I'll hit it with a mallet momentarily. Oddly enough it doesn't do that when I view the site whilst logged in. I'll have a dig through and see what's causing it.
Well, for a start are you going to keep it mono-race? If so I'd suggest adding Mantic Orcs, goblins (when they are released next year) and other companies like EM4 to your inventory
To start with the focus is on greenskins. In time we may well expand into more races, depending what people want.
That said, Mantic Orcs and Goblins are well within that remit and if that's what you guys think we should be stocking we'll do our best to make it happen. Thanks for the suggestion
Aside from the aforementioned glitch, I'm impressed with the presentation of the website overall.
I'd echo that you may want to expand to other races sooner rather than later. Orks seem like an odd choice to start with, being that the big seller is Space Marines.
Ben: I've always been a greenskin player at heart. I enjoy converting stuff a lot and so I thought I'd go with that. I know what I'm doing with Orks/Orcs far more than with mariney boyz.
In time I may well accomodate marines though, perhaps starting with the AoBR set, if that appeals to anyone?
Anna: Besides, grots are the most awesomest (I don't care if it's not a word!) creatures ever!
Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Things have been going slowly but positively for us and now we're trying to figure out how best to reinvest what we've made so far.
We want to be stocking everything - Mantic, MaxMini, Kromlech, etc. but we can't really afford to do that just yet. We're trying to reinvest wisely so we can reinvest again sooner rather than later. To do that though we're going to need your input.
It boils down to three options at the moment:
Option 1 Start stocking Kromlech products. We would not be selling them as bitz but rather as kits.
We’d be able to ship stuff from the UK rather than Poland making postage cheaper and significantly faster for you. Our prices would also be in Pounds Sterling as you probably guessed and so you wouldn’t need to deal with exchange rates and all that jazz.
In terms of what we’d be stocking, that’d be up to you guys, but we've got some suggestions. We can’t afford to stock their whole range to begin with, although in time we would be.
Option 2 Extend our bitz range to include MaxMini Pirate Orc heads and their Feral Orc heads as well as stocking the GW Lootas & Burnas kit.
(This option would probably carry the most risk for us.)
Option 3 Something else entirely. You tell us.
Prevailing opinion in the office at the moment is to stock some Kromlech stuff but if you feel we'd be making a mistake in doing that, tell us
I'll be starting a mantic orc army soon, so will be looking around for the odd few GW bits of choice to add to it, so having a well-stocked bitz site would be great. My main problem I have with bitz sites is that they are constantly out of stock of everything and don't bother to restock for months at a time so I can never buy the part I want when I want. Your focus on greenskins should allow you to keep on top of things rather than having it out of control trying to track tens of thousands of different bits.
With stock management in mind, you might want to think about grouping some of the bitz... some things, like the heads, you'll want to sell seperately, but stuff like legs can probably be sold as groups. Bitz sites often don't think hard enough about how people will actually use their bitz and as a result take an OCD approach of listing every last little bit in it's own seperate category and then not being able to keep up with all the work involved.
So, with that in mind, I'd have to say that warhammer fantasy plastics would be the best next thing to add... maybe you could get battalion boxes and break them up to start with to give yourself an initial stock of parts.
Mantic orcs would definitely be worth adding, they have neat things on the sprues like the various plastic orclings.. getting the complete GW range sorted first would be the best thing to do though.
We've just restocked most of the warbiker kit. We're considering restocking the missing parts of the trukk kit too but it depends on you guys. Would you rather we stock MaxMini pirate bitz or replenish the trukk kit?
In other news we've just paid for our first order from Kromlech. We're going to be distributing their kits in the UK. The initial order isn't massive as we've got limited funds but with any luck we'll soon be able to sell their whole range.
Thank you so much for this site! I just started Orks and this is an invaluable resource.
If you ever start stocking loota/burna kits I'd be over the moon, but just having access to a dedicated purveyor or boyz is fantastic (with a couple of bitz you can make 13 minis from each box...)
We've done our best to get a variety of Orc stuff from Kromlech although that does mean that we don't have that much in stock. We're also saving up our pennies to buy either MaxMini pirate stuff or another GW kit soon.
There's some cool stuff around the corner that we're getting rather excited about too but more on that soon.
@A Kvlt Ghost Thanks for the praise! We'll do our best to make Lootas and Burnas a priority.
Hey everyone!
January's been going quite well for us on several fronts and so I'm pleased to announce that we'll soon be stocking components from the Lootas & Burnas and Stormboyz kits.
There's some big news coming soon too but I don't want to show anything until I've got something tangible. Vague suggestions are exciting, right?
Well, maybe not, but hopefully you'll understand in a week or two.
New stuff!
Today begins the collaboration between Hive City Terrain and Fox Box. What’s Hive City Terrain?
Well I’ll let Jim tell you himself:
Hive City Terrain was started in 2011 originally to sell resin casts of terrain pieces that I used to create a large board for a heavy urban environment. I created pieces to fit the theme I had in mind and also created pieces that filled a gap in the UK wargames terrain market.
After selling a few sets to friends and having positive feedback the next logical step was to start a small scale business.
