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**Asherian Command**

Anvils hammer wrote:Cheers guys!

@IanSturrock, they are on their way, Im preping for Salute in April at the moment, finnished off the current batch of Steam Lord releases and some new bases and hopefully somthing special to launch at the show.

From May onward Ill be starting to work on the Modular Guardsman range, the ideas have been floating around my head for years!

@Bounty, yep, it confuses the hell out of me as well..
"Hi Ive got these Thunderwolves I bought.."
"Sorry you cant use those here"
"what can I use"
"erm.. 5 Canis Wolfborns? (Eyes light up with $$$)

Im actually already very happy to have others sculpt parts for the range, the only requirement is that parts have to fit the theme, and that the sculptor has to be as good or better than I am.. Buckets of free parts are on offer of course.. no ones taken me up on it yet!

@Asherian, thanks for your order, I posted it yesterday, normally takes about a week to the states. If you get a chance, read the "working with resin" guide on my website, Forgeworld also have an excellent guide here-

http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/R/resintips.pdf

Basically you will be impressed by the detail/lack of mold lines compared to plastic, but the material does require more cleaning/prepping. The main thing to note is that resin is more brittle and will tend to snap, where plastic wil bend.
If you need any particular/additional advice feel free to email me!
Im afraid I cant actually see the helmet details in your photo, have you got a larger copy?

AH

I am a big diablo fan. So My army is based on the Heavenly Hosts from Bible and Diablo

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**Anvils Hammer**

Asherian, Thats an awesome image! Id love to do a helmet exactly like that for you but no time at all in the next few months! Im not sure how you could alter the Spartan one.. I had a "gladiator" helmet at one point I think you would have loved but I never released it as I wasnt happy with the quality, Im going to back to it in the future, not that thats much help at the moment! my apologies!

General news

The Praetorian Steam Lord legs have been remastered and remolded and are now better than ever.
The Medieval shields will be put up for pre order over the weekend and will be ready to dispatch by the end of next week.
The Medieval Legs I previewed a while back are shaping up nicely and will be released along with the shield, hopefully with the rifle arms as well!

Here is a preview sketch I cant resist posting. The first complete sketch of my Steam Lord Exo-Armour Mech. Exacty what it says on the Tin, a massive mech with different weapon options and a Steam Lord piloting it. I will be releasing a basic version, as well as several sets of upgrade armour to make it match the regular Steam Lord Infantry. For example on the sketch, Ive drawn it with massive Mech sized versions of my popular "spartan" shoulder pad.

Cheers!

Joel

**Commander Cain**

Ooh, me like! The general design looks sound and fits in well with the PA guys. I can imagine a fully enclosed version would also look pretty cool.

I am not sure if this has been mentioned before, but do you have any plans to make a bulkier version of the current armour?

**Anvils Hammer**

Commander Cain wrote:Ooh, me like! The general design looks sound and fits in well with the PA guys. I can imagine a fully enclosed version would also look pretty cool.

I am not sure if this has been mentioned before, but do you have any plans to make a bulkier version of the current armour?

hey, Cheers! Yes I will be doing a fully enclosed version or two (lots of modular armour sections for this kit planned) and also a version piloted by a standard human helmsman.

Yes I am planning bulkier "exo" versions of the Steam Lords, same basic modular concept. No idea when Ill be working on them though.

Joel

**candy.man**

I like the look of the walker. I like the idea that it’s going to be a mech sized version of a steamlord, complete with mech sized steamlord shoulderpads. For added affect, I reckon you should upsize some of the steamlord weaponry for the walker as well (e.g. mech sized gun-halberd).

What size will the walker be? Is it going to be Dreadnaught sized or is it going to be Dreadknight sized?

Also, since the new stuff hasn’t gone up for pre-order yet, can you post some pics of the new legs?

**Anvils Hammer**

@Candy.man,

Cheers, Yeah I want it to fit in, so Ill be doing a basic exo skeleton which can be used "as it", then when I have the time, creating sets of armour plates in a few styles to match the Steam Lord Miniatures.

The walker will be approximately 3 inches tall, so a similar scale to a GW dreadnaught model.

I will be upsizing the shields, swords, axes as well as a few new Melee weapons, and plan a full range of ranged weapons as well, all of which will be ambi-dexterous to allow for pleanty of combinations.

I dont have a very recent photo of the medieval legs, but here is an older WIP I posted earlier in the thread-

There will be 5 different poses. Hopefully finnishing them off this week.

Cheers,

Joel

**Fosner1703**

Joel, will you be making the axe with the hand lower down on the handle? I do like having it like up, it lets you do a couple of more dynamic poses, but if they were actually swinging it, their hand would be further down on the handle, to get more benefit from the weight of the axe head, compared to a sword.

**Anvils Hammer**

Fosner, you are totally right, if they were swinging the axe it would tend to be further down.

