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The girls look good. I'm not too sure about the practicality about going into battle wearing a leotard, but whatever. Catachans go into battle in tank-tops. Were the girls metal? I don't remember.

 Przemas wrote:



- they have turned out bigger than I intended . Went a tad angry, until when the other guys came and suggested that actually it can be a good thing. What do you think - should I leave them big (some like chieftain size) or should I make them smaller, more suited for regular troopers?

They look amazing. I would stick with larger size, it's nice to have some bulkier "chieftan" sized heads available.

I understand these make great chieftain heads but does nobody else think there is a limited amount of other body parts required to complete such models …………………..HINT HINT !!!!1

And banners for those parts to wave!

First casts of the Tech Freak Orc heads landed on my desk, - damn, they turned out great!

Woha... WOHA!

Bloddy marvellous

This question came up in another thread, but how much post printing clean-up was needed on those orc heads? Is the set shown what it looks like when it is pulled from the printer?

@silent25: simply put - none. The pic with "blue" heads shows 3d print straight after dewaxing.
It's simple - either you use 3d printing that is good enough for miniatures or not. We've invested quite a deal of cash (and we still do) to get the quality I feel is crucial.
The downside is that such process is on an expensive side - when you build model from a layers that are 10-20 microns thick you won't get your models fast. It takes lots of hours. But on a good side while the printer is building model you can get back to your computer and design next .

The Girls look awesome

 Przemas wrote:
@silent25: simply put - none. The pic with "blue" heads shows 3d print straight after dewaxing.
It's simple - either you use 3d printing that is good enough for miniatures or not. We've invested quite a deal of cash (and we still do) to get the quality I feel is crucial.
The downside is that such process is on an expensive side - when you build model from a layers that are 10-20 microns thick you won't get your models fast. It takes lots of hours. But on a good side while the printer is building model you can get back to your computer and design next .

This would explain why the biker I started painting last night needed no prep work.

Holy crap those Ork heads are incredible.

Definitely in my top 5 for best looking heads I've ever seen.

Chris almost finished painting Orc Tech Freaks heads:


- if all goes "according to the plan" they'll be ready for release tomorrow .

Brilliant stuff there

The guy you get to paint your stuff has too much talent - if you could bottle the excess you'd make a killing!!

Nice

Orc Tech Freaks heads released
http://maxmini.eu/orc-tech-freaks-heads-bits

That is some insanely good painting. I don't know how that guy does it but you should give me his address so I can kidn-er I mean ask him to share his wondrous knowledge.

Amazing sculpts and yeah, that painting is astonishing.
Beautiful. I don't need any more heads but I'm buying these anyway. I love the iron gob on the far right.

I couldn't tell from the originals, but now painted the Ork/terminator head is perfect

"I'll be back" have to go order

Yep, those Ork heads are great. Possibly the best Ork heads I've seen anywhere.

Przemas, have you guys considered making some sonic rifles at all? You've got some awesome looking Sonic Helmets, but no weapons to go with them.

@Barzam: I have thought about it, but atm I haven't figured out design that would be fresh and interesting.
I had a rather inspiring oldschool image of the some giant insects with instrumnets but lost it - and I can't recall the author of it.
If anyone has a suggestion do share .

While we're up into our necks in pile of projects we've been wondering what games do you enjoy:
http://maxmini.eu/blog/what-kind-of-games-do-you-enjoy-most.html

Was it Rodney Matthews ?

http://www.rodneymatthews.com/thehop.htm

Spot on, mate! Awesome there are people with better memory for names that me . Awesome, filled our studio inspiration folder with quite a number of Rodney Mathhews art . Thx !

Great,

I had it on a calendar that hung on my wall for years so remember it well

he produced some really classic fantasy/odd stuff

He did some awesome stuff - I remember his covers for Moorcock books quite well. And damn, this illustration with a crazy, huge train has a firm place in my memory .

I've added Matter Displacement pistols to the store:

http://maxmini.eu/conversion-bits/ballistic-weapons/matter-displacement-pistols-bits

If you'd like to see how those looked on the CAD stage check the latest entry on our blog:
http://maxmini.eu/blog/displacing-matter-with-a-gun-.html

Busy, busy ....

Konrad has just finished sculpting officer heads:


Personally I love the one with cigar.
On a side note - it was a cool experiment in overemphasizing the features to make them look better on a real model. FOr example scar looks over the top on the render while in reality IMO it looks just about right - judge for yourself :

The 3d print was still wet - made taking a photo a tad trickier.

Gork's balls, Konrad is a true artist.

Agreed. Those heads are fantastic! Nice job.