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It looks like you missed the boat Elusive. The deadline expired yesterday. If you are lucky you could still join in, but I suspect that GW set the deadline as a condition of allowing the castings. Its worth asking anyway.

Looks like we'll be getting a lot. Some edited excerpts from an update we just received:

"In addition to the torso, we will be sculpting two different sets of legs, and four differerent kinds of heads. This means that each "set" you get will contain legs, a torso, and a head."

"Sculpting legs is the single greatest contribution, we will be able to create a slim female silouette that will be slightly shorter then a male cadian. We should be able to place a female and a male cadian alongside each other and the gender should be obvious by the build."

"One set of legs will be in a walking pose, while the other will be in a braced firing position. We are going to add some armor to the legs. A knee protector and some shin armor. Basically, it will
be somewhere in-between carapace armor and flak armor."

"There will be four different kinds of heads, two without helmets, and two designed to have the empty helmets placed onto them. Of the helmetless heads, one will be like in the concept sketch, with goggles, while the other will have a short-military style pony tail."

I'm not all that interested in the femme cadians (it's just a punt to see what happens), but I'm quite interested in the larger concept: people sourcing a sculptor and getting a some custom minis made at fantastically low cost.

Same here, this project has promise in that it would be great if it was expanded to other things, namely orks.  I'm curious to see the finished sculpts.

female orks? I diodnt think they existed

Posted By Orlanth on 03/02/2007 3:09 AM
female orks? I diodnt think they existed

Hahaha. In the same concept. Like new bodies and heads and legs and arms and stuff.
thought... it just wouldn't be the same...

i know its possibly a bit soon but any updates and progress?
millest

No pics yet, but I have been in regular contact with the sculptor and he is definately working on things. We've really expanded the project for him, with two, possibly three sets of legs, and four head varients in addition to the torso, so I expect things to happen later rather than sooner, but they will happen.
I have a mailing list I have created to email updates to those who are part of the project. I wasn't planning on posting update pics on the forums as well, but I suppose I can if people want to see them.

There have been some developments, I hope Dr Thunder will post the images he got for us. I am very impressed by the work so far.

Posted By Orlanth on 03/02/2007 3:09 AM
female orks? I diodnt think they existed

Well, there were/ are female orcs.

Here's some Work In Progress shots we've recieved from the sculptor:

I'm very pleased with how things are coming along. There are still a few things that need to be done. The lower part of the cadian jacket (the skirt-like thingy) needs to be added in, some ruffles added to the back of the legs, and I've asked the sculptor to move the pockets to the sides of the legs and copy the pocket pattern on the male cadian legs. Oh, and the back of the torso needs the little square knob-thingy put onto it, and an eagle symbol placed on the left side of the chest.

Hot!

I'd hit it.

I mean pay for that excellent mini.

very cool looking. i wish i knew this project was going on. any other pictures yet?

The WIP shots are fantastic - I don't play guard and I'd be tempted to get some anyways and make a small (for guard) force using these. Alas for past deadlines.

Got a big update for everyone. One pair of legs, the torso, and two of the heads are 100% done, which means that we've only got two more heads and two more pairs of legs to go and then the sculpting is done. <!--emo& --> <!--endemo-->

I'm also happy to announce that we are opening the doors again for people who want some but missed the deadline. Anyone who is interested just send me a PM and I'll give you the details.





P.S. the helmet and arms have just been temporarily put on for the picture so people can see what they would look like assembled.

Legal debates aside, that is a superb piece of work.

Not too keen on the helmetless head... the face looks a little too anime-ish. And definitely far too happy for the 40K universe. The helmeted head is perfect, though.

For the body, he's done a great job of keeping the stocky, Cadian look while making it an unambiguously femine shape.

Posted By insaniak on 04/04/2007 2:01 PM
Not too keen on the helmetless head... the face looks a little too anime-ish. And definitely far too happy for the 40K universe. The helmeted head is perfect, though.

For the body, he's done a great job of keeping the stocky, Cadian look while making it an unambiguously femine shape.

Yeah, there was a very careful balance we had to acheive, but I think we nailed it in the end.

Don't think of her as being happy, think of her as psychotically grinning.  >

That's what I am.
Bravo. Those are great.
(I hope you don't mind, but I pointed a couple of non dakka gaurd players I know at this thread in case they were interested)

Well...

To me, those look awful. The hips are too wide and have a sexy, sultry swagger going on. The right foot is turned in, like she's playing to the camera or about to trip up. And the face has a stupid smile on it.

On the up side, the torso is pretty good. And the helmeted head, although bland (through necessity) is okay.

No Stu-Rat the pose is correct, women do not run like men do. Psychoface works, this gal looks crazy enough to fit into 40K. Besides if you know anything about women in front line combat, they dont need encouraging they need restraining, and that is something the Imperium wont see fit to do.

Posted By Da Boss on 04/05/2007 3:05 AM
(I hope you don't mind, but I pointed a couple of non dakka gaurd players I know at this thread in case they were interested)

No problem. 

 

women do not run like men do

Exactly.  The problem is that a lot of us are used to looking at GW's horrible female models that do not have proper proportions.  (Sisters Repentia, anyone?)

And, I'm not talking about breasts.  Human females have a very different skeletal structure that the human eye instintivly looks for.  When those differences are properly done on a model it looks feminine no matter what its pose is.

The model shown is in almost the exact same pose as her male counterpart.  She's just walking, not posing.  But, because the female model actually has female proportions and skeletal structure built into it, it reads differently.

I guess its easy to get confused when the only women you every see are on the internet.

I am most definitely impressed. Is it too late to get on board?

The only thing I'm a little weird on is the arms... I guess you resize everything else and suddenly the arms look too large. The pic showing off the left arm shows it the best. Maybe it's just a byproduct of the picture?

Just a minor thing, ya know. I'm really impressed with the head sculpts... those alone would do wonders for conversions.

Posted By Geddonight on 04/13/2007 11:03 AM
I am most definitely impressed. Is it too late to get on board?

The only thing I'm a little weird on is the arms... I guess you resize everything else and suddenly the arms look too large. The pic showing off the left arm shows it the best. Maybe it's just a byproduct of the picture?

Just a minor thing, ya know. I'm really impressed with the head sculpts... those alone would do wonders for conversions.

The sleeves on the arms are baggy, but fortunately they are also plastic, so they can easily be trimmed down to taste.  I'll send you a PM about joining up. 

PM sent.....I would like some Female Kasrkin for my Inquisitorial Stromtroopers!!!

Count me in. PM sent.

Update for you guys.  The second set of legs is 100% done, as well as another head.  One of the things I dislike about the GW male cadians is that they all have the same face and body type.  Real people aren't like that, so we've given each head and set of legs a slightly different body-type and expression.  (You may notice that this head has a much more traditional 40K "screaming" expression on her face for you purists out there)  That will lead to greater diversity in the models and a greater overall quality to the project.  Like before, we've blue-tacked on some plastic arms and helmet so you can see what one would look like fully assembled. 

Are your making them avalible to the public becuase I am interesting some.

Sweet. They're still looking good.

Posted By Pipboy101 on 04/28/2007 4:35 PM
Are your making them avalible to the public becuase I am interesting some.

Yes, if anyone wants to join in just send me a PM.