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**Gallahad**

Smokestack wrote:
Gallahad wrote:
I'm the truly weird one who wants 30mm round for all my miniatures!

I find the 32mm just a bit too large for most things I want to use my miniatures for, so I put my AOS stuff on 30mm. Makes it much easier for them to fit inside buildings etc. for skirmish settings and they don't look so ridiculous next to my old 25mm round stuff. Also likely a function of the majority of my collection being ASOIAF stuff which comes on 30mm rounds already.

Same... back when Miniature Market sold the old Confrontation Ragnarök bases for dirt cheap, I would buy a bunch every time I did an order. Those went away, but Impact did a kickstarter to make 30mm bases and I have since switched to those (which are available on Amazon). 30mm is just close enough to 25mm that it only slightly overhangs combat grids in RPGs too. So all "heroes" or major NPCs are on 30's to help them stand out and I put mooks on 25's.

Glad I'm not alone!

I got a bunch of those Confrontation 30mm rounds as well! The Impact Miniatures 30mm rounds are some of my favorites with a nice low profile without being totally flat (making magnetization etc. easier)

I base all my swarm type enemies like Goblins/Troglodytes/ghouls on 25mm rounds.

**Wargames Atlantic**

Chindits and Sino-French War French Foreign Legion have been released over on the Atlantic Digital Tribes, Wargames Atlantic website, and Only-Games for printed purchases.

Check the linked post below for more info.

[url]https://www.myminifactory.com/tribes/WargamesAtlantic/posts/Marching_through_Southeast_Asia_French_Foreign_Legion_and_the_Chindits_Released-36868
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**Shadow Walker**

New SP

**lord_blackfang**

That's... something that would look more in place in Dungeons & Lasers stretch goals

**Wargames Atlantic**

A new hard plastic release from us today. The first of the Vox Atlantic program releases that went through several rounds of feedback to get to a final set. Shipping out worldwide starting April 2nd:

Click here to check it out: https://wargamesatlantic.com/products/british-expeditionary-force-1939-1940

**Smokestack**

UPDATE #51
3/22/2024 11:37 AM
New Artwork WIP, Terrae Motus Question for You, and More
Update #51
We have a few things to update you on this Friday including showing some new artwork, asking a question on the vehicle, and more.
Hello Everyone and Happy Friday!

We're back with some updates and a question for you as well!

First Mark Stacey is hard at work on the box illustrations for the 11 (Holy Moly We Still Can't Believe It!) sets that are in the works. Here is the uncolorized version of the Heavy Weapons team box illustration:

TERRAE MOTUS SIZE?
In regard to the Terrae Motus vehicle (pictured above) we are in ongoing refinements of the parts and optimizing the design for tooling. In doing this we realized we may have missed a critical need for the final vehicle: is there a physical tabletop footprint size that you would like us to match in order to work for your favorite games? Please comment below if you have thoughts on this.

SCHEDULE
As Charlie mentioned last week we have more sets in layout and you'll start to see a steady stream of these as we go to tooling one by one over the next few weeks and get into the home stretch. There are many balls in the air with this project as it's a typical project for us (with the exception of the vehicle which is a first for us in hard plastic) but with 11 all in the air at once!

Each one is now moving through at a steady pace one behind the other with file prep, layout, miniature painting and photography, and the artwork all being done concurrently. So you will start to see very fast movement on the 11 sets. We are close to having a more formal schedule for completion in place but just have to get past the layout stage first as that is the stage where the most back-and-forth happens between design, engineering, and the ultimate part needs for the frame (as you just saw with the Command frame).

This is the biggest thing we've ever done but so far (knock on wood) it's all moving along nicely! Thanks again for supporting us in this adventure! Until next week!

**lord_blackfang**

I think they're majorly dropping the ball on the vehicle, the original design was naff and said to be subject to change during the campaign, then there was complete radio silence about it literally from the last day of the campaign until today, and now it's just oops, what size should it be?

**Smokestack**

Here are some images from facebook from last year.

**Wargames Atlantic**

lord_blackfang wrote:
I think they're majorly dropping the ball on the vehicle, the original design was naff and said to be subject to change during the campaign, then there was complete radio silence about it literally from the last day of the campaign until today, and now it's just oops, what size should it be?

The vehicle is the only part of this that represents a "new thing" for us to tackle. We're making sure to get it right. Contrary to what a lot of people think, sculpting isn't the greatest time expenditure in a plastics project. It's typically the fastest bit. It's the file engineering, layout, mold balance, and all that technical stuff prior to tooling that takes the most time and effort. So now that we're in the stage where we're moving this part of the project ahead it's time to really lock it down, finalize the design, and get the buy in from the backers.

**Racerguy180**

Maybe something along the lines of an aurox footprint wise?

