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Great cant wait best news of the day

Hi all,

Sorry for no updates for so long, we;ve had a really crazy two weeks at the studio.
I;ii do my best to provide you with a steady supply of news and releases from now on

Today, we would like to proudly present our new Heavy Assault Vehicle Dozer Blades.
They will fit perfectly your heavy duty assault tanks leaving a space at the front for the assault ramp to open.




Hope you like'em!
If you have any questions at all, I'm here for you guys, so don't be shy!
Cheers,
Pawel

They look great, can you also glue it together in the middle to make a V-shaped dozer blade that would fit on something like a Chimera?

Hm, that is actually a pretty good question. They of course can be glued together, but I am not sure it would fit lighter tanks. I'll measure them tomorrow (before and after gluing together) and post the dimentions here for you.

while you are at it, can you testfit them on a baneblade?

Necros wrote:They look great, can you also glue it together in the middle to make a V-shaped dozer blade that would fit on something like a Chimera?

Hi, I've measured the Dozer Blades and each blade is roughly 1.5 inch wide. The gap between the arms that attach the blades to the tank hull is 2 inches (that's after glueing the blades together, of course).
Hope it helps!

Grundz wrote:while you are at it, can you testfit them on a baneblade?

I'll see what can be done

Any chance of a separate center piece that could be used in concert with the dozer blades? IE a Siege Sheild

Would it be possible to get hatless ork heads?

EDIT: Also I checked your retail store section and noticed that finlands "battleaccesories" -link doesn't work. I found his twitter but latest tweet is from june so they might be down or something.

Just ordered some of the battle tank dozer blades. Lookin forward to usin them!

illuknisaa wrote:Would it be possible to get hatless ork heads?

EDIT: Also I checked your retail store section and noticed that finlands "battleaccesories" -link doesn't work. I found his twitter but latest tweet is from june so they might be down or something.

Hey, thanks for the heads up.
Also, AFAIK, the only hatless orc heads we produce are the ones that come with the Desert Raider.

looks like a good one for either side of a land raider...

So any plans for an accessory middle section for the dozer blades? If not I will mock my own up, but would love an official part to go with the blades ) Hint hint... nudge nudge..

That's very clever... A+ !

They look very cool. Functionally, however... I'm going to be a geek for a moment.
These would break down regularly IRL. The only support for them is on the outside. As soon as you tried to push something really big and heavy against the inside edge of the dozer blade, it would bend or break, rendering it useless. I'd have far preferred to see some sort of secondary support for the inside of each blade, like a support that goes between the tank and the blade, rather than something that attaches to the side (which would interfere with the opening of the Assault Ramp.

Also... Can "Heavy Assault Tanks" in the most popular futuristic wargame even buy dozer blades as an upgrade? I have no codex handy, and I can't remember.

Eric

Nah they cant have a dozer blade.

Taeken wrote:So any plans for an accessory middle section for the dozer blades? If not I will mock my own up, but would love an official part to go with the blades ) Hint hint... nudge nudge..

Unfortunately, we're not planning on expanding this kit in the nearest future. We are preparing lots of stuff to release for you guys and also some long promised models will finally see the daylight, so this little bit will have to wait.

MagickalMemories wrote:They look very cool. Functionally, however... I'm going to be a geek for a moment.
These would break down regularly IRL. The only support for them is on the outside. As soon as you tried to push something really big and heavy against the inside edge of the dozer blade, it would bend or break, rendering it useless. (...)

Eric

Hi Eric,
TBH, I was curious myself as we have not tested their durability, though they seemed pretty solid.
So, I decided to put one together (glued with superglue, no pins). I grabbed it by the blade and applied pressure on kitchen scales with the part that gets attached to a tank. It withstood around 1,5-1,6kgs and snapped at around 1,7. I'm not sure if it is enough to satisfy you, but considerable force was needed to break it, so I'd say they can be used safely with the standard amount of caution.

Cheers,

Pawel

Pawel_Kromlech wrote:

Taeken wrote:So any plans for an accessory middle section for the dozer blades? If not I will mock my own up, but would love an official part to go with the blades ) Hint hint... nudge nudge..

Unfortunately, we're not planning on expanding this kit in the nearest future. We are preparing lots of stuff to release for you guys and also some long promised models will finally see the daylight, so this little bit will have to wait.


Cheers,

Pawel

Any clues to what they might be ……..

Basically the stuff that you've had the chance to see in the form of previews and that was talked about.
No dates or promisses, but these things are priority in terms of releases now.

