Ouze wrote: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.

And this is - I think - the big take away. You guys do great work. We just rather see it be put to work elsewhere.

A suggestion? The new DE. The Archon is coming out as one metal figure. Some conversion is possible with the arms, but not much.

Alternate heads would be amazing, as would alternate bodies that looked "Lordly" that could be used on the DE plastic warrior/wych legs.

If there's a way for you to get a hold of the pieces early, those would be INSTANT money makers.

Or - of course - some of my standard suggestions for any company that makes resin figures/conversion pieces:

- New Eldar Autrarch bodies or arms. Would love to see a group of interchangeable parts

- Combi-weapon kit if you can make it cheaply. Combi-meltas out the wah-zoo. The current price for 1 is something like $8US? So I imagine there's a decent profit there.

- IG Artillery kits

- IG Psyker BS conversion pieces. Staves with eagles on them... bald heads with deep bags under their eyes... Maybe make them to work with the Flagellant box?

- Tervigon Kit? I hear the other option is not stellar

- Tyrannofex kit

- Better warrior-wings to make shrikes

And don't forget, GW is always low on female models like
- female IG
- female Eldar farseer
- female Firewarriors

then
- hot jetbikes for Eldar and DE bosses
- Alien monsters
- terrain (esp. for Xenos)

Maxmini cannot do female guard and fire warriors without pushing the limit regarding GW's IP.

Plus; female Tau don't look too different from the males, so sayeth Fire Warrior. I'd use normal plastics with the addition of a demonette head with a converted female tau 'breathing hole', like Doghouse did.

And with female guard, they can only really do female soldiers, or female heads like Micro Art Studio. Though female soldiers in proper gear in general are lacking, and they should have a go at them for sure.

Chapter House did a female farseer, and hot jetbikes for eldar can be converted from the new Dark Eldar jet bikes pretty easily via a rider and hood swap.

Though, 40k looking terrain and random alien monsters are lacking.

I suggest making power armoured humans, human sized boltgun look alikes, maybe enforcer gear (shields, power mauls, robot doggies, etc) and perhaps legs to convert Cadians into greatcoaters.

terribletrygon wrote:legs to convert Cadians into greatcoaters.

terribletrygon wrote:Maxmini cannot do female guard and fire warriors without pushing the limit regarding GW's IP.

Plus; female Tau don't look too different from the males, so sayeth Fire Warrior. I'd use normal plastics with the addition of a demonette head with a converted female tau 'breathing hole', like Doghouse did.

And with female guard, they can only really do female soldiers, or female heads like Micro Art Studio. Though female soldiers in proper gear in general are lacking, and they should have a go at them for sure.

Chapter House did a female farseer, and hot jetbikes for eldar can be converted from the new Dark Eldar jet bikes pretty easily via a rider and hood swap.

Though, 40k looking terrain and random alien monsters are lacking.

I suggest making power armoured humans, human sized boltgun look alikes, maybe enforcer gear (shields, power mauls, robot doggies, etc) and perhaps legs to convert Cadians into greatcoaters.

In order:

- Completely disagree, female soldiers would be FURTHER from GW IP, not closer or over the line

- True.

- Oh, so you agree with me.

- Chapterhouse's attempts were poor, and I'd much rather see a real resin kit for character jetbikes done by a better sculptor.

- Completely agree about terrain.

- Really? Why? I'm just curious since there's no rules to use them for. Wouldn't you rather have miniatures with a use? And still with the greatcoats? I think I'm the only IG player not hot for guys in trench-coats.

I would definitely, positively buy female heads that were appropriately sized for SM scouts and PA marines, if they were well done. They so far have not been. Please no references to Captain Thunder or whoever that is, and the foolish "wimmens can't be mahreens" is offtopic, so I won't fire that up, other then to reiterate there is very much an unserved market here.

Female heads for IG aren't there either.

I'm not a big fan of the wolf I'm afraid. The back legs are too small which makes it look odd. (I'm a fan of maxmini and have bought quite a few things from them btw!).

The best wolf mounts I've seen are done by www.mythicast.com

As for my wish list:

Larger 'heads' for the GW plastic venerable dreadnought kit, that fit in the plastic kit but match the Forgeworld Mk4 dreadnought heads in size. The current "tiny head" look of the plastic kit bugs the hell out of me!

Primarch-scale legs and arms. Making the torso is relatively easy, but arms and legs would make conversions a lot easier. Two sets would be good - one more slender artificer version (Fulgrim, Sanguinius...) and one heavier (Dorn, Perturabo...).

terribletrygon wrote:Maxmini cannot do female guard and fire warriors without pushing the limit regarding GW's IP.

Plus; female Tau don't look too different from the males, so sayeth Fire Warrior. I'd use normal plastics with the addition of a demonette head with a converted female tau 'breathing hole', like Doghouse did.

And with female guard, they can only really do female soldiers, or female heads like Micro Art Studio. Though female soldiers in proper gear in general are lacking, and they should have a go at them for sure.

So after the "But GW won't allow it" reflex, you finally contradict yourself and see the potential.
1.) Of course GW has no IP on female heads, female soldiers and female soldiers with body armour. That's why there are several non GW products in that direction, e.g. Tin Bits conversion set, one Starship Trooper unit, Shadowforge female jungle fghters etc. But Maxmini is better known currently and could sell more.

2.) You realize yourself that female looking (upper and lower) bodies of Grey Aliens or humanoids without noses are not covered by GW IP (you even state that GW seems to know no female Tau bodies differing from the current generic ones). Even the Tau helmet was "borrowed" almost exactly from an old SciFi illustration (posted somewhere on Dakka). No need to copy the Tau symbol to make good miniatures fitting a Tau army. Hey, manga fans among Tau players would DIE for a cute catgirl unit which is fluffy (pun intended ) and safe from any IP breach.

3.) Concerning jetbikes: There is always room for variety and different designs. Have a look at Star Wars or these by Anteciti's Workshop http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/gbu0-catshow/gotvehicles.html (also an insider tip lesser known than Maxmini):

1) When I refer to 'female guard' and 'female tau' I am referring to complete carbon copies of the male models, but female. Which would be infringing on IP.

However, as I said before; I do think there needs to be more female troops in proper gear. And I also think that making female soldiers that look very similar to the current guard is passable. As is making a kit compatible with the GW kits. For example, a kit that gives legs and arms compatible with the Cadian flak armour plastic torso, and a head that can take the spare helmet you get on Cadian sprue. Catachans though are free reign as long as their weapons aren’t carbon copies. GW can’t really own the IP for vests, trousers and bandannas...

2) Already covered this. Helmeted female Fire Warriors look no different from the males as they have near the same body shape. Changing it and you aren't really making female tau. Heck, I like it that female Tau don't look the same as every other race's gals. It makes them less human and more tau. Though, I can break on female tau heads.

Also, anyone that thinks catgirls need to be in 40k needs to be hit. With a cricket bat. Repeatedly.