**Perfect Organism**

The issue I see with the vehicle is that what size will suit people best depends on what people are going to run it as (probably in 30/40k), which in turn depends on what armament it will have available.
I expect that most people are going to want to use it as a stand-in for the taurox (conceptually similar vehicle with a terrible model) so a dual-autocannon turret and dimensions of roughly 115mm long by 70mm wide would work well. Happily, those are also about the right dimensions for a rhino, aurox, or goliath truck. I doubt that anyone is going to run them as chimeras unless they are willing to do a lot of conversion work or you provide a very specific set of weapons which don't seem to fit the layout shown so far. Likewise, I see no indication that they will come with parts suitable for making any of the chimera-based artillery vehicles (basilisk, manticore, etc.). Ork players may want to use them to build trukks, and 115x70mm will work OK for that, but be a little small (but ork players will probably want to do a lot of conversion anyway and be more flexible when it comes to size).

**Wargames Atlantic**

We also have a new survey up for the Conquistador Cavalry and what type of pistols should go into the set:

Survey here:
https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/conquistador-cavalry-survey

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I'd favour going closer to the chimera in size
which is apparently 115 x 90 mm compared to the rhino at 115 x 75 mm

or split the difference and go 82.5 mm for the width so it's midway between the two making it a plausible proxy for both (the taurox wasn't widely loved based on looks, but i don't remember it being popular in game either, has that changed?)

height wise for the main body make it fit with the minis so they could fit inside

as to the conquistadors i'd favour wheel locks but wouldn't cry if the vote went the other way

**Shadow Walker**

Voted for matchlock, for the sake of something different than usual.

**KidCthulhu**

I voted matchlock so they'd match the muskets that are already on the conquistador sprue.

**Ancestral Hamster**

Back to pretextured bases. Flat pavers for street/castle/dungeons would be better for minis as opposed to cobblestones. Cobblestones are small and rounded so small contact points for the glue.

**Smokestack**

I voted for wheellocks and hope that there will be at least one left handed pistol.
If they do go with matchlocks then I guess a guy with a pistol in each hand wouldn't make sense since he couldnt fire either at that point.

I have a wargames illustrated with black powder rules for Frostgrave. It might make a fun warband to have a bunch of wheellocked crew... Would probably use ghost archipelago crew guys that I got a year or so back and havent done anything with. Maybe with conquistador heads.

**Ancient Otter**

WA didn't mention it yet but the designer of Test Of Honour & 02:00 Hours said WA are be doing two sets for his new game - Fantasy City NPCs and a Fantasy City Wardens I believe.

**Shadow Walker**

Ancient Otter wrote:
WA didn't mention it yet but the designer of Test Of Honour & 02:00 Hours said WA are be doing two sets for his new game - Fantasy City NPCs and a Fantasy City Wardens I believe.

I wonder if some SP were related to this info.

**Kid_Kyoto**

Ancient Otter wrote:
WA didn't mention it yet but the designer of Test Of Honour & 02:00 Hours said WA are be doing two sets for his new game - Fantasy City NPCs and a Fantasy City Wardens I believe.

Plastic fantasy civilians and city watch?

Interested...

**Wargames Atlantic**

I wasn't actually including the two sets that we are doing to go with Graham's game but yes I suppose they could be some of the Secret Sets!

Three more of those secret sets will be shown off in the next 30-45 days. One for certain. Two as long as the illustrator is well enough to finish the cover paintings (he's been having a bit of a struggle but seems to be on the mend). Two others are in the middle of sculpting and will be later in the year. And there are a couple others too.

But the main push is on The Damned and making sure each individual set gets the right attention and we are maximizing the customization among them.

**lord_blackfang**

Wargames Atlantic wrote:
work we are doing for another company that I'm not allowed to talk about (to give you an idea we've done something like 11 frames for them over the last few months

Hm, 11 frames is the number Great Escape Games said they were making this year for Dead Man's Hand (but their current plastic kits don't look like WGA product)

**Eilif**

KidCthulhu wrote:
Almost any game that uses a base with a lip uses 32 as their baseline infantry base.

Sort of. The large lipped bases popularized by Privateer Press and later used by many other companies and games are 30mm wide. What allot of folks don't know is that that are designed so that the top inset area is exactly the same 23mm diameter as the top of a traditional 25mm beveled edge slotta base.

You can see a comparison shot here with a few other base options.
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2012/07/review-bases-from-proxie-models/

So, if you have scenic base toppers they will work for both sizes. As seen here:
https://www.chicagoskirmishwargames.com/blog/2016/12/csw-review-death-ray-designs-card-and-acrylic-base-inserts/

There are allot of companies that make 30mm bases of various types. EM4, Reaper, Proxies Models, etc.

**Shadow Walker**

New SP

**lord_blackfang**

Finally, raptor cavalry

**Shadow Walker**

Wargames Atlantic wrote:
Kid_Kyoto wrote:
32mm round bases would be nice. Can we get them by next week?

That's a very odd size? What uses 32mm bases?!?!

WGA little spiders on GW 32mm bases

**Brickfix**

Some officers use 32mm bases as well

**privateer4hire**

Really looking forward to mid April and the standalone Quar releases

**Wargames Atlantic**

https://wargamesatlantic.com/blogs/news/wargames-atlantic-goes-medieval

We've gone Medieval!

**Scottywan82**

Happy Liar's Day to those who celebrate.