Heir to the throne of Ulixus, Princess Malya has set out across the galaxy to unlock the mystery of the aethyric creatures known as cyphers. With her ever cheerful companion, Mr. Tomn, she relentlessly follows a trail of fallen heroes and cryptic prophesy. Over the years she has left behind an impressive array of enemies, admirers, and love-struck would be suitors; her relic’s speedy thrusters always keeping her just beyond the horizon.

Princess Malya, her cypher Mr. Tomn, and relic Sedaris will be available from Soda Pop Miniatures this November as two, 32mm scale, multipart pewter models in a single blister.

Art is available here. There's also a teaser up for what's coming after this.
If the model is anything like the art, this thing is gonna be pretty big!

Lovely, its another must have.
I'm still waiting for the first sodapop mini to get here its been 4weeks? So anyone knows if a european store carries these minis?

Tor Gaming were taking pre-orders.

http://theminiaturespage.com/news/501284/
http://www.torgaming.co.uk/store/

I suggest you contact Sodapop directly as my copy arrived within 7-10 days of ordering. You could also ask about European stockists.

Thanks.

I just mailed them and hope to find were the mini is with the tracking number.
Also asked for a european distributor or store, I will post details if theres something new.

The first one was OK, but the second one - very nice indeed!

I'll certainly be picking that one up, and finding someway of using 'counts as' to get her into a game of Infinity!

Do you think it will be possible to assemble with closed cockpit?

We're glad you guys like her! She is indeed a good sized model and will be on a 50mm base, while Mr Tomn will join her on his own 30mm base.

NAVARRO wrote:Lovely, its another must have.
I'm still waiting for the first sodapop mini to get here its been 4weeks? So anyone knows if a european store carries these minis?

I just e-mailed you back Navarro. We've had a couple international orders that seem to be taking forever to arrive. It's been very frustrating. We are actively working on a European distribution solution and hopefully it will be operational before too long. We'll of course let everyone know when we've got it all figured out.

Paul Atreides wrote:Do you think it will be possible to assemble with closed cockpit?

She won't actually have a closed cockpit option. We figured we'd respect Malya's decision to perch herself up so high for all to see (regardless of incoming fire).


We'll have some more of her concept art and eventually her greens in the next couple weeks. We're quite excited, can't wait to see what you all think!

Deke
Soda Pop Miniatures

terrainguy wrote:

NAVARRO wrote:Lovely, its another must have.
I'm still waiting for the first sodapop mini to get here its been 4weeks? So anyone knows if a european store carries these minis?

I just e-mailed you back Navarro. We've had a couple international orders that seem to be taking forever to arrive. It's been very frustrating. We are actively working on a European distribution solution and hopefully it will be operational before too long. We'll of course let everyone know when we've got it all figured out.

Deke
Soda Pop Miniatures

Got home and checked your mail, thanks mate
No worries I'm a very patient bug I can wait...
Your professional service is much apreciated and for sure you will have more of my business.

It's got a bunny!

Erm....will the next one have a more "human" proportion, or are you sticking with the "cartoon" style? Not saying theres anything wrong with that by the way, it would just make a nice change.....after all, you'll have stiff competition in the anime realms from the likes of Anima Tactics and Infinity!!

Delephont wrote:after all, you'll have stiff competition in the anime realms from the likes of Anima Tactics and Infinity!!

Another good reason to KEEP the generous ladies proportions.

I like the current exaggerated anime style.

Agreed. Don't want things to start looking generic now, do you?

Malya will keep with the style established by Candy. We're really going for fun, animated, and highly stylized. Speaking of, here's this week's teasers for ya!





From our release-

This week Soda Pop Miniatures is excited to show you some of the excellent concept art for Princess Malya by Chester Ocampo. We also have for your viewing pleasure the green of her cypher, Mr. Tomn, sculpted by Jacques Alexandre Gillois.

