Ugh, I gotta pick up that capt togo! And I said I wasn't spending any money on minis this week!

Dr Mathias wrote:I cast my own weapons- I need arms with no integrated rifles.

I'm sculpting my own arms, but quite frankly they're not very good so I'm waiting for someone else to do them right

Empty universal Victorian arms are next on the bench.

Brother SRM wrote:Those greatcoat legs look great! Is there any chance we'll see greatcoat rough rider legs at some point in the future?

There will be kilt RR's first.

I-bounty-hunt-the-elderly wrote:Will penal legion guard models be available to buy in person at salute? I may need about 50 sets of legs and torsos!

Sadly I can't attend Salute.

ChazSexington wrote:I've been playing with the idea of making another 35 Cultists or Renegade IG for my Alphas, but didn't want to use the GW IG kits (Can't be arsed filing away the aquilas and I've already got an IG army) or the GW Cultist kit (Already got 70 Cultists), nor do I fancy using the FW conversion as I don't feel they give the right feel. The greatcoat legs, trench raider torsos, shoulder pads, gasmask heads and some stubbers, and you've got some awesome Renegades!

Though a question - some of my Victoria mini IG are a bit tallet than GW IG, is this on purpose? And if so, are Victoria IG slightly taller on average? I'd rather not have Renegade militia taller than my Alpha Legion ;p

My IG pretty much split the difference between FW and GW plastics.

Hoping I can get in fast enough to grab one of those Beastmen Captains.

Hi y'all!

I'm back from my month long trip to the States, and what a time it was.

Just before Adepticon we were beset by a minor disaster - two pieces of the master exploded (literally) while the mould was being made.

That said, the disaster isn't completely bad, as it's given us the chance to do a few things.

After extensive conferences with several experts and celebrities in the hobby, we're going to make a few changes to the Matilda - don't worry, they're not changes to the looks, they're changes to reduce the part counts slightly and make it easier to build - currently it's clocking in around 90-100 parts.

Additionally, one or two of the detail parts I created, while looking amazing, are just slightly too thin to cast, so I can bulk them out slightly (we're talking less than half a millimeter worth of change) to give you a better experience that requires less puttying over potential holes in those pieces.

NONE of this will result in loss of options or fidelity, I assure you.

I'll be cracking on with that work in a few days, once the jet lag has subsided a bit.

... And of course working on some of the other ideas Victoria and I came up with at Adepticon.

So with the greatcoat legs out, and the "winter torsos" out, can we expect another "Regiment" added to the roster?

I'm really excited to see what the end result is; Vic has a talent for taking old GW concepts and doing something awesome (I still think the Van Diemens World Devil's as a Catachan replacement was brilliant) Ushankas or Pilotkas for a more Russian/Valhallan look, Adrian/Tin Hat helmets, maybe with gas masks as a more distinctly historical Death Korps equivalent, doesn't matter what I know I'll like it.

As I'm currently on a WW1 binge (just got back from Arras this weekend, there was an excellent exhibition on WW1 Archaeology and a photo series on display around the central square, along with the "usual" Vimy Ridge, Wellington Quarry, a bunch of British, Canadian, German, and ANZAC cemeteries, etc), I'm hoping for Adrians myself given the very French greatcoat legs, but if I'm really set on that Curious Constructs has sets of Adrian and Kepi heads available.

Got my Tannenberg Colonel just now, gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous!

 vic wrote:

Dr Mathias wrote:I cast my own weapons- I need arms with no integrated rifles.

I'm sculpting my own arms, but quite frankly they're not very good so I'm waiting for someone else to do them right

Empty universal Victorian arms are next on the bench.

That's awesome!

 faolan wrote:


Just before Adepticon we were beset by a minor disaster - two pieces of the master exploded (literally) while the mould was being made.

I hate it when that happens, I've had things do that in the vacuum pot right in front of my eyes, or worse, a little bit of air escaped and it implodes when pressure is re-applied.

I'm really looking forward to picking up a matilda, I think it would fit very nicely in my guard.

After GW killed off Fantasy, my IG regiment has no models left to build itself from... So I'm basically waiting to see what you'll do next Vic.

Ok, ready and set to go! I want this Captain!

Whoo! Got my Captain Torgo!

Also grabbed some more Broolians for him for the free shipping.

Sale now live
Torgo's all gone!

Captain Torgo literally sold out while I was typing my password for paypall.

Ok, I've got the email receipt, that means the Captain will be on my way at some point in the future right? (totally not at all paranoid... )

 Frank&Stein wrote:
Captain Torgo literally sold out while I was typing my password for paypall.

That sucks, I was afraid that'd happen to me.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Frank&Stein wrote:
Captain Torgo literally sold out while I was typing my password for paypall.

That sucks, I was afraid that'd happen to me.

I had pre-filled my basket. Just had to throw in the captain and check out.
Logged in to paypall and noticed a $10 shipping charge.
That's how I noticed it wasn't in my basket anymore.
Guess it's back to scouring ebay for one.

Was looking over the site about 20 mins ago when I remembred this was happening...snagged a Torgo and some chem mask heads, but in the excitement forgot I could have got free shipping with a little extra in my basket. Oh well, could have been worse - could have placed an order without remembering Torgo was going up - that would have sucked,

Every time i read that thread title, im thinking she is doing some kinda last chancers thing :(

Got my order in for both 2014 and 2015's models.

This is my first purchase from vic, and I'm really hoping to be wow-ed based on what I've seen in pictures of the models. Assuming everything is like it seems it should be, I can see a goodly chunk of female Tannenburg troops forming up a third IG force.

Are the LE sold out again? I was on the site and didn't see them. :( Wanted to get the Beastman...

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Wanted to get the Beastman...

The remaining Torgos lasted all of about 2 minutes.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Wanted to get the Beastman...

The remaining Torgos lasted all of about 2 minutes.

My feels. They hurts.

3 Tannenburgers left

Sorry! Ignore this post, question answered, now excited to be getting some limited edition vic minis!

Tannenburgers and Torgo's all gone. Still a few Arcadian sgt's left.

Vic, do you ever plan on doing anymore Broolians?

 Platuan4th wrote:
Vic, do you ever plan on doing anymore Broolians?

yes they will get a re-boot as a 10 man resin squad. Until then I'll keep the metal ones in stock.

 vic wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:
Vic, do you ever plan on doing anymore Broolians?

yes they will get a re-boot as a 10 man resin squad. Until then I'll keep the metal ones in stock.

Thanks!

Vic, are there any plans for a Twitter presence?

 ChazSexington wrote:
Vic, are there any plans for a Twitter presence?

If there is I hope it doesn't take over from the FB presence, something I've seen in the past. I don't use Twitter.

Facebook is a better medium for sharing news IMHO, no restrictions on how long a post can be and loads of pics can be crammed into a single post as well.

Agreed. I've never got into Twitter, it just seems to be a springboard for celebrities to send out throw-away comments.

I've been asking for pretty much everything she just released. Glad to know some of these small companies are listening to what people want

 ChazSexington wrote:
Vic, are there any plans for a Twitter presence?

I think it would be a good idea. Its just a matter of me learning how to use it.

Got the standard bearer. Got the shipping notice just then.

Now my metal Cadian army finally has a standard bearer!

I've been drooling over most of the stuff Vic makes. Finally bit the bullet and got this year's LE plus two squads of the Arcadian ladies. Eagerly awaiting their arrival.

The stuff her company puts out is great. And she really deserves special mention for the best female IG around.

I hope one day she does some counts as Catachans.

nedTCM wrote:
The stuff her company puts out is great. And she really deserves special mention for the best female IG around.

I hope one day she does some counts as Catachans.

Those would be the Border World Rangers and Van Diemen's World Devils.

I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

PA as in power armoured, or as in something else (as my Necromunda literacy is admittedly low)?

PA as in 'Post Apocalypse' perhaps? Necromunda has a lot of crossover with the genre.

 BrookM wrote:

nedTCM wrote:
The stuff her company puts out is great. And she really deserves special mention for the best female IG around.

I hope one day she does some counts as Catachans.

Those would be the Border World Rangers and Van Diemen's World Devils.

I mean female Catachans

nedTCM wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

nedTCM wrote:
The stuff her company puts out is great. And she really deserves special mention for the best female IG around.

I hope one day she does some counts as Catachans.

Those would be the Border World Rangers and Van Diemen's World Devils.

I mean female Catachans

I'd rather like to see female Devils or Rangers and not female muscle monsters.

 BrookM wrote:

nedTCM wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

nedTCM wrote:
The stuff her company puts out is great. And she really deserves special mention for the best female IG around.

