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I'd prefer not to see the Afterlife stuff turn into Cadian style potato people. They hit a nice soft spot between shinless GW proportions and more true scale. Enough so that they would look equally at home amongst Imperial Guard as they would among Mantic's GCPS.

I also actually really liked the simplicity of the Afterlife range. Most figures were just 2 pieces. Sure, you didn't get much modularity out of them as a result, but it did allow for more interesting poses. Maybe some kind of compromise could be done and have the more simple construction guys be sold in starter sets or battle box type deals, similar to what GW does with their push-fit kits. You could then sell the modular stuff in squads or separately like what's currently done with Regiments.

This is a hard one, I do love the range in its current form and scale as it bridges that gap between heroic and real life scaling.

However I understand the need to keep it profitable, current and fitting with other ranges, so if this was the way to go would it be a simple up scaling or altering the proportions to heroic styling?

If it’s a case of making them slightly larger but in their current scale then cool, altering the proportions to heroic I think might be a bad choice unless it is done carefully and sympathetically.

I have to say the idea of making them multi pose would be cool as long as we could keep the current range single pose sculpts running along side, even if it is all up scaled.

Cool, I love the commandos but they are on the small side compared to the rest of my collection if they increase to match up with the regiment mins they will fit better

Morning all,

Thanks very much for the feedback so far.

Any further input is most welcome!

I'll review all the feedback we get with the team while we are determining the final plan, as no firm decisions have been made yet.

Definitely happy to see bits in a larger scale, no going back, larger scale looks better.

Are you going to restock the weapons upgrade range? I like those box mags and drum mags, I quite liked purchasing a sprue of box mags or drum mags to moify some of my more specialist troops...

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

The current plan:[/b]

Gradually re-sculpt/re-release the miniatures in a slightly larger/more heroic scale to fit better with the scale and modular system used by our Regiments and Exo-Lord lines.

This will make the whole miniatures range much more cross-compatible with other gaming systems and miniatures, and boost sales of the figures to people playing those systems. More sales makes it easier to justify further investment in new miniatures for the range.

Where we have existing molds/stock, we will keep selling the old scale models for as long as we can.

Models which are currently out of production/unavailable will be the first to be updated, but we do not have a time frame yet for any particular model.

We then hope to release a more open ruleset that incorporates everything we make and allows for complete customisation of miniatures.

The AFTERLIFE narrative will be fully playable within the new game, which means that the forces you have already built will remain fully relevant.

We hope you approve of our plans. If you have any specific feedback, ideas or questions please comment on this update or get in touch privately by email if you prefer : support@anvilindustry.co.uk

Thanks once again for all your support and enthusiasm over the years!

So, I've always considered that Anvil products have quite a distinct look anyway that isn't TOO out-there that your pieces won't work with other model lines. The only criticism I ever have is that sometimes leg and body poses can look quite static, especially with the heavily armoured parts.

I also don't see that much of a difference between the scale of your Afterlife models and the scale of your Regiments models.

I always questioned the logic of releasing Afterlife as a range of single-pose models when you already had a decent business in selling conversion parts or custom kits. If the conversation parts and custom kits are still your main income source then my suggestion would be:

- Offer Afterlife squad range as multipart kits which also become integral parts of your Regiments range (rescaled to fit if necessary). So, for example, Unity Guard become a number of components, which you can still sell together as a 'Unity Guard Squad' but you can also sell as 'CorpSec Trenchcoat Legs', 'CorpSec Trenchcoat Torsos', 'Drum Carbine' etc etc. Basically, Afterlife units become specific builds of the Regiments system. This way, adding more Afterlife parts actually just adds to your core money-making offering.

- Keep the special characters as they are, and maybe over time resculpt to the SLIGHTLY larger new sizing

- While light Exo-mech parts could be done the same way as above, heavy Exo-mech parts could be scaled to also work as conversion parts for Exo-Lords.