To mistake Princess Malya’s effervescent companion for a child’s toy is surely to condemn yourself to destruction by the twitch of his cute little whiskers. Cyphers, like Mr Tomn, are a psychically bonded interface from knight to relic. At the core of the creature’s being is an arcane intelligence that reflects the knight’s spirit in form and focuses the relic’s awesome abilities in battle. In addition, each cypher serves as a companion to the knight to which it is bonded, ever prodding and leading its master to new discoveries about the dark times ahead.

Mr. Tomn is a single 32mm scale model that will be packaged with Princess Malya and available at the end of the month. Malya and her relic will be previewed next week!

Thanks as always!
Deke

Panda Bunny = favorite! Will be ordering this one for sure.

Actually...



Cutting it a little close?

Excellent sketches! Also, lol at Raichu

Fantastic!

I can't wait for these models to hit your store!

Wow!

I'm in love with these concepts and mini style... really hot chicks hot wheels and cute pets to spank

That was my first thought.

I choose you, TOMNACHU!

Hmmm...

A bit different that what I expected, but I'll be watching this (When the range expands, I'll certainly be very interested.)

The sketches for princess Malya strongly remind me of another anime character, the biker chick from My-Hime, whose name I can't remember.

Edit : Natsuki, from My-Hime

Found my next Grey Knights Dreadnought!

Commander Endova wrote:Found my next Grey Knights Dreadnought!

Nice!

Please be sure to post pics once it is painted!

I really those minis/concepts. Is this a game or just minis for purists?

Could someone rehost the pics on Dakka? This site is blocked at work for some reason.

Concept art for the next release:

I am disturbed by the lack of Lunahound in this thread...

Ok the Mech and Bunny are great looking but way do people want models that should be in a center fold? I personally find them boring and shows most of the time lack of imagination on the design team. Thats just me, the odd ball.

I can't speak for the others but as for me, I'm just sad.

Me, I've no problems with such things at all.

As always, the power of voting with your wallet will show 'what people want' and what they don't.

I rather like them infact. Centerfolds are all well and good, but more importantly I am just really bored with "large muscled barbarian man!" or "giant man in armor! (presumably bald and screaming)" and the seemingly endless variants thereof. Do a search for "demon" minis sometime, and then a search for "angel" minis, for another example of "WAY too much of the former, none of the latter".

The variety is nice, especially when it features T and possibly A

Also a diferent paint job on this will change this miniature a lot. Since the concept art is so strong( and cool) and all the site presentation kind of gives you a direction etc if you paint a dirty robot for example and change the style its going to be wicked...

Still waiting on the first chick though

I think these are a very refreshing addition to the miniatures landscape. Very unique and different.

I don't think that the "pinup" styling is a problem at all. Vinyl kits have been doing the same for decades. So what if ONE miniatures company does so? It simply provides something different that I, for one, can appreciate.

Well my miniatures didnt got here for a simple reason... I typed my address with a typo... so yeah toss those tomatoes my way I deserve all of them and much more... Just plain slowed really

Ussually I check, double check and triple check... but this time I only had eyes for the hips

Soda pop folks instead of sending me a bucket of menure to the face they will cover it for me... yeah its amazing how incredibly good they are about this and they will get my business in the incoming future for sure!

New concept art is up for Candy and Cola, and a for a new character too! Good stuff

I was thinking about getting one, suits my anime mecha 40K army to a T. But if the scale is 32mm it´ll be too big. Me sad panda.

M.

Greens are now up:



Do want.

Ill take 3!

I thought it was Mr. Fomn (foamin'):(

Still, I love the pieces, and i think I need the excuse to paint pink!

Hmmm.... What scale is that in compared to GW stuff? I wonder if that could be converted into Shadowsun for my future Tau army...

Definitely digging! I will certainly pick one up when it is available.

I do wonder how she rides/fights in the mecha though. Does she sit on it like a crotch rocket, or is there a little cock pit that would enclose her when in position? Further, could I have written that with more innuendo?

It's described as 32mm. Don't have any to compare myself, but I imagine it'll be broadly compatible.

Yes, it would work. The figures are about 28mm, less 'heroic' than GW's but more curvaceous in an anime way.

Any differences can be explained by her being a Tau lady, not a human man.

