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 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Thanks very much everyone!

@Barzam - Its on the way to you

@Sockwithaticket - glad you like them!

@Kodos - Hard to say, its not a massively clear artwork. I would advise, if you can, to wait for the planned Dress uniform release, which will include bear skin fur hats, Pickelhaube helmets with spikes, and a couple of new torso varients which may be more suitable for making soldiers similar to the artwork.
Unfortunately I cant give a good estimate as to when we will get around to releasing the mentioned parts.. We are rather swamped with work at the moment!

Holy hell, go on a dakka vacation from this thread and it just explodes with awesome over the course of a few months. Those gladiator helms look fantastic, and so too do the shotguns.

I have two stupid questions about the afterlife stuff:
How big is the Warden compared to your tinyish Taurus Gun Turrets?
Secondly, I see the Warden heads can be bought separately but, what about the torsos and arms?

This conversion will give you some idea. Actually, I think the Taurus tractors have been slightly enlarged and re-released since this.

Thanks for that Fifty! Better comparison than anything I would have remembered!

@StormWall - thanks, glad you like all the new stuff.

The Taurus has been redesigned since the photo, as Fifty said, but only slightly - its a fraction lower, a couple of mm wider and longer.

We can supply the Warden arms separately if you email us about it. The torsos are currently molded with the legs, so are not separate, but when we remold them (within a month) we are going to do the torsos separately. The plan will be to offer different versions of the Warden in future, as part of a planned CRANE Afterlife faction.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

@Kodos - Hard to say, its not a massively clear artwork. I would advise, if you can, to wait for the planned Dress uniform release, which will include bear skin fur hats, Pickelhaube helmets with spikes, and a couple of new torso varients which may be more suitable for making soldiers similar to the artwork.
Unfortunately I cant give a good estimate as to when we will get around to releasing the mentioned parts.. We are rather swamped with work at the moment!

good news
I waited so long to find something to build this regiment, another year won't be much

Fifty wrote:This conversion will give you some idea. Actually, I think the Taurus tractors have been slightly enlarged and re-released since this.

Anvils Hammer wrote:Thanks for that Fifty! Better comparison than anything I would have remembered!

@StormWall - thanks, glad you like all the new stuff.

The Taurus has been redesigned since the photo, as Fifty said, but only slightly - its a fraction lower, a couple of mm wider and longer.

We can supply the Warden arms separately if you email us about it. The torsos are currently molded with the legs, so are not separate, but when we remold them (within a month) we are going to do the torsos separately. The plan will be to offer different versions of the Warden in future, as part of a planned CRANE Afterlife faction.

Ooh, fantastic, thank you for the reply. I'll start saving then, I have to do a decent sized order to justify shipping. (I was planning on grafting a Warden torso with arms attached to the Taurus.) If you are doing them soon in two pieces instead of the legs and torsos together, I'll have no excuse.

Fifty, that picture was extremely helpful, thank you. Is that your conversion?

I just want to point out, I placed my order for Trench Fighters Wednesday the 15th(in California) and received my order this Wednesday. Damn, that's fast!

Hey all, jumping into this thread for the first time with some Afterlife-related questions.

1. Will this cool Spectre operative ever be available for order again, or will it forever remain an exalted kickstarter exclusive? I'd give an arm and a leg to get a hold of one, metaphorically speaking of course.

2. Will the Republic Grenadier Sergeant come back in stock with the planned rollout of new factions (like CRANE or the rebels) this year?

3. What is the best way to get involved in the Afterlife community? I'd love to discuss battle reports, tactics, and units, but can't seem to successfully register on the Afterlife Chronicles site.

Thanks for all of the great work you do,
Van
US-based Afterlife Addict

@Barzam - I agree, the delivery times to the U.S. from Anvil are insanely fast. Typically it takes 3 weeks with customs, they shave it down to under 2 usually. Also, love your painting blog. Truly great stuff.

