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Those are awesome! Even better painted up.

I missed the sale like a dumb arse but, Anvil is priced so well I may just go in on some more plumes, medieval running legs, and 10 vanguard torsos.

Edit: Does anyone have pictures/measurements of the small roman crest on a miniature? I want to see how far it goes back behind, as my sergeant has a very small space between his pack and helmet atm. If so, could you PM me?

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
Hi everyone,

Here are the photos of our latest KS miniatures to go into production.

We are actually nearing the end of the KS (finally!), so starting fairly soon, the KS miniatures will start to appear in the store!

Spoiler:

New Commando Snipers -



Support Pulse Mech with Auto-Howitzers -



Aleksander Malik 'The Technician' and his monsterous bodyguard 'Preacher'



Malik's surgical team, and a recent "patient".


The Instigator ARV - Our most detailed kit so far, 27 components!

Cheers,

Joel

Wow, you were really fast on these latest sculpts, and they look quite good!

I apologize if you already gave a timeline, but do you have any thought / idea on when you might offer a weapons pack for the Crane Wardrones? I might pick up a few more along with the weapons at that time, so just trying to gauge when that could be (as in, later this year?). Cheers

dwartist wrote:
WIP: Insigators

Spoiler:

How tall are these in relation to 40k Guard?

Just curious. Also, the middle commando with the cloak is ace.

Hi Everyone,

Thanks very much for all the positive feedback! I'm really excited to get this stuff shipped to KS backers and available at retail!

@Guildsman - There is loads of stuff on www.afterlifevolumes.com

Here is the background info on Malik -

http://www.afterlifevolumes.com/?page_id=365

Ill be publishing more stuff on him at some point, he is quite an important character in the story.

@haigus - regarding the smaller scope under the larger one, I would imagine its some kind of high powered range finder, but really It was just a "this looks cool I'll do it like this" design element.


@Dwartist - thanks, once again, for taking my sculpts to the next level with your paint job, and its not even finished yet!

@Stormwall - Its about 6.5mm from front to back, and sticks out at the back about 2mm, which is about 1/12 of an inch.

AFTERLIFE miniatures are around 30.5mm tall to the top of head, they scale very nicely next to Forgeworld IG miniatures and similar from other manufactureres.

The Instigator is around 30mm tall as well, excluding the gun, its crew are the same scale as 40K guard, just a little less bulky/more realistically scaled.

The Snipers all have camo cloaks rolled up, so I wanted to do one with it unrolled and draped, glad you like it.

Hope that helps!

@RiTides - Im afraid I have no idea when an alternate weapons pack for the Wardrones will appear. At this stage im not willing to commit to anything beyond the end of the current KS, as having spent a year on this stuff, when its finally finished I will be working on whatever appeals to me on a given day/week!

Cheers,

Joel

High powered Rangefinder, I like that Although rule of cool is a great design inspiration

You're a heartbreaker, Joel but I understand! Hopefully they'll be a good enough seller and thus warrant more weapon options eventually

chips/scratches...

Apologies if this is here but I missed it.. This is exactly what I was looking for during the KS :/
It not being there ended up being the whole reason I backed Titan-Forge..which led to me doing some neat concept work, so I guess it worked out.. but man, I really like this.

@RiTides - I certainly plan to release alternative weapon options/arms at some point, any suggestions?

@Dwartist - looking amazing! Cant wait to see the crew/weapon!

@MLaw - No id not posted that here yet.

I did put up a preview of the Tracers (the older first version) during the campaign but didnt make a huge deal of them. Im glad you like the new design!

Here is the support weapon version of the armour -

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Hopefully should have both complete units in resin by the end of this week!

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@RiTides - I certainly plan to release alternative weapon options/arms at some point, any suggestions?

...

Here is the support weapon version of the armour -

Hopefully should have both complete units in resin by the end of this week!

You hit on it right there - that underslung support weapon shown above looks absolutely perfect! I'd think a Crane drone could hold it under one arm without needing to support it with the other perhaps, but that's as simple as cutting off the extra part of the handle in the model.

