Those doors make me wish I played DA.

I wouldn't call it a COMPLAINT, but I kind of wish the Death Angels on the side doors were using the same weapon. I'm just CDO like that.

Well I made them with 3-4 chapters in mind.
Salamanders (the heavy flamer)
Dark angels/generic (the assault cannon)
Grey Knights/Custodes/generic (the front bolter/halbeards and pre heresy armour on the marines)

Since I run both sallies and kniggets you could call me a weak minded egoistic bastard lol

OK, I looked at the stormraven kit like 3 or 4 times now, and I'm still not clear what it does, exactly. Does it just lengthen the cabin, or what?

Yep looks like Daddy is getting some new doors for his Deathwing land raiders...wonder how hard it will be to pull those doors and front hatch off

Those are amazing gun-halberds. Fantastic stuff. And the detail on those death angel doors is incredible. Absolutely amazing.

Damn I already painted my BA land raider thors dors whode be nice on it ...too bad its to late

Wow, those are the coolest side hatches I've ever seen.

And I'll be getting a Stormraven extension kit for sure.

Also waiting for a painted assembled pic of the TRUE-scale Storm Raven. Guess many people are.

BTW Storm Raven uses Rhino Doors, not Land Raider doors, or is the conversion set different?

Pyriel- wrote:

I wouldn't call it a COMPLAINT, but I kind of wish the Death Angels on the side doors were using the same weapon. I'm just CDO like that.

Well I made them with 3-4 chapters in mind.
Salamanders (the heavy flamer)
Dark angels/generic (the assault cannon)
Grey Knights/Custodes/generic (the front bolter/halbeards and pre heresy armour on the marines)

Since I run both sallies and kniggets you could call me a weak minded egoistic bastard lol

Personally, I think that's why it will work so great for my BA successor chapter. I use a ton of heavy flamers and assault cannons (plus, if you put it on a LR redeemer, you could see the flamer as a flamestorm cannon), and I'm going to be using the halberd/bolters to represent glaives and angelus boltguns in my sanguinary guard (I never liked the fact that their "glaives" were all swords and axes -- see glaive).

Which brings up a point for Nick: you could also market the halberds as "glaives for space vampire-angel gothic knights."

Chapterhouse wrote:

These are GREAT!

Freakin' beautiful work! I am in awe and drooling at the prospect of adding these to my marines Exemplars as a commanders land raider! I tell you this stuff from chapterhouse is just getting better and better! thanks chpaterhouse and your awesome sculpters! (you know who you are) :-)

Nerdfest09

I can't see the pictures....

edit: Nevermind, problem on my end.

Those doors look awesome! Gun-halbred look excellent as well! The storm raven pics are a bit hard to decipher. I'm assuming your making the model a good bit longer?

Some great releases! congrats Nick!

Wow Nick! Huge props on the Angels doors. They are by far the best thing you've churned out to date. They are incredible and I do like the lower door. You should consider selling just that door.

Those halberds would make good weapons for my "counts as" Sanguinary Guard, shame i've already got 2 units made up. Time for a 3rd then

Also tempted by the conversion beamer kit as well.

Very nice!

any chance for some pre heresy luna wolves, sons of horus, alpha legion, thousand sons, emperors children, death guard, and word bearers land raider and rhino doors?

Good news,

While not enough to fill anywhere near the majority of pre-orders for the Storm Raven TRU-Scale conversion kit or the Wheeled Chimera kit, I received the first 6 and 14 cast of each kit respectively and packed those off to ship tommorow.

Anyone who had ordered the Conversion-Beamer kit and and Gun-Halberd kits (and was not on a long list of waiting SR or Chimera kits) will also ship out tomorrow!

I hope you guys like them.

Nick - Chapterhousestudios.com

I've often posted to say I don't much like CH stuff in the past, but what you've been showing off over the past few weeks is absolutely superb -- definitely at GW quality or above. Really impressive work, guys.

Stupid Canada Post labour dispute!

Those gun halberds and a few other things are definitely on the list for when that ends and I can get mail again.

Just got a message from CH...my SR tru-scale kit is shipping today!!! Very impressed, and thank you for the courtesy email, Nick.

My SR kit from Maelstrom is due early next week as well, so perfect timing. (Bought it in their "GW to Rest of World Closing Down sale." AU$110 here, AU$53 from Maelstrom...feth you, GW.)

(Love the GW models, hate the GW company...)

Padre^.

Any chance we can have any arbite type heads, maybe we could call em, judge head?

Great work CH. Any chance you will be making collar guards for terminators?

The package came today and at first blush I was really impressed. The detail on the SR parts is a perfect match and there was almost none of the "fell through a black hole" warping so common to Forge World's resin. Then I realized there were no instructions for the Storm Raven conversion and the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths.

Now the lack of instructions for the SR I can live with, after all the parts are reasonably obvious and I've been building models since LBJ was president. But the differing length hull sides are just awful. There was nothing about any of the web images that showed this design "choice" and I've got to say it ruins the whole thing for me. The unbalanced look is just weird.

Heaven knows I love a lot of CHS's other bits, but the Chimera is a non-starter and will be going to eBay this evening. Very disappointing.

Woah now that sounds disappointing. Can you post up some pics?

Did you get an email saying that you were getting your kits. I haven't heard a thing.

Are you sure the different sizes aren't a mist cast or mistake?

demontalons wrote:Great work CH. Any chance you will be making collar guards for terminators?

I bit of an obscure request, but I'd love to see these too!

Anything to help get a Pre-Heresy looking Terminator suit on the field would be greatly appreciated...

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths

Um, don't they have to be different lengths, because the left side of the hull (with the HB mounting) is shorter?

Clang wrote:

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths

Um, don't they have to be different lengths, because the left side of the hull (with the HB mounting) is shorter?

Ever actually built a Chimera?

I would also like to see pics of the sides.

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The package came today and at first blush I was really impressed. The detail on the SR parts is a perfect match and there was almost none of the "fell through a black hole" warping so common to Forge World's resin. Then I realized there were no instructions for the Storm Raven conversion and the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths.

Now the lack of instructions for the SR I can live with, after all the parts are reasonably obvious and I've been building models since LBJ was president. But the differing length hull sides are just awful. There was nothing about any of the web images that showed this design "choice" and I've got to say it ruins the whole thing for me. The unbalanced look is just weird.

Heaven knows I love a lot of CHS's other bits, but the Chimera is a non-starter and will be going to eBay this evening. Very disappointing.

You are more then welcome to return your unsatisfactory kit for a refund. From the positive reception I have had from other purchasers of the Chimera kit, it seems more like personal preference on your end.

One side of the hull has to be longer slightly then the other since the Chimera front hull is longer on one side then the other due to the GW design. The wheel locations and the back hull are both in the same location. (as shown in this prototype photo). Only the front is longer on the ride side.

Thank you for the email letting me know your concerns.

Nick - Chapterhouse Studio


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Alpharius wrote:

demontalons wrote:Great work CH. Any chance you will be making collar guards for terminators?

I bit of an obscure request, but I'd love to see these too!

Anything to help get a Pre-Heresy looking Terminator suit on the field would be greatly appreciated...

Shhhsshhhh.... In developement


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Clang wrote:

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths

Um, don't they have to be different lengths, because the left side of the hull (with the HB mounting) is shorter?

Correct, wish I had a cookie

Chapterhouse wrote:
One side of the hull has to be longer slightly then the other since the Chimera front hull is longer on one side then the other due to the GW design. The wheel locations and the back hull are both in the same location. (as shown in this prototype photo). Only the front is longer on the ride side.

Ok, I thought it was something like that. I really couldn't tell from the original email.
Personally, I think that's better. As long as the wheels line up, I'd rather have the fender well sections flush with the hull in the front. Since the GW model has a staggered hull, the fender areas should be different lengths to compensate. Having never owned a chimera, I didn't know that the front was staggered, but now it all makes sense.

ruyn wrote:

Chapterhouse wrote:
One side of the hull has to be longer slightly then the other since the Chimera front hull is longer on one side then the other due to the GW design. The wheel locations and the back hull are both in the same location. (as shown in this prototype photo). Only the front is longer on the right side.

Ok, I thought it was something like that. I really couldn't tell from the original email.
Personally, I think that's better. As long as the wheels line up, I'd rather have the fender well sections flush with the hull in the front. Since the GW model has a staggered hull, the fender areas should be different lengths to compensate. Having never owned a chimera, I didn't know that the front was staggered, but now it all makes sense.

I tend to agree as well. I had not heard any issues with the few who had the kit early on and assembled it (that picture is from the 1st actual buyer who had it a month before pre-release). To each-their own I guess.

