Ok, after browsing News&Rumours section I`ve decided it may be cool to change the format of posting MaxMini news. From now on I`ll include all of them in a single topic , just changing the title with a note about latest update. This seems more "proper" -shouldn`t spam this section of Dakka .
Even though it`s Sunday we`ve decided to pay our workshop a short visit . Thus I was able to demold this new piece by Marcin Szmyt - a gatling gun platform:



As usual - 28mm "heroic" scale.

Very nice, as usual.

In your other thread you mentioned the terminator pads with tassels now...yet the link doesn't display any pictures and I can't seem to find them on the online store. Any pics of the pads with tassels? Thanks!

I like the platform but the tires seem a bit bare, is there fine tred that is just not showing up?

A scope also seems a little un needed for the type of gun but that can easily be removed and reused.

Actually the scope / targeter is an optional piece .

@AgeOfEgos: here`s the pic

Ah, taking the Troll Forged route huh?

The minis are looking great man!

exactly mate . Now when we have steady stream of updates it really seems a better option .

Przemas wrote:Actually the scope / targeter is an optional piece .

@AgeOfEgos: here`s the pic

Awesome, thanks .

The gatling platform is great. The bare tyres aren't really a problem... If they're just there to allow the crew to tote the weapon around, they don't really need tread. That would be more necessary on larger, towed weapons.

Any plans on alternate weapons for the carriage?

See I was thinking about it in another way, well a) if it is detailed its easer to paint and make it look better for me. b) I was thinking in practical terms that it would slide around making aiming and transport harder. I have not found many pictures of them but I want to say they have something similar to motorcycle tires.

Yup - you can expect other weapon variants in the future.
If you have any specific ideas let me know - it will make some planning easier .

That is a neat looking weapons carriage. Would look nice for my VSF and steampunk projects.

I would like to see some kind of Tesla style cannon and maybe a ridiculously big bored cannon?

I'm liking that, something for my Airborne units to lug those Las-Cannons around on.

You should make a mortar variant. Allows for a bigger cooler looking mortar that makes sence on how it gets moved around.

I'd love to see a small breech loading gun of sorts, but this one right here is nicely done! I'll be looking forward to my stockist selling it ASAP.

I'd like to see variants for all the standard IG heavy weapon teams. A "Laser Cannon," a mortar, and an autocannon.

Why not just sell the carriage and let people stick whatever sort of gun they want in it? My IG are all about the light towed guns.

If that gun come out I'll buy 20 for my Imperial army, they look sweet.

Agreed with comments about the carriage. I definitely have use for a lot of gatling/miniguns, but I would be tickled pink if it had options for an 'autocannon', a 'light cannon' (missile launcher) and a 'heavy cannon' (lascannon).

A little bird tells me that this is just one example of what is comming down the pipeline in the future.

Expect more great things to come from these guys in the future.

I`ve added Wunderrocket to the webstore. If all goes well tomorrow you should expect plaguebeast and bioswords as well .
I`m waiting for a couple of packages from the sculptors. Damn, can`t wait to get them - especially for the ones from new sculptors .

Could you maybe make some other tires that could go with it, that are also sold on their own that look like the Ork Big gun wheels?

Bioswords have been added to the webstore :

Since Przemas is now keeping the stuff for MaxMini.eu in one, main thread, I just wanted to chip in a bit of opinion / review here. I really hope Przemas doesn't mind the very small hijack.

Back in February, I had a bit of correspondence with Przemas. He asked if I'd be interested in previewing some of their upcoming releases, and since I'd been really happy with the stuff I've bought from them in the past, my response was an enthusiastic yes.

Fast forward to today, and a package arrives in the mail all the way from the moon, er, Poland. Needless to say, I was more than a little excited to tear into this thing and see what's inside, and hopefully the MaxMini guys don't mind if I share the contents with all of you. I'm about to sound like a gigantic shill, I'm well aware of it, but they didn't ask me to write any of this and I do very genuinely love the work these guys do.

First and foremost, I received one of the prototypes of their 'Wunderrocket'. I first saw their previews for this model a couple weeks ago, and I was more than excited about it, since it looks to be a fantastic proxy for a Pulsa Rokkit for Apocalypse.

The main thing that always staggers me about MaxMini stuff is how much cleaner their casting work is compared to other companies. Last year, I ordered a bunch of their Ork Nob-sized pirate heads and Post-Apocalptic Big Guns to use in Flash Git conversions, and I was startled to discover that there was basically no mold lines, flashing, or cleanup required on the stuff I received. The same can be very easily said for the stuff I received from them today - while not completely perfect, their stuff is giant pogo-stick leaps and bounds better than stuff like Armorcast. Even a company like Forgeworld, which survives with ludicrous detail for ludicrous prices, produces and sells a lot of pieces that require considerable effort to repair into the product advertised in my experience.

To that end, all of the photographs of the stuff I received depict product that has not been cleaned up at all - I basically just removed these parts from the box and grabbed my camera.

So, let's return to the Wunderrocket. Przemek, the MaxMini.eu representative that sent me this stuff, advised me that the rocket I've received "has been cast in a sample mold, so the main 'body' of the rocket has been cast slightly differently than the one from the production mold". If you notice any significant differences in details between what I'm photographing here and what MaxMini.eu currently has up, I think it's probably attributable to that - because shipping from Poland takes as long as it does, they sent me one of their preproduction kits to play with.



You can see the parts breakdown of what I got here. The parts are keyed to fit together in a very simple manner - it's hard to get it wrong. There's two top covers that plug into the main, cylindrical body of the rocket; one resembles a large antenna rig, which presumably would suggest a remote control for the rocket, and the other is a cockpit-esque hatch that would conceal a pilot. The ramp is cast as one solid piece, which is actually fairly technically impressive from a mold-making standpoint. You can already tell from this picture that the quality of these casts is pretty damn high - there's nothing flashed, broken, mangled, bent, or bubbled. In fact, the kit fits together without any glue:





This is dry-fit together with zero glue, and really looks just great. My Big Mek is in the picture for scale purposes, and to admire the construction. You'll notice that the one thing that appears absent is a turbine to plug into the front of the engine on the tail, but I expect that's absent just because they hadn't had the time to get the molds together for that part yet. It's certainly not a big deal for me, since I can manufacture my own fairly easily, and I've no doubt that it's remedied on the actual kit itself. That said, though, this thing fits together seamlessly, and there's hardly any flaws anywhere - the only thing I've noticed is a very tiny miscast on the second picture above, in the thin 'casing' that goes around the gauges and dials on the side of the rocket, but I imagine that's simply due to how thin the part is and it's not a hard thing to fix. Certainly nothing like having to drop your Forgeworld model in boiling water to straighten it out!

MaxMini's current pricing on the Wunderrocket puts it at around $50 USD, which means for Ork players it's something like the cost of a Battlewagon or Deff Dread. Obviously, cheaper would be lovely... but speaking from experience playing Apocalypse, I would almost always rather spend the $50 on one of these Rockets instead of a Dread. Pulsa Rokkits can be ridiculously useful in a large game.

The Wunderrocket wasn't all I received from the MaxMini guys, however. They also pitched in a "Confession Machine", an interesting terrain item that looks right at home in the 41st millenium.