I hope one day she does some counts as Catachans.

Those would be the Border World Rangers and Van Diemen's World Devils.

I mean female Catachans

I'd rather like to see female Devils or Rangers and not female muscle monsters.

Likewise Female Rangers in particular would be great, the Tallarn 1st has loads of female characters in the books.

Well if we're concocting wishlists for Vic then I'd have to admit that I'm really, really praying she'll put her skills to use to give us some 'not tallarn' style troops (in the WW2 mould) especially as there was plenty of significant Australian involvement in the North Africa campaign... if that counts for anything!

Also cool headgear!

Right now I'm very happy with the upcoming Tannenberg addition, plus the Matilda tank. My Solar Auxilia cohort will certainly be growing this year.

Yeah, female Tannenberg plus universal dress arms will pretty much allow me to complete my ground pounders.

I think we're still missing flame throwers in the special weapon department though.

Anyone know where I can find pictures of the awesome female arcadian guard painted. All I can find is assembled ones but I want to see how they look painted. Probably not the best place to ask... if so ignore me

Flamers are also on the way IIRC.

 BrookM wrote:
Flamers are also on the way IIRC.

I remember Faolan alluding to something along those lines.

After bikes and the Matilda, I'm pretty set. An APC type vehicle or universal carrier would just be the cherry on top, somewhere down the line.

 ashikenshin wrote:
Anyone know where I can find pictures of the awesome female arcadian guard painted. All I can find is assembled ones but I want to see how they look painted. Probably not the best place to ask... if so ignore me

Not pro-painted, but here are two of mine:

wow those look nice indeed, I might have to buy a squad. Thx BrookM

Wow, I had no idea that Torgo was so sought after. I guess it would be cruel to mention that I got mine for $2 at a local swap meet last year.

Those female troopers look great. I may have to grab a pack of heads sometime if a version sans-helmet is ever released.

I got my heads from Statuesque Miniatures, who produces by far the best heads for these minis. I had previous packs from other companies, but they're nowhere near as crisp and detailed as these ones.

 Haighus wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

nedTCM wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

nedTCM wrote:
The stuff her company puts out is great. And she really deserves special mention for the best female IG around.

I hope one day she does some counts as Catachans.

Those would be the Border World Rangers and Van Diemen's World Devils.

I mean female Catachans

I'd rather like to see female Devils or Rangers and not female muscle monsters.

Likewise Female Rangers in particular would be great, the Tallarn 1st has loads of female characters in the books.

my wallet cringes in fear of the day female rangers gets released (Do it Vic! )

Female Tannenburg torsos + Female Pith Helmet heads = Female Praetorians. Please. Please. PLEASE!!!

BrookM wrote:I got my heads from Statuesque Miniatures, who produces by far the best heads for these minis. I had previous packs from other companies, but they're nowhere near as crisp and detailed as these ones.

I was going to ask which size you used, but from the link I'm going to assume the Heroic packs

lone dirty dog wrote:I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

A Hive ganger unit (not necessarily Necromunda themed, as that would kinda need 6 distinct units) would be great for converting up units like Savlar Chem dogs, or conscripts from a Hive world. I would probably use some to make Ash Waste militia units for my Steel Legion if they came with gas masks.

Scrub wrote:Well if we're concocting wishlists for Vic then I'd have to admit that I'm really, really praying she'll put her skills to use to give us some 'not tallarn' style troops (in the WW2 mould) especially as there was plenty of significant Australian involvement in the North Africa campaign... if that counts for anything!

Also cool headgear!

I saw a conversion somewhere combining what I think were Vic minis Victorian Guard with Maxmini Desert Dweller heads, and that made a pretty effective not-Tallarn conversion, although an in-house Vic minis fully Tallarn-themed squad would be cool!


As for my own personal wishlist, I would like to see integrated gas mask head options for Arcadians, and also for the Brodie heads... Can't fight on Armageddon without gas masks (unless you're Yarrick), and I don't really fancy getting the individual ones and wrapping them round each Arcadian head.

Indeed, go with the heroic heads I linked, those are perfect. The other heads are nice as well, but sadly, too small.

 Haighus wrote:

BrookM wrote:I got my heads from Statuesque Miniatures, who produces by far the best heads for these minis. I had previous packs from other companies, but they're nowhere near as crisp and detailed as these ones.

I was going to ask which size you used, but from the link I'm going to assume the Heroic packs

lone dirty dog wrote:I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

A Hive ganger unit (not necessarily Necromunda themed, as that would kinda need 6 distinct units) would be great for converting up units like Savlar Chem dogs, or conscripts from a Hive world. I would probably use some to make Ash Waste militia units for my Steel Legion if they came with gas masks.

Scrub wrote:Well if we're concocting wishlists for Vic then I'd have to admit that I'm really, really praying she'll put her skills to use to give us some 'not tallarn' style troops (in the WW2 mould) especially as there was plenty of significant Australian involvement in the North Africa campaign... if that counts for anything!

Also cool headgear!

I saw a conversion somewhere combining what I think were Vic minis Victorian Guard with Maxmini Desert Dweller heads, and that made a pretty effective not-Tallarn conversion, although an in-house Vic minis fully Tallarn-themed squad would be cool!


As for my own personal wishlist, I would like to see integrated gas mask head options for Arcadians, and also for the Brodie heads... Can't fight on Armageddon without gas masks (unless you're Yarrick), and I don't really fancy getting the individual ones and wrapping them round each Arcadian head.

Not-Steel Legion kits would be a god send, as well as all the extra Gaskmask heads will allow for me to breath life back into my Cadians that are being slowly replaced by Arcadians, to make them into Conscripts for my militia groups. Hive Gangers heads would be amazing with the Arcadians or even the Border World Rangers to add more to the Not-Tanith models you could make with this stuff to represent Verghasties who were gangers.

Also, here are the two Tallarn from Vic's Mini parts I could find off the top of my head.

Old Vic Minis Conversion to Tallarn, from a while back.

Talasa Prime post with Arcadian Bodies.


Has Anyone tried to get the Cadian backpacks on the Arcadians? My old bits box is currently on the otherside of the country, so I don't have access to any of mine to test this out, I want my Arcadians to be properly equipped to hoof it around.

I had the odd Forge World Cadian backpack lying around that went perfectly with the Arcadians of either gender. I've supplemented mine with a mishmash of various packs I had lying about: Elysian equipment pouches, Krieg backpacks, spare US Infantry backpacks from Warlord and other bits and bobs.


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F.L.T.R.: FW Elysian, FW Cadian, FW Krieg, Warlord US Infantry #1, Warlord USMC, Warlord US Infantry #2 and FW Elysian (two medical kits stacked on top of each other)

Wow. So, I saw that post with the great coats and arms etc, and it just clicked: I may never start another sci-fi human army along the lines of IG.

But if I do, every part will come from Victoria.

(And worse, I really want to now.)

 faolan wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

PA as in power armoured, or as in something else (as my Necromunda literacy is admittedly low)?

Post Apocalyptic

Haighus & lancebenchpress, have an exalt each! Awesome suggestions, those conversions look quite achievable by my meager standards too, which helps a lot... on top of looking fething brilliant! I'm going to do some more research on the Puppetswar and Maxmini heads, hopefully they'll look okay mixed together!

Tallarn and Skitarii here I come!

 Wehrkind wrote:
Wow. So, I saw that post with the great coats and arms etc, and it just clicked: I may never start another sci-fi human army along the lines of IG.

But if I do, every part will come from Victoria.

(And worse, I really want to now.)

aready doing it....one of us...one of us....

Despite my gigantic painting queue and planning on adding more with Dakka's new game, I can't help but see a platoon of female Tannenburg troops in my future at some point.

Hopefully vic doesn't release them anytime soon for my bank account's sake.

 Scrub wrote:
Haighus & lancebenchpress, have an exalt each! Awesome suggestions, those conversions look quite achievable by my meager standards too, which helps a lot... on top of looking fething brilliant! I'm going to do some more research on the Puppetswar and Maxmini heads, hopefully they'll look okay mixed together!

Tallarn and Skitarii here I come!

You're welcome From one of the comments in the blog with the Puppetswar heads being used on Vic models, they said the Maxmini heads are a better size. The Puppetswar heads looked great though.

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 faolan wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

PA as in power armoured, or as in something else (as my Necromunda literacy is admittedly low)?

Post Apocalyptic

So why not both post-apocalyptic and power armoured?

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 faolan wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

PA as in power armoured, or as in something else (as my Necromunda literacy is admittedly low)?

Post Apocalyptic

Hobos with guns, gotcha.

