lookin good as allways!!!

Thanks guys, here's a test cast from the pulse rifles:



These should be up for sale next weekend.

-Steve

OOOOOHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Shiny!!!

Dammit! looks like they're in round 3 of buying for me! just bought more heads

ha ha ha

LOL, well there will be another wave of releases in about a month, you can pick them up then

please please plzdo some sm pre hersey style stuff, like some heads, arms and bolters? call them sci-fy heavy armour or somthing....

All we need now is a smartgun.

About a month you say?...... sounds good to me! you're pretty much guaranteed sales each time from me lol! any progress on yelling snarling heads? not that I need any more just yet! but you know us Nerds..... even with 1000 of something, it's never enough if we can get more!

@HAZZER: PM sent

@johnstewartjohn: That will require some arms to be attached, it will come after my first torsos and arms are completed

@Nerdfest09: Those heads are scheduled, probably summer.

-Steve

Summer? your summer? that's about 5 months away right? :-)

As of right now, June.

@Steve is there any chance of adding some pulse rifles to my order as well before you post if you can do it can you let me know how many on a sprue so I can work out how many I will need cheers mate.

I need 50 pulse rifles. I will order 50 heads to. Any other colonial marine stuff coming out? Flamers, smartguns, bodies with the armour?

I have a torso in the works. It will be another month or two. The other stuff is possible but will be down the road later this year.

I....am......so......freakin......excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. That's a damn clean cast. Looks amazing!

 mad robot wrote:
Thanks guys, here's a test cast from the pulse rifles:



These should be up for sale next weekend.

-Steve

This one is a must have!!
Will be on my next order! Think i am going to customize my specialists with this one.

Why are these not up for order yet!

 krazynadechukr wrote:
Why are these not up for order yet!

Because he is casting them up at the moment and needs to build up stock before hand, plus the weather is causing him some issues at the moment which has set him back.

But it wont be long I am sure before they go up

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Because he is casting them up at the moment and needs to build up stock before hand, plus the weather is causing him some issues at the moment which has set him back.

LOL...that's true. I don't think it will delay these, I have a few molds to do and then I'll be casting all day.

-Steve

^ May i say...YAY..... casting all day! something I'm sure you need to get used to real quick! at the rate you're releasing you'll be casting day & night before long!

very crisp and clean..So how many batches will you cast before hand?

As many as possible. How many do you want?

I need 50 pulse rifles & 50 colonial heads....

I'm working on it, the weather's not being very cooperative at the moment.

You need to invent bots at this rate Steve I can see a large amount of Alien inspired armies appearing soon character inspired sculpts me thinks

Sorry about the delay on the new items, Chicago is in a state of weather flux right now. Two new items this weekend!

I need feedback on a set of arms. Given that there are 5 possible poses, would you want:

A) 5 arms with rifles
B) 4 arms with rifles and one set with sidearm and close combat weapon?

New arms are being sculpted and I'd like some immediate input from you guys.

Thanks,
Steve

 mad robot wrote:


I need feedback on a set of arms. Given that there are 5 possible poses, would you want:

A) 5 arms with rifles
B) 4 arms with rifles and one set with sidearm and close combat weapon?

New arms are being sculpted and I'd like some immediate input from you guys.

Thanks,
Steve

Personally I think the option for a side arm and cc weapon would be the better choice, especially if you plan on expanding the range later on? that way if you release another set with different arm positions e.g at rest pointing down, finger outside trigger guard, changing clips, things like that you can include another variant of the arms with rifles on that sprue, I would like to see some good sighting poses made for them, with your heads it would look exquisite!!

in agree the second lol...

Is there an easy way to convert those not-Pulse Rifles into M41a Pulse Rifles? Cut the stock off, maybe the front flash suppressor...

Any chance of the bodies having shoulder lamps?

Mad Robot,you need to get a UK supplier for these awesome bits.I went to order a load of heads but the international shipping cost put me off.You are doing some really cool things though.

 judgedoug wrote:
Is there an easy way to convert those not-Pulse Rifles into M41a Pulse Rifles? Cut the stock off, maybe the front flash suppressor...

Any chance of the bodies having shoulder lamps?

Since they are in resin, it should be easy enough to carefully cut the tip off. I am considering a shoulder light for the torso, still haven't got to finishing it yet.


@shingouki: I'm sorry to hear that, I can't do much about the shipping costs, I wish I could.


Thanks for the feedback on the arms, still like to hear from as many as possible

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
Sorry about the delay on the new items, Chicago is in a state of weather flux right now. Two new items this weekend!

I need feedback on a set of arms. Given that there are 5 possible poses, would you want:

A) 5 arms with rifles
B) 4 arms with rifles and one set with sidearm and close combat weapon?

New arms are being sculpted and I'd like some immediate input from you guys.

Thanks,
Steve

Would go for B. As it seems commercially the more usual option.
But including the ideas of Nerdfest, as i think that people might look for more variation in their miniatures poses and not for the same they find more commonly.

 mad robot wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
Is there an easy way to convert those not-Pulse Rifles into M41a Pulse Rifles? Cut the stock off, maybe the front flash suppressor...

Any chance of the bodies having shoulder lamps?

Since they are in resin, it should be easy enough to carefully cut the tip off. I am considering a shoulder light for the torso, still haven't got to finishing it yet.

-Steve

If you need reference material, I can send shots of my set of colonial marine armor
(I'm wearing the helmet in my avatar pic)

@judgedoug: Every little bit helps. You can post them here or send them to projects @ madrobotminiatures .com


Seems like the logical way to go on the arms is choice b. I figured as much but thought I'd throw it out there to see what people thought.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
@judgedoug: Every little bit helps. You can post them here or send them to projects @ madrobotminiatures .com
-Steve

Here's a couple pics of me and a lady friend: http://s17.beta.photobucket.com/user/judgedoug/library/USCMpics

I can provide more accurate shots of the armor, shoulder lamp, helmet, pulse rifle, grenades, boots, patches, etc if necessary. I do not have a motion tracker or welder.

 judgedoug wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
@judgedoug: Every little bit helps. You can post them here or send them to projects @ madrobotminiatures .com
-Steve

Here's a couple pics of me and a lady friend: http://s17.beta.photobucket.com/user/judgedoug/library/USCMpics

I can provide more accurate shots of the armor, shoulder lamp, helmet, pulse rifle, grenades, boots, patches, etc if necessary. I do not have a motion tracker or welder.

How bout the female friend....
Seriously, I salute your dedication! Your homebrew uniform looks freakin great!

 judgedoug wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
@judgedoug: Every little bit helps. You can post them here or send them to projects @ madrobotminiatures .com
-Steve

Here's a couple pics of me and a lady friend: http://s17.beta.photobucket.com/user/judgedoug/library/USCMpics

I can provide more accurate shots of the armor, shoulder lamp, helmet, pulse rifle, grenades, boots, patches, etc if necessary. I do not have a motion tracker or welder.

I may be the wierdo here, but I'd actually pay an extra few cents for a set to have five sets of weapon arms AND a set of close combat weapon arms. I would honesty rather pay a little bit more and get all I need than to be shorted and end up having to get another set. For example, if you were to, in the future, release a mixed set of heads, I'd think five helmets and one patrol cap would be the best mix. Or if you do a boxed set of Colonial Guard, make it ten infantry AND one heavy weapons team, allowing me to swap in and out, rather than be painted into the corner of having to use what you give me. Again, I may be alone on this, and maybe you aren't able, based off your current setup to do six sets on a single sprue, but that would probably be optimum.

