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My only critique is the mixed armies sharing a sprue. If it was one OR the other I could see us buying a bunch.

NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
My only critique is the mixed armies sharing a sprue. If it was one OR the other I could see us buying a bunch.

It was meant to be part of a starter set. But you mention 'us', one of you could play humans and the other one goes for the Ork proxies.

You know you want to!

Santa Maria! The legends were true!

I honestly thought these had disappeared into the ether. At this point I'm not going to start making demands - it's water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned - but I'm curious: what's the situation for the original backers...?

 Vermis wrote:
Santa Maria! The legends were true!

I honestly thought these had disappeared into the ether. At this point I'm not going to start making demands - it's water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned - but I'm curious: what's the situation for the original backers...?

Thanks!

Regarding your question, I've forwarded it to Ben over at Tactical Command.

What a great time to not be playing Epic!

I mean to be playing not Epic!

 Vermis wrote:
Santa Maria! The legends were true!

I honestly thought these had disappeared into the ether. At this point I'm not going to start making demands - it's water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned - but I'm curious: what's the situation for the original backers...?

I got mine sometime last year,It took awhile but we got them eventually

Sprue looks brilliant (and reasonably priced as well).

Are there any pics about of them assembled and painted?

@Vermis: all backers should have received their models a year ago. Ben will contact you in case you haven't gotten yours.

@Pacific: http://www.tacticalwargames.net/taccmd/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=31187

 Vermis wrote:
Santa Maria! The legends were true!

I honestly thought these had disappeared into the ether. At this point I'm not going to start making demands - it's water under the bridge as far as I'm concerned - but I'm curious: what's the situation for the original backers...?

All backers should have received their pledges a year ago; did you move in the mean time, and also miss the emails from the campaign website asking for new addresses for anyone who's moved?

Fire me a PM with details and I'll sort you out anyway.

Shhhhhhoot. I looked up my Indiegogo history and it turns out I'd only pledged on Wave 2 and after. Sorry guys, my mind's playing tricks on me!

Maybe I need to treat it to some retail therapy.

Little announcement from Vanguard Miniatures:

Design work finished on the first of a new faction for Defeat in Detail. This faction will be called "The Tainted" and will consist of renegade and traitor forces from existing DiD ranges.

First up will be these tainted novan regulars which will see release in a few months time.

Some new reinforcements for the Novan Elites:

Novan Elites – Forefront Platoon B (on foot):

Novan elite forefront platoons without jump packs are transported in armoured assault vehicles of various types as the situation demands.

This B type configuration equips the elites with heavy guage pistols and shear swords the standard armamant of forefront units.

Pack contains 40 figures.

£6.20

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-elites-forefront-platoon-b-on-foot/

Novan Elites – Forefront Platoon C (on foot):

Novan elite forefront platoons without jump packs are transported in armoured assault vehicles of various types as the situation demands.

This C type configuration equips the elites with two heavy guage pistols for increased firepower as close quarters.

Pack contains 40 figures.

£6.20

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/novan-elites-forefront-platoon-c-on-foot/

Vanguard Miniatures' 15mm range is expanding. Now the Skinnerz have some enemies to shoot at!

15mm Novan Elites Affray Set

Novan elites affray infantry set.

Set consists of:

16 x riflemen

2 x flamer trooper

2 x missile launcher trooper

2 x sergeant

£13.00

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/15mm-novan-elites-affray-set/

15mm Winter Infantry Set

This set comprises of 22 figures:

18 x riflemen

2 x flamer troopers

2 x grenade launcher troopers

£12.00

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/15mm-winter-infantry-set/

15mm Winter Infantry Heavy Weapons Set

This set consists of:

6 x heavy weapons carriage

6 x operators

6 x heavy machine guns

6 x laser cannon

£10.00

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/15mm-winter-infantry-heavy-weapons-set/

Look very nice!

Definitely an interesting move doing these in 15mm, and I hope they will catch on.

Rules wise I suppose you have different options, I can't see why moving the scale up of Epic Armageddon wouldn't work, or even actually adapting something like the 'Battlegroup' set of rules (with the miniatures based individually) might be an interesting project.

15mm? Way too big. But looking excellent.

 Pacific wrote:
Rules wise I suppose you have different options, I can't see why moving the scale up of Epic Armageddon wouldn't work, or even actually adapting something like the 'Battlegroup' set of rules (with the miniatures based individually) might be an interesting project.

I'll grab the opportunity to pimp these rules. Elements of E:A (the author was an E:A playtester IIRC) and the Starship Troopers rules. (I think he also worked on Mongoose's Battlefield Evolution, which borrowed from SST) Provides tweaks for multibased minis. Choose from generic lo-tech, mid-tech or hi-tech lists, and the options each provides. (In the spirit of giving your minis the rules and equipment that seem most appropriate, not min-maxing!)