3) You said 'hot jetbikes for Eldar'. Not 'hot generic scifi jetbikes'.

poipo32 wrote:Female heads for IG aren't there either.

I never said they were. I was referring to this in that post; http://www.shop.microartstudio.com/women-heads-p-360.html



And yes, I just looked into Chapterhouse's attempts into a little more detail, and I agree, it is piss poor. Maxmini should do something to replace them. My bad.


And regarding my suggestions.
Human sized power armour would make decent Inquisitors and put an end to tiny bearded heads on giant space marine bodies.

And great coat legs? It has been years since there was first a demand to convert ordinary plastic troops into great coaters, and it was never fulfilled. The only company that has even come close was Wargames Factory, and with them you still have to buy two entire kits for every squad or get a hold of tons of lasgun arms, which would take ages to acquire for an entire army if you are starting out. The only other options includes buying expensive metal Steel Legionnaires, buying expensive resin Death Korps or buying loads of command squad officer legs, which would take years doing it for an army off bitz services and ebay. I think that if these chaps produced great coat legs, they’d sell like hotcakes.

1.) There are nice fanpics of what female Tau could look like:











And ... ow ... nothing ... ow ... against ... ow ... catgirls ... ow ... and ... ow ... manga girls ... ow ... in avatars!

2.) Don't forget Pig Iron Greatcoats http://www.pig-iron-productions.com/kolony-militia-c-1.html :

1) You don't want female Tau at all. You just want boobed blue animes.

Go to the Thunder corner.


2: Using Pig Iron Greatcoats for Guard suffers the same problem as Wargame Factory Greatcoats, except they are metal. And like Wargame Factory, the details are really choppy. I happen to have a few Pig Iron troops (I got the missile team for the launcher), so I can tell you first hand that is the case.

The first of these companies to make a grimdark scifi female trooper kit with multiple heads, torsos and so on, to a 28mm heroic size, with options for special weapons/officers, that looks good... will be wealthy indeed.

I am continually surprised that whilst the indy companies want to skate ice around things like jetbikes for warlocks etc, they don't just bite the bloody bullet and force themselves to make a really good female space trooper, a'la Imperias Guardians...

£$£$£££$£$£$£$£$£$£££$$$$£££€€€€€€€€

terribletrygon wrote:1) You don't want female Tau at all. You just want boobed blue animes.

Yep, you got me.

terribletrygon wrote:Also, anyone that thinks catgirls need to be in 40k needs to be hit. With a cricket bat. Repeatedly.

Nevermind "in 40K", just in general

Something along the lines of this Reaper model (which I have just ordered):

terribletrygon wrote:1) You don't want female Tau at all. You just want boobed blue animes.
Go to the Thunder corner.

Tough words from someone with a cute manga girl in his avatar
BTW, not all shown fan pics had DDs, but yes, the target group of tabletop gamers likes female forms once in a while.

The Dreadnote wrote:

terribletrygon wrote:Also, anyone that thinks catgirls need to be in 40k needs to be hit. With a cricket bat. Repeatedly.

Nevermind "in 40K", just in general
Something along the lines of this Reaper model (which I have just ordered):

Need a doctor?


(by Infinity, Nomads fraction)

Not to mention all the Tau-related pornography on Eatatau.

Ooookay... subject change perhaps?

I'nd like to see them contiune along the line of offering 'vibro/mechnical' 28mm Weapons. A nice broad assortment of Melee weapons, continuing forward with the already excellent, (and affordable) work that they have done. Axes, Swords, 2 handed swords etc....

Combi-weapons sound cool, if they could be done without raising GWs wrath.

wolfshadow wrote:I'nd like to see them contiune along the line of offering 'vibro/mechnical' 28mm Weapons. A nice broad assortment of Melee weapons, continuing forward with the already excellent, (and affordable) work that they have done. Axes, Swords, 2 handed swords etc....

Combi-weapons sound cool, if they could be done without raising GWs wrath.

+1

I'd definitely be all for them adding more varieties of weapons.

On another note: Themed weapons

Spathas/Gladius
Broadswords
Spears
Claymores
Landskecht hand an a half swords.
Morningstars

I would love to do a Roman Themed pack for my Space Wolves, as they are one of the last "Legion" sized forces. A great company with all spatha melee weapons, and roman helmets. Ooooooohhh yeah.

hell yeah - that's a damn cool and inspiring discussion !
some of the ideas suggested are already in the works (some for quite a time).

@MeanGreenStompa: I think the problem is that female sculpts have to be excpetionally well done. Otherwise they end up kinda "meh" . The other problem lies in making interchanable kit. Surprisingly few sculptors can do that well.

And here's an update on siege gun:



Raised trench style covers are ready - now we only need to add some smal details like handles and the kit will be ready.

And as a side note - I've just added grenade launchers to the webstore. Need to make new pics of the set though .

I like the siege gun there. Very styling.

As for suggestions, instead of satisfying the fetishes of a few for big breasted grey aliens, how about some cool stuff like heads with military berets, heads with scifi targeters/googles, automatic grenade machine guns, and a dedicated set of heads with bionics.

Kroothawk wrote:

Air intakes and ponytails do not ever mix...

Przemas wrote:hell yeah - that's a damn cool and inspiring discussion !
some of the ideas suggested are already in the works (some for quite a time).

@MeanGreenStompa: I think the problem is that female sculpts have to be excpetionally well done. Otherwise they end up kinda "meh" . The other problem lies in making interchanable kit. Surprisingly few sculptors can do that well.

And here's an update on siege gun:



Raised trench style covers are ready - now we only need to add some smal details like handles and the kit will be ready.

And as a side note - I've just added grenade launchers to the webstore. Need to make new pics of the set though .

Well that explains why you reckoned it would be expensive, I'd definitely like to buy just the gun and it's immediate mount, if you can do that I'll buy three of them now and possibly more if I ever need more lobbas.

My votes would be for (and I have mentioned this before to our good friends at maxmini) baseline bald heads, ones without giants screamy faces or I just pooped my pants looks, and more subdued, but still tough looking looks. No scars, bionics or any of the rest.

This would be for the sculpting crowd, I really think most people could apply whatever hair they want to the baseline heads, making for a very open-ended market on them. I would certainly love a few of maxmini quality to play with.

Next up would probably be a set of cadian compatible greatcoat legs, and finally some protoss styled psi-blade themed lightnight claw stand-ins for both marines and terms.

Hell, why not throw an alternate Dreadnaught torso (preferably of the non-walking dishwasher design, maybe something more pre-heresy or conversly advanced looking??)

btw the trench and siege gun look incredible!

MeanGreenStompa wrote:The first of these companies to make a grimdark scifi female trooper kit with multiple heads, torsos and so on, to a 28mm heroic size, with options for special weapons/officers, that looks good... will be wealthy indeed.

I am continually surprised that whilst the indy companies want to skate ice around things like jetbikes for warlocks etc, they don't just bite the bloody bullet and force themselves to make a really good female space trooper, a'la Imperias Guardians...

