Anvil Industry's Gun Tractor

Having recently taken part in Anvil Industry's kickstarter for Afterlife, I received my miniatures the other day. The one bit I was looking forward to with most anticipation was the gun tractor. And as always when it's stuff from AI I was not disappointed. Very cool looking, ripe with detail, free of bubbles and mistakes, very little flash and moldlines - great job as always Joel. It comes with several very usable weapons, which you can turn 360, no need for glue to stick the weapons there, which mean you can switch them around as much as you like.

I also thought I'd put it next to another new tracked unit, previously reviewed here - this one is much smaller though. And luckily so, as the big one is an artillery piece and this one is more your average trooper carrying a big gun. Of cause I have no intention of using it as described, and I just received another batch of bits from AI to make it just perfect, hopefully I'll get some time during the next few days to play around.

Size of the beast

Yay - just saw on the GW website that they changed the size of their Knight to 6" instead of 8". Pew - had me worried there for a second, would be quite difficult to add that much extra size to the Leviathan. 1½" on the other hand is just a fun challenge, that I'll be looking forward to. A bit of extra spine and a litte extra armour plating should easily give me an extra 1", which should fine together with the GW one. Hurray!!!

Knights!!!

Though being working on the DreamForge Leviathan to use as knights, I'm really impressed with these and just need to have at least one once they show up. I can even work them both easily into my army - and what is all that talk about a codex as well. I've been out of town for a few days, and the world's gone nuts.

More parts coming together

Well happy holidays to you all. As most of us I guess, family has been the priority the last few days, and possibly the next few ones as well. Despite the lack of hobby time, this giant has grown a bit.

Guess this should keep the enemy busy!

In a slow, but none the less forward moving process the Knight is coming together. Take a look at the size of this gun - yasis, gonna make some holes yes?

Seriously huge!!!

I got something wicked out of a box yesterday - the DF Leviathan Crusader, 15mm style. First I was a bit taken aback with how many components there was in the box, but the "how to build" works really well. Now I just can't get over how cool I think it is, that some of the parts are actually held together by metal screws and that so many parts are actually moving.
Managed only to get the one leg done yesterday, but I got you a scaleshot to show how huge this thing is going to be. Really looking forward to get some more work done on this. I think I'll just do this pretty much out of the box, to get acquainted with the model, and then convert the arse out of the next one.

Troublemaker Games Indiegogo campaign rolling

The INDIEGOGO CAMPAIGN whith those cute little not mechanicus is now rolling - and with an new very interesting stretchgoal . A walker......

Hypapsist test

Through several different designs, I have been through trying to figure out how to make my hypaspists. Still I haven't been able to come up with something I really liked, and the project has been one of those things that just is set to simmer in the back of your mind and once in a while turns out a new idea. My latest ideas can be seen here, and I'd appreciate your opinion on the ideas, as I'm really trying to figure out what design to go with. What I'm thinking is a mass produced above average soldier, still quite human but with a good deal of tech and bionics - easily more soldier than the tech-priests. Though, topclass and trimmed rank and file soldiers, I also see them as a bit feral, rather violent bunch - without much regret and a burning desire to serve the Machine God.

But please let me hear you views and ideas.

Bits used are: Also planned are some shoulderpads, though I haven't decided on which yet.

Pig Iron and Puppetwar heads

Blightwheel Torsos

Anvil Industry and Blightwheel Legs

 Anvil Industry weapons

Anvil Industry arms - and a planned mix with ones from Mad Robot miniatures

Loads of tanks

Finished all the tanks I want in the army so far - bar a couple of landraiders, which I haven't started yet. Though small they look quite impressive.

Cool stuff on the horizon

Not overly happy about another post being an upcoming project from someone else - an Indigo campaign this time. But hobby time has been scarce these last few weeks, and this thing is simply too good not show, given the other content of my blog.

Some 6 mm minis, which are not AdMech - but will be easy to use as stand-ins. Behold Troublemaker Games' Cybershadows - Indigo campaign about to launch shortly, some other interesting stuff there as well btw.

Troublemaker Games Indigo Campaign