Afterlife: The Shards of Liberty - 28mm scale tabletop wargame

This interesting KS project needs some help to be funded:

AFTERLIFE : The Shards of Liberty

by Anvil Industry

I have many resin minis from Anvil Industry and they are of very high quality - some of the best casts in the market. 

And Now for Something Completely Different

Gentlemen, don't be too serious...but even in a grimdark future do not forget your umbrella!
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Miniature from ebay by Army Gainer aka hobbyworld.ua (let this be my support to Ukraine). 

Sexy legs competition (by IG standards...)

Today, I have short comparison of 3 sets of 28 mm guardsmen legs. They all sport autumn/winter outfit, i.e. greatcoats.

1) Maxmini.eu - set of 6 metal legs costs 7 euros (~9.7 USD). Very good detail and cast quality, although the material (white metal) makes them looking less attractive in the photo. Don't be fooled, upon painting they will be not worse then resin bits. One complaint, they have only 3 unique poses.

2) Blight Wheel Miniatures - set of 5 resin legs costs 8 euros (~11.1 USD). Again very good detail and quality. Resin material makes them more pleasant to work with, and all bits are unique pose. They are also the most expensive to purchase, with only five pieces per set.

3) Mad Robot Miniatures - set of 5 standing resin legs or 6 kneeling ones, each for 8 USD (~5.8 euros). Quality of the cast is the same good like both competitors, however detail is slightly worse, IMO. But this set has its own advantages. They are 7 unique poses in total, at the lowest price and in easy to process resin material.

So, finally, direct comparison of three sets:

I am happy with all of them. Even if some cheap plastic alternatives are in fact easily available since few years (like Wargames Factory troopers below)...

They will fight again... now for Nurgle.

These are conversions made by some skilled Ukrainian modeler, and cast in resin for eBay

(	as DEAD ZOMBIE MUTANTS BLITZ KRIEG KORPS).

Evil Craft(ed) Chaotic Marines

An appearance of new bits company is usually well reported on news sites like BOLS, TGN or TTFix, but this time I would like to add my 5 cents to promotion of new business, because it's Polish company...

Evil Craft

They just started, thus rather limited offer , but it looks like interesting designs...

 These helmets should go smoothly along plastic Raptors from GW...

 Shoulder pads have nice details, and enough generic design for any Legion...

Another nice design with good amount of details...

 I will try to get these bits ASAP, to tell you about casting quality... stay tuned...

Afterlife project on Kickstarter seems interesting (one day left only)

In the past, I've bought several miniatures from Anvil Industry and they are of very high quality. Especially their recent creations are impressive resin casts. For this reason, I believe their Kickstarter project is worthy supporting , if one is looking for some non-standard Marines and Guardsmen...With free shipping it may be a good deal, and delivery time is not so distant (Jan 2014).

AFTERLIFE project link

I suppose that these miniatures will be available in Anvil Industry webstore next year (project is already funded), but during the campaign they should be cheaper.

Women in charge (grimdark, of course)

Just two figures from Bay of E...

 

 

  

Eastern theme continued...

Two more figures from the east.
This time they are not only made there, but quite originally fitting the existing eastern theme of WH4K by using Vostroyan style...

 

Death Guard Obliterators spotted

Obliterators of Nurgle are ever popular choice for Heavy Support slot in Chaos Space Marines army. As it is with all minions of Nurgle, creation of quite unique models is not so difficult task. However, sometimes people offer home-build miniatures re-cast in resin as a quick solution to buy. Below are such miniatures, offered on eB for ~50 USD / squad, i.e. the same price as GW failcast product.

For comparison, I will show another option accessible via some Russian website.

(Painter unknown...NAR+ ???)