Chapterhouse wrote:

Clang wrote:

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths

Um, don't they have to be different lengths, because the left side of the hull (with the HB mounting) is shorter?

Correct, wish I had a cookie

Lovely I'm sure, but the slots you've cut into the side of the pieces doesn't allow that sort of fit. I suppose I could take a Dremel to it and make it work that way. But the parts I have do NOT fit like your photo.

I recieved my two Chimera kits and having bought my fair share of Forgeworld items CHS stuff is top notch. No warped pieces, no misaligned molds, minimal flashing, no oily mold release gunk and everything fit without greenstuff.

The chimera wheel kit itself is nice, physically fits well and keeps with the 'grimdark' feel that we all know and love.

I would say though that to keep it from sticking out too much in your army you should probably dress up the sides with some Aqulias, stowage and other misc bits.

One suggestion to any would be builders and its hard to explain... If you look from the side without the treads on you should see a vertical support in the middle. (on the picture above its the vertical support behind the circular hatch) I would shave that in on the sides about a 1/4" so when you put the wheeled sides on you you can better adjust them and level them as my supports on the plastic model where not straight.

Sanguinary Dan wrote:

Chapterhouse wrote:

Clang wrote:

Sanguinary Dan wrote:The the two hull sides of the wheeled Chimera are different lengths

Um, don't they have to be different lengths, because the left side of the hull (with the HB mounting) is shorter?

Correct, wish I had a cookie

Lovely I'm sure, but the slots you've cut into the side of the pieces doesn't allow that sort of fit. I suppose I could take a Dremel to it and make it work that way. But the parts I have do NOT fit like your photo.

Sadly I dont have any kits on hand to see what you are talking about, I know I had the cuts done and on one side there was a different channel to fit the model in.

Regardless if you wish to return the kits for a refund you are welcome to do so.

I don't have mine in front of me but I think mine sit a bit more flush than that picture. I may rip them off and dremel them down a bit and that super flush one in the photo looks snazzy.

dreyco wrote:I don't have mine in front of me but I think mine sit a bit more flush than that picture. I may rip them off and dremel them down a bit and that one photo looks snazzy.

I cant speak for that photo, but I know my goal was to have the rears line up (Since that determined the wheel locations). Nothing in this hobby is static. I know for a fact that 30 seconds with a dremel will modify those channels however you want

Looks pretty cool to me. I might have to pick up some for my arbites.

Any other IG stuff in the works? It'd be cool to have some demo packs and some armored leggings for carapace armored guys.

I'm going to give the Dremel a go this evening. But I expected the kit to fit as shown without me having to chop and grind and fight as if it were from FW.

I suppose I should just get over myself and be happy that I've finally got a wheeled Chimera.

Working on finalizing the female IG kits and I have more weapons and accessories as well.

Chapterhouse wrote:Working on finalizing the female IG kits and I have more weapons and accessories as well.

weapon accessories eh? how about some shoulder autocannons for space marines?

Tell me this is a joke to assemble the parts like this and then complain about them not fitting and one even being too short

Chapterhouse wrote:Working on finalizing the female IG kits and I have more weapons and accessories as well.

Looking forward to see that.

There have been many attempts at making female guardsmen, but none of them have looked any good.

Kroothawk wrote:Tell me this is a joke to assemble the parts like this and then complain about them not fitting and one even being too short

Shouldn't the front of the hull be flush with those sides? There's even a dot that looks like it fits in the inside corner of the hull...

I smell Troll.

SlaveToDorkness wrote:I smell Troll.

Hmmm, definitely smell something fishy going on here...

Padre^.

Well they DO fit like on the picture above, however if you want them to be flush you need about 15min with the routing dremel bit to grind down the guides on the inside of the piece. Still happy over here and will buy more when I can be bothered to get more chimeras.

Wow nick. This latest stuff is really impressing me - to be honest, far and away more than your previous works. I'm really glad to see that the problems with GW have spurred you on to greater heights rather than stopping you.

Hmm. What colour to paint my Death Angels...

dreyco wrote:Well they DO fit like on the picture above, however if you want them to be flush you need about 15min with the routing dremel bit to grind down the guides on the inside of the piece. Still happy over here and will buy more when I can be bothered to get more chimeras.

This is what they should look like:

Having bought from CHS before and pleased with the product i'll definitely be buying those landraider doors and the stormraven kit.

Kroothawk wrote:Tell me this is a joke to assemble the parts like this and then complain about them not fitting and one even being too short

Interesting that you choose to use the photo that doesn't show the parts fitted into the hull side slots provided by CHS.

You will notice that in this shot that I put the model together using the guides provided. And it doesn't fit. That makes me the joke? Or you the __________ (insert favorite word for numbskull here).

Thanks for the picture Kroothawk, I couldnt find that for the life of me yesterday (it looks like it wasnt loading on the site?). Anyway it looks fine that way, and IMHO I like it after I made it flush. Either way I'm still impressed with the kit and the price tag.

Sanguinary Dan wrote:Interesting that you choose to use the photo that doesn't show the parts fitted into the hull side slots provided by CHS.
You will notice that in this shot that I put the model together using the guides provided. And it doesn't fit. That makes me the joke? Or you the __________ (insert favorite word for numbskull here).

As a Xeno player, I never build a Chimera, but checking the GW website for sprue pics, the solution for your problem is to not insert the floor part that you already glued on. Then use the pins of the CHS side parts to fit the parts into the right position as seen in the photo.

I learned from the tervigon conversion kit that CHS kits can be tricky to put together.

If I could make a request (as I have yet to see this available on any other websites) - I know I would buy several sets of poseable arms and legs for battlesuits that could be used for the greater good.

Yes, I know the FW versions have posable legs, but i'd rather attach poseable legs to the existing torso, feet, heads, weapons etc and I can't justify buying full resin battlesuits from FW just to use a couple of parts.

I can't be the only Tau player annoyed by the one position arms and legs?

Sanguinary Dan wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:Tell me this is a joke to assemble the parts like this and then complain about them not fitting and one even being too short

Interesting that you choose to use the photo that doesn't show the parts fitted into the hull side slots provided by CHS.

You will notice that in this shot that I put the model together using the guides provided. And it doesn't fit. That makes me the joke? Or you the __________ (insert favorite word for numbskull here).

Come on, everyone be civil here. And to be fair, it does fit fine. I cut the grooves so that the back door is flush with our kit. It does not fit how some of our customers modeled it for themselves.

Did you have any luck with the dremel and gutting in new grooves?


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mould2k wrote:If I could make a request (as I have yet to see this available on any other websites) - I know I would buy several sets of poseable arms and legs for battlesuits that could be used for the greater good.

Yes, I know the FW versions have posable legs, but i'd rather attach poseable legs to the existing torso, feet, heads, weapons etc and I can't justify buying full resin battlesuits from FW just to use a couple of parts.

I can't be the only Tau player annoyed by the one position arms and legs?

Its possible, but having poseable pieces in resin is asking for trouble IMO. Resin breaks easier then plastic in my experience. Shoot me an email if you have some further specifics on what you are thinking about.

Nick@chapterhousestudios.com

Kroothawk wrote:As a Xeno player, I never build a Chimera, but checking the GW website for sprue pics, the solution for your problem is to not insert the floor part that you already glued on. Then use the pins of the CHS side parts to fit the parts into the right position as seen in the photo.

I learned from the tervigon conversion kit that CHS kits can be tricky to put together.

What this may indicate, then, is that Nick might want to spend a little time on some better-than-FW instruction sheets for his trickier kits?

The wheeled Chimera and Tervigon have been mentioned - would any of the other sets benefit?

I'd really like to see a line of shoulder pads done for SM chapters. Like the Raven Guard/Hawk Lords pads or some more Soul Drinkers stuff. Maybe also some more eldar stuff.

Great work though Nick. You guys are doing fantastic work.

Im diggin the helms!

Chapterhouse wrote:Did you have any luck with the dremel and gutting in new grooves?

Nick@chapterhousestudios.com

Sort of. I Had to do a lot of removal work across the bottom to get the hull plate to fit and ended up having to cut away the vertical support on the Chimera's upper glacis part as the amount of resin dust was getting excessive. Measure twice to cut once is something I probably need tattooed on the inside of my eye lids. It's still not a perfect fit, but it's looking pretty good.

That thing is awesome.

Hello, Chapterhouse studios!

As a prospective buyer I was wondering: If I were to buy 8 sets of the Spartan Marine helmets, would this come in a small package, or a large package?

Thanks!
-Chowderhead

That turret is way to big for that hull.

.....That's what she said?

Nick

Didn't the profile of the new chim change a little bit? I seem to remember the guy who designed it mentioned it in his thread, and had to change the original design accordingly....are some of the fitment issues people seem to be having due to this?

Nice Job! That should put some Imperial fear into alien flyers!

Chowderhead wrote:Hello, Chapterhouse studios!

As a prospective buyer I was wondering: If I were to buy 8 sets of the Spartan Marine helmets, would this come in a small package, or a large package?

Thanks!
-Chowderhead

Small

Insurgency Walker wrote:Nice Job! That should put some Imperial fear into alien flyers!

I decided to make a small change that should put even more fear into the enemies of the Emperor. Partially because I kind of agreed with what TobyDog said and partially because I ran across a little something while digging through my bits boxes for stowage and other details. What do you folks think? And a cookie to whoever correctly identifies the RL vehicle that was my inspiration.

It may have been a fight to get to this point, but what's worth having in life that isn't

Chapterhouse wrote:

Chowderhead wrote:Hello, Chapterhouse studios!

As a prospective buyer I was wondering: If I were to buy 8 sets of the Spartan Marine helmets, would this come in a small package, or a large package?

Thanks!
-Chowderhead

Small

Thanks Nick!

Regarding the collar guards for terms will they be for the GK terms or the regular or both?

Hrmm, I can understand why a missallignment would be annoying, but I think this kit would be more for the veteran hobbyist who wants to just use the bases of it as a starting point for converion. Honestly it somewhat reminds me of the Stryker I drove years ago (though that was 8 wheels) and I am very tempted just to purchase it for that reason alone. I think with minimal fudging somone could end up with a great piece, but to the reverse of that people want to get something then just pop it on, with some minor cleaning of course, and I could see how that would be extremely annoying and they shouldn't have to use a dremel or anything on it as they should be able to take something being marketed at one item and use it right away.

Overall I like it but personally most likely won't buy one as their is little I could do with it. I do however think that the paint job is pretty bad on it, and you should have the person who did the eldar paint the tank instead for your website as I know who they are and they do amazing work. The current job is barely table top sad to say :( and since you have a nice product Nick it should really be shown well. I do however love the halberd so kudos on those.

Sanguinary Dan wrote:And a cookie to whoever correctly identifies the RL vehicle that was my inspiration.

BRDM w/SA-9?

Kyrolon wrote:

Sanguinary Dan wrote:And a cookie to whoever correctly identifies the RL vehicle that was my inspiration.

BRDM w/SA-9?

Hrmmm BRDM's have more of a duck boat shapped front. I would honestly say a TOW stryker.

Kyrolon wrote:

Sanguinary Dan wrote:And a cookie to whoever correctly identifies the RL vehicle that was my inspiration.

BRDM w/SA-9?

Absolutely correct. Have a Cookie!
Even though I was certain I was thinking of the SA-8 (way too long since I've played micro-armor/Air Strike/etc ).

Most of the items have gone on sale officially on the site:

Rapid Response Wheeled Chimera Conversion Kit - $13.50


Servo-Arm and Conversion Beamer Tech backpack - $9.50


Set of 5 Gun-Halberds - $6.00


Death Angel Replacement Doors for Space Marine Land Raider - $11.50


Unfortunately we do not have stock for the Storm Raven TRU-Scale conversion kit in for regular sales. I am no longer taking pre-orders for that kit as I need to ship off the kits I have already sold and build a stock for regular sales. I forecast the TRU-Scale Storm Raven conversion kit to be on the site in 2 weeks.

Thank you.

Nick-Chapterhousestudios.com

Still waiting for a better Storm Raven TRU-Scale pic.

Chapterhouse wrote:I am no longer taking pre-orders for that kit as I need to ship off the kits I have already sold and build a stock for regular sales

You took mine yesterday!

Looking forward to getting it.

Looking at these nice helmets I immediately think of Honor Guard conversions and of the Gladiator movie :-)

I would have to second the call for poseable legs and arms for tau, just a 2 or 3 part arm and leg would be great. I am tired of having to cut arms or legs to get something other than the static pose. I keep looking at the models I assembled when the Tau first came out and find myself looking for a saw to give them something other than the static pose you get limited to.

The FW Crisis Suits ARE just the GW sprue with posable legs and arms plus a superior looking head. Better do female conversion sets for Fire Warriors. Or ... gasp ... Xeno terrain!

Kroothawk wrote:The FW Crisis Suits ARE just the GW sprue with posable legs and arms plus a superior looking head. Better do female conversion sets for Fire Warriors. Or ... gasp ... Xeno terrain!

Okay, and I don't want to have to pay my first born for them. I like what Chapterhouse is putting out lately and would love to see his and his artists' artistic spin on them. Legs, arms and heads would be cool.

Or if we are wish listing some bare tau heads with conical hats, or conical helmet.

I have received my 2 Stormraven and one Wheeled Chimera kit in the mail. I will have un-boxing photos later. Thanks Nick.

Fosner1703 wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:The FW Crisis Suits ARE just the GW sprue with posable legs and arms plus a superior looking head. Better do female conversion sets for Fire Warriors. Or ... gasp ... Xeno terrain!

Okay, and I don't want to have to pay my first born for them.

Your first born costs 7£ ? That's ... affordable
Really, the extra parts cost only 7£ extra, difficult to compete with that. That's why I only have FW Crisis Suits and Broadsides.

That said, heads with conical hats are always welcome.

What exactly are the death angels? Are they a chapter or what? They were not in the 40k lexicon

haroon wrote:What exactly are the death angels? Are they a chapter or what? They were not in the 40k lexicon

I think they're a Chapterhouse creation that may be reminiscent, to some, of various Games Workshop creations, but is not legally threatening thereof.

Balance wrote:

haroon wrote:What exactly are the death angels? Are they a chapter or what? They were not in the 40k lexicon

I think they're a Chapterhouse creation that may be reminiscent, to some, of various Games Workshop creations, but is not legally threatening thereof.

Yeah.
After all, it's a pretty Dark subject, at the moment.


Eric

UCWATIDIDTHAR?

To put it another way, they are not-Dark Angels.

Kroothawk wrote:

Fosner1703 wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:The FW Crisis Suits ARE just the GW sprue with posable legs and arms plus a superior looking head. Better do female conversion sets for Fire Warriors. Or ... gasp ... Xeno terrain!

Okay, and I don't want to have to pay my first born for them.

Your first born costs 7£ ? That's ... affordable
Really, the extra parts cost only 7£ extra, difficult to compete with that. That's why I only have FW Crisis Suits and Broadsides.

That said, heads with conical hats are always welcome.

Considering I already have enough suits for 2 force org charts, I would rather not buy the whole model, and just convert the ones I have. I suspect CH could get the extra parts to be cheaper that 7(pounds, sorry, don't know how to make that symbol) seeing as the wheeled coversion kit is 13.50. Would be cool to see some arms that have the weapons built in like the forgeworld ones. Or like the original request, just some arms/legs that we could pose.

I am not too worried about it, as I have the skill necessary to make the arms pose-able, it would just be nice to see the option, or maybe a little more unique, other than Forgeworld or the basic models. If they look cool, then I would buy a premade option rather than spend the necessary time to do the conversions myself.

Screw it. I say they should make Not-Tau battle suits altogether. There are enough other uses for anime loking robot/suits that it'd hardly be IP infringement (please GOD don't start, people) and they could make some very cool looking ones, instead of the idiotic ones GW makes.

I just got my last Chapterhouse order in the mail yesterday, looks like I'm ordering again...

SlaveToDorkness wrote:Screw it. I say they should make Not-Tau battle suits altogether. There are enough other uses for anime loking robot/suits that it'd hardly be IP infringement (please GOD don't start, people) and they could make some very cool looking ones, instead of the idiotic ones GW makes.

Depends on the sculptor. I find about 20% of Chapterhouse is terrible quality sculpts, about 70% is mediocre, and about 10% absolutely gorgeous.

So did the Storm Raven presale kits ship then? Looking forward to making mine.

For all of you who have ordered these kits I have recieved both of mine and have some first impressions and open box pics.

First let me say to everyone that I have never built either the Stormraven or the Chimera Kits so please if I am making mistakes please let me know. Al\so it should be known that these are pre-order kits. I do not know if the production kits will be better or worse.

Both kits (actually all three kits as I orderd 2 Stormraven kits and the Chimera Kit) came shipped in bubble wrap. In the box were some Chapterhouse business cards and a standard invoice. There were no instructions. Up until I unboxed these I neither cared or exopected any instructions. But looking at all the pieces on the Stormraven kit I can see how they could be very useful.

The Chimera Wheeled Kit.

