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While browsing for something to buy for today's free mini (artillery officer), I came across these!

http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/bolt-action-rifle



http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/grenade-launcher-x5



I think these are also new, but could be wrong: http://victoriaminiatures.highwire.com/product/plasma-pistols-x5

The plasma pistols have been around, but I've never seen the other ones before. Sweet!

From the newsletter:

Hello,

Some new goodies this week. From the talented hands of Jake Schneider come two new guns: The Bolt Action Rifle and the Grenade Launcher. We also see an old metal favorite given a resin makeover: Resin Imperial Noble. If you want to snap up a metal one there are 8 left: Metal Imperial Noble.

Another resin remake is the 10 Male Bald Heads.

The 12 Days of Christmas free miniature offer is still active until the 4th. The Free Miniature of the Day today is the BFG Sledgehammer Female Artillery Officer.

Cheers, V

Also, on offer today is the officer:

Yeah, I did the plasma pistols relatively early on.

6 hours left on this one.

Probably a dumb question but asking anyway, is she in the crew with the Sledgehammer as part of the Reaper KS?

Yes, yes they are.

 streamdragon wrote:
Probably a dumb question but asking anyway, is she in the crew with the Sledgehammer as part of the Reaper KS?

I think the only possible issue for some is that the crew in the Kickstarter version are a one piece item cast in the Bones plastic.

These ones on offer and available afterwards are resin and, I assume, multi part.

It depends on your preferences as to what you want.

alphaecho wrote:

 streamdragon wrote:
Probably a dumb question but asking anyway, is she in the crew with the Sledgehammer as part of the Reaper KS?

I think the only possible issue for some is that the crew in the Kickstarter version are a one piece item cast in the Bones plastic.

These ones on offer and available afterwards are resin and, I assume, multi part.

It depends on your preferences as to what you want.

I don't believe they're meaningfully multi-part wherein there's variations to be had and wouldn't be surprised if they're completely one-piece. The Tannenburg Drummer Girl is effectively single-piece. It's more of resin versus Bones.

Not sure when or if I'll get around to picking up any Sledgehammers though, so I'm quite pleased to have snagged this one for a "normal" officer yesterday.

I wouldn't be surprised if most are single-piece casts.

I'm looking at resin copies of them right now, so there may be some variance here, but..

2 Resins are single pieces (the plotter and the spanner girls).

3 are multi-part - Telescopic Rangefinder (rangefinder is separate), crank guy (3 pieces - wheel, body, other hand), and crane operator has a separate hand with the remote in it.

I don't know what the Bones versions will be exactly, as sadly, real life prevented me from attending ReaperCon and stealing that beautifully painted one from Victoria.

Hmm. Hate to be pedantic, but they are not bolt action. Gas operated, blowback, short recoil or even electric but not bolt action.

Nice guns though.

It's more that these are alternate boltguns.

 Mousemuffins wrote:




Hmm. Hate to be pedantic, but they are not bolt action. Gas operated, blowback, short recoil or even electric but not bolt action.

Nice guns though.

Fixed (yes I am gun dumb).

Yay! Much appreciated.

You guys coming to Cancon this year?

 Mousemuffins wrote:
Yay! Much appreciated.

You guys coming to Cancon this year?

This sounds like an excellent idea. Even if it is in Canberra.

I shall see if I can convince Vic to pony up the cash.

Free mini of the day for the next 24 hours.

Wow, just wow.

I got a full set of artillery crew with my second order. Makes me feel kinda bad ordering just a set of backpacks and ammo crates to get the minis of those days.

Casting quality of the crew is sharp, with minimal flash, no mold lines and deliciously crisp details. Super-pleased with how they turned out, the officer in particular looks excellent, just what I needed for my Imperial Knights that are still without a pilot.

Now if only Reaper would hurry up with those artillery guns..

Good to hear. I missed out on the specials, but I'll likely end up ordering one of those artillery officers. Gorgeous sculpt.

They're simply lovely. Simple, not laden with too much detail, but still gorgeous sculpts with plenty of character. Having looked at them for a bit, I've already decided to turn the girl with the map into my new Stormsword commander, the guy with the large binoculars into the commander for the Shadowsword and the girl with the big wrench will make for an excellent servitor with servo-arm stand in for my Auxilia enginseers.

So Jake explains above which ones are multi-part, but there's no mention of the officer. I'm assuming she's multi-part, and if so, is it at least separate legs and torso?

The officer, wrench girl and map girl are all single part pieces.

The chaps are all multiple parts:

- Remote guy (body + hand with remote)
- Wheel guy (body + hand + wheel)
- Spotter guy (body + binoculars)

Thanks, will likely still end up getting some resin versions, though I have three coming in Bones already. Such a cool mini.

Speaking of, I imagine there are plans for male cuirass torsos to match the female version. Would love to make some mechanized grenadiers and that would be perfect.

Reaper did an unboxing:

aww I was just going to post that, Ninja-ed

Can't wait for my battery to arrive.

 Blacksails wrote:
Can't wait for my battery to arrive.

How many did you order?
I think I'm getting 3!

I'm waiting on three as well, but I may wait for Vic and Jake to release their own upgrade kits first before putting them together. Tracks are a must for starters, IIRC a gunshield was also in the works, but I could be wrong there.

I ordered 3, and I'm torn on tracks vs. wheels.

Both look awesome, but I think it'll depend on what I decide for the rest of my heavy weapons.

I still need some sort of quad laser/quad mortar type thing that isn't a rapier platform because they look wonky to me.

 BrookM wrote:
I'm waiting on three as well, but I may wait for Vic and Jake to release their own upgrade kits first before putting them together. Tracks are a must for starters, IIRC a gunshield was also in the works, but I could be wrong there.

Brook, I just got my plastic test-shot this week, so I can make final adjustments to the tracks and make sure they fit after any revisions the moulders had to make. I just have to stop sneezing and stop freezing long enough to be able to get it done, heh. Hay fever and rapid temperature swings do not make my life easy.

Blacksails, PM me and talk to me, amigo. I've been looking for some ideas to make that kind of thing.