Joel, after looking at your sniper supression team some more, the snipers arn't really in a sniper kind of pose. I'd expect them to be prone or in a braced crouching position.

The thing is that ultimately, they're toy soldiers, and simply representative of individuals in action. These figures will work quite well as they can look over walls, rooftops, etc etc.

 Newabortion wrote:
Joel, after looking at your sniper supression team some more, the snipers arn't really in a sniper kind of pose. I'd expect them to be prone or in a braced crouching position.

Imagine trying to fire a 50.CAL from the hip.. Impossible right?

Now put on a suit of powered Exo-Armour which weights as much as a small car.

Spread your legs out and proceed to fire your 50. CAL with one hand, with no loss of accuracy.



In real life - I just build this kit up as an option with my vanguard rifle arms, so they were not designed specifically to be "snipers" more like a heavy rifle/machine gun team which has accurate sniper cannons.

At some point I will make some black ops snipers in the proper position, with cloaks/netting etc etc.

Cheers,

Joel

And those cyborgs are just what I needed for my AdMech guys.

I will be ordering some pretty soon.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 Newabortion wrote:
Joel, after looking at your sniper supression team some more, the snipers arn't really in a sniper kind of pose. I'd expect them to be prone or in a braced crouching position.

Imagine trying to fire a 50.CAL from the hip.. Impossible right?

Not really
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Vrvh7qeGA

This isn't regarding these specific models, but I have to say I've had nothing but good dealings with the Anvil team. Great content, super-easy when the rare issue arises. Up there with Secret Weapon.

thanks for the respond on my marine i am planing to make more along the way and possibly for once get my lazy arse to paint though first i need to make a kill team of them and figure out how il damn copy this zogging basterd (its the head that i am having problems with)



also joel it aint a a shotgun but a c-14 impailer gauss rifle in other word a big rappid fireing nailgun but anyways what matter also damit anvil why you allways have to bring in new stuff i love when i think i got what in need allready

A request when you make your Black Ops command team I'd like to ask for is 1 (or 2 ) left arms that would hold onto the forgrips

Hmm, that's a good idea! ^^ I second it.

So when will the new Miniatures of the North stuff be out?

No specific eta at the moment, Joel will have an idea in the coming weeks I suspect.

@Deadairis - Thanks very much for your feedback! Im glad we've met your high expectations

@Emperor Bacon - You'll be pleased to know there will be no major new product for the next month or so while we sort out a few business admin tasks! So you can get everything painted.

@Newabortion and Commander cain - Noted - foregrip hands will be included in one or both of the veteran and command teams.

@Malika - as Icesword says,- current not sure, I just need to fit in the mould making for some of it, but we have a stupid amount of work to do at the moment so I cant give a date just yet.


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We are back from an absolutely amazing SALUTE 2013 - we had a blast, met some awesome people, saw some awesome wargames and we even still have some items in stock!

Im pleased to announce that both our Show releases are now available on the website -

First up the Black Ops ALPHA STRIKE. Five Battle hardened Veterans armed with the devestating Multi-Part Lance Carbine weapon.

There is also an option to equip the squad with Black Ops Rifles/Carbines, or with 5x Ion Rifle or Fusion Cannon to provide other support squad types.

The bodies and some of the heads are all new sculpts, In particular the Sergeant has a decorative helmet option and raised armoured collar. and one trooper is well wrapped in ammo belts!




Next up we have the first major Regiments release - The A.R.C Cybernetic Infantry Units.

You can get a Fireteam, Sniper Team, 10 man squad with energy Weapon or 30 man Platoon with three Energy Weapons.

Every regular trooper comes with a choice of two heads - Fleshy/Respirator or Metal Skull, and a choice of any of the regiments guns - Laser and Solid shot rifles, shotgun or the Firestorm Carbine.


I will be adding Command and Heavy support elements next.


Example Squad with Combat shotguns and Flamer Thrower Drone.


A better photo of the Energy Weapon Drones - Flame Thrower, Fusion Cannon and Ion Rifle.

And again the scale comparison photo -



These new A.R.C figures are available in the store here - http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=108_112

I hope you guys like these new figures.

With the exception of a few Work in Progress products (Regiments bare and fatigue arms, black ops arms and legs) I will be taking a break from sculpting new product for the next month or so, to focus on a lot of business development, organisation and admin. Its all really boring stuff, but its important for the future growth of the company.
I plan to be back to "business as usual" with the release schedule from the end of May.

Cheers,

Joel

Though the news of no new stuff for ages is grinding in my ears and my tears are watering since I've yet not seen any robed regiments sized minis, I must say these look really good - once again you have made some truely amazing miniatures.
If buying the regular troopers ie no special weapon, which part do they come in - says multipart in the description, but what does that mean? 2heads/arms/torso/legs/weapon ? or are the arms precast on the torsos?

 Manus wrote:
Though the news of no new stuff for ages is grinding in my ears and my tears are watering since I've yet not seen any robed regiments sized minis, I must say these look really good - once again you have made some truely amazing miniatures.
If buying the regular troopers ie no special weapon, which part do they come in - says multipart in the description, but what does that mean? 2heads/arms/torso/legs/weapon ? or are the arms precast on the torsos?

Apologies for the planned lack of new product, but it does mean that when I do start sculpting again, I will be able to produce far more product than currently as we will have the infrastructure in place to support a larger product range!

Im glad you like the ARC-

Multi part means heads/ Arms/stock and torso as one peice - gun glues in to hands, legs.

Having the arms pre-cast is SO much easier for both casting and assembly, so Ill be doing that for most of the Regiments range.

Robed/hooded/partially human versions are next, along with the ARC heavy weapons platforms.

Cheers,

Joel

Cheers Joel - looking forward to you next minis already.

I'm a bit slow it seems, hard day at work! Does the above mean the arms come separately or cast on the body already?

Its not actually all that clear is it..

The arms and torso are cast as one single peice, so you cut the pistol grip and stock off the regiments weapon and it drops neatly into place.

The arms are available separately and the torsos will be also at some point.

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The current 5th photo in the GW Flickr pool features some Anvil Industry Robed Legs, Medieval Robed Torsos and a Winged Predator Helmet, Check it out before its brutally censored by the Inquisition.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/gamesworkshop/pool/


NEW STUFF-

The separate Vanguard (Black Ops) Style Legs are now available to purchase separately - Static and Running Sets plus a Kneeling pair.








Available here-

http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=77_96

The Vanguard Rifle Arms are also available with a photo coming soon. (They are the same style as the Black Ops but minus the shoulder pad).

Cheers,

Joel

Thanks JOel - that cleared everythng up.

No problem!

And one more -

The Black Ops Suppression Team is now available with the M88 "Negotiator" Anti-materiel Rifle!



http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=77_107&product_id=284

Cheers,

Joel

Robed/hooded/partially human versions are next, along with the ARC heavy weapons platforms.

Great news! Looking forward very much to seeing these

Do these armored troopers stand taller than a certain other companies power armored troopers?

I.e., are they 'true scale' like in their height?

Apologies if this has been asked and answered (and scale pictures already shown?) already - I'm just a bit late to the game here, so any and all help will be greatly appreciated!

They are the same height

Thanks Newabortion,

@Alpharius,

I cant post scale photos myself - IP Issues.. but other people can and have - This will be usefull -

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/30/457645.page#5498801

Cheers,

Joel

My Cromantians arrived yesterday, and I must say that they're great quality and really good sculpts, Good job Guise.

Got my newest order in yesterday. Stuff showing up from england within 8 days (not business days) of ordering is insane.

Oh, and the casts are awesome like normal

Thanks very much guys, Glad you like the product! Though credit for the MOTN range goes to Icesword whom I know keeps and eye on this thread! More of his stuff coming out soon!

Hulksmash - Yep 8 days ish is how long its meant to take and the majority of orders take 7-10 days, but it can be anywhere from 5 days to a month on occasion, a bit tempermental.
We should sort out a US distributor!

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Generally - Sorry for being very quite since Salute! We are currently in a process of reorganising the business and getting a lot of essential admin out of the way.

From the end of this month I expect to be back to working on new products full time and have lots of new stuff planned!

At the moment I'm thinking about bringing the Anvil Rules set/Game system forward, starting work on it over summer, with the aim of having the Beta rules and half a dozen units for the first two factions ready by the end of the year.. Possibly with a kickstarter to fund further development.

Bare and fatigues rifle arms for the regiments guns - for those of you waiting on these, they are 100% NEXT.

Cheers,

Joel

Man these are some great mini's!!

An Anvil Industries kickstarter? My wallet groans!

 Commander Cain wrote:
An Anvil Industries kickstarter? My wallet groans!

You can fund the whole thing if you like-
Ill create a £1,000,000 pledge, for which I will travel to your house anywhere in the world, sit down with you for a few days working out your own ideal wargame, background, rules set, factions and miniatures, then I will come home, work tirelessly for several years to make a single fully assembled and painted copy of the game which I will hand deliver, and then retire from wargaming forever.

Alternatively if 5000 people pledge a couple of hundred quid each, Ill make an awesome sci-fi wargame for everyone!

I have to say I really like those cyborg skeleton dudes. I need to find a way to include them in my ork army.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:
An Anvil Industries kickstarter? My wallet groans!

You can fund the whole thing if you like-
Ill create a £1,000,000 pledge, for which I will travel to your house anywhere in the world, sit down with you for a few days working out your own ideal wargame, background, rules set, factions and miniatures, then I will come home, work tirelessly for several years to make a single fully assembled and painted copy of the game which I will hand deliver, and then retire from wargaming forever.

Alternatively if 5000 people pledge a couple of hundred quid each, Ill make an awesome sci-fi wargame for everyone!

Where do I sign up?

No black ops command team then?

 Commander Cain wrote:

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 Commander Cain wrote:
An Anvil Industries kickstarter? My wallet groans!

You can fund the whole thing if you like-
Ill create a £1,000,000 pledge, for which I will travel to your house anywhere in the world, sit down with you for a few days working out your own ideal wargame, background, rules set, factions and miniatures, then I will come home, work tirelessly for several years to make a single fully assembled and painted copy of the game which I will hand deliver, and then retire from wargaming forever.

Alternatively if 5000 people pledge a couple of hundred quid each, Ill make an awesome sci-fi wargame for everyone!

Where do I sign up?

hell. For an Anvil-verse kickstarter i'd donate 6h/w of my time for writing and graphics production. (paid in fiiiine anvil resin)

Any chance that the Black Ops arms will be sold as a set ? I'd love some of those missile arms for some conversions.
Nephilim

@Nephilim: You can already buy the BLACK OPS arms separatedly, thou they're not the missile launcher ones, as the right arm is one piece with the launcher:
http://www.anvilindustry.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&path=77_97&product_id=298

Recieved today my Alpha Strike Team!! Great quality as usual!!
And i also got the BLACK OPS arms and legs! Will use them to bulk up my Suppression Teams

The quality of the Lance Carabines is fab, as is their modularity!! Great idea with the possibility to add magnets!
Will only use the flame and melta option...but painting up also the other ones might not hurt!