£$£$£££$£$£$£$£$£$£££$$$$£££€€€€€€€€

No kidding!

I am STILL surprised this hasn't happened yet.

Even decent female heads seems to be beyond the ability of the current market to produce...

Alpharius wrote:

Even decent female heads seems to be beyond the ability of the current market to produce...

I get Hasslefree heads and they are fine. And the Micro Art Heads work well for those not wanting to sculpt hair.




EDIT: Fran isn't like a cat girl at all...

I think GW is really missing out on the hot sci-fi chick front when skipping over female Tau.

I would like to see some nice colonial marine torsos, maybe 3-4 with the basic clam shell armor each with different doodads on them (shotgun on the back, dog tags hanging out, motion tracker hanging from the neck, etc.) and maybe one with softer armor for a heavy gunner.
With so many aliens conversions for tyranids and the plethora of pulse rifles recently, I'm jonesin' to make a colonial marine army. But lack of suitable armor is holding me back.

CT GAMER wrote:Air intakes and ponytails do not ever mix...

You have given me my new sig. Thank you. Lawlz.

Kroothawk wrote:1.) There are nice fanpics of what female Tau could look like:

so weird seeing pieces of my ex's art about on the net :/

:LOL:

@Daggermaw: some more details please ? this may be pretty interesting project to make .

If all goes well I should be able to add some new releases to webstore in the evening

Warboss Narznok wrote:

Sgt.Roadkill wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:1.) There are nice fanpics of what female Tau could look like:

so weird seeing pieces of my ex's art about on the net :/

Reminds me, are you collecting Dark Angels

double :lol:

as promised here's a preview of the 2 releases that will be added to the webstore during the weekend:



First should work nicely as a shoulderpad decoration, 2nd ones should be perfect as a "loincloth" .

Nice fur sculpts. As a SW player, those make me happy.

Now....

MOAR WEAPONS! :-P

Nice, they should work with Chaos Marines as well.

wolfshadow wrote:
MOAR WEAPONS! :-P

no worries - wait for the set FreakForge is working on

Fur straps have been added to the webstore

Przemas wrote:Fur straps have been added to the webstore

With your rapidly expanding range, you can prob count on a significant order in January, once I get my holiday pay. The more stuff you have on offer, especially 'mechanical weapons'... the bigger my order will be.

Oh, and you should do a 'Wolf' Mechanical hammer to add to that line. :-)

Just got my Cyclops, Steamknight heads, shoulder pads, and one of the Kromlech basing kits.

Outstanding stuff! Very nice detail on the castings. Very nice stuff...

May have to put together another order soon. Just hope the Polish post gets it to me quicker this time. There was quite a delay in the order, but Przemas was very responsive to emails.

Count me as a satisfied customer!

Valete,

JohnS

@ cygnnus, : Where are you @ and how long did it take?

Edit: Just costed out what I want to get. Shipping is decidedly reasonable. With 1 thing I wanted sold out at the moment, the parts I wanted to get come out to about $55 USD with shipping. It will be about a month before I can afford that level of expenditure.

PSST! Also: Melta and Plasma weapons. :-P

wolfshadow wrote:@ cygnnus, : Where are you @ and how long did it take?

I'm in the 'States. I don't recall exactly how long it took, but it was on the order of a couple of months. That said, Przemas did say that they had a problem with a batch of orders not being stamped "priority" (or something like that in Polish) by the Polish postal service and mine was in that batch, so my understanding is that my case was unusual.

And, again, they were very responsive to emails and the quality of the product is very, very high. I would not hesitate to order from them again (and almost certainly will once I rebuild my gaming "slush fund" a bit)...

Valete,

JohnS

Yeah... I totally understand the whole 'slush fund' deal. I'm waiting to get my Holiday pay. I'm going to have to make a SIGNIFICANT (Read multiple hundreds of dollars) to get restarted with supplies. I have my tools, but no paint, glue or brushes, and codexs, plus the main rulebook. Add to the fact that I'm going to want to drop the coin on getting a full GK army when they come out.

Raxor wrote:I like the siege gun there. Very styling.

As for suggestions, instead of satisfying the fetishes of a few for big breasted grey aliens, how about some cool stuff like heads with military berets, heads with scifi targeters/googles, automatic grenade machine guns, and a dedicated set of heads with bionics.

They are a few steps ahead of you good sir. And thats all I think im allowed to say at this point.

Though if I were you, id keep a keen eye on MaxMini.

Warboss Narznok wrote:

Blind guy walks by the fish market, tips his hat and says "Afternoon, ladies."

Przemas wrote:Fur straps have been added to the webstore

What? Space Wolves wear straps?

@cygnus: I'm so happy we got this mess with AUG batch of shipments resolved. It was such a pain :/ . Thx for the patience mate .

We'll be moving to dedicated server this week so for the next couple of days our website may be a tad bumpy . But after that it should be waaaaaaay better

Hey Maxmini guys! Apologies if this has already been up and I've missed it, but do you have any pictures of what's actually contained in the urban basing kit out this month? It's kinda hard to tell from the finished bases on your website.

Love all your stuff, and have been advertising the hell out of you in my blog

@Scarper: Artur_Kromlech promised to make such pics amd upload them soon. But in general all you see on the bases is from the set (except sand in some place and static grass ).

Turret is almot done. Majster has just finished the platform for it nad Hamster is tweaking the guns slightly.
Here's the platform:


Front with the turret attached:


Back:


And here's shot of the parts:


as you can see we've decided to keep mounting ring separete to make it easy to attach turret not only to the platform but to vehicles and other things .

Nice.

Still need moar melee and 'mechanical' weapons tho. :-P

That turrets looking pretty good, or at least as good as a turret without a gun can.

Looking snazzy,I love it.

Przemas wrote:@Scarper: Artur_Kromlech promised to make such pics amd upload them soon. But in general all you see on the bases is from the set (except sand in some place and static grass ).

Thanks! Will deffo pick up a set or two to see what they're like

Surprised these new Kromlech newslets haven't been posted in here,


[edited by moderator - please keep this thread for MaxMini releases. Kromlech releases go in the Kromlech thread.]

I can see an Imperial walker being built from the turret....

Great stuff, as always.

I love the turret, looks like it as 4 nice mounting points and if you need to one on the front just under the scope thing. I have a lot of spare weapons I am sure I could find spots for on that.

any word on how much this will cost? I might need a couple of these for an upcoming army...??

The AA turret (with platform) should be around 29EUR .
Now I'm waiting to get it painted . We've also have additional weapon option (missiles) done - it will be available as an well.. erm... option

Before next stream of new releases reaches me , the time has come to add some pieces that got delayed. Like this one - barrels . Simple but IMO quite useful .



This week I also plan to add AA turret. I just need to ask Robert how the last production mold works .

Nice to see you guys continually adding content.

Psst! More weapons.

.Shhhhh - just got a package from FreakForge. Pics soon

Przemas wrote: .Shhhhh - just got a package from FreakForge. Pics soon

Orly?

wolfshadow wrote:

Przemas wrote: .Shhhhh - just got a package from FreakForge. Pics soon

Orly?