...huh. I didn't know I wanted not-40k 15mm stuff. Now I do.

Excellent stuff, I need to start preparing an order

Those gasmask guys are really beautiful. I'm thinking I'll use them as naval infantry for 15mm boarding actions. Could also be useful for alternative history/weird wars world war two (or especially for weird wars one).

Is there any chance for a size comparison with the 15mm figures against some other ranges? I'd hate for them to wind up too big or too small compared to the rest of my collection.

 Barzam wrote:
Is there any chance for a size comparison with the 15mm figures against some other ranges? I'd hate for them to wind up too big or too small compared to the rest of my collection.

I found an old Flames of War stand, I don't know if the current FoW range still use the same figures?

Hope they're helpful.

That's very helpful, actually. Thanks for posting that.

Man those Novan elites look big, almost true scale like!

How cool would 28mm versions of these be, and in how much trouble you'd get if you'd release those.

Vanguard Miniatures' 15mm range keeps on expanding:

15mm Skinnerz With Rifles:

This set contains:

20 x skinnerz with rifles

4 x skinnerz with rocket launchers

£13.00

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/15mm-skinnerz-with-rifles/

Size Comparison We have a Novan, A Ground Zero Game model, a 15mm Brigade Miniatures, a Novan, a Khurasan 15mm Space Demon, a Ion Age 15mm Cultist, a Novan and then a 15mm Khurasan.

Novans look a little cartoony compared to the others (not a bad thing, I'm not knocking it), but scalewise, they look pretty spot on. If I didn't have piles of GZG figures and vehicles that still need paint, I would grab a set.

New releases are in!

Vanguard Miniatures are dipping their toes into 28mm scaled models, and not only that...it's also the first release for The Tainted faction. Expect their 6mm counterparts soon!

28mm Tainted Novan Regulars Rifle Squad:

First in a line of 28mm models for playing skirmish games in the Defeat in Detail universe.

Sets contains:

8 x riflemen

1 x petard trooper

1 x Sergeant

and 10 plastic bases

£18.00

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/28mm-tainted-novan-regulars-rifle-squad/

28mm Tainted Novan Regulars Heavy Weapons Team:

This pack contains one infantry support weapons team with optional weapon choices.

1 x gunner

1 x loader

1 x weapon carriage

3 x heavy weapons

1 x plastic base

£8.00

http://vanguardminiatures.co.uk/shop/28mm-tainted-novan-regulars-heavy-weapons-team-x-1/

Ah they are quite nice but hoping for Sisters!

 Mr Morden wrote:
Ah they are quite nice but hoping for Sisters!

Wot, 28mm ones??

Cool to see Vanguard dipping into 28mm METAL, but I'm not feeling it.

The riflemen all have that same gun across the chest, legs in a squat pose which isn't exactly aiming, not exactly on guard, not moving, not really anything.

I'd recommend looking at some other metal trooper lines (the 2nd edition IG come to mind, long with Necromunda) where some guns are at 45 degree angles, others are pointed up. Some legs are running, some walking, others at attention.

On the plus side I really like the uniforms, besides the chaos stars they're very pulpy, with the ornate helmets (with fins!) those guys could be working for Ming the Merciless!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Cool to see Vanguard dipping into 28mm METAL, but I'm not feeling it.

The riflemen all have that same gun across the chest

I sculpted two different rifle arm poses, one aiming, one holding it lower (see attached pic).

That's supposed to give ten basic rifleman poses (5 body poses x 2 rifle arm poses), plus more variety with 5 heads.

Maybe I just took rubbish pictures that don't show the variety of the figures properly.

legs in a squat pose which isn't exactly aiming, not exactly on guard, not moving, not really anything.

They all want a poop.

I'd recommend looking at some other metal trooper lines (the 2nd edition IG come to mind, long with Necromunda) where some guns are at 45 degree angles, others are pointed up. Some legs are running, some walking, others at attention.

More rifle arm poses are certainly a possibility, if these sell it'd be easy for me to sculpt more rifle arm poses.

On the plus side I really like the uniforms, besides the chaos stars they're very pulpy, with the ornate helmets (with fins!) those guys could be working for Ming the Merciless!

Thanks. :-)

Geeze hate it when the sculptor actually responds to my critique of the sculpting

One other recommendation, since I think a lot of folks will want to use these in games by another company, which has a workshop, it might be good to put out one with separate arms where it's easy to swap in arms with the rifle or melee weapons of the modeler's choice. Makes life easier for all of us!