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Offline Stormwind

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #150 on: August 28, 2014, 04:11:54 PM »
Oh that sounds fab!
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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #151 on: September 17, 2014, 07:29:56 AM »
Yesterday I received examples from the production moulds for my Generic 10mm Lizard Army Sculpts. Bear in mind, these are meant for any ruleset that uses 10mm fantasy miniatures...however I've tried to make them as usable for all rulesets.

In regards to using these for Warmaster, all the mini's fit on the bases in a way that allows the bases to align against other bases in the unit without problems. The only miniature that will be a little tricky is the Raptor Riders along the short edges. These need to be placed on the bases with a little forethought and it may be that the tails need to be bent a little to the left or right to facilitate this, but this can be done very easily and they can bend to the left or right quite a way if needed. The neck and heads can be bent a little as well. In the pics below though, I did not need to bend any tails or heads, simply just paying attention to the placement of the miniatures was enough to get them all to fit.

To save on sculpting costs, I've tried to double up on some models. For instance, with the Lizard Warriors and Raptor Riders, you'll notice that one of them has a spear that is held vertical. This model can use its spear as either a spear, or a standard.

Completed so far and ready for production;

5 x Lizard Warrior Variants (I may get a sixth done)
6 x Gecko Warrior Variants
2 x Giant Lizard Warrior Variants (I may get a third done)
3 x Raptor Rider Variants

The sculptor is in the midst of completing the rest of the sculpts and we're still on target for a full range release before X-mas.

Anyway, some pics below. All these have been washed with a Black Ink Wash to help show the details as taking pics with light shining on white metal makes it hard to see details.










...a base with 2 x ranks of 5 Lizard Warriors (too squished in?);



...a base with 2 x ranks of 4 Lizard Warriors (I think I'll capitulate and go with this option - looks less squished and easier to finish off basing);



Geckos



...a group shot;


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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #152 on: September 17, 2014, 08:25:01 AM »
i'm blown away!

take my wallet to them...

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #153 on: September 17, 2014, 08:49:37 AM »
Excellent work.

Have you thought about how you are going to sell these?

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #154 on: September 17, 2014, 11:20:52 AM »
Thanks guys, glad you like them :)

Have you thought about how you are going to sell these?

Yeah, they'll be available through Eureka in Australia (I don't know if the international distributors for Eureka stuff will also have them, maybe). It hasn't been settled on what the pack contents or make up will be as yet because the last of the sculpts are still in progress.

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #155 on: September 17, 2014, 11:27:26 AM »
can you somehow get them made in Europe as well!  ~£9 a pack from the UK distributor leaves me with a headache! this is why i only have 1 pack of Eureka 10mm at the moment.  perhaps i'm living in the past, money wise  :0(
thanks for the chance to have a high quality Lizard army :0)

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #156 on: September 17, 2014, 11:47:00 AM »
Great models! Well done Awesomeshotdude

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #157 on: September 17, 2014, 01:40:46 PM »
Great modelS, congratulations.

When you said they will be available through Eureka, you they will be in their webpage, etc...?

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #158 on: September 17, 2014, 05:10:38 PM »
Mate these are amazing! Just as I got GW some lizardmen, ha ha. Oh well!
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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #159 on: September 17, 2014, 06:16:34 PM »
Will be getting some of these no matter how I need to order. :)

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #160 on: September 17, 2014, 08:41:27 PM »
Nice work

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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #161 on: September 18, 2014, 08:21:57 AM »
cant wait to place an order!

any idea on when these will be available????


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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #162 on: September 18, 2014, 09:55:07 AM »
I'm not 100% certain of an exact date when these, and the rest of the Lizard range, will be available. However, the full range will be available before Xmas. I wish I could give a more specific time but a lot of it is out of my hands and subject to various factors.

When they do go up for sale, I'll be sure to post it here immediately and they will be available to buy through the Eureka Online store just like all their other models. It won't be a limited thing either, they'll be available for as long as Eureka supports a 10mm Fantasy range.

@lawhock76 - With Eurkea handling the casting and sale of these miniatures for me, I don't think that they will be made in Europe, sorry. I think the UK is the closest country that casts up Eureka miniatures.
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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #163 on: September 18, 2014, 11:03:24 AM »
http://www.fighting15sshop.co.uk/fantasy-144-c.asp

Fighting 15s are the distributor in the UK for Eureka.  Would be great if they got them in the end. People say Eureka is expensive but you get what you pay for, they are great models.
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Re: Army Sculpting Commission
« Reply #164 on: September 18, 2014, 05:22:19 PM »
VERY nice!

I'd say 24 figures for a Lizard unit, 30 for a Gecko and 12 for the cavalry.

The Krox..., errm Giant Lizards certainly needs a third figure, especially if the only source is going to be expensive Eureka.

How about Salamanders, Terradons and Characters, including a Slann-type general figure? Maybe you could put a Salamander in the character pack? That's the only slight problem with Eureka, they produce some units to make a Warmaster army but never seem to do a "full" range. That and the cost of course  :(.