Troll Forged Miniatures rumour thread [Aug 2nd - Little announcement]

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**Prophecy07**

Really? I think the Space Pirate Pig is an entire boatload of win.

He's like a cross between Porco Russo and Pey'j (both awesome).

**Mr. Burning**

Just noticed space pig is holding some kind of gatling pistol!

**BrookM**

Malika2 wrote:

Porco Rosso?

**tony_nids_10**

It reminds me of Hogish Greedly from Captain Planet... but in a good "I'm going to buy one" kind of way!

**insaniak**

Only just noticed that the pig-dude has a wooden leg... I don't think I would be able to use him on the table without trotting out that old joke about the 'bloody good pig' with the wooden leg every time.

**Malika2**

A few new releases:

Old school aliens, maybe for Tau fans or perhaps for those who love more anime or cartoony styled aliens:

Both aliens cost $6 and can be ordered here!

Snakemen:
Chief:

Warrior:

You can order them here. The Chief is $8 whilst the warrior is $5.

Mutated Elf, maybe something for Bloodbowl fans?

Order here for $4!

Lionman:

Get it here for $3!

**lord marcus**

What size base is the snakeman chief on?

**Malika2**

40mm base if I'm not mistaken.

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There are also two new barbarians out, also by Cerberus, you can order them here for $3 each!

**Malika2**

Some more WIPs.

Kyte has been working on a standard bearer for his Sharkmen:

Burano started working on some weapons, here is a preview of his shotgun:

Nehemiah is presenting his four finished Dagan bodies:

Ed revived his alien project:

Daemonslave has been working on dungeon floor templates:

**Malika2**

Update on Ynek's walker:

Another minor update...

Aside from little bits of tidying up here and there, I've made a couple of new components.

The first is a new, poseable foot. The upside of this is that it will allow modellers to position the toes of the foot in any way they like, and this foot is also slightly larger, which fits the overall scale of the model a lot better.

The downside to this is that it means that four toes will have to be cast to make one complete foot (so 8 in total).

Of course, I still have to do the detailling (rivets etc.) but on the whole, I'm quite happy with the way that it's turning out...

Anywho - pics...

Another small change that I've made was that I re-fiddled the knee joint. Originally, a large cylinder on the thigh slid into a narrow loop on the shin to create the joint, but on reflection, this could be difficult to cast. (The thin ring might warp, etc.)
So, to make things easier, I just cut the thigh/knee cylinder in half, and stuck one half through the ring and glued it in place. This makes the knee easy to cast, and also means that on a finished model, the joint will be stronger (since the knee is held together by more than just a thin ring of resin)

Pics of the rearranged knee parts:

And finally, I finished off the back detail panel for the main carapace. It's basically just three exhaust ports (two shielded rectangular ones, and one unshielded (auxilliary) circular vent. The first picture is just the panel on it's own, but the second picture shows what it looks like in place on the back of the main carapace.

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I'm still working on the laser weapon, but I think that the missile launcher and cannons are probably enough weapons for a kit at the minute. I'm thinking that it might be smarter to release any future additional weapons separately...

Icesword is still working on his Redemption Sector material:

Some of the BP heads I was toying with, and BP armatures on the background. Think I'm going to go with the front two heads:

Attempts at female redcoats, looking a bit off at the moment I'm not liking them. Need to reposition the heads then see how they look finished.

Cavalry:

Minor details to be added to the Cherub and this is done:

Basing- decided to sculpt little ruin bases on everything (0.5-2mm thick) to ease mounting them. They'll do for traditional slotta bases and also thin flat bases like pennies or plasticard.

Early stages/mock ups of robots and the artillery heavy gun that will be pulled by a horse:

Daemonslave continues to work on the dungeon tiles:

Right, update time. Here's what I've been up to;

Made a room (5x5);

And a collapsed corridor (mark II);

[I made it detatchable for ease of moulding/casting]

And made a start on a collapsed/narrow corridor;

The walls (wip);

Alien stuff by Bocks:

http://trollsforge.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wip&action=modifypost&thread=930&post=25669

**Kroothawk**

Some Alien updates by Bock:

"Stingwing":

Something new:

@Malika2:
Do you know what happened to cyclonus' Transport Bug (model being ready since January) and Bock's Brainbug Mk 2 moulds both ready since a month? Is Ed still recovering from his sickness? No post for 4 weeks in the Trollforged "Moulds in Progress" thread.

**Malika2**

Ed made a cast of it but is currently trying to figure out what to do for the master mold. Problem is that the creature is quite massive (as in taking a lot of materials) which means it would get rather expensive if produced in a more conventional manner (as in a solid piece miniature). So Ed is trying to figure out a way to keep the figure under $40 since its quite chunky.

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By the way, another minor update on Ed's alien:

**Padre**

Really like the idea of the poseable toes for the Walker...but can't wait to see some "assembled" photos...

Had a laugh when I saw the

Priest - just had a vision of him getting confused, and accidentally mashing some heretic over the head with the cherub by mistake!

Like the "pred-head" on the alien...not real enthused by the others, but thats just my opinion.