This kit seems to be very good quality. The resin is top notch and the detail is great. I was particulary impressed with the wheels which are labeled left and right and have no flashing and amazing detail. The body pieces are also labeled but had some deep flashing but nothing even a novice hobbyist couldn't fix with a file or razor knife. I did have a few moments to test fit the sides body to my Chimera chassis and they will need some customizing to fit how I want them. Overall I am very happy so far.

Here is a picture taken this morning of the unboxed kit:



Stormraven Tru Scale kit.

This kit is made of the same resin as the Chimera which is to say very high quality. The pieces have a high level of detail which I am again impressed with.

My two kits have a lot of thin flashing. It's again nothing that a hobbyist cant handle but it is a bit off putting. Some of my kits did get mis-cast. Of special note is one of the elongated sides the resin did not get all the way to the bottom of the mold. I think I can fix it or that the piece would be hidden but if it had been one of my casts I would have thrown it away and re-cast it. I will contact Nick and see what he says.

Here are the un-boxing pictures.


All of both kits:



Close up 1



Close up 2



Body Sides



Mis-cast part



Correct cast part



Overall on both kits I am happy. I would have like to see some instructions and better quality control. In my past dealings with Chapterhouse they have put out a great product. You can see there use if you click the Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons link in my signature. I will update you all again once I get everything put together.

Thanks for the info, I'm waiting on my kits too. It would be great if there were instructions on the TRU Sr kit,
Here is to having fingers crossed.

I'm thinking instructions would be nice, but maybe they'll have to wait until a certain legal matter is complete?

Perhaps someone could knock up a Chapterhouse kit assembly article on Dakka?

veritechc wrote:For all of you who have ordered these kits I have recieved both of mine and have some first impressions and open box pics.

First let me say to everyone that I have never built either the Stormraven or the Chimera Kits so please if I am making mistakes please let me know. Al\so it should be known that these are pre-order kits. I do not know if the production kits will be better or worse.

Both kits (actually all three kits as I orderd 2 Stormraven kits and the Chimera Kit) came shipped in bubble wrap. In the box were some Chapterhouse business cards and a standard invoice. There were no instructions. Up until I unboxed these I neither cared or exopected any instructions. But looking at all the pieces on the Stormraven kit I can see how they could be very useful.

The Chimera Wheeled Kit.

This kit seems to be very good quality. The resin is top notch and the detail is great. I was particulary impressed with the wheels which are labeled left and right and have no flashing and amazing detail. The body pieces are also labeled but had some deep flashing but nothing even a novice hobbyist couldn't fix with a file or razor knife. I did have a few moments to test fit the sides body to my Chimera chassis and they will need some customizing to fit how I want them. Overall I am very happy so far.

Here is a picture taken this morning of the unboxed kit:



Stormraven Tru Scale kit.

This kit is made of the same resin as the Chimera which is to say very high quality. The pieces have a high level of detail which I am again impressed with.

My two kits have a lot of thin flashing. It's again nothing that a hobbyist cant handle but it is a bit off putting. Some of my kits did get mis-cast. Of special note is one of the elongated sides the resin did not get all the way to the bottom of the mold. I think I can fix it or that the piece would be hidden but if it had been one of my casts I would have thrown it away and re-cast it. I will contact Nick and see what he says.

Here are the un-boxing pictures.


All of both kits:



Close up 1



Close up 2



Body Sides



Mis-cast part



Correct cast part



Overall on both kits I am happy. I would have like to see some instructions and better quality control. In my past dealings with Chapterhouse they have put out a great product. You can see there use if you click the Pre-Heresy Thousand Sons link in my signature. I will update you all again once I get everything put together.

Thanks for the review.

I have to be honest here, I dont see any missing or miscast parts on those two photos you showed. Can you circle the problem areas? Im thinking you are mistaking sprue for the actual parts.

To be sure, I will look further into an online assembly manual, but we are somewhat limited legally on what it would show. Ill see what I can do.

[quote=ChapterhouseI have to be honest here, I dont see any missing or miscast parts on those two photos you showed. Can you circle the problem areas? Im thinking you are mistaking sprue for the actual parts.

Any update on the "True Scale Marine Kits" being added to the store?

Also, rumor has it that you're almost out of the 'plain' version - any idea on when they'll be re-stocked?

Thanks!

Received my Tru-scale Stormraven kit today - very similar to the piccies above - think it will look brilliant painted up!

I do second the call for an instruction manual for this kit (even a "fan-made" one) ASAP - I'm very wary of starting cutting up a SR "blind" (yep, I know there's a few photos around, but want to play it safe.)

Padre^.

I'd also really love to have some pictures of the construction process or at least side by sides of out of the box vs all flash and sprue removed parts on the Raven.

I have assembled my Stormravens and I know now why there are no instructions. The pieces fit perfectly and, what I feel obviously.

Note: you will need to cut off the strut on each of the engine pods before they will fit on the 'Raven. If you dry fit the engine/wing assembly it should be obvious what must be cut. I cut those off with a "bone saw". You will want them to be very flush with the engine.

I'll post some pics later today and/or tomorrow.

Instructions would still be helpful though.

But again, given the current and ongoing legal proceedings, I think we won't see any until that's all settled.

Got my 4 SR kits, 2 sets of Angels of Death doors, and Conversion Beamer today. Should have the 1st SR kit together this weekend.

Oh wow! I hadn't been on the site for a while, so I hadn't seen these new kits. I have to way I'm impressed. I don't think I would want to do a Storm Raven without that simple but effective extension kit. it makes the thing look "right" in my mind!

That chimera kit. Sooo sweet. Honesty, I'm very tempted for them, and will likely pick up 2 or 3 in the next year. Very Very nice.

Im hoping this photo shows what needs to be cut on the GW engine..

That should do it - thanks!

Just be sure to cut it and file it down too. The tolerances are very close. Let me tell you though I really like the end result. This is what the Stormraven should have looked like!

I would have liked something that covered the now useless Games Workshop stand hole. The new hole is in its proper place but the old "x" shaped hole is there. Looks like I will be making two stand covers out of plastic card.

Fill with GS and file? Thats my plan anyways.

Nick, any chance with maybe talking with Romeo at battlefoam to get a shape added for the CH Storm Raven? I'm going to need a few of them for games.

For the Battlesuit arms, why not make plug and hole arms to make them more flexible??


The green plug goes into the red hole and it rotates
Piece of Pi

Any update on the availability of more 'generic' True Scale Marine kits?

I'd like to purchase a few more, along with one of those excellent Conversion Beamer kits!

Are these for sale? Because I cant find it on your web site.

How about a side by side pic with the regular storm raven vs the upgraded one? or did I miss that somewhere?

I am filling the pre-orders on the Storm Raven kit at the moment, once I have that done and enough stock for the initial influx of orders the kit will be on the website.

The TS figures will be on the site eventually I have to think of a way to present them in a legally safe manner.

Once I get my built kit in I will be happy to show a size comparison photo of the two kits (unless one of the dakka/customers can do that first)

This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

Finally got my Chapterhouse stuff yesterday (thanks Canada Post a 2+ week strike is totally helpful - lazy blighters) and I'm really impressed.

The Chimera kits look great, and the casting quality of the Rhino parts seems to be much higher than the last ones I ordered so full marks!

Also the Tau walker is rather spiffy! Looking forward to getting that all cleaned up and assembled!


Still have to unpack the fermale IG models, time was very short last night.

veritechc wrote:This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

I like the paint job!

Now can you turn a few so you can SEE the shoulder pads?

kronk wrote:

veritechc wrote:This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

I like the paint job!

Now can you turn a few so you can SEE the shoulder pads?

Lol, I was thinking the same thing when I saw the photo. Let's see some sideviews!

My only complaint with the conversion beamer, having gotten one, is that unlike most CH models this one had no flash cleaned off, so there was a ton of work to do to get it into a usable state. Looked good after that was done, and it was my only complaint with it.

Enslaviour wrote:My only complaint with the conversion beamer, having gotten one, is that unlike most CH models this one had no flash cleaned off, so there was a ton of work to do to get it into a usable state. Looked good after that was done, and it was my only complaint with it.

I didnt think there would be a ton of work from the new cast. The film-flashwas wafer thin and I could peal it off with my fingers on most of the cast. Saying that I went for lower cost to produce and cast vs higher cost and a totally clean and ready to use cast in resin.

Im sure for 2-4$ per cast I can ask the caster to clean each piece, but this would also slow down production.

For the price vs the almost no work of cleaning (same with FW, or less work even), I'm quite happy.

Chapterhouse wrote:I didnt think there would be a ton of work from the new cast. The film-flashwas wafer thin and I could peal it off with my fingers on most of the cast. Saying that I went for lower cost to produce and cast vs higher cost and a totally clean and ready to use cast in resin.

