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 MrMoustaffa wrote:
I'm sad that the lines are going resin, I love the feel of metal minis.

I'm with you there; half the reason I started my all metal Mordians was because of the heft of metal models.

Though I know for someone of my limited modelling expertise, I will certainly appreciate working with resin a lot more.

Multipart metal models are kind of a pain in the butt, so I'm happy with the change to resin. It will be odd to have my all-metal Valhallan army with one platoon of Vic's upcoming Russians in it though, since I'm used to picking up a Space Russian and there being some heft in the figure.

I think I'll manage

The resin is the good stuff, nice and crisp detailing, perhaps a wee bit brittle, but it made a good transition thus far. Aside from the weight, virtually no difference can be found in the final product when put next to the old metal parts.

Yeah, I much prefer metals to resin for single-piece models such as characters, but when it comes to multi-part models or hybrid kits, I'd rather wholly resin or plastic than metal - the weight works against metals for multi-piece kits.

Resin is good for postage costs. But resin rough rider lances and bayonnettes ... are lucky to survive even shipping.

Mine survived the trip and arrived in one piece, all ten of them. They were well protected and packaged, so you can't pin bad shipping on this company.

Mine as well no breakages and no distortion either

 Kroothawk wrote:
Resin is good for postage costs. But resin rough rider lances and bayonnettes ... are lucky to survive even shipping.

Fair point. Some things are always better in metal. Generally speaking, I'd add swords, axes and so forth to your list as well. I was thinking more specifically of metal arms/torsos/bodies and the need to pin them.

Got got an order I made last week, I'm actually surprised I got it this quick.

Oh and the models are impressive as well.

 stormwell wrote:
Got got an order I made last week, I'm actually surprised I got it this quick.

Oh and the models are impressive as well.

The longest I've had between order and delivery is 10 days. I'm always impressed with the delivery speed.

alphaecho wrote:

 stormwell wrote:
Got got an order I made last week, I'm actually surprised I got it this quick.

Oh and the models are impressive as well.

The longest I've had between order and delivery is 10 days. I'm always impressed with the delivery speed.

Yeah, I only got the message on Monday that it had shipped.

Still, I get to see how well Vic's models and brodie helmets compare to the SOTR Brits I've been using from Westwind.


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A quick comparison shot.

The taller guy on the left is one of Vic's models, the shorter bloke on the right is a model from Westwind Productions which I've used for the bulk of my army thus far.



Though the Westwind heads fit snugly with Vic's stuff and look about right, so a mixture of Vic's brodie helmets and their Westwind counterparts will give me a nice varied army.

Hi, been working up a concept sketch for a "not" plasma gun about to be added to the range. Looking for a good name and any feedback before it gets sculpted.
Many thanks, V

A name for the gun? How about "vap-gun" as in "vaporizer"?

I disagree with the power cell sticking out of the bottom like that. It's a very common aesthetic of flamethrower-like weapons in SciFi:
https://www.google.com/search?q=flamethrower&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=RLINUpHjLoWMyQHa4IGwBg&biw=1600&bih=799&sei=RrINUqP0CujhygHV14CIAg#bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&fp=1af70e12f74a2e98&hl=en&q=scifi+flamethrower&sa=1&safe=off&tbm=isch&um=1

On the other hand, the trope of "plasma" tends to focus around heat sinks. The popular miniatures line tends to take plasma coils (which you have) and heat vents near the muzzle. Instead of heat sinks near the muzzle, another common trope of plasma weaponry is to have two spike-like nodes near the muzzle (above and below) as a sort of igniter similar to a flamethrower. Something like that doesn't currently exist on the market and looks low-tech enough.
https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1600&bih=799&q=plasma+gun&oq=plasma+gun&gs_l=img.3..0l9j0i5.1194.2480.0.2664.10.10.0.0.0.0.107.906.8j2.10.0....0...1ac.1.25.img..0.10.906.6jIczDh859M

Perhaps you can expand the labeled "mini plasma reactor" to be more spherical in a sense or be the power cell itself.