@Stormwall - no, that was done by Adam from the Anvil team.

@Van - Nice to know there are some Afterlife communities out there. I have an Afterlife thread in which I post, but it rarely gets much interest. I play regularly with Joel, from Anvil, and I am pretty sure he'd love to have more of a community. I've spoken to him about an "official" Afterlife Facebook group before, but at the current levels of players, I think posting in the general Anvil Facebook group and trying to get the thread here on Dakka a bit more alive is a better option.

I just had a quick look at the blog from your profile, and plan to have a better read of it in the near future. I've written quite a few scenarios that Joel and Chas are going to gradually put up on the Anvil blog. I'd be very grateful to have other people test them, and if you have scenarios too, I'd love to try them out. I try to write scenarios in a way that each side has a different objective to the other. I think things are a bit more interesting that way!

My own painting thread - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/210/339830.page
An all-round Afterlife thread - https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/692818.page
Anvil Industry blog - http://anvilindustry.co.uk/anvil-blog (I wrote the jungle abduction and feint missions and write-ups. Excuse the poor writing on the feint attack write-up. I really ought to have proof-read it first!! Hopefully I'll have a chance to re-write soon and get Chas to edit). I've also got another mission to write-up that Chas and I played at the Anvil studio for fun - I had characters and Chas had lots of non-characters, just to see how we fared against one another. It got a bit silly at the very end with Natalya and Vargo Federici blasting away with pistols at a Crane Warden that went on for many, many turns.

Fifty, thanks for the information, as well as the links to these threads. I'm going to go ahead and start posting in the all-round Afterlife thread, though I agree that a Facebook page would be hugely fun and accessible. The thread you linked seems to offer the kind of nitty-gritty tactical discussion I was hoping for though, so good for the time being!

And cool! I didn't know you wrote those! My buddy and I here have both read your scenarios online and would love to play out any others you have cooked up. You can PM me anything you'd like us to test out, though unfortunately, I'll be off-grid for work for a few months starting the end of April. If you could get us started with one as soon as possible, we'll run through this weekend/early next week and post the results! I'm a big fan of scenarios as well. We did a cool one involving the assassination of Raul Tennyson on my blog, and have to post a few others. Last night was a jungle insertion raid by Lucretia Chang for unsuspecting civilian victims, repelled by the Republic.

Lastly, I feel your pain about the Natalya and Vargo shoot-out. Those destiny rolls are killer...but right when I think of declaring a house rule of +8 destiny saves, my opponent fails them. One story: in the assassination scenario on my blog, we decreed no cross-the-board sniper shots at Raul, until the last turn. The Republic got terrible rolls throughout the game, so for kicks and giggles, we allowed one sniper shot at the end of the game. Lo and behold, Raul failed his one and only destiny save of the game, and was shot in the head. The UC came crashing down in an instant.

Morning guys,

@Barzam - 1 week to the US is very fast, thats about as quick as it gets, glad it was speedy. Its frustrating that it can be quite varied, anywhere from 1-4 weeks.

@Van - Thanks for taking a keen interest in the game! Im glad to hear you are playing through some scenarios, do send us some notes on what works well!

1. No plans to release that spectre again, its a Mk1 design, but we have one kicking around somewhere I'm sure, put a note in your next order and Ill see if he can sneak into the parcel

2. All currently "Out of stock" Afterlife products will be available again later in the year when we have a chance to get them re moulded. I dont have an exact time frame on anything though.

3. The thread Fifty started is probably the best place to talk about the game - best to keep it all in one place as currently, the game community is tiny- something we hope to improve over the next 12 months as we have more time to develop the game and add new factions.
We are going to disable the Afterlife volumes website at some point, no one ever really used it and we never added all the planned content, but all the info from it will be kept and reuploaded elsewhere.


@Fifty - We are looking forward to the write up of the character mission when you have time! It was an epic confrontation!