I'm not 100% sure what I'm going to use this for yet, but I'm thinking it might be a good element to include in a diorama or large display base, since pegging it onto an ork vehicle or the likes seems wasteful. Perhaps I'll loot it and use it as an objective marker?

I also got a handful of small, assorted bits to play with.



Obviously, I'm very excited over the hammers and pirate orc heads. Since I'm working on a 'Saladamneders' army, I need all the Thunder Hammers I can get, and these things look right at home being swung by power or terminator armor. The orc boy heads are also pretty fantastic - I already have a larger set of the Nob ones for when I make flash gitz, and I think I might save these three for the orks that will have to be crewing their very dakka-laden Battlewagon transport. I hope that down the road the MaxMini guys consider making some bodies to go along with these heads; right now, Micro Art Studio produces the closest thing to "Flash Git" bodies wearing long coats with their Orc Body set, but these are only Boy sized, and proppa Flash Gitz need to be almost the scale of Nobz. You'll also note a couple of other bits there, including one of MaxMini's "M-guns", a trio of "Steam Knight Helmets", "Fallen Legionnaire Helmets", "Feral Heads", and some of their "Skulls" bits. As with the other photos, these are all of bitz that are straight out of the package with zero cleanup - you can see why I love MaxMini's quality control. If those hammers had been from anyone else, the wires on them would have been a disastrous, miscast mess.

So, yes, in summation I have nothing but glowing things to say about MaxMini.eu's work. I'm not ashamed to say it. Obviously, I hope they focus on making more... 'post-apocalptic', or scrap-built wargear so that I can incorporate it into my greenskin army, but for those of you working on weedy forces like the Imperial Guard you really can't go wrong either.

kestral wrote:Why not just sell the carriage and let people stick whatever sort of gun they want in it? My IG are all about the light towed guns.

Amen Brother Kestral! I love the carriage, but I'd probably want to put my own weapons on it.

Vale,

JohnS

I had a browse of MaxMini a while ago. Brilliant stuff, but I just couldn't choose! Anyone mind if I just take the whole store? Let's see....I've got about....10 bucks.

Przemas wrote:
Even though it`s Sunday we`ve decided to pay our workshop a short visit . Thus I was able to demold this new piece by Marcin Szmyt - a gatling gun platform:

Oh my!!
That is so sexy nice! Must have 3!!

Those bioswords look really nice- I'm considering ripping the arms off my Swarmlord conversion for them; just need to decide what arms to use...

Really nice stuff so far, I'll be keeping an eye on this thread.

The Wunderrocket ramp is really one solid chunk of resin? Is it the ramp hollow underneath? Is the rocket hollow inside or is it also one solid chunk?

On the model I got, the ramp is one solid chunk of resin. It's not hollow, and the bottom is solid and smooth. The rocket body is also one solid piece of resin - not hollow.

Well... damn! Those look pretty sharp! I will have to take a look at their site and see what excuses I can find to spend some cash I really like those thunder hammers and traitorous heads.

@jamsessionein: thx for the awesome review (and additional info you sent me via email ) . hope you`ll like next package .

@Absolutionis: yup, those are solid chunks of resin.

I`ve been waiting impatiently for the package with first sculpts from Igor for a 2 weeks.
Damn, Igor did so well with those I couldn`t resist going to our workshop to make first casts even though it`s weekend....


Sculpted by Igor Karpov. Hope to see more from him soon.

LOVE IT!!!!

I so want the 2nd head from the left on the bottom for my zombies... I already want to make this guy useing it:

perfect for my penal legions!

Will you be at Salute this year??

Middle head on the bottom line. Seriously evil looking bastard.

Ooh, those heads are great.


Nice to see some cast pics as well... I think I'm definitely going to have to pick up one of those rockets once the wallet has recovered somewhat from the wedding...

Perfect stuff for Lost and the Damned. THANK YOU!

I personally dislike the idea of having to plow throw posts to find out what you guys have just come out with. If you want to just use a single thread then please just edit everyting on the first post.

Those are some wonderfully evil heads.

Love the evil heads. They'll fit right in with my Traitor Guard force.

Any way of getting those carrages in a 3 pack? I have plenty of heavy weapons, those carrages by themselves would really do the trick.

They're not evil! They're just misunderstood!

Wow! Really excellent heads guys, a lot of personality, sharp sculpts, very smooth... I wish I had a project to apply them to!

You know, there is a severe lack of bald heads around... hint hint

wow those gun carriages are great.

Here's wishing you might make something that subs in as ork big guns, as the ones GW make a crap.

I'm Deffinetly gonna have to get a set of those heads
for my new lost and the damned army me thinks =D

@spacewolflord: I have a feeling that editing first post each time may cause even more confusion. How about if I add a note in the topic title on which page is latest update? That should do the trick....

@Grot 6, @Daggermaw : there's big chance we'll sell the carriages without the weapons as well. There will be more weapon options in the future, as soon Marcin finishes yet another big project he's working on .

Przemas wrote:@spacewolflord: I have a feeling that editing first post each time may cause even more confusion. How about if I add a note in the topic title on which page is latest update? That should do the trick....

That's usually a good way of doing it...

bubber wrote:
Will you be at Salute this year??

We will . Check out our stand - we`ll be located at TN08 .

I may attend to salute to pick up some of those gorgeous field guns.

Przemas wrote:

bubber wrote:
Will you be at Salute this year??

We will . Check out our stand - we`ll be located at TN08 .

Yey! See you there.

joe_corns_87 wrote:I'm Deffinetly gonna have to get a set of those heads
for my new lost and the damned army me thinks =D

Hmmm... that avatar looks familiar.

joe_corns_87 wrote:I'm Deffinetly gonna have to get a set of those heads
for my new lost and the damned army me thinks =D

I'm getting these heads for my not-so-new Lost and the Damned army too.

BTW taking the exact same avatar as someone is kind of mean.

Interesting heads, not bad at all sculpting and casting wise. They just look a bit too cartoony for my tastes. :(

I've just added plaguebeast and gatling gun platform to the webstore.
This is also first painjob Przemek Walega did for us:


I've made first molds for some of the upcoming releases. I think I'll be able to show heads Filin sculpted tomorrow

Whatever happened to the shoulder pads? I had sent an email and never received a response. They gone now?

@AgeOfEgos: There will be a restock at the end of next week and from now on they should be avialable on a regular basis. We had some issues with custom orders on those with 2 designs being insanely popular and we need to make additional production molds for those.

Przemas wrote:@AgeOfEgos: There will be a restock at the end of next week and from now on they should be avialable on a regular basis. We had some issues with custom orders on those with 2 designs being insanely popular and we need to make additional production molds for those.

Ahh ok, good to hear. I'll be keeping an eye on the site in the next couple of weeks.

AgeOfEgos wrote:

Przemas wrote:@AgeOfEgos: There will be a restock at the end of next week and from now on they should be avialable on a regular basis. We had some issues with custom orders on those with 2 designs being insanely popular and we need to make additional production molds for those.

Ahh ok, good to hear. I'll be keeping an eye on the site in the next couple of weeks.

Yeah, me too!