Additionally, the pule rifles seem to have a large grey piece of chewing gum with a thumbprint on the side of them. I'd fire your mold maker.


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By the way, a set of plastic Colonial Whatever would probably sell like hot cakes. Not alot of (reasonably priced) competition there and I'd figure there's plenty of demand.

@noneoftheabove0: You make a good point, perhaps I'll reconsider that.

More colonial stuff is certainly a possibility. I need to take it slow, build things up, but probably not plastic...just resin or metal.

-Steve

 alarmingrick wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
@judgedoug: Every little bit helps. You can post them here or send them to projects @ madrobotminiatures .com
-Steve

Here's a couple pics of me and a lady friend: http://s17.beta.photobucket.com/user/judgedoug/library/USCMpics

I can provide more accurate shots of the armor, shoulder lamp, helmet, pulse rifle, grenades, boots, patches, etc if necessary. I do not have a motion tracker or welder.

How bout the female friend....
Seriously, I salute your dedication! Your homebrew uniform looks freakin great!

I can't take all the credit, Spatcave studios manufactured the armor (Spatcave also makes Imperial Guard Cadian armor http://www.spatcave.com/40kcostume.htm)
I had the BDU's custom made in china... had to assemble and paint the pulse rifle... Matsucorp custom made the shoulder lamp... it was an expensive project


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 mad robot wrote:
@noneoftheabove0: You make a good point, perhaps I'll reconsider that.

More colonial stuff is certainly a possibility. I need to take it slow, build things up, but probably not plastic...just resin or metal.

-Steve

I too think that plastic not-USCM colonial marines would sell like hotcakes. Have you thought about running a Kickstarter to fund a plastic set of them? I have no doubt in my mind you'd get the funds to do it in a day or two. Sorta like what Defiance was trying to do, except, well, you could do it way better.

I appreciate the kind words, Kickstarters of that ilk are quite a bit to manage. You may see a KS in the summer for something, for right now I can keep up this pace of releases and stay flexible with what I want to add into the mix as new ideas arise.

Honestly, I don't understand why everyone gets upset with the plastic/resin debate. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of metal, it's kind of a pain in the kiester to work with, but plastic and resin are equally easy. Unless you have bought stock in plastic glue, there is no real reason to have an opinion between the two. Pardon me for putting plastic when I intended non-metal.

 noneoftheabove0 wrote:
Honestly, I don't understand why everyone gets upset with the plastic/resin debate. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of metal, it's kind of a pain in the kiester to work with, but plastic and resin are equally easy. Unless you have bought stock in plastic glue, there is no real reason to have an opinion between the two. Pardon me for putting plastic when I intended non-metal.

Thats because most people are asking small independent miniature companies to produce plastic kits which have a large outlay and is time consuming, you have to remember these companies are just starting out ( at most a one man band 2 at most ) plus have a full time jobs as well as family and every day life.

Larger companies have the funds and structure to take this on, however I know Dreamforge have tried it with a Kickstarter (as I pledged plenty of my cash into it ) and so far seems to be proceeding ok from the updates I have seen so far, however I will know for sure once I receive my items and have the final product in my hand.

However it does seem some Kickstarters have run into issues so some people might get a little hesitant with funding, I think Steve is doing a great job so far and is trying to establish himself in a growing market and so far is doing it well.

Hopefully it will expand into plastic someday but running before walking is just not feasible.

Plastic glue does not work on resin either

What I was trying to convey is that resin is perfectly fine. People demanding the more costly and complicated plastic sprues of small companies is insane. Resin allows them to do things with more narrow appeal, which are the kind of bits we all want.

 noneoftheabove0 wrote:
What I was trying to convey is that resin is perfectly fine. People demanding the more costly and complicated plastic sprues of small companies is insane. Resin allows them to do things with more narrow appeal, which are the kind of bits we all want.

Yes totally agree with that

OK, a day early but...oh well...

Available HERE






-Steve

OK, I'm sold on the pulse rifles. And some of the heads. And you don't play games with the shipping - $2.00 USD? Sweet.

That brings me to something I discovered while browsing the site: there is a functionality issue with the way the shopping cart works on the site. After adding items to the cart, and then looking at other things, there is no way to get back to it your cart to check out, anywhere. The only way i can see to get back to the cart is to add something else, and then remove it. You need to check the Zen Cart shopping card sidebox properties and see what it's set to - are you suppressing this, or setting it to only show when a visitor is logged in? If it's the latter, as a design decision, it's a turnoff to new customers - no reason to put artificial roadblocks to them buying your stuff. If it's the much-more-likely-situation that it was just configured that way out of your site hosts's cpanel, you should dig into it to change it.


Also, that big top banner should be hyperlinked to go back home, even thought there is a breadcrumb trail. Less essential than the first thing though.

Those pulse rifles are sweet, btw.

Damn, those are nice.. I'll be buying a bunch of stuff when those pulse rifles come out.

Since you're doing a good few head-variants that are compatible with IG, is there any chance of getting some modern styles? PAGST and newer?

PAGST


FAST Ballistic (solid) Carbon (with the air holes) and of course with and without cameras, NVG, headset mics, headphones, etc attachments

Great stuff cant wait to get some of those pulse rifles and my heads

@scipio.au You mean something along these lines, I am sure Steve is open for input

That is awsome!!
Now only some nightvision googles! That looks great, especially the attention to the helmetstraps!
That's going on my to get list.

 Ouze wrote:
That brings me to something I discovered while browsing the site: there is a functionality issue with the way the shopping cart works on the site. After adding items to the cart, and then looking at other things, there is no way to get back to it your cart to check out, anywhere. The only way i can see to get back to the cart is to add something else, and then remove it. You need to check the Zen Cart shopping card sidebox properties and see what it's set to - are you suppressing this, or setting it to only show when a visitor is logged in? If it's the latter, as a design decision, it's a turnoff to new customers - no reason to put artificial roadblocks to them buying your stuff. If it's the much-more-likely-situation that it was just configured that way out of your site hosts's cpanel, you should dig into it to change it.


Also, that big top banner should be hyperlinked to go back home, even thought there is a breadcrumb trail. Less essential than the first thing though.

Added permanent cart, still working on clickable banner, thanks for the heads up!

@scipio.au/miniholic: lone dirty dog jumped the gun a little, but there will be a Mega Modern release in March, including PAGST style helmets, DEVGRU heads with 2 & 4 lens IR, Kevlar torsos, and desert operator heads.

-Steve

That sounds like an awesome release - lots of nice conversion bits.

Yup, I really like that. I have been looking for something more modern/SF/SWAT as opposed to yet more pseudo WW2 Germans.

And good job calling it DEVGRU instead of Seal Team 6. ST6 hasn't existed since the 80s!

Sorry

yes do those helmets!!!!

Here's a render of a new head set, due out this month...



-Steve

Errrmmmm I like these as they have potential for a little project I have in mind

Hey folks, I have a poll up on the Facebook page about a concept for a new set of conversion parts. Please stop by and give me your feedback on the idea. And while you're at it, how about a "like" for the Mad Robot?

FACEBOOK PAGE

Here's a pic to wet the curiosity...

