Round 1 2015 Funding - Flashman FLS-8K Resculpt Funded !!!!!!

[Luriael]

Every new sculpt requires the ritual sacrifice of a 3rd Ed plastic Unseen ...

W  :D

suddenly, though, it doesn't seem like to much of a sacrifice considering what is in the works  :P

[klarg1]

Arms are three pieces: Shoulder, Upper Arm and Lower Arm.  The shoulder has a ball and socket joint that fits into the torso and will rotate 360*.  It has a socket that the Upper arm fits into that will allow at least 180* or more of rotation depending on the shoulder position.  The Lower Arm has a pin and socket joint in it that will allow 360* of rotation depending on the position of the two other Arm pieces.  In other words LOTS of range of motion throughout. O0

Thanks!  O0

[Stormlion1]

Is it scary that I can see potential for magnetized arms with the new Flashman?

[B-3]

You can do the waist too! O0

[GRUD]

While I'm STILL against Resculpting ANY existing mini, and I'll never Vote for OR help fund one, I have to admit that I LOVE what Behrle has done with the Flashman and Highlander!   [drool]  I'll be buying a pair of each once they hit release!   ;)

AMAZING work sir!   O0   [applause] [applause] [applause]




Now get busy sculpting the Reimaged Classics, ESPECIALLY the Thunderbolt!   [whipit]   [whipit]    :Jumpy:

[B-3]

Thanks!  So much to do SO little time.  I seriously doubt the T-bolt will get a resculpt.  Whatsamatter with it anyhow???

[Jal Phoenix]

There are currently EIGHT Thunderbolt minis of various variants.  I don't care to see another.

[GRUD]

Thanks!  So much to do SO little time.  I seriously doubt the T-bolt will get a resculpt.  Whatsamatter with it anyhow???

NOTHING!  Especially the Primitive!  O0 


I'm talking about the Reimaged Classics, aka the Formerly Unseen!  NOT resculpting a Project Phoenix/Reseen T-Bolt!  I LOVE the Primitive T-Bolt, but I fell in Love with the "Unseen" T-Bolt back in '86, and it is STILL my Favorite!   {>{>   I can't wait to see how they Reimage it like they have the WHM, MAD and GRF!   [drool]

There are currently EIGHT Thunderbolt minis of various variants.  I don't care to see another.

Counting 3 Fan Sculpts and the T IIC, I currently have 11 different T-Bolt mini sculpts.  I also own the -9NAIS Prototype that was painted (and maybe Created by?) CaptainoftheWatch.  All combined, I own 49+ T-Bolt minis!
You can NEVER have "Too Many" T-Bolt sculpts!!   [drool]

[Feenix74]

Seyla!  O0

I am looking forward to the arrival of the "classic" replacement for the unseen Thud. This will help me to be able to field a company of T-bolts with an individual sculpt for each unit with minimal doubling up (may have to draft in a couple of Thor/Summoners as proxies).

[klarg1]

There are currently EIGHT Thunderbolt minis of various variants.  I don't care to see another.

Four more, and you can field an entire company of different, yet hauntingly familiar T-Bolts.  :D

[Stormlion1]

We have a few other mechs that need sculpts before we get another rehash of the T-Bolt I think.

[beachhead1985]

Incredible work!

I Got my voucher too!

[worktroll]

Thanks!  So much to do SO little time.  I seriously doubt the T-bolt will get a resculpt.  Whatsamatter with it anyhow???

Sorry B3, the Reseen Thud is, IMHO, sub-optimal in terms of assembly by "average Joes". The quality of the parts if great, but ... not for the faint-hearted.

W.

[mike19k]

Sorry B3, the Reseen Thud is, IMHO, sub-optimal in terms of assembly by "average Joes". The quality of the parts if great, but ... not for the faint-hearted.

W.

This is my issue with some of the newer sculpts, to many parts. Not saying they do not look nice when put together but it is the putting together that is the issue.