LOL

But seriously. Where are the pics.

:lol:
@MajorTom11: currently the pics lay on my friends camera. Waiting to get them emailed to me.

The AA Turret has been finished and added to the webstore:



Expect missiles upgrade pack soon
The kit has been built in a way that should make attaching the turret to custom terrain , vehicles etc really easy. The turret sits on a postioning ring that's easily glued to even partially flat surfaces.

Is the turret going to be a webstore only item, or will it be offered through your resellers?

As soon as we get through the pains of fininding proper packaging for the stores it will be offered through resellers .
I'm rather against webstore exclusives .

You guys really did a top notch job on that turret, congrats! Maybe a pic next to a Dreadnaught for scale reference???

On another note -

But seriously. Where are the pics.

Twin-linked autocannon dreadnought weapons - looks good!

Przemas wrote::lol:
@MajorTom11: currently the pics lay on my friends camera. Waiting to get them emailed to me.

The AA Turret has been finished and added to the webstore:

Expect missiles upgrade pack soon
The kit has been built in a way that should make attaching the turret to custom terrain , vehicles etc really easy. The turret sits on a postioning ring that's easily glued to even partially flat surfaces.

What's the diameter of this ring please?

More like a hydra turret if you ask me...

That's def the primary purpose I believe, Hydra's ftw!

However, just wondering if there were more ways to use it too, hence the incidental scale purposes dread shot. Not that I would ever put them on a Dread. They would cost far too little next to forgeworld Im sure so why would I even think of such a thing???

Those are some sexy turrets; well done lads!

And that is a freaky picture... good lord. Yet, I can't look away.

pretty sweet! too expensive for my taste but excellent job

Turret is cool, it made me check out their website. i just had to order some of those large shoulder pads never heard of maxmini before but they are now on my bookmark list

@MajorTom11: you don't get distracted easily, do you ?
Here are the pics of the prototypes FreakForge has sent:



I'll upload pics of the grey resin casts soon (I've noticed that multicolor putties distract the eyes slightly).
Will add some extra detailing (like some texture on the grips) and they're ready to go .

Niiiiice. Very nice.

Love the turret - great work!

Very impressed by the Ad Mech / Iron Hands weapons...look good.

And extremely freaked out by the Sesame Street dude... I thought images like that were banned under the Geneva Convention!!!

Padre^.

Very nice. You know what I've always wanted? Servo arms. They are tough to get a hold on the bits market, and could be used in so many ways and places by IG, Marines, Orks, Chaos, SOB, INQ and even Tau if you choose the right setting.

Holy hell! Those are some Sexy weapons. Love the long handled axe and the double edged sword especially. Will probably order some of those. VERY nice.

Man those weapons are AWESOME.

That turret is way too expensive for me to be comfortable buying, though.

Holy Admech, Batman. Those are awesome and I need 50.

I've noticed all the comments re the price for the turret, and I agree - that is WAY overpriced, IMHO. I thought at first it must have been a typo on the site...

MajorTom11 wrote:However, just wondering if there were more ways to use it too, hence the incidental scale purposes dread shot. Not that I would ever put them on a Dread. They would cost far too little next to forgeworld Im sure so why would I even think of such a thing???

Major, hate to tell you this...but Forgeworld is one HELL of a lot cheaper for the arms to make a Dread armed with quad-autocannons. $23 AUD plus postage for the Forgeworld arms (which are effortless - no conversion required), versus AUD$37.50 plus postage (plus the effort to mount them.)

Definitely works out cheaper versus the FW Hydra kit, but for Dreads...forget it.

Padre^.

Yeah. I generally draw the line myself at FW prices. This third party option is more expensive than, and likely less high quality than, FW? That's generally gonna be a no go.

Well, the price is the price, but I can say via personal experience that Maxmini stuff is usually BETTER quality than FW.

Far few mold lines and flash problems, and the resin the use is easier to work with...

Way to kill my excitement for hydra conversions. Lol at Forgeworld prices.

Was interested in the Autocannon turret, but definitely not at that price.

well, it's actually cheaper than similar FW kit .....
As for quality - we work hard to offer one of the best resin casts in this hobby.
but agree, it would be rather expensive as a dread version.
In generall - vote with your wallet. We do our best to offer competitive prices but high quality resin kits simply can't be cheap due to the work involved (and I might also mention retailer discounts...) .
I understand your perspective (I'm a gamer too), but trust me - from the other side our hobby looks rather cheap.

Przemas, any chance of just the autocannons being available?
And approximately what is the timeline of those WONDERFUL swords being available?

@wolfshadow: no promises but we'll discuss such option . IMO would make perfect sense . But at the same time I wonder about possible uses - the guns are quite big .
If all goes well we'll be able to release steampunk cc weapons within a month .

Those weapons are amazing. I'd like to second the suggestion for potential servo-arms or bionics, though.

The swords are kinda eh. The one handed axes are good. The two handed axe, though - that's the winner this round. Fantastic.

I'd also definitely like to see servo arms.

The not-Hydra looks like it copied the FW Hydra so well that it even copied the price.

@Przemas:

I am sure that it has been beaten with a stick, but I will give it one more for good measure.

Any thoughts of producing a plasma gun/Lazcannon insert for the SM Razorback Turret. It seems like a high demand item that GW is ignoring.

What's the progress on the Siege gun? How'd the autoturret come out first?

Fetterkey wrote:The not-Hydra looks like it copied the FW Hydra so well that it even copied the price.

it does use an aweful lot of resin for the middle, but I agree, wish I could justify buying a few, but not happening XD

I will 3rd the need for just a collection of generic servo bits, if intelligently done they could be mix and match base/arms/ends so you could put them together however you want.

Przemas wrote:

I think this would look hot on top of a bastion perhaps as well...

@Theduke07: because it has been started earlier prehaps ? Even here its wip has been shown before siege gun .
Siege gun comes along pretty nicely. I've just got pics for the assembly instructions (needs it , got soem tricky parts).

For now I've grabbed some pieces that lay on the desktop waiting for release .


Small wings by Kevin Kosse, weapons by Marcin "Majster" Szmyt.

LOL... I like the Drugnov.

The minigun looks awesome, as does the sniper. Not sure how I feel about the super-soaker.

Did you finished the siege gun? I'm really happy to see an alternative to forgeworld (medusa). I want to buy 2 of them.

We need the siege gun!

I just ordered a pair of the AA guns to make my hydra conversions become a reality, I'll let you know how they go and take pics once the conversions complete.

Przemas wrote:@Theduke07: because it has been started earlier prehaps ? Even here its wip has been shown before siege gun .
Siege gun comes along pretty nicely. I've just got pics for the assembly instructions (needs it , got soem tricky parts).

For now I've grabbed some pieces that lay on the desktop waiting for release .


Small wings by Kevin Kosse, weapons by Marcin "Majster" Szmyt.

Finally the ray gun, I've been waiting for that one.

