October 19, 2011 @ 09:50 AM

One of the requests I frequently get asked for is bases. I've explored this several times and I haven't been able to do it yet due to costs. Textured bases are possible but aren't particuarly cheap and it's very hard to come up with deisgns that look right. Resin is fairly expensive and nobody wants a blank resin base due to the signifincatly higher cost over plastic, yet every miniatures gamer I know needs blank bases from time to time. So that leads to the question "Where to buy reasonably priced bases?"

Most smaller sizes are available on ebay or through bits sellers but the larger bases that are 40-60mm can be a bit pricey, which is why I was pretty excited to see a new start up ...

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October 19, 2011 @ 09:02 AM

 

 

 

I had a lot of delays and set backs on the auto cannons and missile launchers but they are finally in stock. I didn't want to place these items up for pre-order this time around as I wanted to be 100% sure the molds were working correctly so that it wouldn't further complicate things. They've both been added to the 54mm scale parts page.

The ammo belts are being redone, they proved too thin and brittle for casting so I eitehr have to redesign them or have them sent out to be cast in metal. I have the underslung missile launcher out at the printers but it will be several weeks before it's ready.

I am currently at work cleaning up the large vehicle sized version of the missile ...

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