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 BrookM wrote:

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:

Siygess wrote:I know the situation with Griffin last year really put a spanner in the metal casting works for pretty much everyone in the UK so the situation isn't HF's fault.. but hey, buyers wanna buy!

Just out of curiosity, what was that?

The owner unexpectedly passed away at a young age, real shame, as the guy was a real community pillar.

Indeed, it was a big shock to all of us. Obviously in a community like this everyone we work with isn't usually just an email address so most of us personally knew Stewart. Stewart's widow, in fact, did an amazing job at continuing the business and everyone stuck with them through the re-organisation. It did, understandably, create a big gap in the release schedule from which we have yet to catch back up but it's just one of those things. It's slowly closing and, as mentioned above, we hope to returns the resin->metal gap to a permanent 2 month or so turnaround by the middle of the year

From Facebook:

Powered Armour Libby (B) WIP.....

As yet unreleased and unnamed sorceress (B) WIP......

She may also be getting some kind of cloak, depending on how much I need to fill in between the staff and her back.

Edit: Meet Raisa.

Dressed Rhianna WIP......

She looks a bit stretched, but she's actually just skinny

I think the last one is a Tomb Raider variant, could be wrong here, I don't have my finger on the pulse of pop culture as much as some people.

 BrookM wrote:
I think the last one is a Tomb Raider variant, could be wrong here, I don't have my finger on the pulse of pop culture as much as some people.

It's not. People, not just you, do get themselves tied up in knots trying to guess what something 'isn't', when more often than not it's not 'not' anything Or it's a mashup of a number of things.

Kev could 'definitely' make a better Lara than that

I've seen a few folk go mental for this BeeS putty stuff now, is it really that different to/much better than Fimo?

 Artemis Black wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
I think the last one is a Tomb Raider variant, could be wrong here, I don't have my finger on the pulse of pop culture as much as some people.

It's not. People, not just you, do get themselves tied up in knows trying to guess what something 'isn't', when more often than not it's not 'not' anything Or it's a mashup of a number of things.

Kev could 'definitely' make a better Lara than that

I'd love to see him do a proper Lara from the more recent games one of these days. She rocks in those.

 Yodhrin wrote:
I've seen a few folk go mental for this BeeS putty stuff now, is it really that different to/much better than Fimo?

I made the mistake of going to their website to try and get some more information on it. They don't even tell you what it is...

 Yodhrin wrote:
I've seen a few folk go mental for this BeeS putty stuff now, is it really that different to/much better than Fimo?

That's more of a Kev question than one for me but he likes it. It handles similarly to Fimo but the different Beesputty mixes handle slightly differently to each other and to other polymer clays, Kev hasn't done work in Fimo for quite a while so he might not be the best to ask anyway.

He's working more in polymer clays than he used to but people think it's a lot more than it is because they mistake the gray in his WIPs for it, when it's usually a resin casting.


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 BrookM wrote:

 Artemis Black wrote:

 BrookM wrote:
I think the last one is a Tomb Raider variant, could be wrong here, I don't have my finger on the pulse of pop culture as much as some people.

It's not. People, not just you, do get themselves tied up in knows trying to guess what something 'isn't', when more often than not it's not 'not' anything Or it's a mashup of a number of things.

Kev could 'definitely' make a better Lara than that

I'd love to see him do a proper Lara from the more recent games one of these days. She rocks in those.

Well 'obviously' we can't to a 'Lara'. But a modern female survivor with a bow is a possibility. We do get asked about archers, in all 3 genres we do, all the time. So you might see some coming later this year, if not, we'll run another challenge later this year to so feel free to suggest one for the public vote and see if it gets chosen?

 Yodhrin wrote:
Re Blanche - love it, but not going to love the incessant and frantic accusations of "stealing" from the crawly bumlick brigade on certain other forums.

 Jehan-reznor wrote:

Spoiler:

This looks familiar i like it

Okay, I'm going to put my ignorance on full display here; what is Blanche based on? I presume based on the name it's a nod to a John Blanche sketch and/or femme militant fig?

It's heavily inspired by a John Blanche sketch for Necromunda, if I remember right.

Or one of his "Wicked Girls" range, or whatever it was called, which was a nice, if somewhat niche, range of limited miniatures accompanied by an art print of the model in true Blanchitsu style.

 Grimtuff wrote:
Okay, I'm going to put my ignorance on full display here; what is Blanche based on? I presume based on the name it's a nod to a John Blanche sketch and/or femme militant fig?