Currently I am working with Ben of Fox Box to produce his excellent sculpts.
At the moment Hive City Terrain is predominantly 28mm scale but has pieces in the pipeline for 6mm wargames. Once HCT has made enough money the website will go online with lots of terrain pieces to fulfil a wide range of gaming needs.
-Jim
It's three parts that slot together, spaced to fit three 60mm bases making it ideal for heavy weapons teams. As for the price, £4 for the complete emplacement.
We also now sell Gretchin but they're mostly out of stock. Hopefully there'll be more later in the week. Coming up next: Ork Battlewagon bitz.
Requests for after that?
I'm thinking GW Fantasy stuff, although perhaps you'd prefer the Deff Dread or Killa Kans?
We’ve been hinting at it for a while now but at long last we’re pleased to announce the launch of our own product line.
They’re biker torsos modelled on the Spores of Anarchy Ork bikers you may have seen on The Waaagh or DakkaDakka (although these are more detailed than the ones they’re based on). There’s five different designs and they should fit with most normal scale Orcs and Orks.
As you can see it’s only one modest offering for the moment but there’s many more products in the pipeline. We’re also open to suggestions if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see.
Hopefully it won’t be long before we can announce the next things, although I'll be posting work in progress shots on Twitter and our Facebook. I'll post them here too if there's enough interest, I'm just concerned about being too spammy
Clang wrote:Could we see them painted, please? It's difficult to see the level of detail on the unpainted resin.
Yeah, I know what you mean. Photographing white resin is a huge pain too!
Anyway we should have some painted up shortly. In the meantime I can show you a photo of the greens:
A few things are going to be going to be cast tomorrow. First off there's a set of 5 Orc aviator torsos:
Then there's some heads:
Lastly there's a pistol that's going to be part of another few sculpts, although if you guys want them we can probably make them available separately as well:
Hi there I'm sure i mentioned this a while back when i first came across your site but I'll bring it up anyway. Have you thought about adding the Finecast or ForgeWorld Ork stuff as there seems to be very few places that do them outside of eBay (that's not often either)? I say this because i myself am currently still looking for parts from both ranges but have had no luck. I'm sure I'm not the only one out there that wants these and it would give you something that other similar online stores don't have.
My personally at the moment am after parts from the FW Nob Bikers set and Finecast Ghazghkull Thraka. Very few places seem to do parts from those packs and until they do i've hit a wall.
I also think the FW kommando conversion pack is popular after looking around.
It's been a productive bank holiday weekend here in the Fox Box bunker - we've finally fixed the SSL errors in our shopping cart and even managed to setup shipping to work properly (an update to the Jigoshop TRS extension finally worked, huzzah!). Boring website stuff aside there's also new stuff!
As far as suggestions, I've always wanted to see some retro sci-fi orcs. Basically orcs who got ahold of some ancient earth telecasts of 50s sci-fi movies and took on some of those looks.
Also, I don't know why no one has done this yet, but Doctor Whork... Not conversion bits, but whole models of orcs who have taken on the persona of various versions of the Doctor. I could see them as a nobz mob or pain boyz or mek boyz or even a warboss.
I've just sent a load of things off for manufacture. There's a load of Orc weapons coming but in the meantime here's the nearly done goblin ground crew member:
I've got some goblin weaponry in the works too, hopefully I'll have some details for you shortly
I've been feeling like my bikers are a stuck without a middle ground between pistols and rifles. To solve this little dilemma I've put together a couple of machine pistols:
They're Orc-scale as you've probably guessed.
Aside from restocking work continues as always. Currently this is what's on the workbench:
With any luck I'll have the casts of the previous things I've shown off within the week but it depends when Jim from HCT is available. Also thanks to Sanity Lost for the artwork!
It's been a long time coming but it's like Christmas here. New products galore!
The riot shields are finally available!
In other news the site is getting some polish in a few areas and GW Orc Boyz bitz are available too. The riot shields aren't the only Fox Box resin bitz that have come in though, there's a big pile here. Frantic painting is going on to get the stuff on the site as quickly as possible. We're also launching a new section but there'll be more details about that tomorrow!
You think so? Thanks! It's really nice to hear I'm improving.
The machine pistols will be going up at some point this week (i.e. when I've painted a set to photograph, not "in three months"!). Judging by changes in sixth edition I should probably see about doing some assault rifles though unless a new codex makes slugga boyz useful again.
That said I look forward to using the machine pistols for my biker models.
Right, back to the workbench! These goblins aren't going to sculpt themselves...
Someone has kindly volunteered to paint our products for us so pretty soon you won't have to endure my terrible brush skills. Good news for all of us, methinks.
I have to say, I'm definitely going to be purchasing something at some point, as you're the only website that I've been able to find (and I've been looking for a fair while) that sells grot heads with military style helmets.
Some Orc infantry weapons it would seem. A few machine pistols and SMGs and some sturdy blades should go a long way to adding some variety. With any luck you guys like 'em:
I don't know about you but I can never fit quite as many greenskins on a truck as I'd like. Hopefully this'll go some way to solving that problem!