 Haighus wrote:

 Scrub wrote:
Haighus & lancebenchpress, have an exalt each! Awesome suggestions, those conversions look quite achievable by my meager standards too, which helps a lot... on top of looking fething brilliant! I'm going to do some more research on the Puppetswar and Maxmini heads, hopefully they'll look okay mixed together!

Tallarn and Skitarii here I come!

You're welcome From one of the comments in the blog with the Puppetswar heads being used on Vic models, they said the Maxmini heads are a better size. The Puppetswar heads looked great though.

That was me the Puppetswar ones are nice all be it a little small, the Maxmini ones are larger and scale better IMHO.


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 Smitty wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 faolan wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I still want to see a Vic take on some PA Necromunda style gangers, now that will be an interesting development

O yes just got my notice that "Torgo" is on his way yes I know you hate me for it but I don't care

PA as in power armoured, or as in something else (as my Necromunda literacy is admittedly low)?

Post Apocalyptic

So why not both post-apocalyptic and power armoured?

I like the more rag tagged look not power armoured, but each to there own.

 BrookM wrote:
I had the odd Forge World Cadian backpack lying around that went perfectly with the Arcadians of either gender. I've supplemented mine with a mishmash of various packs I had lying about: Elysian equipment pouches, Krieg backpacks, spare US Infantry backpacks from Warlord and other bits and bobs.


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F.L.T.R.: FW Elysian, FW Cadian, FW Krieg, Warlord US Infantry #1, Warlord USMC, Warlord US Infantry #2 and FW Elysian (two medical kits stacked on top of each other)

Ugh, well here goes my next amount of alloted hobby money, they look awesome, I wonder if warlord has a big enough market for ebay bits traders yet....

A sprue of regular WWII US Infantry comes with ten backpacks (half with an entrenching tool, half without) and various other bits and pieces like pouches, bags and knives.

Still hoping for some Brodie helms with gas masks at some point ( or greatcoat legs with puttees)

I'm sure they're on the list of "stuff to do, maybe eventually be done"

 BrookM wrote:
A sprue of regular WWII US Infantry comes with ten backpacks (half with an entrenching tool, half without) and various other bits and pieces like pouches, bags and knives.

Jeeze, whelp, Now i'm going to have another reason to buy some historical minis. and with Vic's arms, I might have a better looking conscripts use as well.

With a bit of cutting and fitting you can attach the Warlord arms to the female torsos. Or, give the girls WWII weapons, which don't look as out of place in their hands:

Brook: please stop giving me ideas, I know it's payday and all, but I have to pay bills!

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 Haighus wrote:

 Scrub wrote:
Haighus & lancebenchpress, have an exalt each! Awesome suggestions, those conversions look quite achievable by my meager standards too, which helps a lot... on top of looking fething brilliant! I'm going to do some more research on the Puppetswar and Maxmini heads, hopefully they'll look okay mixed together!

Tallarn and Skitarii here I come!

You're welcome From one of the comments in the blog with the Puppetswar heads being used on Vic models, they said the Maxmini heads are a better size. The Puppetswar heads looked great though.

That was me the Puppetswar ones are nice all be it a little small, the Maxmini ones are larger and scale better IMHO.

Does this mean you might have some more pics of said models?

A lot of people, including me, use Twitter because Facebook isn't quite as private. Easier to use pseudonyms and such, and most other miniature designers bar GW have a presence. Well, GW do have account, but it isn't in use.

 Barzam wrote:
Still hoping for some Brodie helms with gas masks at some point ( or greatcoat legs with puttees)

Until Vic does her own ones there are always the westwind secrets of the third reach ones.

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=126_149&products_id=1139

Their not amazing but they do the job


Fyi the bloke at the front with no gun is waiting for vic to do a bren gun for him

 JoeRugby wrote:

 Barzam wrote:
Still hoping for some Brodie helms with gas masks at some point ( or greatcoat legs with puttees)

Until Vic does her own ones there are always the westwind secrets of the third reach ones.

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=126_149&products_id=1139

Their not amazing but they do the job


Fyi the bloke at the front with no gun is waiting for vic to do a bren gun for him

Bren gun, gotcha. Good Monday-Tuesday project for me to warm back up.

I use those heads for my IG!

Now if there were female heads without masks with the brodies.....

Yes! Bren guns would be brilliant! Although the dude at the front looks more like he is expecting a Sten gun from the way his hand is angled.

Alright, go-ahead for the Bren guns have been given. As soon as I finish it and another small project along with it, we'll send it off to the printers.

Awesome, more space Brits!

Speaking of new weapons, is there in the works some sort of flame throwing device?

It's in the works IIRC

 BrookM wrote:
It's in the works IIRC

I thought so too, but it can't hurt to hear it from Vic and/or Faolan.

Jake is the guy in charge of the weapons.

 BrookM wrote:
Jake is the guy in charge of the weapons.

Jake is Faolan?

 Blacksails wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Jake is the guy in charge of the weapons.

Jake is Faolan?

Eyup.

Everything makes sense now.

Haighus wrote:Yes! Bren guns would be brilliant! Although the dude at the front looks more like he is expecting a Sten gun from the way his hand is angled.

Ha

When I was trying to make some bren guns from plasticard I had him holding the gun by the barrel grip.

faolan wrote:Alright, go-ahead for the Bren guns have been given. As soon as I finish it and another small project along with it, we'll send it off to the printers.

Sweet!

After a bad day in work that's made me very happy.

It is probably just be the camera angle, may need some adjusting to fit the Vic Brens anyhow

Brook has achieved the level of awesome necessary to be on a first name basis with me.

As soon as the Matilda and Femmenburg go on sale I'll be contributing to college funds of you both again.

Waiting on the Femmenburg with baited breath and full wallet.

Femmenburg? Any images?

Here's an old mock-up from 2013:

Gawd. Two years. Time flies.

 BrookM wrote:
Here's an old mock-up from 2013:

Ah the female Tannenburgers

Heck I pay for the international shipping for the anime models I get from Hobby Search and HLJ, it would not be any worse to get stuff from Oz

Orders over $50 have free shipping and seeing as a squad isn't that far off, you shouldn't have any problem hitting that.

 BrookM wrote:
Orders over $50 have free shipping and seeing as a squad isn't that far off, you shouldn't have any problem hitting that.

I am so bad, I usually go for a platoon of 20-30 strong

I'll be putting in a twenty model order at the very least myself, seeing as the squads I'm building are quite big.

 BrookM wrote:
Orders over $50 have free shipping and seeing as a squad isn't that far off, you shouldn't have any problem hitting that.

Squads(+2!) come out to a bit more for me until the Broolians get their resins.

At least 2 10 person squads with a 5 person command team

Think these are the alternate Tallarn that were referred to:
http://talasaprime.blogspot.ca/2014/11/alternative-tallarn.html

Also saw these, which I think came out a bit better:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/616715.page

From Facebook:

Slouch hats are back in stock: http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/slouch-hat-heads-x-10-resin

Female Grenade Launcher arms are now also on sale on their own: http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/female-grenade-launcher-arms-resin

Are there plans for female slouch hat heads?

V and I are working together to female-ify most everything, have no fear.

Any plans on a Bare Arm Grenade Launcher?

 Platuan4th wrote:
Any plans on a Bare Arm Grenade Launcher?

This is a good idea some bare armed heavy weapon options would be a great addition.

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 Platuan4th wrote:
Any plans on a Bare Arm Grenade Launcher?

This is a good idea some bare armed heavy weapon options would be a great addition.

We have the bare arms that will fit any of Jake's weapons.
http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/universal-bare-rifle-arms-male
There is also a flamer and and a grenade launcher coming that will fit these arms.
Cheers, V

Vic is there a timeline for the various Fem-Guard factions?

Cool I could do with a couple of bare armed grenade launchers to fit the theme of my unit

Will the beastmen be getting a resin makeover soon ?

LDD, I don't know how soon they'll be getting one, but I know they're getting one - Victoria was waiting on a few prototypes to show up so that she could chuck them into it.

Sorry for the comms silence lately, I've been busy working on the retooled Matilda and another BIG secret squirrel project.

Plus my new dog takes up a lot of time - not that she's bad or ill trained, just who can work when there's so much ADORABLENESS going on?!

 Scrub wrote:
Well if we're concocting wishlists for Vic then I'd have to admit that I'm really, really praying she'll put her skills to use to give us some 'not tallarn' style troops (in the WW2 mould) especially as there was plenty of significant Australian involvement in the North Africa campaign... if that counts for anything!

Also cool headgear!

Yes! Dessert Raiders, snatching pudding from the heretics!

Any progress?