I would like to get involved in a growing Afterlife community, but, er, I don't get any gaming time in for any system at the moment, and have a pile of unbuilt models growing quicker than I'm building them...

I've assembled maybe a third of my Kickstarter though. At some point, I'll be able to look for games/hook someone else into it.

If it is any consolation, Afterlife is literally the only game that has ever drawn me in other than 40k and BFG, so you are doing a lot better than Privateer Press, Mantic, Infinity etc from my perspective!

@Haighus - Well, if you are ever in London, you could come for a game at HATE club in Bethnal Green.

@Joel - I've written up the scenario and am partway through the report. Need to make sure I proofread to ensure it makes more sense than my last report though!

 Fifty wrote:
@Haighus - Well, if you are ever in London, you could come for a game at HATE club in Bethnal Green.

@Joel - I've written up the scenario and am partway through the report. Need to make sure I proofread to ensure it makes more sense than my last report though!

Thanks Appreciate the offer. Hopefully I will be able to make a bit more progress on models again soonish so I would actually have a force to field...

Hey Joel, is there any chance of making just the bottom part of a Lance Carbine available? I've got so many top sections left over and I'd love to make use of them.

Heavy weapons for my Martian Orbital Fusilier army. Great mini's I can't recommend these enough. Few more pics on my blog.

After almost two years of planning, I finally got around to placing my order with Anvil which I picked up at Salute; I now have the minis for my Fire Drakes kill team!

Very nice work guys!

@sockwithaticket - possibly we could sell just the bottom parts, I'll try and sort it out next time we make a mould for the lance carbines.

@MOTN - they look great!

For everyone else, more photos here - http://miniaturesofthenorth.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/martial-orbital-fusiliers-heavy-weapons.html

and an older post with a full "how to" painting guide.

http://miniaturesofthenorth.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/speed-paint-tutorial-martian-orbital.html

@Siygess - Hope you enjoyed the show, very nice looking Regiments models! I especially love the conversion with an Exo-Lord autocannon - I would never have thought that would work, but it somehow does!


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Sorry for the general lack of posts recently, We have been madly busy in the run up to SALUTE, which is now "mission accomplished" for this year.

If you couldn't make the show, see what we got up to on our blog : SALUTE 2017 Debrief

At the moment, we are still in rest and recovery after working all hours recently prepping for the show, but if you are hoping for more Regiments, more Afterlife, or more conversion bits, dont worry, we will be back on track soon with a regular stream of releases!

Stay tuned for more!

Hi All,

Here at Anvil Industry, we have big plans for the future.

The list of new products I would like to release is seemingly endless, and includes a huge range of figures, conversion parts, vehicles and more for our Regiments, Exo-Lords and Afterlife ranges.

Its simply impossible to design and sculpt it all by myself, so, I am looking to hire a full time designer to work in our East London studio.

Why am I posting this for the world to see? because the position is not just open to existing miniatures designers. For the right candidate, with a solid base of artistic design skill, computer literacy and hobby enthusiasm, we are willing to offer full in house training in the software and equipment we use.

The successful applicant will need amazing knowledge and skills in the general area of "28mm sci-fi wargaming", but I am primarily looking for someone with enthusiasm, imagination and artistic flair, existing CAD skills will benefit an application, but are not essential.

So, if you love 28mm sci-fi and would like a career as a miniatures designer, head to our blog HERE to read the full job description and application guidance.

Closing date for applications is May 31st.

If you are not personally interested, but know someone who might be - please pass on the details or share the blog post in relevant forums/facebook groups.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
If you couldn't make the show, see what we got up to on our blog : SALUTE 2017 Debrief

Is there any chance of the med bay in that board being released as a part on your webstore? Because that is simply awesome.

This bay:

Job sounds awesome. Would be a heck of a commute, though... :(

Hmm, not sure if i would qualify. :( sounds like an amazing job!

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Hi All,

Here at Anvil Industry, we have big plans for the future.