Also, it may be a deviation from the desired aesthetic, but it's strange to see large, bulky rifle-like guns like that without a stock of some sort.

As for a name: "Starfire Rifle"? Maybe "Sun Gun" for something more straightforwardly rugged.

"plasmatron beamer"?

I agree with Absolutionis that the power cell looks a bit too flamer-ish, and that a spherical reactor could look good (so long as you can avoid the necron tech look). I disagree re the lack of a stock - presuming such a weapon would have no recoil, a stock wouldn't seem that useful.

Disintegrator Rifle!

It has a nice clunky feel to it that goes nicely with the fusion gun.

Perhaps the power cell could be relocated to the back of the gun where the hammer might go. It would be a nice tip of the hat to Babylon 5's PPG.

Another name suggestion: The popper or pop gun, named after what happens when enemy infantry get between your gun and their tank.

I think it would look perfect as is, but without the flamer tank. and a hand guard so the guy isn't holding the gun by it's heat sink. Just remember, Half the fun of plasma weapons is painting the glowing gubins.

PPR - Plasma Pulse Rifle
PPR - Phased Plasma Rifle
PPPR - Phased Plasma Pulse Rifle
... I may have liked that scene from Aliens ; p

I like Absolutionis discussion on the design.

I would add a stock, typically a rifle is fired from the shoulder rather than the hip. I see this gun as a "accurate" and not something you use to fill the air with lead/fire/etc.

The style of the canister doesn't fit, a cable to a back pack would be perfect. if you can't pull that off or are opposed to it I unfortunately have no idea how to fix it. (I like to provide easily workable alternatives if I'm voting something down and adding a backpack and cable doesn't seem easy.)

As for name I like the starfire suggestion.

(wow, I sound like Absolutionis' loyal minion.)

Stock is always handy for a weapon, no matter how little recoil it has. Even an airsoft gun is a lot easier to shoot accurately with a stock than without. Plus this gun looks a lot heavier than a plastic bb gun, so the stock would help steady it. It also makes it look cooler and fits in with the rest of the line. She also already has a stock on the weapon, you can just barely see it sticking out behind the trooper's arm.

I wonder if maybe a smaller "magazine" style power pack would work better. That's what some companies use. You could also make it look like a bigger version of your regular rifles and use that tubular powerpack they have mounted underneath. Obviously this weapon's powerpack would be bigger, but something in that vein would be easier to carry in a pouch than just a wierdly shaped spherical powerpack. The laser rifles power pack is roughly the size of a soda can, so maybe the plasma's would be somewhere between a one and a two liter bottle.

Also my vote is for the facemelter 5000

Thanks for the great feedback, I agree with the comments about the power pack, I will either change it to be more in line with my other guns or make it into a heat sink.
Cheers,
V

Like I said. As long as their is glowy bits to paint, you can't go too wrong.

Call it a P.L.A.S.M.A. Gun, for, uhhh, Phased Liquid And Super Magnetic Accelerator...or some such.

Either way, looks great to me.

For the life of me, I can't find where to buy your fusion guns on your site. Maybe I'm slow or something, but I just can't find it except with the Tanneburg 10-man pack.

Oh, and how do the shotgun arms look with the dress uniform/Tannenburg bits? I guess throwing the shoulder boards on top would fit the bill, just curious if anyone has done that, because it'd make for some awesome Mordian vets.

Plasma gun looks good, the only thing I would suggest altering would be to make the strap attach to the handgrip instead of the stock.

Name suggestions: cascade emitter/rifle/gun, arc gun.

The not-plasma gun looks great! I am looking forward to picking it up and any other special weapons you decide to make.

As for a name, has anyone suggested "Nova Cannon"? Or it's variants of "Nova Rifle" and "Nova Gun"?

Just call it an Ionized Steam Gun

Plasmacaster!

Volt Action Rifle.

I like the sound of Plas-Projector myself. Or Plas-Driver, or Wave-Motion Carbine...