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 Centurionpainting wrote:
Wow, this has got me excited!

I know - I am now starting the Praetorian army I always wanted

Glad you like guys! Another update on the now unlocked Nebelwerfer!

So let me see if I understand this correctly:

I pledge 39 pounds for the three complete anti-tank lasers (these include the carriage and all unlocked weapons except the multiple missile launcher)

I can then add 6 more carriages for 48 more pounds.

And then I could add 9 multiple rocket launchers for another 45 pounds?

That would be a total of:

9 Carriages
9 Multiple Rockit Launchers
3 of each of the other weapons

Is that right?

Hulksmash, yes, that is absolutely correct.

I am going to try and get to putting together a quick calculator tomorrow if I can, to make working the extras out easier since there is rather alot of them now.

24 hours left until the campaign ends!

http://kck.st/XXoCux

I'm very pleased to be able to preview a more complete Autocannon now - the Gatling is also finished, and the Tesla further along, updates to follow on those in the next 24 hours!





And if you wondered how this particular gun might work, try this youtube LINK!

The Gatling Cannon Update #12 · May 4, 2013 · 1 comment

Hiya folks,

Just back from Legionary, sorry, a combination of no sockets and poor wifi stopped me from posting the pictures earlier!

Anyway, by popular demand, here is the finished Gatling Cannon!





The Tesla Cannon will follow later on this evening!

Cheers,

Rob



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24 hours to go so if folk are interested dig out your cc for

5 different Artillery Pieces
Empty Gun Carriages (if you've got the weapons already)
'Empire' style artillery crew
The Mule tractor or ammo transporter
The 'nebelweffer' style multi launcher

Love the Gatling.

Think I've worked out why the Autocannon looks wrong to me - the ammo is too small in proportion to the diameter of the gun barrels?

Cheers for reposting the updates Orlando!

Clang, interesting observation, I'm not sure if I agree or not at the moment, will have word with Kit.

In the meantime, another quick image drop, just 8 hours left to go!

That patent electrocutor looks fun

buz crackle hum

Col. Gravis, well done with the kickstarter- breaking £7,000 with four hours left! Any plans for the future?

While I see HOW this is supposed to work, I don't see a lever on the Gatling gun to load/unload the ammunition magazine?

Also, any information on what the artillery crew will look like?

here's the WIP on the crew (they use CC's existing torsos/heads)

Gracias, I must have missed those. Thanks!

And backed!

Well it's all over

140 backers
£7,295
6 different weapons fitting a single carriage
1 mule transporter
7 crew

and plenty of fun, fun, fun

Well Done Rob & the backers

I don't know what I'm going to use half the weapons for, but that's quite the problem to have, me thinks.

Oops, forgot to add on the crew figs. Ah well.

The survey is out for backers

If you need a pledge calculator Rob put one out in update 15

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvXOp4gN9NMCdHAzRVY1VEtIWC1NU3Z5RXJiZ193eVE#gid=0

(note that in open office it didn't add the cash to some of the columns when you selected them, so if your sums seem wrong check that!)

Thread title can probably be updated again. I looked up this thread with a small amount of interest until I saw it had finished...

Greetings Fine Fellows,

Albanus Zinge of Zinge Industries here to talk to you about our latest weapon development using an exciting new force known as electristaticary.

I would like to present the patent pending Zinge Industries TRI-GRAAFF Cannon. Developed in conjunction with the upstanding chaps at the Van De Graaff Co.

The standard ZI-S-Engine is used to power the contraption which in this case is the latest in miniaturisation the Micro-Flywheel™ this excellent device will keep your TRI-GRAAFF running through thick and thin.

The Micro-Flywheel™ drives a series of cogs and this is where is gets very exciting. The three VDG (Van de Graaff) Coils all rotate and at the same time the whole central body rotates. Between the coils is a magnificent mane of horse hair plucked from the finest British stallions, which is combed by the spinning coils. The upshot of all this spinning, whizzing and combing is a massive build up of electristaticary. I would recommend that your operators wear thick rubber Wellington boots and some sturdy rubber gauntlets – also goggles would not be amiss here. This electristaticary stuff is inequal parts useful and dirsuptive.