. The siege gun is ready. All I have to do is to finish assembly instructions . I think the kit will be released next week.

BTW - we improved shipping. That was one of the things I really wanted to got better. Not that there was something wrong, but the delivery times sometimes were longer than expected. So we've added fast trackable courier.
But regular shipping got better too. We' ve struggled to get a deal with postal company and it worked. I've been monitoring delivery times for the past 3 weeks and the times noticeably improved. Oh, and it has a sort of tracking as well (well, not as good as a courier one, but still gives you a hint where the package is).

Heck, and even though it's snowing as hell out here, the work in our workshop keeps the full pace. Got the mold for miniguns ready so they should be out soon. Hamster upgaded one of the old sets - I'll show you better version during the weekend (need to take pics).

Psst! Steampunk weapons!



Although I already put an order in for some bionics and some rippers.

Do you have an ETA on the energy/ray gun?

@Wolfshadow: . I know - I'm working to get them out soon

@Nils: If I got it right energy gun will be out around Dec 14

Przemas wrote:@Wolfshadow: . I know - I'm working to get them out soon

@Nils: If I got it right energy gun will be out around Dec 14

Awesome, thank you.

Turret looks awesome. It is reminiscent of the 2nd-3rd edition heavy guns the IG used to have, except it like a revised version. I think these would look great in a Catachan army!

Very nice looking turret.

I've added complete kit to the webstore:

http://www.maxmini.eu/store

As I know that price for some converters may be an issue (trust me - that was the lowest we could offer) I'll add "economy" set during weekend (without lower plate and sandbags).

I love it!

Przemas wrote:I've added complete kit to the webstore:

http://www.maxmini.eu/store

As I know that price for some converters may be an issue (trust me - that was the lowest we could offer) I'll add "economy" set during weekend (without lower plate and sandbags).

Good stuff, the sandbags on their own could be used as just barricades yes?

I love the model. Maybe without the sandbags it will sell better.

How much should we expect for the gun without plate and sanbags? I'm waiting for the weekend to order one or two (dependes on price).

I really like the sand bag barricades. Any chance of getting those as separate pieces?

Joey

Psst! Tech Weapons!

To hell with your tech weapons, Give me that GM minigun for a HB stand in for my guard!!!!

Any chance for a guardsman to stand next to that siege gun for a size comparison?

Thanks to Elotsip: http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/329837.page

I like it with the sandbags and without, now to rustle up some Chim chassis and get a couple

That would make an excellent Boongun for an artillery-type Ork Looked Wagon. Very nice work.
A super-soaker, really?

2 of those Miniguns would make dandy assault cannon conversion bits for a RB, or even for a Termie.

Than siege cannon has a place in my heart!

RUNE wrote:



Thanks to Elotsip

Wow, now that is incredibly cool! I figured it would just be something that fit into a turret mounting, but thanks to Elotsip indeed!

and finally, the medus... eu... siege gun model without platform and sandbags.



http://www.maxmini.eu/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=122

18€ + shipping.

I was expecting 15€. Only 11eur between complete kit and the gun... But 29€ + shipping hurts me

That Siege Gun is dead sexy both on a vehicle and as an emplacement!!!

Must have.

Just got 2 of the AA turrets which are currently being put into use on two Hydra Flak Tanks I'm building.

Took 2 weeks from the data I ordered to receive them, all pieces were there, took a very minimal amount of cleaning, and the "worst" thing I can say I found was a minor warping (not 100% straight) on one or two of the barrels. This is a minor detail and is hardly noticeable. I plan on trying to use some hot water/bit of heat to straighten them out, but if not, they're still useable for sure.

Edit: I also want to note that given the things I've received/seen from FW, I'm incredibly impressed with the quality of the resin casting and minimal flash. I posted the minor detail just to be thorough, but don't confuse, I'll use maxmini over FW whenever I can.

Excellent quality, fast shipping (given the season and them traveling from Poland to Maryland) and nice service, I'll be back again!

I'm waiting on my order still.. and still eagerly awaiting the release of the SteamPunk weapons. My Ebon Gauntlets are in need of those weapons. :-)

You magnificent SOB.

After Christmas, I will singlehandedly prop up the Euro.

I'll catch up with the new releases as soon as I recover from some damn cold I've caught (and that has been keeping me in bed for the last couple of days). Don't want to add more duties on the rest of the team - they're already crazy busy handling Christmas orders .

Any chance of some preview teasers and pics?

What are you working on next?

Echinechea, Orange Juice and Chicken Noodle Soup.

Chicken Noodle Soup? Drooool ......

While I'me recovering I found those pics to show you how we recently updated one of the older releases:




the detailing is now much more crisp and less brittle, the curve is nicer - and the back as well

Nice!

Oh, I got my shipment today Prezmas. TY! Excellent quality stuff, and a pleasure to work with. One of the Rippers is becoming the force sword for my Libby. I've updated my Plog here, and I posted a pic on your forum in the modelling section. Great stuff.
The details on those bionic heads is beyond belief.

Just got back to office. Hope you all had a great Xmas .

I've just added miniguns to the webstore:



I'm happy to finally share something I've wanted to get done for some time. IMO old jump packs needed some update, new variants. Took way longer than expected but here are first WIPs.



Those basic shapes (even though they don't look anything like basic, don't you think ? )have been made by Hamster52 and were sent to FreakForge who is going to give them final touch.
That being said I think it will take over a month before we'll be able to work out first prouction molds for those . But knowing FreakForge it will be well worth the wait .

They look great!

Ooooh.... those 'old school' Jump Packs are VERY nice!

I love having new packs to choose from, those are great looking so far.

Nice packs.

Hopefully we'll see more new releases soon?
Oh, and any chance of getting a sice comparison shot with some sort of mini?

Any chance of getting a 2 Gun turret for the minigun that just might fit on a Rhino/Predator hatch? *Cough Razorback*

Przemas wrote:

You have NO idea how long I've waited for these!

I just discovered these. And to think that I spent all that time laboriously making powerklaws for my meganobs from plasticard . Oh well, they do look quite good, except for that one on the right, it looks like a grot powerklaw.

@wolfshadow: . Steampuk weapons for example ? SUre, mate - next batch of releases will be added tomorrow .
As for comparison shots - I try to avoid them without written permission. I'll ask Maciek (Pulp CIty) about using some of the models from his game. Rook should work nicely (bulky guy in power armour and halberd).

Man i've been droolin over your stuff for ages. Now that the holiday is past i'll have to be ordering some.
Have you put any more thought into doing colonial marine torsos for IG? I'm still jonesing to make some IG into colonial marines.
Something along these lines

I think catachan legs and arms would work, and cadian heads we just need torsos to make some great minis

Edit: on second look cadian heads wouldn't be that great, they're to bowl like. You'd have to do your own haha.

You wouldn't really have to use minis in the shots, just put then on/next to an apropriate sized base.

You should sell just the sandbags as well.