It's available with wheels or without. Any 27mm wheels with a 4mm axle bore should fit but if you'd like some chunky wheels with it they're available as an option.
That was why they were chosen . I wasn't aware it was under an attribution license though - I'll update that now.
Edit: Fixed. That's really bizarre that I missed that. I'm normally very attentive to licensing and I could have sworn I credited the Tumbeasts when building the site. I shall have to have a dig around to see what happened to that - there's something odd happening here!
Here's another shot:
Annoyingly I've just noticed that his tongue has snapped off again. Curses! He's supposed to be sticking out his tongue as if he's concentrating on getting the shot right!
I'm not sure whether I have the space for that on this particular sculpt at this stage but it can go on one of my others. I'm working on a whole load of gobbos although they're currently waiting on an arms shipment!
Ages ago I posted photos of a goblin sculpt and since then I've sculpted another six or so. Whilst working on them I started thinking about some vehicles for them. Long story short what started out as greasy idea soup is starting to congeal into three different factions. The first two are of course Orcs and Goblins. The third is something else - The Holy Order of the Ark, the Sororitas Arcanum.
So whilst I'm getting the goblins ready for casting I thought I'd release these multi-part bad boys, or more accurately bad girls. Or good? I don't know, it depends where you stand...
BrookM wrote:I take it the hands can hold other types of weapon as well, from say a big miniatures company in the UK?
They definitely fit Anvil Industry's brilliant Regiment weapons:
I don't know about bulkier stuff - they're not super humans after all! Possibly with some hot water a bit of repositioning would work.
Nicky J wrote:Do they even come with arms? There's no arms I the sprue pics...?
Hah, yeah I realised after I put the sprue picture together that I'd managed to forget to photograph the arm sprue. Here's an updated version of the image:
Goblins and Sororitas Arcanum are all well and good but I reckon it's about time the Orcs got back into the action. Here's the latest:
They're made up of interchangeable parts:
With arms to go with them:
There's six designs for each part making for a total of 216 combinations (I'm fairly sure of the maths but if not hopefully some clever clogs can correct me.). Hopefully that's enough to get a bit of variety out there Get them here:
http://fox-box.co.uk/product/fox-box-orc-create-a-shoota-kit-6/
Malika2 wrote: Those are awesome! Really digging the Goblin checking the ammo clip, well done!
Cheers, Malika2! Little easter egg for you: the inside of the weapon that can be seen on that one isn't random mechanicalness - I researched what the inside looks like when the magazine is removed. Well it was that or doing actual work
You have some interesting stuff on your page. You need to advertise those priests in the thread.
However (and I don't want to come of as a dick or anything but) I think you need to get some better paintjobs on the minis and bits. Now they are painted very flat and monotone, thus making them look less attractive rather than more appealing.
CalgarsPimpHand wrote:Create-A-Shoota - those are brilliant!!
Cheers!
Zywus wrote:You have some interesting stuff on your page. You need to advertise those priests in the thread.
Yep, looks like I forgot to post about them here I was hoping to promote them once they're painted but more on that below.
Zywus wrote:However (and I don't want to come of as a dick or anything but) I think you need to get some better paintjobs on the minis and bits. Now they are painted very flat and monotone, thus making them look less attractive rather than more appealing.
Absolutely agreed . The front page of the site could do with a rework too, I don't mind saying.
Phew, it's been a while. ExiliCon and related really kept me busy.
On the plus side it helped me go through my older stock and have a bit of a clear out. I'm trying to determine what's getting a remaster and when. I don't really want to drop anything from my catalogue but some things will be unavailable for a while once the remaining stock is gone.
The current priority is the Truck Extension Kit. The last units of it are gone and the old moulds need to be replaced.
Here's the masters (without the wheels):
Mostly I'm actually quite happy with them. There's a few things I'm going to tweak or repair (the odd lost rivet here or there) but I hope to have them cast up in the next few days.
I'm excited because this was such a difficult kit to put together back in the day and it ended up costing a lot to boot (and so a high price on the store was required). These days I reckon I can probably do all the parts (except the wheels) in a single mould. That'll make casting it a breeze and allow the price to come down to much saner levels. It'll also be cast in a more well-behaved resin.
Whilst working on the truck extension kit I ended up getting a bit sidetracked and started creating my own truck kit.
With any luck it'll be a standalone design that can be extended into a transport vehicle using the extension kit.
It's the same overall length as the extended version of the GW trukk as you can see in this early picture:
I'm looking forward to the next bit of the construction process as it's going to be pretty much exclusively detailing. Then I've got to design another two axles and the canopy frame/roll bars.
Glad to see the extension kit is coming back and always glad to see new ork vehicle kits.
I'll certainly be in the market for both when ready.
A request I will make of you, a range of decent looking, similar but each slightly different, guns for converting GW gobbos into grots. I have a shed full of the little bastards I'd like to turn into grots with a suitable grot gun (I'm thinking something like a more slender/lighter built ork shoota. A sprue of several, like the old gorka and necro weapons, would be sweet.
