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TGN has opened up voting for the best miniatures, rules and vehicles for 2011.

Our Leviathan Mortis and Leviathan Crusader have been nominated in the best vehicle category. If you feel these kits are some of the best vehicles you have seen last year , please cast your vote.... Your help is greatly appreciated!

http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/forum/showthread.php?50-2011-TGN-Reader%E2%80%99s-Choice-Awards-Vehicle-Voting




You can see the kits here:
http://dreamforge-games.com/modelsmortis.html
http://dreamforge-games.com/modelscusader.html#


All the best!
Mark-
DreamForge-Games

Voted for your Crusader

Any chance on hearing about the progress on the 15mm Crusader, too? Might as well spring on you while you're online, after all

Your stuff is fantastic and I look forward to purchasing from you!

RiTides wrote:Voted for your Crusader

Any chance on hearing about the progress on the 15mm Crusader, too? Might as well spring on you while you're online, after all

Your stuff is fantastic and I look forward to purchasing from you!

Well..... its in the hands of of caster. I'm waiting for the production run to be completed right now. This caster does great work but hes soooooooooo slow, I just cant get a firm date from him :(

Congrats!

NoseGoblin wrote:Well..... its in the hands of of caster. I'm waiting for the production run to be completed right now. This caster does great work but hes soooooooooo slow, I just cant get a firm date from him :(

That's OK, I can wait

I hope you win this poll! I think you deserve to, although it's possible your results will be split between the Mortis and Crusader.... so everyone vote for the Crusader

RiTides wrote:

NoseGoblin wrote:Well..... its in the hands of of caster. I'm waiting for the production run to be completed right now. This caster does great work but hes soooooooooo slow, I just cant get a firm date from him :(

That's OK, I can wait

I hope you win this poll! I think you deserve to, although it's possible your results will be split between the Mortis and Crusader.... so everyone vote for the Crusader

But I like the Mortis better

Created an account just to vote, but am not allowed to vote on this by the site. I guess new accounts are blocked. Just add one to your win total when it is announced.

Theophony

Very proud owner of a crusader leviathan.

PS when will we see shots of the models from the kickstarter, and when will we see them available for regular order.

Thanks guys!
I have some well-deserved completion for best vehicle… there were some great releases by some very talented manufacturers.

As far as the Kickstarter project, I expect to receive delivery on or about the 27th and will be filling orders for all the Kickstarter participants… then I will list the figs for sale on the website ASAP. Just wish I had some skill painting to give them a proper introduction

All the best!
Mark-



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Theophony wrote:Created an account just to vote, but am not allowed to vote on this by the site. I guess new accounts are blocked. Just add one to your win total when it is announced.

Theophony

Looks like he is having some issues...


From TGN:
""**Updated**

Hey guys,

As posted up on the main page, there has been some technical difficulties with the polling system and I am working to fix that. Not all of the nominations were entered and this has caused some serious confusion with the awards. I am working to fix this and post up all of the nominations to be voted on.

Sorry for this confusion and thank you for your patience.

Ross"""

And this

Hey guys,

For those of you that went and checked out the polls for voting last night saw that there were nominations missing. I am working to fix that problem and make sure that all of the nominations are available for voting. Then the voting process will resume next Monday!

Thank you for all the entries for the Reader’s Choice awards, and for your patience.

Ross

Awesome, hope you win. I must say that my Crusader was one of the most detailed and difficult models Ive ever built.

I was able to vote, although I think that was before he edited... I would think the poll will be working again soon, though.

So is the poll back in commission?

Still a W.I.P.
Here is one of three troopers for the "heavy" trooper class. The soldier is clad in full power armor and wielding a quad mount machine gun. On his back is an auto-loader system to reload his main weapon as well as a massive power supply for his armor.
There will be three heavy troopers…. More to follow….




TGN has nominated the Leviathan Mortis and Crusader for best vehicle 2011.
If you feel either of these should win, please head over and vote HERE
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/forum/showthread.php?50-2011-TGN-Reader%E2%80%99s-Choice-Awards-Vehicle-Voting

Placed my vote. Looking forward to the new models, any update for the mini crusaders, and are the krieg marines available to order soon.

NoseGoblin wrote:Still a W.I.P.
Here is one of three troopers for the "heavy" trooper class. The soldier is clad in full power armor and wielding a quad mount machine gun. On his back is an auto-loader system to reload his main weapon as well as a massive power supply for his armor.
There will be three heavy troopers…. More to follow….