And also a nice present in form of some nice bits!!! Thanks for those,will most certainly be used!!

 xcasex wrote:


hell. For an Anvil-verse kickstarter i'd donate 6h/w of my time for writing and graphics production. (paid in fiiiine anvil resin)

Resin works for me, but if we are doing a kickstarter we are probably talking brand new plastic kits...

glad you guys are as enthusiastic as I am! Just need to find 6 months of my life to put aside to work on the background, rules set and miniature concepts, then Kickstart the manufacture and distribution.

Realistically this project is months away though, We are currently in the middle of reorganising the company and figuring out how best to direct our resources to creating awesome new Wargaming products, I hope to have a clearer idea in a couple of months of the direction we are taking the company in.

@Miniholic - glad you like the products!

@Nephilim - Yep Miniholic linked to the rifle arms, the heavy weapons arms are only supplied with the respective Heavy Weapons Im afraid.

@Newabortion - what gave you that idea? The Black Ops range is part of one of the factions in my planned wargames, so they will certainly have the remaining elements, including a command team, added to them at some point!


Cheers Guys!

Joel

Still waiting for the ARC torso's and heads to be sold seperately

Wait. Plastic? Ooh this sounds expensive for me! Would we be talking injection moulded plastic? If so I think there is someone doing a kickstarter who is stationed in England and already owns a decent sized company for doing that kind of stuff, might be worth checking them out to see if they want to partner up.

In other news I used some Anvil pads on some termies, they worked perfectly!

@Hulk Smash - No time to get photos at the moment, but we will sort it out at some point. If you want them soonish PM me with how many sets you want and I can figure a price out as a direct sale.

 Commander Cain wrote:
Wait. Plastic? Ooh this sounds expensive for me! Would we be talking injection moulded plastic? If so I think there is someone doing a kickstarter who is stationed in England and already owns a decent sized company for doing that kind of stuff, might be worth checking them out to see if they want to partner up.

Way ahead of you, Ive actually spoken to Rhys from that KS previously about some different stuff, and PM'ed him as soon as I read through his thread.. we will see what comes back!
And yes, Injection Moulded Kits, Im not 100% sold on the idea as the quality you can get with a kit designed for resin casting is a huge improvment over plastics, but I know a lot of people prefer plastic kits due to the easy of use, Its somthing we need to think carefully about, and it could only be part of a Kickstarter because we just dont have the cash to pay for moulds up front!

Nice Mini by the way!

Joel

I should of said "no black ops command team( in the near future)"
I want to buy a black ops platoon deal, but the lack poseable arms and legs make it difficult to create a command team.
A few options I'd enjoy in the command team
Shotgun options
Riotshield options
Hands to grip the forgrips
medical pouches
a few different left or right hand poses for a variety of hand signals.

Its a wish list I know.
One question I have is when you create the Vanguard toros separately will you have an option like the platoon deal where you can buy all your Vanguard arms/legs/weapons/heads in one place? If so will the price go up, down, or stay the same?

I am all about plastics for the regular line troops. I think your regular steam knights are a great candidate for plastics. Models like the Black Ops should probably stay resin.

One of my packages just arrived. I'm really excited about getting to work on these guys!
I really like the flame thrower and the fusion cannon!

Here's my Desert Insurgent sculpts - right now I'm sure Joel will agree were not sure how MOTN will fit into the longer term Anvil plans, we'll just need to wait and see as Anvil expands and progresses in greatness.

If MOTN can't find a space in the Anvil schedule we can just cross that bridge when we come to it, for now I'm grateful to Joel for running with MOTN so far!

Separate heads and rifles, same set up and scale as the existing MOTN range.

Looking good! Really nice poses on all 5 and the extra details are a great touch.

Liking those a lot - would fit in well as an Operative Cell...

Tallarn stand ins? could work! lovely models though and with all those folds on the robes you could do some awesome paint!

Looks awesome. I wish I had cash so I could build a small squad of them. Reminds me of my Short Story characters (the jackals, similar to exo-lords, but universe spanning)

I've just finshed my attack bike fitted with Anvil weapons. Twin Excorcist Carbines instead of bolters, and dual Railguns for some serious armour penetration!

Looking for a game designer, Joel?

http://serpentking.com/?page_id=2

Some really lovely stuff in this thread, and Joel's a pleasure to buy from.

 IceSword wrote:
Here's my Desert Insurgent sculpts - right now I'm sure Joel will agree were not sure how MOTN will fit into the longer term Anvil plans, we'll just need to wait and see as Anvil expands and progresses in greatness.

If MOTN can't find a space in the Anvil schedule we can just cross that bridge when we come to it, for now I'm grateful to Joel for running with MOTN so far!

I really hope something can be worked out about this. I'm very keen indeed on the robed figures from a few pages back (as both Icesword and Anvil's Hammer will know ), and would dearly love to be able to purchase some.

Cheers everyone!

@Newabortion - There will definately be a medic figure, Ill try and include some foregrip/shotgun options. Riot shield and hand options are somthing I need to think about.

The separate Vanguard (black ops) parts are just made available for conversion use, I will not be offering any kind of "bulk deal" because its just not affordable for us to offer multi peice miniatures, and they are also just not as good as models with fewer parts, which can have much more dynamic and interesting poses.

@SickSix - We need to sell a lot of something for it to be worth doing in plastic! The Black Ops range would be a contender for that, while the regular Exo-Lords we dont sell enough to ever justify it. Plastics are realistically still a long way off yet though, Ive a lot of resin stuff to work on in the short term.

@Skoda - Awesome! Thanks for that photo, Im glad you like the A.R.C Drones!

MOTN Desert Troopers- they look great! Still trying to find time to get the Tox Troopers cast up, but im sure we can fit these guys in as well!

@Mr P - Looking good! the Railguns work nicely on the rail! Ultra Fast tank hunter, I like it!

@Ian Sturrock - At some point yes! I have lots of my own ideas but I wont be doing it all myself! Im hoping to start the wargame project off in 3-6 months time, slow burning at first. Im hopefully opening a small new gaming club in East London soon which will give me a great place to test different rules sets out!



Apologies for near total lack of updates and new miniatures recently, Charlie and I are in the middle of sorting out a lot of boring business admin, but Ill be back to working on new figures in a couple of weeks I hope, and I have big plans!

Cheers,

Joel

Well I finally have finished the great BLACK OPS squad I got!
Have to say that it was fun to paint those and am looking forward to the next squads of them ... while having to paint 2 Suppression squads and 1 ALPHA STRIKE squad!





Thanks for such great miniatures Joel!!

Damn Miniholic, those look good!

Yeah they do! Must be the background you use but they look like something you would find in one of the really old WD's..

What SickSix said, those are some rad looking not-marines miniholic! All stock anvil industry parts?

My Sons of Horus Sgt. PIP. Anvil torso, legs, tabbards.

 Mr P's Space-Mini's wrote:
I've just finshed my attack bike fitted with Anvil weapons. Twin Excorcist Carbines instead of bolters, and dual Railguns for some serious armour penetration!

Those guns look awesome!

@SickSix Thanks for that comp!
@Commander Cain: Thanks too! I'm impressed! The background and the overall feeling betrayed me?! You're a profiler?
@ph34r: Thanks too! The miniatures are, with the exception of the heads and basic weapons (from maxmini) and the obvious powerfist of the master chief, the full squad you get from Anvil Industry. Only one miniature was slightly converted, it's the one with the knife. I dremeled off the weapon which is already molded in, just to have a consistant weapon outload within the squad. I heavily converted all the weapons with the acessories you get from Anvil's armoury, like the scopes, PEQ, some short grenade launchers, magazines, foregrip and bipod. The shoulderpad I used for the powerfist arm is from Anvil too and fits without any probs.

 Commander Cain wrote:
Wait. Plastic? Ooh this sounds expensive for me! Would we be talking injection moulded plastic? If so I think there is someone doing a kickstarter who is stationed in England and already owns a decent sized company for doing that kind of stuff, might be worth checking them out to see if they want to partner up.

In other news I used some Anvil pads on some termies, they worked perfectly!

They look great. They're these ones? I wasn't sure about them, not having seen them on a model. I'll probably have to pick some up now - thanks a lot!

I certainly hope the MOTN stuff doesn't fall by the wayside. I'm hoping to get a bunch of that range as well, and having them in Anvil's resin will be ideal. I'd rather see them incorporated in some way into the future Anvil game as a faction/series of factions. - Similarly to how the historical companies often play nice with one another (Warlord Games selling Perry's 8th Army plastics, for example)

I was finally able to use the Firestorm Carbine's I received from Anvil Industries. Really impressed with them. They look amazing.

WOW! Great looking miniature there Skoda! The Firestorm Carabine fits perfectly!
Is that bionic arm also from Anvil Industry?

That's a great model. Is that a Sot3R head from West Wind?

@Miniholic Thank you, those are most certainly Anvil Industries bionic arms. I really like them, they're easy to use, look great, no flash, just amazing. And I feel they fit in with my Iron Warriors with the bionics. Also, your squad that was just posted looks great.
@Asazelx Yes they are, I'm not sure I like a lot of the heads in that line, but those ones are really cool. If I was doing loyalists I'd have to use the Pickelhaube heads for stormtroopers. But those eagles are too hard to remove.

The only regiments weapons I have not been able to work with are the shotguns, but those are on the way. So far I have loved working with every bit I have ordered from Anvil Industries. I have my Arc Drones assembled and primed, I have my last final today and after that I plan on airbrushing them and putting up a size comparison between them and some other miniatures, just for scale. I had to use the skull heads with the flame thrower drone, I love the image of a skull faced robot walking towards an enemy pouring fire onto everything.

 Azazelx wrote:

They look great. They're these ones? I wasn't sure about them, not having seen them on a model. I'll probably have to pick some up now - thanks a lot!

Indeed they are! I bought a single set of the other style as well so I will post them up when they are finished as well.

Really glad I saw these things before I went crazy on buying pre-Heresy stuff from Forge World. These don't entirely match the aesthetic and I do think the Forge World stuff looks a little nicer, but at about 1/2 to 2/3 the price (and not giving GW money is a nice bonus as well, although I like to pretend FW is different) I may just be able to do my PH Blood Angels after all. After, you know, I paint the small mountain of crap I already have.

Plus a miniatures company that sells rapid mold sticks? That's kinda classy.

I really like Anvils stuff, I have used the cyber arms on my troops. Sadly I ran out of cadian shoulder pads and no one makes anything similar. The pads really tie in the arms to the rest of the model. Time to hit ebay again.

@Miniholic - they look amazing!! really impressed! can you email me the original image files at full size by any chance? just for my personal use due to the presence of other peoples parts - If you make any up figures using just Anvil Parts, or with an option to assemble will all Anvil parts, Id be delighted to use the images in the product page on the website, really fantastic work!

@Centurion Painting - Thanks for that! Hes looking good!

@azazelx - Dont worry the MOTN stuff is not going anywhere anytime soon and the newer stuff will surface at some point!

@Skoda - He looks absolutely bad-ass! Nice job!

@Lansirill - Glad you like the range! I dont claim to compete with Forgeworlds sculptors but if Anvil gets big enough, I will hire some of them!

