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Considering the microphone, goggles give it a much more "pilot" feel. Looks great!

 Absolutionis wrote:
Considering the microphone, goggles give it a much more "pilot" feel. Looks great!

It's based on old Russian padded tanker helmets, which also had mikes and goggles (though not in that style, which is more modern).
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Steve, you also need to put the goggle strap outside the helmet. Perhaps if you model it as a pair of short elastic straps that clip to the nearest protrusions on the earcups, rather than as a single long strap that loops around behind as would be usual? That would avoid disrupting the helmet's lines whilst still having enough length for the goggles to be plausibly lifted up to the brow.

I may use these for my Ultramar PDF. Been looking for something that is better looking than Cadians to represent them.

Loving the tanker helmet. Keep the goggles they look sweet.

 Construct wrote:
Perhaps if you model it as a pair of short elastic straps that clip to the nearest protrusions on the earcups, rather than as a single long strap that loops around behind as would be usual? That would avoid disrupting the helmet's lines whilst still having enough length for the goggles to be plausibly lifted up to the brow.

What are you a mind reader? This is brilliant, the obvious lack a strap on the goggles was because it looked silly going around the outside of the head. That's solid input, thanks!


Thanks to everyone for the feedback so far. There are plans for a modern tanker head in the next month or so, as well. I'm still entertaining other ideas for bits as I move forward with things. Feel free to make reasonable suggestions.

-Steve

Steve, any plans to expand the 15mm range as well?

@coyotius: No immediate plans, though it always remains a possibility. My Harook line has been put on hold indefinitely since the sculptor is only doing work now for a few select companies. Apart from that, 15mm will have to take a back seat to what I'm doing now with 28mm stuff.

Thanks for your interest!

-Steve

Woot! My package arrived.

Parts came out looking great, he has the scale nailed very well and the casting has gotten even better on this last batch. Other than being clipped off the sprue these are how they arrived and have had no additional cleaning. The only small critique I have is to make the sprue attachment point a little longer as it was a bit tight to get the clippers into.

Pics for scale reference.










Awesome work as usual


So far this sums up my experiences with their products:

Oh, that's nice. They're definitely the right size for both Cadians and Scouts. Do you happen to have a Marine body handy you could show one up with? I'm guessing they'd be a bit small, but within acceptable parameters?

They are pretty undersized for marines. If you are aiming for a look more along the lines of the cover art where the power armor suit is huge and the head is somewhat small then they'd work pretty well provide you fill the recess in the neck.

That is the size that the heads should be! Heck, I think you could fit a helmet over that...

Yeah i'd say that looks totally acceptable! not every marine is exactly the same, there are differences in stature weight etc. so using these heads (as I plan to do) on marines will look pretty damn cool imo! :-) I'm currently trying to get some bodies together in preparation for my package to arrive, then it's onto the bare head-O-rama painting!

New rifles and head set should hopefully be up for sale next weekend. Pics ASAP.

In the meantime here's a new preview of our classic tanker head set. These will be part of the next wave, due out in January:



-Steve

I saw on another forum you where discussing arms, are you going to be matching human heroic scale exactly or are you heading more towards FW scale which is IMO the perfect balance between realistic and heroic scale (I'm thinking in paritcular Elyisans, DKoK and Renegade arms)

Also with you arms come without shoulder pads?, I flipping hate the shoulder pads Cadians sport, here's hoping the arms come with variations (elbow pads etc.)

Just an idea for the future sticking with guard would be torso's based off modern armour with bit's to further customise (additional armour, ammo pounches etc)

@EchoJ7: Any bits now, and in the future, will be heroic scale.

The first arm set will not have shoulder pads and will most likely be modeled with just a grip and a stock. This will allow for folks to easily insert any weapon they like.

Torsos are in the works, so are legs. The style you speak of is certainly possible, I just need to do some fine tuning to the concept before I launch them.

-Steve

Any chance of IG arms? No weapons, just arms so we could put our weapons of choice? Maybe a set of rifle arms and a set of hand to hand arms. With a couple of at ease, smoking, drinking carrying arms? Or even IG shoulder pads?

