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After a long hiatus, (sorry, folks!), we have some new progress with Saucer War One! In a mad flurry of sculpting, I've hammered out the Silvercat in a mere three days!



The Silvercat is the primary interceptor-saucer for the forces of ANTIC, defending the skies of Earth against the predations of Das Mondreich and the Noordicans.



It will come with magnetisable weapon pods of 30mm cannons or 'Mighty Mouse' 70mm aerial rockets. Very much the weapons of choice for fighting flying saucers in the 1950's!

The Silvercat will be available as a print-ready STL file, or as a complete resin miniature when Saucer War One launches later this year.



I'll have my Elegoo Mars 2 Pro soon, so I hope to show off some printed, and then painted, samples of the 'cat in a short while. No more vapourware!

A bit excited, because I can see the opposing fleets of saucers starting to assemble as concepts become sculpts, and will soon be real, actual models.

The rules themselves are coming along now; I ran into a probability wall months ago, and it killed my enthusiasm for writing the durned thing, but letting it simmer on the back of the stove for a while did the trick. Now I aim to offer the beta-level rules, cards, tokens etc. as free Print-n-Play PDFs in a short(ish) while.

Check in with the Miniature Martin blog or Facebook page for updates!

https://www.miniaturemartin.com

https://www.facebook.com/Miniature-Martin-112392783790837/?view_public_for=112392783790837

Nice progress!

I look forward to seeing these in the "plastic".

 Easy E wrote:
Nice progress!

I look forward to seeing these in the "plastic".

Thank you! Although "About damn time progress" might be closer to the truth...!

Speaking of plastic, I am debating investigating doing these in HIPS plastic if the KS generates enough funds... might be pipedreaming, but it would open many possibilities.

Man that Silvercat looks ace!

 Manchu wrote:
Man that Silvercat looks ace!

Cheers! I have to admit, I am a bit chuffed with it.

It's come a long way from my initial plans for the design:



After the first pass at the sculpt I realised it had no sense of direction — no 'zoom' factor. You couldn't tell at a glance which way was the front of the thing.

So, I added a couple of big exhausts at the back, and that improved it markedly. I'm really happy with where the model is now.

I love it, it definitely looks slick and fast and has an authentic 60s feel too.