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Space Marines who have no helmet (And are not SC's, for some reason) have some sort of metal bit that goes up to their temples. This looks like an addition to that.

I guess I would have to see the one you're talking about. I guess I'm trying to compare it to this head which has a strap and such holding the mouth-piece in place.

Yes, I'd typically say that a marine's helmet that's had the upper portion detached should still have the bit around the back . Though seeing as these aren't marines I would say that it may well be the case that in this universe they're held on by the super steam glue of a space....steam slug. =P

Super Steam Glue!! I like that!!


Thanks very much for the feedback guys.

I will be sculpting an additional band round the back of the heads, with a few wires and what nots probably..

Hope to get these in the molds this evening but Im not going to rush it.

Joel

No reason to change anything on my account! I was just curious. Your stuff certainly looks great!

Nice one joel PM me when ready for payment

I think these will look and work perfectly, what scale are the heads human or steroid induced types

kronk wrote:I guess I would have to see the one you're talking about. I guess I'm trying to compare it to this head which has a strap and such holding the mouth-piece in place.

Here ya go Kronk. Straight from FW.

BlapBlapBlap wrote:

kronk wrote:I guess I would have to see the one you're talking about. I guess I'm trying to compare it to this head which has a strap and such holding the mouth-piece in place.

Spoiler:

Here ya go Kronk. Straight from FW.

Thanks, but that doesn't show the back of his head.

It shows the side of the head which appears to be leading into a back piece however....

Those look great Joel! when you do your IG style heads could you model com beads on them with mic booms twards their mouths?

kronk wrote:

Anvils Hammer wrote:

The quality of these are excellent and obvious. Well done. However, why do the two heads on the left have a mouth guard that is bolted into their ears? Am I not seeing a strap that goes around the back of the head?

Bionics maybe?

On a topic not related to your sculpting, you site still virtually never loads for me, and appears to be a somewhat common problem for other US based users. I work at a helpdesk which supports several companies, and as a result I am sitting on 5 completely different networks. Your site times out on 2/5 of them (it's not blocked, I checked the firewall logs).

You really should open a ticket with your webhost (godaddy, right?) to have this investigated, and if they can't figure it out, you should consider switching hosts. There are a bajillion hosts out there, and you're literally leaving money on the table as long as this goes on.

On a topic that IS related to your sculpting, they really have gotten quite nice. Here are some things you might want to consider:

1.) Pads that have hazard stripes molded on. A know a great many players have a hard time painting straight lines on curved shoulderpads, and so far as I know not a single 3rd party vendor currently sells rounded shoulderpads with raised\recessed hazard stripes.

2.) New torsos with raised, integrated front collars. My friend "Marc Aight" says people love hanging out with him but he's pretty hard to find, and there aren't any other guys I can hang out with that look too much like Marc Aight.

3.) Gladius with plain handles. Holstered Gladius. I understand the "MegaSoldiers" like to carry Gladius into battle and use them as ornaments.

4.) Shoulderpads with squared-off spikes on them, maybe a row of of them. People always like punk rock.

6.) More heads with medieval stylings.

7.) Chainsaw Axes. I suspect a lot of people would want these in sets of 5.

8.) Chainswords that have larger, fewer teeth. The teeth should be a strip cast in clear resin that slot into the axe. I think Cosmic Dog players would like those.

9.) Paired long-barreled rifle for large robots. Some of these exist on the market but none of them are really as nice as the OEM ones. You, on the other hand, have a flair for weapons and I strongly suspect you can succeed where others have failed.

10.) A conversion kit for the Stupidhawk. Unfortunately, this will likely necessitate buying a Stupidhawk, but with a good enough conversion kit it might be more despirable... my thoughts are making paired gatling guns for the front that are much smaller, and making your own paired Widowmaker-style tips that fit inside the front vents (along with maybe some angled laser cannon-style ones). I could understand you might be more concerned with developing your own Steam Lords rather then making a conversion kit, but I think the first person to make this kit will do well with it, and again; you're very good at weapons so I think have the best chance at doing it right.

Those modern sci-fi style military helmet would be a perfect head for a MK1 'Not' Power Armour head. just add a top knot.

Evening all,

@newabortion, yes mic beads will certainly feature.

@ouze

Thanks very much for the great list of suggestions. my Comments in bold.

1.) Pads that have hazard stripes molded on. good idea, Ill consider it in future pad releases!

2.) New torsos with raised, integrated front collars. coming up soon

3.) Gladius with plain handles. Holstered Gladius. been on the to-do list a while, Ill get to them eventually.

4.) Shoulderpads with squared-off spikes on them, will see what I can do!

6.) More heads with medieval stylings. coming up soon

7.) Chainsaw Axes. Hell yes! on the way!

8.) Chainswords that have larger, fewer teeth. The teeth should be a strip cast in clear resin that slot into the axe. I think Cosmic Dog players would like those. To complicated for the time being.

9.) Paired long-barreled rifle for large robots. Some of these exist on the market but none of them are really as nice as the OEM ones. You, on the other hand, have a flair for weapons and I strongly suspect you can succeed where others have failed.

Not just a paired cannon, but an ENTIRE KIT of a Steam Lord encased in a mech/walker unit, is coming up, complete with numerous weapon options which will all be available separately.

10.) A conversion kit for the Stupidhawk.

As with the walker mech, I will be making an entire new aircraft/gunship, concept photos will surface soon along with a pre-order system for people who want to help fund the development kickstarter style.



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Four new products available later tonight-



new Compact Power Pack

Grill Heads set

Visor Heads set

Plume/Top Knot sprue, suitable for use with almost all 28mm scale heads.


Hope you guys like the new stuff, all these new bits were created at customer request, so if you have anything you want to see, please post full lists, the more ideas the better!