And even though Halloween is long gone we'd still love to see Plauge Zombie Guard

Steampunk weapons have been added to the webstore:

Przemas wrote:Steampunk weapons have been added to the webstore:

These are amazing. If only I knew what to use them for...

They'd suit a Techmarine or Master of the Forge.

Ian's got the right of it!

Pre-Heresy head bashers would work too...

Iron Hands or Iron Warriors was my immediate thought.

Daggermaw wrote:Man i've been droolin over your stuff for ages. Now that the holiday is past i'll have to be ordering some.
Have you put any more thought into doing colonial marine torsos for IG? I'm still jonesing to make some IG into colonial marines.
Something along these lines

I think catachan legs and arms would work, and cadian heads we just need torsos to make some great minis

Edit: on second look cadian heads wouldn't be that great, they're to bowl like. You'd have to do your own haha.

Oh ma GAWD! the dude with the baseball cap is wearing some paintball gloves!

I think I'm in love with those. Between that and the gatling gun I've got some very happy admech models coming

Przemas, do you have any plans to make just the four AA guns from the AA Turret Platform available? They'd make perfect bits for a Rifleman Dreadnought conversion.

@Ian: heck, we might to that. But as for a conversion you've mentioned - IMO they might be too big. Not 100% sure - will try to bring one AA gun home and make some measurements.

I have a request!

Since you're stuff is so great, I'd love to see you make some "cadian" great coat legs. Just the lower half with the bottom of the great coats & boots, that would match up with a cadian torso. Like, just extending the bottom of the tunics they have so it goes all the way down. Similar to the 1 set of legs that comes in the Cadian command squad box.

You can make em generic looking enough to not suffer the same fate as Chapterhouse, and maybe make your own body armor torsos later that could match too. I know I'd buy a bunch and considering how many folks are always saying they want affordable great coat guardsmen, this I'm sure you'd sell quite a bit.

Przemas wrote:Steampunk weapons have been added to the webstore:

BRB, going to order.

Edit: Ordered 2 sets, and some Miniguns for good measure. :-)

Przemas wrote:Steampunk weapons have been added to the webstore:

Will Power save failed dangit I guess you will be sending me some stuff soon

You have released the Minigun, any idea when the Dinosaur Wings and other guns will come out?
Could you please do another picture of the wings next to a ruler so I can get a better idea of scale?

I've just added Dragunov style sniper rifle to the webstore:


And here's the requested pic of small wings next to a ruler (in cm) :


Busy with projects . Upgrade pack for AA turret is almost finished :


Some of you guys asked about some tactical combat armour torsos. After digging the pile of bits and various pieces we've started working on them. It went surprsingly smoothly thx to pieces Jarek Smolka sculpted in the past for one of the conversion projects. This saved Hamster52 lots of time - he sculpted basic torso shape and then assembled the piece.


Last but definitely not least something for a good laugh :

Early WIP, but already I'm damn happy how Majster puts my weird ideas to life. Also Robert did a bloody nice job with sculpting the basic, "uncustomized" boar.
Can't wait to see how this ones turns out and I'm even more curious what comes next - chopper boar ? Have my fingers ccrossed

Klawz wrote:These are amazing. If only I knew what to use them for...

They'd make for some bitchin' Warmachine conversions, that's for sure!

I need those torso pieces. I really need them.

Loving that rocket pig, It's hilarious!


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Only thing is, as much as the pig is great, it's not a hugely dynamic pose, is it? If you're making more, perhaps a charging pose would be a good way to go?

Torso peices are great but all my troopers are put together :(.
Suppose these offer an excuse to get more...

And thirdly, those tactical armour torso pieces...

Are they guardsmen sized, or... space marine?

@ghosty: as they've been designed towards regular human infantry I'd say guardsman

we really need some good female combat heads and i really think that maxmini.eu would be the best people for that.. if these were theoreticaly to exist in the future wouldn't it be wonderful to have some sensible torsos and legs to go with them. mayb elike those combat vests

Love the cyboar, great work.

Them torsos are dang ace!

That 'rocket pig' could make a fabulous comedy thunderwolf, especially for a Space Pigs army

Przemas wrote:

Agree, nice new Thunderwolf

Clang wrote:That 'rocket pig' could make a fabulous comedy thunderwolf, especially for a Space Pigs army

would love to see that army :LOL:

So I got those MaxMini Ork Pirate Heads and I must say I really like them!!



I can't wait to use the other Heads I bought!!

Very much liking those Tactical Combat Vest torsos. Would be a great way to make a "Resistance"(the game, not the idea ) styled force.

How about a sci-fi'd Thompson with a grenade launcher and a drum mag?

Przemas wrote:@ghosty: as they've been designed towards regular human infantry I'd say guardsman

I actually poo'd.

Whats the ETA on these things, cos I'll have to buy some. They've quite literally stolen my heart.

I think the torsos should around 2 weeks. At least that's my assumption - so far they cast well , without any problems .

Oh yeah!

Any plans for "tactical pants" equipped legs with combat boots, heads, arms, etc?

Or just the torsos for now?

Goddamnit Prezmas, stop raping my wallet.

The torsos look fantastic! All of a sudden I know how I'm making my veterans look more badass.

Love those combat rig IG torsos just what I'm looking for for my Inqusiitional 'special forces' guys and my small but perfectly formed IG airborne.

PhilB

I agree the torso's look great!!

Good for either a grenadier or vet upgrade.

Majster continues customization work on the boar

Przemas wrote:Majster continues customization work on the boar

The hell?

I don't think I like the seat being back so far. I'd rather see them sit up more on the shoulder area rather than it's arse.

That Boar is just too awesome! Makes me want to play as Orks for my next army.

Przemas wrote:Some of you guys asked about some tactical combat armour torsos. After digging the pile of bits and various pieces we've started working on them. It went surprsingly smoothly thx to pieces Jarek Smolka sculpted in the past for one of the conversion projects. This saved Hamster52 lots of time - he sculpted basic torso shape and then assembled the piece.

One thing about the collars on these. They have a gap in the back by the neck. They should overlap a little so that there is no stoppage in protection, especially in a critical area as the neck.

These are very cool...

Przemas wrote:Majster continues customization work on the boar

ROLLER LEG!!

Love the tac vests...

Now if you can just finish those dang heads I love so much I could redo my entire guard army.

Those torsos look just amazing planning on some female ones too ?

I'd love to see some tac vests that have been looted and are on Ork bodies.

Przemas wrote:And here's the requested pic of small wings next to a ruler (in cm) :

Thanks. They are perfectly sized for what I want (almost as if they had been designed that way )
Now I just have to wait for them to appear in the shop...

Sgt.Roadkill wrote:we really need some good female combat heads and i really think that maxmini.eu would be the best people for that.. if these were theoreticaly to exist in the future wouldn't it be wonderful to have some sensible torsos and legs to go with them. mayb elike those combat vests

That's one of the things we're thinking about for quite a time. We did a couple of tries and we came to conclusion that this idea needs a complete set. We have a sculptor that IMO will do a cracking job on them , now it's down to finding a concept artist that would sketch them out (drop me a line if anyone feels up to the task ).

those tactical armour torsos would be awesome for neophyte conversions, cant wait till there out.