Seriously? Just two posts up there is an update.

 faolan wrote:
LDD, I don't know how soon they'll be getting one, but I know they're getting one - Victoria was waiting on a few prototypes to show up so that she could chuck them into it.

Sorry for the comms silence lately, I've been busy working on the retooled Matilda and another BIG secret squirrel project.

Plus my new dog takes up a lot of time - not that she's bad or ill trained, just who can work when there's so much ADORABLENESS going on?!

A couple of years ago when Vic kicked up the production a notch, Command Squad parts were mooted and part of the wish listing was possible Regimental mascots.

Now that you know how ADORABLE a dog is, imagine that adorableness lovingly crafted in 28mm scale........ Westie preferably for the Highland Regiments.

alphaecho wrote:

 faolan wrote:
LDD, I don't know how soon they'll be getting one, but I know they're getting one - Victoria was waiting on a few prototypes to show up so that she could chuck them into it.

Sorry for the comms silence lately, I've been busy working on the retooled Matilda and another BIG secret squirrel project.

Plus my new dog takes up a lot of time - not that she's bad or ill trained, just who can work when there's so much ADORABLENESS going on?!

A couple of years ago when Vic kicked up the production a notch, Command Squad parts were mooted and part of the wish listing was possible Regimental mascots.

Now that you know how ADORABLE a dog is, imagine that adorableness lovingly crafted in 28mm scale........ Westie preferably for the Highland Regiments.

No not westies Scotties I demand Scotties I even posted the pic here for it including the light body armour to add better protection but does not hinder movability.

 faolan wrote:
LDD, I don't know how soon they'll be getting one, but I know they're getting one - Victoria was waiting on a few prototypes to show up so that she could chuck them into it.

Sorry for the comms silence lately, I've been busy working on the retooled Matilda and another BIG secret squirrel project.

Plus my new dog takes up a lot of time - not that she's bad or ill trained, just who can work when there's so much ADORABLENESS going on?!

I am very intrigued by this other project.... Also want to see the Matilda in all it's glory
Any word on what happened to the Bren/Lewis gun project...?


Also... are pics of said dog a possibility...? For mascot ideas of course... (totally not just because ADORABLE DOGS)

I would second this a set of character dogs for mascots would be awesome, there are a few knocking around but tend to be the same style of dogs.

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I would second this a set of character dogs for mascots would be awesome, there are a few knocking around but tend to be the same style of dogs.

We'd better be careful or somebody will moan about us going OT like the last time we mentioned mascots.

 BrookM wrote:
Seriously? Just two posts up there is an update.

That does not really tell us what awesomeness is coming down the pipe. We knew about the Matilda. Wondering what projects are closest to finishing. My model dollars are limited. If she is close to producing something I will save some. If not, I will spend them .

alphaecho wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I would second this a set of character dogs for mascots would be awesome, there are a few knocking around but tend to be the same style of dogs.

We'd better be careful or somebody will moan about us going OT like the last time we mentioned mascots.

Did they better drop it then

Just checked back the whiskey combo we agreed on

 lone dirty dog wrote:

alphaecho wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I would second this a set of character dogs for mascots would be awesome, there are a few knocking around but tend to be the same style of dogs.

We'd better be careful or somebody will moan about us going OT like the last time we mentioned mascots.

Did they better drop it then

Just checked back the whiskey combo we agreed on

But you win the internet today for the Body Armour Scotties.

alphaecho wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

alphaecho wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
I would second this a set of character dogs for mascots would be awesome, there are a few knocking around but tend to be the same style of dogs.

We'd better be careful or somebody will moan about us going OT like the last time we mentioned mascots.

Did they better drop it then

Just checked back the whiskey combo we agreed on

But you win the internet today for the Body Armour Scotties.

You can upgrade the westie as well

No, no Westie Scotties, the bloody things are ugly and pure evil.

Just, no.

I'm going back to working on servi... I mean... things.

 faolan wrote:
No, no Westie Scotties, the bloody things are ugly and pure evil.

Just, no.

I'm going back to working on servi... I mean... things.

Well that was bloody rude, if you did not realise that was a picture of my dogs I guess my money will be spent else where from now on then.

Vic I think you might want to chose your business partners better this has just lost you a customer.

 faolan wrote:


I'm going back to working on servi... I mean... things.

WHA! Really? I hope they'll be more mechanical looking than the existing ones.

And if we're going to wishlist dogs, I demand a Shiba Inu and a Boston Terrier.

Uhm, LDD, I meant generally. Not your dogs specifically.

I don't speak for Victoria, you know that, I do work for her, I'm not her partner.

Don't let my flippant comment rile you up, I am sorry mate.

I didn't see the picture til after I posted, so I didnt know they were your dogs - I saw the text post and started mine, never got all the way through.

Seriously though, I will go away now.

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 faolan wrote:
No, no Westie Scotties, the bloody things are ugly and pure evil.

Just, no.

I'm going back to working on servi... I mean... things.

Well that was bloody rude, if you did not realise that was a picture of my dogs I guess my money will be spent else where from now on then.

Vic I think you might want to chose your business partners better this has just lost you a customer.

Nooooooooooo! Very sorry about all that.
Actually there is a dog mascot green nearly done for the Femburg, its not a Westie but they are still on my list for cool additions to the Highland range, in flack jackets of course
Femburg is very nearly done, I am working on some special characters for them too, so you won't have to attend Adepticon to get them.
Apologies for things being quiet recently. I have had a bottleneck of delays with casting lately.
I can verify Femburg will be next squad.
Female and male universal Victorian and Dress arms are on the way next plus some new weapons from Jake.

No hints about the breed, eh? That's awesome that you are going to do a regimental mascot. Femburg should be pretty cool, too. Looking forward to seeing them.

Good to hear that the FemBurg are on the way, looks like I'll soon have my second Lasrifle section.

A dog mascot is also something to look forward to, I already have one of the Raging Heroes mascot's, Charlie, with ze German helmet, who I keep around my commissar warlord. Not that the models fulfil an actual gameplay function, perhaps outside of a themed objective marker or the like.

Also still very much looking forward to the Matilda, which I'm sure will arrive in our darkest hour.

No worries all explained and apologise made I thank Vic and Jake for there replies and PM's, a silly matter that got out of hand lets get back to miniatures now

What's this?

A Soviet B-4 203 mm howizer, someone has been playing company of heros 2 ...

I'd really like a monkey mascot for my Arcadians.

Thanks!

<looks hopeful>

 faolan wrote:
What's this?

Will it be Rapier-sized or even.. bigger?

Bigger is better...

 faolan wrote:
What's this?

Medusa mounted on Rapier chassis (??)

Oh boy! Femberg, and a mascot!

My patience will soon pay off and I can finish my army.

I want to know what kind of dog it is.

If we're going to be wishlisting dogs, of course I'd have to say.. Pug! The only breed I like, even though I'm super-allergic to the little abominations:

I'd have to vote for a breed like my own furry munchkin.

A husky/shepherd mix.

Corgis get my vote!

If I could have a tactical Shiba Inu I'd be a happy warham.

 Blacksails wrote:
I'd have to vote for a breed like my own furry munchkin.

A husky/shepherd mix.

I'm firmly in the "looks like a wolf" camp

I'm intrigued to see what breed it is myself. I'm guessing something a bit larger simply because it would be easier to sculpt.

Are there any plans to produce any soviet style heads in the vein of the Armaggedon Steel Legion?

Steel Legion always strikes me as a more german influenced army, kinda like panzer grenadiers, I'm trying to get some warlord german kit bags to put on mine, as well as my Arcadians. I finally got all my hobby supplies to my new place cross country, so I'm excited to start banging them out and redoing my whole guard army, again.

If you guys decide to make not-steel legion troopers, I'll be getting a credit card or two to grab the whole first casting.

Another weird request, but the slanted clip lasguns that were part of the necromunda line, Seen on the left here, would be rad!

Mascot dog for 40k?
Mexican hairless, or Xolo. Standard size. You can thank me later.

I once had a dog that would have made a great mascot, he was a lab/husky/boxer/akita cross and looked like a miniature Kodiak Bear.

You could always go another direction and have animals like Goats,I remember seeing a couple of pictures of British regiments with goat mascots they had the regiments colours as a coat over the animal.
Could also double as a standard if the coat cover has the regiment emblems on it .

As someone who has pygmy goats, a Regimental goat would be awesome That goat has a fine set of horns.

I think the Broolians would be jealous if goats became regimental mascots.

the only official british regimental mascots (at them moment) are horses, shetland ponies, goats, wolfhounds and of all things an antelope

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
and of all things an antelope

Ok, I think this wins my vote for a mascot...

