Hey Joel, good to see you back.

Any word on what's happening with Afterlife? Last I remember I think you were revising the rules for a v1.5 or v2.0?

And i'm not sure if i'm just being dense, but I can't find anything about Afterlife on the website either. Bitz and whatlike are there, but there's no dedicated section that I can find.

I recently dug all my Shards of Liberty kickstarter stuff out of the loft to paint up and use in Stargrave when that hits later in the year. Such nice stuff, it'd be really nice to see a revival perhaps as Regiments parts.

Pretty cool mech. Is that pilot scaled like a baseline human or more like a powerarmored supersoldier? And does the mech fit a similar hight/width than an Imperial Guard Sentinel?

@Billicus - Thanks - I think I've nailed "generic sci fi" becuases people have said it "looks like" half a dozen different major mechs!

Hoping to add more options in the future to allow more variants.

@Snrub - We took down the entire Afterlife section right at the start of the first covid lockdown, along with a bunch of other products. We had to make some tough decisions on what we could feasibly keep stocked with a smaller staff in the studio.

We hope to have everything back again by the middle of the year.

We have not yet decided exactly what we will do with Afterlife, but scaling the parts and integrating them with the regiments range is an obvious possibility.

@Pyroalchi - Its ever so slightly taller and bulkier than a Sentinel, but broadly comparable. The pilot model is 31mm heroic scale to match our regiments range and most GW Guard models.

Have you tried it on a filament printer? I'm kind of interested, but I have not made the leap to resin yet.

Ah that's exciting to hear that the Afterlife section will hopefully come back. I really like that range.

@theophony, You can print our miniatures on a filament printer in the same way you can undercoat them with dulux matt emulsion.

Technically possible, Strongly advise against.


I have actually seen it done, using a very fine nozzle and very thin layers, but my view remains that FDM is great for terrain and wrecked vehicles and not much else.

Very nice new resin figures from Anvil went up for preorder yesterday, nice sci-fi drop troopers (reminiscent of Titanfall to my eye)

https://anvilindustry.co.uk/high-tech-drop-troopers

Billicus wrote:
Very nice new resin figures from Anvil went up for preorder yesterday, nice sci-fi drop troopers (reminiscent of Titanfall to my eye)

https://anvilindustry.co.uk/high-tech-drop-troopers

and we are DELIGHTED!

It has been an entire YEAR since we were last able to release new resin miniatures. We still have work to do to optimise our process further and get fully caught up with mould making and fully stocked but we are making good progress. We hope to have a new resin release every month going forward! We have plenty of awesome designs from the Patreon releases to do resin version of

Lots if promising future resin releases for those of us who don’t have printers, I wish you well for 2021!

If you manage to re-release the Afterlife sculpts I think this will be pure perfection - some of the robots, weapons and helmet options will really add to the modularity!

New drop troopers look cool as all get out by the way

Whereas I'd love it if more of the resin-only regiments stuff became available on Anvil Digital. I love the results of my Patreon subscription, but specifically because I can re-scale the minis down from Games Workshop scale to match the rest of my sci-fi/modern stuff.

If I could add the Regiments PMC stuff to the digital Post Apocalypse bundle, I'd buy the STL files in a heartbeat! (And I'd grab the robed cultist stuff in a heartbeat, too. The only thing holding me back there is that I don't do Games Workshop scale anymore.)

...and gorgeous they are too! Only managed to paint the 'pilot' so far but more on the way soon.

Those of you who have got good results printing the Anvil Digital Forge stuff, what printers have you used? Thinking of finally making the jump.

Last few months releases have looked great.

 carlos13th wrote:
Those of you who have got good results printing the Anvil Digital Forge stuff, what printers have you used? Thinking of finally making the jump.

Last few months releases have looked great.

the Mars 2/Mars 2 pro by elegoo are pretty good, I've gotten good results from the pro while printing the anvil light mech.

Hi Everyone,

As the thread tag now states, we have some job opportunities.

1 x CAD artist position - mostly remote working but one day a fortnight in the studio in East London

1 x Marketing and Administration role.

Full details are available on our careers page HERE

If you think you are suitable for either role, we look forward to hearing from you.

Also if you know anyone who would be perfect for either position, please let them know!

Thanks

Joel

Anvil Industry is selling more of their B grade bits bags, but you have to get their very nice looking 10th anniversary model to purchase.



Still not a bad deal and it seems like there's always a few weapons or other parts I can pick up too.

We will probably sell some bitz bags on their own at some point, but last time we tried, we practically set our server on fire and a lot of people were understandable dissapointed!

We've got some awesome new resin releases, originally on our patreon a few months back. Post apocalyptic survivor miniatures and conversion parts!

check out the new sprues and kits On www.anvilindustry.co.uk HERE

Thanks,

Joel

For those of you with a 3D printer, or planning to get one, Our Patreon offering is pretty special this month - A Blender based Modular Drone Builder with over 300,000 unique combinations!

All the example renders HERE

Component break down HERE

I am doing some live streams on our discord, the first one is later this evening UK time - details HERE

Cheers

Joel

That look great. But if I build models out of bits in Blender, does that mean I have to support them myself?

While I haven't taken the plunge with Anvil yet, I just wanted to say that I've always admired your Afterlife range, and I'm glad that it seems more of it will be made available to purchase again in the future. (I.e., it's not too late for me!)