The reasons I didnt do it like that were two fold, partly because i reused the handles from the warglaives to save time, and secondly because resin is more brittle than plastic, and if you had a model swinging the aze round by the end of the handle, it would be more likely to break.

You could do a conversion by chopping the axe into three peices, carefully sanding the ends flat and glueing it back with the hand at the bottom. With a good quality superglue it would last just as well as the solid component.

Ill be doing some "ornate" versions of the weapons at some point, which will come with separate hands which glue round, so those kits will allow for full posing.

Cheers!

Joel

**amrogers3**

When you going to bring back the studded shoulder pads?

**Rented Tritium**

Either your detail or your photos appear to have gone up a notch. Those look really good.

**Asherian Command**

Anvils hammer wrote:Asherian, Thats an awesome image! Id love to do a helmet exactly like that for you but no time at all in the next few months! Im not sure how you could alter the Spartan one.. I had a "gladiator" helmet at one point I think you would have loved but I never released it as I wasnt happy with the quality, Im going to back to it in the future, not that thats much help at the moment! my apologies!

All good. Can't wait for my shipment of stuff. I am planning on building the guy and waiting for the head another month. I am master convertor when it comes to it. And damn it would be great to have a custom helmet made for me in time that is XD

**Anvils Hammer**

@amrogers3

I cant say for sure, could be six months before I get round to it! when I do they will not be the same pad, Ill be adding studs to my medieval pad, or making a new design.

@Rented Tritium

Cheers! its the parts, the weapons are 3D printed, which allows for perfect symetry, hard edges etc, ideal for anything mechanical. My sculpting and master part QC is also somthing Ive been working hard to improve, and will continue to do so!

@Asherian Command, Dont leave your dude headless waiting on a helmet I may or may not get round to this year.. Im shockingly unreliable when it comes to sticking to a shedule :p
If you or somone you know is a good sculptor, make the exact helmet you want and I can add it to the range much sooner!

Cheers

Joel

**Anvils Hammer**

I am pleased to announce some new products are available-

Medieval style legs, as previewed a few weeks ago-

There are 5 different poses, including two with raised feet, resin rocks are on the sprue, or you ask your most frequent opponent for a spare head to step on!

Some new heads for my Steam Lords, sculpted by Robert Starling-

Five different sculpts with a variety of facial expressions, you can leave them bald, or paint on stubble/short hair.

I will be releasing several varients of these basic heads over the next month or two. A "veteran" version with scars and bionic implants, a "cult" version with hoods, and a set with hair! anything else you guys can think of that might be popular?

Here are the new components assembled, just add arms and you are good to go!

Im currently working on the arms to hold my assault rifles, at which point Ill be giving these guys some well deserved fire power!

Cheers guys!

Joel

**MajorWesJanson**

Those legs would make good bionics if people are so inclined.

As for heads, maybe a bearded set, and a partially mechanical set?

**swordwind99**

you should make a true scale version of these as they will sell ike hot cakes if the chapterhouse thread is anything to go by and your products are far better sculpts than theres.

**Anvils Hammer**

@Majorwes, Yep a partially mechical set is definatly coming up.

@Swordwind, Larger versions of the legs (I estimate about 4mm taller) are a possibility at some point, especially given how well the new medieval legs are selling, but I want to complete the "normal" Steam Lord range first.

At the moment Im still trying to work through the backlog of unreleased components and older stuff that needs new molds made.

Cheers,

Joel

**Anvils Hammer**

Currently working on updating my Steam Lord Arms and making the arms to hold the guns.. but for now a quick announcement.

I got a large parcel from Japan this morning, I am now a UK based supplier of

Rapid Mold Sticks

This product is exactly the same as the popular "Instant mold" brand, the same plastic, the same number of sticks, but substantially cheaper! The only difference is you are not paying loads extra for fancy packaging and a brand name.

Six sticks for £6, The cheapest of any UK wargames supplier, and much faster than importing from the US!

Buy Rapid Mold here

Cheers,

Joel

**Cyvash**

awsome...wish i new how to make molds....for some of the things i have been working on....

btw i managed to order the 24 medevil legs and other bits i needed for my plauge marine project, looking forward to reciving the bits.....sucks it probly going to take half the monthg to get to me since i live in California

**BrookM**

Woooh, been waiting for a cheaper source of mold stuff for a while now. A FLGS sells it, but at €15,00 per pack feth that noise!

**lord_blackfang**

http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/oyumaru-reusable-modelling-compound-clear-6-pack.html

£4.90

**Anvils Hammer**

lord_blackfang wrote:http://www.fredaldous.co.uk/oyumaru-reusable-modelling-compound-clear-6-pack.html

£4.90

Fredaldous UK shipping £2.80, total price £7.70

Anvil Industry UK shipping £1.50, total price £7.50

And if you are so inclined so you can purchase anything other war gaming product from me at the same time, postage is still just £1.50 flat rate for First Class Royal Mail dispatching normally within one business day.