HMS LANCASTER had a parrot, called Sunny (if I remember correctly) and had been taught to say things by the Ship's Company.


"Zulus! Faasends of 'em" was one such phrase.

Due to the other more colourful phrases taught to Sunny, along with the parrot's random nature, the bird was not allowed to meet the Queen!

I missed the post that has everyone posting animals but I assume interest is being polled for specific quirky pets?

I would suggest that attention is paid to Raging Heroes existing mascots. I don't know what they offer but redundancy could create sales issues.

That said, I like the idea of the goat. A bear in an ill-fitted uniform would also be interesting. Parrots and other birds would be neat and have applications in pirate type settings. I would want those to be over the top on plumage though to allow painting opportunities.

If nobody mentioned it yet, a pig would be interesting.

Raging Heroes has a bulldog, a cat and a hippo.

Oh yes, piglets would be fun!

Brook, stop being such a ham.

Is there word that FemBurg is imminent or more of a Q3+ thing? Trying to plan out the pennies and all.

If you've waited this long, you can wait a wee bit longer.

I enjoy that picture. She looks so resolute and sad. The Lazgun cells recharging by the fire shows how desperate the situation is getting. Definitely my next guard force.

alphaecho wrote:
HMS LANCASTER had a parrot, called Sunny (if I remember correctly) and had been taught to say things by the Ship's Company.


"Zulus! Faasends of 'em" was one such phrase.

Due to the other more colourful phrases taught to Sunny, along with the parrot's random nature, the bird was not allowed to meet the Queen!

The parrot and the Royal Consort would get on marvellously then!

Thank you for nobody suggesting the Highlanders get sheep. Seriously, thank you for staying classy.

No love for Sir Nils Olav of the Norwegian King's Guard?

 faolan wrote:
Thank you for nobody suggesting the Highlanders get sheep. Seriously, thank you for staying classy.

Why sheep for Highlanders? In my mind the association with sheep is something firmly held by the Welsh. I've seen this for the Scottish somewhere else before and I am wondering where it has appeared from? Highlanders are more strongly associated with cattle to me (incidentally, a Highland cow would be a great mascot).

When I visited Melbourne some years back I found that the local armour Regiment had a Leopard as their mascot. It was kept in the zoo, with his retired predecessor in the adjoining cage. Only time I've seen animals with rank and serial numbers.

All this talk of regimental mascots and not one mention of Private Wojtek

How many other mascots can say they helped defeat the Nazis. Edit: and have their own beer ...

US army intelligence had a owl. Don't remember the name.


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On topic, can't wait to take Matilda out for a dance!

I think Vic is just going to have to make a line of random animals.

If we're going to wishlist minis of actual mascots, then how about Sgt. Stubby? He served with the US Army in WWI and is the most decorated dog of the war. He survived multiple gas attacks and captured German Spies. Not bad for a Boston Terrier mix.

Oh please, you're forgetting the single most recognizable animal mascot in the world, that of the USMC.

Just be wary of the whiny Raging Heroes fans who will scream that their company did it first and betturrrrrr!

 BrookM wrote:
Just be wary of the whiny Raging Heroes fans who will scream that their company did it first and betturrrrrr!

Yeah, but unlike Raging Heroes stuff, if Victoria does one it might actually be released.

 faolan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Just be wary of the whiny Raging Heroes fans who will scream that their company did it first and betturrrrrr!

Yeah, but unlike Raging Heroes stuff, if Victoria does one it might actually be released.

To be fair, their stuff DOES get released and it is very nice-looking from the online photos. Vic just won't take money for it in advance and wonder why people are getting antsy after she's scrapped the sculpt for the fifth time because the eyebrows didn't look right and is now a year behind schedule. She's weird like that I gather.

 faolan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Just be wary of the whiny Raging Heroes fans who will scream that their company did it first and betturrrrrr!

Yeah, but unlike Raging Heroes stuff, if Victoria does one it might actually be released.

Oooh, burn!

Can we get a big Monitor Lizard as a mascot?

Rivets.

Bloody rivets.

Someone come over and kill me now? You can has my stuffs.

If female Tannenberg are next - Dare I hope that you will also sculpt Pith helmet heads for them to make "Victorian" troops as well?

Pretty please?

Current rivet count 1704. This does NOT include rivets/bolts on wheels, tracks, or hydraulic lifting arms. This will go up by 100-400 or so in the next few hours.

Till recently you could meet Flight Lieutenant Jeffery de Goat (609 Squadron RAF) at the Yorkshire Farming Museum. "A bit of a maverick," apparently. Pic and info here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10424238

 faolan wrote:
Current rivet count 1704. This does NOT include rivets/bolts on wheels, tracks, or hydraulic lifting arms. This will go up by 100-400 or so in the next few hours.

Good lord what on earth are you making?

If I were to hazard a guess I'd say an ersatz Chimera or some other form of transport, like say, an armoured tractor, halftrack or the like.

 BrookM wrote:
If I were to hazard a guess I'd say an ersatz Chimera or some other form of transport, like say, an armoured tractor, halftrack or the like.

Oh that would make me sooooooooooooo happy.

 faolan wrote:
Current rivet count 1704. This does NOT include rivets/bolts on wheels, tracks, or hydraulic lifting arms. This will go up by 100-400 or so in the next few hours.

consider yourself lucky... you killed my own personal record of 1400 rivets for one tank!!!

I lost count once it passed 3100...


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Sooo...

All I can say is.. Yay!

Looking great! Any plans for pith helmet versions too, please?

Oh Yeah!

Very cool, oh and please bring out some tanks and walkers!

All aboard the hype train!

Next stop, Tannenburg!

It's not a Chimera replacement, sorry folks. One of those may be in the cards in the future, but right now, it's not the priority.

There may be a REALLY REALLY excessively creepy looking human with lots of grafts done, however...

 faolan wrote:
It's not a Chimera replacement, sorry folks.

One of those may be in the cards in the future, but right now, it's not the priority.

How much do I have to pay you to make this a reality?

There may be a REALLY REALLY excessively creepy looking human with lots of grafts done, however...

Very cool. Is that related to all the riveting, or were the rivets for Lady Matilda?

 Blacksails wrote:

 faolan wrote:
It's not a Chimera replacement, sorry folks.

One of those may be in the cards in the future, but right now, it's not the priority.

How much do I have to pay you to make this a reality?

There may be a REALLY REALLY excessively creepy looking human with lots of grafts done, however...

Very cool. Is that related to all the riveting, or were the rivets for Lady Matilda?

Point #1: My awesomeness is for sale...

Point #2: Neither, actually...

But...the rivets...what are they for!?

The big guns.

That would be acceptable.

 Blacksails wrote:
But...the rivets...what are they for!?

Wrong question sir! They're there to hold the universe together....or would you ask why there is a need for mountains?




(I am a rivteer, so that was partly a trade joke...)

Rivets are for giving guys like Viktor something to do.

Just now got my order, many thanks for the extra bits!

In the words of Masters of DOOM; I am not worthy! I am not worthy!

Got some border rangers and they look awesome. Thought I would make a little Tanith platoon with some other guard mixed in. I will definitely be doing more business!!!

Was going to show you guys some pictures tonight, but I didn't get a chance for Victoria to vet them, owing to having been t-boned by a semi truck on the way to supper. (Everyone's fine, the car, well, who cares, since it's insured)

oi....good to hear everything is still ok-ish... hope you saw a doc nevertheless...

Hm... any chance of a female Death Korps..?

Oh dear, well good to hear that there are no injuries!

No injuries, that's the important part. The real downer, however, is that the dog will miss out on going to the beach this weekend and for the foreseeable future.

On the other hand, it means I have more time to pack for moving house mid July and work on some of my own personal projects, like tech troops on tracks (and their 'evil' counterpart for my wife, on mechanical spidery legs) and Valhallan heavy weapon team vehicles.

Better go to bed before I spill too many more personal projects, a girl, I mean a crossdre.. I mean, a guy in a kilt needs some secrets!

Ah, but those little titbits are enough to have some folks froth at the future potential.

weird...and distressing...
poor doggie... but i bet he will have fun either way... dogs are not renown for bitterness^^

 Kosake wrote:
Hm... any chance of a female Death Korps..?

They already exist

 Bobthehero wrote:

 Kosake wrote:
Hm... any chance of a female Death Korps..?

They already exist

Yes? And where?

Or is it going to be the cop-out answer that FW already makes those?

Its not a cop out, half my army is made out of females.

Uhm, I don't think that FW make female DKK? If I'm wrong, show me and I'll happily be happy!

I think he may be saying that under the gas masks and greatcoats that the Kreig could be any gender and you wouldn't tell the difference.