The list of new products I would like to release is seemingly endless, and includes a huge range of figures, conversion parts, vehicles and more for our Regiments, Exo-Lords and Afterlife ranges.

Its simply impossible to design and sculpt it all by myself, so, I am looking to hire a full time designer to work in our East London studio.

Why am I posting this for the world to see? because the position is not just open to existing miniatures designers. For the right candidate, with a solid base of artistic design skill, computer literacy and hobby enthusiasm, we are willing to offer full in house training in the software and equipment we use.

The successful applicant will need amazing knowledge and skills in the general area of "28mm sci-fi wargaming", but I am primarily looking for someone with enthusiasm, imagination and artistic flair, existing CAD skills will benefit an application, but are not essential.

So, if you love 28mm sci-fi and would like a career as a miniatures designer, head to our blog HERE to read the full job description and application guidance.

Closing date for applications is May 31st.

If you are not personally interested, but know someone who might be - please pass on the details or share the blog post in relevant forums/facebook groups.

Truly envious of whoever gets this. Until such time as teleportation or proxy bodies are a thing, being stateside means I can only sigh..

I finished painting the first of my Trench Fighters today and I figured I ought to share him.



If I may, I'd like to make a suggestion as well. The Trench Fighter melee sprue could use one more grasping left hand. There aren't enough on the sprue to arm five guys with melee weapons.

@Barzam - thats really nice! Do post full squads as you get them completed

The open hands on the melee sprue are just there to give people the option of having some figures hold them. I imagined most of the parts would be put on waists/backpacks.

I am planning to release proper "melee" arms sprues, along with more melee weapons and pistols with built in hands, which will facilitate entirely melee armed squads much easier.

Hello there,

I've just recently discovered your website and took special attention on the new trench fighters. I like how the brodie helmets look, but the one I really like is the one with the balaclava on. So here is my question: If I were to purchase some of the custom squads or the parts required to make them, would I be able to choose a certain part over others? For example, 10 brodies with balaclavas instead of 10 regular brodies (which come with 2 blaclavas I think)? I would mind paying some extra bucks for that possibility ...

Thanks in advance

Exciting opportunity for someone to work at Anvil - I'd loved to have gone for it, but sadly couldn't afford the change in salary :(

@ImperialNoodle -

Thanks, glad you like them.

All the heads are cast on complete sprues, so we can supply a variety of sprues, but we cant supply all of just one head.
The only way it would work is if we made up a custom sprue just for your order, which isn't impossible, it depends how many figures you want to order. Send us an email with details.

@Ruglud - yeah we know the salary is likely to be a barrier - For experienced designers, we can consider paying more in line with other companies, but to take on a trainee, the amount of my time I need to invest means we can only pay a low starting salary, which I would expect to increase with practice and experience.

@anvil hammer which are the cheap commuter areas near to your secret lair (place of employment)?

@Unclebadtouch - Err, good question, its London so it gets cheaper the further out you go, but then the commute is longer and more expensive.. We have easy access from the Jubilee line and the DLR.


All.. we have a small new release while I am working on the next big release.

The Surgical operating table we made for our SALUTE 2017 game table is now available for everyones diorama and conversion needs.

I am hoping someone is going to put one in the back of a Rhino, Chimera, Valkyrie or similar to make a medical evac vehicle.

http://anvilindustry.co.uk/Boutique/special-edition/surgical-operating-table-chair


The next release, hopefully by the end of the month, will be Regiments parts to make Private Military Contractors/Militia/Gangers etc

Following soon after that, Jungle Fighters, then Dress uniform/parade parts, then I dont know yet... Some Afterlife at some point also.

The PMC bits should be cool. More Afterlife is also appreciated. How aboyt some more CRANE troops?

I got my next Trench Fighter done.



I'm looking to expand my force for Shadow War: Armageddon, so I'll probably place another order once I'm done with this batch.