Cheers,

Joel

They are all fantastic Joel! You have really developed a great line of miniatures and I just love seeing more getting added to it. The heads are a great addition, I was not too keen on the helmet designs as they looked a little flat but these heads are very well sculpted, great work!

Cain

@Commander Cain, Thanks very much! Still lots more to add before the range is done and then Ive got quite a few other ranges to work on! Ill be busy for a few years yet I suspect!


@Everyone else,

Very pleased to announce the new product is available now from the store www.anvilindustry.co.uk

The new products are on the home page "Featured" section, in their respective product categories and also available as options in the Steam Lord Unit set.

Cheers,

Joel

Ordered some cloaks from you and they were fantastic Joel. I'm gonna have to get some steam knights for my not mk 1 unification force that's noot set on earth (wink wink)

Joel we need Sniper scopes lol

Hm, I'd love to see some ACOGs and reflex sights. You already have the railed rifles.




or some PEQs

I already sugested those if you read past posts, all three of those if I recall, he said yes.

If your in a hurry for some PEQ-15s then use the Tau rifle sights, they arn't the best but they'll do until we get better ones.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/450439.page half way down you can see me useing one on one of Joels' widdow maker rifles.

Got my order yesterday Joel and love those packs really have turned out looking great.

I hope more guard stuff is on the horizon love your work keep it coming mate

Scopes are a great idea, would love to see even more additions to your weapons arsenal

Right, time to add stuff to the hobby basket...

@LDD, Legion, Thanks very much!

@Everyone else,

All three of those Items are to be included in my next 3D print run.

Ill post up some 3D renders soon I hope, still learning the software!

Cheers,

Joel

Hey Joel, I just thought of something. Since you said the NV goggles would require really small peices, you could probley just make the goggles themselves and build the NVG mounts into the helmets.
A few eamples:
1.The basic NVG mount.
http://foreversquared.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ROK-Korea-Marines-OIF-Iraq-Patrol-Combat-War-03.jpg

2.This is our NVG mounts fitted above our sand goggles, we call them "half faces(or half asses, heh.)".
http://asoldiersblog.blogspot.com/0blgcapt.mac10510221007.jpg

3. My Brother-in-Law Johnny ( Green beret, I'm from a military family (Marines) and married into military family (Army) which makes for quite the interresting Thanks Giving dinners lol) is out fitted with this
http://soldiersystems.net/blog1/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20120118-184248.jpg

When you do start your guard line of products let us know because I'll annoy the gak out of you with ideas about howto vary your products. For instance, If you order a 10 pack of NVGs why not have 3 differant types?
Single scope
Double "Bincoular" type
or the Double eye enhancing sight (http://www.infraredbinocularsreport.com/wp-content/themes/productreview/images/atn-high-performance-night-vision-goggle-pvs7-3a-31.jpg)
You could also have 2 differant heads with the NVG straps ( #3) in the pack to make even more variaty.
Just saying....

does the 2nd from left on the bottom row of heads remind anyone else of this



anyway good work on heads, i particularly like the grilled ones and the 'Dat Ass' one

Sgt.Roadkill wrote:does the 2nd from left on the bottom row of heads remind anyone else of this

"DAT ASS"

anyway good work on heads, i particularly like the grilled ones and the 'Dat Ass' one

It does now.

It's taken me a little while to get around to finishing the models they're on but here are a couple of photos of your bits, Joel -

Siege/Boarding Marine sporting Medieval Pad. This bit was a revelation and I'm going to order a ton more so I can not only finish this squad but maybe start another (be quiet wallet), it really helps to achieve the heavy duty aesthetic I was after.


Sergeant and Assault Marine sporting Heretic pistols. As I mentioned in an earlier review the chunkier rounds and design of this pistol were exactly what I was after for a squad dedicated to killing CSM's



Hope these help convince people of the quality of your stuff (though your own photos are more than doing that).

One question, are the chain glaives in line for a resculpt? I'm eyeing them up, but I don't want to buy them and find you've done a nice shiny new version!

Hey Guys,

@newabortion, thanks for further suggestions, when I get to it, Ill be posted the entire "guardsman" project up for critique and suggestions and will welcome all ideas!

@sgt.roadkill, I dont know what to say.... err.. thanks i guess :p

@sockwithaticket, Awesome!! thanks so much for posting those photos! they look great! I love seeing the parts on finnished models, as I actually get no free time at all to build/paint my own stuff, so im entirely reliant on customers!

I can confirm the Chain Glaives are not in line for a re sculpt, Im actually very happy, the few components which are still to be re sculpted have mostly been withdrawn from sale. The plan is to get a lot of new stuff out over the coming months, and look back to see if anything needs redoing as and when the production molds wear out.


GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT-

If anyone has been trying to get on the website today and got nothing but errors, this is because we were changing the website to a new server.

Everything is fixed and in order now, and more importantly, the new server is much faster and should be more reliably accessible.

@Ouze, and other Americans who have had trouble with the site over the past few months, im hoping the new server should work much better!

Cheers,

Joel

Got my guard sized bionic arms today and they look good. Same for the shoulder guards I got except that they ended up being too big for those arms so I have to think about doing something else with them. They look very good so that shouldn't be a problem though.

Newabortion wrote:I already sugested those if you read past posts, all three of those if I recall, he said yes.

If your in a hurry for some PEQ-15s then use the Tau rifle sights, they arn't the best but they'll do until we get better ones.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/0/450439.page half way down you can see me useing one on one of Joels' widdow maker rifles.

I have read the whole thread, but since it runs for 14 pages over several months, I didn't recall your suggestions specifically.

Either way, good news to know these are coming.