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This, That and Some Other Stuff…

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It has been a little bit since my last post, so I thought I’d fill the gap with a small batch of miscellaneous updates…

My article on Medieval War Games is almost done, a couple of misplaced files have been recovered, so I should have this one done by the end of the week.

Randy finished painting samples of the the new Early War Germans late last week. He mailed them out on Friday, so I should have them in hand today or tomorrow. I’ll shoot some photos as soon as I have these in hand. Look for an official release of the new Resistant Roosters Platoon Packs (team packs too) at Rock-Con later this month.

SPAM levels are increasing, and this is slowing down our email response times (if I crank up the filters too much we start loosing emails – slow response is better than no response).

Look For a new Blasted Planets release at Rock-Con – I have a few different things in mind, we will just have to see what gets molded before the convention.

On the Bloodaxe Miniatures front, I’ve finally finished the last of the molds for the 1914 Russians in Fur Cap. I’ll shoot photos of these figures when shooting photos of the Resistant Roosters WWII Germans. We migth be able to squeeze in one more Bloodaxe Minaitures release before the end of the year. The mold making shop is busy with custom work, but I’ll see if we can finish the Adowa (First Italo–Ethiopian War) molds before the end of December.

Completed a new mold for [Scruby Miniatures] NN-60: N-gauge, Napoleonic French Fusilier, Marching, Slung Musket (looks more like at the carry to me). I started with the original master figure and created a nice, clean new set of pattern figures for use in the new production mold. NN-60 has never looked better!

Alison is a bit backed up in the shop – a hard disk problem caused a few mixups in work orders, so she had to re-do a few orders. I think I have the problem sorted out, so we should be good going forward. Well, that should about do it for today. Look for at least one more post later this week…

Last Week…

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Last week HistoriFigs HQ was hit by a nasty virus. As such we didn’t get nearly as much done as we had planned…

Alison continued with her casting projects (orders and a Resistant Roosters production run). By the end of the week she was only about a day and a half behind schedule, so not too bad.

I finished up a few custom projects (one which was problematic, but on the bright side the problems allowed me to solve a few nagging mold making problems) and closed out the week with some production work. All of the photos that were due to be posted last week will be shot and posted later this week.

Later this week we will also have two new releases in the Blasted Planets line – the Animal Guys are ready as is the first batch of Fin Head Aliens (The Fin Heads will be released in two or three batches). As soon as I have some pictures, we will make the official release announcement.

My fun project for the weekend was my 10mm speed painting project. I finally got a start on painting some American Infantry (Scruby N-gauge WWII, North Africa). So far things are looking good for this project. The hardest thing is waiting for the base coat to dry! If all goes well, I should be able to knock out infantry figures in batches of 100 in very little time. They will be good enough for my needs, and that is all that I am after with this project. After I see how this first batch goes, I’ll decide my next steps. Ideally I’ll launch a project that will allow me to build 2 battlegroups, for use with the Blitzkrieg Commander rules, by the first weekend in March…

More later this week.

Blasted Planets News

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And now for a bit of news concerning the Blasted Planets line…

We have both good news and bad news for you today. I’ll start with the bad news.
Due to increasing metal costs we have increased prices for all Blasted Planets products.
Starting today base pricing looks like this:

  • Single figures – $1.25
  • Bags of 6 figures – $7.25
  • Bags of 12 figures – $13.50
  • Bags of 24 figures – $23.75

And now for the good news: Our first Blasted Planets release for 2008 is now ready. Today we release the Human Light Infantry figures:

Human Light Infantry
BP-061 Officer with Pulse Pistol
BP-062 Trooper with (crappy) Pulse Rifle (2 poses)
BP-063 Heavy Weapons Support
BP-066 Team Pack #1 - A team of 6 figures
BP-067 Team Pack #2 - A team of 6 (with heavy weapons)
BP-068 Squad Pack #1 - A standard squad (12 figures)
BP-069 Squad Pack #2 - A squad of 12 with heavy weapons
BP-070 Horde Pack - A horde of 24 figures

Human Light Infantry

In addition to the Human Light Infantry, we are also releasing the first 13 sets of heads. Each 6 pack of heads sell for $1.25. I’m not happy with my first set of pictures, so no pictures will be posted until Monday (when I’ll have a nice new set ready to post). In the meantime, here is the listing for the new head sets:

BP-1000-A 6 Pack of Beret (cap) heads
BP-1000-B 6 Pack of Barehead or Skin heads
BP-1000-C 6 Pack of Peaked Cap heads
BP-1000-D 6 Pack of Stahl Helmet heads
BP-1000-E 6 Pack of Crested Helmet heads
BP-1000-F 6 Pack of Hookhead Helmet heads
BP-1000-G 6 Pack of Minotaur heads
BP-1000-H 6 Pack of Varmint heads
BP-1000-I 6 Pack of Dog (terrier) heads
BP-1000-J 6 Pack of (small) Rabbit heads
BP-1000-K 6 Pack of Moose heads
BP-1000-L 6 Pack of Dino heads
BP-1000-M 6 Pack of Gator heads

Next up for the Blasted Planets line will be the “Animal Guys” – If I can squeeze the mold in this weekend, they will release next week, otherwise look for these the following week.