Pawel_Kromlech wrote:Hi Eric,
TBH, I was curious myself as we have not tested their durability, though they seemed pretty solid.
So, I decided to put one together (glued with superglue, no pins). I grabbed it by the blade and applied pressure on kitchen scales with the part that gets attached to a tank. It withstood around 1,5-1,6kgs and snapped at around 1,7. I'm not sure if it is enough to satisfy you, but considerable force was needed to break it, so I'd say they can be used safely with the standard amount of caution.

Cheers,

Pawel

I think he meant that dozer blades like those wouldn't work in real life. He didn't mean that the miniature looked fragile.

that was my impression too. what about adding a dozer blade that attatches to the top to the swing door on the land raider? or use that as the middle section?

Pawel_Kromlech wrote:
Hi Eric,
TBH, I was curious myself as we have not tested their durability, though they seemed pretty solid.
So, I decided to put one together (glued with superglue, no pins). I grabbed it by the blade and applied pressure on kitchen scales with the part that gets attached to a tank. It withstood around 1,5-1,6kgs and snapped at around 1,7. I'm not sure if it is enough to satisfy you, but considerable force was needed to break it, so I'd say they can be used safely with the standard amount of caution.

Cheers,

Pawel

Well, i certainly appreciate that test, but I'm not sure I made myself clear.

In a sort of Devil's Advocate manner, I was trying to say that a "real life" blade that looked like that and was attached to a "real life" tank would not be as secure as one with two arm supports.
There are "purists" out there who decry products like this that look like real life items but don't match up with real world physics or characteristics. I'm not one of them (LOL), but I suspect there are plenty who will look at this product and think like that.


Eric

Well, you can tell it to my broken dozer blade!


Seriously though, silly me!

Pawel_Kromlech wrote:

Taeken wrote:So any plans for an accessory middle section for the dozer blades? If not I will mock my own up, but would love an official part to go with the blades ) Hint hint... nudge nudge..

Unfortunately, we're not planning on expanding this kit in the nearest future. We are preparing lots of stuff to release for you guys and also some long promised models will finally see the daylight, so this little bit will have to wait.

MagickalMemories wrote:They look very cool. Functionally, however... I'm going to be a geek for a moment.
These would break down regularly IRL. The only support for them is on the outside. As soon as you tried to push something really big and heavy against the inside edge of the dozer blade, it would bend or break, rendering it useless. (...)

Eric

Hi Eric,
TBH, I was curious myself as we have not tested their durability, though they seemed pretty solid.
So, I decided to put one together (glued with superglue, no pins). I grabbed it by the blade and applied pressure on kitchen scales with the part that gets attached to a tank. It withstood around 1,5-1,6kgs and snapped at around 1,7. I'm not sure if it is enough to satisfy you, but considerable force was needed to break it, so I'd say they can be used safely with the standard amount of caution.

Cheers,

Pawel

Thanks for the info. This just gives me more conversion fun to make a middle peice that fits. Keep the designs comin!

Pawel_Kromlech wrote:Basically the stuff that you've had the chance to see in the form of previews and that was talked about.
No dates or promisses, but these things are priority in terms of releases now.

I have my fingers crossed for the Orc Gasmask heads and weapons (more specifically, the rocket launcher).

Shinglepants wrote:I have my fingers crossed for the Orc Gasmask heads .

Then, you might be happy to find out, that...




We are proud to present you our new Iron Reich Orcs in Gasmasks.
They were designed with the Greatcoat bodies in mind, but will fit other orc torsos as well.




Hope you enjoy them!

Cheers,

Pawel

Just a suggestion...any chance you can update the first post as new things come out? Going through 19 pages of posts to find your pictures and releases is just...not going to happen. You may miss out on many interested parties simply because everything is scattered about in the thread.

Lormax wrote:Just a suggestion...any chance you can update the first post as new things come out? Going through 19 pages of posts to find your pictures and releases is just...not going to happen. You may miss out on many interested parties simply because everything is scattered about in the thread.

Hey Lormax,
Thanks for the suggestion. We always try to update the first post within minutes/ an hour of the new release post. As you can see, the thread was started by Artur, so I cannot edit the title when I post the information, but Artur is always aware of me announcing new models, so I am sure he will edit the first post asap.

Cheers,

Pawel

Nice might use some to convert krieg Ogryns.

Those are friggin awesome, Glad I waited with my great coats now as these are tops

Those gas masks are spectacularly orky. Will have to get my hands on 'em.