Very nice work on the torsos! Any plans for arms to go with them? Maybe designed to hold things like a Russian sniper rifle....

Nice torsos. How about some heads with Mohawk haircuts?in the style of the early nineties space marine scouts. To replace the god awful modern ones?

How are those jump packs coming along? I've got an assault squad ready and waiting!

johnstewartjohn wrote:Nice torsos. How about some heads with Mohawk haircuts?in the style of the early nineties space marine scouts. To replace the god awful modern ones?

Yo dawg, I put some chins on yo chins...

The Spaceman Spiff jaw is sda, but the rest of the GW Scout kit is so good. What a frigging waste. Sceond the call for more heads! Headset microphones would be a nice detail too.


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Aduro wrote:I don't think I like the seat being back so far. I'd rather see them sit up more on the shoulder area rather than it's arse.

Must disagree: Having the rider's weight so far back makes it look like even more of a Hog (as in Harley), making it even funnier. Which is, after all, at least half the appeal of a boar with a rocket-arse.

Przemas wrote:Majster continues customization work on the boar

It is a cool cyboar but I think the wheels look way to flimsy.

CT GAMER wrote:

These are very cool...

How do you think these will work with SM scouts, scalewise? I got some sniper rifles from Maxmini, but they looked too small for the grimdark future, where the smallest caliber is "canned ham".

The torso has been designed to work with 28mm "heroic" miniatures so they should scale better with grimdark future .

@ruyn: it will take a while. Difficult to give an estimated date. Currently FreakForge is adding details to both jump packs. Then they will need to reach us - all the way from Argentina to Poland. From this point it will be a breeze - a week or so (good to do all the molding and casting inhouse ).

@jmurph: yes, but we'd like to work on 2-3 legs sets first

Nice. I'm going to need about 10 of those.

Very sweet- a full set of those with arms and legs would be awesome for a variety of sci-fi and near future games!

Just got the package from Adam. Can only say this - the beasts are coming

Very nice! how tall are they?

Woah, that minotaur thing is ace.

And the other thing is usable as a Skaven HPA.

Those are sweet...

Sexy minotaur there. The only thing I take slight issue with is the head, it looks slightly derpy from the first photo. Might just be the angle, though.

I'm going to need like 50 or so of those torsos...

Production molds for torsos work nicely and we began casting . Here's one of the first production casts :

Eta on the hellpit?

I shall harass my FLGS every day of the week until they stock those torsos.

[Mod Edit - We're on it.]

I've added energy guns to the webstore:


I'm catching up with the releases - by Wednesday combat armour torsos should be out .

Do you have any plans at all to make some female heads or torsos?
There are pretty much no good ones on the market atm.

@MadCowCrazy: just female heads - no (there's really no point as there are no minis to attach them to). A more complete solution - for sure !

I've just added tactical combat armour torsos set to the webstore:


A small preview of the big wings that are almost ready for release (I'd say in 2 weeks or so):

Sculpted by Kevin Kosse and painted by Olekkk (you should see more paintjobs from this talented fella ).
Wings have been designed to work with ogre / demon prince sized minis.

Today Hamster52 brought 4arm beast from cutting. Now we need to make wip casts and rebuild the joints .
This and a small package from England with new head swaps really made my day.

Small package from england? Head swaps? interesting...

Those wings are really nice though, how tall are they?

The tactical torsos are just awesome....now make some matching legs with knee pads.

I would think its a gap in the market (not that I've looked in to it that much) the lack of replacement legs. I bought myself some Forge World Renegade Militia and now have a load of left over Cadian torsos...and I'm sure I'm not the only one!

Peter

Well, I've got my order in for the torsos - and I eagerly await some female headswaps!

and here's a sneak pic showing what I found in that package I mentioned:

well, those are of course first test casts I did - I was so happy with what I received I simply had to work on mould as soon as possible .
I hope you'll be able to see next sets sculpted by Ian Mountain soon .

Of course I couldn't resist checking how they'll work with the recently released torsos :

Przemas wrote:

I'm...underwhelmed.

Beret heads are nice and all, the sculpts are gorgeous...
But there's so many companies out there doing them.

Forage caps or boonie hats would be much more welcome!

Kanluwen wrote:But there's so many companies out there doing them.

But not this well. I'm sold.

insaniak wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:But there's so many companies out there doing them.

But not this well. I'm sold.

Not to mention these guys have so many other cool things as well. I like 1-stop shopping...

must resist urge to buy new armies......
Damn i promised my local guard player i wouldn't start guard but those are perfect for my "the expandables style" kill team.

love em

Kanluwen wrote:I'm...underwhelmed.

Beret heads are nice and all, the sculpts are gorgeous...
But there's so many companies out there doing them.

Forage caps or boonie hats would be much more welcome!

Maxmini wins in my eyes.

Wow those Heads eat green berets for breakfast! I am officially tempted...

I have the westwin beret heads, as well as german forage caps and bare heads. They are all.....well the face's sides are mismatched, like they were made of wax and then melted.

Just because someone else did something first should not keep Maxmini from doing it better. Nice work, fellas.

General Hobbs wrote:
I have the westwind beret heads, as well as german forage caps and bare heads. They are all.....well the face's sides are mismatched, like they were made of wax and then melted.

Exactly. Why not start with something that looks cool and is relatively unproduced(forage caps)?

I don't see where the exactly comes from lol, he was disagreeing with you.

There is always going to be a market for better quality. That goes for anything. No one is forcing anyone to buy them bud, but likewise I don't see why anyone would disapprove of a product that is clearly better than everything else available, or, even if you wouldn't go that far, then at least upper tier quality.

This morning you woke up with melty - faced beret heads you didn't have to buy. Tonight you go to bed with tightly sculpted beret heads you don't have to buy. Really no harm done. But for those interested, they will be happy.

Maxmini will eventually get to the other head styles I am sure, but being disgruntled they chose to do these first doesn't accomplish much IMO

Hey Przemas - the beret heads look great. And forage caps or boonie caps would also be terrfic. But there's a number of us that commented in Victoria Lamb's sculpting thread that would be clamoring for some ANZAC/Chindit-style heads as well.

Any hope you might make some modern day infantry helmet heads? Something more along the lines of the old Cadians or the current USMC helmet? Sure Cadain heads are similar, but so god awful IMHO.

Those are really awesome beret heads. If I have the idea to make a second squad of Stormtroopers, I'll definitely give them a closer look.

Clearly looking to tap into a market, possibly, for Cloudy with a Chance of Rain and Thunder and Lightning troopers - and doing it VERY well indeed!

They should add some legs, arms and guns to them and release the full kit themselves!

Malika2 wrote:They should add some legs, arms and guns to them and release the full kit themselves!

...I like that idea. 28mm "modern" infantry is something that tends to be of far less quality than what MaxMini is putting out!

