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I kind of picture what you're getting at, but maybe a sketch would be good for us visual types.

Either way, I'll probably buy it.

We'll get to see something of it next week or so.

 BrookM wrote:
We'll get to see something of it next week or so.

Yup, it'd probably help if I read everything in that post, eh?

Its early and I'm excited. My bad.

Not going to blindly buy myself, not unless it really hits my funny bone in the right way, plus with the Tannenberg and Matilda (hopefully) soon around the corner, difficult choices will have to be made.

Yeah, I've been holding off until FemBurg, when I'll pick some heavy weapons too.

I dunno.. the concept sounds like a decent Sentinel alternative, but for heavy weapons I kinda prefer a look more like crew served weapons, though I could see the tracked thing working with certain themes for the army. A tarantula or rapier alternative though.. that would be neatish.

 MLaw wrote:
A tarantula or rapier alternative though.. that would be neatish.

Ooh, I like that- a sentry gun would be awesome. I've been wanting to add some as a throw-away option for my Guard or Marines for awhile, as they are fairly cheap points-wise. The problem is that their price from FW is not throw-away...

 Haighus wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
A tarantula or rapier alternative though.. that would be neatish.

Ooh, I like that- a sentry gun would be awesome. I've been wanting to add some as a throw-away option for my Guard or Marines for awhile, as they are fairly cheap points-wise. The problem is that their price from FW is not throw-away...

lol, yeah true
There are a few options out there already too from Anvil, PW, etc. I don't play much 40k these days but Vic has the aesthetic down cold and if she were to get into that field, it would offer a less modern/hard sci-fi look that is more in-line with the almost dieselpunk/James Cameron/Ridley Scott love-child that is 40k.

 faolan wrote:
So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

Something where the upper structure can be exchanged for a big energy/ cannon weapon for my techmarine

You have potential if the tracked vehicle can do IG/SM type weapons.

 faolan wrote:
So I'm doing a quick survey (and can follow with pictures later) for V.

If there's a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, how many of you are interested in it as an alternative to a Heavy Weapons Team, or a Sentinel?

It would have part options to mount all of the heavy weapons, including the mortar. It may also have diorama possibilities with something you guys will see around the 6th or 7th of July...

For me if there is a tracked vehicle that fits onto a 60mm base, I want it to be a tankette Sentinel modelled after Carden Loyd Mk IV



^ Like this one

Well Neko, it's not quite that, it's close... think a bit more to the east, tovarisch.

Speaking of small vehicles, what ever happened to those motorcycles?

 lancebenchpress wrote:
Speaking of small vehicles, what ever happened to those motorcycles?

Good question, I'm still waiting on a flock of 'em

From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

 BrookM wrote:
From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

Teehee

Someday there will be more Vic minis. Someday.

 faolan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

Teehee

Will these be new minis or the existing line in bones? =O

Depite a loss of detail in bones, I'm alright will that on my faceless goobs if that makes it affordable to build legions of guys!

 Lockark wrote:

 faolan wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
From Facebook:

Watch this space, Jake Schneider and I have been working on a super secret, Victoria Miniatures project, more to be revealed soon
http://www.reapermini.com/bones3

Teehee

Will these be new minis or the existing line in bones? =O

Depite a loss of detail in bones, I'm alright will that on my faceless goobs if that makes it affordable to build legions of guys!

I hope not I don't want lost detail miniatures and what is the reaperbone anyway ?

Ok, so..

Reaper Bones is them converting a lot of the old metal minis over to PVC, which we all know is a type of plastic.

The projects in regards to this are Vic's, but Reaper wants to publish them, so that's what we've been working on for the last two months.

That's in addition, of course, to me packing up house to move across town (and it takes a surprising amount of time to pack up a 4 bedroom house with massive hobby room), and Vic having pranged her knee a while back. (She did tell me on Skype that while the drugs slowed down sculpting progress, they were quite nifty otherwise, lucky lady...)