Lets close out with a picture showing the Human Light Infantry with non-Blasted Planets heads (some spares from my bits box). And to make this at least a little bit fun, the first 3 people to identify the heads used on these two figures will receive a free 12 Pack of Blasted Planets miniatures (email your guesses to info@blastedplanets.com)

More Human Light Infantry

Monthly Ramble

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The end of January is near and there are so many projects on my desk and in my head that I just need to ramble a bit – if nothing else it helps me sort things out, and who knows you might pick up on a few ideas or upcoming releases…

The shop is busy this week – Alison is processing a large quantity of 54mm figures as well as preparing for a stock run for Resistant Roosters packs. Several other little projects in her queue as well, but those are the biggies.

Switching from the casting shop to the mold making shop, we see projects lining up very quickly. Since moving the 8 foot table into the shipping room, my projects have been stacked on my desk, but there are too many, so they are slowly filling all the open floor space – nice neat stacks of trays and boxes with masters and patterns. I’ll be working in the mold making shop (AKA Basement) most every night this week and on through the weekend.

What does all this mean? Well it means that we are busy. Busy is good. With my part we re finally getting to where we can release more product (as well as re-mold old product)…

So, here; I’ve opened the door to new releases. In the way of new releases, I’ve just finished up the work on this weeks release in the Blasted Planets line – Human Light Infantry. By Friday’s release date we will have pictures, prices and listings posted on the Blasted Planets website. Next up for Blasted Planets will be “Animal Guys” – OK, we need a batter name for this one, but that’s what Lance calls them, so for now that is what we will call them (I smell a contest brewing). Anyhow the Animal Guys are kinda nifty; they too have swappable heads. I expect that the default shipping head will be the minotaur head. However that will not be your only choice; another good choice is the moose head. We have others too… If all goes well, the Animal Guys will release within the next two weeks – just need to finish off a few bases and make the production mold for the bodies. After this the next release will likely be a bits bag – I’ll be needing the bits for future releases, so now is the time to get these done.

While still on the subject of new figures – work on the next Resistant Roosters release has picked up again, a few pieces are back with the sculptor, plus a few more have been mapped out – in the end, I think these will be worth the wait. The casting shop bottleneck is hitting the 40mm AWI figures, but we are just about past the worst of it, so we will be seeing these by mid February – patterns take more clock time, so the work windows are smaller than for production molds.

Two other projects are waiting in the wings – “New” Scruby N-gauge figures as well as some more new figures (18mm) and a new brand to go with them…

My only current personal projects are a couple of speed painting projects. One in 15mm and the other in N-Gauge/10mm. In 15mm I need hordes of Russians, so they are the focus of that project. In 10mm, I’m finally getting around to my Africa Korps project, so this will be the focus of my 10mm speed painting project. For sure we will see new molds for the Scruby figures, additionally we may see a few brand new figures added to the range…

Well, that about wraps things up for today – next time I’ll have more pictures of the new Blasted Planets releases…

Sneak Peek: Blasted Planets…

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The best way to describe activity here at HistoriFigs HQ is simple this “Busy, busy, busy”

A lot going on with lots more to do; something happening everyday; Alison is busy in the casting shop. I’m busy in the mold making shop. Work in all scales from 10mm to 54mm. Custom and restoration work. Business systems and website work. Sales and Marketing work…

Well, anyhow, you get the idea. We are busy on all fronts. The good news this year is that we are keeping up with orders, some (Scruby figures) are taking a little longer, but mostly we are on track and on schedule. One place where we have blown the schedule is with the release of our first new figures in the Resistant Roosters line. These were due this month, but there are a couple of figures I’d like to see fixed or redone, so these are going back for a little bit of re-work. We expect to be able to release these in February.

Perhaps the delay will allow us to shift focus a wee bit and get the new 40mm AWI figures into production a bit sooner…

For sure the shift in production schedule has allowed us to start work on the Bloodaxe Moro Rebellion range. Another up side is that I was able to pull in a Blasted Planets release. The next Blasted Planets release is scheduled for next week – let’s just call it 1 February 2008. Up this time are figures to represent Human Light Infantry. The cool thing about these figures is that they have separate heads. The figures will ship with a random selection of heads (Peaked Cap, Beret, skin or bald heads and Stahl Helmet). Other heads will also be available. The first six are done and in molds (and in stock). Another 6 should be done this weekend (this mold should fit in between a couple custom casting projects) with more to follow. Our (short term) focus with the Blasted Planets line is to catch up with the smaller projects – “heads” and “bits”; once these are done the follow-up releases should roll out much more smoothly.

OK, I’ve kept you from the posting topic long enough, and so without further delay here is your sneak peek at the upcoming Blasted Planets release – Human Light Infantry:

Light Infantry

Light Infantry

Light Infantry

We will have an officer with Pulse Pistol, troopers with (crappy) Pulse Rifles and a Heavy Weapons support figure in this release. A nice, but small selection of figures – with the swappable heads you will be able to create a much larger variety of figures…

And now for a short list of things to look for in February: 40mm AWI (Americans Line), 15mm Resistant Roosters (Late War Greandeier/Panzergrenadier), N-Gauge (Scruby F&IW – sculpts by Jay Miller), Blasted Planets (Human Light Infantry) and more…