[Stormlion1]

To many parts equal too many weak points.

[beachhead1985]

Sorry B3, the Reseen Thud is, IMHO, sub-optimal in terms of assembly by "average Joes". The quality of the parts if great, but ... not for the faint-hearted.

W.

I gotta get me one of these things, just for the challenge!

[GRUD]

We have a few other mechs that need sculpts before we get another rehash of the T-Bolt I think.

I take it you DON'T want a mini of the newly Reimaged Warhammer or Marauder either?   ???


Fine.  More for ME then!   O0   [cheers]


The Formerly Unseen Classics ARE coming back, and they WILL be making minis of them.  Complain all you want, but a LOT of us won't.    {>{>    :Jumpy:

[Stormlion1]

I take it you DON'T want a mini of the newly Reimaged Warhammer or Marauder either?   ???


Fine.  More for ME then!   O0   [cheers]


The Formerly Unseen Classics ARE coming back, and they WILL be making minis of them.  Complain all you want, but a LOT of us won't.    {>{>    :Jumpy:

I do, but there not priority. We do have plenty of designs that need there sculpts though and we have quite a few 'doubles' that we really don't need. I mean really, how many T-Bolts again? Eight? But I think its time to get all the designs that need sculpts done first. We can squeeze a resculpt Unseen in every now and then.

[GRUD]

I do, but there not priority. We do have plenty of designs that need there sculpts though and we have quite a few 'doubles' that we really don't need. I mean really, how many T-Bolts again? Eight? But I think its time to get all the designs that need sculpts done first. We can squeeze a resculpt Unseen in every now and then.

I agree with you Mostly.  I neither voted for NOR helped fund the Resculpt Flashman or Highlander, for example.  While I DO like what's been done with them (and WILL be buying 2 of each eventually), I didn't see the Need for either one to be resculpted.  Someone here (I want to say Jal Phoenix?) has a list of all the various BT products ever made, including Fan-made items, and it has NUMEROUS resculpted 'Mechs listed.  Among the worst offenders are the Atlas and Blood Asp, with TWO "Resculpts" apiece!   :o  Then again, we've also got the "Orion Series", Orion (20-848), Orion MW3 (10-845), Orion Resculpt (20-397), and Orion Resculpt w/Kerensky (BC-002), though I'm wondering if the last 2 are the same mini, but 1 comes with the tiny Kerensky figure?   ???

Of those 8 T-Bolts, 1 is the "Unseen", and another is the IIC sculpt, which you could slap any other name on for all that it resembles a T-Bolt.   #P  However, I'm sure I'm not the only "Old Fart" on this site that started with the old "Unseen" designs, and is ECSTATIC to have them back.  The recent teaser pic before Gen Con, of the Wolf's Dragoons/Black Widow Warhammer, Marauder and Griffin generated a LOT of "Buzz" on this site alone.  While I'm sure there are a few people that don't care about them, I'm equally sure they are VASTLY outnumbered by the rest of us.  Having the reimaged Classics back is something a LOT of us have wanted for YEARS, and we're not going to stop bugging CGL and IWM for minis now that CGL has got the ball rolling on the new images.   [whipit]  [whipit]


To all those that have been telling us Old Farts to "Just Let Go" of the Unseens, and "Just Move On", I can say, "OK. NOW I will.".   :D

Oh, and also: "Nyah! I got them back!"   ;D   {>{>

[mdauben]

OK molded, cast n heading for IWM.  10 pieces: Torso, left leg with hips attached, right leg, R/L shoulders,  R/L lower Arms, Upper Arm Part/Weapon Sprue x2 and Variant Parts Sprue.