I'm looking forward to adding those to my Pre-Heresy Terminators - this is going to help a lot, as I'm sure my '1/2 barrel' versions wouldn't have turned out as nice!

I'll be stopping by at Salute to pick up some of those sexay Cybork bits.

Will you be doing anything like sneak peaks or even pre sells of upcoming new stuff at the show?

Edit: I was hoping to get some of your rather tasty shotguns for a Necromunda gang too but I see they're sold out. Are you likley to have fresh stock in time for the show?

@Gargskull: I'll be happy to see you at Salute .
We'll have some pre-releases. The most likely one is the long-awaited steambike. I'll keep my mouth shut about the rest (at least for now ) as a lot depends on when I'll get some of the new sculpts.
The shotguns will be restocked next week. In general you'll notice slower stock update in the next couple of weeks. This is mostly due to our preparations for Salute.

all good news, particulary looking forward to that steambike.

See you there.

Something I've been waiting for - werewolf heads:


Sculpted by Filin . Damn, he did a good job on those - I just need to find proper minis to glue them to .
I'm really happy he carried on old B-class horror movie feel to them. Not some kind of freaky variation of "wolf" head but a crosbreed between human and wolf.
This will be propably another new release we'll bring to Salute

Space Wolf players will be pleased: Hello 13th Company

Kroothawk wrote:Space Wolf players will be pleased: Hello 13th Company

They'd be more pleased if they came out last edition!

They are VERY nice though - once again MaxMini impresses!

Cool stuff like this makes me spend my tax return before I even get it !!

These look great !!

i'd have liked some as you put it, freak variations of wolf heads, but these are ok


Good work maxmini!

More stellar work.

SOTR/WWW2 conversions coming up for these beauties.

Wow... That's some lovely work.

Przemas wrote:

Arrgh.
Every time MaxMini shows new stuff in this thread I surf past their web site - but the items are seldom available to order.
Then, when the items finally are available - I might miss out - or there are other unreleased things that I also want to order
(this said, I have placed quite a few MaxMini orders anyway).

Please: When releasing images of pre-production resin, please be specific regarding when they will be available to order.

Przemas wrote:Something I've been waiting for - werewolf heads:

I need those for my MOTW...Now ! So when do they become available?

Now you just need to make some hand conversions with the claws bursting out of the PA guantlets.

wow those heads look friggin sweet.

Awesome looking heads I am glad the hair is similar to the space wolf cuts, it will make them fit the army well. I still can't believe they did not do something with the 13th company in the new codex.

Looks like I'm going to be spending my Salute £ at MaxMini's stand this year!

bubber wrote:Looks like I'm going to be spending my Salute £ at MaxMini's stand this year!

I've been putting together a massive shopping list for the show by going through the whole list of traders on salute's website.
It's gotten so long I'm going to have to do two rounds, one for my must haves and another to buy the other stuff with whatever I've got left.

I need those werewolf heads badly! They will fit into my gothic horror games very well. Excellent job as always, MaxMini.

Przemas wrote:I`ve been waiting impatiently for the package with first sculpts from Igor for a 2 weeks.
Damn, Igor did so well with those I couldn`t resist going to our workshop to make first casts even though it`s weekend....


Sculpted by Igor Karpov. Hope to see more from him soon.

I'd like to know how these heads scale with cadian bodies.

@poipo32: they're very similar in scale . I think I'll be able to show some size comparisons when this set will be ready.

List of pre-release items we'll have with us on Salute 2010 has been sorted out:

1. Werewolf heads
2. Barrels
3. Crates
4. Steambike (low stock)

updates (prices and pics) will follow shortly.
Of course all the regular items will be available .

Cool, looking forward to seeing this bike of yours.

Can I reserve one if I really dig it?

I love Maxmini sooo much it makes my heart and bank account hurt *sob*

Przemas wrote:@poipo32: they're very similar in scale . I think I'll be able to show some size comparisons when this set will be ready.

List of pre-release items we'll have with us on Salute 2010 has been sorted out:

1. Werewolf heads
2. Barrels
3. Crates
4. Steambike (low stock)

updates (prices and pics) will follow shortly.
Of course all the regular items will be available .

Comparison shots would be great!
If they are same/a bit smaller I'll order a bunch for sure.

All the stuff looks great.

Now these guys need to do some "attack beasts" that might hang around with Warbosses and such to give them an extra attack in cc...

A couple of pics of the pre-release Salute items, with an additional one - Spiked Warboar

Definitely not a Pumba
Looks good!

MaxMini wins - again!

Przemas wrote:A couple of pics of the pre-release Salute items, with an additional one - Spiked Warboar

You should post this over at Warseer, as they are not aware of it yet.

Przemas wrote:A couple of pics of the pre-release Salute items, with an additional one - Spiked Warboar

That is just awesome, the sculpt is great, gotta find a reason to buy one.

poipo32 wrote:

Przemas wrote:A couple of pics of the pre-release Salute items, with an additional one - Spiked Warboar

That is just awesome, the sculpt is great, gotta find a reason to buy one.

You just listed two.....

... or you could make a Beastman player happy, who was not excited by the official Pumbagor ... erm ... razorgor model.

Boar looks good, I wouldn't want to subject any models to riding it though.

Pretty nice additions. Those Wolfman heads could use a set of Wolfman hands too though.

The Spiked Warboar beats the snot outta GW's Rodney Dangefield/Marty Feldman/Pumba Razorgor offering to be sure.

For us whacky kids across the pond, when will those Space Wolf Wolfen (tm) heads - errr, werewolf heads - be available on the online store?

@DeathGod: as soon as I get back from London (of course if I get there ) - so next Friday seems a sensible estimation.

Flights seem to have resumed now.

Love the boar. How big is it (in comparison to the pumbagor)?

due to my 'mate' being a complete dozy t**t, i didn't get picked up for Salute this morning. Was really looking forward to having a chat & buying those guns.
Will order from your site when the shop's back open.

Hope the trip home was ok.
Adam

yeah,
I checked out your stall, some very nice stuff.

I was after 15 of the kromlech tank tracks, but they are internet only for individual picking. so I ended up only buying one clanking destroyer as a test run to convert to a grot loota.

Panic.

I was too late to get any clanking destroyers, they had the packs of individual kromlech bits but I couldn't afford all of them.

whuts a clanking destroyer?

ghosty wrote:whuts a clanking destroyer?

One each of kromlechs cybork bits, i.e enough bits to make a whole figure.

Can't wait to get evil heads.

I'm serious, I can't wait, release them!

hehe. I actually love those cyborg bits. I dont colelct orks. Probably never will. But for some reason theres a part of me that wants to but a battlewagon and some of those bits and make a gorkamorka cybork tribe>.>

Any word on the shoulder pads?

They should be back in the store - I'll phone Kacper (he handles the webstore) and will check what's keeping them out of stock.
Just unpacked last items and got back to normal after Salute .... Damn, it was fun (Salute , not unpacking )!

He better get a new phone because they are still out

Ok, I'm after a chat with him - the pads will be back on Sunday .
The problem with them seems to be solved for the moment but I have to admit we'll inspect the sales VERY carefully to avoid mess in the future. We've allowed custom deals for those and to our surprise it has turned out that most of the people want only one of the pads. This made coping with the demand a tad difficult even though we had considerable number of mixed sets ready...
Anyways apart from the pads some of the Salute pre-releases should be added as well

Are Kromlech actually selling their cybork bits as a figure pack or do we have to buy all the bits packs seperately?

