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Title: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 19 April 2011, 06:57:05 PM
Our May release are three scientists for use in your laboratories and hidden research facilities.

(http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/images/s2r5cdscientists.jpg)

A female doctor, elderly prof and rugged male with gizmo have been sculpted by Mark Evans. All are supplied with the head on the tab to allow you to mix and match with the other Crooked Dice compatible heads.

These 28mm eggheads will be available individually and as a Boffin Bonanza Deal for all three. The heads will also be available on a separate sprue as they hopefully have 1999 different uses!

Pricing and release dates to follow, but these are currently with Griffin, so we are expecting masters in the next week.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: Steve F on 19 April 2011, 07:00:32 PM
Dig those sideys on Dr Zoogang!  Finding uses for the other two may be an Impossible Mission.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: General Roos on 19 April 2011, 07:02:59 PM
Awesome!  :-*
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: myincubliss on 19 April 2011, 07:13:54 PM
I'm starting to think you should set up a subscription service, what with every release being desireable... Keep up the good work and keep taking my money!
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: Earther on 19 April 2011, 07:46:07 PM
Want. :o :-* :o ;D :o lol
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: manic _miner on 19 April 2011, 10:15:23 PM
 Very nice work by Mark.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: Gluteus Maximus on 20 April 2011, 08:45:56 AM
Lovely stuff! As usual with your figures in this range, they have so many potential uses.

Surprised there isn't one in glasses! Surely one of the great cliches in this genre lol

The separate heads pack is a great idea too, it makes conversons so much easier. I wish more companies had the initiative to do this.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: Malamute on 20 April 2011, 08:56:48 AM
Very nice indeed, lots of character ;D
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists
Post by: uti long smile on 20 April 2011, 09:39:56 AM
Lovely stuff! As usual with your figures in this range, they have so many potential uses.

Surprised there isn't one in glasses! Surely one of the great cliches in this genre lol

The separate heads pack is a great idea too, it makes conversons so much easier. I wish more companies had the initiative to do this.

It was sort of born out of necessity as we couldn't really afford to do three separate sculpts\cast, but we've found it does give a nice flexibility to the range.

It presents a couple of minor problems and not everyone likes it, but it kind of works for us. We've a few more heads sprues planned over the next few months too, so they'll be even more to choose from.

And thanks to everyone else for all the kind comments. Mark is putting out some great work at the mo. He's doing lovely stuff for Fenris too.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 16 May 2011, 09:45:19 PM
Crooked Dice: Scientists and Tokens now shipping

Push back the boundaries of knowledge for good or evil with our 3 new scientist miniatures sculpted by Mark Evans and painted by Mark Dixon. They're £3 each or get the boffin bonanza deal for £8. The heads are also available for £1.50 with we suspect 1999 different uses.

(http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/images/s2r5cdscientists.jpg)

Our much delayed tokens are also arriving in Store (in limited quantities at a time) so all orders awaiting them are getting shipped out as fast as we can.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Supercollider on 17 May 2011, 02:47:26 AM
As soon as I saw the female scientist I thought of Helena Russell.  Great stuff!

(http://www.rastech.info/RASTech/sites/space1999/Library/images/Library/Misc/BRAKWAY1.jpeg)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Commander Vyper on 17 May 2011, 12:26:30 PM
we suspect 1999 different uses.

Subtlety of words lost on our transatlantic friends again I see...  ::)

Nice figures Karl. Hope they do well.

Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: oxiana on 17 May 2011, 12:31:28 PM
Brilliant stuff Karl.  :-*

These are definitely near the top my list when I get back from my lead exile in a couple of months!  lol
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Big Martin on 17 May 2011, 12:45:19 PM
Gopt to get some of them to add to my collection of strange scientists.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 17 May 2011, 03:27:46 PM
Cheers all!
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Auton on 17 May 2011, 03:48:37 PM
Order placed!
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: shadowking1957 on 17 May 2011, 04:54:21 PM
Very good I's love to see what people do with the seperate heads?, I'll oder when my cards ,tokens and mins eventually arrive,(not the poor guys fault at all, but has spoiled the 7Tv a bit for me).Excellent ideas and work in progress....