- Continue to develop Afterlife without too much of a draw on your main business. Pulling kit parts from your Regiments range may also be an easy way to expand Afterlife.

That's what I think, anyway. Looking at your product line nowadays, it seems crazy that you offer an amazing, huge range of human-scaled units as multi-part kits and then sell a game system that doesn't use any of them!

@ Arbitorian - Thanks, what you have suggested is broadly in line with the plan. Making parts compatible with either Regiments OR Exo-Lords seems to make a lot of sense.

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Apologies for the lack of updates lately, We have had our hand's full finishing off our office/studio upgrades and keeping on top of order fulfillment!

we have been more active on Facebook and Instagram, below are some images of some new Trench/WW2 styled motorbikes which will soon be part of our Regiments range! No specific release date yet.

Thanks all!

now that is interesting.

Are they available in squads?

I just got the order I placed last week, which included the Burning Rose artbook. There's some really interesting stuff in there. Are there any plans to revisit some of the unused designs, like the combat servitors or the robot with the twin-linked bolters in its chest?

 Barzam wrote:
I'd prefer not to see the Afterlife stuff turn into Cadian style potato people.

LoL Barzam. I think Cadians would make great truescale dwarves for 1/40-43rd scales. they seemingly have all the right proportions!


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Motobikes look good and new trencher stuff is really cool. Good to see you are bringing expanding female parts into line with male parts.
Nice to see the expansion of options.
Especially love this guy.

I like the idea of motorcycle riders, but they look awfully “calm” in that riding pose. I’d love to see more aggressive/lively action poses - perhaps aggressively leaning forward on the handlebars, leaning back from takeoff whiplash, leaning in an evade, etc.

Also, will the heads be a separate piece? I have some extra heads I’d like to use from my own regiment.

Finally worked out your revolving grenade launcher could be modeled being reloaded in the same style as a Milkor MGL.

Hi Anvil, I just wanted to ask if the Republic Instigator Assault Recon Vehicle will be amongst the models re-released later with afterlife? I had my eyes on them but obviously waited ti long with ordering and would be sad to not have one or two for my collection.

@notonline!!! -

We will likely offer squads of bikers, but not include the bikes as squad options.

@barzam - yes we hope to cover some of the unused concept sketches at some point in the future, but no timeline on that yet.

@stormonu - there is a limit to the poses because they have to fit with our modular parts range. The heads will be separate yes.

@oldmate - that sounds like a fun conversion project!

@pyroalchi - We will be releasing a new larger Regiments scale version at some point. The older/existing one may also reappear. No ETA on that, unfortunately.

Thanks everyone

Joel

Order placed. Hopefully it goes out before they fully quarantine you guys

It goes without saying that I'd be gutted to see Afterlife regimentified. I LIKE the better posing attainable by keeping them close to monopose amd I like the scaling on them.

I think the scale of them is comparable to Death Korps of Kroeg and Elysians, so as long as you can build a whole army from them, no probs.

Perhaps the next Afterlife models could be Crane Industries, so lots of robots with crossover potential, and which would lend themselves more to modularity?

I'd also really hate to see part of what makes AFTERLIFE unique, change.

And yeah, as Fifty says, if you're building a whole army out of them, who'd know the difference!

I like the Afterlife figures how they are. Their slim look is great.

Thanks for your feedback about Afterlife plans. For me personally, I much prefer the scale and proportions of Afterlife models as they are - that's why I did them that way in the first place!

Being in London during the pandemic means our business has had to totally restructure just to stay open and viable.

This means pretty much any and all our prior plans are up in the air again!

We are currently looking at setting up a digital offering on Patreon and our webstore.

One big advantage of this is that it means we can offer all the existing afterlife sculpts exactly as they are, potentially 3D printing them to order instead of resin casting.

We will likely have to delay making decisions on Afterlife even more, but it will stay in my mind moving forward!

