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 faolan wrote:
Right, now that Adepticon's over, I'll post this up here.

I did a Limited Edition mini for Adepticon, and similarly to Victoria there will be the ability to buy a very small quantity from her webshop.

Unlike the Adepticon minis, these will be in resin (not metal). I was hoping to have pictures of the resin mini for you already, but we (the caster who's a mate of mine, and I assisting him) ran out of resin right before we could start casting them. Well, there were dregs left, but casting with dregs is like drinking the dregs, grounds and all, of your coffee - sure you can do it, but you really won't like what you get.

Anyway, for the moment I merely present the digital renders. When we have pictures of the actual one for you (in resin, not metal), those pictures will go up and you'll get a count-down to it, same as with Vic's last year.

OMG WOW...any chance he will be available outside of adepticon ....and any word about some 'Street judges, shock troops with shot guns, shock troopers with shields and mauls, maybe a robotic dog with handler and some pieces to fit over a APC named after a African animal for more troop capacity and hauling criminals?'

If those where avaliable....shut up and take my money

Again, yes, there will be 100 made available on the webshop. It'll be advertised on here a week ahead of time, so that people can get ready and set their alarms for it, just like Vic's past ones.

It won't be until after May 13th, however, as Vic is too busy with life outside of this to do the necessary store settings. Well, she COULD forgo sleep to do it, but you wouldn't ask that of her, and neither would I.

 faolan wrote:
but you wouldn't ask that of her, and neither would I.

Some might, but yes, I would not. I want her in peak condition to create wallet-wounding wonders.

 faolan wrote:
Again, yes, there will be 100 made available on the webshop. It'll be advertised on here a week ahead of time, so that people can get ready and set their alarms for it, just like Vic's past ones.

It won't be until after May 13th, however, as Vic is too busy with life outside of this to do the necessary store settings. Well, she COULD forgo sleep to do it, but you wouldn't ask that of her, and neither would I.

Sleep is for the weak!!!


Good that I might be able to get one if I am quick enough on the pull on the webstore


Now, how about a hypothetical conversation about some 'future judges and their henchmen' You know you want to

STILL VERY MUCH WORK IN PROGRESS!

But I was ordered to show you teasers...

Shiny.

That's a good look, suitable for anything from modern day to far future armies.

That big ammo box perhaps adds too much height for games where line of sight is important? Otherwise really nice.

Are these alternate takes on the Taurox weapon systems perchance?

 BrookM wrote:
Are these alternate takes on the Taurox weapon systems perchance?

Kiiiiinda...

Ooooo, alternate taurox altogether??

Chimera turrets, we should be so lucky.

You could use them as alternate Chimera turrets, but you'd need to cut out a bit of plastic from the Chimera. I am, however, all for that!

Oh, please note that the finalised versions of the above weapons have been sculpted out now, and while similar are more detailed and generally a bit nicer (especially on that plain turn-table base).

What's the current status of the Matilda, if you don't mind me asking?

Uhm, it's a bit convoluted, but in layman's terms;

I had to rebuild most of the mesh (so the 3d model) from the ground up. When I visited in changes we discussed last year at Adepticon, it seems to have made the existing model unstable and prone to fragmenting in some of the programs necessary to complete it.

So I had to take the base form from a very early version and work in all of the changes, and completely redetail it.

To make it a little more confusing, I've also been implementing changes to the sides, etc, to cut down on the number of parts but keep everything looking the same - eg making it easier to build.

Once Victoria is back from the opera commitment and has rested for a few days, we'll sort that out and something that uses four wheels and the weapons I previewed above and plow forward.

Because, believe me, I want to throw money at my favourite painter lady to paint me a dozen of these bad boys for my Highlanders. Yes, I said a dozen, so what? Wanna fight about it?!

GOOD NEWS!

The pile of limited minis that I did from Adepticon has finally arrived on Victoria's desk.

There are numerous reasons for the delay, but I won't be borish and load you down with them.

In the next few days, Victoria will drop an announcement as to their sale date.

There will be 100 of them up for grabs, and..

I am donating the lion's share of the proceeds to charity.

After paying Vic for the hassle of distributing these, and the caster, the remaining amount (minus a decent supper for Mrs Faolan and I) will be going to a charity that's very near and dear to me, an animal rescue home.

 faolan wrote:
When I visited in changes we discussed last year at Adepticon, it seems to have made the existing model unstable and prone to fragmenting in some of the programs necessary to complete it.
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Bad welds are always a problem with tanks... (sorry, could not pass up a armored vehicle/3d modeling double entendre. )

I'm assuming that it was quite a few smaller pieces, but why didn't you just re-weld the faces instead of redoing it? That should have fixed your fragmenting issue.

It was already all welded together, but the changes just destroyed it and left 2 dimensional panels that were no longer water-tight and wouldn't re-sync properly. In the end it was simpler to redo it than to spend another 50+ hours checking each and every face, line, and point.

Quick question... Which animal charity?

barnacle111 wrote:
Quick question... Which animal charity?

Dog's Home of Tasmania. It's where my very best friend and most loved companion in the world came from, and my wife and I volunteer there a few hours each week (even when it's bitterly cold like now, given that it's winter down here).

Good work. Glad to hear it will go to charity, nice one. (I work at one of the melbourne based animal charities).

Hi, Jake and I have been working on an APC that will work with Victoria Miniatures popular APC Wheel Conversion kit:
This is a work in progress so comments and feedback are very welcome. Thanks, V
http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/apc-wheel-and-suspension-kit

Wow, that is a mammoth undertaking Vic!
I like what you have done so far. Will the top be able to have a turret? Will you have some stowage on the top as an option?

I like it so far.

I think it needs to have the some sorta latches or locking mechanisms on the doors so it doesn't look like they just pull open.

When it comes time to do weapons for it, think carefully and be creative. A certain "other company" thinks just strapping guns to the rear wheel fairings looks like a good idea, when it isn't. Such silliness should be avoided.

Re: weapons, scroll up a bit.

 faolan wrote:
STILL VERY MUCH WORK IN PROGRESS!

But I was ordered to show you teasers...

Or click this quote to be taken to the post in question, which has the weapon renders embedded.

Don't know if it would work, but have you considered doing Chimera equivalent weapons?

I've very seriously looked at your Taurox conversion for my Tallarn, as the wheeled APC has very 1940's Desert Rats look to it, but in game they're just not as effective as the Chimera.

Awesome dude/ettes. It reminds me more of a south african casspir APC as used by MNU in district 9 and less of the failed abortion taurox from games workshop. Just make the same upgun options.

While I have no real use this vehicle in my regular Heresy-era army at the moment, I am tempted to get one to act as a riot suppression vehicle or the like, it looks an awful lot like the Humber Pig, especially if the top of the vehicle also has an option to cover up the turret ring.

I dunno. Something tells me it'd work better with four sets of tracks and a pair of awkwardly placed fixed guns bolted to the flanks, just behind the doors, with no way of firing anywhere but straight ahead.

Who's with me???

 BrookM wrote:
While I have no real use this vehicle in my regular Heresy-era army at the moment, I am tempted to get one to act as a riot suppression vehicle or the like, it looks an awful lot like the Humber Pig, especially if the top of the vehicle also has an option to cover up the turret ring.

There's currently no option for covering it up, but as you've seen some of the early WIP shots of weapons that *might* go with this, you've probably just realised it could be covered up with a simple disk.

A while after her post went up, Vic and I had some discussions and imp'd some changes, so we're still evolving the design a bit (ie C&C is welcome).

Oddly enough, I never noticed the Humber Pig when working on this. The funny part is.. you're right. It's a nice little piece of gear.