Przemas wrote:
Ok, I'm after a chat with him - the pads will be back on Sunday .
The problem with them seems to be solved for the moment but I have to admit we'll inspect the sales VERY carefully to avoid mess in the future. We've allowed custom deals for those and to our surprise it has turned out that most of the people want only one of the pads. This made coping with the demand a tad difficult even though we had considerable number of mixed sets ready...
Anyways apart from the pads some of the Salute pre-releases should be added as well

I hope this means that you'll be allowing 'custom' sales to continue - I really only want a few styles of this pad, much like I only wanted a few styles of steam knight helmets!

I think he said earlier that one pad was insanle popular and he had to make a new mold of just that pad(I am assuming the strappy one is selling like hotcakes)
So they can crank out more of them at a time.
I know I plan on hitting them up for 10 pairs of strappy.

And I think all the steam kinght heads are great depending on which legion you do.

One head looks kind of silly but when on a PH thousand son it is like WoW

@Gargskull: clanking destroyers will be available as sets. I think Artur needs to make additional modls for the heads before he releases them .

@Alpharius: yup, custom orders will still be possible.

I've just added new mini to our webstore - Spiked Warboar:


A pretty big boar I have to say, and the first model sculpted for us by our new inhouse sculptor - Robert Kurek. A talented git, he is already working on some new pieces I should be able to show very soon .

I've also added small but IMO handy thing - set of crates


Last but not least I got pic of the final version of the stemabike kit, complete with biker

What an awesome kit! That steambike with the rider is just amazing!

The boar is just scary... (in a good way)

That steambiker is pig pimpin!

SO when are the Werewolf heads going to be up on the website for sale?

@wyomingfox: end of the next week

Did the shoulderpads come out again yet?
They still show sold out.

The boar is a little soft. Not a fan, sorry.

The crates are certainly crates. Looks good.

The steambike is still the hotness. Love it. I like the carrier platform on the back... can't remember if that was there last time it was shown. but I have visions of a rotating weapon rig mounted on there...

What is the size of the boar? Maybe show him on a rider base.

insaniak wrote:The boar is a little soft. Not a fan, sorry..

Well, there is always pumbagor if you prefer that one

Kroothawk wrote:What is the size of the boar? Maybe show him on a rider base.

insaniak wrote:The boar is a little soft. Not a fan, sorry..

Well, there is always pumbagor if you prefer that one

Big improvement over pumbagor, but still not perfect, missing a certain je ne sais quoi, but it doesn't make me want to throw up in my mouth which is a decided improvement over the GW version lol.

The bike on the other hand, is freaking epic.

I am anxiously waiting for bits I could actually use myself, would love to see a pack of normal human heads in differnt styles to the same quality as the wulfen and lotd style heads. couple of baldies, with better variety of expressions than angry shouty and angry grimacy, without bionics all over the place.

The steambike rears it's head again! When are we likely to see this available for sale? I have euros waiting

I saw the bike at salute, beautifully done but I must admit I was expecting something a little more, shall we say, ramshackle.

I've justt added werewolf heads set to the webstore:


Soon I should replace this pic with a new one with much better paintjob .
End of the next week should see the release of steambike. Some new stuff coming soon - just need to make pics to tease you more

What about the evil heads?
And why no special orders?

Good! I love the quality of your sculpts, I am dying for something I can use with my particular mini's from you!

Sorry to moan but I'm still chomping at the bit for the Clanking Destroyers.

@poipo: it's down to logistics. I've mentioned before that we'll be having some changes to custom orders earlier. Not all items will be subject to this option. Custom orders cause much more hassle on our side and we can't afford it at the moment. No worries though - most of the things that really need custom order option (shoulder pads for example) will keep it .
We're correcting neck sections on evil heads so they'll take a couple of weeks before release.

And back to the news - here's preview of one of those things I've wanted to do for a long time, but it never turned out as I wanted. Kevin Kosse proved to be a right man for this job:

This is not the last of the pieces Kevin worked on - expect more soon (hint, hint - more fur ).

As they'll be cast in resin it should be easy to make them fit most of the models (tip here - you can heat resin slightly with a hairdryer. This makes it soft so you can model it / bend it a tad).

So... TWC on the way? I hope so anyway, those cloaks are boss.

Yep those cloaks are pimp status.

Przemas wrote:
And back to the news - here's preview of one of those things I've wanted to do for a long time, but it never turned out as I wanted. Kevin Kosse proved to be a right man for this job:

This is not the last of the pieces Kevin worked on - expect more soon (hint, hint - more fur ).

Now you tell me. I just ordered some werewolf heads from your store.

i like those cloaks, really good quality. Id think theyd be perfect for some chaos marauders....or did you have something else in mind?

I think I just heard all the space wolf players of NC collectivly orgasm at the idea of those cloaks

The cloaks are very cool, beautifully done.

exhausted but happy - got the first casts of the cloaks and they're bloody amazing

The cloaks are awesome.
Do you think there is any way to get him to scuplt some regular cloaks?
Kind of like the one for Lord Zufor and the Termie Lord so we can have better choices than the commander cloak.

And a better wolf head for the terminator cloak that one is I mean really that is supposed to be a wolf not a bear or what ever that is.

First batch of steambikes added to webstore

Why is my dad at work when the steam bikes go on sale?! I needs me one of em now!

I'm slowly drowning in paperwork (apart from regular duties we're working to move to a bigger workshop) but that doesn't mean we're short of news .
Heck, even though I can't spend as much time on web as I'd like to I can't resist a small tease . Here's a small part of the release that we'll have shortly. More will be released soon

Well it is already an improvement over GW's.

Just wanted to congratulate Maxmini for their excellent customer service!

There was an error in my recent bonesw...er...*bio*sword order, and all it took was a quick email to fix everything. Great job guys! I will definitely order from maxmini again.

carabine wrote:I think I just heard all the space wolf players of NC collectivly orgasm at the idea of those cloaks

that wasnt just the nc area you heard it was a worldwide orgasm

cloaks for marine / scout / guard size figs would be a nutso huge winner


oh congrats on your jump packs i got some for my assault marines ... what can i say ... sweeeeeeeeeet ordering more as soon as funds allow

Hey ive sent your website many emails, but never got a reply.

Can i order just 1 type of head from you set?

Instead of say getting 4 sets of 5 random heads, get 20 heads of all the same mold?

Very curious!

let me know. please!

--Roleplayer

I cannot wait to get my stuff from Maxmini for my Black Templars! Keep the good stuff coming!

darkangels_rule wrote:

carabine wrote:I think I just heard all the space wolf players of NC collectivly orgasm at the idea of those cloaks

that wasnt just the nc area you heard it was a worldwide orgasm

cloaks for marine / scout / guard size figs would be a nutso huge winner


oh congrats on your jump packs i got some for my assault marines ... what can i say ... sweeeeeeeeeet ordering more as soon as funds allow

Overkill much?

