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I know I would, but I don't play in tournaments.
Many persons will choose the parent company before the alternative if it's the same price, disregarding the quality.
Do we have an ETA on this beauty?

Got to admit that pricing this kit may be tricky. I may worry a tad where it's not needed as I still don't know final costs, only estimated ones, but I doubt it will be much cheaper than similar FW piece.
Simply put I'll rather leave it on a shelf rather than sell withou getting some $$$ . And let's not start profit by quantity debate - it won't apply to this one. Quality resin kits are rather expensive on the labor required side.
Without distribution it wouldn't be a pain, but I simply don't want to make it webstore exclusive.
But the idea of selling just the gun as one more kit, without platform looks like a good one - that may be a solution. Thx mates .
Anyways I hope may worries will be out of place .

@poipo32: it should be ready within a month.

Oh man, that siege guns looks sweet. Tell me how much to pay and I'll buy 3

I've just added German WW2 style heads to the webstore:


Will replace the pic with a proper one (hopefully) as soon as I fight back the damn cold I've caught recently and get back to full operational .

Hope to post pics of the completed siege gun next week .

Sorry they look terrible and have a rather hateful facial expression. And one even has little horns on the helmet...

I keep my thoughts about the person who made those to myself. Needless to say i will not ever order them.

Been waiting for these heads for awhile now for some Traitor Guard. Time to make an order.

yeah,
@IronAngel I think these are supposed to look a bit evil...
"Hans.......Are we the baddies!?"


Panic...

Iron Angel wrote:Sorry they look terrible and have a rather hateful facial expression. And one even has little horns on the helmet...

I keep my thoughts about the person who made those to myself. Needless to say i will not ever order them.

You do know that those "Horns" are for attaching a face shield for protection when useing a flame thrower right?

Seriously, put the tin foil hat down.

Anyway, nice heads. I think these would look great on my tank commanders. Keep up the good work MM!

This time unusual update - as we're unsure about this release. It's something Robert and Hamster52 were working for quite a time.




There's one more head that is fully mechanical. The question is - should we release it? Due to size and number of parts (see below) it will be propably rather expensive :/ . The second quesstion is should we make legs for the rider sculpted on the saddle?


And just to have a laugh here's a precast in all its colorful glory

Of course if it makes into production it will be cast in regular grey resin

Oh, and here's size comparison

I'd say definitely produce legs to go with it.

Even better if the saddle fits on a blood crusher

Brilliant!!!

Looks tops IMHO, and I'm sure that some cunning SW player will find a use...

Padre^.

Make some Ork legs too.

Honestly, I don't think it's as nice as some of the alternatives out there. I think you'd be better off leaving it for now, and perhaps coming back to it, depending on what GW and FW do with their own attempt.

Not that it's "too-hideous-to-buy" or anything. It's fine. It's just not head and shoulders above anyone else's, and the book is a year old now, s the hype has receded. If it's expensive to produce, I don't think you'd see a real return.

Partially agree with you. It's a tad late - that's why I've asked about your opinion . The only reason I'm thinking about releasing it is because I think Robert and Hamster did a great job and also because I don't see much competition on this field .

I rather like it!

If it isn't too expensive/inconvenient for you to do so, why not?

Again, nice stuff!

Go for it! It's a great model. My only criticism is the back legs are too small.

Maybe sabre tooth looking fangs... I always thought the giant wolf thing should be improved upon.. tusks and it would look too orky or Boar-ish, but sabre tooths would be cool. Also, the mane makes it look like a lion as well>? just some thoughts.

I like it, too, especially the face which is Fenrisian rather than Terran. Even GW seems to have missed that distinction, so I have to say I like yours better than Canis's mount. Not so sure I like the "hairless" body, however, and the mane would need some touch up before I'd seriously consider buying. The general size and posture are very nice.

Przemas wrote:Partially agree with you. It's a tad late - that's why I've asked about your opinion . The only reason I'm thinking about releasing it is because I think Robert and Hamster did a great job and also because I don't see much competition on this field .

It's a nicely sculpted figure, for certain. But I'd say my worries are that it's only one pose, fairly static, and you'd really need to see a marine on it to know whether or not it will sell.