@Javin - Thanks! We are on a "new product break" at the moment but Ill be back on the new stuff soon, and Ill be doing a "generic" smooth armoured pad as well as some others, for the Regiments range. Apologys for it taking a while!


Its really great to see so many painted photos being put up, I hope to see pleanty more if anyone has any to share.

Cheers,

Joel

Such a comp by the man himself!
Sure, will send you pics latest tomorrow Joel. As i have twice the Suppression Team with Missile Launchers and once the Alpha Strike Team here with me your's the choice which one you want me to paint irst.
If you have any preferences just tell me. As I was going to paint the whole range of BLACK OPS for my Sharks, to be fielded as an army of it's own, I will leave off the decals, maybe you might accept nowadays US modern ones used discretly?

Good to hear you are still in the world of noncorp. things once i a while. I cannot wait to see what you'll bring out next in the reg.range.
Keep forgetting to post pics here of minis using Anvil parts, so here is a couple. First two using bionicarms and chainbayonets, the last two using, shoulderpads and various smaller bits.

 Manus wrote:

Can we get a parts breakdown on these?

They look like something I'd love to use as 'counts as' Spawn in my 40K Alpha Legion army...

Thanks!

Those are using the bitspudlo counts as terminator as the base. You can find that at bitsbox.eu and Anvil shoulder pads, as to the rest of it I have no idea.

I didn't know bitspudlo had a 'counts as' heavy armored future soldier thingie...

Off to check now - thanks!

Instead of writing a long post here in this thread, which I think should be primarily kept in Anvilind. lines, I'd instead point you to either my blog: http://forgemechanicus.blogspot.dk/ where they are listed as Defender Robots, or my own thread herehttp://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/512676.page

Outstanding work, Manus. I'll probably have to pick up the parts to do some of those myself, then end up letting them sit in a box unbuilt for a decade.. :x

Nice Conversions!

Im a big fan of Manus's Mechanicus Blog!

Just to let you all know - Me and Charlie are out of the country for a few days, so I wont have regular email access, and we will next ship out on Monday 13th, sorry for any inconvenience!

Cheers,

Joel

Joel, do you still have the top right or bottom right torsos available from this picture please?

Any chance of a link to them would be great, I just can't seem to find them on your site?

Equally, if you happen to have a sculpt coming that combines the "v neck" and stomach plate from bothof these variants, I'd be an incredibly happy man and I would quite literally be just throwing money at you

Thanks!

Hi Joel , its been a while since I bought a few Black Ops but I've finally built a few , sorry but I had to mix a few parts with GW stuff to match our existing force , however REALLY like how these came out.

I magnetised the arms on the shield guy so he could do duty duty as 'entry man' and as you envision him with the knife.

More to build and will have these painted by the end of the month !

Nice work. I really need to get hold of these guys at some soonish stage.

Hi Joel, will the visor heads be returning to the store at some point? Simon

Those Catachan heads look amazing on the black ops bodys

I'm not sure if anyone was wondering what the scale between the ARC Drones and other figures. I was, when I purchased them, so here is how they line up.

 Skoda wrote:
I'm not sure if anyone was wondering what the scale between the ARC Drones and other figures. I was, when I purchased them, so here is how they line up.

I was! Thanks for taking the time to post that up!

Agreed. Thanks for posting the scale pic!

Tru scale.

aaaaand we're back!

Long weekend in Berlin - Batteries fully recharged and ready to rock! Some exciting announcements pretty soon, but we'll get caught up with orders first!

@Kitch102 - They are temporarily unavailable because we need to remake the moulds and Ive not found the time to do it yet. They will be back fairly soon, along with the Medieval static legs which are similarly unavailable at the moment. Sorry for any inconvenience.
No plans for any new Torsos in the forseeable future, far too many other exciting projects planned!

@Big H - Thanks for the photos! They look great, no worries on the non Anvil Parts, I appreciate until I get my ass in gear and get a proper rules set and complete miniatures range out, people are going to be using my stuff in other game systems!
I look forward to the painted photos!

@Lavauran Guard - I will be remastering that component, so a similar version will be available. Unfortunately its not a priority at the moment and I cant give any indication of when I will get round to it.

@Skoda RE - A.R.C Scale.

Thanks for the scale reference, the drone miniatures, and the entire regiments range, will be 28mm "slightly heroic" so not quite as chunky as Cadians, closer to Forge Worlds human figures, but they come out roughly the same height as plastic cadians and similarly scaled figures.

Cheers,

Joel

Long weekend in Berlin - Batteries fully recharged and ready to rock! Some exciting announcements pretty soon, but we'll get caught up with orders first!

whut?... you could have mentioned that!... anyway...


started to talk my wife into allowing me to get my your bundle of 30 robots...she will eventually come to the right conclusion ... (she earns the money^^)

Hey Joel,

If I wanted a pack of left hands for regiments, can I order just those? I have many Cadian lasgun arms but would like to change up how they are held.

Hi Joel,

The medieval set of exo lord will be back?

I think the Medieval Exo-Lords should represent a different faction than the Black Ops Exo-Lords. Sort of a different Country (Planet?) both the "good" guys but maybe they don't see eye to eye. Medievals would stick ridgedly to traditions where the Black Ops would be no nonsense. They would be like Gondor and Rohan, they might help each other they might not, they might even fight if they had to.

Thanks Guys -

@Victor - We had a great time in Berlin, I was doing my best to NOT think about wargaming for a few days and just about succeeded! Good luck securing funds for your robot take over! Im hoping to expand the A.R.C range in the not to distant future.

@Javin - Not at the moment, but I hope to make them available at some point, its just finding the man hours to do everything!

@Livanbard - Im undecided - Basically we are VAT registered now, and I've not changed prices at all.
With most of the range this isnt a problem (so no need to panic buy guys!) but on the already discounted Exo-Lord kits it means we are not making enough money on them.

Its most likely the product will not return, but I will be designing new ranges of Exo-lords, similar to the Black Ops (fewer components) to replace them, which will include a medieval styled one.

@JeffJedi - Thanks for your suggestions - The current "medieval" Exo-Lords dont feature in the Anvil game system but the updated ones will do, They are most definately bad guys though and will be doing their level best to butcher any Black Ops squads they can find in the ruins of Earths old Mega Cities.

That said, the Black Op's are not the good guys either, there are not very many really "good" guys running around the Anvil back Story!

Cheers,

Joel

It's a shame the old Medieval parts won't be coming back. They were pretty nice. I'm glad I'd bought those legs when I did.

For anyone that's got 'em, how do the MOTN minis compare in size to the ARC Drones?

 Barzam wrote:
It's a shame the old Medieval parts won't be coming back. They were pretty nice. I'm glad I'd bought those legs when I did.

For anyone that's got 'em, how do the MOTN minis compare in size to the ARC Drones?

Woah... The PARTS will be available again really soon, we are remaking the moulds over the next few days for the medieval torso and Static Legs, its just the current "complete squad" deal which is being reviewed. Those medieval leg parts were a lot of work! I wont be getting rid of those any time soon.

The MOTN figures are a lot skinnier and have "normal human" proportions in their heads, arms, hands and feed etc, The A.R.C Drone are approx the same height but a bit more heroically proportioned, which means much larger feet/hands, wider and bulkier shoulders.
I will try and get some comparison photos up soon.

Cheers,

Joel

Congratulations on the move into the new premises – just spotted the announcement on Facebook.

Hey,

Thanks very much! Yes indeed, we have a brand new Anvil Studio right opposite our current unit, We need to take on packing/manufacturing/misc staff over the next couple of months so we needed more room!

An expanded manufacturing capability will remain where we are now, while the new unit will give us larger model making and painting areas, a proper office space and packing area and most importantly - room for several permanent gaming tables!

For anyone able to get to East London, I'm hoping to be able to put on some evening/weekend gaming events in a few months time when we are all sorted in the new space.

Joel

Joel , that is SOOOO unfair to the Northern Brits , you have to open offices north of Watford immediately !

where in east Laaaandaaaan

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 Barzam wrote:
It's a shame the old Medieval parts won't be coming back. They were pretty nice. I'm glad I'd bought those legs when I did.

For anyone that's got 'em, how do the MOTN minis compare in size to the ARC Drones?

Woah... The PARTS will be available again really soon, we are remaking the moulds over the next few days for the medieval torso and Static Legs, its just the current "complete squad" deal which is being reviewed. Those medieval leg parts were a lot of work! I wont be getting rid of those any time soon.

The MOTN figures are a lot skinnier and have "normal human" proportions in their heads, arms, hands and feed etc, The A.R.C Drone are approx the same height but a bit more heroically proportioned, which means much larger feet/hands, wider and bulkier shoulders.
I will try and get some comparison photos up soon.

Cheers,

Joel

Ah, okay. That was my misunderstanding then. Glad the parts aren't going away. Those parts have been quite useful to me. Did you say that you would be redesigning some of the heads down the road?

well might take longer to raise funds... but I really want your A.R.C.s... what are you planning to add to the fold then?...eager to know^^

@Big H - Our North Watford office is next in our expansion plan!

@Sgt. Roadkill - We are based in trinity Buoy Wharf, Which is between Canning Town and East India Tube/DLR Stations.

@Barzam - Yes some heads are in line for a resculpt, but absolutely not a priority for the foreseeable future, I want to make lots of other more exciting things, Tanks for example.

@Viktor - Not entirely sure yet, but some kind of heavy weapons units, some robot/human hybrids, command elements.
The A.R.C is a planned faction in my wargame, so Ill be adding to the range over time untill a whole army can be fielded.

Cheers,

Joel

Can't wait !

hmmm... that sounds truly nice!

Deleted - sorry, posted in the wrong thread.

I'm looking forward to seeing what your tanks look like!

Yeah, it's a real bummer about the medieval parts going away, I always wanted to get some for Heresy-era armor, or even as Thunder Warriors!

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Thanks Guys -

@Livanbard - Im undecided - Basically we are VAT registered now, and I've not changed prices at all.
With most of the range this isnt a problem (so no need to panic buy guys!) but on the already discounted Exo-Lord kits it means we are not making enough money on them.

Its most likely the product will not return, but I will be designing new ranges of Exo-lords, similar to the Black Ops (fewer components) to replace them, which will include a medieval styled one.

Well, at last i grabbed a set.

Tanks you say? Do tell.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
Yeah, it's a real bummer about the medieval parts going away,

They're coming back soon! Its only a temporary lack of availability!

@Mr P and Barzam - No information at this stage Im afraid! the project is a while away yet!

As soon as we can get the new studio sorted out, Im going to be switching back to full time product design/development, but even then I have a lifetimes worth of possible projects I want to work on, so no point my getting excited about models which may not be worked on till next year!

Cheers,

Joel

Any chance of Torsos with gorgets?

Joel you need to move on the regiment arms release mate competition is heating up Mad Robots are on the way, Maxmini's coming in a couple of weeks and Kromlech have some on the work bench.

I am still holding out to see yours

A character figure would interesting for the alpha-strike squad

 Jehan-reznor wrote:
A character figure would interesting for the alpha-strike squad

With all the bits available that seems easily done already.