Like I said, it's the cop-out answer.

Its not

The difference between male and female trenchers/Death Corp/greatcoat would be pretty negligible I think. It's already pretty slight in body armor- with a voluminous coat I'm not quite sure what a person could even do to feminize them, other than the old exposed head method.

Edit: I just did some searching for greatcoat pics, Im going to correct myself. I think a thinner waist would do the trick. There's some examples out there, WW2 auxiliaries and such. I thought I had zero need for female greatcoats but now I might be able to squeeze them into a project.

Generally speaking, they'd have bigger hips relative to body size, and//or be more stocky overall due to body armour going over said hips and breasts.

I guess that i've seen 3rd party manufacturer that produces female Kriegsche. and it is the same that makes Space Marines Rhino upgrades.

If Vic releases great coat legs compatible with her female range, I will have to break and start a army already!

 Lone Cat wrote:
I guess that i've seen 3rd party manufacturer that produces female Kriegsche. and it is the same that makes Space Marines Rhino upgrades.

Can you PM me the company if you're not willing to post publicly? The companies I'm aware of that make Rhino upgrades don't do female Death Korps.

Do Krieg Regiments even have female Guardsmen? What with all their eugenics programs and massive recruitment drive, it wouldn't surprise me if only males were selected during reproduction for Guardsmen stock, and females only used as Guardsmen-producing machines, seeing as Krieg basically uses people as machinery.

Personally I would prefer it if Vic worked on trenchcoat wearing minis next... (totally not biased view of a Steel Legion player...).

The background of the Death Korps heavily implies that the batches of soldiers are created through more heretical means dating back to the Dark Age of Technology, along the lines of cloning or artificial vitae-wombs, which is about the only way Krieg could gak out so many bodies at any given time.

first ...please don't lynch me for the following comment. I'm aware of how much respect Victoria has vs the other company I'm about to mention.

But...wouldn't the iron empire form raging heroes be a good death korp of kreig?

Sure, if you like them to all run around like the hills are alive and striking mad poses at the Remembrancers.

Not really though, they look nothing like the troops of Krieg. Unless you count "zey haf zee german helmets und gasmasken" as close enough.

 BrookM wrote:
The background of the Death Korps heavily implies that the batches of soldiers are created through more heretical means dating back to the Dark Age of Technology, along the lines of cloning or artificial vitae-wombs, which is about the only way Krieg could gak out so many bodies at any given time.

Yeah I've read about this "Vitae Womb" thing, which I imagine as a sort of extreme IVF, but it wouldn't surprise me if they used all available methods of human reproduction, what with Krieg basically being a Guardsmen farm.

 BrookM wrote:
Sure, if you like them to all run around like the hills are alive and striking mad poses at the Remembrancers.

Not really though, they look nothing like the troops of Krieg. Unless you count "zey haf zee german helmets und gasmasken" as close enough.

The gas masks were pretty much my go to argument on this.

 rayphoton wrote:
The gas masks were pretty much my go to argument on this.

Rather flimsy if you ask me.

They look nothing alike. In the one corner we have low-tech Germans in Spaaaaaaaace! who look like they belong in the trenches and in the other we have ballerina soldiers who throw their selves into extreme poses while carrying futuristic high-tech gear.

 Haighus wrote:
Yeah I've read about this "Vitae Womb" thing, which I imagine as a sort of extreme IVF, but it wouldn't surprise me if they used all available methods of human reproduction, what with Krieg basically being a Guardsmen farm.

Well, vitae-womb sounds nicer than what some of the more hard-line fluff nazis have been preaching, which is the mass rape of the women because otherwise they won't hit their set quota in a decade or so. Yuck. It may be grim dark and all that, but there are some moral event horizon's that people are a little too eager to cross to get into that dark and edgy territory to separate the boys from the men.

Anyway, back on topic, buy more kits from this company, it enriches your life!

Actually, in one corner we have Low Tech French in Spaaaace!!! and in the other we have Germanic ballerinas who look like they're Victoria Secret models in fetish gear.


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Also, Brook, where are those guns from?

The guns:



FW's Volkite Chargers, sadly not as nicely detailed or formed as the ones found in the Veletaris squad, the spare of which fitted nicely with Vic's vanilla arms:



But, beggars can't be choosers, it was £11.50 for just the guns along a squad of multi-pose Arcadians with lovely Statuesque heads, or £40.00 for a lovely, but ultimately mono-pose squad. I'm not that fond of running duplicates in my army when it comes to infantry.

Still, hobby nirvana in my eyes, bringing together the bits and kits of three different companies.

 BrookM wrote:

 rayphoton wrote:
The gas masks were pretty much my go to argument on this.

Rather flimsy if you ask me.

They look nothing alike. In the one corner we have low-tech Germans in Spaaaaaaaace! who look like they belong in the trenches and in the other we have ballerina soldiers who throw their selves into extreme poses while carrying futuristic high-tech gear.

It was not my best true...however im of the firm opinion that on a planet full of gas mask wearing deathtroops...some of them might look a bit different. Maybe those girls were form the ...french...part of the panet. eh ..eh ...

or not

Anyway your conversions like ace though the heads seem a tad large. Were the heads vic supplied weird against gw's troops?

They're only weird if you assume everything should be the size of the Cadian head w/helm (they're massively boofheaded)

Uniformity is knda the point of the Death Korps, it's probably the main reason why I didn't go for 3rd party models

So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

 faolan wrote:
So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

Make it so it mounts 4 laser cannons or 4 heavy bolters. Then make a quad mortor option for it and I'll be all over that. (If just the existing heavy mortor that's alright too.)

Definitely give it a separate 'base' (i.e. the tracked hull) with some generic mounting hole/plate to potentially fit a variety of turrets and artillery weapons (and radar dishes, recovery cranes, fuel tanks, etc etc).

And give a few detail options so that squadrons of them don't all look the same.

I'd probably use it as a Rapier, as mentioned above myself. If the mount itself is shine enough then it shouldn't be too hard to convert or track down the parts needed (quad multi-laser and quad lascannon) to turn it into a proper Rapier though.

But myessss, interested I am!

 Clang wrote:
Definitely give it a separate 'base' (i.e. the tracked hull) with some generic mounting hole/plate to potentially fit a variety of turrets and artillery weapons (and radar dishes, recovery cranes, fuel tanks, etc etc).

And give a few detail options so that squadrons of them don't all look the same.

Or the generic mounting plate could be used to mount, say, humanoid torsos for making weapon cyborgs...

Ooh, also, what kind of crew will go alongside these? Or will it just be gun tractors in general?

Well what I've got kicking around has a fully enclosed "drivers" area. As for what crew could go on it, well, V has a good mix of parts and might add others specifically for it.

I dunno, maybe some cold weather great coats for the first set?


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Oh, also, currently on one "rear end type" (it's a swappable piece) the current "guns" will fit, on the "flatbed" type the heavy mortar will fit (or so will ammo crates - hint hint) or most things you'd want to put on.

It's not beyond the realm of possibility for me to throw up a third 'bed' style that would be a purpose mount for things like Quad-this-and-thats.

Or one with a small dedicated AA gun or... well really, it's endless as to what can go on it so long as it can fit on a 60mm base and not take up the entire thing.

This /is/ me we're talking about here...

Lockark wrote:

 faolan wrote:
So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

Make it so it mounts 4 laser cannons or 4 heavy bolters. Then make a quad mortor option for it and I'll be all over that. (If just the existing heavy mortor that's alright too.)

BrookM wrote:I'd probably use it as a Rapier, as mentioned above myself. If the mount itself is shine enough then it shouldn't be too hard to convert or track down the parts needed (quad multi-laser and quad lascannon) to turn it into a proper Rapier though.

But myessss, interested I am!

I am going to put in a vote of interest for a quad-barrelled version too. I wouldn't have much use for one in addition to the heavy weapon models already available, but that would all shift with quad weaponry...

I kind of picture what you're getting at, but maybe a sketch would be good for us visual types.

Either way, I'll probably buy it.

We'll get to see something of it next week or so.

 BrookM wrote:
We'll get to see something of it next week or so.

Yup, it'd probably help if I read everything in that post, eh?

Its early and I'm excited. My bad.

Not going to blindly buy myself, not unless it really hits my funny bone in the right way, plus with the Tannenberg and Matilda (hopefully) soon around the corner, difficult choices will have to be made.

Yeah, I've been holding off until FemBurg, when I'll pick some heavy weapons too.

I dunno.. the concept sounds like a decent Sentinel alternative, but for heavy weapons I kinda prefer a look more like crew served weapons, though I could see the tracked thing working with certain themes for the army. A tarantula or rapier alternative though.. that would be neatish.

