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What's in the pipeline?
« on: 18 January 2016, 20:40:54 »
What minis have been or are being sculpted that we can look forward to? 

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #1 on: 18 January 2016, 21:45:47 »
2 Highlander Resculpt Variants (734 & 738 if I recall) based off the recently released new Highlander Resculpt.
Arctic Wolf II A, B, C (last I heard they were having CAD issues).
Thor II A & B (last I heard they were having CAD issues).
Vulture MK III (last I heard they were having CAD issues).
Black Knight "Red Reaper"...should hopefully be out soon, but I honestly haven't heard anything.
Arion...no word.
Chimera & 2K variant...no word.

I don't know if any of the CAD issues have been resolved or not, the last I heard, they weren't. Beyond that...I don't know what else is in the pipe.
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #2 on: 18 January 2016, 21:50:41 »
All unsubstantiated, but the Centurion Omni, Gotterdammerung, Juliano, and Templar III all showed up as preorders on my FLGS' website. They aren't in the habit of posting a lot of BT-related vaporware so I'm partially inclined to believe that at least some of these are planned for 2016.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #3 on: 19 January 2016, 08:34:21 »
Also, there is the Arion and Chimera resculpts coming, not sure on timing on those though.  Quite a few more in the works, but that is all I can say ;)

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #4 on: 19 January 2016, 13:03:13 »
Also, there is the Arion and Chimera resculpts coming, not sure on timing on those though.  Quite a few more in the works, but that is all I can say ;)

Completely forgot about those! I've added them to my list as well.
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #5 on: 19 January 2016, 14:27:49 »
Well i've made 5 sculpts for ironwind so far that to my knowledge have not yet been released.
The Vulture MKIII (I have no idea what happened with that)
The Rifleman III (I have no idea what happened with that)
The Lu Wei Bing
The Quasimodo
The Gün

The Lu Wei Bing and quasimodo I handed those in late hence why they have probably not been released yet. But myself and ironwind have since changed our workflow a bit so that handing in models late will hopefully no longer happen (at least on my end) there are some others in the pipeline though that have not been announced yet that I am working on.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #6 on: 19 January 2016, 16:00:05 »
I have seen an assembled Lu Wei Bing and it looked awesome. Congrats Sentinel!
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #7 on: 19 January 2016, 16:15:04 »
I have seen an assembled Lu Wei Bing and it looked awesome. Congrats Sentinel!

I look forward to seeing the mini myself. It's funny i often get to see my miniatures after they are in stores and to this day i have never seen any of my "official" miniatures in real life even though i've been doing this for two years now.

Alex Iglesias's designs are often quite tricky to do because they have so much visual detail and stuff that often does not translate well to miniatures. I think the Lu wei is the mech i've spent the most time working on except for maybe the Ares.


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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #8 on: 20 January 2016, 21:02:45 »
I hope the Thor II A and Juliano are indeed a thing. Would love to buy those.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #9 on: 21 January 2016, 21:45:00 »
I hope the Thor II A and Juliano are indeed a thing. Would love to buy those.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #10 on: 22 January 2016, 15:30:20 »
...Centurion Omni, Gotterdammerung, Juliano, and Templar III...

I want...well, all of those!

I've got my fingers crossed that there aren't so many itty-bitty pieces with these upcoming models. I'm working on putting together a Havoc and a Tiburon right now, and it's not exactly the most fun I've had constructing a mini. I could deal with all the parts on the bigger stuff like the Stalker II and Kodiak II, but these little guys are giving me fits. Oh, and to whomever is working on the Centurion omni, pretty-please, make that row of canisters on the shoulder all one piece that I can glue on rather than a bunch of separate little cylinder pieces. Trying to get those same things attached to my Ghost in something resembling a straight line with a pair of tweezers was painful!

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #11 on: 23 January 2016, 06:47:29 »
...Centurion Omni, Gotterdammerung, Juliano, and Templar III...

Just got confirmation yesterday, these are correct & are set for 2nd Quarter!
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #12 on: 23 January 2016, 08:00:28 »
Confirmation from whom?
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #13 on: 23 January 2016, 08:21:22 »
As Dragon is an online retailer he probably got it straight from the "horse's mouth"
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #14 on: 23 January 2016, 09:24:28 »
Confirmation from whom?

Directly from Melissa at Iron Wind Metals

As Dragon is an online retailer he probably got it straight from the "horse's mouth"

Yep!
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #15 on: 23 January 2016, 12:48:25 »
Yeah, Stinger is working hard on the Centurion Omni.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #16 on: 23 January 2016, 15:08:56 »
Yeah, Stinger is working hard on the Centurion Omni.

Ha! Then we know it will turn out stellar!!!
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #17 on: 23 January 2016, 18:15:56 »
I'm working on the Juliano, and this years con special :)

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #18 on: 23 January 2016, 19:52:49 »
Ha! Then we know it will turn out stellar!!!

Thanks! Your confidence means a lot!!

I am planning two alt configs too :-)

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #19 on: 23 January 2016, 20:39:47 »
Thanks! Your confidence means a lot!!

I am planning two alt configs too :-)

That's great! Wish more Omni configurations came with an extra variant or two...but I know in speaking with IWM, costs can be prohibitive.

I'm working on the Juliano, and this years con special :)

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #20 on: 23 January 2016, 21:29:36 »
I am super excited to hear about the centurion not only being produced, but having variants as well. Sounds like the IWM release schedule post is a little out of date.  ;)
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #21 on: 24 January 2016, 10:13:31 »
What about the classic Warhammer?  They've had a prototype for at least 6 months.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #22 on: 24 January 2016, 10:45:40 »
What about the classic Warhammer?  They've had a prototype for at least 6 months.

I made that prototype for Catalyst, not Ironwind. Although I wouldn't rule out the posibility of it going to Ironwind at some point.
But whatever happens with that mini it's up to Catalyst.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #23 on: 24 January 2016, 10:47:27 »
What about the classic Warhammer?  They've had a prototype for at least 6 months.

From what I've understood, Catalyst will have the "Classics" first, in plastic. At some point IWM "MIGHT" produce them in metal, but I don't recall them ever officially saying they will.

Now...there's a LOT of rumors out there, such as the Classics being in an Alpha Strike Box Set. BOTH the assumption of them appearing in said box set, and the box set itself...have NOT been confirmed officially. It's all rumor at this time.
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #24 on: 24 January 2016, 14:27:50 »
From what I've understood, Catalyst will have the "Classics" first, in plastic. At some point IWM "MIGHT" produce them in metal, but I don't recall them ever officially saying they will.

I don't know if it still stands, but at Gencon last year during the What's up with Catalyst panel they said it would be in both plastic and metal.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #25 on: 25 January 2016, 22:41:18 »
Like this?
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Yessssss

And good to hear about the Juliano, too. Looking forward to what Sentinel comes up with.


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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #26 on: 26 January 2016, 16:23:31 »
So what happened to the IWM release schedule thread? Is it gone for forever?
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #27 on: 26 January 2016, 23:33:21 »
It is now on their website: IWM release schedule 2015 2016 webpage

Edit - corrected year
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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #28 on: 26 January 2016, 23:38:03 »
Nice. Thor II A and B, plus the Juliano... that'll keep me busy for a while.

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Re: What's in the pipeline?
« Reply #29 on: 27 January 2016, 08:11:02 »
So what happened to the IWM release schedule thread? Is it gone for forever?

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