This is brilliant! The "build your own shootas" is absolutely incredible. Definitely gonna dump some change in the coming weeks. Are there any plans/potential for a "Build your own Snazzguns" kit for Flash Gitz? Honestly, I'd flip if you expanded on the "build your <weapon> idea with burnas, rokkit launchas and deff guns, etc.
MeanGreenStompa wrote:Glad to see the extension kit is coming back and always glad to see new ork vehicle kits.
I'll certainly be in the market for both when ready.
I'm pleased to hear it I'm planning an anti-air configuration and perhaps a tow-truck arrangement. If you've any fun ideas do let me know!
MeanGreenStompa wrote:A request I will make of you, a range of decent looking, similar but each slightly different, guns for converting GW gobbos into grots. I have a shed full of the little bastards I'd like to turn into grots with a suitable grot gun (I'm thinking something like a more slender/lighter built ork shoota. A sprue of several, like the old gorka and necro weapons, would be sweet.
I've had a goblin assault rifle sprue in the works for a while but other projects have taken precedence. Some of those weapons were used for the Goblin Guerrilla Fighters. Would you prefer something less Kalashnikovy?
MacMuckles wrote:This is brilliant! The "build your own shootas" is absolutely incredible. Definitely gonna dump some change in the coming weeks.
I'm so glad you like them! I'm looking forward to putting together a unit of Ork Shoota Boyz using them when I get a few minutes spare.
MacMuckles wrote:Are there any plans/potential for a "Build your own Snazzguns" kit for Flash Gitz? Honestly, I'd flip if you expanded on the "build your <weapon> idea with burnas, rokkit launchas and deff guns, etc.
Snazzguns, eh? Well that would allow for a lot more details! There should definitely be a car battery haphazardly attached somewhere, for a start.
Which weapon classes are the biggest priority? Whilst I could do the lot there's only so many hours in the day and I'm not the fastest mek in the world.
MacMuckles wrote:This is brilliant! The "build your own shootas" is absolutely incredible. Definitely gonna dump some change in the coming weeks.
Fox Box wrote:I'm so glad you like them! I'm looking forward to putting together a unit of Ork Shoota Boyz using them when I get a few minutes spare.
MacMuckles wrote:Are there any plans/potential for a "Build your own Snazzguns" kit for Flash Gitz? Honestly, I'd flip if you expanded on the "build your <weapon> idea with burnas, rokkit launchas and deff guns, etc.
Fox Box wrote:Snazzguns, eh? Well that would allow for a lot more details! There should definitely be a car battery haphazardly attached somewhere, for a start. Which weapon classes are the biggest priority? Whilst I could do the lot there's only so many hours in the day and I'm not the fastest mek in the world.
Your pick, mek! I'd be cool with whatever orky contraption you'll build. Maybe see if others might like the idea (which I'm sure they would) and have a vote on which set of weapons you might make a "build a <weapon>" kit for? My vote goes to Snazz Guns and burnas, personally
I've been working on the armament for the truck and the crew. Once they're done then it should be easy to continue on structural things. This is the problem with creating multi-part kits - things need to interlock but one can't glue them together properly during creation.
The truck is going to have a machine gun option and a rocket launcher option. Currently the focus is on creating the machine gun as it's a very specific design (and whilst the rocket launcher is also its design is significantly simpler). As with other things this is where 28mm "Heroic" scale is tricky - things aren't proportional. I have to make a judgement call on which bits should remain prominent and which can be safely shrunk down.
So for reference the machine gun is based on the M60:
Here it is on the truck (missing its rear iron sight - it hasn't been attached yet):
As you can see the gunner is sitting on a stack of boxes. Currently they're placeholders as they're going to be replaced by ammo tins:
I'm working on a master at the moment:
Once it's done I'll make some copies and use them for a variety of things. Extra boxes and stuff to decorate vehicles If anyone is wondering the rocket launcher is going to be based on the M202 Flash (you might know it as the Grim Reaper from Call of Duty: Black Ops).
MacMuckles wrote: Your pick, mek! I'd be cool with whatever orky contraption you'll build. Maybe see if others might like the idea (which I'm sure they would) and have a vote on which set of weapons you might make a "build a <weapon>" kit for? My vote goes to Snazz Guns and burnas, personally
I'm starting to have a think about snazzguns but I'm not really sure of many interesting directions to take flamethrowers. Maybe inspiration will strike yet though!
The build your own guns is a truly excellent idea, I second the idea of expanding this for your orc range, I think you could do some fantastic things. As you didn't include the ammo with the bodies of the guns most could be pretty universal, so you could just expand into other mags/fuel/battery's to clip underneath and matching barrels/nozzles/rockets on the end.
The progression of your skills seem to be rocketing off. Keep it up look forward to picking up a custom truck and some gun parts and seeing where you take all this!
Zognob Gorgoff wrote: The build your own guns is a truly excellent idea, I second the idea of expanding this for your orc range, I think you could do some fantastic things. As you didn't include the ammo with the bodies of the guns most could be pretty universal, so you could just expand into other mags/fuel/battery's to clip underneath and matching barrels/nozzles/rockets on the end.