 MLaw wrote:
A tarantula or rapier alternative though.. that would be neatish.

Ooh, I like that- a sentry gun would be awesome. I've been wanting to add some as a throw-away option for my Guard or Marines for awhile, as they are fairly cheap points-wise. The problem is that their price from FW is not throw-away...

 Haighus wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
A tarantula or rapier alternative though.. that would be neatish.

Ooh, I like that- a sentry gun would be awesome. I've been wanting to add some as a throw-away option for my Guard or Marines for awhile, as they are fairly cheap points-wise. The problem is that their price from FW is not throw-away...

lol, yeah true
There are a few options out there already too from Anvil, PW, etc. I don't play much 40k these days but Vic has the aesthetic down cold and if she were to get into that field, it would offer a less modern/hard sci-fi look that is more in-line with the almost dieselpunk/James Cameron/Ridley Scott love-child that is 40k.

 faolan wrote:
So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

Something where the upper structure can be exchanged for a big energy/ cannon weapon for my techmarine

You have potential if the tracked vehicle can do IG/SM type weapons.

 faolan wrote:
So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

For me if there is a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, I want it to be a tankette Sentinel modelled after Carden Loyd Mk IV



^ Like this one

Well Neko, it's not quite that, it's close... think a bit more to the east, tovarisch.

Speaking of small vehicles, what ever happened to those motorcycles?

 lancebenchpress wrote:
Speaking of small vehicles, what ever happened to those motorcycles?

Good question, I'm still waiting on a flock of 'em

From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

 BrookM wrote:
From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

Teehee

Someday there will be more Vic minis. Someday.

 faolan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

Teehee

Will these be new minis or the existing line in bones? =O

Depite a loss of detail in bones, I'm alright will that on my faceless goobs if that makes it affordable to build legions of guys!

 Lockark wrote:

 faolan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

Teehee

Will these be new minis or the existing line in bones? =O

Depite a loss of detail in bones, I'm alright will that on my faceless goobs if that makes it affordable to build legions of guys!

I hope not I don't want lost detail miniatures and what is the reaperbone anyway ?

Ok, so..

Reaper Bones is them converting a lot of the old metal minis over to PVC, which we all know is a type of plastic.

The projects in regards to this are Vic's, but Reaper wants to publish them, so that's what we've been working on for the last two months.

That's in addition, of course, to me packing up house to move across town (and it takes a surprising amount of time to pack up a 4 bedroom house with massive hobby room), and Vic having pranged her knee a while back. (She did tell me on Skype that while the drugs slowed down sculpting progress, they were quite nifty otherwise, lucky lady...)

So are you saying some kind of rule set ?

Sorry to hear about Vic hurting herself :(. I will be more patient.
Good luck on your move!

No LDD, publishing in this respect is the production.

I swear sometimes, this industry goes "oh, we like this term, let's use it".. "but that's for books!".. "we're takin' it anyway".

We're like the tank corps in that respect.

The reaper Bones materail is actully awsome, and I love working with it. The only problem is that at this point it's abit infamous for the fact every human that get's switch over to it bassicly lose their nose.....


in metal:
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/alistrilee/sku-down/03166

In "Bones":
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77205#detail/77205_w_1

If it wasn't for the fact the finer details on her face like her nose were lost, i would call that a perfect translation in bones.

Stuff with more chunky detail or made with bones in mind looks amazing.

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/sku-down/80028

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77202

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/sku-down/80035

Personally if vic's stuff was available both in bones and resin I would be ecstatic. I think everything but the heads would make the jump to bones prety well.

Looking at that I hope not I like the crisp detail you get from resin, that looks pretty crappy and why pay less just to get a less detailed model?

 Lockark wrote:
The reaper Bones materail is actully awsome, and I love working with it. The only problem is that at this point it's abit infamous for the fact every human that get's switch over to it bassicly lose their nose
Snip.....

Personally if vic's stuff was available both in bones and resin I would be ecstatic. I think everything but the heads would make the jump to bones prety well.

A hybrid kit might be good resin heads and weapons but bones for the rest to reduce cost. I might go for this to be honest for my rank and file IG but I have no experience with he bones material so this could be a mistake on my part.

Or will we see bones used to get the Matilda in production? (Given its cheaper)

Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

 BrookM wrote:
Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

Definitely. I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction to reading Victoria Miniatures was mingling with Bones plastic was not positive. A boutique model range that focuses of modular options and fine detail seems at odds with Reaper's Bones project (cheap masses of figures).

However, I have faith that Vic and company know what they are doing so maybe this won't be so bad. I could see the heavy weapons carriages being a good fit for Bones plastic. I am skeptical about the infantry, however.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

Definitely. I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction to reading Victoria Miniatures was mingling with Bones plastic was not positive. A boutique model range that focuses of modular options and fine detail seems at odds with Reaper's Bones project (cheap masses of figures).

However, I have faith that Vic and company know what they are doing so maybe this won't be so bad. I could see the heavy weapons carriages being a good fit for Bones plastic. I am skeptical about the infantry, however.

Bones may be cheap and lower quality than styrene, resin, or pewter models, but let's not forget that Reaper makes some fine miniatures outside of that. It sounds a bit like you're thumbing your nose at the original sculpts the Bones are derived from when in fact, the purpose was to make nicer kits more accessible for people with tight purse strings.

 MLaw wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

Definitely. I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction to reading Victoria Miniatures was mingling with Bones plastic was not positive. A boutique model range that focuses of modular options and fine detail seems at odds with Reaper's Bones project (cheap masses of figures).

However, I have faith that Vic and company know what they are doing so maybe this won't be so bad. I could see the heavy weapons carriages being a good fit for Bones plastic. I am skeptical about the infantry, however.

Bones may be cheap and lower quality than styrene, resin, or pewter models, but let's not forget that Reaper makes some fine miniatures outside of that. It sounds a bit like you're thumbing your nose at the original sculpts the Bones are derived from when in fact, the purpose was to make nicer kits more accessible for people with tight purse strings.

In what way did I disparage Reaper's metal models? I don't think Vic's minis would be good for the Bones plastic because of the potential for detail loss. Bones figures lose detail and get warped, that has nothing to do with the quality of the original metal models and everything to do with the material Bones uses. Let me put where I said this in red.

There. Better?

Well, it depends on the figure, honestly. A lot of the old metal ones had plenty of undercuts, so they had to use a different, more flexible PVC, which causes the bendy-ness. For something without much in the way of undercuts, a harder formulation can be used, which makes it less bendy and less prone to losing detail.

That said, I had my reservations too at the start of the project, but I'm willing to trust Victoria til proven otherwise.

Besides, on my end of the project, there's a few things we've held back to do in resin exactly for that reason.

Got a mail from Reaper that it's going live today, so wait and see just a little bit longer chaps. Wait and see.

edit.

Just a little bit more than eight hours from now, easy-peasy.

 JoeRugby wrote:

 Lockark wrote:
The reaper Bones materail is actully awsome, and I love working with it. The only problem is that at this point it's abit infamous for the fact every human that get's switch over to it bassicly lose their nose
Snip.....

Personally if vic's stuff was available both in bones and resin I would be ecstatic. I think everything but the heads would make the jump to bones prety well.

A hybrid kit might be good resin heads and weapons but bones for the rest to reduce cost. I might go for this to be honest for my rank and file IG but I have no experience with he bones material so this could be a mistake on my part.

Or will we see bones used to get the Matilda in production? (Given its cheaper)

Bones can do guns just fine.

http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/Bones%20gun/sku-down/80017

Like I said, it's just the human faces can be so hit and miss with bones stuff. Like in that example, the face looks fine. but looking threw the gallery you can find plenty of mini's suffering from a lack of nose when they make the jump.

generally heads sculpted with bones in mind work alot better.

But also since vic's heads are seperate, that might also help with the quality of the casting. It's hard to say. I only have a laymen's understanding of how casting PVC works.

Generally I'm quite happy to hear vic will be involved with the bones 3 kickstarter.

I just hope it isn't going to be a Reaper exclusive if it is Galaxy's Finest related.

 BrookM wrote:
I just hope it isn't going to be a Reaper exclusive if it is Galaxy's Finest related.

Personally I think it's that tank they were working on is the likely suspect.
=U

Well I am sorry guys but seeing what I have around the net there is a loss of detail and a softness to it and I won't touch it with a barge pole, it might be ok for gamers who want to field a large army for basic gaming purpose but I want models to collect and enjoy for there detail.

I will be honest if this is the route of future releases I will not be a returning customer, sorry and maybe harsh but that looks to be a inferior material for a quality miniature.

