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https://www.myminifactory.com/frontier/dominance-duty-hive-1402

This is a campaign by Mad's Minis adding 3 new factions to their already released range of models and armies. These are 3d print models (STLs) being sold through Frontiers.
Frontiers are similar to Kickstarters, but you are charged when you back and you get the released content up front instantly. So you don't have to wait a month to get models, you can dive right in, right now. They do unlock milestones (similar to stretchgoals). So there's good reason to back them now as every bit of money spent through the frontier will add toward those goals.

They've already unlocked new models for each of the 3 factions and the next target is the Saints Gunslinger. The one after that is a big one as its new poses for existing models in the campaign!
Note that many models already come in multiple poses (up to 10 for infantry models). The range is being worked on during the frontier and thus far the Hive is released in full with other factions coming in at a quick pace, even over the Christmas period. The intention is that all core forces will be released before the end with many stretch goals being completed as well (big ones like new poses and, if reached, the modular weapons; taking longer).

You can choose to back one army, all three, or even a level for backing ALL the models they've done on their MFF account so far (that's a LOT of forces including demons, xenos, infantry, mechs and more).
The sculpting itself is very well done, nice and clean STLs with no holes, gaps, voids nor oddities of compression and such. Presupports are planned as well but will come later in the campaign. The creator (on discord) is also very responsive to fixing spotted errors (eg a few models had voids behind mouths which were quickly resolved, especially considering the time of year).

The 3 Factions:

SAINTS



AMET




HIVE






Next MILESTONE:

I feel there's some interesting and good aesthetics and design choices buried beneath "UwU dummy thicc waifu everyone!"

I quite like the Hive models.

Although its a pass due to the damn silly 'chests' on them.

You know the clawed hands have been modelled with 'cupping' in mind.

Sexy-crons! I don't know why bugs, or robots would need those proportions but I'm liking them a lot.

M.

The Saint and Amet lines look great, but those Hive really don't do it for me.

Why do the suits of power armor have sculpted butts?

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:
Why do the suits of power armor have sculpted butts?

Maybe they were designed in future neoBrazil?


I like the sculpts but the posing leaves a lot to be desired. The most generous way I can describe it would be at attention for the humanoid figs. I'm not advocating for tactical rocks nor backflips off of ribbons but general bends at the major limb joints and some twists at the hip to give some sense of action would be preferable.

 warboss wrote:

 Manfred von Drakken wrote:
Why do the suits of power armor have sculpted butts?

Maybe they were designed in future neoBrazil?


I like the sculpts but the posing leaves a lot to be desired. The most generous way I can describe it would be at attention for the humanoid figs. I'm not advocating for tactical rocks nor backflips off of ribbons but general bends at the major limb joints and some twists at the hip to give some sense of action would be preferable.

Yeah I said that as much on a few of their poses too - There's a lot of strutting/posing style but fewer fighting ones. The Hive infantry are actually pretty good for that as they've more "fighting" style poses; the Eternal Warriors (update in the updates section) also have some good fighting poses. But I agree one thing I hope with the additional poses (which based on its current finding and that they've 20 days to go is fairly good chance of reaching) is that there will be more fighting style poses not just posing poses.

Though overly sexualized, I like the Hive stuff. Gives me strong Giger vibes.

They're... competently sculpted I guess, even the big tiddie aliens (didn't think anyone was asking for that, but here we are).

But the ankles on the notcrons minis are a snap waiting to happen for printed files. Those are clearly not thought out properly as physical models. The rest are at least thick enough to handle... well, being handled, but those not so much.

It's an issue with a fair amount of designers nowadays, honestly, particularly of the digital only persuasion.

Heyo, this is actually our frontier, so if you have any question, I'm more than happy to answer them!

NOTICE - entering the last few days of the campaign now!

The Saints Gunslinger Milestone has been unlocked and they are well on their way to the next big milestone which is new poses for the models currently released in the campaign!