@Roleplayer: let me know (via pm) how did you sent those email (from what address, to which address) etc so I could check what's going on. Sometimes our emails are blocked by spam filter . Unless stated otherwise you can order specific bits by writing which ones do you want in the comments field before checkout.

Even though we're not much into bases thing I think we'll have some special sets from time to time. That's mostly due to skill Hamster showed - when he brought this gun platform base I simply couldn't resist. That was exactly what I wanted for one of my armies




and here's how it looks with our gun platform

Another win! You guys are killing it this year!

Again, absolutly brilliant work I wish my Dkok list had weapon teams in now !!

I used the contact us part of the website side on the webstore...


And it was the steamknight helmets i was interested in just getting all of 1 type.

Can you get the steam knight heads in only 1 type?!

yes you can - as I've written unless stated otherwise in the product description (like in Werewolf Heads ) you can order specific bits

That gun is brilliant!

Would love to see someone.. ahem.. convert an autocannon or something using that as a base.

Maybe make a breech loader?

Failing that or in addition, could you show us a break-down of how it fits together/the bits? Is it possible to order without the gun?

Cheers.

sA

Oh my god... if you can buy specific bits, well, :O

I might actually be able to make some imperial fists after all!

Fur Cloaks added to the webstore .

How does the gun base scale with IG heavy weapons? Do lascannons and autocannons fit over it? If they do this fall you have at least 2 sold. Also will it be sold seperatly?

checked and it works fine without any hassle .
the base will be sold separately .

tease update


Next week I should be able to show artwork (again by the talented Boleslavart) that the piece was based on

RHINODINOSAURCRAABBB!!

SA

YEAH!!!

Or it's a cyclops-thingy throwing a rock, suitable as a stand in for a beastman army...?

@MeanGreenStompa: hehhehe - you're right mate . Here's the promised concept:


Concept by Boleslavart.
As soon as I'll have final casts I'll show them - Adam Grabowski definitely give the concept justice. He made the cyclops slightly heavier built and once again he showed he excels at textures.

Now THAT should be awesome indeed!

How big is it?

size between minotaur and giant - fits 40mm base

Sounds nice. Is it some quality sculpt work?

@ghosty: heck, you'll be able to see for yourself soon. From my side I can only tell I'd bought such mini - if I`d thought otherwise I wouldn't release it .
And as I've mentioned especially texturework shines on this model.

This feels like a tease day so I've decided to throw this one too - bionic bits by FreakForge:

Yeah. if im honest with you, i just spat my tea on my laptop and had to clean it up. If im dishonest, i'll say im indifferent to the shiny awesome new robo arms and legs that i really want already. ahem.

Is that an Avitus head? Damn that's awesome.
Also do the arms fit marines?

Przemas, is your website contact/email working? I sent a message last week about an order I placed on 5/10/10 and still haven't received a reply back. Cheers.

Ryan

Przemas wrote:
This feels like a tease day so I've decided to throw this one too - bionic bits by FreakForge:

Head on the right is pure sexual chocolate!

Are these heads/limbs geared towards marines or guardsmen? My guard could use some war wounds before I start painting them.

You have nicked our Adam!!!

Good to see he is still making very kick ass models!

Love the bionics, will we be expecting more stuff from Freakforge?

He is working on something for me, FF is capable of amazing things, especially hard surface stuff! I may be sensing a few of those bits in my mailbox

@Malika: . heck, Adam is definietly a talented fella. here's pic of the sculpt before some minor final changes and cutting:


As for FreakForge - I was really pleased with the way he handled our project so for sure I'll be asking him to work on some more.
It will take a while though - we need to work out new workshop.
Luckily we already have a considerable amount of items waiting for release so the stream of new releases will keep on flowing (even though it will be more controlled )

Oh my, that looks awesome. All of those heads look fantastic as well... I wouldn't know which to use!

That is very cool. Love the alternate heads... I think I would need to magnetise them so they were swappable.

I'm glad there are alt heads. Loved the model, wasn't hot on the first head shown. But I love that cow style head.

More and more I'm considering a Beastman army...

Excellent figure.

With your 'spiky pig' which is a far better sculpt than the razorgor, you can just do what GW failed to do and produce a beautiful beastman army.

Choice of heads is great, I like the lopsided horn head.

Very nice... I can see an order for my Beastmen army coming up...

Valete,

JohnS

New piece by Filin - German WW2 heads (hope Kroothawk won't mind those ):





Should be added to the webstore soon, propably next week.

Joints and pegs on the cyclops almost done . If all goes well by the end of the week I should have production mold for it.

Tomorrow I'll add bionic to the store.

Very nice!

Przemas wrote:New piece by Filin - German WW2 heads (hope Kroothawk won't mind those ):

I see what historical period interests Polish sculptors most and personally would be more interested in Praetorian heads. But I don't mind those

BTW are the horns a sprue artefact? And what shall the helmet band on the right head represent? Both seem not historical to me.

AT first I wasn't sure but the band/strap Filin done is correct - just browsed some osprey's and found some for example on pics of Infanteriereregiment 96 field uniform.

What happened to the evil heads you showed off? Will they be released?

currently Hamster52 is finishing the neck joints, so they should be ready for molding soon. No exact release date though - but it will be either on GenCon or earlier .

I personally like heads with gas/masks or some such covering the face since I hate painting eyes but these are really nice. Almost nice enough to get me to paint eyes.
But that just my lack of painting skills that are preventing me form buying a few. (Check book knocks on door)

As promised bionic bits have been added to the webstore

I'm not a fan of most of the bionic limbs but the heads are awesome will you sell the heads separately (and possibly make more of them)?

When are those ww2 heads going up?

Those Bionic Bits look really cool. Are there any pics on how they size up to a marine or guardsman? Also, when are you expecting to restock the Hvy. machine gun?

wow some great stuff here.

Id like to ask if any female head sprue's will be getting made?

I find there is a massive shortage of such a thing on the web. Found one place that do them but the heads look... unimpressive.

I ask because the head sprue's Iv seen here are really nice.

@poipo32: at the moment I don't think so , but we'll think about such set in the future

@MajorTom11: we're still discussing the matter. In the most likely scenario they'l be part of GenCon new releases (as it looks we'll be at the event - more on that soon).

@Doomonyou72: the set is made in a way that it should prove rather flexible. Even though (at least IMO) they would look better on armoured minis , wit a little work they should be ok for regular infantry models.
HMG should be restocked this week.

@OoieGoie: heck, no promises here except this one - when I'll be sure we have a solution to this matter that's worth releasing we'll do it. But definitely it's something on our "must-do" list .

Some changes will be made to large shoulder pads set. I have to admit I made a mistake with releasing a set that is so varied. Custom orders completely disrupted sales of this set and caused a lot of trouble on our side. We'll split this set into 8 sets each conating pads of the same design. It will take a while but should solve all the pains

Finally I can confirm it - we'll be at GenCon Indy 2010. Thx goes to folks from Pulp Monsters / Darkson Designs / Cipher Studios who invited us to their stand (number 2210). Apart from our regular ranges we'll bring some pre-releases like german heads. Will keep you updated.

update on GenCon pre-releases: I've just got first casts of mortar and limited numbers will available during the show
Cyclops will be available as well.

Shoulder Pads look good, will be really useful for alot of pre-heresy stuff

I really, really do love Maxmini!