Cheers - are you suggesting using the existing ones as a basis for things like Snazzguns or would you just like to see the range of shoota options expanded further?
Zognob Gorgoff wrote: The progression of your skills seem to be rocketing off. Keep it up look forward to picking up a custom truck and some gun parts and seeing where you take all this!
Thanks! I've come a long way but I hope to go a lot further
Viktor von Domm wrote: Nice! Btw, what do charge for postage to Germany? I feel an order coming up
Postage to mainland Europe starts at £4.99 but it's based on weight so it'll vary depending on what you order. On the plus side the cart has a calculator that gives accurate numbers based on what you've picked.
Some of you may have already seen but I figured I'd post it here too. I'm trying to decide what this new set of weapons should be called. They were going to be called "Goblin Assault Rifles" but that was before I added various other weapon types to the mix. There’s a machine gun (RPK), a rocket launcher (RPG-7), and several carbines (AKS-74U and similar).
Second problem - putting "goblin" in the product name is a bit confusing because they're for humans too. Here's a GW Catachan squaddie with one:
I also thought of just calling them "Goblin Assault Weapons" but the term "assault weapon" has a fair bit of political baggage attached to it in the US. Probably best to give that one a miss.
AK-40K7s?
AKs Of The Future?
Sci-Fi Russian Rifles?
Sci-Fi Bad Guy Guns?
Adeptus Kalashnikus?
Accept No Substitute? (as in "if you absolutely, positively got to convert every last miniature in the room, accept no substitute...")
Assault Kanon 47. Because seriously if its that size on a catchcan, then it's the size of a canon for a goblin/gretchin. Kanon with a K since goblinz kant spel rihte. Model 47 because ........reasons
Yeah, I don't think the term "assault rifles" has any particular baggage in context of a miniature wargame. Especially considering assault weaponry is a specific type of weapon in said wargame.
Theophony wrote: Assault Kanon 47. Because seriously if its that size on a catchcan, then it's the size of a canon for a goblin/gretchin. Kanon with a K since goblinz kant spel rihte. Model 47 because ........reasons
jmurph wrote: Yeah, I don't think the term "assault rifles" has any particular baggage in context of a miniature wargame. Especially considering assault weaponry is a specific type of weapon in said wargame.
The choice of terms for games is up to the designers and they're not the ones selling products with the term in the name. Let's be clear though "assault rifle" isn't the problem - the more generic "assault weapon" is. It's a bit like journalists not being able to tell the difference between a hunting rifle and a machine gun and how that reflects on their understanding of a story. My customers are mostly wargamers but anyone can browse the site and the company name has my surname in it so hopefully you can understand why I'm a tad cautious!
Thanks to everyone who helped us out by suggesting names for our new product!
When we posed the question it was to get some help with a problem we were grappling with but so many of you chipped in that we agreed (in secret, all very hush hush) to make a competition of it. We’re planning on doing some properly announced competitions in the future but I’m sure you won’t mind us giving away some free stuff right now.
After much deliberation we’ve chosen to combine two excellent suggestions, which means that we have two winners! Congratulations to both B0b Marley and MacMuckles: you each get £10 of store credit to spend on Fox Box brand stuff.
We’ve also got a special prize for Roy James for his entry on Facebook: Dakka dakka bling bling…………Sprue. We’re not going to use it but anything that gets a good chuckle out of us is worth rewarding. £5 of Fox Box stuff for him too!
Meet the new product: Red Army Scrapguns! A sprue full of kickass for just £3.50. Fits both goblins and humans.
It's the 26th December and that makes this Boxing Day, at least in the UK. Admittedly we're on holiday somewhere else but we're feeling a bit homesick so we're getting into the spirit of things with a 50% sale on Fox Box products.
We're still away though so things won't be shipped until we're back in early January but given the state the postal system ends up in at this time of year orders probably wouldn't reach you any quicker even if we posted them immediately!
Well we were ill for all of January which was a huge bucket of no fun whatsoever. We're back now though and we're releasing our first vehicle. It's a bike, snowmobile, skidoo-y thing and it looks like this:
Also we're nearly done putting together our first (specifically) human weapon sprue:
Is there anything crucial that's missing?
Things like special weapons and other heavy weapons will probably be added later when we've got designs that we're satisfied with. Is there anything obvious that we've left out though?
got me recently quite a bunch of your grotlings...when you announced that sale...awesome quality...
what i would like to see for these stingers would be the unpainted parts...to see how i can cope with the quite uniform look of the model...and how to do conversions...
Viktor von Domm wrote: got me recently quite a bunch of your grotlings...when you announced that sale...awesome quality...
Cheers! I've got a few new gobbos in the pipeline that you'll hopefully like
Viktor von Domm wrote: what i would like to see for these stingers would be the unpainted parts...to see how i can cope with the quite uniform look of the model...and how to do conversions...
the anachronistic 360° view is very helpful, but a picture of all parts would be more use to my special needs
also...more gobbos is always a blessing^^
if by chance these would allow for different hand posing...aka open hands , gesturing or able to hold various stuff...i´d be all over them...*hint, hint, hint...*
Viktor von Domm wrote: the anachronistic 360° view is very helpful, but a picture of all parts would be more use to my special needs
Does this help at all?