Im sure for 2-4$ per cast I can ask the caster to clean each piece, but this would also slow down production.

Don't get me wrong, I am more than happy with the piece, and for that matter it was one of the fastest items you all have gotten to me yet so that was a plus. Most of the excess could be pealed off on the servo arm, some of it needed some cleaning further. Killed about 40min, but I agree it does decrease the creation time and I am sure you all are getting hit with high demand. I guess from my precious experiences with your casts they were a little cleaner from the start, but I did get in on the base run of the item.

Yeah, we are actually sold out of pretty much all the new-releases but the gun halberds (getting there on those). Im asking the casters to ramp up production..

Just when I think I have a handle on how much supply I need for releases, the orders pour on in...

The curse of being popular!

Dam you for taking my money, dam you.

Im very Grateful, I just need to predict sales a bit better..

kronk wrote:

veritechc wrote:This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

I like the paint job!

Now can you turn a few so you can SEE the shoulder pads?

targetawg wrote:

kronk wrote:

veritechc wrote:This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

I like the paint job!

Now can you turn a few so you can SEE the shoulder pads?

Lol, I was thinking the same thing when I saw the photo. Let's see some sideviews!

Whiners, lol

Here are the dang shoulder pads in full view.







Dang!



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Here are the Tru-Scale Stormraven kits in use. These are WIP shots before paint.

Stormbird 01












Stormbird 02














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And here is the Wheeled Chimera Kit Assembled.

Your storm pelican's tail is on backwards (the top part). The flaps go on the trailing edge not the leading. Moreover the tail should match the wings with the flat side towards the front not the angled.

crimsonmicc wrote:Your storm pelican's tail is on backwards (the top part). The flaps go on the trailing edge not the leading. Moreover the tail should match the wings with the flat side towards the front not the angled.

Well doesn't that just bite the primarks privates. Thanks for pointing that out before they hit paint.

If it makes you feel any better, it's a fairly common mistake

wow those wheeled chimeras are top notch.

The actual chimera turret looks out of place on it. I think a Predator turret would be ace

veritechc wrote:This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

Wow... those go very well with the GK kits...

Consider my tax return spent!

Chimera looks great with the heavy bolter spot moved forward so the front is all flush. Always kind of bugged me how GW has it pushed back normally.

Necros wrote:Chimera looks great with the heavy bolter spot moved forward so the front is all flush. Always kind of bugged me how GW has it pushed back normally.

I think you need to look a little more closely at those photos.

The second photo does make it look like the front is a single panel, but it's just the angle. Look at the top photo...

The truscale kit for the Stormraven is such a night and day addition. Without your kit Chapterhouse I would never in a million years consider buying that piece of crap Stormraven model. Now, I'm preying they put it in the next Dark Angels Codex they make.

Your wheeled APC kit is great too. Keep up the good work.

-MightyG

MightyGodzilla wrote:The truscale kit for the Stormraven is such a night and day addition. Without your kit Chapterhouse I would never in a million years consider buying that piece of crap Stormraven model. Now, I'm preying they put it in the next Dark Angels Codex they make.

That is a good point - same here!

I'm hoping it is in the 6th Edition C: SM too.

Because now, with this kit, I will buy one or two.

Without this kit - no sale!

MightyGodzilla wrote:The truscale kit for the Stormraven is such a night and day addition. Without your kit Chapterhouse I would never in a million years consider buying that piece of crap Stormraven model. Now, I'm preying they put it in the next Dark Angels Codex they make.

Same here. I had resigned myself to the fact that I'd never get the Chibi-Hawk because it looks so stupid. Then this kit comes along and I ordered two (before the embargo kicked in, luckily enough!). It looks great. Amazing what adding some length to the hull can do for that kit.

H.B.M.C. wrote: Amazing what adding some length to the hull can do for that kit.

That is what she said, huh?

(apologies in advance, I just has some Dos Equis at the mexican food restaraunt).

I spent a while trying to find a way to say that so that it wasn't "It's amazing what adding a few inches to the length will do?".

But see, if GW did add any more length to the kit, it probably would have made the kit even more stupidly expensive (probably about $80-90 since it would have required an extra sprue), and everyone would have bitched about that instead, refusing to buy it on principle.

I agree though, I think it looks better with the conversion kit, but personally I think GW would have lost that battle either way. Of course it's their own fault for insisting that the model be sold for ludicrous prices in the first place, but still.

Hi Guys,

I wanted to post a possible assembly of the conversion beamer so people have an idea of what we were going for. Ive seen a few photos of the over-the-shoulder pose as well.

Nick
Chapterhouse Studios LLC

Fosner1703 wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:The FW Crisis Suits ARE just the GW sprue with posable legs and arms plus a superior looking head. Better do female conversion sets for Fire Warriors. Or ... gasp ... Xeno terrain!

Okay, and I don't want to have to pay my first born for them. I like what Chapterhouse is putting out lately and would love to see his and his artists' artistic spin on them. Legs, arms and heads would be cool.

Or if we are wish listing some bare tau heads with conical hats, or conical helmet.

Slightly ot , what games are those models from they seem familiar?

That looks mad sick.

blackclaw1 wrote:]

Slightly ot , what games are those models from they seem familiar?

The sci-fi Asians are Triad faction, produced by Urban Mammoth, for the Urban War/Metropolis game ( a decendant of Void). The range is worth looking at for sure, I mix quite a few figures in with GW.

I'm really looking forward to working on the wheeled Chimeras, should have some waiting for me when I get home from NYC in two weeks.

http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/Triad_metro_boxes.html

I think I like that underslung look much more than the 'huge weapon protruding on an arm over the shoulder' look.

Any word on when the Stormraven bits will be up?

Any updated on the preordered Stormraven kits? I can't wait for my 3 to show up along with my conversion beamer.....

I like the Tau human auxillaries...

Ditto on the Storm raven kit bits

and wheels.. I see another IG Platoon 4 or 5 theme semi arid scrub/trees world or dessert
colours if I use the southwest USA I could use any colour Black, red, grey, sand/buff, green, orange... so many to choose from

Wanted to put an update out there.

We had some hiccups with the resin caster assigned to these new kits (same issue as Dreamforge's Crusader casting). I now have a tried and true caster on the job, and am confident we will be on track in a week or two.

All pre-ordered Storm Ravens except one customer (sorry Matt E.) will have shipped out by tomorrow. By next week I hope to have all the Storm Raven pre-orders shipped. I hate the fact we were put so behind on these kits. It really was something I had no control over.

I am hoping to have all back-ordered new kits shipped out in 2 weeks and have enough stock of the Storm Raven conversion kit to put it on the site for general sale in 2-3 weeks.

Thank you folks.

Nick - Chapterhousestudios.com

I was about to email you guys about an order that is pending but it looks like mine is a related issue. I ordered a wheeled chimera, some spore pods and other small assorted goodies. can you give an estimated eta. order #3943
Thanks

Chapterhouse wrote:All pre-ordered Storm Ravens ... will have shipped out by tomorrow.

Woohoo!

Chapterhouse wrote:... except one customer (sorry Matt E.)...

Damn it!!!

Fine then. But I'm the first shipped of the next batch, ok?

Mine now says shipped, woohoo

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Chapterhouse wrote:All pre-ordered Storm Ravens ... will have shipped out by tomorrow.

Woohoo!

Chapterhouse wrote:... except one customer (sorry Matt E.)...

Damn it!!!

Fine then. But I'm the first shipped of the next batch, ok?

Yours is the last one we have to ship out. Regardless of the emails I recieve daily, I can not in good faith presell anymore kits. I am committed to now stockpiling at least 100 kits for the general release (I expect those to last days.. if the emails are any indication). Hopefully we will be better prepared for these.

To tell the truth, we expected to have tons of new kits in hand by now, but we are using a different caster that promised higher numbers and lower cost then the one we have always used. Naturally we strive for the best cost to rpoduce as that means the kits are lower cost for you all and still make us money on the sale. Well the cost was there, but when we ordered 50 kits to be delivered in 2 weeks time, it took 3 months. I have learned much from this experience and will never believe production promises without a written contract. Oh yeah, always have a back-up caster ready as well.

So how about that new website and them Tru-Scale Marine kits?

chaos0xomega wrote:So how about that new website and them Tru-Scale Marine kits?

Amen.

kronk wrote:

veritechc wrote:This is a pure fanboy post for Chapterhouse. Look at the Thousand sons Shoulder pads in action.

Now can you turn a few so you can SEE the shoulder pads?

I was thinking the same thing.

OOPS...missed the pics on the next page.