Here is an example of a Black ops thats been character converted.





Please forgive the sloppy quick shade job.

Anvil said he was makeing a command team so that should have several poses suitable for any characters we want and need.

@medium of death

the "Vanguard" torso already has an armored gorget, its just not available right now, but will be again soon!

@LDD - The bare arms are almost ready, just need to mould them, and the fatigue arms will follow on shortly after that.


Black Ops character figures - Yep as Newabortion says, I will be creating a command squad with a few useful figures and option parts for this, you can also stick special/weapon arms from other manufacturers easily on at least one more more figures in each unit.

Black Ops character looks great by the way! I have some more painted photos people have sent me to put up soon.

I wish I had more stuff to show off of my own! Im really looking forward to getting back to new products!

Thanks for your patience guys!

Joel

Joel I will wait to see the result then

@Newabortion nice looking mini these are becoming really tempting must resist

Thanks LDD, I cant belive you havent bought any! Only thing I personally dont like about the models is the bodys and arms are one peice cast so its really difficult to mod them, one slip with the dremel and your buying a new model, paying for shipping, and waiting atleast a week for the replacement to arrive. If you dont customise your troops though they are fantastic. It might be Im spoiled by poseing IG figures too much.

Joel, could you post a picture of a black ops figure holding the SAW?

For example this guy


Holding this gun

@Newabortion The reason I have not bought any is I am very anti steroid induced space corps I have always been an underdog fan so super troopers have always been a no no.

However Joel's take on this idea has a slightly more realistic theme and the styling is more interesting to my taste, believe me if I had the funds available I would own some but I have to be careful with my buying at the moment.

Thats why I bought them, I'm very hard core in love with IG, but Joel put all the work into the models that I can buy that I was putting into converting my guard troops in my blog. When the realistic guard troops are made my Anvil then I'll switch back to guard, until then I'll be working on super human allies.

 Newabortion wrote:
Thats why I bought them, I'm very hard core in love with IG, but Joel put all the work into the models that I can buy that I was putting into converting my guard troops in my blog. When the realistic guard troops are made my Anvil then I'll switch back to guard, until then I'll be working on super human allies.

I totally agree I am thinking of uses these as Storm trooper stand in (I don't play so no issues ) I like the fact they are loaded out in equipment rather than a side pack and weapon only.

Once my mortgage is sorted I will be investing in a small squad for sure

@Newabortion - No problem, its attached below this.
If you want any spare bodies for dremelling away arms, I have a bunch of parts with air bubbles which could be easily repaired, remind me in the comments box and Ill send some out with your next order.
Otherwise, the Suppression teams are supplied with leg/torso bits with no arms attached as you've seen - easier for conversions!

The command team will hopefully not be too far away! Similarly the black Ops style human infantry are most definately on the "to do" list as soon as I can get round to them!

Cheers,

Joel

Hey guys. Apologies for the lack of updates recently!
I've been getting a bit of new stuff organised though.
Here is a quick photo of some regiments figures with the new bare human rifle arms.
Fatigued versions to follow shortly. These should be available soon along with the MOTN Tox troopers!

Cheers

Joel

So far so good and about time lol no they are on my to buy list

They look amazing. Great job! Can't wait for more regiment bits!

Wait until I just place an order why don't you?! Nice stuff though Joel, eager to recieve my ARC troops soon! (I'll need them for Gitsplitta's Mantis Warrior competition )

Just got my Black Ops Tactical Squad and an Autocannon Squad. These things are beautiful. They are everything Forgeworld should be. I can't recommend these enough.

I was about to place an order for 40 or so of a specific torso but... many of the options seem to be gone?

Or maybe I'm just missing them?



I can't find the torso on the top right anymore - the "medieval" torso, I think it was called?

And now that I seem them, I wouldn't mind a bunch of the ones that are on the bottom right too...

Hi Everyone,

thanks for the feedback! Glad you guys like the new arms and im certainly excited about expanding the regiments range!

@Alpharius,

They were out of stock for remoulding, as we are remoulding them tommorow hopefully, I will reactivate those torsos now.

Cheers,

Joel

Sweet - order incoming!

How about the Renaissance Torso, wee need that too!

JeffJedi wrote:
How about the Renaissance Torso, wee need that too!

Yep, The Rennaissance Torso and also the robed torsos, are on my desk at the moment being reworked a little - the main change is making the neck hole a little less deep so helmets fit better, plus a few minor cosmetic improvements.

Cheers,

Joel

The command team will hopefully not be too far away! Similarly the black Ops style human infantry are most definately on the "to do" list as soon as I can get round to them!

...Oh crap, there goes my paycheck!!

I really cannot wait to get my hands on some of the Tox Troopers. From what I've seen, they are amazing and perfect for my Cultist heavy Nurgle army.

PREVIEWS!!!!! godsdamsit - I need new stuff from you Joel, I need a fix!!!!
Actually I also need some of the old stuff, but I'm holding as I expect a lot of new cool stuff to be out really soon - please?

LOVE the conversion heads, weapons, that you include spare left hands shows you "get it"

maybe make spare left hands an option with all the guns?

futuristic axes are great, but can there be any grips with the hand lower (ie more dynamic/nartural swinging grip)?
future maces as well would be nice as well.

I am looking forward to the new regiments stuff, especially the human arms with sleeves, and regiment sized heads and more guns.

keep up the good work anvil, everything I bought from so so far has been great

Hey Guys

@Treadheadz - Yep Im pretty excited about them! Just need to get some new CAD software and Ill hopefully be churning out the regiments stuff!

@tarar2d2 - See below, I hope you like them!

@EasySauce - Thanks very much! Spare left hands will be included as and when we re-do the moulds for different products. Although smaller parts like that are less of a priority than the larger miniature kits I have planned.

The axe grips you described - I considered this, but unfortunately resin is more brittle than plastic, so a guy swinging an axe by the bottom of the haft is just asking for a broken model!

@Manus - Previews? How about...

NEW PRODUCT AVAILABLE NOW - (Finally! sorry for the various delays)

First up we have the awesome new TOX TROOPERS, part of the Miniatures of the North range sculpted by Icesword.





Click the image to go to the product page and view more photos!

Also available - Tox Trooper with Flame Thrower/Acid Cannon.




I've been a fan of these figures since I first saw Icesword's WIPS, so Im very pleased to finally make them available!

Please note that we initially have a limited quantity available, if they go out of stock, they will be back in stock in about 10 days time.

Next up some new Anvil Industry Product -

I know these have been "coming soon" for at least 6 months now, but they are finally actually available to purchase!

Regiments scale Bare Rifle Arms



These are compatible with most 28mm heroic scale human infantry torso parts on the market.

The "fatigued" version will hopefully be available in about two weeks - currently with the sculptor Andrew May.

and finally the Medieval Static legs are now available again - Ive improved all the sculpts slightly and also there are now 5 unique sculpts instead of 4+a duplicate.



The Medieval, Vanguard (Tech) and Robed Torsos are also now available again.


Im going away for a week tomorrow, so Charlie will be running the show. When I get back I have lots of big exciting plans for new products!

Cheers Guys,

Joel

Argh! I've been waiting for the Tox Troopers to go up. They finally go up and I've put myself on a miniature hiatus! They really do look great. I hope they'll still be available in a few months when I'm allowed to buy figures again.

 Barzam wrote:
Argh! I've been waiting for the Tox Troopers to go up. They finally go up and I've put myself on a miniature hiatus! They really do look great. I hope they'll still be available in a few months when I'm allowed to buy figures again.

Of course they will still be available! (Barring extreme circumstances such as the apocalypse, which is just about the only thing that can get between me and my customers!)

Glad you like them!

This is probably not the reaction you want, but those Tox-Trooper heads with the one-eye make them look like curious little robots... and they're adorable because of it.

I love them!

Hey Joel , finally got some of my Black Ops guys finished ( actually , I haven't done the eyes and teeth etc yet , but that might be another month ......)
Hope you like them , I'm pretty chuffed , looks like some more money will be coming your way !

I want those heads as a seperate orderable item. So nice for so many things. They would look great in my Dark Mechanicus force

I'm also a huge fan of the fact that the scuffs and slashes on the helmets aren't all the same. Attention to detail and differentiation is great.

Wow Joel, that is absolutely fantastic work!

Everything looks so amazing.

I must have those Tox Troopers! Your best work yet Icesword!

 Barzam wrote:
Argh! I've been waiting for the Tox Troopers to go up. They finally go up and I've put myself on a miniature hiatus! They really do look great. I hope they'll still be available in a few months when I'm allowed to buy figures again.

... I know your feel bro. I know your feel.

The Tox Troopers look great, are they going to be a part of the game system that you're creating?

Big H, those look outstanding, great job!

Do they come with bases? I couldn't tell with what was on the site.

For the Tox Troopers Are the heads separate so I can make those creepy eyeball visors look where I want, or will I be cutting them? (not a big deal either way, but I figured I'd ask)

"Creepy eyeball visors" is right . Very well done.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

The "fatigued" version will hopefully be available in about two weeks - currently with the sculptor Andrew May.

PLEASE tell me at least half, if not all will be rolled up sleeves?

 frozenwastes wrote:
For the Tox Troopers Are the heads separate so I can make those creepy eyeball visors look where I want, or will I be cutting them? (not a big deal either way, but I figured I'd ask)

Yes heads come separate.

Another vote for the heads available seperately!

Hey Joel,
Would just like to say that you produce some great stuff (You probably knew that already though). The Tox troopers look awesome and i think they'd make great cultists. I can even see them being used as stand in DKoK with a quick headswap.

Do you have any pics of the bare arms attached to a model? I'm thinking they would be suitable for my purposes but i can't really gauge how beefy they are.

Have I pointed out how great Anvil's stuff is? Love every piece.

Are the weapons for these Tox troopers separate? Love everything in this set but the weapons seem a bit less detailed.

Thanks!

Rifles and heads are separate on little sprues.

Check my blog for a breakdown of the parts. These aren't 'heroic' style, so the guns are all more than half the size of heroic style guns.

Hey Guys,

Wow, thanks for the feedback!!

@Big H - thanks for posting those up, they look awesome!! Im going to have to paint up some Black Ops in that scheme! They definately look better in muted greys/yellows rather than bright colours.

@absolutionis - the varied heads are the one part of these figures I actually can claim credit for! Icesword sent me one helmet to duplicate and scuff up!

@Skoda- No, these figures are for a skirmish game/universe Icesword is working on. They will not feature in my Wargame, but I might ask Iceswords permission/assistance in creating some Anvil Heroic Scale versions with my weapons, to go in my background, as I do love the look of the figures!

@Koreg - No they are not supplied with bases - as I only have Anvil Gaming Bases which not everyone will want to use, so I didnt want to bundle them together and increase the costs needlessly.

@Firehead - A lot of people have asked for rolled up sleeves! Ill try and sort that out at some point but no guarantees at this stage.

@Snrub - Ive attached one to this post, just an example with my regiments cyborg parts, they are roughly as beefy as forgeworld elysian arms, a lot less bulky than catachans.