The sculpting is very nice, and I love the motorbike-turned-giant robot look of the mech...

Not sold on the final pose, though. I think the mech is leaning just a little too far forwards. Instead of the relaxed pose from the artwork, it makes it look like the mech has just come to a screeching halt and she's pitching forward over the handlebars.

Might just be the angle of the pics, though. And if not, would be relatively easy to fix with some creative basing...


Love the rabbit.

insaniak wrote:The sculpting is very nice, and I love the motorbike-turned-giant robot look of the mech...

Not sold on the final pose, though. I think the mech is leaning just a little too far forwards. Instead of the relaxed pose from the artwork, it makes it look like the mech has just come to a screeching halt and she's pitching forward over the handlebars.

Might just be the angle of the pics, though. And if not, would be relatively easy to fix with some creative basing...


Love the rabbit.

That's a really good point. Something about that was bugging me and led me down the path of "how does it work?" I see now that the correct line of thought is less "how does it work?" and more "why does the machine look like it is in the middle of something when the pilot is pausing and looking around?" Sort of strange, like a picture of a horse galloping at high speed while the rider is looking for something in the saddle bags in back.

I'm fairly sure it should come in several parts, so it'd be a trivial matter to repose it to something more natural looking.

Good to know. Is it going to be resin or metal?

I really should stop skim-reading stuff, as I missed this paragraph on their website:

soda pop website wrote:Malya, Mr Tomn, and her relic are 32mm scale and will be a multi-part pewter model. They will be available for order soon at the Soda Pop Store!

Hrm, that's a lot of metal for the robot. A little annoying to chop up to repose, but it shouldn't be too bad.

Note the "multi-part" bit

If the concept art is anything to go by, the arms and legs should be separate pieces.

(So I'll say it: awesome boobs )

That was nothing like what I expected when I clicked the link, excellent work to the sculptor and thanks for the link to the OP Teasers look like more mecha madness on the horizon, though perhaps less curvaceous anime chica

- Salvage

Hey guys!

Glad to see you like her. We were impressed with Jacques ability to capture Chester's art.

She will be pewter and is, if I remember correctly, 24 pieces!

Pose, we imagine the mech in essentially a three point stance like that of an American football player. He is set while Malya pops up to survey the field a little better, but is mere moments from springing back into action.

For scale, she is consistent with Candy so is right in the realm of infinity and such. She's in the middle of having masters and mold made so I don't have one on hand to be able to tell you more exact size references.

She rides the mech like a bike and there is no enclosed cockpit. Instead, in the finest anime super character traditions she nimbly dodges massive barrages of missiles and bullets, while what few get through impact on the relic or energy shields.


Thanks!
Deke Stella
Soda Pop Miniatures

24 pieces sounds very good indeed

The Dreadnote wrote:Note the "multi-part" bit

If the concept art is anything to go by, the arms and legs should be separate pieces.

Oh, I noted it. I suspect though that "multi-part" will not end up meaning "fully posable articulation". Not really a big deal, but depending on the size of the parts glueing and pinning that many metal bits can be miserable. Infinity models are difficult enough to pin with their tiny little limbs. Still, it might not be all bad, just saying.

Yeah, I get you. Well you know what they say - if a job's worth doing...

Aduro wrote:Hmmm.... What scale is that in compared to GW stuff? I wonder if that could be converted into Shadowsun for my future Tau army...

No don't say things like that, I didn't want a reason to justify the idea of getting a Tau army.

Wehrkind wrote:

insaniak wrote:The sculpting is very nice, and I love the motorbike-turned-giant robot look of the mech...

Not sold on the final pose, though. I think the mech is leaning just a little too far forwards. Instead of the relaxed pose from the artwork, it makes it look like the mech has just come to a screeching halt and she's pitching forward over the handlebars.

Might just be the angle of the pics, though. And if not, would be relatively easy to fix with some creative basing...


Love the rabbit.

That's a really good point. Something about that was bugging me and led me down the path of "how does it work?" I see now that the correct line of thought is less "how does it work?" and more "why does the machine look like it is in the middle of something when the pilot is pausing and looking around?" Sort of strange, like a picture of a horse galloping at high speed while the rider is looking for something in the saddle bags in back.