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Viktor von Domm wrote: if by chance these would allow for different hand posing...aka open hands , gesturing or able to hold various stuff...i´d be all over them...*hint, hint, hint...*
I would love to be able to offer them as full multi-part models. The problem is that multi-part kits take an absolute age to sculpt. Every part needs to fit with every other part and so each new part has to be checked against all the ones created so far, adjusted, retested, and so on. One day I'll get there though but it's going to be a while, sadly.
On the plus side if I can use the existing gobbos as a basis for a multi-part range then it'll make the process easier. Lots of other things to be working on in the meantime though. I do want to create a goblin technical though and I've got a weird goblin bicycle thing nearly done too...
Yes, thats the ticket...tho it verifies my fear of the kit...if one would want to swap an arm with another wielding agun/cchoppy, then the handle wouldn't be there...hmmm but I bet the handle is per se a rather simple straight forward shape, right?
And I see your point here with the multi part kit issue...tho, these arms as described, in a way like your ork arm set you did would also be a leap into the right direction...
And a technical would be a cool idea...depends on the vehicle it is based upon...would avoid the too strong Isis look tho...
Viktor von Domm wrote: Yes, thats the ticket...tho it verifies my fear of the kit...if one would want to swap an arm with another wielding agun/cchoppy, then the handle wouldn't be there...hmmm but I bet the handle is per se a rather simple straight forward shape, right?
Any old bit of rodding or sprue should do the trick.
Viktor von Domm wrote: And I see your point here with the multi part kit issue...tho, these arms as described, in a way like your ork arm set you did would also be a leap into the right direction...
It's all definitely do-able - it's just a matter of how long it takes to get it done and which projects have to be sacrificed to free up that time. At the moment I'd like to give the goblins a few other options like a few heavy weapons and a couple of vehicles. They're not really being built for any one rule set.
Viktor von Domm wrote: And a technical would be a cool idea...depends on the vehicle it is based upon...
It wouldn't be based on any vehicle in particular - that's pretty much what makes it a technical It'd be a generic pick-up truck with a mounted gun. I don't know enough about cars to base it on anything anyway!
That sounds more like a paintwork issue and the day I have to sell painted models you know it's game over Joking aside I have no idea what an ISIS vehicle even looks like!
I'm trying to figure out what to do about a new version of my Orc Riot Shields. Currently they're a set of three but I want to redesign the sprue to contain five or six but in doing so it seems to be a sensible idea to pair them with another arm.
The question then becomes this: pistols or clubs?
Baton-like clubs would fit the theme better but perhaps you guys would prefer pistols and close-combat weapons.
It's Leap Day so we've got something special for you!
TODAY ONLY you can bid on our Sororitas Arcanum starter force kit as part of a charity auction raising money for Post Pals. You've got until 10pm to get your bids in!
That's 2200 UTC, 2100 in most of mainland Europe, 2pm Pacific Standard Time, 4pm Central Standard Time, and 5pm Eastern Standard Time. Probably.
It's in just under seven hours anyway.
All money goes towards giving sick kids and their families a well deserved weekend away from hospital
Blurb about the kit:
The kit contains all the parts necessary to build 15 female warriors split into three squads. It also comes with two warrior priests and an exclusive PRE-RELEASE canoness model.
Perfect starter kit for anyone wanting to take up wargaming -- makes a great gift or a treat for yourself.
Supplied unassembled and unpainted.
Full list of contents:
3 x Sororitas Arcanum Squads
2 x Sororitas Arcanum Priests
1 x Sororitas Arcanum Canoness
1 x Human Sci-Fi Weapons Sprue
1 x Kneadatite modelling putty
1 x Super Glue
MacMuckles wrote: Maybe make both sets, and have clubs/pistols separate sprues from the shields and let customers choose which they'd like with their order?
I want to make one mould that contains both left and right arms so it's kind of a one or the other type deal, sadly. For now I'm going with clubs for batoning people
The bottom row looks interesting but I don't really understand the big guns or how they're meant to be used with an infantry kit. Do you have an example of them in use? What are the fifth, sixth, and seventh from the left (bottom row) meant to be as well? I'm guessing the sixth and seventh are a heavy flamer and multi-melta respectively.. is the other some type of heavy bolter?
MLaw wrote: The bottom row looks interesting but I don't really understand the big guns or how they're meant to be used with an infantry kit.
The short answer is that the arms that would go with them are specific to Sororitas Arcanum models and aren't finished yet.
The longer answer is that I figured that these models might be used for a variety of games and models and as such would probably need to be modified a fair bit to fit if they came with specific handles and grips. I need some for some SA models with heavy weapons and I figured it wouldn't do any harm to make them available as a bit of a bonus for others wanting them.
MLaw wrote: What are the fifth, sixth, and seventh from the left (bottom row) meant to be as well?