And as far as competition, there are one, two, three (and they have two different ones), four that I found with just a quick google search.

The second link (set of 5) I considered picking up.

If you want it to fly out the door, I'd say the three things you'd need are:

- multiple poses
- sculpted legs for the rider (as you suggested)
- and plenty of final pictures showing how it looks all assembled, so the buyer has a clear picture of what they will look like on the battlefield.

For bonus points, I would love to see a thunderwolf set that included an arm gripping the wolf's mane - similar to the new boar boyz models. That would be amazing, and a big step up from the other sets.

@Scottywan82 : it will sound a tad arrogant but I consider neither of those linked as a competition. IMO none of them is a cool sculpt (maybe with the exception of a MAS one, but it's not mechanical, but a very cool giant wolf).
I'm pretty sure we'll match at least 2 of the points you've mentioned - pictures and saddle with legs. As for poses I think we could get half point - there are interchangeable parts in this set so you're able to assemble this model in variety of ways .

@Manchu: "hairless" body was a deliberate choice. First of all I have to admit I've always hated painting sculpted fur (with VERY few exceptions). Also I think that at this scale regular fur would apear as a smooth surface. That's why I've asked Robert to sculpt fur only in the areas where it is the longest

I like the saddle a lot, as well. I have learned (from the LotR DVD bonus features, no less) that predators have flexing spines rather than "stationary" ones (like horses) so if your were to ride one--like a giant wolf--you'd basically need to sit astride its haunches or just behind (see the Warg riders). I know TWC seem a tad ludricous just conceptually but I think this unrealistic execution unconciously contributes to the impression of absurdity. It's a definite design challenge, I'll grant.

I like everything forward of the hind legs, but that sloping back and too short hind legs put me off. Nice try but no cigar, the Paulson ones http://www.paulsongames.com/resin.html pip it by some way. Sorry if this post is a bit negative, as I normally like the sculpts, and give the German heads a thumbs up even though I have no use for them

I disagree with the posters above: It's got great physiology and the face is really good. The only thing I'd agree is an issue is the lack of multiple poses. The free limbs might help somewhat, but it's body posture that really needs to be adjusted. Rescuplting some casts to have a right-leaning pose and a forward-leaning pose would be plenty.

This is the first Maxmini thing I haven't loved. I just find the sculpt quality isn't up to their usual level of quality, both in design and execution. Sorry Maxmini!

no need to be sorry - i'm tough skinned . I knew that it won't apeal to all - even though I disagree about the quality. But I'm in lucky position in this way that I've had this model in my hands.
Well, can't please everyone - hope we'll come up with something that people that don't like the wolf will enjoy .

Przemas wrote:@Scottywan82 : it will sound a tad arrogant but I consider neither of those linked as a competition. IMO none of them is a cool sculpt (maybe with the exception of a MAS one, but it's not mechanical, but a very cool giant wolf).
I'm pretty sure we'll match at least 2 of the points you've mentioned - pictures and saddle with legs. As for poses I think we could get half point - there are interchangeable parts in this set so you're able to assemble this model in variety of ways .

Fair enough. For me, I'm past that irresistible urge stage for Twolves, but it's your business.

I'd just rather see you guys turn your considerable sculpting skills to something else instead. Any number of things spring to mind. Particularly barrage-fire-Imperial-Guard things with tracks.

Oh, don't worry Przemas, as I said, I'm a huge fan of pretty much everything else! I don't hate the wolf either, just don't love it as I said.

Is this a new sculptor? It really seems to have a different style than usual from you guys?

Swing and a miss for me. It looks like it's trying to take a crap.

Plus the boat for TWC has sailed IMHO.

Yeah, doesn't do it for me either, sorry.

The musculature looks quite soft, although that may just be the pictures. But that, combined with the static pose makes it a less interesting option than some of the others that are already out there.

I very much dislike that cyborg wolf. The non-cyborg is OK. In either event, no legs, I don't think.

That being said, Maxmini makes a great deal of things I like very much. I just got my first order delivered from there and found the casting quality to be top notch.