Will have a look in a minute and I liked you ages ago

OOHRAH!

USN SEAL/UDT divers would be pretty awesome. I don't think anyone does them currently.

Another preview of a new head set for this month. It's called "Personalities"...



-Steve

That is brilliant. I can see some of my tax refund going into ordering some more MR Heads!

Those USMC utility hat heads look ace!! Especially the one in the middle. Will use it for my Master Gun.
Those personalty heads are an absolutely great idea!

If there is any chance to add an head: my addition would be (and lone dirty dog is going to like it):

Sergeant Hartman: I am Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, your senior drill instructor!!

And Iam biased with my Space Sharks needing some, but I'm for those SEALS conversion parts.

 mad robot wrote:
Another preview of a new head set for this month. It's called "Personalities"...



-Steve

I can see Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone and Killgore but who is the other head modelled after, if anyone at all?

Well done, sir! Here's a clue...

love the personalities man, that is some excellent sculpting skills.

doing a preliminary of my girl guard, but need zbrush on my tablet, hopefully by the end of the week (out of town on business)

@Miniholic: How about this?



I'll add it to the set.

@RegulusBlack: That's good to hear! Love to see them.

-Steve

that is BRILLIANT work Steve! what a bloody excellent concept and execution, this is what the hobby needs something fun and fresh that really builds input and customization, I can't wait to get my hands on those and get painting! I'm guessing I need to work some good stubble goodness on 'Christmas'

WOAH!!
Fantastic sculpting on all your personalities...but this one tops them all!

You already had him ready?? Therefore only the 4 heads on the sprue?!!

Gunnery Sergeant Hartman:
The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle. It is your killer instinct which must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat. Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills. If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth. You will not kill. You will become dead Marines. And then you will be in a world of gak. Because Marines are not allowed to die without permission! Do you maggots understand?

Thanks guys.

@miniholic: Just worked him up this afternoon I have the process down by now so there isn't much to think about on something like that.

I'll be adding this to the sprue for a total of 5 heads.

Steve

You're going to get sick of hearing this but,...........




......... I love you Steve :-)

Hey it's good to be loved! My single goal is to make all the things I wish I would have had when I was knee-deep in the hobby. Eventually, I will get back to my own projects and start using this stuff myself. For now, I just want to give folks what they want, as much as possible.

-Steve

Today just became a great day nice one Steve and great job pulling that out of the hat so to speak, at this rate I will need a second job or remortgage

I was going to ask about a couple of commission jobs but you seem to be covering them of your own back, although I have still got 1 or 2 in mind.

Now what is the ETA on these heads for release I don't want to miss out on these

@miniholic I did

These should be out towards the end of the month.

-Steve

"Personalities", far left head is clearly the man himself! Bruce Willis!

Just got my latest order Yes that good the heads are spot on love all of them great job really impressed.

The pulse rifles are even better in the err resin detail crisp and spot on, will work perfectly with those colonial marine heads which are just amazing (will be getting more).

Heads with aviator sunglasses are just brilliant what a good idea that was the vet heads have turned out great the small bolt details have come out really well.

The bonnie hat heads were a real surprise as they look way better than the renders, the detail is nice and pronounced and will paint up well.

Now the tanker heads well they are a work of art indeed they are just great, love the goggles and coms really pull the model together.

Overall an amazing success, Steve AMAZING JOB WELL DONE

Steve,

Since you want to make figure heads for characters, I've always wanted to have A Team of specialists who are on the run. It's a reoccurring dream I have. Th leader is the wise older guy who enjoys smoking cigars and likes Jazz. Theirs a guy who's good at requisitioning item and has a pretty Face. There's a Mr. Goodwrench in the team who has a bad attitude most of the times, but is still kid friendly. Lastly theirs this guy that is a great pilot, but is more of a space cadet if you get my drift. any chance of seeing something along those lines. If needed I might be able to find some pictures of people that I believe could fit the bill nicely for inspiration.

Theophony wrote:
Steve,

Since you want to make figure heads for characters, I've always wanted to have A Team of specialists who are on the run. It's a reoccurring dream I have. Th leader is the wise older guy who enjoys smoking cigars and likes Jazz. Theirs a guy who's good at requisitioning item and has a pretty Face. There's a Mr. Goodwrench in the team who has a bad attitude most of the times, but is still kid friendly. Lastly theirs this guy that is a great pilot, but is more of a space cadet if you get my drift. any chance of seeing something along those lines. If needed I might be able to find some pictures of people that I believe could fit the bill nicely for inspiration.

Lol I pity the fool who doesn't like this idea!

@Theophony: They're in the works, might not be until summer, maybe July.

I got my first order today. The quality really sets the standard - the pulse rifles and boonie hats are crisp and beautiful and absolutely flawless, ready to wash and prime right from the envelope. Very impressed with the quality - I definitely would recommend highly.

Also, they came in a few days, in a box and not an envelope - very pleased with that as well.

 mad robot wrote:
@Theophony: They're in the works, might not be until summer, maybe July.

5th of July is my birthday, I'll pm you my address if you want to send a present

 mad robot wrote:

Here's a pic to wet the curiosity...

I think you spelled "whet" wrong. The wet you wrote would indicate water ... divers ... hold on, I think I just got it! I love wordplay.

Everything you've been putting out is really top shelf. The heads look really clean and well done. I love some of your competitors heads, but alot of them are done by hand rather than by CAD, so it looks a bit more ... irregular. The CAD sculpting just looks so much cleaner and neater and well polished. Keep up the amazing work.

lol...no, I spelled it wrong. It just happened to work out in the end.

Thanks for the feedback, working on new stuff right now for a big March release!

-Steve

I love the CM heads. I'm going to pick up some for some henchmen allies for my sisters and Arbites.

 mad robot wrote:
@Miniholic: How about this?



I'll add it to the set.
-Steve

Ha ha ha! Love it! Just imagine that on a space marine sarge!!!!

just

Got my orders today and am the happiest modeler of all!!!
Outstanding quality on all pieces, heads and weapons! Not one with any flaws and I ordered some!!
Those Pulse Rifles are IMHO an absolute must have!! They will most certainly be used with my hopefully soon coming Dreamforge Stormtroopers.

Thanks Steve!!

I got my heads as well. Very nice product. Thank you!

Thanks guys! New releases this Friday.

-Steve

Cant wait till friday

Very cool stuff. Wow a lot of great stuff coming out of the Chicago area!

Just popped into this thread. I vaguely remember reading about this back in the day and only checked in now. I liked your facebook page.

For starters, they're taller than even Death Korps of Krieg figures? Uh... okay? Next, everything is true-scale? The heads really should be Larger Finally, they're in metal? Maybe I'm just spoilt for choice after seeing all the great plastics coming out of various compabnies, but I'm also not eager to go back to the days of 40K2, with everything in metal. The bases look weird as well.

The price is good, but being in all metal HURTS.

Gotta give this one a pass.

Normally I'd excited about buying just the heads, but there's more than enough people making gas mask not-IG out there

Major Hammerfaust looks good though, points for that, but the pose is a letdown. i do indeed like my space marine waving their arms in the air, bald and screaming

The alternate guns are awesome

The mohawk guys look good. If I ever do that punk rock-themed IG army, these are so going in.

Tanker head looks good, although I'd prefer if there was an option to just purchase one. How many tanker heads with mics will you need?