@Javin: Umm...read my last post dude

 mad robot wrote:
@Javin: Umm...read my last post dude

He spammed that post in every human bitz maker thread

Anyways great work going on I must say

 mad robot wrote:
Our next wave of releases will be in a few weeks; 2 different rifles and out Colonial Defense Heads.

Here is a WIP preview of an upcoming release...



The mic is being repositioned to come out of the ear cup along the outside. Still considering goggles or no goggles...any thoughts?

-Steve

Ooo Russian tankers.

I will admit I did spam that. I am very excited that you are working on those arms.

Javin wrote:
I will admit I did spam that.

Admitting you have a problem if the first step to recovery...LOL

Yep, I'm thinking those arms will get some major attention next month.

-Steve

I did not know you were posting on here as well that will keep me in the loop even more so now, subbed just to make sure I don't miss anything.

I can vouch and say that these heads are some of the best on the market, trust me I have bought from most companies that produce heads.

The character on these are great and casting is pretty dam clean, I just cant wait to get my next batch of heads

When are these rifles released then

Well I spent all morning for about 4 hours doing some yard work to get the 'ol Nerdington Manor looking fantastic while I was trimming the roses in the front yard I saw a black car with black tinted windows roll slowly down my street veering onto the wrong side of the road as it slowly approached my abode fearing an attempt on my life i made myself really thin by sucking in my gut and standing behind a rose bush but I needn't have worried! it was just my friendly postal package lady (who i think i opened the door to one day after night shift with no pants on.....at all) .... anyway she handed me a box and then went slowly back down the street with dope smoke billowing from the cracked windows and the boom of subwoofers blasting out from the back with Ice Cube!...... o.k maybe not that last sentence I took my little box inside hurriedly to open and was happy to see it was from MadRobot miniatures I ordered two sets of heads to see what they're like!

here's the box!


inside was a couple of small zip bags hand wrapped lovingly by Steve and placed carefully as if he was putting a baby to sleep in a crib!


close up of the bald heads in their clear transport pod!


and here they are washed and out in the sunshine! really nicely done I may add! no flashing, crisp details with no soft looking areas and arrived undamaged!


Well, I simply couldn't wait to get a moist brush onto these baldy's so i started them and i was pleased to notice as i painted that they are all pretty standard bare heads but they each have subtle differences in expression and appearance which is nice, i may have liked to see a grimace, shout or sneer in the mix but i'm not complaining as it just means Steve can do the expression heads later for me to buy..... right Steve?

here's the start of my painting of them, i'll post a finished shot when they're all done next week for you.


hope this shows you how nicely his products are (and they arrived quickly too!!)

Cheers

Damian

Thanks Damian! It's nice to see that the packaging is holding up to overseas shipping

Consider "Bald Heads set 2" on the list, chock full of sneers, snarls, and screams

-Steve

Nice to see the quality is continuing and the detail crisp again

I just wish I could get mine

Russian Tanker heads look ace, right up my street.

Ordered mine the other day with thought of doing some old school Scouts. Ordered there from Steve and some scouts from a local GW stockist.

The heads arrived a few days later and am STILL waiting on my scouts!!

How the hell are you sending these to the UK so fast? By Thunderhawk?

Brilliant clean sculpts. Looking forward to next lot!

WholeHazelNuts wrote:
How the hell are you sending these to the UK so fast? By Thunderhawk?

LOL...I wish I had a tried and true way to accomplish that every time.

Thanks for helping support Mad Robot, I sincerely appreciate your business!

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
Thanks Damian! It's nice to see that the packaging is holding up to overseas shipping

Consider "Bald Heads set 2" on the list, chock full of sneers, snarls, and screams

-Steve

Well, that's my christmas wish answered already then! thanks steve that's great news and you've already secured another sale from me when they hit! I'll grab a bunch and give them to my nerd friends as awesome gifts!

Damo

Hi again Steve and loyal MadRobot fans! I finished the Bare heads i got recently and popped one in one of my Terminators painted up to look like me so here they are all done and what one looks like all armoured up and looking awesome! these heads are some of my favorites i've found! thanks Steve!




and in Terminator armour I apparently look like this!


I hope this convinces more people to buy these heads? they really are nicely done and for the price I seriously couldn't recommend them enough!

NF09 Damo