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This month we see the official release of the Lizard-Ogre models sculpted by Robert Lippman.  Robert has created two models to fill the ranks of lizardmen players everywhere.  The first model is a lizard-ogre (which is approx 60mm high) with his ax in hand.  The second model is armed with a aztec style club.  Both models are cast in high-quality resin and are for sale at $13.00 per model available here and here.

 

This month also see the release of a shoulder mounted missile rack that is designed to fit seamlessly on the shoulders of Games Workshops Space Marine Terminator models.  No longer will players have to scavenge or overpay on ebay and bits websites for the destructive potential that is needed in a pinch.  The metal components were sculpted by Tomas Fiertek and painted by Jose Veiga.  Each kit is $4.50 available here is cast in pewter and comes with a seperate targeting array.

 

Also available for players whose favorite armies happen to be grey knights are some flexible ammo belts for storm bolter use as well as some segmented heraldric power armor pads.

The flexible ammo belts come in two sizes, large and small.  The large size belts are designed to fit on the heavy weapon choices for grey knight players and the small belts are designed to fit on smaller weapons such as storm bolters.  Each set is $2.50 each.  The large set, available here are in quantities of 3.  The smaller size set which comes in quantities of 4 is available here.

The Heraldric Knight shoulder pads come in sets of 5, each pad segmented in a different way.  Each set is $5.00 and is available here.

I think the cyclone launcher looks very "gummy" with crooked lines and the back just looks weird.

The one my buddy did for CHS looked better, here's a few pics he sent me.

I wonder why they didn't use that one since the idea of a launcher that looked like that was concepted by him, not CHS.

The lizard ogre is okay.

The cyclonic launcher is a miss. You have been at this a long time now, you can do better than that. Unless it's the angle/paint job which is making it look fugly.

Shoulder pads 3 and 5 are okay the others seem redundant.


The ammo belts I'll give you!

Photos of the flexible ammo belts on miniatures? It'd be helpful to see them on, say, the Grey Knights mentioned. They look promising!

Q, if these are from new molds, what's up with the pudgy look if the masters are plasticard?

The ones we had originally done were lost in transit somewhere.. its horrible when it happens and it does unfortunately.

Ive seen these on models and they are awesome, ymmv.

 xcasex wrote:
Q, if these are from new molds, what's up with the pudgy look if the masters are plasticard?

The master I posted was not used. CHS basically took the idea and gave it to another sculptor, I guess. IMHO the other sculptor did a sub-par job.

The lizard ogres are charmingly retro. Reasonable sculpts that would fit in nicely with old-school Lizardmen armies.

While the cyclone is a cool design, the sculpt is amazingly messy. As an amateur conversion it would be passable, but not as a commercial release given the sort of standard we're seeing from other companies now.

The shoulder pads are a nice idea, competently done. Although I'm a little puzzled by the choice of paintjob to show them off... Why would you take pads designed specifically for split heraldic paint-schemes and paint them all one colour???

I would have gone with something more like this:

Nice stuff. Is their any shots of the bare products? Hard to see the details as the paint jobs abit heavy

 insaniak wrote:
While the cyclone is a cool design, the sculpt is amazingly messy. As an amateur conversion it would be passable, but not as a commercial release given the sort of standard we're seeing from other companies now

Just to be clear since I don't want to insult a friend, the originals I posted were not the ones used. For whatever reason CHS gave the idea to another sculptor which is the ones they are selling.

You don't have to keep pointing that out every time someone comments on the cyclone.

Not a fan of the launcher. Just seems like a concept that was flawed from the beginning. Maybe the idea of a cathedral style rocket launcher just seems silly to me.

The paint jobs aren't helping the 40k products. Instead of overly garish painted pieces, just show some inked bare ones. Easier to see the quality of the sculpt. As of now, that cyclone looks really sketchy- very rough on the lines.

The not-kroxigors are pretty good. The heads are very well done. The belly scales are a little odd and I would have liked to see the micro scales on the head extended to the body as otherwise it has the rubber suit effect. Still, much better than the GW sculpts

IB4 Swastika Shoulder pads.

The ammo belts are cool. Nothing else here tickles my fancy, but then not much 40k stuff does. I do like the scales on the back of the lizards though.

 d-usa wrote:
Not a fan of the launcher. Just seems like a concept that was flawed from the beginning. Maybe the idea of a cathedral style rocket launcher just seems silly to me.

This is my issue with it as well, though I do like the Lizard Ogre

 jmurph wrote:
The paint jobs aren't helping the 40k products. Instead of overly garish painted pieces, just show some inked bare ones. Easier to see the quality of the sculpt.

CHs paint jobs have never done anything but enhance their crooked, blobby sculpts.

prplehippo wrote:
I think the cyclone launcher looks very "gummy" with crooked lines and the back just looks weird.

The one my buddy did for CHS looked better, here's a few pics he sent me.

I wonder why they didn't use that one since the idea of a launcher that looked like that was concepted by him, not CHS.

I actually prefer the one CHS showed.
As for the lines being bad... it looks like a bad photoshop job to me, not casting or sculpting problems.
Of course, I could be wrong. It's happened before and will probably happen again. : )


Eric

I usually am not impressed by your product. However, i love the cyclone

 MagickalMemories wrote:

prplehippo wrote:

I actually prefer the one CHS showed.
As for the lines being bad... it looks like a bad photoshop job to me, not casting or sculpting problems.
Of course, I could be wrong. It's happened before and will probably happen again. : )


Eric

You prefer the one with unevenly spaced missiles (with none of the missiles being quite the same size), and wonky, uneven, vents?
The only spot I can see that could be excused by CHs consistently ham fisted use of photoshop is the front right missile arch, and as it's consistently wonky in just the same spot in the front and back photos, I'm going to stick with weak sculpting/ quality control.

Edit: Pardon me, just getting my foot out of my mouth...

I think you need to check usernames there d-usa.

 plastictrees wrote:
I think you need to check usernames there d-usa.

Yup my apologies

I was switching between threads and got my posts mixed up...

Love the lizardmen!!!!

The missile ...um...need a better picture I think.

The belts are neat idea.

All of them however, need something to reference the actual scale...

Thanks for posting

Cyclone don't look too bad, I think it's the nmm paintjob and stark highlights that messing with it.

Why don't you call that lizard a Kroxigor?

 Malika2 wrote:
Why don't you call that lizard a Kroxigor?

That would be a trademark violation which is illegal. I think he can say that it's definitely NOT a kroxigor. Amazing what word associations in the brain do.

Clearly it is NOT a kroxigor. So please children, don't call this NOT-A-KROXIGOR model a kroxigor, because it isn't.

The not-Kroxigor looks like a rubber children's toy.

Unless for some reason the photo is distorted, the not-cyclone launcher is clearly sub-standard. Its design also seems to be at odds with CH's claims that their designs are only based on generic/historical images.

And the not-Marine shoulder pads are redundant.

Is there really a demand for this stuff?

What about the pads make them 'redundant'? They're interesting subtle designs, and as insaniak showed above, can be done nicely if you vary the paint styles.

Not a fan of the lizard ogres, although the one with the club does look like he's trying to get a home run.

The missile launcher? Yikes! Has the sculptor ever seen a straight line? Ick!

those kroxigors have retro-appeal. it's more of a selling point to the reaper-RPG-retro-mini's crowd though, not sure if that will do CHS much good...

The Kroxigors are interesting, might pick up a few if I can't find some good deals on ebay.