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Todd just replied to an email I sent him concerning the next release. He stated another weapons sprue was coming, focusing on different types of maces.

The above mentioned sprue is on the store:

That was fast! I wonder if he'd take commissions to make sprues.

 judgedoug wrote:
That was fast! I wonder if he'd take commissions to make sprues.

Already checked, no. :(

Sorry, I hate to turn people away, but at the moment I just don't have enough time. I am influenced by feedback I receive both directly (email) and indirectly (this thread). So, if something is wanted bad enough, it could happen.

EccentricTodd, would you at some point consider doing commissions?

I am not opposed to the idea, just timing right now is an issue. If I didn't have a day job and a business, that would be an different issue. (and no, don't get the bright idea of finding a way to get me let go from my day job so I can do commissioned work, it's not that simple. )

Glad to see you made it to the thread Todd.

Here's a few pics of the bits I received.

First of all the hand weapons next to GW fantasy bits that I believe are dwarf weapons.

A bit small unfortunately.

Second, I wanted to compare them to less "Heroic" scaled minis. I didn't have any Perry plastics or similar, so here they are against Mantic Elf weapons.

And Mantic Elf heads.

Mantic Elves are pretty slim, so I think it's a fair bet that they'd do well combined with less-than-heroic 28mm plastic humans of the type made by WGF, Perry, Gripping Beast, etc....

Lastly, here the helmets are against RT era Space Marine Helmets.

RT era helmets are a bit smaller than current helmets but are still bigger than the Eccentric helmets. I'll still try them out on RT bodies at some point. I wanted to make a few RT marines with more medieval style helmets. If these don't work out I'll probably get some Muster or Retained Knight helmets from Alternative Armes instead.

In the end, I'll probably find some use for the fantasy bits, either in converting figures for post apocalyptic, or in rearming some old school fantasy metal figs I have lying around. The quality of the bits is very good and the casting is very crisp. No excess flash here. Though looking plain at first glance, it's only the lack of GW uber-filigree and this is not a shortcoming. The weapons are quite thin, but with the cast on hands, they should be plenty sturdy. I feel I can recommend these bits for those converting non-heroic 28mm miniatures. Also, these would probably be ace for fixing up or converting old-school 25mm metal minis as well.

One final note about the sprue of 16 helmets. There are 4 each of 3 sculpts, 2 of one sculpt, and one each of two sculpts. A shame as the two one-each sculpts are my favorite, but they're all well done.

As for the bases, they were nice enough, but despite the large cavity in the center a mantic miniature with their round integral base wouldn't fit in there, and if that won't, then it's likely that the cast on metal bases of many other metal figures won't either. The base or figure could be modified to fit, but this is a real shame, as other vintage figures such as Metal Magic have similarly sized near-15mm round bases. This seems like a real missed opportunity to present a product that would have more applicable uses. It's still a good base at a good price, but aside from being available in smaller quantities, I'm not sure what there is to recommend this base over similarly priced products from Mantic and less expensive bases from Proxie and Renedra.

A close up of the chain-mail and one of the new maces.

I'm actually impressed by these. And shipping is really reasonable as well.

You know what?

They may not be the greatest miniatures available. But they're certainly not bad. They look simple and plain, which I personally quite like. Not bad work.