A quick flick of the lever and 10,000 wattjimacallits are focused through the prow mounted Tesla coil (Big thankyou to the Tesla Corporation for this item). This new fangled stuff will be in every home and bunker before the turn of the century you mark my words.

The crackling arc of electristaticary leaps from the Tesla coil and hurtles towards its target with alarming speed, so fast that you could almost convince yourself that the arc came from the intended target.

The magnificent arc looks and sounds a lot like lightning but is much more focussed and accurate. The target of the arc is subjected to monumental forces despite the lack of any physical transference of mass. The resultant effect on the targets are decidedly gruesome and thus I will not impart that unpleasantness here. For those with unhealty curiosity a demonstsration can be arranged at your leisure.

All the best.

Albanus

Sorry Azazelx, yes the Kickstarter ended on the 5th - I've had my hands rather full since then and hav'nt gotten around to updating forum threads!

Our final funding total was £7295 - we asked for £600 - so we achieved 1215% funding! Frankly I'm still stunned by how successful its been, I really do think that this can be put down to the stunning work done by Kit of Zinge Industries and Faolan, huge thanks to them both!

With all the CAD work complete, we're moving on getting the rest of the masters printed now, and then production moulds produced. I'll update with pictures at various points as these become available. I'm confident that we'll be delivering all pledges on time in June and July respectively, with all the sets which features in the kickstarter going on general sale in the store also in July - or otherwise just as soon as all pledges have been fulfilled.

good times!

Oops I missed posting the last update

Hiya folks,

We are indeed I’m afraid running behind, at this point I’m no longer anticipating that you’ll receive your models within June, so I’m afraid it will be July instead. I must apologise for this and take the blame fully, I underestimated production time somewhat. If it’s any conciliation I am learning from this mistake, and will allow greater time, and try to have more preparation done in our future Kickstarters.

However, there is some good news! The printing is now complete, Alan from Black Dragon Castings worked into the small hours cleaning them up and sent me this quick snap with all the components. Thank you Alan! The next stage will be creating the master moulds, and then the production moulds!



so I'll try and redeem myself by posting this same day

Hiya Folks,

At last, some Crewmen, four sets of the components are more or less finished - just a few tweaks which I've clocked in taking these pictures, each is tacked together as usual and are'nt posed particularly well because of it. However, hopefully it'll give you an idea as to what you can do with them as they can be mixed and matched in almost any way you want.

The last two are the kneeling crewmen, I'm finishing off the legs at present, pictures of these once their done. (Just a heads up - I'm going to make some adjustments to the legs following some feedback)

Great news on the terrain front, Lucky Punk Miniatures terrain is back in stock after an absence, as well as the welcome return of new and improved versions of the popular Sandbag Barricade and Sandbag & Crate Barricade sets, we've the new Sandbag Defence Line, consisting of 4x 5" Barricade Sections and 4x 2"Barricade Sections!

Sandbag Defence Line




Sandbag Barricade Set



Sandbag & Crate Barricade Set



All of these are available in store HERE.

Hiya Folks,

As promissed here we go, Artillery Crew take two.



I've spent a little more time with the posing for this picture, though as before keep in mind that they're tacked together, so are somewhat wider then they actually are.

Cheers,

Rob

They look really good, but the scale seems somehow off.
The legs seem small and the arms overly long.

Really nice looking bits otherwise.


Regards,
Howie.

Agree, but excited to see them coming along.

love the meli bag barricades

nice guns as well

love this gear. can't wait to use the stuff on tanks.

Anything new, curious constructs folks?

Well on the KS front we just got an update!

Hiya folks,



I just thought you'd like to see whats arrived in the mail, a rather heavy 9KG box!



Containing of course the Artillery Crews, thats about 500 multipart figures there all in all!



And just a further bit of good news, I've got confirmation that the first two boxes of resin Artillery pieces and Mules have also been shipped today!

Back to work for me now, albeit sitting outside in 30 degrees of sunshine - what a day!

Kind Regards,

Rob

so it all looks good for at least some of the rewards to ship soon(tm),

and once that's done Rob will not only be able to add them to the store, but also concentrate on other stuff properly