TGN has nominated the Leviathan Mortis and Crusader for best vehicle 2011.
If you feel either of these should win, please head over and vote HERE
http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/forum/showthread.php?50-2011-TGN-Reader%E2%80%99s-Choice-Awards-Vehicle-Voting

That MG dude is epically awesome.

Only for the sake of collecting and playing those models i would start a Guard army!...

Really awesome!!

Heavy trooper is quite interesting! Will be cool to see what the other 2 variants of it turn out to be

Hmm, very interesting heavies! The helmet design does not seem to match very much with the regular however though it still looks good on its own!

Second heavy near completion.. this one has a light AT gun





Here is the close combat specialist (wearing commanders plate with fluting and a more medieval style helm. (VERY ROUGH) used for posing before detailing and working out any issues. He will be armed with a power sword and an auto grenade launcher.



I could use some feedback....

Would you like the fluted style armor on all minis?
Do you prefer all minis have the helm that the close combat specialis is wearing?

Is there anything that you love about these or anything you would like to see changed?




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Commander Cain wrote:Hmm, very interesting heavies! The helmet design does not seem to match very much with the regular however though it still looks good on its own!

The design queues are more from the Leviathans on these minis.. hence the jousting style helm... I will offer them with a more Stahl helm option for those that prefer the WWII look.

So, the new mini's would be more of a "counts as" Space Marines, right?
Either way, nice looking so far!

I prefer the helm in the upper pictures over the one in the last picture by a landslide.

Those are really nice models

I like the visor on the fluted helm and the flat helm style.

Theophony wrote:Placed my vote. Looking forward to the new models, any update for the mini crusaders, and are the krieg marines available to order soon.

I ordered about 700 extra minis... As soon as I fill the large order for the Kickstarter, I can put them up on my website

NoseGoblin wrote:I could use some feedback....

Would you like the fluted style armor on all minis?
Do you prefer all minis have the helm that the close combat specialis is wearing?

Is there anything that you love about these or anything you would like to see changed?

I know one poster said the opposite but I like the helm and armor of the close combat specialist Waaaaaay better! He looks pretty darn cool so far

The others are not bad, but I think the armor/helm of the last is much more inspired (and much less generic-looking).

Okay, your are getting more of my money bought one the big guys. And two squads of troops and I must have the

At gun guy looks great! He looks perfectly suited to wielding such a large weapon.

I would like to see what the regulars guns would look like if they were underslung because they look a little odd atm.

Wow, those heavy weapons troopers look awesome. They fit in really well with the crusader, but aren't really all that visually similar to the marines. I like the CC specialist's helm as a command helm. I think the others look fine as is.

Zefig wrote:Wow, those heavy weapons troopers look awesome. They fit in really well with the crusader, but aren't really all that visually similar to the marines. I like the CC specialist's helm as a command helm. I think the others look fine as is.

This is one area I have rustled with.... the similarity between troop types.
I tried to fold in visual cues between the troops. Here you can see a comparison, the chest details such as the gorget “neck guard” the imperial eagle on the chest, details on the shoulders, the med pack dispensers (round projections lower chest ) etc., were cues I hoped would help tie them together.



They are not supposed to be enlarged versions of the same armor, in the same way that GW, SM and IG do not share the same design. I had hoped that they at least look like they belong in the same faction. If they don’t, then I have failed

Here you can see the optional Stahl helm that may help tie it together. I prefer the jousting style helm for this armor but I know some may not, and as many people tend to be drawn to the head and face, I thought it best to include this option for those that prefer it.

Ok, I can see it a bit better now. There certainly are similarities. I'm sure a unifying paint scheme would help even more. I think for me it's more to do with the curves and the angles of it all. The marines are a lot more rounded and organic, whereas the heavy troopers have a lot more hard angles in the armor, throughout the design. The iconography definitely goes a long way into tying them together too, and the weapons all definitely look like they're from the same family.

All that said, they certainly don't look incompatible. There's really nothing between the two that's really clashing. I like both the helmets for them, and you're right that the stahl helm really ties them back in with the marines in a big way. I think it's cool that they're so distinct with the switch of the helmet, actually.

Still very excited for the whole line. I'm looking forward to buying some when I'm able.

Generally I dislike that style of knight helmet, but that's just me.

Loving the heavy infantry. The fluted helm looks okay, but I'd keep it exclusively to the close combat guys. Also really like the look of your standard helmet in the suit.

I'd buy a box of those guys right away if they were in resin. They'd look to make fantastic Inquisitional bodyguards. I opted to not buy your basic infantry (regretfully) because they were metal.

Is there any chance that the infantry will be released in resin or plastic in the future?