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kenshin620 wrote:Hmmm is the other topic (on Miniatures of the North) a bit...redundant now? Or should we keep it open for the other WiP coming up?

I think MiTN guy said that not all of his minis would be done by Anvil per se, so it should stay open I'd say.

Got my order this week and opened it up yesterday. Very impressed with the quality. It's much more like plastic than Resin in terms of handling it - very nice stuff.

Shame my marines are packed away for moving, or I'd be dispersing the parts now amongst quite a few groups.. :(


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ThomasPolder wrote:

kenshin620 wrote:Hmmm is the other topic (on Miniatures of the North) a bit...redundant now? Or should we keep it open for the other WiP coming up?

I think MiTN guy said that not all of his minis would be done by Anvil per se, so it should stay open I'd say.

Yeah, MoTN isn't an "imprint" of Anvil, and his previews and sculpts are still going to be upcoming and of course - his own.

Received my Investigator and six Imperial Boarders just this morning!

Where are the mould lines? Seriously, these are really, really well cast and are very delicate, and fine models... Will be a joy to paint I think!

Will try and do some comparison shots with other figures at some point, if people would find that useful.


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Comparison with some Mantic Veerym, Corporation and a GW Arbite.

My Borderers arrived this morning too and all I have to say is every other resin caster in the world should be paying Joel for lessons. Here's one mocked up next to a future ally (also sporting some Anvil gear),





As you can see the proportions are excellent and apart from clipping parts off the sprue that is exactly how the Borderers have arrived i.e. with no flash, mold lines or other casting issues.

I'll definitely be ordering more in the future.

Now that is some Scale.... despite the Height being almost the same, the difference in build shows a Human next to an Astartes, I'm fed up with Catachan's with Biceps the size of an Astartes Thigh in power armour! At least yours (height aside) give off the right size and build, nice Casting too. (So without derailing the thread look at this Quality, made by a 2 Man band, compared with a Corporate giant who produces Finecast?)

Joel will you be doing any True Scale 28mm/32mm Knights per chance?

I think that is one item on Joel's ever growing list of things to do! There should be enough stuff on that list to keep you busy for a couple of years by now!

Cool, I look forward to seeing what people do with these! I'll be painting up some this weekend.

Hoping to have some concept designs for future factions in the next week or so.

Few more blog updates: the next squad is ready -





And a cultist WIP preview:



Really appreciate how people are receiving this stuff and commenting here - so thank you! This is just the beginning.

Oh man....the cultists....I need some.

And Not just Cultists, but Retinues for Priests, Inquistors, add in some Bionics and you've got TECHGUARD! These are awesome, you could even do some interesting Dark Angel Scouts or Pre-Heresy Scouts, or even some nice Pre-Heresy 1k Son Acolytes.

Necromunda, Redemptionists, they might even make a good basis for Sisters of Silence.



Those CULTIST Models are going to sell like Hotcakes.

Excited about these too. The faces are very sinister under the hoods.

By ready do you mean they're for sale now?

beautiful work, those sculpts are some of the nicest non GW humans i've seen around! I actually want to buy and paint them for no other reason than I love how they look!

On the way to Anvil - probably on sale in a weeks time I'd imagine!

The cultists are awesome. I don't even have a use for them and I want them.

Being merely a toe in to the hobby, I wont be buying any, but credit where it is due, those guys look absolutely superb.

Incredibly well cast and clean, I salute you for doing such a professional job.

Well.. I suppose I could get some for a friend for his birthday or something...

wow lots of new posts since I last checked in!

Saxon and Sockwithaticket, thanks very much for your compliments about the casting. I try to ensure every component I send out is exactly how I would want to recieve it!

If any major corporation with serious resin quality control issues were to approach me with a suitcase full of "truly surplus cash", I would be more than happy to help them out.

Thanks also to both of you for posting the scale shots, very usefull!

@mwnciboo and commander cain, yes I certainly will be doing large Knights at some point in the future, and yes its on my never ending to-do list, but I am trying my hardest, and Im very glad to have IceSword contributing miniatures now!

@Icesword, cheers for the photos! I know there is another thread but you are very welcome to post any WIPs of stuff you intend to send my way, in this thread.

Really lookin forward to getting those awesome Cromantians in the molds and on sale! as Icesword says, should be about 7-10 days from now if everything goes to schedule.