Also must say, that raven conversion kit is great, makes it into a nice looking ship.

Anyone want to see our first attempt at bases? We had numerous request for the lava bases shown on some of our models we decided to dip our feet into the water and try some Lava and small crystal bases.

These are priced about the same as the rest of the bases on the market, 10 bases for $11.00.

Ill be putting these on the website this weekend.

Hey, Nick. Nice looking bases.
A few observations:

1) Your painter does not appear to know how to paint lava.
2) He sure-as-hell knows how to paint crystals, though.
3) I see that half the batch has crystals and half does not. Will these be available as 1 lot of 5 & 5, or will lots of "all crystal" and "no crystal" be available?

Thanks.

Eric

Any updates on the female guard shown earlier in this thread? The pair Commissar count-as look rather nice, but it seems that there's been no news updates on them, or a few other minis pictured here on the ChapterHouse Studios webpage. 0.o

I'm going too agree with Magic as the lava looks pretty bad but the crystals rocks actually. Point of obseration though those bases aren't very practical for having models on them. You have a lot of raised areas ,by the pictures, and very off balanced so models won't be able too fint easily without people having too shave the bases down in certain areas too get them to fit. Just something too think about for the future though,

The painted lava looks like velveteen sheets.

Regardless, it's nice that you're going int the Resin bases market. Could we get an unpainted picture of those bases? Are you going to sell them in two different products - with and without crystals?

Prices are fair and quality is there. Seems like a nice impulse buy next time I grab some bits from Chapterhouse.

To be more specific, the lava is reversed- it should be brighter in the recesses where it is closest to the molten material and darker on the raised areas as it cools.

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/atlas/Images/Glossary/Magma.jpeg

When are the true scale marine kits coming out?

brettz123 wrote:When are the true scale marine kits coming out?

*changes the broken record*

Any new shoulder pad or bits sets coming out in the near future, guys?

Brettz, they are already available for purchase, but by email only.

I just posted the new SCAR and Sniper rifles on the website as well as the Volcanic bases.

The 4 Different Rifle sets are 6 for $4.00. An 8 variety pack is $5.00.

8 Rifle Variety pack - $5.00


SCAR Autoguns 6 - $4.00


SCAR Lasguns 6 - $4.00



SCAR with Grenade Launchers 6 - $4.00



Sniper Rifles 6 -$4.00




The 25mm Volcanic bases are 10 for $11.00.

10 28mm Volcanic Lava Bases - $11.00



I am presently working on pushing production forward on the Storm Raven extension kits (I appreciate all the interest and emails I get in daily, I want to make sure to have plenty in stock when they go on sale in 2 weeks) as well as the other new kits.

Nick - Chapterhousestudios.com

I am constantly impressed with the chapterhouse models. Love it

The muzzle brake or whatever it is on the sniper rifle's barrel appears to be in the way of the scope.

Other than that, the rifles are all lovely sculpts, although the paintjobs there aren't doing them any favours.

I really like the sniper rifles and SCARs, would look pretty cool on any model, i am thinking space marines for some reason.

Just for the sake of it, that aint a muzzle brake. A muzzle brake is a hole drilled into the barrel, or on heavier weponry a special collar (i.e. that snub nose on a barret)

All these rifles are designed to fit IG standard arms/hands, I presume? (As opposed to e.g. orks or marines.) I like the autoguns a lot.

Not personally keen on the lava bases - seems too easy to make something like that myself - but if there's a market for them, go for it.

Perkustin wrote:Just for the sake of it, that aint a muzzle brake. A muzzle brake is a hole drilled into the barrel, or on heavier weponry a special collar (i.e. that snub nose on a barret)

Yeah, I know what a muzzle brake is... I just wasn't as sure what that thing on the rifle's barrel was intended to be.

Its a front sight post insainiak, and believe it or not that is how they sit in real life.

Liking the looks of the rifles myself.

They look great, especially the SCAR Variants. If I didn't think Cadians were some of the ugliest models I've ever seen, I would use them for all my infantry.

Empchild wrote:Its a front sight post insainiak, and believe it or not that is how they sit in real life.

Is this supposed to be modelled off a specific real rifle, then? Because it looks rather chunky and tall for a sight post.

insaniak wrote:

Empchild wrote:Its a front sight post insainiak, and believe it or not that is how they sit in real life.

Is this supposed to be modelled off a specific real rifle, then? Because it looks rather chunky and tall for a sight post.

Not sure if he was shooting for it or not but it bares a striking resemblance too a M-14 that is still used today by Squad Designated Marksmen in the U.S military, but left common soldier service in the early vietnam war.

Either way honestly Nick... I give you guys a lot of credit as these are pretty good.

The lava bases also look nice too!

insaniak wrote:
it looks rather chunky and tall for a sight post.

Id say it was made that way to make it a bit more durable, as small details that stick up like that tend to be quite fragile in resin.

Empchild wrote:Its a front sight post insainiak, and believe it or not that is how they sit in real life.

Nod. They're not solid posts. They're notched (for want of a better term) on the inside.

I'd love to see an EBR variant with a more substantial scope. And the correct AGL (FN-40) for the SCAR instead of a 203.

scipio.au wrote:Nod. They're not solid posts. They're notched (for want of a better term) on the inside.

Whch is more or less why I didn't simply assume it was a sight post... because it looks like a solid block.

Obviously (given that it's a side-on view) that may be mistaken... but if it is a sight, unless it's hollow through the middle it's far too big. And appears to be missing the corresponding rear sight.

nice stuff. Still want the backpack guns!!!!!

insaniak wrote:

scipio.au wrote:Nod. They're not solid posts. They're notched (for want of a better term) on the inside.

Whch is more or less why I didn't simply assume it was a sight post... because it looks like a solid block.

Obviously (given that it's a side-on view) that may be mistaken... but if it is a sight, unless it's hollow through the middle it's far too big. And appears to be missing the corresponding rear sight.

I don't know if the CH model's front iron sight is a solid block or not (it probably is). But on modern railed rifles the rear sight is often a separate attachment you can have or not have just like an ACOG or Reflex, while the front one is "built onto" the gun.


Admittedly, on the M14/21, the Iron sights are indeed built into the gun, and the scope would typically be further forward than on this rifle.

You guys are making good pieces with increasingly higher quality, cool and impressive.

And thank you, for fixing that damn THUNDER-BUDGEY.. looks more like a Shuttle now that can carry Mah-REENs!

Neato guns. I like the ones that don't really resemble Lasguns.

Loving the new Lasguns they looks sweet.

Any chance of some Psycannons? Real pain to try and get bits for them :(

The bases are okej , the ston and crystals are awesome
but the lava is really weird looking , it looks more like ice creem then lava

will you do more bases from now on ?

scipio.au wrote:I don't know if the CH model's front iron sight is a solid block or not (it probably is). But on modern railed rifles the rear sight is often a separate attachment you can have or not have just like an ACOG or Reflex, while the front one is "built onto" the gun.


Admittedly, on the M14/21, the Iron sights are indeed built into the gun, and the scope would typically be further forward than on this rifle.

Having made the 3D models I can say it is a solid block. Only so much you can do when you have to worry about minimum thicknesses. The Scar and M21 both have rails with a reflex sight mounted to the scar and a scope on the M21. Because of size, its not practical to do them as separate pieces. In general I modeled off of the actual rifles both from pictures I was provided as well as going out and "playing" with the real things... beyond that I just had to make some modification to keep it "heroic" scale for compatibility.

will there be a full line of lava bases or just this one size? I'm only going to purchase them if they come in different sizes.

Great looking weapons, hope to see more of these in the future!

chaos0xomega wrote:Brettz, they are already available for purchase, but by email only.

Cool thanks for the answer!

1) Your painter does not appear to know how to paint lava.
2) He sure-as-hell knows how to paint crystals, though.

Why thankyou

I painted the lava the same way as I did on all my minis in the gallery. To bad nobody had any problems with those lol
But ok, for the next time I´ll change the way i paint the lava but I am pretty satisfied with the crystals though so those will stay the same.

will there be a full line of lava bases or just this one size? I'm only going to purchase them if they come in different sizes.

It kind of depends on how they sell since they took quite some time to sculpt but I´ll talk it over with Nick, maybe I´ll sculpt up a complete set of different sized lava bases, it also depends on time allocation and I feel there are more people pushing for the tru-scale marines at the moment then more lava bases so priority also needs to be considered.
We actually do listen to what the players and customers want and need and hopefully as many as possible will be satisfied.

...I still need a time machine though

Ive had some sets of the SCARs and EBRs for over a month now.

Good sculpts.

Still and trying to figure out how to get the EBR in a IG hand
with how the stock works...

