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 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Well that's Defiance Games Germans rendered redundant then

Indeed. I was never a fan of the Defiance models, these look far more detailed, better quality and more easy to convert as well!

Seriously impressed with this, especially as I can't see the slightest loss of quality in their conversion to plastic.

Wunderbar!

Very happy that I picked up 60 of those. They put GW IG to shame.

Can't wait to see renders of the heavy troopers now. Because these look very good theyshould be fantastic. And the black widows I'm so glad I picked up some them they will be excellent.

The casts are looking great. Nice work, both you and Ghost Studios.

While I know it won't be at least until after you've done that first alien race, have you considered making the next human faction predominantly female, to go with the predominantly male Eisenkern?

I....I....I think I just drooled on my keyboard...
Amazing work, Mark.

Wow...wanted to say something about how the butt looked, but couldn't find a way that woyldnt get me banned from here. Needless to say very impressed with the models coming out. Reading the night lords books by adb, and wondering how these would look in midnight clad.

Wish I'd grabbed some of these troopers to go with my Assault Heavys, Crusaders and widows

Those glorious glutes are going to make converting these guys into Sisters of Battle a hilariously awkward experience.

"wow these look great! Hows the back look?"
...
*MrMoustaffa's awkward silence*

"So, got a thing for dat ass huh?"

"IT"S NOT MY FAULT THEY"RE SCULPTED THAT WAY!!!"

I don't think it'd be all too hard to just GS some more... natural looking pants out of that
edit and really, with the bondage look of current sisters? yours can only be better, even if you don't do a thing about this

To summarize accurately:

While I knew Mark wouldn't work with someone who couldn't bring his ideas to life, that is simply incredible. Excellent work all around!

Yep I think there's definitely some stormtroopers in my future. Once I get my 40k armies done I'll do a proper Eisenkern force with a mix of light and heavy infantry... and plenty of heavy fire power from my Crusaders.

I see empty spots mark< EMPTY SPOTS THAT COULD HAVE BITZ!

Yes, beautiful, and should have made some of those bases as tokens, so that they could be distributed to non-believers...

 Grundz wrote:
I see empty spots mark< EMPTY SPOTS THAT COULD HAVE BITZ!

That would be what the accessory sprue is for mate!

My will to resist making these stormtroopers my IG is weakening. They are just shiny! I was waiting for Defiance to put out their female marines, but I think this, with some Black Widows, is just going to be perfect for me...

Those details are so sharp, it is amazing.

I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been said. Just... wow.

The transition to plastic from digital sculpt looks absolutely flawless to me. I love them!

And I am set to get 60 plus the heavy weapons. Woot! Troopers to shoot my upcoming trollforged aliens

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
My will to resist making these stormtroopers my IG is weakening. They are just shiny! I was waiting for Defiance to put out their female marines, but I think this, with some Black Widows, is just going to be perfect for me...

Those details are so sharp, it is amazing.

High quality materials, hyper high quality sculpts, reasonable costs. I know a certain wargaming company that's not getting money from me any more so I can give it all to DFG instead.

Wow, those look awesome! Very happy that I got some of them and now wish I had gotten more...

Well done all around.

~Eric

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
My will to resist making these stormtroopers my IG is weakening. They are just shiny! I was waiting for Defiance to put out their female marines, but I think this, with some Black Widows, is just going to be perfect for me...

Those details are so sharp, it is amazing.

High quality materials, hyper high quality sculpts, reasonable costs. I know a certain wargaming company that's not getting money from me any more so I can give it all to DFG instead.

Amen to that. Maybe, just maybe this might get themto wake up.....probably not. They'll think it's a fad like the internet

looking real good!!! December can't come sooner. wish I got a Levi though. actually I kinda forgot what i bought already...

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
My will to resist making these stormtroopers my IG is weakening. They are just shiny! I was waiting for Defiance to put out their female marines, but I think this, with some Black Widows, is just going to be perfect for me...

Those details are so sharp, it is amazing.

High quality materials, hyper high quality sculpts, reasonable costs. I know a certain wargaming company that's not getting money from me any more so I can give it all to DFG instead.

I also am planning to send as much money as I can Mark's way, especially when the Mortis 15mm becomes available... somehow.

-C6

With the quality and price I'm paying for these at the moment, even including the inevitable rise when they go retail and the shipping costs, I will still get more of these.

I now wish I'd had the money to pledge for even more than I did. Another 40 troops, a Mortis, some more leviathan weapons, 4 more APCs, command squad, specialists, and another unit of black widows to use for conversion and I'd have been set. Still, either ordering direct, or from a UK distributor if Mark gets one, I'll get them some time next year.

And if those pictures are not top quality, what must those sprues REALLY look like!

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Well that's Defiance Games Germans rendered redundant then

Given the history between WGF and DG, I imagine there's a Cheshire Cat-sized smile in China right now because I suspect outside of hardcore DG fans you're right (barring huge price difference at retail). I still can't get over how good those sprue pics look, and I knew what Mark had gotten done in metal.

This bodes well for the whole project, and I can't wait to see more of the Phase 1 stuff (as if I wasn't already chomping on the bit to get these models...)

SO glad that I added a squad of these guys to the pledge manager!

I love these models, but I want my giant stompy things. :(

WOW, those are great. Assuming that the other troops, Leviathans, APC, etc come out just as crisp and clean Dreamforge may set the new standard for plastic gaming minis.

Well we already know that the Leviathans are going to be good from a previous update, and I see no reason to doubt the quality of the later items, the specialist troops like the Widows, and the APCs.

So I'd say the bar has been well and truly raised!

Agreed! Only uncertainty for later items are things like the skirting on the models. But these armored troops came out more perfect than I thought possible.

Yeah it seems DG has come up a little short in this pairing, though I do like the DG weapons a lot more. If only they'd sell them separately.

Infantry look very nice. I'll most likely pick some up when they go retail down the line.