Slight delay....

Due to unerxpected demand...Im awaiting some new stock. Should have it Weds so any outstanding orders will be out at the latest on Thursday. Sorry about that, however it does mean other items will be out sooner as I can invest!

Whats coming next - update

Hello all, quick update

Id like to say a quick thanks to everyone who has supported my adventure, particular to those as Ive now sold over 45 packs! A great start and beyond all of my expectations. Still a long way to go to breakeven, another 150 packs would do it :) however its allowing me to start the next set with some confidence!

So here is what is currently under 'sculpt'









The HQ
2 officers . Doing officer type stuff- looking and pointing :) One without helmet. One of these is going to have a rifle so it can be swapped with the squad commander with pistol in the unit pack
One medic, same basic infantry, however give him a small scanner in his hand and a backpack.
One comms man - basic infantry with comms backpack and rifle
1 politikal officer - basic infantry - however with commisoners type hat. Ill add a picture of what I mean (politcal officer). Pistol
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Support Weapons squad.

This can bolster the unit pack or provide a support unit


1 similar to lmg, however with gatling gun.
1 rifleman carrying ammo for gat gun
One additional lmg gunner - new stance
one with some heavy plasma/gauss gun -
one rifle man carrying ammo for plasma/gauss gun.

Heave weapons

ATG gun -  a depoyable portable rail gun.
The ATG gun has a two man crew. However rather then manning a gun,  both are kneeling, one with binocular type device and one holding a keypad, laptop type thing.  They will be remote controlled weapons. So the crew set can fire all weapons.

I will also have a loader. This will be a bit different in that I want a standard infantry man, in exoskelatan suit.  Its  a basic infantry  with skeleton on his outside legs, arms, feet and chest. Helps load and lift heavy stores.

Missile sled. It will be a mini AEGIS combat system able to launch Artillery (mortar) rockets, AA missiles or anything else you like!
A second sled will carry ammo or deployable units

and thats about it for now. Hopefully you will like them :)

Thanks

AA

The Rusks are on the move

Getting ready for my first game with my new troops. By no means pro painted, however look ok to me:)


Fire Section 1 on the move

ordersforarmiesarmy@gmail.com - N EW email for orders

It struck me to keep my orders seperate from questions etc . So Ive created a new order email. For all those that have preordered, do not worry all is safe and I will continue to use both emails, so nothing will be missed, just thought it easier to seperate them :)

So for any new order please use ordersforarmiesarmy@gmail.com

thanks all

Its official

I am open for business!

The production moulds are being finished so I am happy to take any preorders. Each pack will be a 10 men squad and cost £3.50. To order please contact me on armiesarmy@gmail.com or through this blog and I can send you a qoute including the calculated postage.

coming next ......HQ, Heavy Weapons and Heavy Infantry

Whats coming next I ask?

Im thinking for these to be of use as an army, Im going to need a full support of HQ and heavy weapons, so that is in fact what i am doing. The HQ team will consist of additional commanders, a medic and sniper team. Probably 5 figures.

The heavy weapons will be a little bit different. I will have a 2 or 3 man crew and then a choice of support weapons. They can include a rail gun ATG, AA defense and an Anti Infantry Weapon. Without giving to much away, each weapon will be a stand off weapon and the crew will fire using a remote controller. Id thought it unlikely in the age we are discussing that weapons would still be crewed openly.  Two crew will be operators and some will have  third crew member as a  loader.  The loader will be a small heavy lift loader, possibly a exoskeltan suited character who does the heavy lifting and can cover teh distance to reload quickly.

Another weapon will be the mortar. Now I'm in two minds as to what future war mortars will be like and Ive been thinking a multi function launch tube device or aerial device. As it is , Im thinking a miniature multi tube device, like a MRLS. This will be sled driven (hover, wheeled, grav) and will contain multiple tubes for mixed ordanance. The heavy loader will be perfect for loading these. Im open to suggestions!



Another work in the pipeline are Heavy infatry troopers. They will be exoskelatan troopers with heavy calibre weaponary and jump assisted devices for jumps and landings. They will also support full heavy armour and will be in the style of the normal infantry.  Brings these troops from milita to a Russian/Russian sponsored forces.

Finally, Im doing some none full helmeted versions of the current infantry range. The may be used for the same era or even modern. They will look very much like russian forces in Chechnya.(spelt?)

Cheers

Armies Army

jumping the gun....

Right then

Despite not finishing my WIP for my production figures, I got home today to find some test casts ready for me! They are from the master mould which I will create my production mould. So here they are

These are straight from the mould with a little black wash to highlight it for the pics better. Ive still to work out how to use the camera correctly, however dont think they look to bad. At some point I will picture each up individually so they look a little more animated.


Very pleased with them and fit nicely with a few other ranges I think. Here is a comparison shot up against the fantastic GZG and Khurasan miniatures.

Finally.....any suggestions as to where I post these announcements for marketing purposes? I so far use TMP and lead aventure forum, however the more I use the better :)


Next up finishing the WIP and painting some up

WIP

Let the process begin......

The figures

First steps taking today!  Making the master mould. First up aligning the figures in the silican based mould and adding the alignement studds. Also removed the centre so it fits into the machinary for spinning.

The mould is then added to the compressor base (want for a better word) with lots of silican spray to help release it


Its then added to this beast and vulcanised for about an hour at 110 degrees.

Once cooked the mould is removed and ready for cutting the channels and feeds. This is were cuts are made to allow the flow of metal on spinning. Once completed its ready for some master figures!

Before it looks like I know what this is all about...Id like to thank Mike from Black Hat Miniatures. Mikes provided me with the means, skills and time to start this process and its his skills thats running the show! So big thanks to Mike

This week......

I will be mostly making master and production moulds for my new figures.....

Im particularly excited by this and will include a diary and pics on how its done.

When I say this week, I mean if and when I get the chance after dealing with the kids..... The week after may be more realistic as I will be on gardening leave. Notice handed in last Friday and Ive a few weeks before my new job!

Production .......

Thanks all

Im excited to say that Ill be beginning the production phase very soon. Im going to take a final look at the figures and decide on any modifications and then begin the master and production moulding process. A good friend is going to help me out with this process and casting the miniatures. Hes in the business with years of experiance, so Im hoping it will be a painless experiance. Best of all, he lives round the corner from me :)

As for the modifications, Im thinking of adding some sights to a few weapons, grenade launcher and a rpg armmo backpack such as this one to a ammo carrier

More news to follow....

Very excited ......Greens are here

Yep.....greens are on the way.

Very excited by them, so without further ado...here they are

Im particularly pleased with the squad weapons guys and commander, have the right mix of  future/modern war weaponary with the old school rpg, AK and PK . Now just need to test the water and see if anybody would like them

A begining......

Well....here it all begins

I’ve jumped from hobbyist to hobbyist with some figures of my own. Why, well I’ve always fancied giving this a go and thanks to an unexpected windfall I’ve got some cash to do it. Do it, being creating a squad size of 15mm sci-fi figures, whom I will use and if possible make some cash back by selling. If I don’t, then no big loss as bottom line is I have my own unique set of figures for some gaming.

So to begin with, I’m now commissioning 10 15mm figures. They are more future war then sci-fi I guess, however consist of one squad leader,  1 light weapons, 1 anti tank light weapon and 7 infantry troops, each being a different figure.

I have seen the very first figure and I am very excited to say the least. More details to follow as and when I have more figures and pictures to follow. I don't want let the cat out of the bag, so to speak, however I cans safely say they fit in quite nicely with the Tomorrow's war theme.

Watch this space.......