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I think most of the bugs and quite a few germans haven't been shipped out yet, no.

Apparently, getting a good quality picture is not in the cards.

The elusive BIGFOOT mech!

"Ok, need to get some glamour shots of our hot new release...oh, it's not fully painted yet....and all the way over there on that filing cabinet....*le sigh*....*click*...ok, back to getting mad about 'technology'".

If that's a promo-shot.... poor, poor customers. It's like someone took the pic with a trac-phone and then enlarged the .5 megapixel image.

I like this thread. It keeps reminding me how lucky I was when I decided not to buy from these jokers.

It looks like everyone is dancing with their arms in the air like that.

Still not a fan of the giant robot. Its design is typical, the parts are static, and they jumped to vehicle-sized models before fine-tuning their infantry-sized models first.

My stomach hurts from laughing so hard...

What exactly is that picture supposed to show? That they keep their valuables locked up? That their display board is incredibly warped? They can't possibly be wanting to take a picture of the models right? Right? Someone was too lazy to get off their chair and just used a zoom button methinks...

On topic, that walker looks a bit naff. Granted you can hardly see it but I would have like something more along the lines of the Lost Planet Vital Suits

Is it just me or is one leg for the mech a lot thicker than the other one

Sining wrote:
Is it just me or is one leg for the mech a lot thicker than the other one

Not just you. The white parts appear to be made out of plaster.

Or, as it says with the picture, since this is pre-production, they are working out the casting kinks and showing us the WIP.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Or, as it says with the picture, since this is pre-production, they are working out the casting kinks and showing us the WIP.

How dare you come in here and try to ruin my smear campaign!

Good day sir! I said good day!

Well, we obviously can't tell very much from that awful photo, but from what I can see, things aren't looking too bright.
The legs obviously aren't held together by a ball/socket joint, implying a terrible sense of articulation, and the pelvis itself is oversized for no real reason.

Shame. I really loved the look of the "Crab" mech that this design was ripped from.

 Commander Cain wrote:
On topic, that walker looks a bit naff.

A bit?

The picture is craptastic, but judging by what I can make out of the mech, they may have wanted it to be out of focus.

Good thing they are expending resources on this instead of getting paying customers the product they already paid for.

 CptJake wrote:
The picture is craptastic, but judging by what I can make out of the mech, they may have wanted it to be out of focus.

Good thing they are expending resources on this instead of getting paying customers the product they already paid for.

Not only that, but working on fixing production flaws too. Hell, it'll be a year or more before anything happens with this anyway , and it'll of course be someone elses fault for any 'issues'.

That photo is worse than my typical attempts and I can't take photo's of models worth a gak.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:

Spoiler:

Apparently, getting a good quality picture is not in the cards.

While the picture tells us very little about the model, it unfortunately says alot about DFG.
What kind of company, with any sense of professionalism would put this picture up? Not only is it a poorly executed picture, it actually makes their product look worse! I can't imagine what their thought process was regarding what they are hoping to accomplish by putting it out there. Are they so desperate to keep people's attention that they will put anything out?

I realize that this post probably violates this maxim somewhat, but this picture is a prime example of why
"not everything that is said or done needs to be shared"

I'm really rooting for them to get the hardsuits done, but this just makes them look ridiculously unprofessional.

 chris_valera wrote:

Defiance doesn't, they go the cheapest route possible (China) then act surprised when it blows up in their faces.

Since when is Defiance using a 'cheap' China route? Their Marines were tooled and produced in the US, their bugs were also molded and produced in the US...

Also, it isn't strange that a company isn't profitable in it's first couple of years. For (web) stores it's often more stock, buying instead of leasing equipment, or even buying instead of renting their store (or larger location, more locations, etc.). For a company like WGF it was a good idea to use the extended credit, because it would expand their range more quickly and thus repay the credit back faster (larger range, more customers, more revenue). The problem of WGF at the time was low quality sculpts (after the Dreamforge starter I totally lay that at the feet of WGF!), bad communication, promises not kept, horrible shipping delays and distribution. Not to mention that the captain of that boat would throw a hissyfit at every opportunity...

Under new management (and Chinese ownership) the sculpts are getting better, more consistent communication, no shipping delays, no promises that aren't kept (at least not that I have found) and best of all, no unstable ceo.

Well that's random. Instead of you, you know, finishing up the Marine, German, and Bug lines they're going straight to big, complex kits. Guess they didn't listen when I said "fill out the current ranges first before going onto the crazy stuff.

*sigh*

 Xeno wrote:

Spoiler:

Well that's random. Instead of you, you know, finishing up the Marine, German, and Bug lines they're going straight to big, complex kits. Guess they didn't listen when I said "fill out the current ranges first before going onto the crazy stuff.

*sigh*

That is an ugly gun.

That model as a whole is jacked up. The detail on the binocular straps in particular looks extremely soft. On the other hand, whatever that big wheel is looks much better.

 Kingsley wrote:
That model as a whole is jacked up. The detail on the binocular straps in particular looks extremely soft. On the other hand, whatever that big wheel is looks much better.

After reading this comment I had to go back and look. That figure DOES have binoculars! I missed that lump the first time I looked.

They're not being fair to themselves. That picture just says:

"Look at the wonderfully 3D printed stuff we're going to make into soft resin casts!!!"

I really wanted to like the panzergrenadiers , I really did, the concept art was awesome, and they looked like a high tech future military, but the actual models were underwhelming, the weapons had a nice look to them , but the bodies detail was very soft, noting really stood out, and the joining point between legs and torso were kinda problematic.

So much potential, but the tire in the pic is nice , I could use a couple dozen of those for some projects.

The overall quality from this company is just lacking.

I wish the marines looked better. Why do they have armor on their legs and torsos, but nothing on their arms? I doesn't make sense.

I wanted to like these guys, but Tony Reidy has screwed the pooch again.

They make no effort to keep deadlines or to have any level of quality in their sculpts.

No they will not see any money from me, ever.

I like their guns for the germans. They're really cool. Would love some sprues of those for sure.

The miniatures? Ehhh, not so much.

This is what goes with the wheel seen previously. This is a test-cast, not a 3D printed object, from their reply to my question.

Looks like they may be a better company (model wise) for vehicles than troops.

Maybe. But I just noticed the pink blob on the front... thingy at the bottom. Is that the mould already degrading?

Looks like Dreamforge's Zeus a bit.