MOTN Heads - I will try and sort out making the various heads available separatly and also offer a choice of heads which each set, but I cant guarantee that this will be possible or when I will be able to manage it.


Thanks again everyone!

Im away for a week now so Charlie will be running Anvil - when I get back I'll be throwing myself in to lots of exciting new miniatures projects!

Cheers,

Joel

Do those pointy heads fit on the exo-lords? or is an exo lord variant in the planing?

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@Snrub - Ive attached one to this post, just an example with my regiments cyborg parts, they are roughly as beefy as forgeworld elysian arms, a lot less bulky than catachans.

You are a legend. I've been looking for a set of bare arms that aren't uber muscular.

Cool stuff Joel - glad I had my fix. Robed legs anytime soon

The Tox troopers are brilliant and though they may be a little too chaos-y for my uses I'm eyeing up the flame-thrower guy as a member of an AdMech retinue.

 IceSword wrote:

Check my blog for a breakdown of the parts. These aren't 'heroic' style, so the guns are all more than half the size of heroic style guns.

Love your blog!

I'm a fan of moving away from cartoony "heroic" scale stuff and back towards more realistic proportions.

I absolutely love the desert insurgents. They're by far my favorite of your stuff.

 IceSword wrote:
Rifles and heads are separate on little sprues.

Check my blog for a breakdown of the parts. These aren't 'heroic' style, so the guns are all more than half the size of heroic style guns.

Nice, thanks!

Toxic Troopers released? I've been pining after those guys for months...

...Not that I have a clue what I'd use them for, they're just a lovely concept.

They do look nice

 Skoda wrote:
The Tox Troopers look great, are they going to be a part of the game system that you're creating?

Keep an eye on my blog for this.

Anvil and MOTN are separate entities, this is Anvil's thread.

I see some interesting stuff at your blog and I wonder, who are/were the fish faces?

Love the heavy weapons!

Just ordered a pair of Tox squads and two flamer men. First purchase through Anvil. Super excited for them to get here.

I wish Anvil make something like exo-armor but regimental sized.

Any chance of female Soldeirs or the rumored guardsmen sized shoulder pads?

Hey Joel ,

Any chance of the Black Ops torsos being available separately ?
Or a "scout" type body themed for the Black Ops range that doesn't require a power plant backpack ?

Joel - is the current shipping on the site accurate? I recall it was free for over £50 last time I ordered, but now seems to be £4 flat rate regardless, so I'm checking to see if it's changed or if the page is out of date?

Cheers Guys!

@Livanbard - Im planning to do some regiment scaled figured in Powered Exo Armour at some point.

@Javin - Female figures are a posibility but not a priority. Regiments Shoulder pads, in at least 3 styles, are pretty high up the to do list!

@Big H - Still deciding about separate Black Ops torso parts.
I wont be doing a separate lighter torso, but will be doing some more lightly armored Recon Figures in the Black Ops range.

@Azazelx - The "delivery information" page was out of date and Ive just updated it, the free shipping on orders over £50 is still active and should be an option when you check out with over £50 of product in your basket.

Thanks,

Joel

Will these "Desert Insurgents" be released soon?

 IceSword wrote:
Here's my Desert Insurgent sculpts - right now I'm sure Joel will agree were not sure how MOTN will fit into the longer term Anvil plans, we'll just need to wait and see as Anvil expands and progresses in greatness.

If MOTN can't find a space in the Anvil schedule we can just cross that bridge when we come to it, for now I'm grateful to Joel for running with MOTN so far!

Separate heads and rifles, same set up and scale as the existing MOTN range.

Tox Troopers out of stock. :(

Would make great Nurgle marine Cultists.

Luckily it's pretty easy for Joel to put in a restock order with the manufacturer..

Although it has been quiet lately, is he still on "bussiness" trip?

 WarOne wrote:
Would make great Nurgle marine Cultists.

I would hazard a guess that this is exactly why we want them. It's certainly why I want them.

Hey Guys,

Im still here! I know things have been quiet recently!

@ Dinamarth - I dont know, I dont have the sculpts yet and Im not sure when I will get them or how long it will be before we can mould them when I do get them.

@Tox Troopers - we sold out of the initial mould faster than expected!
We will be remoulding them today so they should be available again from tomorrow.

Cheers,

Joel

It looks like the torso/legs are the same as the Crowmantians (if I am not mistaken) so I guess all we need is the different heads?

 Dinamarth wrote:
It looks like the torso/legs are the same as the Crowmantians (if I am not mistaken) so I guess all we need is the different heads?

3 of the legs are from the Crowmantians, 2 are new, everything else on the mini's is new sculpture (waist up: pouches, arms, armour, etc). It's maybe just the grey procreate that looks like resin.

Tribal Leader:

Received my order today! Pictures shall follow shortly.

I got my order in record time today, 4 days to get from the UK to mid America. Nice.
Question, are you going to make flight stand bases? I'd hate to have such nice bases for my models only to have my flyer bases look like crap.

 Newabortion wrote:
I got my order in record time today, 4 days to get from the UK to mid America. Nice.
Question, are you going to make flight stand bases? I'd hate to have such nice bases for my models only to have my flyer bases look like crap.

Dam thats amazing delivery time, I ordered from FW 1 hour drive down the road took 7 working days ? go figure 4 days to the states great products and great service Joel did you take it yourself

I just got my Tox Troopers in. They're amazing, I think over all of the 22 I ordered I pulled off 4 pieces of super thin flash smaller than an eraser on a pencil.

After this order I'm going to begin slowly swapping out my CSM for more Anvil minis.

Now if you only did tanks....

Thanks for the update IceSword. I checked out your blog and I am really liking the Desert guys.

 IceSword wrote:

 Dinamarth wrote:
It looks like the torso/legs are the same as the Crowmantians (if I am not mistaken) so I guess all we need is the different heads?

3 of the legs are from the Crowmantians, 2 are new, everything else on the mini's is new sculpture (waist up: pouches, arms, armour, etc). It's maybe just the grey procreate that looks like resin.

Tribal Leader:

Seriously, everything I order from Anvil comes from the UK to the West Coast super-fast and is excellent condition. Add in that it's different but not so different it doesn't work in GW or PP games, the incredibly quality of the casts, and in the rare cases of issues, the team's superb service?

they're like the mirror universe version of certain Popular Workshops.

That Turbaned Leader-figure looks amazing. Greatly proportioned and a unique head that doesn't exist anywhere else. I love it.

Any chance of making a Tribal Superleader with one of those gigantic Turkish/Ottoman Onion Hat/Turbans?

Now we have seen Joel new toys on facebook, I wonder when are we going to see some new stuff out
(You know especially those robed regiment sized legs)

As always looking forward to anything you will come up with.

 Absolutionis wrote:
That Turbaned Leader-figure looks amazing. Greatly proportioned and a unique head that doesn't exist anywhere else. I love it.

Any chance of making a Tribal Superleader with one of those gigantic Turkish/Ottoman Onion Hat/Turbans?

Yep already got a lot of other desert tribal themed minis in progress!

The Desert Insurgents are looking superb. As with Anvil's work, IceSword, I can really see improvements in your sculpting as you go along, even month by month. The flow and folds of the clothing is particularly good on the Desert guys, and approaches the quality that I still consider the gold standard (the robed Dark Angel vets by GW).

Thanks for the feedback everyone!

@Livanbard - yes photos please!

@newabortion - Id like to add flight bases but its not going to happen any time soon I'm afraid, too much on my plate already! Sorry

@LDD - Id certainly like to hand delivery some products to the USA, sounds like a great excuse for a holiday!

@Koereg - If only we did tanks.. If I was planning a dozen different armoured vehicles, it would be too early to give further details at this stage!

@deadairis - Thanks very much!! Your feedback and praise is greatly appreciated

@Manus - Yes I know the robed cyborg legs right? They are still planned!

Yes indeed new toys -

I posted this up on the Anvil Facebook Page yesterday - I now have a new computer, a Wacom Tablet and ZBrush, a top end digital sculpting program. Once Ive learned to use it all, I will be able to create and render absolutely anything I can imagine!

Anvil Industry will be moving to almost entirely digital sculpting, which is very exciting!

Ive attached an Exo-Lord scale Gladius which Im doing for the Black Ops command team.

Cheers,

Joel

Hey Joel, on facebook I mentioned a wrist blade, well I thought it was so cool I went ahead and made a mock-up and it turned out pretty darn sweet, I hope you consider makeing them

Please forgive the sock in the photo.

I hate Joel so much. He's about to cost me another $100 in bitz......Oh well, it's smaller than the last few orders....That's good right?

(Seriously, best consistancy, price, and delivery time as well as cleanest bits vs. anybody else out there right now)

Hey Everyone,

@Newabortion - Thanks! It looks great, Ill definatly include it in the Black Ops Command squad.

@Hulksmash - Thanks very much! We do our best and I'm very sorry for compelling you to spend even more money on our stuff!

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So I started off earlier modifying a Widow Maker to include a silencer for the Black Ops Command Team, and ended up designing an entirely new "family" of rifle and pistol. Based on a loose mash-up of the MP5SD, G36K and M4.

Hope you guys like it!

Im holding a "name it and win it" competition over on the Facebook Page - a great way to keep up to date with all my design work and planned releases.

Cheers,

Joel

First off, amazing looking rifle. second of all I get free wrist blades now right?

my submission

The Penetrator CMAR compact modular assault rifle. Originally designed for sub-space ship boarding actions the sub sonic ammunition coupled with the hi-vitol barrel and piston system proved to be so silent and reliable that it was quickly adopted by many Special operation detachments (SODs). The Penetrator CMAR excels in its specialist design as a lightweight silenced CQB rifle. Every feature of the rifle was designed for its intended use as a Marine Boarding weapon, the sub sonic ammunition it fires has duel purposes, to aid in the dampining of the sound projected from the rifle and to no be as effective at piercing armor plate. The hi-vitol barrel greatly reduces noise levels while maintaining low weight and acheiving greater muzzle velocity. The gas piston system improves reliability although coupled with the vitol barrel makes it difficult to change calibers mid combat. The light weight of the rifle was demanded as it is often coupled with boarding riot shields and is often carried with one hand.

I hope we get regiment scale versions they look to dam sexy just for the big boys ………………. that sounds weird reading it back

Oh damn that looks nice! This new increase in 3D modelling from Anvil is very promising simply because I know that the final product will turn out to look just like the render. (I am playing around with the new autocannons right now!)

Looking good! I hope we get them for regiment scale too!

I have to say... These Black Ops guys are the best looking miniatures for this kind of genre I've seen in a LONG time. Sure, that "other company" makes some sexy plastic, but they're plagued with shoddy customer service, organ-sellingly high price points, and an inability to "cross gaming lines." You know what "those other miniatures" are the moment you see them. There's just no question. Anvil's Black Ops troops could be anything you want, with or without conversions!

I'm in for a fireteam as soon as I finish moving (I depart sunny Hawaii in August, relocating in not-quite-as-sunny Maryland for the final tour in my Army career), and frankly I'm having trouble waiting!!! I want 'em NOW!!!