Hi Everyone,

Two quite big announcements -

1. In a few weeks time we are launching the Digital Forge. This will be a Patreon funded monthly STL release in a similar format to numerous existing projects. We will also be selling STL's on our website and potentially offering other 3D print/digital services.

There is certainly an element of "everyone else is doing it so we should as well" but I really think we will also be bringing something new to the market, and the cross over with our resin range will make for a far better overall customer experience, so I am excited to be doing something new after almost a decade of making only resin parts!

Additionally, due to the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown, we are struggling to keep up with resin production for our existing ranges, and certainly will have little time for new physical releases in the coming months. A digital offering means our design team can be funded to keep working on sculpts!

There is a lot more information in our latest Blog Post HERE which you can read, so I won't go into to much detail, but any questions, suggestions etc are very welcome!

2. Your chance to design an original miniature! To celebrate hitting 20K likes on our facebook page, we are running a competition to design a miniature concept, and work with our art/sculpting team to have it created as a digital figure. THe winner also gets a high-resolution 3D print and a £50 store voucher! Again, full details in the blog post HERE .

Thanks for your ongoing support everyone! Things are really tough right now but people are still buying our miniatures!

Interesting. Will you be releasing STL files for existing weapons packs and/or regiment part sets?

 Psychopomp wrote:
Interesting. Will you be releasing STL files for existing weapons packs and/or regiment part sets?

Not immediately. We sell all those parts in resin, so we want to use the digital forge offering to try out some new formats and ideas.

We will certainly look at offering a wider selection of the existing range in the future if we decide it is sustainable.

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Furthermore, Our DESIGN A MINIATURE competition is running for just over another week, until May 3rd, find all the details on the ANVIL BLOG

We've had some great submissions so far, and we would love to see what you come up with!

Our Digital Forge project will be going live very soon, here are a couple of previews of models we have put together for the Welcome Pack.

We are working on some new "Trench" themed stuff for the first month which I'm very excited about.

With no idea when we might be able to release physical products again (as the few staff who can make it into the office still have their hand's full processing orders for existing products!) It's great to be able to carry on working with our design team on exciting new stuff.

Come on Anvil, it's going to be hard not to justify having a platoon of badass Armoured Commissars!

 OldMate wrote:
Come on Anvil, it's going to be hard not to justify having a platoon of badass Armoured Commissars!

We should start work on another 10 poses?

That looks look sweet. I'm glad there is a decent outlet for you to design stuff while fabricating new products is difficult. I do hope for those who have no 3d printer you end up selling physical copies of this stuff but in the meantime im off to google printer prices.

As someone who has ordered from Anvil post lockdown they were great, communication was fanatic and the product up to its usual quality. We should all be understanding that everything is going to take a little longer at the moment, but I was genuinely impressed.

I also prefer the afterlife scale, although I also want to modularity of regiments range.

A set of modular, but non-heroic proportioned 32mm arms/legs/torsos/weapons might be worth considering. Fairly generic sorts of bits would be great for 32mm truescale games like Fallout and Judge Dredd, though 28mm truescale bits would still be useful.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

 OldMate wrote:
Come on Anvil, it's going to be hard not to justify having a platoon of badass Armoured Commissars!

We should start work on another 10 poses?

For fans of Rogue Trader Commissar Cadet Platoons?

Could be a winner.

That commissar looks awesome! Very interested in the "digital forge" . I think somewhat heroic proportions probably makes sense for the digital offerings, depending on the resolution of printer folks are using, and it looks like this model has it just about right.

I'm also curious how you'll be breaking up the parts. I've got access to a resin printer, and was fortunate enough to tour the Anvil facility with legoburner years ago and see theirs. But there's a lot of expert post-print cleanup that goes into making miniatures, and I suck at it even if I can print them off fine.

That might be an idea for the Digital Forge, too - some example videos showing you cleaning up your prints! Obviously, this is also less of an issue for things like those cool ammo boxes, which have a clear underside where supports can go.

Looking forward to this!