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Title: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: uti long smile on 14 May 2012, 03:55:33 PM
June will see Crooked Dice storming the lunar surface! Bulk out your ARC forces with these heavily armed astronauts from the brilliant Ian Mountain.

(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj278/pez47/Crooked%20Dice/3b33ed5e.jpg)

These two were almost final WIP shots - but show them with the heads on.

(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj278/pez47/Crooked%20Dice/8b064029.jpg)

(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj278/pez47/Crooked%20Dice/e07b8f42.jpg)

They went off for mastering today, so hopefully in store in early June.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: Sir Barnaby Hammond-Rye on 14 May 2012, 10:42:07 PM
Very nice. What are the other 10-11 "slots" on the master mold going to be filled with?
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: Thunderchicken on 14 May 2012, 10:43:16 PM
Fantastic stuff Karl, lots of uses for these fellas.  :-*
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: Cherno on 15 May 2012, 11:26:21 PM
These would work well in a pulpy raygun sci-fi setting á la Flash Gordon or The Rocketeer, with those bulging visors and roman centurionesque crests on top of the helmets.

The whole team could be from a terran exploration group that crashlanded on a strange planet.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: emperorpenguin on 15 May 2012, 11:48:36 PM
Damn it, just when I couldn't figure out how to attach a gun to my Crooked Dice astronaut without it looking stupid, you release these, forcing me to buy them!  o_o  Evil geniuses...
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: mpennock on 16 May 2012, 05:30:53 AM
I love the laser rifle in the middle. Very 1999.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: Lovejoy on 16 May 2012, 09:12:27 AM
Classic Ian Mountain, so smooth and clean - lovely! :-*
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: Michka on 17 May 2012, 05:28:50 AM
I see a purchase in my future. And then I'm gonna party like it's 1999.
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: uti long smile on 18 May 2012, 06:54:52 PM
Masters received, checked, approved and returned to Griffin.

They are absolutely lovely. Intentionally a little chunkier and look great for it!

Here is a size comparison shot. The one with the data pad (third from the left) is from the first release.

(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj278/pez47/Crooked%20Dice/astrosize.jpg)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: Colonel Tubby on 19 May 2012, 03:14:00 PM
Nice set - the guy with the handgun, his pose looks so 'Airfix'. He's great!
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts
Post by: sundayhero on 19 May 2012, 06:40:07 PM
they could also do the job in a reproduction of James bond movie, the one with Roger Moore, in space  ;)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: uti long smile on 01 June 2012, 09:14:52 PM
(http://i274.photobucket.com/albums/jj278/pez47/Crooked%20Dice/e2db4f7f.jpg)

This month the super patriotic Albion Rocket Corporation protects the nation and her head of state* even in space and on the moon. With some heavy weaponry. 3 new Astronauts by Ian Mountain. Get the Deal or Single figures – one with a Pistol, one with a Rifle and one with a 'party fun' Rocket Launcher. Serious stuff. IN STORE NOW!

DEAL - £8.50 for all three
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store1.html#armedastros

SINGLE FIGS - £3.25
http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/store2.html#armedastros

*God save the Queen. With man portable high explosive rockets. 
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: Diakon on 01 June 2012, 10:17:57 PM
Love them. Don't know what I'd use 'em for. Those crazy Trauma Harness things from the Fallout New Vegas DLC Old World Blues maybe. Love the idea of a rotten corpse in a space suit armed with a rocket launcher.  :D
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: Brummie Thug on 01 June 2012, 10:59:02 PM
Very nice I do love the paint job on these as well  ;)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: Brummie Thug on 02 June 2012, 08:52:32 PM
Love them. Don't know what I'd use 'em for. Those crazy Trauma Harness things from the Fallout New Vegas DLC Old World Blues maybe. Love the idea of a rotten corpse in a space suit armed with a rocket launcher.  :D

Armoured up vaulties liking that idea just swap the heads perhaps
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: uti long smile on 02 June 2012, 09:23:49 PM
Well the zombie astro head will obviously fit these :)
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: emperorpenguin on 02 June 2012, 10:26:45 PM
Love them. Don't know what I'd use 'em for. Those crazy Trauma Harness things from the Fallout New Vegas DLC Old World Blues maybe. Love the idea of a rotten corpse in a space suit armed with a rocket launcher.  :D

That's exactly what I used my Crooked Dice astronaut for, but I couldn't attach a laser rifle without it looking awkward. So I'll be getting one of these ready armed ones and another zombie head. Y17 Trauma Harnesses are awesome!
Title: Re: Crooked Dice: Armed Astronauts - IN STORE NOW!
Post by: Andrew May on 03 June 2012, 12:43:55 AM
Hmmm I'm funding it hard to resist these!