Im spending this coming long weekend camping which might slow things down a little, but rest assured Ill work like crazy when I am here!

Cheers,

Joel

Dear Joel,

Make me human-sized arms with sexy shoulderpads that fit your weapons and I will love you forever. And by love you forever I mean buy lots of them.

Sincerely,
Me

P.S.
I don't expect them to fit the MaxMini Combat Armour Torsos, but that would be a godsend.

P.P.S.
I can't think of how I'd ever use them, but those Crowmantians look sick.

Do we know how many different Miniatures of the North poses we'll eventually end up with?

I'd like to order quite a bit, and I'd like as much variety of poses as possible - selfish, I know, but there you have it!

@Rayth Phaenor.

I count components from 5 different manufacturers on that miniature! thats dedication!

Human scale arms, and also versions of my rifles which are slightly scaled down, are definatly on the way.

From Mid September right up to Christmas, Anvil Industry will be neglecting the Steam Lords and focusing on a full range of sci-fi human infantry and conversion parts!

@ Alpharius, do you mean the Borderers?
Im about to send IceSword an email badgering him for 4 more poses, including a sergeant, to make up a 10 man squad with all different poses.
Im not sure what he has planned in terms of heavy/special weapons.

Cheers,

Joel

Anvils Hammer wrote:
Human scale arms, and also versions of my rifles which are slightly scaled down, are definatly on the way.

From Mid September right up to Christmas, Anvil Industry will be neglecting the Steam Lords and focusing on a full range of sci-fi human infantry and conversion parts!

Good to know, thanks!

I feel warm and fuzzy from that update Joel

Anvils Hammer wrote:

@ Alpharius, do you mean the Borderers?
Im about to send IceSword an email badgering him for 4 more poses, including a sergeant, to make up a 10 man squad with all different poses.
Im not sure what he has planned in terms of heavy/special weapons.

Ah yes, sorry - The Borderers - exactly!

4 more poses (for a total of 10) would be great!

I'd love to hear that he does have specials and heavies planned too...

I would love some borderers "action" poses - like kneeling and aiming, etc. Once these poses are released I am definately be buying quite a few of these.

Only one kneeling pose max though. Nothing more irritating than half your squad on it's knees!

I'm having fun envisioning a self-contained world combining the Steam Lords and these new trooper variants. Some sort of Fallout-esque world that distills the Imperium down into a single world, with Steam Lords as a power-armored "Brotherhood of Steel" faction, the robed SMG cultists as a machine/Technology cult ala Mechanicus, and the Borderers as some sort of standard militia.

Wow, only just discovered those trench fighters, niiiiiiice!

Joel has persuaded me to do a couple more Borderer's so I'll so where I can schedule them in.

Already in progress are 3 armoured Borderer’s (with separate torsos and legs to get more out of the poses), a commander model, a heavy weapon team and a communications guy.

It'll be interesting to see how they are received.

IceSword wrote:Joel has persuaded me to do a couple more Borderer's so I'll so where I can schedule them in.

Already in progress are 3 armoured Borderer’s (with separate torsos and legs to get more out of the poses), a commander model, a heavy weapon team and a communications guy.

It'll be interesting to see how they are received, they're not your standard GW proxies...

Given the quality of the figures to date, I would think they'd be well received indeed!

I know that I'll be picking up a lot of these once they're all available!

Received a pack of Storm Lord bits that I ordered for a new project, and have to say I couldn't be more pleased. Perfect casting quality, not a single missing area or destroyed detail, in more than 30 pieces. Really great little sculpts and I can't recommend them enough !

Rayth Phaenor wrote:Dear Joel,

Make me human-sized arms with sexy shoulderpads that fit your weapons and I will love you forever. And by love you forever I mean buy lots of them.

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I think it's great that someone has the imagination to try things like this, and I only wish we saw more of it..

Pacific wrote:Perfect casting quality, not a single missing area or destroyed detail, in more than 30 pieces. Really great little sculpts and I can't recommend them enough !

Hey,

Thanks very much for taking the time to leave a review! very glad you are pleased with the parts!


More General Announcement- Anvil Industry is away on a long weekend camping, so I will have extreemly limited access to the internet untill next tuesday evening. orders placed over the next few days will be dispatched next wednesday.

Apologies for any inconvenience, the good news is that when I get back, I have lots of tasty new releases lined up!

Cheers,

Joel