Tony
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Supercollider on 17 May 2011, 05:55:29 PM
Subtlety of words lost on our transatlantic friends again I see...  ::)

Not sure if you were having a dig at me... but I am in fact an ex-pat   ;)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 17 May 2011, 06:08:50 PM
Very good I's love to see what people do with the seperate heads?, I'll oder when my cards ,tokens and mins eventually arrive,(not the poor guys fault at all, but has spoiled the 7Tv a bit for me).Excellent ideas and work in progress....

Tony

Tony, apologies if it's left a bad taste. We've been badly let down. Twice. We're as frustrated as you - and it's not the way we want to do things. Hopefully, we can keep you entertained with minis and rules to make up for it.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on 17 May 2011, 06:17:58 PM
Brilliant PJs on some brilliant minis. Will have to wait a while for an order (couple of shows coming up) but it will be forthcoming!!
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: shadowking1957 on 17 May 2011, 06:44:27 PM
Like i said not your fault and your prob more mad than anyone, please don't take it as anything bad the products are  wonderful the setting  great , Your ideas like i say are worth the wait....

Tony
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Commander Vyper on 17 May 2011, 07:06:29 PM
Not sure if you were having a dig at me... but I am in fact an ex-pat   ;)

Then you should know better when someone's trying to stay under the IP radar then, you should get 'irony' too in that case!  ::)

 lol
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Supercollider on 17 May 2011, 08:07:39 PM
Then you should know better when someone's trying to stay under the IP radar then, you should get 'irony' too in that case!  ::)

 lol

Well, if posting an image of the 'Moonbase Beta' team is a problem, I'll gladly edit my post.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Commander Vyper on 17 May 2011, 09:13:08 PM
No but taking offence at a little tongue in cheekiness is Adrian, wasn't having a dig and have replied to your pm so all should be good...

Anyway back to the inspired inspiration miniatures eh? Unless they've be set adrift like that pesky old moon of ours! ;)

Crooked Dice: Scientists and Tokens now shipping

Push back the boundaries of knowledge for good or evil with our 3 new scientist miniatures sculpted by Mark Evans and painted by Mark Dixon. They're £3 each or get the boffin bonanza deal for £8. The heads are also available for £1.50 with we suspect 1999 different uses.

(http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/images/s2r5cdscientists.jpg)

Our much delayed tokens are also arriving in Store (in limited quantities at a time) so all orders awaiting them are getting shipped out as fast as we can.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Donpimpom on 17 May 2011, 09:33:00 PM
ohhhh shinyyyy, i see those scientist bodies plus the Squid-faced alien from your Alien Minion Head sprue turn into a great Dr Zoidberg   lol lol
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 18 May 2011, 01:01:09 PM
ohhhh shinyyyy, i see those scientist bodies plus the Squid-faced alien from your Alien Minion Head sprue turn into a great Dr Zoidberg   lol lol

I'd not thought of that! Brilliant idea  lol
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: carrma on 18 May 2011, 07:10:53 PM
Tempted to use these to make 3/4 of the team from KENT.  Harry, of course, no longer has the luxury of having a miniature.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: D@rth J@ymZ on 18 May 2011, 07:32:05 PM
Excellent minis with lots of character and many potential uses  :-*
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: shadowking1957 on 18 May 2011, 08:37:13 PM
Got my order today of cards tokens and bits all superb wonderful work. Triples this weeked so i'll see what i got left but i have ideas on the heads and will buy some  minis for them.

Tony
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 18 May 2011, 08:48:04 PM
Got my order today of cards tokens and bits all superb wonderful work. Triples this weeked so i'll see what i got left but i have ideas on the heads and will buy some  minis for them.

Tony

Great news Tony. Glad you like them :)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: Grimjack on 22 May 2011, 09:11:43 PM
Great minis, any chance of finding out when the 11th hats and beardy heads come out? Want to order scientists, heads and, for some reason, astronauts all at the same time, so will do so when the western, egyptian and unshaved 11th generation heads are out
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Scientists - NOW IN STORE
Post by: uti long smile on 22 May 2011, 10:42:27 PM
Great minis, any chance of finding out when the 11th hats and beardy heads come out? Want to order scientists, heads and, for some reason, astronauts all at the same time, so will do so when the western, egyptian and unshaved 11th generation heads are out

Cheers!

I'm still waiting for Guru and Tweedy head masters from Griffin (will chase again tomorrow), but they are planned for a June release - likely mid-month, but will update as soon as I have more info.