I also wanted to ask Joel if he's ever considered doing some alien models? Or mutants, or nonhuman alien monsters? If not, is that due to personal taste and interest or because you don't think there's enough of a market there for them? In the latter case, are there alien designs you've tinkered with but not released?

Just curious. I know aliens aren't everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine.

@Lord Blackfang- I've got you covered, the pre-supports are included in Blender and auto update for different model choices - it's as close to plug and play as it gets.

@Vermonter - We actually did a full set of alien bounty hunters for Patreon earlier this year. it was a lot of fun!
https://anvilindustry.co.uk/digital-alien-bounty-hunters-bundle
I don't know if/when the models will make it to resin though.

Mutants, of the chaotic variety, are coming out on Patreon next month! Again resin is possible but I dont know for certain.

Oooooo, these drones have so many cool uses. Maybe as a C.A.T. replacement for Navy Breachers Kill Team if they scale small enough?

Speaking of, is there a way to get the shotgun model from the Corporate Security Forces without having to buy the whole pack? Want to use them with the Gothic Void Troopers for said Kill Team.

Also, I can vouch that the multi-shell approach in blender that Anvil does is easy to use. That's how I made an assault cannon for Void Troopers using the Light Assault Mech modular weapon design.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@Lord Blackfang- I've got you covered, the pre-supports are included in Blender and auto update for different model choices - it's as close to plug and play as it gets.

Well this must be some of that technology indistinguishable from magic that Arthur C. Clarke kept talking about!

I mean...I have a box on my counter that slowly pulls miniatures up out of a vat of poison. I feel like we're there, yeah.

Hello Everyone,

We've got a couple of offers running for Black Friday/Cyber Monday - You can get a free bitz bag on qualifying orders over £50 for physical product, and 50% off our entire digital catalogue! (place two separate orders if you want to take advantage of both offers)

www.anvilindustry.co.uk

We've also got digital Diesel Punk Exo-Lords as a double month on Patreon for November and December, so sign up before the end of the month to get the entire Exo-Lords set at Patreon price.

patreon Anvil Digital Forge

as an added bonus, we've recently launched ARMOURgeddon - our loyalty reward program which is offering a FREE mech digital kit every three months.

Patrons signed up in November, December AND January will receive the updated and improved Mk2 Goliath Assault Mech (pictured below) for free!

ARMOURgeddon Details HERE (Patreon Post)

Thanks everyone!

Joel

This Month (March) on the Anvil Digital Forge is Undercover Operators!

$10 gets you enough modular components to make over 5000 unique miniature combinations!

See more examples in the full reveal post here:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/march-undercover-79349234

Thanks

Joel

Nice as always!

It's SALUTE weekend!

I unfortunately am having to miss the show due to a lingering Covid infection, but the team are there with B-Grade Bitz Bags, and for the first time a limited selection of 3D printed items for sale, including the extremely popular Light Assault Mech and Goliath Heavy Assault Mech kits!

We know lots of people will want these kits who cant make it to the show, so we are making the Mechs available on our website for a limited trial run - you can Pre-Order either kit now until Monday:

https://anvilindustry.co.uk/preorder

While I'm here, this months theme on Patreon is Gothic Tech Horror

Check out the Patreon set here, available to download now! :

https://www.patreon.com/posts/april-gothic-80762760

Thanks

Joel

These all look fantastic!

They are fantastic, just covered salute a few hours ago and these casts are SUPER crisp and the minis design is amazing! Top class minis.

Hello Everyone!

This months Patreon project is the third instalment of our very popular Sci-Fi Drop Troopers, and this time we are going for the heaviest armour possible!

See everything you get and sign up on Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/mays-heavy-drop-82018170

We have also recently revealed our latest ARMOURgeddon three month loyalty reward - the Wasteland Truck Builder - a Digital kit which will allow you to customise and print over TEN MILLION unique trucks!

Read all about it here -

https://www.patreon.com/posts/armourgeddon-for-82523772

To get the Wasteland Truck Builder for FREE - Subscribe to our Patreon in May and stay subscribed for both June and July - Three consecutive months.

Thanks

Joel

Hi All!

Last couple of days left to sign up and get this months Heavy Drop troop STL's +eligability for the Truck Builder, our next 3 month loyalty reward!

We also only need 10 more subscribers to unlock a bonus specialist weapon for the drop troopers!

If you don't have a 3D printer, we are also running a pre-order to purchase a 3D printed squad of heavy drop trooper figures, pre-assembled and ready to paint!
https://anvilindustry.co.uk/heavy-drop-troop-squad-pre-order

Thanks

Joel

Hello Everyone - some important updates:

Just a few days left in August to grab this months STL set - Modern Day Civilian Disaster Response Teams (Patreon)

ALSO - Our next ARMOURgeddon Loyalty Reward Scheme is the imposing 'Barbican' Medieval War Mech - this huge multi part model is available for FREE to anyone subscribed to our Patreon for three consecutive months: August, September and October.

The new mech is fully compatible with the joint system from our Dieselpunk Mech and most parts can be swapped between the two kits!

See the full Mech Pack details HERE (patreon)

We are also having a 50% off sale on all STL packs on our website until September 6th

Click Here and Use coupon code: SUMMER23 to get 50% off all STL packs.

Thanks

Joel