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Those stairs look pretty damn cool indeed.

I don't like the stairs, personally. They look too big to be the sort of thing that gets dropped by a Valkyrie or whatever to be assembled on the spot.

well technicaly they arn't, this would be the second stage whereby the troops have secured the area and they want their base to be built up a little bit afaik so these parts would have been delivered by heavy lifter or trucks...

Yeah that's the theory: the first phase barricades are dropped in at the start of an invasion or defense to get a defensive line up quickly then second phase packs come in as needed when things have stabilised or some areas need more defense. I'll get a picture of one disassembled to show how big the parts are relative to other parts. I suppose it could always be a single straight set of stairs...

This stuff is fantastic. Whet sort of ccost is involved with shipping to Aus? Also i'm just wondering if there has been any developement of the custom space marine shoulder pad idea? would buy a swag load of those if they came out good

We do ship to Australia, we're eating some of the shipping cost for the fortress kit to so we can actually sell some but most things are pretty reasonable. We did look into making flat icons that can be applied to shoulder pads but the resin doesn't take paint very well, so we'll do probably offer either push moulds that people can use to make their own green stuff icons or shape ways to do 3d pads, at least that way we can be a one-stop shop for bases, doors and shoulder pads.

With the shape ways shop do you still get a profit for people using your object?

Stairs are awesome! I'll have to order some walls and stairs once i've finished painting the barricades.
Good stuff

Loving the push mold ideas. Please make these :-D. Keep up the great work

Yeah the push mould idea sounds great. Can''t wait for some more warmill stuff. Great eyecandy.

WarMill wrote:Yeah that's the theory: the first phase barricades are dropped in at the start of an invasion or defense to get a defensive line up quickly then second phase packs come in as needed when things have stabilised or some areas need more defense. I'll get a picture of one disassembled to show how big the parts are relative to other parts. I suppose it could always be a single straight set of stairs...

I know what you've stated with the fluff behind them - all the same, it just doesn't look right to me. I daresay that some will love that look. Is there any way you could make ladders and stairs interchangeable?

Love the stairs! However, they are crying out for some details to be etched into them (same style as on the tops of the towers)

You do realise that a bigger gate will soon be needed to fit with the fortress I tested out the size on the current gate and it is almost wide enough to fit a superheavy through, only the sponsons get in the way.

On a side note, my fortress took the spray very well, only problem is I need another can to finish it off! Darn me for buying those extra wall sections

Commander Cain wrote:Love the stairs! However, they are crying out for some details to be etched into them (same style as on the tops of the towers)

You do realise that a bigger gate will soon be needed to fit with the fortress I tested out the size on the current gate and it is almost wide enough to fit a superheavy through, only the sponsons get in the way.

On a side note, my fortress took the spray very well, only problem is I need another can to finish it off! Darn me for buying those extra wall sections

Glad to hear it takes the spray well.
I was worried about how it would go, as mdf does absorb water quite well

Get back from holiday and you've done loads! Like how it's all developing. Good to hear u've got 'her indoors' helping out with the sanding, nice to know she's doing something and not sitting around playing with the cats(don't tell her I said that). Good idea with the cobblestones. I like the big stairs, are you guys considering designing a single set of stairs for a single miniature rather then a platoon. Would be useful for necromunda size games etc. Also, another question: have you tried any industrial flooring? I imagine it would be quite time consuming on a laser cutter as it would all need to be etched.

Cheers mate it has been pretty crazy since we saw you! Very knackering but worth it! You had any thoughts about your space corridors since you were down?

I'm thinking a pack of 2 large stairs and 2 ladders might be the way to go, give the player the choice of which they want to use, we could make them fit buildings when we get round to them too. Detail will be added once we get the construction side of things sorted

@mullet_steve you can set your own price for your designs on the shapeways shop apparently.

I just finished cutting a commission order for a set of bases with the Yu Jing from Infinity logo. They look pretty damn sexy in mirror acrylic, and can be painted from behind to highlight the 180deg firing arc engraved on the base. Ed's been coming up with some new base designs, I cut a sample set tonight and they're looking pretty cool. He's also done a set that we haven't cut yet that are looking very nice, we'll try and get some pics up soon. Other plans for the month include finishing the wall upgrade pack and new base design ranges.

Cheers all
Harry

Hey all

I've done a bit more on the wall upgrade kit, and Ed's done some initial concepts for some fleur-de-lys bases. He's also been working on some new terrain including his favourite, a cargo container Pics when there's something to show.

The corner packs works fine, now we just need to work on the stairs / ladders then add detail. The plan is to have the upgrade kit ready to go on the website by the end of the month, as well as some new base ranges.

C+C welcome as always

Harry

Ohhh very nice but I wanna see the container. And where's my invoice?

What excellent timing on the fleur de lys bases!

The wall corners look great!

The bases look spectacular, as do the upgrades for the walls.

Just an idea for others to comment on but what do you think about releasing a selection of one of each base in a pack for use as objective markers?

yoyo!

Been a while sisnce i posted anything on this forum, being to lasy :(

Here is a simple crate, its 65mm x 65mm x 65mm so quite a big cube, certainly big enough to hide a few men behind - you know the score by now, gimmie 'ur worst and we can go from there!

Ed

Hmmm bunch of stacked crates full of tank parts within an imperial walled camp.... justification for purchasing succesful

The design looks pretty good, and they seem to stack well, any chance of doing any smaller ones? To represent ammo/supplies as compared to tank parts

Also a question, do the wall upgrade pieces stack on top of each other? So i could make it 3 stories high?

Also your fluer de lys bases look great, hopefully they're right in time for some plastic SOB kits

I really like the corner pieces!

Those corner walls look very imposing - excellent

You may also be pleased to note that I have ordered all the pieces I need to start actually making my army, so I shall soon be using the bases I ordered from you many moons ago

The crates look good, you might want to examine the possibilities of making some double long or tripple long for those really big things like axles and other stuff.

Ohhh why is the money always gone!

good to hear silver, look forward to some pics!

Do you think its worth me making more icon bases with the fluer de lys style heraldry? I only drafted up 5 different designs in case no one brought any! ha!

Mid way through making a double length crate thingy, and i scaled one down by 50% which made it still quite sizable, at 32.5mm cubed

As far as smaller ammo boxes are concerned, i'm not sure as there are already several options out there to choose from - but perhaps if here is a calling for them -Ii suppose at least they would match the aesthetic of our stuff....

Ed

Sooo...

a few more basic renders - I guess once we're happy with the overall size / design we can begin to worry about the paneling on the sides, whether they're simple, scifi, doors and hatches all over them , HQ or supplies etc..

I suppose i'll have to get the sketchbook out xD

Very impressive work there. how about having a container that is basicaly like a pigeon hole system or like a bunch of lockers. Maybe a couple of boxes could be removed to make it odvious. this would show that the container is full of smaller boxes I.E. ammo crates.

One thing I thought which sort of sounds similar Steve, was having it with no sides, just the skeletal frame - with gubbins on show...

my only concern is how we can actually make this stuff - whilst keeping it affordable!

well lets say the ammo box container is big enough for boxes/ lockers to be placed 2 deep if they are removable then presumably they'd be back to back so that you can access it from either side in which case have maybe two or three boxes removed from either side and if your going to rapid prototype this I would suggest making the empty space slightly smaller at the back so it looks deeper and would allow the moulding process more easily. or figure out the cage as six sides that can be cast/cut and assembled with some cast pieces such as drive trains or guns to place inside.

How about a stack of boxes that's clearly half depleted, that could be cast rather easily.

Responding to this as a mix of a bump, and to subscribe ;3