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Ah, that is good news. I guess I'll wait to place my order then until the medic shows up.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@RiTides - The other 3 sniper sculpts are half finished on my desk, the 5 man squad will be available soonish.

Fantastic! I will definitely be ordering some once they are available!

NEW STUFF!!

Sorry its taken a few days longer than planned to get this stuff released!

The Exo-Lord Command Equipment Sprue -



Includes a Satallite Uplink, two bits of Medical equipment (could also be used quite easily as specialist weaponry!) A suppressed pistol and 2x wrist blade.

Here are some examples -


"The Doctor will see you now"

And the wrist blade on a Black Ops Alpha Strike Sargeant -




The New Gladius Conversion Set -



Includes quite a few different bits to make all sorts of different conversions - two swords to be waved about, plus various scabbards. You can cut the blade down to make a "drawing the sword" conversion (or if you want me to do the work, wait for the upcoming Black Ops commander!)



This guy has a drawn Gladius, the decorative scabbard and one of the recently released Fusion Pistol!

All this stuff available now in the store- Click Here For Link.

Cheers Guys,

Hope you like the new bits!

Joel

No left handed gladius?

Wow those bits are nice!

More resin awesomeness!

At last a needle pistol hehehe. Ordering the new set upon receiving my current order.

Any plans on drop some 2handed melee arms?

Great - more gubbins like these please!

Loving the gladius's

What's a guy need to do to get left and right handed customization bits?

Seriously. I know a guy.

Joel, you new spec ops guardsmen pictures you posted on facebook look phenomenal!

Bloody lovely work Joel! everything is looking brilliant! the command equipment is excellent!

Thanks Guys!

@Livanbard - I'm sorry no plans for any new melee weapon bits. I will be cutting back on releasing "bits" now as I'm working on a totally new project which requires almost all my time!

@Foda_Bett and Deadairis -

Left handed versions of my various melee bits a somthing Id like to do, but its quite a lot of extra work per product, when only 10-20% of the population would swing a sword left handed it doesnt seam unreasonable to exclude them and use the time for another product - I only have about 25 hours a week to work on new stuff if Im lucky!
I know its a pain for people wanting the parts for a specific conversion, but you could alway use another left sword hand.

@Newabortion - Thanks very much!

And for the rest of you, here is the photo he is referring too, WIP CAD renders of some new "Regiments" miniatures.

Ive not sent them to print yet so I welcome any feedback. Scale wise they are roughly the same proportions as Forge Worlds IG miniatures, so the same height as Cadian plastics but smaller heads, arms etc.

Cheers,

Joel

I like these!

A lot!

This looks like a promising start to the range! I am not a fan of the helmets so far though that could be because I am after a more blocky style as a pose to your more realistic military style.

Also the scale is very promising, how will they compare to an exo lord height-wise?

Like these a lot, if I had a criticism, the 4th and 5th heads without helmets might look a tiny bit zombie....

I've only recently become aware of Anvil Industries and really like what you guys have to offer. I do have a question though. At some point are you guys ever planning to do some demonic exo-lords?

The helmets look a bit small for the heads inside them.

Thanks for feedback!

@Commander Cain - I will probably add some more Sci-fi ish helmets at some point.

Heightwise my test print model is about 31.5mm, and I will be increasing the overall hight slight to add another 1mm or so.
They are probably 1-2mm shorter than Ex-Lord, but considerably less bulky!

@Azreal13 - I see what you mean, the facial features are quite pronounced which gives that effect, but when they are printed at the proper size they should look a lot more normal.

@Malkira - Thanks, We have no plans to do any Deamonic Exo-Lords.
Once Ive completed the Black Ops range with the addition of a Command unit, I will be working on completely new products quite different from the current Exo-Lords range.

@Azazelx - They do fit correctly, but are very "thin" over the head. I wanted to avoid having a comically large helmet.
I may have gone too far the other way though, So I will look at resizing the helmets slightly.