Wish I could go to Gencon too...

Any surprises being unveiled at Gencon for the first time?

Przemas wrote:update on GenCon pre-releases: I've just got first casts of mortar and limited numbers will available during the show
Cyclops will be available as well.

No way I'm making GenCon, but when will the Cyclops hit the store? Oh, and did I miss something? I didn't recall seeing info about a Mortar?

Vale,

JohnS

I'll have to make sure to swing by the booth. I want to see that cyclops up close!

For sure we'll have some stuff we haven't previewed so far. Some of those items will be even for sale (like mortars) .
Heck, there's even a chance I'll bring some of the stuff that should hit the store next year - if the folks out here won't intercept those before I show them that early .

@cygnus: cyclops will be added shortly after we'll be back from GenCon.

So when will that Beastman looking cygor be available to buy?

Lordjig6 wrote:So when will that Beastman looking cygor be available to buy?

Yes please. Though I want to convert it into a Ghorgon!

OK, I am holding up an entire army project for these:



When can they be mine?!

soo.... still waiting for a confirmed date for the ghorgon-esq model.

Maxmini might be adding the cyclops to their store on Sunday (from Przemas' forum)

YEAAAAAAA! anyone know how much it will cost?

SlaveToDorkness wrote:OK, I am holding up an entire army project for these:



When can they be mine?!

I've got a platoon waiting for them too.

got back from GenCon - what an event! Full report soon.
Just in a meantime, while I fight with enormous jetlag (damn, I forgot how much pain it can be!), I've added cyclops to the webstore .
Evil heads will be added next Sunday - and there are those fortunate enough that got them prereleasse at GenCon .

That is one heck of an awesome model!

Loving the alternate heads too!

Przemas wrote:got back from GenCon - what an event! Full report soon.
Just in a meantime, while I fight with enormous jetlag (damn, I forgot how much pain it can be!), I've added cyclops to the webstore .
Evil heads will be added next Sunday - and there are those fortunate enough that got them prereleasse at GenCon .

Got my order in... Can't wait to see the Cyclops!

Valete,

JohnS

Przemas wrote:
Evil heads will be added next Sunday - and there are those fortunate enough that got them prereleasse at GenCon .

Confucius say, SlaveToDorknes will be very broke on Monday.

€25 for the Cyclops, that's an entirely reasonable price tag and cheaper than GW would do it.


/approved

Once again happy with toys from Poland

Love that cyclops, could we get a size comparison shot? If he's the right size, I've got more than half a mind to make one into an Ogre Kingdoms Gorger.

Will definitely buy sets of Evil and German heads (and Cyclops heads if they are released as bits...).

MGS, you missed the part about it being better quality aswell as price than GW

Quick Q; Can i order by card? paypal seems like a pain in the arse to set-up (never needed it)

I was holding off until i saw the clopse finished, think i may have to order now if possible.

@Jack: I'll try to resume our credit card gate. We haven't used it in a while so it may take some time before we set it up again (if it still works). But I'm not sure - aren't you allowed to make credit card payment through PayPal without registering?

I've added evil heads to the webstore:


Also while I were still sorting out thingies that piled during my absence I received some sketches for our future projects. Damn can't wait to see them sculpted .

Nah, it needs to be fully set up prior to any payments being made.
Thats the main problem lol.

Failing that, ill get a paypal set up at some point, not sure why ive never needed it before.

Przemas wrote:
I've added evil heads to the webstore:

Thank you! Now here's my wallet (in it's purified electronic transferring form).

They don't look that evil, just misunderstood.

You guys up for distribution to the States still?

Thinking of stocking this for store ;P

drop me a msg prze

When it says "10 randomly selected head swaps" it means I might have misfortune of getting multiple of head 5 and 7? I was hoping for custom order to be available.

Those are the best heads of the bunch

@poipo32: that's unlikely to happen. we always try to avoid duplicates whenever possible.

More orky goodness
Ork artillery
http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=107
cybork
http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=99

Whooo, slowly catching up with the things after my return from GenCon and moving the workshop (btw - new place is great! sooo huuuuge!). Time to show some teasers . Here's the turret that Matus did:



Currently we're working on a base for it . Heck, this kit gave my a couple of ideas what we can do with it - don't yo think it might bwe cool with legs option ?
A lot more to show - sadly I lost my camera during my trip so it will be a while before I'll get used to next one .

No you didn't... Oh YES YOU DID! Uhh... I already HAVE a place to mount that. On the back of my Faux-mera.

SUH-weet.

That lower left turret is bent...

...or

...could it be that all four guns move?

Scottywan82 wrote:No you didn't... Oh YES YOU DID! Uhh... I already HAVE a place to mount that.

You and me both.

Absolutionis wrote:That lower left turret is bent...

...or

...could it be that all four guns move?

Each turret can be positioned as you wish . I have to admit that my quick assembly with blobs of blue tack was far from perfect .

Awesomeness. Love the turret.

I like it better than the FW turret.
Especially if it comes with less warpage included.

I doubt you're going to get much flak about that turret.


See what I did there?

It is hard not to, what with your freaky avatar back in attendance!!!

Also - nice turret!

Depending on which way the wind blows with the upcoming GK codex (i.e., ho many guard units will be in there!), I might be buying a few myself!

Saw this in one of my e-mails today:

The Army Painter Team up with Max Mini

We are happy to announce that we are working with Polish master sculpters Max Mini on a range of resin accessories for your heroes.

Max Mini is well known for unsurpassed quality and excellent sculpts. If you are unfarmilliar with their existing range of product, go visit their web site here.

The Army Painter will be releasing a set of Hero Basing early next year with 7 resin bits as part of the Battlefields XP Series.

Nice!

That turret is sweet, already looks a touch orky too, wouldn't be much work to use it on a flakka wagon at all.

BrookM wrote:Saw this in one of my e-mails today:

The Army Painter Team up with Max Mini

We are happy to announce that we are working with Polish master sculpters Max Mini on a range of resin accessories for your heroes.

Max Mini is well known for unsurpassed quality and excellent sculpts. If you are unfarmilliar with their existing range of product, go visit their web site here.

The Army Painter will be releasing a set of Hero Basing early next year with 7 resin bits as part of the Battlefields XP Series.

Nice!

This is good news!

I can say with NO hesitation or reservation that MaxMini stuff is AWESOME in terms of the level of quality of casting and detail.

They are a great company with great product, and this announcement is even more good news!

Being a frequent customer of Maxmini and their amazing high quality sculpts this news brings tears to my eyes (and wallet)

Very Nice once again!

@Darth Bob: LOL

As I struggle with the camera here's one of the concepts (by Boleslavart) for the upcoming models:



I have a large version of it sculpted, now we're working on a smaller, "playable" one.

Hmm, now that looks amazing, biomechanoid monster! We need more of those!

Very nice

Any word on a certain "head" type Przemas?

Hell pit abomnation anyone?

Also, Przemas - My distributore (warpathgames) does not appear to be getting your latest stuff. Or are you guys just really back-logged on filling orders?

Been very quiet on the independent mini maker front lately, no CH, little maxmini etc, show us something to love soon!!

