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An indy game store might, if they don't carry WGF stuff.

I got fed up waiting, Troll Forged mini's are casting these up for me. Should be on sale in a month or so.

Uhm, wow?

That commander in particular looks nice.

Are the heads seperate? I like the bodies but not the heads and would swap in pig iron.

But I like them.

I'm with Kyoto. Those bodies are rockin'... but alas those heads make me want to vomit out obscenities and yell about Russians.

These are one piece (minus the rifle) to make things easier (casting, preparing/assembling: i want a LOT of these. Not to mention cheaper: fiddly little head sprues and what not really add up...) The heads can come off easily with some scalpel work. I might make some separate heads down the line.

FYI they size up with GW plastics, I'll get some comparison pics when I have the casts:



Next up will be the veterans with some armour and gas masks:



My Modelling thread has a load of other stuff(Trench Guard), it's only when I get the casts back and paint them that they go up in the store.

71% !

almost there!

Too bad we still haven't seen what we're buying...

Scottywan82 wrote:Too bad we still haven't seen what we're buying...

We're not 'buying' anything. No money down, they don't have our credit card numbers. We're supporting the idea with a commitment.

What manner of commitment?

And I gotta ask, not directed solely at Troll Forged, but why is it that IG guns are always pointed in odd directions? Straight off to the side is a really wierd way to hold a rifle you are planning to shoot shortly, as is any position where the butt is outside your arm. Granted, such positions are reasonable for infantry on parade grounds or standing sentry or something, but why do guardsmen never seem to be in actual fighting poses?

Because Space Marines are made for fighting. Guard are made for dying.

Wehrkind wrote:What manner of commitment?

Literally, it's a commitment. Say how many you want, put down your name and address. NO CREDIT CARD NUMBER.

So I guess they can hassle you when it comes out but I think the main thing is if you're going to type in all that data you must mean it.

Wehrkind wrote:What manner of commitment?

And I gotta ask, not directed solely at Troll Forged, but why is it that IG guns are always pointed in odd directions? Straight off to the side is a really wierd way to hold a rifle you are planning to shoot shortly, as is any position where the butt is outside your arm. Granted, such positions are reasonable for infantry on parade grounds or standing sentry or something, but why do guardsmen never seem to be in actual fighting poses?

I guess a part of it is that "heroic scale" minis don't really bend to realistic poses well enough to look realistic.

Ice - If you make em gas head mask = win.

are they gonna be multi part?

cause love the coats.... hat ethe heads

although i lov ethe moustache

Kid Kyoto: Yea, that's what I was wondering, how much was "Ok, I promise you cash when they are finished," and how much was "I would totally buy that! (Disclaimer: I have the spending power of a squirrel.)"
I was a tad worried that 4 years from now when I have whitteled my fingers down to ulcerous stubs and am too hopped up on paint to care I would get an email from a nice gentleman saying "The great coat guard sprues are finished! You pre-ordered... 473. Please send us the 624.76$ you owe us."

Aggy: That might well be the case. The tau are not too bad though, nor the space marines.

Nah these aren't multi-part: as mentioned it's to keep costs down having them one piece. Heads and waists can be sliced and repositioned easily (i kept the joins flat) and there's another 4 or 5 poses on their way (more firing and running) along with gas masks.

Working on some plain greatcoat torso's and legs that will be compatable with cadian plastics buy I'm not sure they'd sell.

IceSword wrote:Nah these aren't multi-part: as mentioned it's to keep costs down having them one piece. Heads and waists can be sliced and repositioned easily (i kept the joins flat) and there's another 4 or 5 poses on their way (more firing and running) along with gas masks.

Working on some plain greatcoat torso's and legs that will be compatable with cadian plastics buy I'm not sure they'd sell.

I'd buy 'em buddy. Your sculpts are wicked awesome.

82%, almost there

Still no pics though, eh?

They haven't updated anything since their last email. A couple other kits are also approaching the 1000 mark, hopefully we will see pics of the greatcoats and other kits very soon.

Hopefully it will be coming up soon.

What last email?

The last roundup they did I think at the end of Feb.

Wehrkind wrote:What manner of commitment?

And I gotta ask, not directed solely at Troll Forged, but why is it that IG guns are always pointed in odd directions? Straight off to the side is a really wierd way to hold a rifle you are planning to shoot shortly

It's only a slightly-exaggerated depiction of the Ready Position. I've seen South Koreans pulling guard duty at far stranger positions: with the buttstock resting on the hip, and the hand gripping the handguard. Not exactly a fast and responsive position for someone pulling perimeter security in a country that is still technically at war with its neighbor. Biggest pic I could find

as is any position where the butt is outside your arm. Granted, such positions are reasonable for infantry on parade grounds or standing sentry or something, but why do guardsmen never seem to be in actual fighting poses?

When room-clearing with a full-length rifle (like, say, an M16A2...or a Lasgun), it's pretty normal to rest the buttstock up on the shoulder (definitely a position where the butt is outside the arm). It shortens the overall length of the weapon, making for better maneuverability indoors, and any loss of accuracy is negligible since you are shooting at people who are literally within spitting distance.

84%. I signed up for a few. Maybe they'll have Nazi-looking helmets. Add GS pickelhaubes and I can be as happy as pig in slops .

90% preordered, only 100 left to go!

I wonder how many of those pre-orderers will be actually be interested in acquiring the finished sprue. I'm betting 10% if they're lucky. It's just so easy to click a button that says "Yeah! These would be totally cool!" and a lot harder to shell out the cold hard cash. Of course, considering how popular a request to GW the trenchcoat infantry is, I should thing it'd be a successful enough of a product for WGF.

I wonder how well the zombie set they did is selling?

It looks less and less likely that I'll honor my preorder as the project seems to be moving away from what it was supposed to be. I get the feeling that people who want an entirely different set of models are trying to hijack a project that has more preorders than their own (those being near-future Russians and zombie survivors)

I just need to see the final figures. I thought they released sketches WAY earlier than this.

Then again, the website bullet list hasn't been updated in weeks, so why am I surprised?

lord_blackfang wrote:It looks less and less likely that I'll honor my preorder as the project seems to be moving away from what it was supposed to be. I get the feeling that people who want an entirely different set of models are trying to hijack a project that has more preorders than their own (those being near-future Russians and zombie survivors)

Not sharing everyone's view on what a trenchcoat soldier of the future should look like is quite likely. Until they show up with a sketch, it's very much a crap shoot, and given their stagnation problems, that might never even happen.

If I had the inclination towards a Guard army of that nature, I'd seriously look toward Pig Iron in the meantime.