Boonie hads and rebreathers with beret heads look good, although I'd like to see rebreather heads with no berets

Aviator sunglass heads look good, and I like the fact there's a variety of hairstyles on them

Ever thought about doing toxic scavenger heds, punk rock heads with piercings, or punk heads with liberty spikes?

Thanks for the "Like"!

The Greatcoats feel like ancient history to me, an admitted rush on my part to get something to market when I should have waited.

Metal doesn't hurt...people who abuse metal hurt

You would not be the first.

Those aren't gas masks, they are balaclavas.

The Major is a character model, he can't be all things to all people.

Thanks for the kind words on the pulse rifles

Mohawks really are a universal hairstyle, aren't they?

Take the number of tanks you have...that's how many sets you will need.

I think rebreathers will see a return at some point.

Thanks, I try to mix things up whenever possible.

No, but I am always willing to consider new ideas. Why not PM me some more info so I can get a better idea?

I appreciate your input!

-Steve

WOW after that list I am knackered

However after what was a miss of negative and some positive I think I do like the idea of the last section, scavenger heads and punk rock with piercings I could happily use

What are you doing with my Rebreathers then Steve

Happy to announce the release of our 2 latest head sets...






They are available for purchase HERE.

-Steve

Already placed my order!!
Those heads tourned out great!! Really liking those, compliments!

Now I can't wait for those modern torsos and arms and all the other gear to come!

These look even better than the renders, so much potential and fun to be have with these Great job once again Steve

 mad robot wrote:
Happy to announce the release of our 2 latest head sets...






They are available for purchase HERE.

-Steve

Oh WOW Steve! they look fantastic mate! I'll be buying on payday for sure! I am only torn between using 'Sly' or 'Bruce' as the head for a counts as Marbo 'Sly' is the obvious choice but 'Bruce' is my favorite! but whatever I do I'm 100% positive that the quality will be amazing!

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
Happy to announce the release of our 2 latest head sets...






They are available for purchase HERE.

-Steve

Oh WOW Steve! they look fantastic mate! I'll be buying on payday for sure! I am only torn between using 'Sly' or 'Bruce' as the head for a counts as Marbo 'Sly' is the obvious choice but 'Bruce' is my favorite! but whatever I do I'm 100% positive that the quality will be amazing!

I am using my as Vets special task force But I don't play so not such an issue for me, just use both as Marbo on alternative games

Hey folks...here's a little preview of Mad Robot's first 2 torsos, both due out later this month.



-Steve

they look good

See the new torso fitting well with a particular head, both looking good

Does the right-hand one have a realworld equivalent? - I'm presuming it's supposed to represent some kind of light armour.

looks like some asien theme to me...

what will be the costs of these then?

They look nice. The right one represents modern body armor with webbing for attaching your gear.

Left torso is designed to match up with the CDF heads and Pulse Rifles. Right torso is based on a modern ballistic body armor, Sick Six nailed it. The strips on the armor will look a little more subdued once they are cast.

Cost should be close to the heads we sell, about $3.50 for a set of 5. I won't know for sure until I run a few test casts.

now that sounds like fair pricing! thanks!

More bodies for the grinder! i'll have to improve my tactics so they don't die as quickly and those awesome products stay on the board for as long as possible! :-)

Could be really tempted to do a not - col Marine theme guard unit with your bits.

Looking forward to seeing what the torsos look like in non render format

Very nice!

Thanks for the comments guys!

I've started a WIP thread over in the P&M Blogs subforum here on Dakka...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/511972.page#5355889

Please check it out and give me your thoughts on what I'm currently working on.

-Steve

*checking out*

*Checked out!* lol :-)

Just got my personality set nice work Steve going to have so much fun with these guys just got to figure the best way to use them now

The Marine capped heads have turned out just as well these have a lot of potential, especially for a particular project I have in mind actually a few of your heads are descended for this project.

A quick preview of our Spec Ops Heads set, due for release at the end of this month.

We started with this as inspiration...



Here is the result...



-Steve

And perfect for Squats armies

But seriously, looks good - 'hi-tech beardy heads' will be useful for quite a few armies, and aren't too common at the mo.

that´s some head-line i am particularly interested in! promising!

Not bad but can I just say maybe bringing the beard out slightly more where it meets the sideburns, if you look at the inspiration picture you can see what I mean.

Also the head band maybe (cant believe I am saying this ) but a bit flatter in texture, that way it is more distinguishable from the hair.

Other wise spot on hope there will be a sprue of varying grunge looks 5 man sprue again

That head is fab!!

Please PLEASE P L E A S E more of that!!!

Any more guns for those Spec Ops? Equipment?? Legs???

 miniholic wrote:
Any more guns for those Spec Ops? Equipment?? Legs???

Guns = What do you want?
Arms = April
Equipment = Pouches and backpacks in May
Legs = June

-Steve

Those torsos are unreal. Very excited to see them after casting. I love the fact that you are traveling forward in two directions, more modern and more Colonial Marines. What do you have lined up for the arms and legs? Or is this all hush hush until further notice?

 noneoftheabove0 wrote:
Those torsos are unreal. Very excited to see them after casting. I love the fact that you are traveling forward in two directions, more modern and more Colonial Marines. What do you have lined up for the arms and legs? Or is this all hush hush until further notice?

I tend to think in terms of themes; jungle, desert, arctic, urban. Within each of those you can find lots cool concepts. You can also have themes like "jump troopers", "greatcoats", or "recon specialists". Those words cause most of us to think of some specific ideas. So, in my mind, it's wide open...let's make 'em all!

I want to try and avoid releasing fully realized sets, with corresponding fluff. I'm NOT saying that's a wrong approach, it's just not my approach. Instead of telling you how to use these parts, I want you to tell me how you're using them. Might seem like I'm blowing smoke, or being purposefully vague, but that's not the case. I'm just trying to share what my vision is for the future of Mad Robot. Hopefully people will like what I do next.

You can always send ideas to me as well, projects @ madrobotminiatures DOT com.

Anyways...here's a full preview of the Spec Ops Heads, due out later this month:





-Steve

You have raised the bar for 3rd party heads not by a rung or two but they had to build a bigger ladder! these are simply outstanding! I love them and can't wait to get some next order! now i just need to figure out where I can use them? Hmmmm......... I may have to start another force just to..... No...No... I can't do that.... but.....maybe I can?.....

I NEED THOSE NOW!!!
Absolutely stirling work!

Well Steve what can I say you done us proud another great job, now for god sake make something crap will you this is going to cost me

Here's a DEVGRU sneak peak:







-Steve

Again you've really done an amazing job and brought us something that is truly unique and seen nowhere else in the 'after'market! I can't wait to use these as well, so far every single head on my IG are done by you!

Looking good loving the varied heads!!!!

What a fab work!! Really love the eye to detail like the infrared Strobe Beacon at the back of the helmet, or like the Peltor headset!!!

Coming back to a special weapon for the SPEC OPS, how about the Heckler&Koch MP 7?

Loving the spec ops heads! Keep up the good work!

Second head from left of Spec Ops looks like Bill from Left 4 Dead. Which is awesome.

Could not resist placing an order after seeing the "Bruce" head.
Brilliant!

I think making lookalike-heads is a great idea - especially considering the massive success of the Zombicide Kickstarter (who drew a lot of supporters by adding famous personalities as survivors/zombies).

