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Dansville Wargamers and More…

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I’ve been back from Little Wars for a week now and have not written a thing, so today I’ll take this opportunity to talk about two new and exciting things.

First I’d like to share a bit about our news friends – Dansville Wargamers ; the table next to ours at Little Wars was manned by fine group of painters: brothers Chris and Andy Sebolt and Jeff Gatlin. Together they form Dansville Wargamers (located in Dansville MI). Over the course of the weekend we talked much about painting and such. Friday evening they picked out a random selection from our upcoming v2 release of Late War Panzergrenadiers. Jeff’s paintbrush set to work and by late Saturday we had our first look at some painted figures…

Well, after a bit more discussion it was decided that the fine folks at Dansville Wargamers will paint samples for each figure in the Resistant Roosters line. This won’t happen overnight, but soon, they will have in hand samples of each figure currently in production (along with a few that will be soon). As these are completed, Alison will photograph in logical groups and we will place the photos online at: http://resistantroosters.com

Did I just write http://resistantroosters.com ? Why, yes, yes I did. That is correct, a new website can be found at: http://resistantroosters.com. We are not done with the site just yet, but it does contain listing for all of the Resistant Roosters products. This will be the first site to point to our new e-Store once Alison gets things working. I’ve setup a development system for her to use and work should begin shortly.

Earlier, I mentioned new Resistant Roosters figures – Late War Panzergrenadiers to be more precise. It is true we do have new figures and they are just about ready to go into production. Yesterday I finished casting the last of the pattern figures and will begin making production molds this week. As these are an extension of the existing LW Panzergrenadiers we will be re-molding the original figures at the same time and will release them all together in a new v2 release – Late War Panzergrenadiers/Grenadiers. Look for more information as the week progresses.

There is more news, but I’ll wrap it up for today – Look for more releases in the Bloodaxe line as well as some progress reports later in the week. In the meantime why not pop over and checkout the Dansville Wargamers website?

Dansville Wargamers
http://dansvillewargamers.com

54mm Releases

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As we mentioned the other day, we are working on releasing some of the Scruby 54mm figures. First up is a small batch of figures first released in the early 1970’s. These single piece castings were called Imperials. We have been unable to locate all of the original catalog numbers for these, so we will be issuing new numbers as the figures are re molded and released.

Our new molds are made using the same (original) masters as used to make the original production molds (early 1970’s). The quality of these new castings exceeds that of the originals…

  • I-801: Napoleonic Russian Infantry, at attention
  • I-802: Napoleonic British Infantry (in stovepipe), at attention
  • I-803: Napoleonic Prussian Infantry (1806 Bicorne), at attention
  • I-804: Napoleonic Austrian Infantry (in helmet), at attention

These new castings are supplied unpainted and are priced at $3.25 each or a set of six (6) for $18.00.

54mm Scruby Miniatures
A composite picture of the first 4 figures in the Imperials Series

These figures release today and are in stock for immediate shipping.

Look for Napoleonic French and the Austrian Grenadier coming soon…

USMC Rifle Company Pack

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New Resistant Roosters company pack releases today 20 February 2008.

  • USMC Rifle Company (AM-205) – $80.00

Pack contains:

  • Company HQ
  • 3 Rifle Platoons
  • Weapons Platoon
  • and more…

In addition to the standard platoon packs listed above we have added additional figures including a Combat Photographer and Demolition Corporal.

The next “extra” is a short (two page) article covering the organization of the USMC Rifle Company (1941-1945). The article is the result of ‘historical’ research into correct platoon and company organization. The article is not targeted at any specific game or rules system – it is provided to serve as a historical guide to USMC company organization.

This article an also be downloaded from our Resistant Roosters Resources page:
Resistant Roosters Guides & Tutorials


Resistant Roosters Guide: USMC Rifle Company Organzation

Imperials and a General Update

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Time for another update. We continue to plug away at orders and stock production; progress is good, just not quite what we had planned for. In the last 5 days we have had nearly 30 inches of snow. In itself, this isn’t too bad as I like snow. The impact has been the number of snow days (full or half) for school. When Liam is home from school Alison has less free time for production. The end result is that some projects are taking a bit longer than planned.

Snow removal and splitting of firewood (we have had a number of very cold days – this morning it was -8 when I got up) have kept me a little busier than planned; that coupled with a full workbench has brought photography to almost full stop. So, the pictures I had hoped to post are still a few days away.

There is light at the end of the tunnel, well at least for me there is. Alison on the other hand will finish off the current Resistant Roosters production run and will have to immediately start another production run for one of our casting clients – that one will be followed by yet another. At which time it looks like we will need to start again on a new Resistant Roosters production run…

Speaking of Resistant Roosters, we it a big snag in our release of new figures; We have had a package go missing in the post – the package contains some greens being sent back for some minor re-works. At this point we do not have a new schedule for this release (more Late War Panzergrenadiers – in winter kit). However, we do have one new offering: Releasing tomorrow is a new company pack:

  • USMC Rifle Company – $80.00

This new pack contains:

  • Company HQ
  • 3 Rifle Platoons
  • Weapons Platoon
  • and more…

One of the “and more” bits is a short (two page) article covering the organization of the USMC Rifle Company (1941-1945). The article is the result of ‘historical’ research into correct platoon and company organization. The article is not targeted at any specific game or rules system – it is provided to serve as a historical guide to USMC company organization. We are working on articles for each of our company packs.

Next up is a small project that I’ve been wanting to launch for some time now. There have been several motivations for the project. A couple of these motivations are: A basis for a Toy Soldier army in 54mm for Liam. Another being a good starting point for Alison to learn more about figure painting. The figures I choose for this project have their roots in the 1970 Scruby catalog supplement.

Scruby 54mm Imperials are cast in one piece - there is no assembling to do at all. These infantry figures retail for $3.25 each! I can guarantee the quality of these figures. They need little or no cleaning, and will compare with any higher priced miniature available today.

The above is taken almost directly from the catalog supplement – the only change is that I’ve inserted today’s price rather than the original. At this point we have 4 castings in production:

  • Napoleonic Russian Infantry, at attention
  • Napoleonic Prussian Infantry (1806 Bicorne), at attention
  • Napoleonic British Infantry (in stovepipe), at attention
  • Napoeonic Austrian Infantry (in helmet), at attention

New molds have been made for these models. The original patterns were used to create these new molds; the resulting castings are of a higher quality than ever before…
54mm Napoleonic Russian Infantry

Be sure to check back for more news and project updates.

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