My thought was for you to use your existing designs for support weapons for the Crane drones, and this picture here is the best fit yet

Personally, I'd love another underslung support weapon (perhaps a laser or missile weapon) and a "riot gear" setup with a shield (and maybe some sort of close-up weapon to go with it in the other arm, either a shotgun type or even a close combat weapon). Again, thinking for you to use existing designs for all of these . The above is a perfect fit!!

 RiTides wrote:

You hit on it right there - that underslung support weapon shown above looks absolutely perfect! I'd think a Crane drone could hold it under one arm without needing to support it with the other perhaps, but that's as simple as cutting off the extra part of the handle in the model.

Actually even simpler... the tracer torso, arms and hands/gun mount is one component. The grenade Launcher is a separate part with attachment lugs which slot into points under the forearm. The Missile is similarly separate.

Ill look at mould the Tracer support weapons separately actually, that way we can make them available by themselves straight away.

That would be fantastic! In that case, the weapon would just be sold by itself with the intention that people could mount it underneath the existing Crane drone forearms, right? Love the idea!

Lovely work.

Awesome stuff was that bust a Kickstarter thingie?

I hope not, I NEED one of them!

Any chance?

 Conrad Turner wrote:
I hope not, I NEED one of them!

Any chance?

Afraid it was I got one

Yep it really is stunning! I tried to paint one and... well Im not going to post photos, Ill stick to sculpting!


@Jehan and Conrad - Im pleased to say that LDD is wrong!

It was released after the KS in a small trial batch which all sold out some time ago, but we are now producing another small batch. This time there are 30 up for grabs. Its not limited edition, just produced in small batches and with very high quality standards, so when these 30 are sold, it wont be back for a little while.

CLICK HERE to go to the product page.


Dwartist really has done a superb job with painting his up, and we are very grateful for his kindly letting us use his photos!

The paintjob on that bust really is fantastic!

Well that's one bust in the post for me, plus I got the shipping notice for the rest of my KS pledge. Life is good :3

My bad I thought it was a limited kickstarter special Ooops

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
@RiTides - I certainly plan to release alternative weapon options/arms at some point, any suggestions?

@Dwartist - looking amazing! Cant wait to see the crew/weapon!

@MLaw - No id not posted that here yet.

I did put up a preview of the Tracers (the older first version) during the campaign but didnt make a huge deal of them. Im glad you like the new design!

Here is the support weapon version of the armour -

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Hopefully should have both complete units in resin by the end of this week!

Hurray! The support tracers were the only unit I pledged for (couldn't afford much at the time but I just HAD to get in on the KS) and I've been waiting for them for, like, forever!

Oh wow!
That thing is awesome. I honestly wasn't completely sold on it.. and if I had only ever seen it as a gun truck, I probably wouldn't have been. The fact that it can be a utility type vehicle though... I'm probably happier about that than makes sense. I've been wanting to do a specific thing with mecha and a big scenario/diorama.. this is one of the missing pieces

Well I always loved the model but even I am more impressed with seeing each update truly a great piece.

Seatbelts?! Is H&S running things on the future battlefields? I mean, if you run the possibility of being horribly maimed in combat by lasers, explosives, shrapnel, or high-calibre projectiles flying faster than the speed of sound, the last thing you want is to bump your helmeted head on the steering wheel in a low-speed impact.

Really cool vehicle, Anvil. Looking forward to seeing all the armed variants.

So, ordered a bust on Friday, turned up this morning. That's the sort of speed I've come to expect from Anvil, as is the quality.

He's a nice figure, well cast and a great design. Just the right amount of damage moulded in that he's not factory fresh, and nothing stopping you painting more in - as indeed Dwartist has done on the one shown.

Looking forward to drilling a hole in the bottom to mount him for painting, then getting him cleaned, and possibly primed tonight.

Not been this pumped over a model in ages now, maybe just what I need to get my mojo back after a Looooong dry spell.

Those Instigators are pretty.

 Ketara wrote:
Those Instigators are pretty BADASS.