, separate heads might be something that will be done in the future.

I'm glad you're thinking about it. It seems to me that a seperate head 'sprue' wouldn't be much harder to produce than single piece models, he's already (wisely) doing seperate weapons. There's already a thriving seperate head market and these guys would fit right in.

I've told them that a while ago, but I think Troll Forged wish to do more than just offer extra heads and loose bits like many of these companies primarily seem to run on.

However, I do think that it would be a wise thing to be economically.

Comparison shot:



And the next lot, separate heads have been taken into account. I've asked TF is he want to chop the greatcoats up and make new molds with a separate head sprue.

Good work. Could I also reccomend a kneeling torso/legs for heavy weapon use.

I actually tink htese are somewhere in between Pretty Good and Rocks!

This is very handy. If I was looking for another Guard company, I would definitely use these as a starting point.

I don't want to get too involved with discussion here but people can check out my WIP thread and see whats happening. These are the first of 10 'grunt/unit fillers', hence the single piece (no need to put together lots of multipart) Armoured versions and gas masks are in the pipeline.

These scale up with GW plastics, and I figure if anyone wanted to buy them they'd be replacing the rifles/weapons with GW stuff anyway. And using pig iron heads until we get some head options organised.

Daemon teaser:


Any opinions and suggestions are more than welcome!

The spine of the Daemon looks a little Nidy to me.
I quite like the guard models though,good work IceSword.\
I really love the great coat commander.

Giger was an influence on the daemon. The Nids were inspired by the Alien Xenomorph which is Giger.

Well at any rate it looks ok,I would like to see it completed.

I personally like that teaser model a lot. It looks cool.

Small update on the daemon:

Small update on the daemon:



ENJOY!

Now that the daemon is taking shape I am starting to like it,an unfortunate side affect of this has also been that I now hear voices,"Quiet all of you,I am trying to post!!!"

@Malika2 are the red guard's arm really long or are my eyes playing tricks on me ><

Deff Dread red Edition wrote:Now that the daemon is taking shape I am starting to like it,an unfortunate side affect of this has also been that I now hear voices,"Quiet all of you,I am trying to post!!!"

Compare it to the old daemons he used to make about a year ago: LINK.


@LunaHound: I'm not sure, I think they are a tiny bit on the long side, but not that extreme. I also think it's the picture perhaps.

seems like a cool model, though the horns look a touch to long for my taste

Infinitely better than the old ones. Nice to see HT improving!