The one on the left looks like the guy out starship troopers who has strawberry blonde hair, is conviced he is going to be squad leader and gets his hand pinned to the wall at training camp.

MajorTom11 wrote:

This morning you woke up with melty - faced beret heads you didn't have to buy. Tonight you go to bed with tightly sculpted beret heads you don't have to buy.

I love this line so hard. Every bit as hard as the idea of going to bed with tightly sculpted beret heads instead of melty faced beret heads.

Those really are awesome heads. Having 10 different ones in total would be really nice for squads.


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Also, tonight I'd like to take my tightly sculpted heads to bed after we dine... IN HELL!!

Because I am a gentleman and buy dinner first.

And the legs idea, really there is a mssive gap in the market, I would buy quite a few

Very cool. Definitely picking some up for my Guard.

Those are great - think I've found the heads for my veteran squads!

Some nicely armoured legs or kilts would be a cool addition now

any chance of seeing a size comparison with these torsos with arms or kegs form other mini rangers?

the other only issue i see with these is that the blts are moulded onto the torso and unfortunately the majority of other ranges have belts moulded onto the legs.... this is a massive pain in the arse. I take it there is no chance of having one without the bottom belt of the combat harness on it.

Sgt.Roadkill wrote:any chance of seeing a size comparison with these torsos with arms or kegs form other mini rangers?

the other only issue i see with these is that the blts are moulded onto the torso and unfortuanetly the majority of other ranges have belts moulded onto th elegs.... this is a massive pain in the arse. I tkae it ther eis no chance of haivn gone wihtout the bottom belt of the combat harness on it.

Dear god... spell check man! Turning that into usable words almost made by brain hurt.

jp400 wrote:

Sgt.Roadkill wrote:any chance of seeing a size comparison with these torsos with arms or kegs form other mini rangers?

the other only issue i see with these is that the blts are moulded onto the torso and unfortuanetly the majority of other ranges have belts moulded onto th elegs.... this is a massive pain in the arse. I tkae it ther eis no chance of haivn gone wihtout the bottom belt of the combat harness on it.

Dear god... spell check man! Turning that into usable words almost made by brain hurt.

my most sincere apologies, i am quite ill atm and didn't have the brain effort to think let alone type.

Very nice beret sculpts. If I ever go back to my 'space para' Imperial Guard I'd definitely find a use for some of those.

Very nice heads. I don't think I'd buy these as I'm not a Guard player, and I think they'd look off on anything else (but great on Guard!) but I'll put my 2 cents in: I would absolutely buy heads of this skill with boonie hats and similar. It's nice to have heads that aren't a.) bare\bald and b.) screaming.

Armorum Ferrum wrote:Some nicely armoured legs or kilts would be a cool addition now

You can get kilted legs from another source, Combined with these you would have some sweet models...

These are really good. Just to second a previous poster, I have been wanting to do an Anzac/Chindit style force for a long time. If you can do them as well as these then that would be fantastic. Great sculpts, just not what I'm after at the moment (though I may get some anyway, Necromunda is beconing again )

damn, sometimes I really have a feeling that either yo can read my mind or I can read yours... but I digress...

A quick update. Here's one of the test casts of the Immortal (4 arms beast) - we'll use them to make proper joints, without gaps and so on:


Worm is undergoing identical process.
I've cut production moulds for commando heads - so I'd say it will take 2 weeks tops before they'll be ready for release (that being said I'll do my best to have them released within a week ).

Demon looks good. Do you have an approximate release date yet for the wings?

Very promising releases . I like guardsman torso and heads. Wondering if you have something more to release in this topic (legs or hands would be nice).

Hey guys.
I just wanted to say I made a big order with Maximini a few weeks ago. After mabye 2 weeks I shot them an email asking for an update on my order.

Przemek emailed me back letting me know my order was taking a bit long because of the size of it. For my extra waiting time he was going to trow in some extra stuff.

I emailed him back telling him thanks but it wasnt necesary, I knew my order was a big one and would probably take extra time. I was just wanted to be kept up to date if it wasnt much trouble.

Well I got my order from them today and everything looks great(this is the first time I have actually had their stuff in my hands). Going through my order making sure its correct I find that he had still given me a few bounus peices.
I got a sprue of these new guard armoed torsos, the hand held minigun and a full AA(ie Hydra) Turret kit.
WOW Awsome.
I have been contenplating building a guard army and now with this free hydra bit and the look of the new torsos, I think I just might. Need to spend some time with armybuilder and work out my list. then place another large order with these guys.

I know this isnt really relevant on what their new releases are, but I wanted to say how happy I am with this company and their products.

My combat torsos came yesterday morning. I ordered on Feb 2nd and they were delivered Feb 15th: this is substantially less time then I would have expected, and is far and away the fastest order I've gotten so far. I'm very pleased with the turnaround time, which is about twice as fast as Forge World.

Here are some pictures of a scout wearing a combat torso, in case anyone wanted a size reference. I feel they are maybe a hair small for marines, but doable. I think they would be absolutely perfect for cadians\catachans.



Still hoping for boonie hat wearing heads, and female heads!

thx guys .

as I mentioned some of you have already foreseen what we're working on. Here's photo of the first test casts of the Anzac heads by Ian Mountain . The rims need a tad of sharpening and some details need to be adeed but in general I'm bloody happy with Ian's work :

Awsome!

they all look a little to sour. THe hats seem a little tall too.

Przemas wrote:thx guys .

as I mentioned some of you have already foreseen what we're working on. Here's photo of the first test casts of the Anzac heads by Ian Mountain . The rims need a tad of sharpening and some details need to be adeed but in general I'm bloody happy with Ian's work :

Cool stuff indeed.

**cough** Generic special forces legs **cough**

Przemas wrote:

Woohoo! <does the dance of joy!> Przemas, you and MaxMini rock! I can't wait to order up a batch of these guys!

athelu wrote:they all look a little to sour. THe hats seem a little tall too.

seems about right to me -

Nice Anzac hats. Will there be more? 5 variants seems too few for a full army. A few more battered/crumpled variations would be good.

winnertakesall wrote:**cough** Generic special forces legs **cough**

Don't really see a need for this.

However, having said that... I feel that equipment to add to existing legs would be a better road to go. New holsters, drop pouches, leg platforms ect ect.

Przemas wrote:thx guys .

as I mentioned some of you have already foreseen what we're working on. Here's photo of the first test casts of the Anzac heads by Ian Mountain . The rims need a tad of sharpening and some details need to be adeed but in general I'm bloody happy with Ian's work :

Lovely as always! Keep up the good work!

Is it possible you could show them on the combat torso's? for desert commando's?

Still waiting for my colonial marine torsos!

jp400 wrote:

winnertakesall wrote:**cough** Generic special forces legs **cough**

Don't really see a need for this.

However, having said that... I feel that equipment to add to existing legs would be a better road to go. New holsters, drop pouches, leg platforms ect ect.

The reason I say that is because there are loads of torso swaps, but very few legs. I gap in the market I believe