From left to right: Falchion heavy machine gun, some sort of big flamethrowery thing, and a heavy Thermal Agitator (“Thermag”).
I've designed pistol and specialist weapon versions of these too but they currently only exist as specifications.
Now for my stuff. I made some basic Orc legs and figured other people might want them too.
They're not supposed to be amazingly dynamic, beautiful, or impressive. They come in a set of six and are pretty cheap.
Again, get 'em here:
http://fox-box.co.uk/product/fox-box-basic-orc-legs-6/
Lastly we've got shotguns. Good for dealing with pretty much anything that gets too close and available in a variety of styles:
I ordered the two of the engine packs and they've arrived promptly and well packaged
all cast in a good quality cream resin, sharp casts and very little flash (and a chunky pour gate, but positioned in an easy place to remove)
I shall have to knock up a buggy or walker or two for them to go in
they also threw in some miscast barrels as freebies (always useful), a couple of ork arms (club and pistol), very nice casts again, and a machinegun & ammo belt, again very nice, thanks guys!
so if you're interested in buying I can recommend their service
I don't know about you but when it comes to long weekends the first day is pretty much a write-off. With any luck though we're now all a bit better rested and can get on with whatever it was we'd planned to do with this Easter holiday thingy.
We've not got any tasty chocolate eggs for you but we do have a 20% off sale on Fox Box branded stuff:
The code is "yoink-2016" if the image doesn't display for you
all cast in a good quality cream resin, sharp casts and very little flash (and a chunky pour gate, but positioned in an easy place to remove)
I shall have to knock up a buggy or walker or two for them to go in
they also threw in some miscast barrels as freebies (always useful), a couple of ork arms (club and pistol), very nice casts again, and a machinegun & ammo belt, again very nice, thanks guys!
so if you're interested in buying I can recommend their service
Cheers for the feedback and review, OrlandotheTechnicoloured!
Also this is a bump for the sale as it's still on:
Fox Box wrote: I don't know about you but when it comes to long weekends the first day is pretty much a write-off. With any luck though we're now all a bit better rested and can get on with whatever it was we'd planned to do with this Easter holiday thingy.
We've not got any tasty chocolate eggs for you but we do have a 20% off sale on Fox Box branded stuff:
The code is "yoink-2016" if the image doesn't display for you
Every now and again a mould needs replacing and usually that's a fun opportunity for us to add new details to the new version. Currently the Create-a-Shoota kit is being redone (they're not gone forever, worry ye not!) but these bad-boys are finally available separately:
http://fox-box.co.uk/product/fox-box-armoured-truck-wheels-4/
Unless otherwise stated our wheels all use the standard 4mm diameter axle that seems to have become the de-facto standard.
We're still getting stuff setup at our new place but in the meantime stuff is being worked on. A few of you asked about when our old Create-a-Shoota kit will be back in stock and the answer to that is "it won't" - it's being upgraded to a new version with more bitz! The old one had six weapons arranged to allow 216 possible combinations. The new one will allow for a thousand!
The bits aren't on a sprue yet but here they are laid out for you to ogle:
Others have been asking after the truck extension kit. It's coming back soon too - I just want to make sure the new version includes all the relevant parts to fit with the new truck kit:
It pairs with the (soon to be reissued) truck extension kit like this:
So now wheels have been cast, the chassis and axles are ready, the cabin needs a few more rivets, and wait - we need some crew right? Weapons would be a good shout too, I expect.
Here's the first cast from the mould. It needed a few tweaks and a certain prat forgot to remove the pedal masters from the driver's feet before pouring in resin but not bad overall!
I'm pleased that the fine details of the weapons survived:
If you want to replace them with something more post apocalyptic I'm sure you won't struggle. Personally I'm rather fond of the M60 and M202 FLASH (which would in no way be safe to mount on a vehicle like this!). I feel like I'm getting better at tweaking weapon proportions to match heroic scale - in the past I've found it difficult to stray from the real world proportions.
Back in 2010 The Unnamed Gorkamorka Site released a Halloween scenario featuring “Da Monster” drawn by Clayton Tait. Well YakTribe had a contest a little while back with the theme “It came from the…” and I felt like having a bash at this sculpt would be a fun challenge. It’s taken a while to get it cleared for commercial release but now we’re good to go!
As you can see in the comparison photos – this guy is big. He can easily go toe-to-toe with a Games Workshop Ork warboss and uses a similar 40mm base:
Here's a spinny video thingy of him:
adamsouza wrote: Just discovered this thread, and your site. Great stuff !!
Just curious, any chance of you selling just the drivers and heavy weapons separate from the vehicle ?
That driver and gunner, and those heavy weapons, would look at home on my scratch built vehicles.
I'd like to eventually but it's a fairly low priority at the moment as there's a pretty big backlog of things to get released at the mo'! I'll get there eventually
I was putting these together for something else and Kiblams suggested I cast them as they are as well. I trust him so here they are!