I don't see it like that. I see it like the mech is posed like an NFL lineman ready to pounce, and the rider is checking everything before committing to the spring.

However a little bit of conversion can easily be done, I'm sure.

terrainguy wrote:For scale, she is consistent with Candy

Hmmmm, valid point. Anyone who purchased Candy willing to set her next to a GW for a size comparison?

Aduro wrote:

terrainguy wrote:For scale, she is consistent with Candy

Hmmmm, valid point. Anyone who purchased Candy willing to set her next to a GW for a size comparison?

She's still in the blister, but I can do a comparison for you later, when I get home. She's much smaller than a usual GW model, in case you are wondering.

I may have to break my vow for no more models this month....

Oh my! I can say that if this keeps going on at this level of originality and execution the Sci-fi podium currently at Infinity will change hands

Really, when I saw the concept art I knew they could pull off sexy chicks with not problems but was curious to see how would soda pop handle the machines, well they made it perfectly... concept is great since you still have your eyes glued on the gal yet she has some kind of huge mechmoto.

A must have that I will get as soon as it hit the stores.

Amazing really, this is probably the best new company of the year for me.

So, do you have a rough approx of how much that gal on a mecha will be?

Fizyx wrote:

Aduro wrote:

terrainguy wrote:For scale, she is consistent with Candy

Hmmmm, valid point. Anyone who purchased Candy willing to set her next to a GW for a size comparison?

She's still in the blister, but I can do a comparison for you later, when I get home. She's much smaller than a usual GW model, in case you are wondering.

Don't think I've forgotten about you!

NAVARRO wrote:

A must have that I will get as soon as it hit the stores.

Amazing really, this is probably the best new company of the year for me.

Have to agree with you on this, A definite highlight of the year for me. It is like a breath of fresh air - makes me want to paint agan.

Mayla's twin Natsuki :3

Very nice model. I may have to pick her up and steal the idea of using her as Shadowsun.

Lunahound I would second that even through I haven't watched that series.

Aduro wrote:

Fizyx wrote:

Aduro wrote:

terrainguy wrote:For scale, she is consistent with Candy

Hmmmm, valid point. Anyone who purchased Candy willing to set her next to a GW for a size comparison?

She's still in the blister, but I can do a comparison for you later, when I get home. She's much smaller than a usual GW model, in case you are wondering.

Don't think I've forgotten about you!

You have failed me for the last time!

Oh, god, I completely forgot. PM me next time, I'm pretty absent-minded.

edit: that being said, Ijust got to work. Sorry :(

What are you two on about???

I can't wait for this one to be released, and to see what else they come up with!

Here is a comparison for size. She is about as tall as Njal (not including the cloak) but much much thinner. At first I thought she was tiny, but then I realized she was just very thin compared to most gw miniatures. Sorry, this was all I had on-hand to compare her to since the rest of my stuff is packed in my car.

I'm one step closer to the bubblegum-guard.

Awesome! I'll go ahead and forgive you now.

If Malya's the same size, that would be right about perfect for a Tau chick. Kind of a big suit for Shadowsun, but still too cool to not do it.

GW 'heroic' figures have many body dimensions the same or larger than 1/35 scale figures.

I'm definately gonna pick up the new one. Nice sculpting, great lines.

Princess Malya is now available for pre-order, for the price of $49.95 USD (roughly £30).
Christmas delivery cannot be guaranteed.

That is an amazing sculpt

Ordered.

The mech looks like it will test my assembly skills.

Kilkrazy wrote:Ordered.

The mech looks like it will test my assembly skills.

Ours too! Jacques, the sculptor, informed us that it is the most complex model he's ever sculpted. We are working on assembly instructions that will be a downloadable pdf on our site to help out.

The Dreadnote wrote:Princess Malya is now available for pre-order, for the price of $49.95 USD (roughly £30).
Christmas delivery cannot be guaranteed.