Yes!  Loving the new sculpt.  The arms look 100% better than the old stiff-arm miniature.  Now, I just need to figure out how many to order...    ;)

However, I'm sure I'm not the only "Old Fart" on this site that started with the old "Unseen" designs, and is ECSTATIC to have them back.  The recent teaser pic before Gen Con, of the Wolf's Dragoons/Black Widow Warhammer, Marauder and Griffin generated a LOT of "Buzz" on this site alone.  While I'm sure there are a few people that don't care about them, I'm equally sure they are VASTLY outnumbered by the rest of us.  Having the reimaged Classics back is something a LOT of us have wanted for YEARS, and we're not going to stop bugging CGL and IWM for minis now that CGL has got the ball rolling on the new images.   [whipit]  [whipit]

Another "Old Fart" here!  I love many of the new miniatures coming out of IWM, and there are certainly a number of new designs that I am really looking forward to buying once IWM can get them sculpted. 

However, my love will always belong to the old, original "unseen".   I've got at least one each of the original unseen sculpts, likewise the newer Operation Phoenix sculpts,  and of course there are all the updated and "primative" versions that have come out since.  However the teaser we've seen of these new "reimagined" original 3025 mechs has blown me away and I'll be waiting very impatiently to throw large fistfull's of money at Catalyst for multiple sets of these new versions of the old mechs and I won't be satisfied until I get them!!!   ;D

(Likewise, I won't be satisfied until I can buy the new LAM miniatures, either.  Nudge-nudge, wink-wink!)    [whipit]

[Stormlion1]

I do want a new Maruader myself for my Comstar unit. But we do have sculpts of older stuff that needs doing.

[B-3]

Thanks everyone!  I'm glad you like what we came up with.  The legs were originally three pieces each with a separate hip piece. IWM asked me to combine them into two pieces to make production easier on their end.  Expect future Mechs to have similar leg arrangements and fewer parts where possible. O0 

[B-3]

Where can I see these new "unreseen" 3025 designs?

[Feenix74]

Here you go:

http://d15yciz5bluc83.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/New-BattleTech-Banner.jpg?bdd337

http://d15yciz5bluc83.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/CAT35006X-Interstellar-Operations-BETA-Cover-1.jpg?bdd337

[B-3]

Great Thanks! O0

[Spenetrator]

I get that the sculpts with multiple parts are difficult to pose, but that's part of the fun. Poseability allows you to field a couple of the same mech and not look ridiculous. Also makes kitbashing easier. I don't agree (though I respect your right to think) that simpler is better.

A pin vice and some paperclips may be essential, but the sense of achievement is always worth those purchases...

As for the Resculpt issue. I think the 'reimagined classics' are a special case... As some of the other old fogeys above said, these models (of their progenitors) were the beating heart of the Battletech universe. They can't come back soon enough for me!

[mike19k]

I get that the sculpts with multiple parts are difficult to pose, but that's part of the fun. Poseability allows you to field a couple of the same mech and not look ridiculous. Also makes kitbashing easier. I don't agree (though I respect your right to think) that simpler is better.

A pin vice and some paperclips may be essential, but the sense of achievement is always worth those purchases...

As for the Resculpt issue. I think the 'reimagined classics' are a special case... As some of the other old fogeys above said, these models (of their progenitors) were the beating heart of the Battletech universe. They can't come back soon enough for me!

I can see this if you want to do any of that. I do not, I want simple easy to do, to get on the table. But that may just be me, I like one piece and have no issue with every one looking the same.

[B-3]

I started out building model kits as a kid, so the more pieces the better for me.  I was asked to simplify the design by IWM to help speed production of molds and production of copies. More pieces slows everything down.

[Feenix74]

I can see the case for both -  one piece minis so that you can field a mini almost straight out of the blister and multi-piece for poseability and customising/configuring.

It is why I think that CGL/IWM are onto a winner with plastic alpha strike lance boxes and the new IWM pewter releases.

[Stormlion1]

I'm in the less piece the better camp myself. I don't own a pin vice, nor do I want one. What I want is to open it up, clean it up, paint it and use it. The KISS Method here.