It's just an homage to John Blanche's art. He's drawn a number of women in this style, including on the cover to an old WD (Some issue in the 70s iirc) and he's a friend of Kev's. Kev's done one many years ago and decided it was time for an update.

 Artemis Black wrote:

 Grimtuff wrote:
Okay, I'm going to put my ignorance on full display here; what is Blanche based on? I presume based on the name it's a nod to a John Blanche sketch and/or femme militant fig?

It's just an homage to John Blanche's art. He's drawn a number of women in this style, including on the cover to an old WD (Some issue in the 70s iirc) and he's a friend of Kev's. Kev's done one many years ago and decided it was time for an update.

I did think it resembled one of his space amazons but I didn't want to assume. Cheers.

So, thanks to another thread on the forum, I'm now seriously looking at hasslefree minis to purchase, rather than just the occasional nosy and "oh, that's pretty."

Are they primarily on sale from Hasslefree's site? What's the common way for UK'ers to purchase them?

Those power armor figs are shaping up nicely. Once they're out in metal, I'm going to have to place an order.

 Compel wrote:

Are they primarily on sale from Hasslefree's site? What's the common way for UK'ers to purchase them?

Seconded as I'm wary of non-PayPal. The RedBox miniatures in particular are really tempting me. Do you guys use PayPal or have an eBay store?

 Wulfmar wrote:

 Compel wrote:

Are they primarily on sale from Hasslefree's site? What's the common way for UK'ers to purchase them?

Seconded as I'm wary of non-PayPal. The RedBox miniatures in particular are really tempting me. Do you guys use PayPal or have an eBay store?

Paypal is a payment option through our website

Hasslefree has always been a joy to deal with. Quick delivery, good prices, never had a problem.

And you normally get candy in your box!

Edit: I should add that we are in the US as well, and I'm always pleased with the quick delivery times.

I mentioned this before but it's worth repeating, great great customer service from them, above and beyond anything I've seen.

I'd order again in a minute.

Here Here! I own a significant amount of the modern stuff and look forward to each metal release. Not as big on the resin but that's a personal preference thing. I have been awaiting a few of the soldiers to be remolded so they can be restocked for what seems like forever but as others have said. Candy in every package is a nice touch and the UK to USA delivery time is not bad at all. Love me some Kev White sculpts!

I've been wanting some Hasslefree stuff for such a long time.
There are so many scenarios already set up and the quality on the sculpts.. man.. The prices are not unreasonable either.. I just haven't had a specific project yet. I think that's going to be changing though.. I really hope so..

Alright everyone, calm down, you'll have me blushing!

(Thanks )

 Compel wrote:
So, thanks to another thread on the forum, I'm now seriously looking at hasslefree minis to purchase, rather than just the occasional nosy and "oh, that's pretty."

Are they primarily on sale from Hasslefree's site? What's the common way for UK'ers to purchase them?

I just order them straight off the Hasslefree website. However, I believe the Hasslefree go to some of the UK wargame shows and if you place an order in acvance, you probably should be able to pick up the stuff at the show.

We'll be at Salute again this year. Other than that, in the UK, it's mostly our own site. Shipping is based on weight so the minimum shipping tends to cover 6-8 minis or so.

We have some B&Ms that carry our line but we've tried to make it so that if you speak English and you don't live near a shop that sells our stuff then you're better off coming to us. Our biggest retailers are all foreign language based.

If you do have a local B&M though, feel free to recommend us. We always like to support FLGSs, I ran one myself for many years.

Plus, if you buy from anywhere else, you won't get the free sweeties!

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
Plus, if you buy from anywhere else, you won't get the free sweeties!

That is probably true. We can't force retailer to include sugary goodness with our stuff

I believe we've been putting a pack of love hearts in every order this month thanks to Valentine's.

 Artemis Black wrote:

 AndrewGPaul wrote:
Plus, if you buy from anywhere else, you won't get the free sweeties!

That is probably true. We can't force retailer to include sugary goodness with our stuff

You should have made that a part of your trade contract

For shame

I have a ton of Hasslefree minis, there grea. It's been awhile since my last order, I feel like I'm going through withdraw. I'll have to remedy that soon by placing an order soon.

Rihanna, the 5th member of the Nola Five our next survivor set to go with the Penn State Five



Raisa, a variant on the recent Fire Elementalist that Kev made. Uncertain how to distinguish the 2 by name as 'Dynamic' doesn't really suit one over the other . We'll work something out Maybe Apprentice Raisa for the one without the staff?

"Do you want to build a fire golem? "

Why distinguish them? Just let it go.