Keep up the good work.

Gentlemen, I thank you for the kind words

In 1938, in the city Paris, J. Lehaitre unveiled his revolutionary new treadbike...




Here's a WIP preview of Mad Robot's take on that design, coming soon...




-Steve

Seen this some where else

Color me curious!

Sneak peek, surely... nice mock up though. Not sure how it goes around corners, but who cares

 Flinty wrote:
Sneak peek, surely... nice mock up though. Not sure how it goes around corners, but who cares

Carefully

I like

I like a lot

Great bike. I presume the pannier bags are a separate bit? And wot's that pipe on the right front - a weapon mounting?

Yes on the bags, weapon is blocked in, still working on it.

Clang wrote:Great bike. I presume the pannier bags are a separate bit? And wot's that pipe on the right front - a weapon mounting?

mad robot wrote:Yes on the bags, weapon is blocked in, still working on it.

See, I thought the "pipe" was for holding some kind of "lance". A type you might "hunt" with......

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Seen this some where else

LOL... i know what you mean^^

and... interesting ...

 alarmingrick wrote:
See, I thought the "pipe" was for holding some kind of "lance". A type you might "hunt" with......

I'm planning 2 weapons, a "lance launcher"/panzerfaust and a good old fashion machine gun.

Ohhh! Me like! With a bit of conversion work they could look like nice tracks to a vechial!

 HAZZER wrote:
Ohhh! Me like! With a bit of conversion work they could look like nice tracks to a vechial!

Shhhhh...

 mad robot wrote:

 alarmingrick wrote:
See, I thought the "pipe" was for holding some kind of "lance". A type you might "hunt" with......

I'm planning 2 weapons, a "lance launcher"/panzerfaust and a good old fashion machine gun.

Make sure you also do a dual machine gun, for customers who'd like to use these bikes for ork biker boys.

Would these be the right size to fit space marines? or more for IG-sized riders? (Or even go crazy and do light and heavy versions to suit either?)

Someone's been working for Prodos, haven't they?

At least, I hope that's what happened. Otherwise, head over to the Warzone KS page and talk about it...

For the record...the Azog Treadbike was first discussed between myself and some other gamers on a different forum in early February: LINK

If someone wants to release the same thing as Mad Robot, that is their choice. I don't have any control of the original design.

Mine will be out sooner than theirs will and I guess I'll leave it at that.

-Steve

New Releases Today!

Spec Ops Heads


MOLLE Torsos


CDF Torsos


A specially priced CDF Upgrade Kit


And our first 1/35 scale offering...CDF Heads


All of these items are now available in our WEBSTORE

-Steve

Everything looks great!

Going to go spend money....... now.......


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And just spent some coin! :-) seriously cannot wait for these products to arrive! everything you do is simply brilliant!

Just need some Colonial Defence Force legs and arms and we're happy indeed!

You did it again! Outstanding work on those Spec Ops heads! They look great.
Will surely get some of those and of those molle torsos!

Cant wait for those arms and DEVGRU heads!

DEVGRU heads are a couple of weeks away at this stage due to the goggles needing to be attatched to the heads and then cast again, they were just a bit too delicate according to Steve on his Facebook page! but like you, I certainly will be happy to obtain a gak load! :-)

Just bought two sets of spec ops heads, damn they look good.

Thanks guys! Ahead of the game this time so I'll be processing orders all weekend. Might even get some out today.

-Steve

You've done it again.

Dam I was at work must got to store now …………...

I had to drop an order too. I didn't realize that you had added so many more heads.

My faves:

Berets
Personalities
Tank Crewmen
Sadoukadi

I like the other ones too but I don't have a clear cut use for them yet.

Happy to announce that all APO orders will receive a 15% discount.

-Steve

What's APO steve?

US Armed Forces Post Office.

Cheers! is that like a 40K Bastion? ;-)

I suppose one could look at it that way

 mad robot wrote:
Happy to announce that all APO orders will receive a 15% discount.

-Steve

Thanks, that is wonderful but I already placed my order.

lol...check your email...

 mad robot wrote:
lol...check your email...

Thanks Steve! That's very nice of you to do!

I'm looking forward to putting your amazing sculpts to good use in my Cadian IG army. I'm still not sure how to use some of the personality heads but the beret head and the stetson head will definitely find a home. Bruce might have to wait a while.

My spec ops heads arrived yesterday and they blew my mind.These are fantastic mini's in the flesh.I could definately use a couple of those tread bikes too.

Woo Hoo! Thanks for your support!

Some new heads are coming next week.

-Steve

Love the treadbike. I will be getting some of the vet heads with rebreathers. Very nice looking stuff.

Cool, the treadbike will be ready soon, I hope.

It would appear that I will be stopping by Adepticon tomorrow to check out the vendors and such, I'll be accompanied by my good friend Jon from Paulson Games who is demoing his new Mecha Game overt there as well.

If you see us, feel free to stop and say hi! I am easy to find because I am taller and geekier than most of you...

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
Cool, the treadbike will be ready soon, I hope.

It would appear that I will be stopping by Adepticon tomorrow to check out the vendors and such, I'll be accompanied by my good friend Jon from Paulson Games who is demoing his new Mecha Game overt there as well.

If you see us, feel free to stop and say hi! I am easy to find because I am taller and geekier than most of you...

-Steve

Tall and geeky Dam are you skinny pale and wear dark large rim glasses as well

The Spec Op heads are some of the coolest if not heads out at the moment I just hope you expand this range some I need to replace all those crappy Catachan models

Not skinny...or pale...tall and large...lol.

And i do wear dark rimmed glasses...

looking forward to next week then Steve! and so is my wallet! perhaps you should do a special 'Steve' head so we can have you in our games?

 mad robot wrote:
Not skinny...or pale...tall and large...lol.

And i do wear dark rimmed glasses...

LOL I guess you will stand out rather easily then


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 nerdfest09 wrote:
looking forward to next week then Steve! and so is my wallet! perhaps you should do a special 'Steve' head so we can have you in our games?

A Steve head now that would be interesting I wonder how people would envision your role in the gaming world

For of the love of Jeebus will you please do some female heads? The only other outfit putting out quality like yours is Statuesque, and alas while their stuff is lovely the heads are too dinky for heroic scale conversions. EDIT: By which I mean DKoK-style 6-6.5 heads tall heroic, not GW 5-heads man-dwarf scale

 Yodhrin wrote:
For of the love of Jeebus will you please do some female heads? The only other outfit putting out quality like yours is Statuesque, and alas while their stuff is lovely the heads are too dinky for heroic scale conversions.

Uhmmm...OK

 mad robot wrote:

 Yodhrin wrote:
For of the love of Jeebus will you please do some female heads? The only other outfit putting out quality like yours is Statuesque, and alas while their stuff is lovely the heads are too dinky for heroic scale conversions.

Uhmmm...OK

Uhmmm...OK, I think is this a servicable idea and will look into doing it.

or

Uhmmm...OK, this guy is a right proper weirdo and I am backing slowly away from my monitor now?

LOL, I've been meaning to do them. Since you asked, I'll start this weekend

 mad robot wrote:
LOL, I've been meaning to do them. Since you asked, I'll start this weekend

Top stuff, can't wait to see what you come up with.

Yes?

Shout out to mad robot! Thought you would like to see what the colonial marines on scout legs and arms look like. Bases by secret wars...alien infestation.....