@Cyvash, thanks very much for your order! I will dispatch it tomorrow (Post Office closed today) and hopefully it should turn up in about a week, but a lot depends on how quickly it clears customs at your end.

Cheers guys,

Joel

**Fosner1703**

Cyvash wrote:awsome...wish i new how to make molds....for some of the things i have been working on....

btw i managed to order the 24 medevil legs and other bits i needed for my plauge marine project, looking forward to reciving the bits.....sucks it probly going to take half the monthg to get to me since i live in California

I ordered from him, living on the east coast, and they got to me in like 6-7 days if I remember right. I was super surprised out how quick they came.

**Commander Cain**

Anvils hammer wrote:

Here are the new components assembled, just add arms and you are good to go!

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Im currently working on the arms to hold my assault rifles, at which point Ill be giving these guys some well deserved fire power!

Cheers guys!

Joel

They look amazing! With some good shooty bits added they will be perfect for me.

**The_mini_painter**

Wow man these models are awesome. I may have to order a custom model at the weekend.

**Anvils Hammer**

Cheers guys!!

@Fosner, 5-6 days is what Royal Mail claims it takes for AirMail, so looks like they get it right sometimes!

Im currently remaking all of my arms including new pistol and rifle arms, hoping to get them released at the end of the week.

Joel

**Lobokai**

Go to my gallery for higher res pics if desired

Here are some Honour Guard that I have been slowly working on using Anvil, Forgeworld, and GW bits (wanted them to be tournament legal).

I really like the Champion... I posed him like the GW one, but used an Anvil head, torso, legs, cape, lion cloth, and shoulder pads (he's got the fewest GW pieces of the lot).

The Anvil pieces really make the unit stand out, and while my painting is a little subpar and photography is worse, you can really see the potential for a more GreccoRoman theme with Anvil parts

Below is the rest of the squad, I have a zoomed in pic of the squad's ancient just because I really really like how the Anvil and Forgeworld parts came together on him

**Anvils Hammer**

Hey Lobukia, very nice paint work and some awesome conversions!!

The roman pads with the gold trim look great, Im actually planning a "banded" version of that peice when I get a space 5 minutes!

Thanks very much for sharing the photos!!

AH

**schadenfreude**

Anvils Hammer wrote:Currently working on updating my Steam Lord Arms and making the arms to hold the guns.. but for now a quick announcement.

I got a large parcel from Japan this morning, I am now a UK based supplier of

Rapid Mold Sticks

This product is exactly the same as the popular "Instant mold" brand, the same plastic, the same number of sticks, but substantially cheaper! The only difference is you are not paying loads extra for fancy packaging and a brand name.

Six sticks for £6, The cheapest of any UK wargames supplier, and much faster than importing from the US!

Buy Rapid Mold here

Cheers,

Joel

Your rapid mold product seems superior to it's competition instant mold. I've been to anvil industries before and am impressed with your inventory.

2 Problems.

Problem #1 your web sight is down or has a broken link. I can't get on it from the US.

Problem #2 Instant mold is available through amazon.com, but your product rapid mold is not available through amazon.com

**Anvils Hammer**

schadenfreude wrote:

Problem #1 your web sight is down or has a broken link. I can't get on it from the US.

Problem #2 Instant mold is available through amazon.com, but your product rapid mold is not available through amazon.com

Hi, thanks for bringing this to my attention, the website is working ok for me here, so hopefully it was just a temporary issue.

The Rapid mold is exactly the same product in fact, but much more affordable!

I currently sell all of my products on my main website, and also on the "Anvil Industry" ebay store. Shipping to the US is no problem from either. Is there a particular reason you would prefer to product be listed on amazon? Its certainly somthing I will look in to!

Thanks,

Joel

**schadenfreude**

Anvils Hammer wrote:
schadenfreude wrote:

Problem #1 your web sight is down or has a broken link. I can't get on it from the US.

Problem #2 Instant mold is available through amazon.com, but your product rapid mold is not available through amazon.com

Hi, thanks for bringing this to my attention, the website is working ok for me here, so hopefully it was just a temporary issue.

The Rapid mold is exactly the same product in fact, but much more affordable!

I currently sell all of my products on my main website, and also on the "Anvil Industry" ebay store. Shipping to the US is no problem from either. Is there a particular reason you would prefer to product be listed on amazon? Its certainly somthing I will look in to!

Thanks,

Joel

Understood. Websight problems are the bane of small businesses.

I find Amazon faster than ebay, and it's data aggregation program is 5 star. It's actually too good of a data aggregation program and will recommend sculpting tools, green stuff, 2 part putty resin, and molding materials. The main thing I could say about the Amazon versus Ebay debate is it's like comparing iphones versus droids. A large chunk of people just prefer one over the other.