Thats one expensive Sential Squad

I've given up on super glue. Epoxy is what I use now for metal. It's not cheap and if you get the 1 minute you don't have a lot of working life so if you aren't careful you can waste a lot of it but good luck ever breaking an epoxy bond, even with small surfaces. That and it smells worst than most superglues.

Beautiful sculpt, definately will pick her up down the road just for a show piece.

There are now some size comparisons up on their website.

The Dreadnote wrote:There are now some size comparisons up on their website.

Nice!

I definitely be picking this up...

Hopefully, GW doesn't totally hamstring the upcoming (I hope!) Inquisition Codices so I can figure out a way to 'counts as' her in there somehow!

Hey guys,
Since scale seems to be one of our most asked questions we snapped some pics of Candy and Malya next to models from some other lines so you can get a better sense of the size of our models.






As you can see our models are a bit more lithe than traditional 40k or PP models, sharing closer proportions to lines like Infinity or Confrontation. Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks!
Deke Stella
Soda Pop Miniatures

I got to see some Sodapop models at Conquest NW.

I can say they are PURE AWESOME>

I feel that the only problem with the sculpt is the mechs feet, they are a bit to flat for me

Such fantastic minis, I only wish I could figure out how to work them into Dark Elves or Tyranids to justify owning them (outside of the "just because they look awesome" reason).

They will work for Tyranids if you have Tentacles involved.

Fantastic!!

Looks like I dont have to sculpt a DP model!!!

Whilst this topic's revived, I should probably point out that concept art for the next release is out: http://web.sodapopminiatures.com/selectcharacter/Kenobo

Has anyone else received their Princess Malya yet? Mine came without the right hand, and with an extra tail bit. Since the store I purchased from apparently doesn't want to respond to my emails about it, does anyone here have the blister that has two right hands, but only one tail bit?

Mine arrived while I was away on holiday. It seems to be complete with all the parts. I think Soda Pop would send you the missing bits if you contact them directly.

Yea, I PM'd Deke from Soda Pop on the boards here about it, but I want to see if Cool Mini or Not (the guys I bought it from) get back to me about an exchange. Or get back to me at all for that matter. So far they have a pretty low "Perfect Order" score from me, mostly around delays and lack of communication, so I am kind of hoping they make this right without me hounding them.

Update: Ok, CMoN shot me an email this afternoon that they contacted Soda Pop and are going to have them just send me the bits directly. So, 5-6 days after I sent the initial email I am told it will be taken care of nicely. Not exciting customer service, but they are taking care of it, so good on them, and I appreciate it.

Hey guys, sorry for the delay in response. I got word from CMON this weekend about the missing parts. Unfortunately, I was away at Conquest NW so just now got to check my e-mail and such. I'll have a new hand out to you promptly Wehr.

In the future if there's a mistake with any of our models don't hesitate to contact us directly at store@sodapopminiatures.com regardless of where you actually purchased it.

Terribly sorry about the packing mistake!

Deke Stella
Soda Pop Miniatures

Now that's some customer service!

Alpharius wrote:Now that's some customer service!

Isn't it also kind of a thread necro? > 1 month since last post?

Should somebody have flipped out about this? Or is it a case of "different rules for certain people"?

I'm flipping out! What blatant attempt of threadomacy!

Seriously any news on the minis, have they arrived and are you guys satisfied?

Greets
Schepp himself

Deke: Shot you a PM and email with the info. Thanks again; you definitely are taking care of things well!

Behold! Deke from Soda Pop has displayed excellent customer support! Let it hence be known.

And I say that without a shred of irony. Good on you sir.

Shepp: News wise, other than the missing bit, I am really happy. Very clean model, with nary a bad mold line to be seen (really hardly any). Things actually fit together without glue, with the arms and legs of the beast having pins built in to connect them, which I think is a really nice touch.
It looks like there will be a little GS work to be done when it is together, but less than most metal kits, and certainly less than resin. All in all I am really excited to put it together and set brush to it.

I might have liked a little instruction page though, just to see that I had all the parts and to show where the little fins are supposed to go. Not a big deal since I can look at the completed model online, but wow, it was a LOT of bits