@krazynadechukr: Sweet! Looks like they worked out really well. Thanks for posting that.

-Steve

They're great. I really like both the Spec-ops heads and the Colonial Marine parts ....but you got the MOLLE vests wrong. The vertical openings of the horizontal straps should be directly on top of one another, not arranged off-centre like bricks or cinema seating.

it might seem a minor thing, but it's like sculpting a guy with his helmet or scope on backwards. If you can fix this, I'll definitely be in on buying some of these, as I already will on the other stuff I already complimented!

I like this design. It would allow pouches to be offset 1/2 a slot either up/down and left/right. Blackhawk kit has continuous vertical slots(ie no gaps) but they're not staggered like these are.

If one does a search for "molle vests", they will find quite a few examples. This happens to be the one I was inspired by...






I don't think I did too bad

Thanks for your feedback!

-Steve

 Azazelx wrote:
If you can fix this, I'll definitely be in on buying some of these, as I already will on the other stuff I already complimented!

I hope you don't take this wrong, but .....REALLY?!?! "Make it exactly as I want and I'll buy them!"? I guess I feel they don't need fixed?
Given the feedback he's been getting from everyone else, I don't think his business decisions hinge on you liking them. Seems odd that you
use the lack of liking one design to hold you back from ordering.....anything? Too each his own.

@Steve
You do great work sir. I don't feel you need to change a thing.

Well, my thanks to both of you guys

Folks will not always see eye to eye on everything and any feedback is good feedback for me.

Here's a preview of something new...


-Steve

and mordia lives again! good looking!

Crikey, a Space Marine could break the bones in their hand trying to punch a jaw like that

Personally I like the torsos way more than I thought, plus this is an interpretation of the body armour not an exact copy.
I just wish there was some pouches to load these out with

The new heads are coming on nicely I see, any chance of one getting a bionic eye ?

Strong chins are necessary in the tough, unlit future...

I am planning on an officer sprue for this line with a few heads and torsos, one of the heads will have a bionic eye.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
Strong chins are necessary in the tough, unlit future...

I am planning on an officer sprue for this line with a few heads and torsos, one of the heads will have a bionic eye.

-Steve

That would be a useful sprue, any chance of a partially cybernetic officer head ?

 lone dirty dog wrote:

That would be a useful sprue, any chance of a partially cybernetic officer head ?

Not immediately, summer has bigger things in store.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

That would be a useful sprue, any chance of a partially cybernetic officer head ?

Not immediately, summer has bigger things in store.

-Steve

No, I meant when you produce the officer sprue, I understand the schedule is set and busy.

 lone dirty dog wrote:

No, I meant when you produce the officer sprue

Afraid not.

 mad robot wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

No, I meant when you produce the officer sprue

Afraid not.

Shame

 lone dirty dog wrote:

Shame

I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't make everything at once and I'm not a company that makes things "on demand". I wish I had the resources to make everything you ask for but I don't.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

Shame

I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't make everything at once and I'm not a company that makes things "on demand". I wish I had the resources to make everything you ask for but I don't.

-Steve

I know mate I was just thinking a half cybernetic head wearing the dress cap would have been rather cool looking, it would combined the elegance with the harshness.

But no worries you are producing great stuff so happy very happy.

LDD is all over this thread like... well, you know!

I suppose we'll chalk it up to enthusiasm and forgive him.... for now...!

 mad robot wrote:
Well, my thanks to both of you guys

Folks will not always see eye to eye on everything and any feedback is good feedback for me.

Here's a preview of something new...


-Steve

It looks like those jaws were inspired by everyone's favorite insanely strong jaw.



Here's a fun fact: even though Starship Troopers 3 was snubbed at the Oscars (purely movie politics, I'm sure, and not a statement of quality of the movie), Casper Van Dien's chin won Best Supporting Actor.

 mad robot wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

Shame

I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't make everything at once and I'm not a company that makes things "on demand". I wish I had the resources to make everything you ask for but I don't.

-Steve

What you don't service our whims!

the Horror!

 mad robot wrote:
If one does a search for "molle vests", they will find quite a few examples. This happens to be the one I was inspired by...






I don't think I did too bad

Thanks for your feedback!

-Steve

Fair enough. The offset pattern is less common in that case (I didn't recall seeing that kind of pattern before, and I've seen a lot of MOLLE vests) but clearly I've been proved wrong in this case, so I'll apologise for stating that it's inaccurate.

 alarmingrick wrote:

I hope you don't take this wrong, but .....REALLY?!?! "Make it exactly as I want and I'll buy them!"? I guess I feel they don't need fixed?
Given the feedback he's been getting from everyone else, I don't think his business decisions hinge on you liking them. Seems odd that you
use the lack of liking one design to hold you back from ordering.....anything? Too each his own.

Wait... What? I think you need to firstly take a chill pill and secondly work on your English language comprehension.

I don't think his business hinges on me buying anything in any way - given that I haven't bought anything from him at this stage (only becoming aware of Mad Robot quite recently) I think it's pretty safe that his business doesn't hinge on me. On the other hand, I'm not going to buy anything that I don't like, either - as none of us should. If you go back and re-read what I wrote, you'll see that I was talking about buying these vests as well as other items, and not that making any order at all hinges on him redoing the vests.

 noneoftheabove0 wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
Well, my thanks to both of you guys

Folks will not always see eye to eye on everything and any feedback is good feedback for me.

Here's a preview of something new...


-Steve

It looks like those jaws were inspired by everyone's favorite insanely strong jaw.



Here's a fun fact: even though Starship Troopers 3 was snubbed at the Oscars (purely movie politics, I'm sure, and not a statement of quality of the movie), Casper Van Dien's chin won Best Supporting Actor.

While Casper sports a fine specimen, there is but one true Godfather of Chins




Heck he's even a published authority on the subject






My first thought on the heads was "man those are some pissed off train conductors". lol As usual great work on these Steve.

You have obviously never ridden British Rail they all look like that and thats on a good day

@Azazelx & Alarmingrick: It's all good guys, just a friendly misundertanding

@LDD & Paulson: Those chins would count as magical +3 orc killers if deployed in a game of D&D®....show some respect

 mad robot wrote:
@Azazelx & Alarmingrick: It's all good guys, just a friendly misundertanding

@LDD & Paulson: Those chins would count as magical +3 orc killers if deployed in a game of D&D®....show some respect

Hey it was nothing to do with me I think you have your wires crossed Robot

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 mad robot wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

Shame

I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't make everything at once and I'm not a company that makes things "on demand". I wish I had the resources to make everything you ask for but I don't.

-Steve

I know mate I was just thinking a half cybernetic head wearing the dress cap would have been rather cool looking, it would combined the elegance with the harshness.

But no worries you are producing great stuff so happy very happy.

Oh I don't know - it might be a little bit you too!

 Alpharius wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 mad robot wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

Shame

I'm sorry you feel that way. I can't make everything at once and I'm not a company that makes things "on demand". I wish I had the resources to make everything you ask for but I don't.

-Steve

I know mate I was just thinking a half cybernetic head wearing the dress cap would have been rather cool looking, it would combined the elegance with the harshness.

But no worries you are producing great stuff so happy very happy.

Oh I don't know - it might be a little bit you too!

That yes I agree with but the chin remarks not me

OK troopers, let's practice a little chatter discipline; this channel needs to stay clear for an announcement...