The SCARs are easy though....

Likely you will have to also shave down parts opf the stocks to make them fit the IG arms.

I was just wondering what sort of work I'd have to do to convert some DKoK Grenadiers with miscast guns into decent Stormtroopers. Once again Nick comes to the rescue with some sweet resin. Bless you.

aka_mythos wrote:
Having made the 3D models I can say it is a solid block. Only so much you can do when you have to worry about minimum thicknesses. The Scar and M21 both have rails with a reflex sight mounted to the scar and a scope on the M21. Because of size, its not practical to do them as separate pieces. In general I modeled off of the actual rifles both from pictures I was provided as well as going out and "playing" with the real things... beyond that I just had to make some modification to keep it "heroic" scale for compatibility.

Of course (re: thickness). The M14/21 loses some of its recognisable shape due to the way you've set up the rail on it though, since the rails are usually either mounted forward or on a seperate rail above the receiver, but without impacting the rear sights area. It's a nice weapon, just not quite as good as the SCARs.

Really like those! Although, they probably are not good for DAS.

Couple of new things added to the site while I was working on the new websites content..

Abbithan Banshees Guardswoman 12 figure conversion set - $18.50 contains all the pieces you need (except arms and weapons ) to make some female guardsmen. Love them or hate them, vote with your wallet.



More photos can be seen in earlier post and they will have new photos when I get a chance to take them.

Death (Dark) Angel Shield - $2.00
I showed this one a while back but sadly I forgot about it and its finally on the website.



Lastly I have a plain old Chained Shoulder pad - $1.00
I expect this one to be a big seller .


I spoke to my primary casting company today. They have 3 molds running on each of the Storm Raven Conversion kit, Conversion Beamer kit, Wheeled Chimera Kit and the Death Angel Land Raider doors. I expect 20 or so to be shipped out this friday and at least 50-60 to arrive the week after. Also the company I was working with before told me they shipped 7(! ) of each of the above kits last week and I hope to see those tomorrow or friday for immediate shipping.

This will mean all the Storm Ravens will have shipped and I will have a jump start on the remaining waiting kits shipping as well.

Thank you everyone for your patience.

Nick - Chapterhouse Studios

Abbithan Banshees

Wow.
Cool name. ; )

Eric

Chapterhouse wrote: Love them or hate them, vote with your wallet.

Consider it done.

Cheers.

Are there better pictures somewhere?

Closeups, hopefully?

Alpharius wrote:Are there better pictures somewhere?

Closeups, hopefully?

THIS. Many times. And preferably unpainted shots of the bits too?

Not a fan of the women but I like the shield alot.

Like these? Oh yes, all Storm Raven Extension Pre-orders are now shipped and accounted for. I am now in the process of stock-piling them for the release in a couple of weeks. I want to have at least 100 in hand before I put the for general sale. Even then I dont think they will last more then 2-3 days from the amount of emails I get daily.

Wheeled Chimeras, Conversion Beamers and Death Angel LR Doors are also ramping up in production and I expect to be able to ship at least 30 of them next week (I shipped 7 wheeled kits this week, slow slow outsourced resin company.).

Nick

Those are probably the best female conversions I've seen so far. Too bad IG got yanked out as Sisters of Battle allies, I'd have loved these in my Witchunters force. I'll still get some though

Much better looking as the painted ones weren't that great. I do wish the sculptor would do small arms too go on them though as they are a bit butch otherwise..

Empchild wrote:Much better looking as the painted ones weren't that great. I do wish the sculptor would do small arms too go on them though as they are a bit butch otherwise..

The sculptor is working on those arms (for the last few weeks along with some other projects).

Forgot to link you to this; it's a good chunk of my 40k art collection.

Chapterhouse wrote:

Can I know what tool you use to cut those rivets out of green stuff? I tried using brass tubes to punch them out but they keep deforming when I try to push the green stuff out of the tubes.

I would assume that they made a thin rod of greenstuff, let it harden, and then cut it.

The trick I use is using a metal tipped mechanical pencil and hole punching a thin sheet of greenstuff, makes perfect same sized rivets every time, and you can get pencils in .3 - .9mm (the most common of course are .5 and .7).

But if you try to use brass tude or anything other method on uncured greenstuff, it will of course deform.

Glad I saw this again...been considering picking up something to make a custom techmarine and had forgotten CH made a kit.

There is any possibilitie to see some of those female soldiers built with Shock Troopers Arms (from Wargames factory). And on top of it, any chace for female Jungle Comandos and Greatcoats?

I'd just like to see some assembly instructions on that conversion beamer, along with a few assembled kit pics.

scipio.au wrote:I'd just like to see some assembly instructions on that conversion beamer, along with a few assembled kit pics.

scipio.au wrote:I'd just like to see some assembly instructions on that conversion beamer, along with a few assembled kit pics.

There aren't too many parts. There is a backpack with one peg and a backpack with two pegs... there is a single robo-arm and single beamer-arm... the two arms have rings that slide over the peg. For the backpack with one peg choose to install either the beamer-arm or robo-arm by sliding the ring over the peg. For the backpack with two pegs choose to put the robo-arm on the left or right side by sliding the ring over the peg and mount the beamer-arm on the opposing peg.

HEY Cchapterhouse is there any chance of some various types of shoulder pads with a single face on skull?

Great stuff!

You know what the world is missing, a reasonably priced not-Vendetta conversion kit. I bet those would be in high demand...

Any chance of a Conversion Beamer that fits on a bike rather than a backpack?

Shouldn't you really just ask "if the backpack fits on a marine riding a bike?"-I'm pretty sure it does.

i feel like the arms are a little too big to fit those guardsmen, they all kinda look like football players. shoulda made em plus sized girls so they fit a little better, lol

aka_mythos wrote:Shouldn't you really just ask "if the backpack fits on a marine riding a bike?"-I'm pretty sure it does.

It does fit on a bike, I'm currently working on a tech marine bike using the kit. I've even put crap on the back of the bike that I thought was going to get in the way. I've actually got mine set to come up over the riders right shoulder, and currently in the stowed position. Sorry about the quality of the photo, but I was working on him while on the road.

Neat road setup!

According to the little note I got, the TSA enjoyed it as well. Biggest problem on the road was light.

So CH, when are we getting the War Beetle?

Heh.. how would I model heat rays?

Bright yellow streamers and confetti, of course!

"Melta guns"? or blow drier-esqe guns?

Pick a gun, and attach a "BIG silencer" tho the nose, them you go to the back, and put some cables on it. I would add some fuel compartiments. That way, you can take aut the silencer and add a flamer nose to it, for aditional uses

But serious, what are the chances for female catachans? If catachans are anabolized rambos, female catachans should look like ninfetes (remember the "comics logic" here )

Dunno about female Catachans, but these are in the works..

Hrmh.

Those look nice, Nick.

Those look great! A nice mix of 40k, infinity and Halo! As long as the proportions are vigorously administered by the sculptor I think these will do great for you guys!

I don't see much 40k in them tbh.

They look like a good blend of Infinity, Halo, and generic modern SciFi.

Kanluwen wrote:I don't see much 40k in them tbh.

Yeah, no skullz!

Inq Stormtroopers, Kasrkin? Other carapace elite troops? A bit of a stretch I guess, but a few bits here and there, I don't think it would be out of the question... just IMHO of course -

Kroothawk wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:I don't see much 40k in them tbh.

Yeah, no skullz!

Not even that. It's something I can't really quantify, outside of the fact that nothing about it "feels" like 40k.

That's not a bad thing mind you. Those are some damn fine looking sculpts and I am likely going to buy some for some random projects I've got stirring around in my head for dioramas. What kind of weapons are we looking at?

Elysian Storm Troopers? Give em some IG bits, they would fit in fine imo.

I see what Kanluwen is saying. Those concept are a bit too "clean" to be Imperial 40k stuff. There are too many rounded parts and the proportions actually make sense.

That being said, I love them.

Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

Yeah, the female armor isn't much like the concept art.

Very kool infantry. I want boxes of ten please.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

QFT
This is very annoying.

poipo32 wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

QFT
This is very annoying.

I dunno, as far as models go those are pretty conservative.

As long as the Inverse Armor Principle isn't in effect, I'm satisfied. I hope that these turn out just like the concept art. These are the sort of sci-fi troopers that I've been looking for.

what i love about the double ds going on there is the fact the concept sketches look really good... then SUDDENLY BOOBS!...... I agree its fecking irritating.

poipo32 wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

QFT
This is very annoying.