Cheers,

Joel

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

@Malkira - Thanks, We have no plans to do any Deamonic Exo-Lords.
Once Ive completed the Black Ops range with the addition of a Command unit, I will be working on completely new products quite different from the current Exo-Lords range.

Sad day. There aren't many demonic exo-lord type manufacturers out there, and my greenstuffing skills are basically limited to soft under armor gap filling.

That's not gonna stop me from buying a few pieces though. Thanks for the awesomely quick reply.

I thought I'd post some not too great pictures of the first two figures I've finished from my most recent order (and thanks for those heads, Joel!)



I really hate painting eyes. I might switch his head out for a different one.


This guy is my new favorite!


Here they are with my previous two one-off Black Ops in the background


It's hard to see in the pics because the black wash really dulled the colors and the camera isn't helping a whole lot, but they're painted in a blueish grey with dark blue splinter camo.

I suppose I should explain, these guys are part of my Relictors chapter. The way I see it, the Relictors kind of inhabit a grey area with with Imperium. They seem to flip flop between being renegades and not, so I figure as a result, they tend not to get supplies regularly and have to scavenge for their own. This results in them adopting older equipment, equipment "borrowed" from other chapters, and ancient gear that they've recovered in their pursuit of ancient relics and chaos artifacts. I figure the 1st company is going to get the really funky stuff. So, these will be my Sternguard. I figure that they've also adopted other practices generally frowned upon by other chapters, such as using camouflage on their armor and weapons. This moreso to ensure their marines' survival since they may not be able to recruit regularly. So, each Sternguard and Vanguard squad will have their gear painted for specific environments. In this case, I'm going with an urban team first. I'll eventually complete the woodland team, probably by filling out the rest of the squad with snipers.

Most likely I'll primarily wind up using these figures in skirmishes against my brother and his hated Xenos lizardmen and giant frogs.

They look really neat,

for the eyes I'd suggest running a line of brown paint above and below the eye to touch the iris in each case.

If you look in the mirror you'll see your eyelids just graze the top and bottom of your iris, if you can see the whole thing with white above and below you get that 'pop eyed' appearance

 Barzam wrote:

I really hate painting eyes. I might switch his head out for a different one.

Don't. Those eyes are awesome.
"I'M HYPED ON CAFFEINE AND KNOW 267 WAYS TO KILL YOU WITH MY THUMB. STAY. THE. HELL. DOWN."

rigeld2 wrote:

"I KNOW 267 WAYS TO KILL YOU WITH MY THUMB. STAY. THE. HELL. DOWN."

Its definately all about the silent thumb kill for Black Ops! The enormous guns they carry are just emergency back up!

slightly more on topic- Thanks for posting the photos up Barzam! They look awesome.

My policy with eyes is generally not to bother! Orlandos advice is good - now you have the white and black painted so nicely you just need to narrow the eyes down a bit (Just on the top edge, bottom edges look fine)

Cheers,

Joel

I don't often exalt posts, in fact i think I've only exalted 3 others, but damn if your post wasn't worth it Rigeld.

I thought I'd show what I'd done with various bits and pieces(including Anvil!Hence I've posted here!). Joel, I'm the one who keeps posting jokes in the order comments box!
Some of my Hawklords;

@Slipstream, Excellent! Send us more jokes! Great miniatures, thanks for sharing.


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New Product anyone? Its been a while, but by popular demand, three new sniper sculpts to add to the Master Sniper, forming a Five Man Recon Team. Each sculpt is different and one figure has two interchangeable heads, making a 10 man squad more varied!



Get them HERE


On the same subject, I hope you guys will excuse me showing off a little Master Sniper diorama I did, the first of my Black Ops miniatures Ive found the time to paint!

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I went for a fairly muted and realistic Urban Camo scheme, with dark grey armour and mottled Beige/green Camo Cloak.

Hope you like it.

Cheers,

Joel

Oh I like these a lot. I think they're going to fit in really well with the FW snipers I have.

Really great job.

These are spiffy!

Hey Joel, what is your typical shipping time to the US?