Yearly Archives: 2008

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

WWI Regiment Packs

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Today we have posted/releases our second Regiment Pack for WWI forces. Added today is the 1914 Russian Regiment pack. The new pack retails for $14.95.

Our WWI Regiment Packs are designed to be used with games where one Stand represents one Company. There are enough figures in the packs to allow for three figures per stand.

More packs, such as Cavalry and Infantry battalions, are in the works.

Be sure to visit the Bloodaxe website for full product listings – Check the Specials page for special pricing on WWI Regiment Packs.

Changes are a coming…

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Just a brief heads up; with new models being added to the various Scruby ranges along with our re-molding project, some Scruby ranges will be receiving new catalog numbers. First up will be the N-gauge, North Africa 1940-43 range. Look for new product listings and part numbers within the next week or two…

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…