Fair point. I'll start a new thread for strong chins. I'll put it in New And Rumors. I just hope the moderators consider updates on actor's jawlines as being News worthy.

All kidding aside, the heads look incredible, and the modern torsos look staggeringly like the Improved Outer Tactical Vest I wore in Iraq. I can't wait to see them covered in kit. Keep up the amazing work.

EDIT: I can't seem to get an image to work, so feel free to Google it if interested. I should operate under the assumption no one is interested.


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Additionally, are you considering backpacks in the future? I feel like soldiers without a ruck don't look very soldierly. Unfortunately, most backpacks produced have fairly soft detail or just look like huge Santa sacks. It may be worth looking into, though I may just be a minority. It seems like most people are comfortable with sending their plastic soldiers into battle armed with just the magazine in their weapon and a thin coat of CLP.

The perfect way to get us off discussing strong chins would of course be to offer us options for discussing news worthy moustaches. Neh?

We need some heads rocking great 'staches and mutton chops so we can convert up some old timey style manz and cavalry commanders.



Edit: Back packs are also a great idea.

 paulson games wrote:
The perfect way to get us off discussing strong chins would of course be to offer us options for discussing news worthy moustaches. Neh?

We need some heads rocking great 'staches and mutton chops so we can convert up some old timey style manz and cavalry commanders.



Edit: Back packs are also a great idea.

i am with you on the need for manly hairstyles on heads for our beloved minis!!!!

Steve,

My order arrived and the heads are fantastic. I'm looking forward to making a few squads with them.

I also have to compliment you on the packing material and box...very professional!

@JB: Awesome! Glad you like them, when you get them painted send me some pics.

Thanks for supporting Mad Robot!

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
@JB: Awesome! Glad you like them, when you get them painted send me some pics.

Thanks for supporting Mad Robot!

-Steve

Will do, Steve! However, I have two projects to finish first.

Take a look at Klaus, Not Santa's project blog though. He also received his shipment of your fine sculpts and is using them in his current diorama (on page 38 of his Dakka blog). The ironic thing is that we both ordered (and received) your products at about the same time and he lives within 30 miles of me (I think) in Germany.

I bet that he gets his models painted before I do.

Yeah, Klaus is a hobby machine. I follow everything he does with great interest.


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Here is a final "exploded" render of the Azog Treadbike. Off to printing next week...

New heads released today...





Available now in our WEBSTORE

-Steve

Dammit they are Nice Steve! sadly i gotta wait til Tuesday for my order frenzay again! :-( and believe me that's a big sad! any news on the Major coming back?

I should also have some Spec ops heads and the others i bought last order painted this week too! so very very nicely done they are all a pleasure to paint! especially the heads with the military caps on them!

@Damo: Cheers, mate! The Major will be part of a re-evaluation of the greatcoat figures. They will be getting re-sized to fit more in line with what I'm currently putting out. I don't have a time frame but it will be a while.

-Steve

Thanks Steve, just wanted to check what was happening :-) and by the sounds of it are you going to bring the greatcoats in line with your resin work by re sizing slightly and changing the casting material? as they are lovely models too!

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Thanks Steve, just wanted to check what was happening :-) and by the sounds of it are you going to bring the greatcoats in line with your resin work by re sizing slightly and changing the casting material? as they are lovely models too!

Basically, yes. The heads are there already and the rest of the parts just need to be re-sized & re-proportioned. I just don't know if I'll be able to get to them anytime soon.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:
Thanks Steve, just wanted to check what was happening :-) and by the sounds of it are you going to bring the greatcoats in line with your resin work by re sizing slightly and changing the casting material? as they are lovely models too!

Basically, yes. The heads are there already and the rest of the parts just need to be re-sized & re-proportioned. I just don't know if I'll be able to get to them anytime soon.

-Steve

I am a patient man Steve!

I know this will sound like a backhanded compliment, but the products you've been putting out lately so far outclass the greatcoats you first put out. They don't look bad, but you've clearly and significantly improved. I'm sure the revamp will be welcomed with opening wallets.

@noneoftheabove0: Sometimes those are the kind of lessons you have to learn when you think you know what you're doing. I learned from it and, like you said, things are going in a much better direction.

Thanks for the feedback & kind words!

-Steve

Hmm, those DEVGRU heads could also be useful to repurpose for conversions, e.g. cultists, henchmen, bodyguards etc whose eyes have been replaced by bionic and/or evil equivalents.

Another order building nice work again Steve but cant you make something bad for a change if not just to give my wallet a rest

All looks great Steve!

Thanks! Lots of new stuff in the works, gonna be a great summer!

Look for something new hopefully next week.

-Steve

Here's a preview of our new Imperial Heads and Torsos, available next week:





-Steve

The chin that led an entire army. Looks amazing!

You could open a can with that chin!

You could stop a tank with that chin! :-)


bloody awesome though! I can see a Mordian uprising !

Man, no love for the strong chins of the world...sad really

What do you mean 'no love' we love e'm Steve! :-) we also can't let an opportunity to type silly stuff slide! and anyway I'm just jealous as i had to grow a beard to give myself the impression of having a jaw line!!!

Those chins are almost like implants, they have no flak armor to wear. They need something to stop the onslaught of the green tide.

I didn't realize that Jay Leno was an Imperial Officer.

Well I was going to say cool hats and uniform, but dam that chin could break walls

Obligatory chin joke.

Now that that's out of the way, these look spectacular. I like the double breasted coat. I'm not certain I've ever seen another one of those offered.

They look great.You can't really see the how awesome the quality of Mad Robots work is until you get them in front of you.I got some special forces heads and was blown away.

Yes, I have to say the cool thing about Steve is he does listen to his customers, and the quality of his products has been pretty much perfect from detail to casting.

Thanks guys, the double button jacket got me thinking of doing some Napoleonic style parts. Any interest in something like that?

-Steve

I'd have to see some sketches to say personally if i'd be keen on Napoleonic products? but I know without a doubt if you did they'd be great, only problem is creating enough of a theme within a 28mm force using a few select parts for it to be cohesive? most of that era or style is 15mm gameplay isn't it?

again, i don't know what your creative mind is churning over but if you want to throw some spitballs around i'm sure we'd all help creating something solid for ya!

I'm going to be focusing more on complete figures now, so this would be a concept for complete, multi-part figures.

-Steve

Oh o.k now it's getting interesting! :-) will they be aimed at the popular human races in common gaming systems or will these be a precursor to even more things you wish to create in the future?

 nerdfest09 wrote:
will they be aimed at the popular human races in common gaming systems or will these be a precursor to even more things you wish to create in the future?

Uhm...huh?

I'm just saying instead of releasing a head and torso set, I'll release a set of heads, torsos, arms, and legs; all centered around a common theme. For instance, in addition to the Imperial Torsos and Heads I just recently previewed, I would release matching arms and legs to go with them.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:

 nerdfest09 wrote:
will they be aimed at the popular human races in common gaming systems or will these be a precursor to even more things you wish to create in the future?

Uhm...huh?

I'm just saying instead of releasing a head and torso set, I'll release a set of heads, torsos, arms, and legs; all centered around a common theme. For instance, in addition to the Imperial Torsos and Heads I just recently previewed, I would release matching arms and legs to go with them.