@jp400: it will take a while mate . as you know this project hasn't had much luck so far - at least when it comes to sculpting. but know it is the hands of the guy that IMO simply can't go wrong - the only problem is that he already has some other projects he's working on.

And as for being at tad silent - we should be able to work at full speed and even a boosted one really soon. We've almost finished preparing new workshop. We're already working there, only a couple of new machines and shelves need to be set up. Damn, I simply can't tell how happy I am that we made that move - the new place is miles better than previous one. It took a lot of from my reservoir of energy but I already see it was worth it. I might take a week of break, to finally get some holidays, after it gets done but no worries - the rest of the team will be here (and they've already taken their holidays ).

Apart from forcing me to be a tad silent on the forums it also forced us to cut distribution orders for a couple of months - we've already had troubles filling them. So the new place was in fact a must if we wanted to grow. I can only thank Warpath for being so patient with us and for supporting us through this time.
Starting from the next month will be slowly catching up with the distribution. On the first wave we'll do our best to restock all the old items. On the 2nd/3rd we'll be sending new releases and remaining items.

Oh, and almost forgot to mention - even though I've been silent this does not mean we haven't been working on new projects. Far from that. In fact this creative kind of work was one of the things that kept me going. The list of the items thats being sculpted is long - we've just need to schedule them in a reasonable way.

That all sounds like good news!

Congrats on the move to a better place...

Przemas wrote:Oh, and almost forgot to mention - even though I've been silent this does not mean we haven't been working on new projects. Far from that. In fact this creative kind of work was one of the things that kept me going. The list of the items thats being sculpted is long - we've just need to schedule them in a reasonable way.

There's a list?!?

What's on the list?

can't tell . but one hint I can share is that apart from the turret we'll have at least one more addition to heavy weapons range pretty soon.

Any ETA on that wyrm?

I think that somewhere around Christmas would be a good estimation. We already have ultimate version of it sculpted but it's simply too big (and thus too expensive). We're working on a more reasonably sized one at the moment .
The large one will propably become a webstore exclusive.

I'd love to get that turret, so I could add some sentinel legs to it. I already have a spare pair I was saving for just this sort of thing.

I think enemy air support would find that conversion to be (sunglasses up) explosive.

Przemas wrote:@jp400: it will take a while mate . as you know this project hasn't had much luck so far - at least when it comes to sculpting. but know it is the hands of the guy that IMO simply can't go wrong - the only problem is that he already has some other projects he's working on.

Sounds very good. I will continue to patiently await the day when I can swap out every GW Ig head I have for these.

Przemas wrote:@Jack: I'll try to resume our credit card gate. We haven't used it in a while so it may take some time before we set it up again (if it still works). But I'm not sure - aren't you allowed to make credit card payment through PayPal without registering?

I've added evil heads to the webstore:


Also while I were still sorting out thingies that piled during my absence I received some sketches for our future projects. Damn can't wait to see them sculpted .

Hmmmm... the head in the bottom row.... was this influenced by anyone?

BTW, your shop says that the Wunderrocket is sold out. Is that true? Any recast planned?

That turret is awesome. Another question: is the German 10.5 cm Feldkanone 48 scaled for 40k or 15mm (IE FOW)?

Out of curiosity, has anyone tried using the MaxMini Werewolf heads on Vampire Count Ghoul bodies? I've been thinking that might be a cool conversion, but it's expensive enough that I can't just justify making the order to try it myself.

@Kroothawk: we'll restock the wunderrocket next week. even though we have a couple of copies left I've disabled it in webstore untli we'll work out new production mold (old one have just broken) to avoid mess .

@jmurph: feldkannone is designed to work wit minis in 28mm "heroic".

grabbed protytype version of the new siege gun from the desk. it's still work in progress and some parts are missing (like cover, elements for the positioning mechanism etc.). let me know what do you think

Now that's a pretty gun!

Can I call her Medusa?

Does it fit into the back of that other mythical animal chassis?

Me likey.

Any chance of a covered version?

Awesome!
If the price is right i'm getting 2.

Lovely piece of work.

I'm sure Imperial Guard players could put that Siege Gun to some use... but what...


Very nice.

I think I might be able to put it to use as a Lobba on the back of a battlewagon as well.

ok, so as the price matter surfaced - what would you consider a reasonable price for this kit?
Got to admit it can't be cheap because of it's size and number of parts (the thing that we need to think about distribution discounts doesn't help either). At the same time, as usual, I'd like to ensure it will be affordable .

Well, the Medusa conversion kit from Forgeworld is £20.

I'd suggest £16. Any higher and folks will consider going the extra mile for Forgeworld.

Just my 2peneth worth.

€20,-- ish tops? But I'm a bit of a cheapskate and lack the business acumen of others.

Really like that but would it possible to sell just the cannon and the immediate stand without all the shielding and loading gubbins? I want to make some gun trukks and I have plenty of sniveling grots to do my loading for me.

MeanGreenStompa wrote:Well, the Medusa conversion kit from Forgeworld is £20.

I'd suggest £16. Any higher and folks will consider going the extra mile for Forgeworld.

Just my 2peneth worth.

MGS nailed it. You need to come in well below FW's price. If nothing else, FW means "GW tourney legal" which will be a factor for a significant portion of your potential market. You need to come in low enough to offset that potential disadvantage.

Valete,

JohnS

Przemas wrote:grabbed protytype version of the new siege gun from the desk. it's still work in progress and some parts are missing (like cover, elements for the positioning mechanism etc.). let me know what do you think

Wait wait!! would this...? Would....? Yes!!!!

Can we get, perhaps a smaller version of the gun? I some kind of recessed carriage? =)!!!

And then a larger, shorter-barreled version with very large ammo. Maybe big enough to require a claw arm?

MGS FTW!

I'm really considering some of these too for my 'in the planning stages' guard...

I think 18Euro for this kit would be a good deal (on my side at least) and not too pricey so people won't go for Forge World but I have no idea of the cost price. Anyhow it's a nice piece and since it's still wip it can get better!

One thing I can say from personal experience is that MaxMini's resin molding is significantly better than ForgeWorld's.

All the MaxMini stuff I've received to date (and it has been quite a bit!) has very little flash, no warping and overall is a VERY clean looking process that yields EXCELLENT results!

So, even if the price is 'close' to a similar FW piece?

I'd choose MaxMini.

I know I would, but I don't play in tournaments.
Many persons will choose the parent company before the alternative if it's the same price, disregarding the quality.
Do we have an ETA on this beauty?

Got to admit that pricing this kit may be tricky. I may worry a tad where it's not needed as I still don't know final costs, only estimated ones, but I doubt it will be much cheaper than similar FW piece.
Simply put I'll rather leave it on a shelf rather than sell withou getting some $$$ . And let's not start profit by quantity debate - it won't apply to this one. Quality resin kits are rather expensive on the labor required side.
Without distribution it wouldn't be a pain, but I simply don't want to make it webstore exclusive.
But the idea of selling just the gun as one more kit, without platform looks like a good one - that may be a solution. Thx mates .
Anyways I hope may worries will be out of place .

@poipo32: it should be ready within a month.