Any idea when the Preacher, Commissar and Officer will be available?

Padre^.

**Malika2**

Any idea when the Preacher, Commissar and Officer will be available?

Depends whether Icesword deem them worthy enough to be sent off. Then Ed will need to cast them and make master mold of them. I can't really give you any ETA because nobody really knows yet, I think Ed also had to pick up his day job again which means things are kinda running a bit slower than we like at the moment.

**Mattlov**

looking better all the time with the WIP stuff!

**Malika2**

Ikim finished his female sniper:

We've got a new member called Bodiscool who made a Rasputin inspired evil dwarf:
LINK

Gorgasaur has been working on some pigmen...

A human sized one:

His chunky brother:

The two of them together:

The big pigman next to a marine:

And a message from Ed on the progress:

Ok, I'm getting through iKims last casts for him tonight and then his casts for the painter will go out in a week or two. That frees up my time for cyclonus. I am testing his this week, should have the casts soon. Technoscream has been very patient so I'm cutting his this week along with Ice's mutants and Kobarf, your going to have all molds done tonight.

I feel very bad about Kobarf I think he has been waiting close to a year now. The new spin cast system had some of his veru fine things not translated into metals very well so I made resin molds this week for him. The metal masters and repairs made. His mutants will be done and then casting his.

This means I have to get the alien leader finished with my space pirate. Tidyfiguremaker, vermis, badsmile, and Khavor's gal into resin and metals next.

That also allows me to get SSDC's run into frames for them while begining prep for Kyte.

**Padre**

Mal,

Really sorry to say this, but, as per my earlier message, there are severe proportion issues with that female sniper. The head and face are completely wrong (sorry, not a very technical description, I know), and unless she is meant to be anorexic, the same goes for the forearms.These do not reflect human musculature in any way. Do not like in the slightest, IMHO.

Something about the large "pigman" model is reminding me of the early Citadel Ogre and Ogryn models - maybe it's the oversize bottom lip?

Padre^.

**ph34r**

Padre wrote:Mal,

Really sorry to say this, but, as per my earlier message, there are severe proportion issues with that female sniper. The head and face are completely wrong (sorry, not a very technical description, I know), and unless she is meant to be anorexic, the same goes for the forearms.These do not reflect human musculature in any way. Do not like in the slightest, IMHO.

Something about the large "pigman" model is reminding me of the early Citadel Ogre and Ogryn models - maybe it's the oversize bottom lip?

Padre^.

After taking a serious look at it, I have to agree with the comments about the female sniper. The face, belly button, and shoulders look off. At this point it would be hard to fix, but just sayin'.

**Grobrotz**

Do you have a releasedate for Iceswords dollies?
I need them badly

**Malika2**

Padre wrote:Mal,

Really sorry to say this, but, as per my earlier message, there are severe proportion issues with that female sniper. The head and face are completely wrong (sorry, not a very technical description, I know), and unless she is meant to be anorexic, the same goes for the forearms.These do not reflect human musculature in any way. Do not like in the slightest, IMHO.

Something about the large "pigman" model is reminding me of the early Citadel Ogre and Ogryn models - maybe it's the oversize bottom lip?

Padre^.

I know what you mean, I'll pass the comment on. If I'm not mistaken others have also commented on this...

**lord marcus**

Iceswords dollies are currently being mulled over in the submissions section of the TFM forums. If you wish to push for thier release you may wish to contact Ed.

**lord marcus**

Any progress on Bocks stingwing or gunbeast Mal?

**Peatreed**

vostroyan conscripts!

**Kroothawk**

lord marcus wrote:Any progress on Bocks stingwing or gunbeast Mal?

Funny that you ask.
Bocks has published these pics today, main structural parts done now working on the details:

Little progress on the "gunmaw" though:

**Armorum Ferrum**

Stingwing is shaping up nicely mate !

**poipo32**

Is Malika dead or is there not much news about TFM so he/she doesn't post?

**Darth Bob**

Sting wing is very cool. I will definitely pick one of them up for a nice alternative to the Parasite of Mortrex. However, I cannot say I like the head or the swiss cheese-like wings.

**lord marcus**

Its still a WIP Bob.

**Darth Bob**

lord marcus wrote:Its still a WIP Bob.

Yes, yes, I know. But I'm just hoping the wings and head have a serious overhaul before it's completed because I'm not fond of where they seem to be going. Namely the shape and size of the head, it seems a bit too small and non-menacing when compared to the rest of the body.

**Malika2**

poipo32 wrote:Is Malika dead or is there not much news about TFM so he/she doesn't post?

Sorry for my silence. Things have been a little bit hectic lately, I'm about to finish my thesis, that combined with the fact that I no longer have internet at home means I won't be able to come on here as much as I'd like to. TFM has been going a bit slower as well, with Ed still catching up with a lot of the casting work. Wanted to start posting some updates once there were actual concrete new releases rather than even more teasing.

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Ok ok, pictures!

Ed's pirate has a new gun:

Ikim has been working on a new model:

Necromancer by Khavor:

Ed started working on a female troll:

Warplockmonkey finished up his Orc shaman: