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Offline uti long smile

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Crooked Dice: Astronaut & Statues - NOW SHIPPING
« on: September 19, 2010, 06:03:24 PM »
An Evil Giraffe has been painting our R4 resins (sculpted by Ian Mountain) in a scheme which might just be familiar if you've ever watched a certain show.

Release 4 details 3 Astronaut's from the 7TV Albion Rocket Consortium. These will be going into production shortly, so expect pre-orders and pricing details up soon. R4 consists of:

(L to R): Astronaut with datapad, Dr Melody Lake (Astronaut), Astronaut advancing



Melody Lake - front and rear view





Astronaut advancing - front and side view





Astronaut with Datapad - front and rear view





We like these A LOT :) And Chris has done a cracking job!
« Last Edit: October 06, 2010, 01:20:31 PM by uti long smile »
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Offline The Dozing Dragon

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2010, 06:05:32 PM »
Liking these  :) Lovely PJ AEG

Offline dijit

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #2 on: September 19, 2010, 06:13:47 PM »
Those look great, they have so many more uses than just Dr Who. It's nice to see some unarmed sci-fi civies.

Offline uti long smile

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #3 on: September 19, 2010, 06:27:43 PM »
dijit - that's good to hear. You don't know the debates we had about having them armed or not!

If they're popular then we will probably follow up with some armed fellows anyway - but any ideas for more civvie poses most welcomed :)

Offline myincubliss

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #4 on: September 19, 2010, 06:30:43 PM »
 :D Any news on when we can pre-order?

Offline uti long smile

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #5 on: September 19, 2010, 07:06:21 PM »
We'll kick off pre-orders once we've confirmed they are into production with the casters. Hopefully in the next week or so.
« Last Edit: September 19, 2010, 07:11:21 PM by uti long smile »

Offline dijit

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #6 on: September 19, 2010, 07:15:39 PM »
dijit - that's good to hear. You don't know the debates we had about having them armed or not!

If they're popular then we will probably follow up with some armed fellows anyway - but any ideas for more civvie poses most welcomed :)
The population of New New York might be nice too.

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #7 on: September 19, 2010, 07:16:11 PM »
they are nice figs to paint, Melody's head especially has half the work in the sculpt, great figs... although I really need to start undercoating white when painting bright colours  lol

only downside was Karl wanted them all to be British... the air was very blue just trying for one Union flag (an entire evening trying to get an area not even a half centimetre square right)... so the others became French and Chinese... easy flags to paint...

And Chris has done

there's a sentence there somewhere  ;)
« Last Edit: September 19, 2010, 07:25:32 PM by anevilgiraffe »

Offline uti long smile

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #8 on: September 19, 2010, 07:36:23 PM »
they are nice figs to paint, Melody's head especially has half the work in the sculpt, great figs... although I really need to start undercoating white when painting bright colours  lol

only downside was Karl wanted them all to be British... the air was very blue just trying for one Union flag (an entire evening trying to get an area not even a half centimetre square right)... so the others became French and Chinese... easy flags to paint...

there's a sentence there somewhere  ;)

Damn my cut and paste! All sorted now :)

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #9 on: September 19, 2010, 08:22:32 PM »
Great minis! Love the paint jobs too. 8)

Any chance of a rocket to go with them? ;)

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #10 on: September 19, 2010, 08:25:49 PM »
Another question: does Meldoy come with a seperate head, or is she a one-piece?

Offline uti long smile

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #11 on: September 19, 2010, 08:53:29 PM »
Thantsants - A rocket is great idea, but nothing in the short term. I've a Pegasus rocket being converted as we speak though :)

Myinc - All heads are on the base tab, so can be chopped and changed if you want.

We've just commissioned Release Six which will include a head sprue for further conversions that are planned to fit the Astronauts and the Minion release - three alien and three human, If there is demand we may sell the astronaut helmets as a separate sprue at some stage, but no immediate plans. More details soon.

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #12 on: September 19, 2010, 09:02:00 PM »
If there is demand we may sell the astronaut helmets as a separate sprue at some stage, but no immediate plans. More details soon.

well I bloody demand it...

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #13 on: September 20, 2010, 07:30:51 PM »
Thantsants - A rocket is great idea, but nothing in the short term. I've a Pegasus rocket being converted as we speak though :)

Myinc - All heads are on the base tab, so can be chopped and changed if you want.

We've just commissioned Release Six which will include a head sprue for further conversions that are planned to fit the Astronauts and the Minion release - three alien and three human, If there is demand we may sell the astronaut helmets as a separate sprue at some stage, but no immediate plans. More details soon.

Fingers crossed that this sprue includes an skull in a helmet for space ghosts / astrozombies. Hey - who turned out the lights?

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Re: Crooked Dice: Astronaut preview
« Reply #14 on: September 20, 2010, 07:54:41 PM »
Those look great, they have so many more uses than just Dr Who. It's nice to see some unarmed sci-fi civies.

I didn't even think Dr Who when I first saw them, my first thought was Moonbase Alpha...
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