Oh man, that siege guns looks sweet. Tell me how much to pay and I'll buy 3

I've just added German WW2 style heads to the webstore:


Will replace the pic with a proper one (hopefully) as soon as I fight back the damn cold I've caught recently and get back to full operational .

Hope to post pics of the completed siege gun next week .

Sorry they look terrible and have a rather hateful facial expression. And one even has little horns on the helmet...

I keep my thoughts about the person who made those to myself. Needless to say i will not ever order them.

Been waiting for these heads for awhile now for some Traitor Guard. Time to make an order.

yeah,
@IronAngel I think these are supposed to look a bit evil...
"Hans.......Are we the baddies!?"


Panic...

Iron Angel wrote:Sorry they look terrible and have a rather hateful facial expression. And one even has little horns on the helmet...

I keep my thoughts about the person who made those to myself. Needless to say i will not ever order them.

You do know that those "Horns" are for attaching a face shield for protection when useing a flame thrower right?

Seriously, put the tin foil hat down.

Anyway, nice heads. I think these would look great on my tank commanders. Keep up the good work MM!

This time unusual update - as we're unsure about this release. It's something Robert and Hamster52 were working for quite a time.




There's one more head that is fully mechanical. The question is - should we release it? Due to size and number of parts (see below) it will be propably rather expensive :/ . The second quesstion is should we make legs for the rider sculpted on the saddle?


And just to have a laugh here's a precast in all its colorful glory

Of course if it makes into production it will be cast in regular grey resin

Oh, and here's size comparison

I'd say definitely produce legs to go with it.

Even better if the saddle fits on a blood crusher

Brilliant!!!

Looks tops IMHO, and I'm sure that some cunning SW player will find a use...

Padre^.

Make some Ork legs too.

Honestly, I don't think it's as nice as some of the alternatives out there. I think you'd be better off leaving it for now, and perhaps coming back to it, depending on what GW and FW do with their own attempt.

Not that it's "too-hideous-to-buy" or anything. It's fine. It's just not head and shoulders above anyone else's, and the book is a year old now, s the hype has receded. If it's expensive to produce, I don't think you'd see a real return.

Partially agree with you. It's a tad late - that's why I've asked about your opinion . The only reason I'm thinking about releasing it is because I think Robert and Hamster did a great job and also because I don't see much competition on this field .

I rather like it!

If it isn't too expensive/inconvenient for you to do so, why not?

Again, nice stuff!

Go for it! It's a great model. My only criticism is the back legs are too small.

Maybe sabre tooth looking fangs... I always thought the giant wolf thing should be improved upon.. tusks and it would look too orky or Boar-ish, but sabre tooths would be cool. Also, the mane makes it look like a lion as well>? just some thoughts.

I like it, too, especially the face which is Fenrisian rather than Terran. Even GW seems to have missed that distinction, so I have to say I like yours better than Canis's mount. Not so sure I like the "hairless" body, however, and the mane would need some touch up before I'd seriously consider buying. The general size and posture are very nice.

Przemas wrote:Partially agree with you. It's a tad late - that's why I've asked about your opinion . The only reason I'm thinking about releasing it is because I think Robert and Hamster did a great job and also because I don't see much competition on this field .

It's a nicely sculpted figure, for certain. But I'd say my worries are that it's only one pose, fairly static, and you'd really need to see a marine on it to know whether or not it will sell.

And as far as competition, there are one, two, three (and they have two different ones), four that I found with just a quick google search.

The second link (set of 5) I considered picking up.

If you want it to fly out the door, I'd say the three things you'd need are:

- multiple poses
- sculpted legs for the rider (as you suggested)
- and plenty of final pictures showing how it looks all assembled, so the buyer has a clear picture of what they will look like on the battlefield.

For bonus points, I would love to see a thunderwolf set that included an arm gripping the wolf's mane - similar to the new boar boyz models. That would be amazing, and a big step up from the other sets.

@Scottywan82 : it will sound a tad arrogant but I consider neither of those linked as a competition. IMO none of them is a cool sculpt (maybe with the exception of a MAS one, but it's not mechanical, but a very cool giant wolf).
I'm pretty sure we'll match at least 2 of the points you've mentioned - pictures and saddle with legs. As for poses I think we could get half point - there are interchangeable parts in this set so you're able to assemble this model in variety of ways .

@Manchu: "hairless" body was a deliberate choice. First of all I have to admit I've always hated painting sculpted fur (with VERY few exceptions). Also I think that at this scale regular fur would apear as a smooth surface. That's why I've asked Robert to sculpt fur only in the areas where it is the longest

I like the saddle a lot, as well. I have learned (from the LotR DVD bonus features, no less) that predators have flexing spines rather than "stationary" ones (like horses) so if your were to ride one--like a giant wolf--you'd basically need to sit astride its haunches or just behind (see the Warg riders). I know TWC seem a tad ludricous just conceptually but I think this unrealistic execution unconciously contributes to the impression of absurdity. It's a definite design challenge, I'll grant.

I like everything forward of the hind legs, but that sloping back and too short hind legs put me off. Nice try but no cigar, the Paulson ones http://www.paulsongames.com/resin.html pip it by some way. Sorry if this post is a bit negative, as I normally like the sculpts, and give the German heads a thumbs up even though I have no use for them

I disagree with the posters above: It's got great physiology and the face is really good. The only thing I'd agree is an issue is the lack of multiple poses. The free limbs might help somewhat, but it's body posture that really needs to be adjusted. Rescuplting some casts to have a right-leaning pose and a forward-leaning pose would be plenty.

This is the first Maxmini thing I haven't loved. I just find the sculpt quality isn't up to their usual level of quality, both in design and execution. Sorry Maxmini!

no need to be sorry - i'm tough skinned . I knew that it won't apeal to all - even though I disagree about the quality. But I'm in lucky position in this way that I've had this model in my hands.
Well, can't please everyone - hope we'll come up with something that people that don't like the wolf will enjoy .

Przemas wrote:@Scottywan82 : it will sound a tad arrogant but I consider neither of those linked as a competition. IMO none of them is a cool sculpt (maybe with the exception of a MAS one, but it's not mechanical, but a very cool giant wolf).
I'm pretty sure we'll match at least 2 of the points you've mentioned - pictures and saddle with legs. As for poses I think we could get half point - there are interchangeable parts in this set so you're able to assemble this model in variety of ways .

Fair enough. For me, I'm past that irresistible urge stage for Twolves, but it's your business.

I'd just rather see you guys turn your considerable sculpting skills to something else instead. Any number of things spring to mind. Particularly barrage-fire-Imperial-Guard things with tracks.

Oh, don't worry Przemas, as I said, I'm a huge fan of pretty much everything else! I don't hate the wolf either, just don't love it as I said.

Is this a new sculptor? It really seems to have a different style than usual from you guys?

Swing and a miss for me. It looks like it's trying to take a crap.

Plus the boat for TWC has sailed IMHO.

Yeah, doesn't do it for me either, sorry.

The musculature looks quite soft, although that may just be the pictures. But that, combined with the static pose makes it a less interesting option than some of the others that are already out there.

I very much dislike that cyborg wolf. The non-cyborg is OK. In either event, no legs, I don't think.

That being said, Maxmini makes a great deal of things I like very much. I just got my first order delivered from there and found the casting quality to be top notch.