-Steve

I will start writing my shopping list now then

I would be totally up for this, they will work for my Steam Punk projects as well will you include weapons and back packs as well

Also I want a decent looking Napoleonic style cavalry in this format, I think I have some pics of Napoleonic cavalry uniforms on my PC if you want any idea's.

Yeah on re reading that it sounds kinda hard to follow :-)

Could you perhaps do some arms for the Colonial Defense torsos? I needs me some USCM themed Imperial Guard, problem is dealing with stupid GW arms.

Edited to add: Oh awesome, I just saw that you are offering 15% off to APO orders. Wish I had known earlier, I am leaving Afghanistan soon, and we are no longer receiving mail. Damn.

I'm working on arms and legs, both will be basic fatigues, no armor or anything. Don't have a date yet for them.

 mad robot wrote:
I'm working on arms and legs, both will be basic fatigues, no armor or anything. Don't have a date yet for them.

I do NOW


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 mad robot wrote:
Here's an update on some weapon designs. Overall I'm pretty happy with them. I'd love to know your thoughts...




-Steve

I was wondering but will you be releasing the rifle at the top at anytime, I need weapons for my gangers and this looks perfect for the job.

@ldd: hard to say at this point, they'll be released but I don't know when.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
@ldd: hard to say at this point, they'll be released but I don't know when.

-Steve

OK mate still waiting patiently

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
@ldd: hard to say at this point, they'll be released but I don't know when.

-Steve

OK mate still waiting patiently

Do I dare ask what impatient looks like?!?!?

 alarmingrick wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
@ldd: hard to say at this point, they'll be released but I don't know when.

-Steve

OK mate still waiting patiently

Do I dare ask what impatient looks like?!?!?

LDD is very much like a hobby shark! if he stops moving from one product thread to the next.... he dies

 nerdfest09 wrote:

 alarmingrick wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 mad robot wrote:
@ldd: hard to say at this point, they'll be released but I don't know when.

-Steve

OK mate still waiting patiently

Do I dare ask what impatient looks like?!?!?

LDD is very much like a hobby shark! if he stops moving from one product thread to the next.... he dies

Makes sense!

I have OTD so don't push me

I also have fin rot

see? it is thus we all love communicating via internet...

 Viktor von Domm wrote:
see? it is thus we all love communicating via internet...

Thats because we cant stand to be in the same room with you

ha!...double HA!...


*trods off....*

New releases today!







They are all available now in our webstore.

-Steve

More resin perfection Steve! you have one more chance! if I like the next release you do as much as everything else you've done then I WILL get a Mad Robot tattoo to celebrate just how good you are! :-)

 nerdfest09 wrote:
More resin perfection Steve! you have one more chance! if I like the next release you do as much as everything else you've done then I WILL get a Mad Robot tattoo to celebrate just how good you are! :-)

Well, thats a bit weird I guess if you have his little robot design would be cool what am I saying nice looking releases I think these a pretty dam cool, now what the hell to use them for ?

I love the Colonial Defense torsos. Any chance you'll be making armoured arms and legs to match? They'd be awesome for carapace-armoured veterans.

Mad Robot, these heads look awesome! I just ordered a set of the colonial marine heads. Any chance you might make some more colonial marine heads with different expressions, Goggles, etc?

Also, on an earlier page there was an alternate autogun design. Are you going to release that?

@Zogg: Arms and legs are in the works right now.

@ Kolath: Sounds interesting, maybe a few heads with field caps, maybe one with a cigar? Kind of like a command team...hmmm

These are gorgeous...my to buy list is far too full...its like the golden age of wargaming options. As far as bits choices go

All, I just received my order of Colonial Defense Heads and Spec Ops heads, I thought I'd share a side-by-side comparison for the benefit of the forums. Overall I like the look, the heads are definitely less bulky than the standard Cadian head. Please note that in order to fit the Colonial Defense heads, you have to shave off the neck protector on the standard Cadian torso to make the helmet fit right. I am strongly considering using these heads for my upcoming PDF project, though I think there are still a couple other heads vendors to look into.

Would be really awesome if there were more sculpts with this helmet. EDIT: Actually on closer inspection it looks like the DEVGRU heads are NOT the same helmet design as the Colonial Defense. Any chance of getting more than 5 sculpts of one helmet type? If I'm going to make 100+ infantry it would be great to have some more variety while maintaining a consistent look and feel.

Here is a comparison of all three heads:



Then just the Defense and Cadian heads from the front:

@Kolath: The CDF heads and parts have done quite well, perhaps an additional 5 heads would be warranted. Just 5 more faces with the helmets, or do you want a sgt head in there, maybe with a cigar...?



-Steve

Personally, just 5 more with the helmets. You could also attach some stuff to the helmets, like one with a flipped up night vision goggle attachment (exposing the face). Maybe one with the chin strap hanging open?

Probably be something more like this



A hanging strap can be a little problematic to cast but it's not impossible. This second set would probably be the helmets with the IR lens down and some more emotional expressions...fear, surprise, etc.

-Steve

 mad robot wrote:
@Kolath: The CDF heads and parts have done quite well, perhaps an additional 5 heads would be warranted. Just 5 more faces with the helmets, or do you want a sgt head in there, maybe with a cigar...?



-Steve

I would think this head would be a great addition to the set, but thats just me

The Azog Treadbike will be available next weekend. Here's a picture of the first test cast, more to come...



-Steve

Couldn't resist putting one together...

 mad robot wrote:
Couldn't resist putting one together...

Nice!

Looks great I am going to have some fun with these bad boys

Vroom, vroom!

Happy to announce the release of our first small vehicle, the Azog Treadbike...





It is available for purchase HERE.

-Steve

In terms of posing (e.g., leaning) -- how does it steer?

Not sure I understand the question. The control yoke turns on a vertical axis and shifts the front wheel to left or right to enable turning. That's basically how the RL treadbike worked.

Hope that helps.

-Steve

That's exactly what I needed, thanks -- sounds like there's enough flex in the tread that it turns on the front wheel?

Basically, I like to ensure at least one model in a bike squadron is doing a hard turn and firing one-handed at something. Puppetwars' bikes are easy for that, GW's are ... not easy. Seems like this should be easy enough, mostly just titling the model and getting the driver a good arm.

Thanks!

OK, I now I get it. Yep, one could also probably lean in and skid to some kind of firing pose where the bike is leaning over a bit.

Heck of a question, thanks!

-Steve

Thanks for both humoring me and the great minis!

As an aside: anyone considering buying the rather excellent torsos that Mad Robot creates should know that the Tannenburg Palace Guard arms from the equally excellent Victoria Minis are off scale slightly, with Vic's models being more 2nd ed IG in scale, and Mad Robot's being more in line with the current plastics. I got it to work, but it's a bit off.



I'd go with one line or the other, but I will say sculpting epaulets are easier than it seems.

Looks good! I'll have arms ready for you July 1st.

 mad robot wrote:
Looks good! I'll have arms ready for you July 1st.

Now ya tell me!

Legs to follow soon after, then variants of them as well.

Looking forward to someone doing an ork Nob/Boy conversion on one of those bikes.

I think the Vic arms look all right from here, but I was waiting to see the arms that Steve is working on first.

Steve what kind of look are you heading for with the legs ? Boots wise I mean more than anything will you be going jack boots or more a napoleonic look ?

The first legs will be standard fatigue pants tucked into combat boots.