So are you saying some kind of rule set ?

Sorry to hear about Vic hurting herself :(. I will be more patient.
Good luck on your move!

No LDD, publishing in this respect is the production.

I swear sometimes, this industry goes "oh, we like this term, let's use it".. "but that's for books!".. "we're takin' it anyway".

We're like the tank corps in that respect.

The reaper Bones materail is actully awsome, and I love working with it. The only problem is that at this point it's abit infamous for the fact every human that get's switch over to it bassicly lose their nose.....


in metal:
http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/alistrilee/sku-down/03166

In "Bones":
http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77205#detail/77205_w_1

If it wasn't for the fact the finer details on her face like her nose were lost, i would call that a perfect translation in bones.

Stuff with more chunky detail or made with bones in mind looks amazing.

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/sku-down/80028

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/latest/77202

http://www.reapermini.com/Miniatures/Bones/sku-down/80035

Personally if vic's stuff was available both in bones and resin I would be ecstatic. I think everything but the heads would make the jump to bones prety well.

Looking at that I hope not I like the crisp detail you get from resin, that looks pretty crappy and why pay less just to get a less detailed model?

 Lockark wrote:
The reaper Bones materail is actully awsome, and I love working with it. The only problem is that at this point it's abit infamous for the fact every human that get's switch over to it bassicly lose their nose
Snip.....

Personally if vic's stuff was available both in bones and resin I would be ecstatic. I think everything but the heads would make the jump to bones prety well.

A hybrid kit might be good resin heads and weapons but bones for the rest to reduce cost. I might go for this to be honest for my rank and file IG but I have no experience with he bones material so this could be a mistake on my part.

Or will we see bones used to get the Matilda in production? (Given its cheaper)

Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

 BrookM wrote:
Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

Definitely. I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction to reading Victoria Miniatures was mingling with Bones plastic was not positive. A boutique model range that focuses of modular options and fine detail seems at odds with Reaper's Bones project (cheap masses of figures).

However, I have faith that Vic and company know what they are doing so maybe this won't be so bad. I could see the heavy weapons carriages being a good fit for Bones plastic. I am skeptical about the infantry, however.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

Definitely. I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction to reading Victoria Miniatures was mingling with Bones plastic was not positive. A boutique model range that focuses of modular options and fine detail seems at odds with Reaper's Bones project (cheap masses of figures).

However, I have faith that Vic and company know what they are doing so maybe this won't be so bad. I could see the heavy weapons carriages being a good fit for Bones plastic. I am skeptical about the infantry, however.

Bones may be cheap and lower quality than styrene, resin, or pewter models, but let's not forget that Reaper makes some fine miniatures outside of that. It sounds a bit like you're thumbing your nose at the original sculpts the Bones are derived from when in fact, the purpose was to make nicer kits more accessible for people with tight purse strings.

 MLaw wrote:

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
Let's just wait and see what comes of all of this, eh?

Definitely. I'll admit that my knee-jerk reaction to reading Victoria Miniatures was mingling with Bones plastic was not positive. A boutique model range that focuses of modular options and fine detail seems at odds with Reaper's Bones project (cheap masses of figures).

However, I have faith that Vic and company know what they are doing so maybe this won't be so bad. I could see the heavy weapons carriages being a good fit for Bones plastic. I am skeptical about the infantry, however.

Bones may be cheap and lower quality than styrene, resin, or pewter models, but let's not forget that Reaper makes some fine miniatures outside of that. It sounds a bit like you're thumbing your nose at the original sculpts the Bones are derived from when in fact, the purpose was to make nicer kits more accessible for people with tight purse strings.

In what way did I disparage Reaper's metal models? I don't think Vic's minis would be good for the Bones plastic because of the potential for detail loss. Bones figures lose detail and get warped, that has nothing to do with the quality of the original metal models and everything to do with the material Bones uses. Let me put where I said this in red.

There. Better?