Joel,

I see that family of weapons as the "Terror" due to that amazing silencer unit and the phrase "Fear shouts, Terror whispers."

This does also mean you have to design a heavy weapon called the "Fear" though. Sorry about that.

Gary

@Newabortion - Thanks, Im sticking an edited version of that in the product description regardless of who wins the naming comp!
The wrist blades will be on the command sprue at least initially, but Ill send you some of the new guns for free if you remind me with your next order!

@LDD and FlameKebab- Im not generally doing exact copies - the proportions need to be different for a start, but I might do a similar "High tech" rifle for the regiments guys.

@Commander Cain - What else would it look like except the render??

@Commissar Stone - Thanks very much! Im glad you like them! Ive got the command team to do, and probably some smaller veteran and sniper squads at some point.

@Conrad - Thanks for the suggestions!

Cheers

Joel

Ahhhhh....more guns! Well they do look really awesome I have to admit. They will look rather strange as legs for my hypaspists though..........

Hey Joel, glad you like the fluff for the rifle, I would've fleshed it out ALOT more but the wife was hounding me about getting ready to goto the grocery store.

Anyways since you liked it I wrote a little fluff on your widdow maker

Anvil industries began development of the MBR12 Widow Maker in 302.4 M41 after it became obvious that new evolving tactical doctrine demanded a more mobile and flexible solid round rifle that could change and adapt to suit the needs of any theater of war without being a logistical burden on frontline combatants. The ageing MPCR Exorcist had been in service for well over a century and although it fires a larger caliber than the MBR12 the added weight and unreliability became an apparent trade off many commanders and frontline troops were no longer willing to make. From the mile-high sand dunes of I-Tolow’s moons to the volcanic ash wastes of Hedjskr the MBR12 today can been seen in every theater of war that our troops are engaged in. Although newer variants of the rifle have been developed since the initial design to add rail integrated systems and more modular ability one thing hasn’t changed, it still lives up to its name.

-MBR12 (Main battle rifle v.12)
-MPCR (Mass produced combat rifle)

And another for the Heretic

The SAAGL Heretic rifle received its name from the original colony that produced it. The loyalist troops engaging ECs in the planets many mile of mineing tunnels needed a large caliber crew served automatic weapon that could puncture light to medium armor and needed to have the ability to airburst to fire over barricades and eliminate the ECs behind them. What was designed for them is what we now know as the SAAGL Heretic. The Heretic is a semi-automatic, bust, and fully automatic 40mm grenade launcher. The design allows for easy access to the large bore barrel to allow changing of overheated barrels and has the added benefit of exposing more air to the barrel to add in heat reduction. The weapon is light enough to be carried by and individual soldier but is belt fed to allow another team member to speed feed ammunition during a firefight if need be. The Heretic also has a tripod to turn the rifle from a single soldier weapon system to a truly crew served BOF nightmare for any heretic unfortunate enough to have one aimed at them.

-SAAGL (Single action automatic grenade launcher)
-EC (Enemy combatants)
-BOF (Base of fire)

Joel, you just mentioned on FB, something about black ops and snipers?! Any pics? Kinda been waiting on this one.

Cheers

Alan

Hey,

@Newabortion - Thanks for the fluff! I like it, Ill see about including some of it in the product listings!

@Alanmckenzie - Im doing a two man sniper team - sniper with Negotiator, and Spotter, no photos yet but Ill get a WIP up tommorow. Im afraid there is only one pose so not really an option for making a whole team of them. They are not "scout" type troops, just some experimental one peice models I want to try out.


In general coming up soon -

Black Ops - Sniper team, Veteran Team, Command Team, Captain.

Regiments - Various arms and some new combined torso/arm bits, plus some heads and legs hopefully!

No specific ETA's on any of this.

Does any one have any requests for new bits or products? Throw suggestions at me and Ill see what I can do!!

Cheers,

Joel

Well, if you're taking suggestions...

-Riot helmet with face shield styled helmet for Exo Lords
-Legs with segmented armor (tech marine style is what I have in mind)
-arms with bulkier forearm guards
- torso & head combo with a hazmat motif (goggle type lenses on helmet, hose rather than grille on helmet connecting to torso)
-servo arms/backpack
-torso with reinforced armor, basically something along the lines of boarding armor

A better looking riot shield for space ship boarding actions


I'd also like some kind of armor that could go with it, could count as terminator armor or boarding armor. the Army EOD armor would look great.




You could use your squad leader torso from the Alpha Strike squad with the neck armor and put a few more arm poses on it and plop on a new helmet and BOOM (pun not intended.)

Joel I have a suggestion release the other regiment arms I am waiting for the other set before sending my order

Hey Joel , can't get enough of those Black Ops guys , they turn out so well !

Was minutes away from putting in another order but will wait to see the new additions if they come soon ???

I'd like to see: a Black Ops vehicle crew for something like the Airfix 1:48 scale Supacat Jackal.
A Black Ops "Scout" prone Sniper pair, one shooting one spotting.
A forward pistol grip with the hand moulded on.

Other than that its all great !

I hope this isn't read as a shameless plug, I'm associated with Anvil obviously but I'm also a customer in many respects. In return for my sculpts I get a decent amount of casts for personal use, so sculpts are my currency.

On Wednesday/Thursday I emailed Joel asking for some of the MOTN stuff, I was a bit behind in requesting casts and naturally paying customers come first in terms of orders. Safe to say it was in the order of 70 miniatures I requested.

With ruthless efficiency on Anvil's part I'm now on the Saturday morning holding the product in my hands. The casts are probably some of the best in the business and I don't say that lightly.

The heaps of praise Joel gets is extremely well deserved. As a sculptor I can tell you Joel is a hard but fair task master in ensuring quality, because he puts his customers at the forefront of everything he does.

So all in all credit where it's due to Anvil “Ruthless Efficiency” Industry.

Thanks Joel (p.s. I forgot to ask for some Tox Flame Troopers hehe)

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Does any one have any requests for new bits or products? Throw suggestions at me and Ill see what I can do!!

Cheers,

Joel

I just had a thought that would make me, and lots of other people happy, and probably make you a whole boatload of money (which is always a good thing )
Female Exo Lords. Slightly smaller and sleeker than the Exo Lords.
Exo Ladies if you will.
A force of questing nuns maybe, with a penchant for fire.
I think combined with the rest of your range it could make something amazing.

Hmm, if you are going to make female characters, please don't make their armour look more feminine, and please...no breast armour!!!

It's nice to see you're slowly moving away from copying GW and into your own territory (with the background and such), so please continue that development.

As for bits/products, here are my suggestions:

mounted hologram projector: kind of like this.

Corpses: dead Exo Lords in various types of armour and poses.

Small drones: I'd imagine the Exo Lords could use various types of drones to scout ahead. Some could be flying, others crawling, etc.

Fancy commander kits: You're Exo Lords need a leader figure, but a model that's truly inspiring, so more detail, a heroic pose, extra bits, etc.

 Malika2 wrote:
Hmm, if you are going to make female characters, please don't make their armour look more feminine, and please...no breast armour!!!

It's nice to see you're slowly moving away from copying GW and into your own territory (with the background and such), so please continue that development.

As for bits/products, here are my suggestions:

mounted hologram projector: kind of like this.

Corpses: dead Exo Lords in various types of armour and poses.

Small drones: I'd imagine the Exo Lords could use various types of drones to scout ahead. Some could be flying, others crawling, etc.

Fancy commander kits: You're Exo Lords need a leader figure, but a model that's truly inspiring, so more detail, a heroic pose, extra bits, etc.

Breast plates are fine, you just want it to be more like this:

Rather than

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE - Now on all order £35 or over for a trial period!

Now Ive made that little announcment

Thanks for the suggestions guys!

@Barzam and Newabortion Ill consider those, probably a smaller "add on" kits for the black ops.

Im generally moving away from anything to "spacey" as Im gearing toward my game universe trying to figure out exactly the direction I want to take it in, but I already have a rough outline of a nearish-future earth bound conflict.

@LDD - what are you planning to use the arms for?

Im a bit unsure about the regiments parts at the moment, trying to get the scale correct. The fatigue rifle arms for example, look silly on Cadian Torsos because they are a lot less bulky. Ill be putting them on my own regiments figures where they will be mostly built into the torsos and scale match nicely.

Im generally leaning toward just focusing on the full figure kits, rather than trying to make sure every component is compatible with existing plastic ranges.

@Big H - Thanks! Yes the command and veteran teams should all be available within the next 2-3 weeks. Ive got a sniper team on my desk - the sniper is standing and the spotter kneeling. I might do a second team also, depends how long it takes to do this first one. Forward grips will feature in both the new teams.


@Icesword - thanks very much, we certainly do our best to offer top notch quality and customer service!

@Ovion - No plans there Im afraid, There are a few other exo-lord kits planned, but I want to do Tanks, Mech, Terrain, game rules etc etc so I wont be creating any more "counts as" figures any time soon.

The other issue with female figures, as Malika points out, is that its really hard to get them looking female but not ridiculous.

@Malika - Black Ops commander coming soon, other generic Exo Lord figures are a possibility, Drones will definatly feature in my war game!

I might do some corpses at some point, but its not a priority as with the same amount of work, I could make some new figure poses!

Cheers,

Joel

Joel actually I am glad you said that I want more realistic arms anyway, I am trying to build figures based on an Apoc style setting (using several sources) but with a more realistic feel an look.

So these will be used for special ops teams, gangers ect, this was why I was waiting for them to be released to fill a need.

I really would like to see some arms and torsos in military style jumpers, jerkins and tact vest as well, as your current range is very special forces orientated these might tie with your style ?

Although not to Sci-Fi if you get my drift, just this way they can be used for several aspects of gaming without being period/style tied.

I hope this helps some towards an explanation.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE - Now on all order £35 or over for a trial period!

OK. While my money is tight this pay, that's enough to get me to pull the trigger on payday instead of keeping on putting it off.


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Joel, any chance of variations of modern military helmets that would fit in with the Black Ops figures?

I'm thinking Ops-Core helmets - some in barebones form, as well as some variously with the ear, face protection and goggles added on.

Ops-core:
http://www.defensereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Atlantic_Signal_Dominator_Waterproof_Bone_Conduction_Hearing_Pro_Tactical_Comms_Headset_and_Ops-Core_SPECOPS_Combat_Helmet_SOFIC_2011_2.jpg

Ear Protection:
http://img02.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/T1YpmCXddHXXc9E8MV_021536.jpg

Face & Visor
http://www.defensereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Revision_Military_Batlskin_Modular_Head_Protection_System_MHPS_Ballsitic_Visor_and_Mandible_Guard_Maxillofacial_Protection_System_2.jpg

Different Ear, Face, Goggles
http://defense-update.com/20071101_mdm07_soldier.html

And another variant - you can see the base helmet, and ear, face and goggle additions in layers over the top.
http://soldiersystems.net/2011/07/27/revision-to-develop-next-gen-helmet/

Any/all of these would go well with the black ops figures, as they're less "space marine" and more realistic military. Have a look, anyway...

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@Ovion - No plans there Im afraid, There are a few other exo-lord kits planned, but I want to do Tanks, Mech, Terrain, game rules etc etc so I wont be creating any more "counts as" figures any time soon.

The other issue with female figures, as Malika points out, is that its really hard to get them looking female but not ridiculous.

Well damn. xD
I know that if you had, I'd have brought starting my Sisters army forward and buying it all from you instead - impeccable resin quality wins over 15-20 year old expensive metal sculpts.

 Azazelx wrote:

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE - Now on all order £35 or over for a trial period!

OK. While my money is tight this pay, that's enough to get me to pull the trigger on payday instead of keeping on putting it off.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Joel, any chance of variations of modern military helmets that would fit in with the Black Ops figures?

I'm thinking Ops-Core helmets - some in barebones form, as well as some variously with the ear, face protection and goggles added on.

Ops-core:
http://www.defensereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Atlantic_Signal_Dominator_Waterproof_Bone_Conduction_Hearing_Pro_Tactical_Comms_Headset_and_Ops-Core_SPECOPS_Combat_Helmet_SOFIC_2011_2.jpg

Ear Protection:
http://img02.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i2/T1YpmCXddHXXc9E8MV_021536.jpg

Face & Visor
http://www.defensereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Revision_Military_Batlskin_Modular_Head_Protection_System_MHPS_Ballsitic_Visor_and_Mandible_Guard_Maxillofacial_Protection_System_2.jpg

Different Ear, Face, Goggles
http://defense-update.com/20071101_mdm07_soldier.html

And another variant - you can see the base helmet, and ear, face and goggle additions in layers over the top.
http://soldiersystems.net/2011/07/27/revision-to-develop-next-gen-helmet/

Any/all of these would go well with the black ops figures, as they're less "space marine" and more realistic military. Have a look, anyway...

I'd second those ! Stripped down Ops Core for Scouts , all the whistles and bells for Assault guys.

Plus the breacher teams drone ?

Drones sounds really cool - they would be much wanted.

One thing I think would be a mistake, is if you only do the regiment arms as part of the torsos. The marked is screaming for parts to use on other minis and as conversion bits, don't loose out on that.
Second - I'll go all the way to the UK and hold that good old gun to you forehead if you try anything like that - simple, efficient - it's the only way to be sure.........

 Anvils Hammer wrote:



@Barzam and Newabortion Ill consider those, probably a smaller "add on" kits for the black ops.

Im generally moving away from anything to "spacey" as Im gearing toward my game universe trying to figure out exactly the direction I want to take it in, but I already have a rough outline of a nearish-future earth bound conflict.

Sounds good to me. Here I was going to suugest a space armor, too. Well, if you're going to try and focus on a terrestrial conflict, how about a naval armor? Something that could be deployed via submarine for beach assaults or naval boarding actions.

Have you considered doing any figures or just arms with integrated weapons?

@LDD - Yep definately doing some modern special forces style regiments figures.

@Azazelx - Thanks for the links! Good plan, Ill be doing some helmets like that for the regiments figures and not too much trouble to print it in exo-Lord scale also.

@Big H - I was thinking more flying drones, but I guess some land based breach/bomb disposal/bomb delivery ones might be a good idea if I can get round to it!

@Manus - Yep they will be available separately for people wanting to attempt conversions, Its just hard to product something which will work with every kit on the market! Ill put up a few decent scale photos.

Just make sure you threaten me with a small resin gun :p

@Barzam - Im not sure exactly what you mean about figures/arms with weapons??



Attached is a small new product requested by quite a few people, available in a few days, Fusion Pistol!

You can also see the sniper team coming together in the background!

Cheers,

Joel

What about a bunch of different types of missile/rocket launchers?

Are the other heads and rifles on your site compatible with the Tox Troopers? I think they'd make some gorgeous Renegade guard outfitted with heretic rifles and given the hairy and hooded heads from your range.

@Malika - We already have the exo-lord launcher and carapace launcher, Ill be doing a few bigger ones, if thats what you meant, when I come to do some vehicles!

@Mr Omega - Im afraid not. The parts you mention are at least two times too big! The MOTN range is a separate range done in a different scale to all my stuff, some of my planned "regiments" products might be the right scale, but nothing that will convert easily.
We can on request, mix and match the MOTN parts sometimes - for example tox troopers can be supplied with the hooded Crowmantian milita heads.

Cheers,

Joel

The fusion pistol look great. Here's my suggestions, long range communication devices for exolords. And for drones medical and ammo drones

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

@Barzam - Im not sure exactly what you mean about figures/arms with weapons??

I mean kind of like how the Grey Knights have their bolters actually mounted onto their arms, leaving their hands free. There's a figure in Mercs in the Keizai Waza faction with a similar setup as well. Something mounted directly onto the armor like that could be kind of neat.

Fusionpistol looks brilliant Joel - it might be the the one

A shot of some of the bits. Using to bling my Raptors. I'm in love with the lance and the medieval armor.

I obviously haven't been following Anvil closely enough. Those bare arms in "Regiments" scale are awesome and so perfect for a number of projects I had in mind there aren't even words for it.
I want to thank you for saving me from ever having to look at those fething offensively bad Catachan arms ever again.
I will definitely be placing an order with you guys somewhere down the line - money can be a tad elusive, especially around Kickstarters.
Cheers.

Some bullpup style weapons would be very nice.

I think Bullpup would be kind of hard to do. Can you imagine trying to get any mini to actually hold a Bullpup in a firing pose? Plus, with the way the arms work with the guns, I don't think you'd really even be able to tell.

 Barzam wrote:
I think Bullpup would be kind of hard to do. Can you imagine trying to get any mini to actually hold a Bullpup in a firing pose? Plus, with the way the arms work with the guns, I don't think you'd really even be able to tell.

Tau guns are technically Bullpup, for what it's worth, so not that hard.

Anvil has advanced several steps in terms of sculpt quality since they've begun which is good. Credit to the owner for sticking in there and improving constantly.

I've also heard from several angles now about the level of quality put into the casting, and that is one of the hardest things to achieve when running a 3rd party bitz store. So very much well done there.

@Malika - We already have the exo-lord launcher and carapace launcher, Ill be doing a few bigger ones, if thats what you meant, when I come to do some vehicles!

I meant different types and variations of the weapon. Personally I like the idea of a portable version of the tripod/carapace launcher.

Thanks Everyone,

@Livanbard - Thanks for the photo! Im glad you like the components.

The upcoming Black Ops command squad will include a small satellite communications device which will also be available separately.

@Barzam - No plans for inbuilt weapons at the moment, but when I redesign the Exo-Lords for my wargame they will definately feature some equipment like that!

@Username Invalid - the Bare arms are the same scale as Forgeworld elysian, this means they dont really work with GW Guard Plastics all that well.

We are still deciding what to do about our regiments range - I lean toward just focusing on the complete kits, where scale is less of an issue, rather than conversion parts where we have to constantly be thinking "what are people going to want to use this for".
Im hoping to release a lot of different regiments kits, so there should hopefully be something which suits your projects!


@ BULLPUP commentors - No plans at the moment, basically its a cool idea but at this scale its a pain with the arm, and as the mag is then covered anyway by the arm, its hard to pull off properly.

@Ketara - Thanks very much, We certainly dont compromise on the casting quality! Resin has a bad reputation and we want to do everything we can to improve it!

@Malika - I will be releasing track unit mouted missile launchers as part of the regiments range at some point.

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Anyone out there need to take out a target from several miles away?

NEW - BLACK OPS MASTER SNIPER TEAM



A Marksman/Spotter team with lethal M88 Negotiator and enhanced optical range finding equipment. The figures also have lighter armour than the regular Black Ops figures, and Camouflage Cloaks.

I had a lot of fun making these figures, as designing them as single piece casts gave me total control over the equipment and posing - the Marksman is sighting directly down the rifle for example.

I hope you like them! Command Squad coming soon.

Cheers,

Joel

Don't want to sound rude, but can you have him stand on something other then the same rock I have 5 other guys standing on? Like I don't know... a skull? What about a prone version?

 Newabortion wrote:
Don't want to sound rude, but can you have him stand on something other then the same rock I have 5 other guys standing on? Like I don't know... a skull? What about a prone version?

I don't want to sound rude, but surely you have the basic modelling skills required to remove the rock and put him on a 'skull'? (Or any other object?)

Great job Joel, I think your skills have visibly improved since I first posted in here, those two scouts are spot on.

 IdentifyZero wrote:

 Newabortion wrote:
Don't want to sound rude, but can you have him stand on something other then the same rock I have 5 other guys standing on? Like I don't know... a skull? What about a prone version?

I don't want to sound rude, but surely you have the basic modelling skills required to remove the rock and put him on a 'skull'? (Or any other object?)

Fair point though, I should have changed the rock from the one in Alpha Strike and the Suppression team sets... getting Lazy.

I will do so as and when I remould them - thinking of doing a few more poses anyway to get a 5 man squad.

No Skulls though :p

Cheers,

Joel

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 IdentifyZero wrote:

 Newabortion wrote:
Don't want to sound rude, but can you have him stand on something other then the same rock I have 5 other guys standing on? Like I don't know... a skull? What about a prone version?

I don't want to sound rude, but surely you have the basic modelling skills required to remove the rock and put him on a 'skull'? (Or any other object?)

Fair point though, I should have changed the rock from the one in Alpha Strike and the Suppression team sets... getting Lazy.

I will do so as and when I remould them - thinking of doing a few more poses anyway to get a 5 man squad.

No Skulls though :p

Cheers,

Joel

Thanks for understanding. I was being sarcastic about the skulls.

Well, I think free shipping will finally get me to get off my butt and place an order. Does anyone have recommendations on which of the exo-lords have the crispest details, or what would fit in the best as some pre-heresy power armor? The black ops stuff looks great, but I'm a touch ambivalent about all of the pouches.

Skulls are practically TM by GW at this point, so good call on sticking with rocks Joel.

I recently used one of your cloaks with some GW stuff. Generally they fit great on plastic marines, but the more ornate metal veterans require a bit of modification. You be the judge on how it looks (Don't hold my painting against it!)

Any plans to stock the 2x1 magnets for the carbines and/or any news on bigger restocks? Planning to get back to my marines soon ...
Thanks!

@lansirill Medieval set may be what you are looking for.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 IdentifyZero wrote:

 Newabortion wrote:
Don't want to sound rude, but can you have him stand on something other then the same rock I have 5 other guys standing on? Like I don't know... a skull? What about a prone version?

I don't want to sound rude, but surely you have the basic modelling skills required to remove the rock and put him on a 'skull'? (Or any other object?)

Fair point though, I should have changed the rock from the one in Alpha Strike and the Suppression team sets... getting Lazy.

I will do so as and when I remould them - thinking of doing a few more poses anyway to get a 5 man squad.

No Skulls though :p

Cheers,

Joel

I was actually implying Newabortion should do it himself. Your work is spectacular Joel.

Seriously guys. Skulls are trademarked by gee-dubya. Are you trying to get Joel dragged off to court?

 Anvils Hammer wrote:


Fair point though, I should have changed the rock from the one in Alpha Strike and the Suppression team sets... getting Lazy.

I will do so as and when I remould them - thinking of doing a few more poses anyway to get a 5 man squad.

No Skulls though :p

Cheers,

Joel

You forgot that the famous rock also pops up in the robed legs 5 pack

great work on the sniper team, the cloaks are awesome and the pose of the sniper looking through the scope looks spot on!

Hey Joel,
Just sorting out an order now - will the "Comms Power Plant" be getting added to the "build your own Exo-Lords" options at any stage?

Hey Guys,

In response to overwhelming demand, Im pleased to release the Rock as a stand alone product!

You can now purchase a pack of ten rocks!



These rocks are great for standing on, throwing at enemies, or using to crush skulls.




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@Lansiril - Have a look through all the separate torsos and legs, and in the "Custom Exo Lord" section you can purchase cheaper kits containing the legs, torsos, head and option shoulder pads and power plant.

@Traceoftoxin - thanks! it looks good!

@Deadairis - The magnets are back in stock now. Other than that everything is manufactured in house so stock shortages are very rare!

@Identifyzero - Thanks, I know thats what you meant! But still lazy of me to use the same rock, even if using the same legs is an acceptable short cut!

@Dmyze - Thanks! actually its a different rock!

Im doing a few more poses of sniper - probably to make a 5 man team.

@Azazelx - Its done!

Cheers Guys,

Joel

Ps. to any would be Famous Rock purchasers, Im sorry, that was a joke.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

YAY!!!

Ps. to any would be Famous Rock purchasers, Im sorry, that was a joke.

Wh-why....? Why would you do this to someone?

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Hey Guys,

In response to overwhelming demand, Im pleased to release the Rock as a stand alone product!

You can now purchase a pack of ten rocks!



These rocks are great for standing on, throwing at enemies, or using to crush skulls.

I know you're joking - but please do this, just for the hilarity of it.
You can do it like your weapon accessories - packs of 10, or as an optional extra for infrantry models.
It'd also be relatively useful for terrain and stuff to stand on

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Hey Guys,

In response to overwhelming demand, Im pleased to release the Rock as a stand alone product!

You can now purchase a pack of ten rocks!



These rocks are great for standing on, throwing at enemies, or using to crush skulls.

Finally I have found reroll counters for my dwarf bloodbowl team. Now I'll just have to paint gold veins, silver deposits, and Jess onto these.

If you think I'm joking you better get them on the site

Hey Joel, to start off I like the rock idea and I'm glad you took it in stride. Second of all thought of a few more quick bit ideas for objective markers or scenery.


The first would be a ammo box that could have an open top and customers could put whatever they wanted into them, or you could make a couple inserts for the ammo box like a ammo dump insert or a weapons cache insert.

The second idea is simple, a weapons rack that could fit inside a Rhino or a Stormraven, you can have a couple options there also, have the guns display horizontally or vertically.

Both ideas allow the customers to choose what they want and have a couple options, I don't know/think there is anything else on the market like these aside from FW makes a weapons box for Elysians.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

Anyone out there need to take out a target from several miles away?

NEW - BLACK OPS MASTER SNIPER TEAM



A Marksman/Spotter team with lethal M88 Negotiator and enhanced optical range finding equipment. The figures also have lighter armour than the regular Black Ops figures, and Camouflage Cloaks.

I had a lot of fun making these figures, as designing them as single piece casts gave me total control over the equipment and posing - the Marksman is sighting directly down the rifle for example.

I hope you like them! Command Squad coming soon.

Cheers,

Joel

wait wait wait wait wait

You're making a COMMAND SQUAD of these guys?

...I might be throwing some money your way.

Where have you been these past few weeks?

Will the feet of the master sniper team be fixed? The feet/ancle/lower leg seem to be strangely connected at the moment.

@Newabortion - Thanks for the suggestions! I cant prioritise small stuff like weapon racks im afraid, as while they are undoubtedly cool, its a pretty niche item, I need to focus on stuff which appeals to a wider segment of the marker!

@Malika2 - I know what you mean, thats just how the armour is designed on all the black ops. Its hard to get thick plate armour which looks mobile/flexible AND which is castable with few undercuts, I do my best! Its intended that the undersides of the shin armour be painted black, as an area of shadow.

We've been a bit quiet over the weekend, but I have some brand new master parts on my desk to share with you guys! Not one or two new products, TEN new components of various kinds!

This image shows the WIP Flame Cannon, Heavy Fusion Cannon with backpack power supply (cables still to add). And in the foreground from left to right - Black Widow Carbine in resin, A selection of medical devices for my command squad medic. A compact satallite Comms array, and a plain gladius with sheath option.

All these smaller parts are for my Black Ops Command squad, but will also be available separately!

I hope you like them,

Cheers,

Joel

Joel those are beautiful. Please make all hose little part available separately.

Hm. Not sure how I feel about the Fusion Cannon. I think I'd need to see some more angles. The rest of that however, that all looks great. Really loving the heavy flamer. The comms array is pretty neat. Will you be planning more little scenery details like that in the future?

Cool stuff as ever. Really like the swords, comms rely and H Flamer.

Any chance we'll see more melee weapons? Axes,maces,spears etc?

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Mauls, Axes, Maces and Sci-fi Bow-staffs would be my request. There seems to be a lack of these.

Please release a cable sprue for the sake of lazyness modeling

MUST HAVE DAT 'EAVY FLAMA!!!!!!

 SickSix wrote:
MUST HAVE DAT 'EAVY FLAMA!!!!!!

Seconded, that Flame cannon is ridiculously awesome!

Also good thing I checked this thread as I was about to by parts for my command "medic" - now I will wait for the Anvil bits

Cheers guys,

@Manus the little parts will be on a "command upgrade sprue" of some kind.

@Barzam - Im also a little unsure about the Fusion Cannon, I think it looks abit too "front heavy" Redesigning and reprinting it wont take all that long so Ill probably release it in 2 weeks or so instead of rushing it out now.
In the meanwhile you will all have to make do with Mega Flames!

I might be making a few more "cool scenic" elements, but only as part of larger kits as and when I need something.

@evildrcheese and mwnciboo - No plans for any more melee weapons at the moment Im afraid.

@Livanbard - check out "Zinge Industries" for all your flexible cable needs -
http://www.zinge.co.uk/
Great store with lots of cool bits like that.

Cheers,

Joel

Yeah, the fusion cannon just doesn't give me a tickle in my loins like the mega flamer. 'Front heavy' is a good diagnosis.

@Livanbard - check out "Zinge Industries" for all your flexible cable needs -
http://www.zinge.co.uk/
Great store with lots of cool bits like that.

cool gesture anvil! that speaks volumes for your business modus operandi.... if you are currently not able to provide...then at least point a customer in the right direction

 SickSix wrote:
Yeah, the fusion cannon just doesn't give me a tickle in my loins like the mega flamer. 'Front heavy' is a good diagnosis.

I think the same about the flamer. It just looks to rear heavy with that massive fuel canister hanging of the back. If it were fowards a little bit then it would look more balanced.

However, removing and repositioning the canister looks like a fairly simple job.

 Viktor von Domm wrote:

@Livanbard - check out "Zinge Industries" for all your flexible cable needs -
http://www.zinge.co.uk/
Great store with lots of cool bits like that.

cool gesture anvil! that speaks volumes for your business modus operandi.... if you are currently not able to provide...then at least point a customer in the right direction

Second that.

Really looking forward to buying the command upgrade - that medical thingy is some of the coolest stuff for a long time.

And (I know you must be getting tired of this Q) would you have any idea when you have robed legs regiment size ready? You know I'm interested in both normal and mechanical - cannot remember if you had both planned though.

@Sicksix - Im going to be redesigning and reprinting the Fusion Cannon with a few refinements, and also release a Laser Cannon type weapon as well.

@Victor - Happy to recommend Zinge as I can personally vouch for the product quality! We've had adjacent stalls at Salute the past couple of years!

@Snrub - Its designed so the center of gravity of the weapon hangs roughly under the arm attachment point, It would be a major Pain to remove and reposition it, but you could trim the back end down a bit reasonably easy.

@Manus - Thanks! Not as tired as you must be of the answer "yeah pretty soon I think.."

I cant give a date but the Regiments scale legs are being digitally designed at the moment, as soon as Ive got those, Ill be having the greatcoat version sculpted over the top.

Im not really sure if its worth sculpting a set of fully robed mechanical legs.. as the only major difference will be the mechanical feet sticking out the bottom instead of combat boots.

I would lean toward sculpting the mechanical robed legs with more a front/back loin cloth, split at the sides to show the mechanical legs off more, I dont really see the mechanical guys wearing traditional "great coats" as such.

Any thoughts?

Cheers,

Joel

Actually my thought exactly. I think I have gotten it confused somehow, initially I though you'd just do robed normal legs, but then I got the impression you were mainly going for the mechanical version. Personally I'd all in for the normal legs version.

Really glad to hear they are in design - that normally means within reach

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@Snrub - Its designed so the center of gravity of the weapon hangs roughly under the arm attachment point, It would be a major Pain to remove and reposition it, but you could trim the back end down a bit reasonably easy.

Well that makes more sense.

NEW PRODUCT -


When the fighting gets up close and personal, you need the HELLFIRE CANNON.




Compatible with Exo-Lords and similar 28mm scale miniatures, Available HERE

Also out now the "Black Widow" Silenced Carbine I previewed in 3D a few pages ago.



Available here

And a sneak preview of an upcoming "Regiments" figure-



I know the head looks really large, this is because its blow up to screen size, when printed at 28mm the head will look a lot more sensibly scaled in relation to the body.

For more CAD previews like this, you can check out Anvil Industry on Facebook where Im always uploading new stuff Im working on for feedback and suggestions.


The other Exo Lord parts I previewed yesterday will be available tommorow.

Cheers,

Joel

He seems short in the chest area compared to the rest o him. Otherwise he looks great .

Is he meant to be a squat, or are the proportions just odd?

I'm in love with that heavy flamer!

That heavy flamer is dead sexy.

Are those the rumored shoulder pads? I know you mentioned you would be making a series of regiment sized ones in the future.

The body of that regimental soldier seems... squat. The torso seems out of balance with the reset of the body.

Hmm... there is a certain Dwarven/Squat-esque appearance to his proportions. But to be honest, that's true of all G-Dubs plastic guardsmen. I'm not a huge fan of the proportions myself, but I susect it will blend well with the Cadians and Catachans, so I can't really say anything too critical about it.

It's the torso for me. I understand the need for unnatural proportions when we're going heroic scale, but the torso still looks a little short from the render, even taking that into consideration.

Thanks very much for the feedback guys!

Its partly the scaling looks odd when blown up large, and I think the belt is thick and a bit too high.

I will address the scaling before printing him to ensure he is as close to the correct ratios as possible!

These figures will be the same overall height as GW plastics, and the legs will be similar but the heads, arms and guns will be more realistically scaled.

@Javin - these are just scale indicators, rather than finnished pads, but yes, the regiments shoulder pads are planned in the not too distant future!

Cheers,

Joel

Torso also seemed short compared to the legs