From left to right: Capped oil displacement spray Oil can Open-style toolbox Barn-style toolbox Pack o’ smokes Blowtorch Pipewrench Tube of gunk A mallet or lump hammer
Right-o, sale time! You've got until the end of Halloween to use the code to get 25% off our own products (as opposed to plastic bitz). Which ones are they? These ones:
http://fox-box.co.uk/product-category/fox-box/
Something a bit different today - a new thing that we're selling.
Some of you may have seen these around - well now they're available.
To buy.
You know, with money.
They're made of acrylic, lasers are used to make 'em (always a good selling point), and they look damned cool when they're assembled.
The missus tries to keep my priorities straight when it comes to working on things but I'm a slippery one sometimes. I'll have fobbed her off in October with "Nah, that can wait" or something and so November became a bit of a mad scramble to get this guy finished:
There's a short video of me showing off the kit and how it fits together too:
Last thing - posting dates. With Christmas coming up the Royal Mail has cut-off times for getting things delivered. After a certain point stuff basically won't arrive until the first week of January.
So if you want things to arrive before then here's the deal:
I'll be taking a break from 16th December to ~3rd January.
As the end credits of Love Actually roll and I stubbornly refuse to remove my paper hat from dinner it occurs to me that it's probably time to announce our second Foxing Day sale. Instead of a voucher code this time we're sticking a load of discounts on things for Boxing Day.
It runs from, erm, now, until the end of boxing day (UK time, so 23:59 UTC 27/12).
I've been brushing up on my styrene skills and in between working on other things and a commission I've found the time to add a bit of polish and an extra design to our old Orc Revolver set.
Here it is on a GW Ork Boy for size comparison:
I've not got a painted one to update the product image with so this silliness will have to do for now:
I made one of these for another project and couldn't resist turning them into a full set. Now to figure out how best to strap a load of them to my next vehicle build...
We don’t go on many holidays and they’re rarely anywhere glamorous. This time we’re heading to Wales to visit my parents. I know, that Instagram life I lead. Anyway, my folks always ask how things are going with the business and it’d be nice to be able to have a good moan about all the work I’m going to need to do when we get back!
As the graphic below says the code to put in at checkout is “eggthingy2017”. Mmmm eggs…
We run JigoShop as our ecommerce solution and have done since it was a fairly new bit of software. A little while back, a few months, something like that, they finally hit version 2.0. I don’t make a habit of upgrading production software until it’s been out a while just in case there’s some show-stopping bugs that haven’t been found yet.
So when we get back from our holiday I’ll be tinkering with the software and doing my best to make sure everything is running smoothly. This could take a few hours, or it could take days. I have no idea – that’s one of the reasons I’ve been putting off doing it!
I’ll also be revising our postage costs slightly as it’s now a new financial year and that means the Royal Mail have once again raised their prices. One more reason to get orders in before the sale ends!
Now if only I could convince someone to buy me a chocolate egg. It’s been bloody years!
Some of you might have been following this project on our Facebook page and have seen some of the fun setbacks we ran into but to others this'll be all new. It's going to be on our site within a month but until then the only way to get it is to be at ChillCon 2017 in Sheffield at the end of May.
There's also a YouTube video of it on a turntable:
We've been playing Shadow War: Armageddon at our local gaming club too and there's various things that aren't directly related to greenskins that we're selling as a result. LavaTurbine makes these NecroGauges with various handy measurements on them:
https://fox-box.co.uk/product/lavaturbine-necrogauge/
Getting back to Shadow War the missus favours the Adepta Sororitas and has been viciously successful against my Orks as well as a few other opponents. I've seen an Inquisition force take her down before though, eventually...
Anyway, for that she uses my Sororitas Arcanum models as proxies and this has given me a bit of a boot up the backside to get a few things released. The Sororitas Arcanum models are, whenever possible, multi-part. I built them that way to allow for replacement parts like these:
https://fox-box.co.uk/product/fox-box-sororitas-arcanum-crusader-non-boob-plate-torsos/
Then there's this character model which I sculpted a few years back but still rather like, even if it's not all that flattering. It's based on the missus and comes with a whole swathe of weapon options:
Some other WiP shots from various people's builds of her:
https://fox-box.co.uk/product/fox-box-sororitas-arcanum-canoness/
Last thing - we were at Barrage in Staffordshire a little while back. I sculpted a participation prize for a competition based on a mechanic from Mad Max:
He's not for sale but I've got a few left and orders over £25 will get a free copy thrown in until the bag's empty.
I've been a bit busy today fixing some database issues on the site's backend but the sale is still happening. Also it'll run until the end of 2017 - 'owzat?
GW bitz are having some issues - trying to get their visibility sorted at the moment (lots of GW plastics are showing up despite being out of stock. You can't order them by accident but it's annoying that they're ignoring the "hide out of stock items" setting!).
Right, back to eating Christmas dinner leftovers for me!
They're shown off individually in this turntable video:
Right, I'm going to get back to fighting with the API. There's a load of plastic bitz to go up but I need to make sure the shop software actually knows we have them!
Several fun new things! First there's a pack of things that are sort of hard to categories. They're for making vehicles and terrain a bit more interesting - greeblifiying them.
Looks like a box of munitions has arrived!
It has been a long time coming but it's finally ready for release - the 
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