I'm guessing you have to go big just to help sell the fact that its a female model

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

Sex sells, need to be exaggerated for this scale, blah blah blah

Chapterhouse wrote:

scipio.au wrote:I'd just like to see some assembly instructions on that conversion beamer, along with a few assembled kit pics.

OK that looks simple and well put together!


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Sgt.Roadkill wrote:what i love about the double ds going on there is the fact the concept sketches look really good... then SUDDENLY BOOBS!...... I agree its fecking irritating.

yeah, this.

It's a shame.

Theduke07 wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

Sex sells, need to be exaggerated for this scale, blah blah blah

For "sex sells" to hold up as a reason, putting bigger boobs on models would need to make me want them more. It does not.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

Because tripple-D's can't fit on a miniature?

Because having a single D would look unbalanced?

BTW, I wanted to say that what I like about the concept pick was that the soldier on the right is clearly identifiable as a female, without having boob armor. And that was well done, and something there isn't much on the market.

Will have to see how the sculpt turns out.

- Piousman

Piousman wrote:Because having a single D would look unbalanced?

I do really hope you're being facetious.

H.B.M.C. wrote:

Piousman wrote:Because having a single D would look unbalanced?

I do really hope you're being facetious.

Chapterhouse wrote:Dunno about female Catachans, but these are in the works..

I do agree with some of the comments, The scketch looks great, the boobs on the model a bit big, but it wouldn't stop me from getting them. My question though is; are you doing female arms too? If they are not in the plans, please make them! I haven't seen anywhere that does female conversions or bits that have female arms, and the cadian GW arms just don't look right, they're too bulky to be female.

Yes, arms were done for this set as well as arms for the "Catachan" Female conversion kit as well.

I had no weapons sculpted onto these pieces due to feedback. I did have the sculptor refer to our SCAR weapons and others for scale purposes and they should have arms that will hold the weapons as well.

Chapterhouse wrote:Yes, arms were done for this set as well as arms for the "Catachan" Female conversion kit as well.

I had no weapons sculpted onto these pieces due to feedback. I did have the sculptor refer to our SCAR weapons and others for scale purposes and they should have arms that will hold the weapons as well.

*happy dance*

Yay!

Chapterhouse is there any chance you can respond ot the boob topic considering it has been the topic of a bunch of posts?

no chance of says 2 torso types one with large and one with say more average boob size?

(partly pushing this cause i love the models and hoping to cannibalise for arbites and partly cause i would genuinely like a response)

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

It gives them a 3+ save.

I honestly have no idea on what to say. We were pretty much bashed for not having enough female attributes on the Doomseer model. Then bashed for too much on the Scorpion Warrior model.

My thoughts are you will never please everyone on this topic.

I think the doomseer looked masculine, which isn't the same as having small bewbs. The issue is neither end of the spectrum looks very realistic at that scale, and most folks would like as much thought put into the female models as is seemingly put into male models when it comes to physiology.

Scottywan82 wrote:I think the doomseer looked masculine, which isn't the same as having small bewbs. The issue is neither end of the spectrum looks very realistic at that scale, and most folks would like as much thought put into the female models as is seemingly put into male models when it comes to physiology.

Which would mean over emphasized anatomy (according to the general miniatures market).

Chapterhouse wrote:I honestly have no idea on what to say. We were pretty much bashed for not having enough female attributes on the Doomseer model. Then bashed for too much on the Scorpion Warrior model.

My thoughts are you will never please everyone on this topic.

Welcome to the internet. You must be new here

Just do them the way you think is right.

The legs are a little wonky position wise but otherwise it's interesting. I will have to wait on judgement until complete but so far not bad.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Why must all female infantry have Double-D's?

They're not there for fighting.

Ammo Reserves

NSFW for the most frail of minds

You could always produce a variant with a smaller bust and then see which one sells more units, then take that as your "proof in pudding" for future releases.

I mean, guys do like big boobs, but you're selling a niche product, so you may well find your sales go against your large-breasted assumptions.

I don't see the issue with the breasts.. Looks good to me! I imagine half of all female models produced wouldn't sell if people didn't like seeing decent sized breasts on models.

Rather be able to distinguish the female properties than not.. after all they are small scale. I mean come on, these breasts are no more absurd than space marine shoulder pad sizes

Let the haters hate

Please take all talk about boobs and bra size to some other thread in some other section other than News and Rumors.

Please allow this thread to be about new releases from Chapterhouse Studios.

If anyone is going to place an order today, please shoot me an email at nick@chapterhousestudios.com. I need a tester for the new website and would like to recruit an actual customer to do so.

Thanks
Nick

I've been surfing the interwebs and I cannot find any answers (nor did I get an email response).

Anyone know when the Chimera kit will be available? The site says "Pre-order" on it, but it appears some people have already been able to purchase them so, little confuzzled.

Jstncloud wrote:I've been surfing the interwebs and I cannot find any answers (nor did I get an email response).

Anyone know when the Chimera kit will be available? The site says "Pre-order" on it, but it appears some people have already been able to purchase them so, little confuzzled.

"Pre-order" status - You can still add them to your cart and pay for them, but they are currently out of stock, we are waiting for more to arrive from the casting company. If you pay now, yours will be shipped in the order that your order was done, otherwise you have to wait.

Its your call, I just put "Pre-order" on there so people have the option of pre-paying, otherwise "out of stock" wouldnt allow that option if they so chose.

Nick - Chapterhouse Studios LLC

Chapterhouse wrote:

Jstncloud wrote:I've been surfing the interwebs and I cannot find any answers (nor did I get an email response).

Anyone know when the Chimera kit will be available? The site says "Pre-order" on it, but it appears some people have already been able to purchase them so, little confuzzled.

"Pre-order" status - You can still add them to your cart and pay for them, but they are currently out of stock, we are waiting for more to arrive from the casting company. If you pay now, yours will be shipped in the order that your order was done, otherwise you have to wait.

Its your call, I just put "Pre-order" on there so people have the option of pre-paying, otherwise "out of stock" wouldnt allow that option if they so chose.

Nick - Chapterhouse Studios LLC

Alrighty, what would the wait time be (approximately).

Approx 2 weeks.

What's up with those great looking armors on the previous 2 pages - how are they coming along? Have you considered making a female one with the same styling, but a smaller chest? Because I would love to get some of those as counts-as guardswomen. I know it was discussed in general but not in specific about this product, and you answered why they were how they are, but no one asked if you'd consider a lighter-proportioned one...

they look great to me.

never mind all this guard business! what about the Hellcats that were on your "in the pipeline" updates. i've seen some photo's on here which look exactly like the sketches but would like some confirmation, also im guessing that the weapons next to the pictures are for the same release? they look good. confirm please so i can bin off GW and get some awesome models.

Chapterhouse wrote:I just posted the new SCAR and Sniper rifles on the website as well as the Volcanic bases.

The 4 Different Rifle sets are 6 for $4.00. An 8 variety pack is $5.00.

8 Rifle Variety pack - $5.00


SCAR Autoguns 6 - $4.00


SCAR Lasguns 6 - $4.00



SCAR with Grenade Launchers 6 - $4.00



Sniper Rifles 6 -$4.00




The 25mm Volcanic bases are 10 for $11.00.

10 28mm Volcanic Lava Bases - $11.00



I am presently working on pushing production forward on the Storm Raven extension kits (I appreciate all the interest and emails I get in daily, I want to make sure to have plenty in stock when they go on sale in 2 weeks) as well as the other new kits.

Nick - Chapterhousestudios.com

Did these pics get moved somewhere else (if so, do you have revised links)?

Seems like they were moved

Here are the new urls.
SCAR Autogun 28mm - 6


SCAR Autogun with Grenade Launcher 28mm - 6


SCAR Lasguns 28mm - 6


SCAR Rifle Variety Set 28mm - 8


M14 Sniper Rifles - 6


Lava Crystal Bases 25mm - 10

 Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Number two is the one I'd actually like a fig of, also the GW pic of the three. Well sabertooth art if my notes are correct, but some kind of official GW art regardless.

I agree with what you are saying Kilkrazy, but sadly this fig hasn't got anything that marks it out as female. I have seen a few conversions that are miles better on whats offer here.

If I'm honest though,. I would have rather it was over the top, then completely underwhelming like this.

If I want to use a male fig and say its a female under the armour I might as well use Eldrad, not pay for one that doesn't live up to the sales pitch.


edit - here are some examples, the first two are ones I'd consider for myself if I could get a conversion together, but even the third which I think some would dislike heavily, I prefer over the one for sale.

Pitalla, you just quoted a post from 2011, in a thread that hasn't been posted in since 2012!

I'm not sure if we have a more recent one than the link below, which is from late 2014 when their webstore went back up:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/624367.page

So please direct conversation to that thread - thanks.