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Well I am sorry guys but seeing what I have around the net there is a loss of detail and a softness to it and I won't touch it with a barge pole, it might be ok for gamers who want to field a large army for basic gaming purpose but I want models to collect and enjoy for there detail.

I will be honest if this is the route of future releases I will not be a returning customer, sorry and maybe harsh but that looks to be a inferior material for a quality miniature.

Crap man, wait and see, how hard is that?

I can't imagine Vic will move to a Bones only position for future stuff so I wouldn't worry I'm sure there will still be more detailed versions of her stuff available in resin (or metal)

(unless her lines in resin/metal were no longer paying the bills?)

Well, Bones is live and nothing Lamb or Wolf related yet. But the KS is young yet.

Though they are getting ROFLSTOMPED by the early pledges, even the KS site isn't able to handle it! After an hour I'm still waiting for them to verify my pledge!

 BrookM wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Well I am sorry guys but seeing what I have around the net there is a loss of detail and a softness to it and I won't touch it with a barge pole, it might be ok for gamers who want to field a large army for basic gaming purpose but I want models to collect and enjoy for there detail.

I will be honest if this is the route of future releases I will not be a returning customer, sorry and maybe harsh but that looks to be a inferior material for a quality miniature.

Crap man, wait and see, how hard is that?

I am entitled to spend my money how and where I want also I have seen nothing of the bones range quality inspiring, if you read what I wrote you would understand I was voicing an opinion on the material used and if it was to change solely to that I would no longer wish to invest.

I really don't see how waiting has anything to do with it the evidence is out there to be seen, I prefer resin and metal miniatures that is my preference.

You might like the idea of a cheaper range and good for you, but I have a right as a long time customer to raise my concern as I am sure I am not the only one with this view and highlight the possible risk of loosing customers to quality issues.

So thanks for your opinion on mine but I have no interest in it thanks.

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Well I am sorry guys but seeing what I have around the net there is a loss of detail and a softness to it and I won't touch it with a barge pole, it might be ok for gamers who want to field a large army for basic gaming purpose but I want models to collect and enjoy for there detail.

I will be honest if this is the route of future releases I will not be a returning customer, sorry and maybe harsh but that looks to be a inferior material for a quality miniature.

Crap man, wait and see, how hard is that?

I am entitled to spend my money how and where I want also I have seen nothing of the bones range quality inspiring, if you read what I wrote you would understand I was voicing an opinion on the material used and if it was to change solely to that I would no longer wish to invest.

I really don't see how waiting has anything to do with it the evidence is out there to be seen, I prefer resin and metal miniatures that is my preference.

You might like the idea of a cheaper range and good for you, but I have a right as a long time customer to raise my concern as I am sure I am not the only one with this view and highlight the possible risk of loosing customers to quality issues.

So thanks for your opinion on mine but I have no interest in it thanks.

The point was that the line will more than likely continued to be produced in resin. The Bones will be a supplemental material available as well as the higher detailed versions.
Are you going to stop buying because they have the same models available in a different material?

 Sinful Hero wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Well I am sorry guys but seeing what I have around the net there is a loss of detail and a softness to it and I won't touch it with a barge pole, it might be ok for gamers who want to field a large army for basic gaming purpose but I want models to collect and enjoy for there detail.

I will be honest if this is the route of future releases I will not be a returning customer, sorry and maybe harsh but that looks to be a inferior material for a quality miniature.

Crap man, wait and see, how hard is that?

I am entitled to spend my money how and where I want also I have seen nothing of the bones range quality inspiring, if you read what I wrote you would understand I was voicing an opinion on the material used and if it was to change solely to that I would no longer wish to invest.

I really don't see how waiting has anything to do with it the evidence is out there to be seen, I prefer resin and metal miniatures that is my preference.

You might like the idea of a cheaper range and good for you, but I have a right as a long time customer to raise my concern as I am sure I am not the only one with this view and highlight the possible risk of loosing customers to quality issues.

So thanks for your opinion on mine but I have no interest in it thanks.

The point was that the line will more than likely continued to be produced in resin. The Bones will be a supplemental material available as well as the higher detailed versions.

Are you going to stop buying because they have the same models available in a different material?

Well you obviously did not read what I wrote either as I said if it was "solely" the material used, if they produce the range in resin as well as bone then there would be no issue but if they chose to produce new items or the complete range in this material I would not invest in them.

Why is it that I voice a concern that people have a need to jump on it ?

 Sinful Hero wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:

 BrookM wrote:

 lone dirty dog wrote:
Well I am sorry guys but seeing what I have around the net there is a loss of detail and a softness to it and I won't touch it with a barge pole, it might be ok for gamers who want to field a large army for basic gaming purpose but I want models to collect and enjoy for there detail.

I will be honest if this is the route of future releases I will not be a returning customer, sorry and maybe harsh but that looks to be a inferior material for a quality miniature.

Crap man, wait and see, how hard is that?

I am entitled to spend my money how and where I want also I have seen nothing of the bones range quality inspiring, if you read what I wrote you would understand I was voicing an opinion on the material used and if it was to change solely to that I would no longer wish to invest.

I really don't see how waiting has anything to do with it the evidence is out there to be seen, I prefer resin and metal miniatures that is my preference.

You might like the idea of a cheaper range and good for you, but I have a right as a long time customer to raise my concern as I am sure I am not the only one with this view and highlight the possible risk of loosing customers to quality issues.

So thanks for your opinion on mine but I have no interest in it thanks.

The point was that the line will more than likely continued to be produced in resin. The Bones will be a supplemental material available as well as the higher detailed versions.
Are you going to stop buying because they have the same models available in a different material?

What the hell guys? Why are people getting pounced on in this thread for saying they aren't fans of the Bones plastic?

Sinful, lone dirty dog clearly stated that if Bones plastic is the medium used for future releases he was not going to buy any more of Vic's minis. That is a reasonable statement, isn't it (I placed it in red above)? The material used to cast our toys is important to many of us, and Bones plastic is on the lower end of the materials spectrum for miniatures.

Obviously (most) everyone will wait and see what is in store and decide for themselves whether or not this new venture is something they want to support. In the meanwhile, could the discussions here be fully read before impassioned responses are posted? There are now two instances in as many pages of people attributing motivations to posts that aren't there. Perhaps we can relax and ease up on one another a bit?

I didn't intend there to be any malice in my post, I was just curious. I misinterpreted what was being said, and I apologize.

We have posters of many nationalities on this forum, and English is not a first language for many of them. I understand.

Look I don't want this to kick off it was a personal view and concern that's all , if your happy with the material then great and I am sure there are many who will be however I am not one of those sorry if it offends anyone.

Now let's just leave this be and see what the next update is.

Something to keep in mind, however, is that (to the best of my knowledge) the Star Wars Imperial Assault minis are made out of the same stuff, and all I've ever heard from people is how pretty they are. Dunno if that's true, I'm not a big enough Star Wars fan to get into it (I only play X Wing and Armada because of the rules).

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I dunno about Vic (actually, I do, I just won't speak for her), but I do value the opinions of most of you on this thread.

I think Brook was just counselling a cautious wait-and-see approach, since everything comes out differently.

LDD, I'm certainly not offended that you aren't thrilled with what's been done in the past. I'll just wait to see how it comes out before I rush to judgement. Like I said further up, I share some concerns as well, but, meh, no reason to stress til we know what's what, right?

I keep forgetting that preaching caution with some folks is mission impossible.

Hi Folks,
Just thought I should jump in here and clarify some speculation, Its very nice to see all this interest in Vic Minis

Jake and I have been invited to create a special project which will be a part of the current Reaper Bones III Kickstarter. This will be a special 'guest spot' for a Victoria Miniatures piece, and will appear approximately half way through the campaign.

I understand Bones is not everyone's cup of tea, especially some of the early pieces were not impressive. However they have gotten better with experience, and this piece is being specifically designed with Bones in mind, it will be cast in grey PVC, not the usual Bones white, and will be a big chunk of plastic specifically intended for this medium.

I assure you I have no intention (or the cash) at this point, to retool the entire range in PVC. This project is currently a one off, that will give me the experience of working on project for metal tooling, and will expose Vic Minis to a whole new audience. It will be a good learning exercise, and I look forward to hearing customer feedback. It gives Jake and I the chance to make a big plastic kit without the usual risk and expense and will enable us to offer if for an insanely cheap price if purchased as part of the KS. It will also be available after the KS from Vic MInis, and we have lots of resin add ons already in the works.

Its still a work in progress so I'll be posting some pics in the few days.
Cheers, V

PS: its not the Tank

Seeing as we're almost through the first dungeon, really excited now!