"Chewk preview" Topic

I've previewed a line of 15mm sci fi troops in development, the Chewks, on my blog:

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I want them. I want them ALL. I want them NOW!!!

When should I send in my money? Just say when.

Now?

Now?

How about now?

Did you say something?

Now?

Dan

So Dan, if I understand you correctly, you don't want them, and you can wait til later?

Actually the good news is clibinarium is moving along quite nicely with them and that part of the game will not take too long. The big random question is, how long will they take to be cast? I'm hoping that Spring 2010 is an accurate assessment, early rather than later!

"So Dan, if I understand you correctly, you don't want them, and you can wait til later?"

WHAT!!!!!????

(unintelligible mumbling)

Dan

You know, between you and Rebel, there is just too much good stuff. If you guys keep coming out with all this cool new stuff, I am never going to have a chance to order from GZG. So stop it, stop it now, I say!

Another interesting race. I like the ugly crab head and claws protruding from the robes.

Impala: "You know, between you and Rebel, there is just too much good stuff"

You read my mind! My Sahadeen and Chewks are going to have it out:

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There is only room for one hooded species on this planet!!!

Dan

Ho Hum! Another set of figs for the 15mm guys. When is Khurasan going to learn that real gamers use 6mm or 28mm figures?

Damn it! I will not, will not, will not start another scale.

(Anyone want to buy my 28mm SF collection?)

Allen57,

LOL. Don't sell or give away your 28mm goodies, man. Just "diversify", like I do (keeping my 28mm, while now focusing on getting 15mm).

That way, depending on what opponents become available, you run a better chance of having figures in their scale.

Dan

WOOH! Clothed aliens! And with an interesting biology that affects their technology in a significant way . . . I cna even forgive their humanoid appearance for that move.

Now, having them in 6mm is going to be a challenge, though . . .

Look will you stop doing this?

I am going to have to sell the kids, work 2 jobs and use all my holiday for painting to keep up with the great output at the moment!

Thinking about that – one of the three ideas sounds very good

Andrew
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CC, My wife will shoot me if I start buying another scale of figures. I disappear into the basement too often the way it is.

Khurasan, witht the mention of "drill ships" please tlel me these guys are going to have some "mole mortar" type weaponry…pleeeeeeeease lol.

oooh! Also, any idea on when Orca troops might be available?

What's a mole mortar? A mortar to kill moles in your garden? If so, and it works, I'll take three!

I am making chewkbombers (a mortar), two different crews, if that helps?

Orca assault troopers are not on hand yet, they are still swimming over from Spain. Then I have to get them cast …

"What's a mole mortar?"

Am I the only one who thought it might be a mortar that fires moles?

"Am I the only one who thought it might be a mortar that fires moles?"

MeroMero, you so get me…:D

way back when 40K was Rogue Trader, the IG used something called a Mole Mortar – it was a mortar that drilled beneath the ground to reach it's target, instead of flying through the air. I always thought it was an interesting idea but for whatever reason they decided to drop the concept early on.

Whoooo…. looks to me like them chewks have got a MG42.

Probably had to swap out the receiver to accomadate the fusion ball ammo. Unless it's cold fusion I bet they go through barrels really fast.

Leidang, the fusion ball is a chemically propelled round with a self-contained fusion reaction in every round!

I prefer to think that the MG42 resembles the Chewkgun.

"way back when 40K was Rogue Trader, the IG used something called a Mole Mortar – it was a mortar that drilled beneath the ground to reach it's target, instead of flying through the air. I always thought it was an interesting idea but for whatever reason they decided to drop the concept early on."

Actually 40K still has them, the Death Korps of Krieg engineers use them, available from Forgeworld of course.

Very nice concept

When is Khurasan going to learn that real gamers use 6mm or 28mm figures?

But these ARE 6mm and 28mm figures. They are 10ft tall in 6mm and 2ft tall in 28mm. Its that simple.

NO! No. No, no, no, no, no,no,no….

No more 15 mm.

Lord these will sell well. Help me be strong.

LOL!

I like them.

Gracias,

Glenn

Yes, yes, yes! Don't listen to them. Keep it coming.

Dan

Will do Dan!

Khurasan,

Do you have a closer photo of what the faces look like?

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Thanks.

Dan

I was actually surprised that clibinarium was able to get that clear a photograph! These guys are 12mm tall, after all.

Very Nice

By the way, here is what the chewkamel is going to look like:

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it will be the beast of burden of the Chewks, about the size of an ox, perhaps just a bit bigger. It will be part of the chewkannon set. The chewk heavy gun is a fusion cannon usually mounted on battle stations on the drillship, but like in the navies of the colonial powers, the cannon is sometimes dismounted from the large vessel and put on a wheeled carriage so that in can directly support the infantrychewks. In order to move it, the chewks employ chewkamels. So there will be a gunner, a loader, a chewkamel, and a chewk holding the reins of the chewkamel.

oh god i thought for a minute that it was sandFLIES and i was about to run to get the spray. horrible creatures.

Khurasan,

How much longer now?

Thanks.

Dan
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Progress has sort of stalled out the past few weeks. The line is about half done though.

The good news is that it looks like I'll be moving ahead with the chewk drillship, with its boom cannon extended. Have sent specs to a rapid prototyper and am waiting to hear back on them. It will be depicted sticking out of the ground, having just risen for a surprise attack.

Thanks. Hope things get back on track.

Dan

Oh, they will, just waiting for more metal masters of the heads and rifles.

Khurasan, you had me with the sandflea as artillery prime mover… I'm going to need an entire 12-gun battery on principle…. Balaclava 2320 AD, anyone?

Leland R. Erickson
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"Into the Valley of Death, strode the 600, the sun glinting off their exoarmour…"

Well, while we continue to wait on the Khurasan Non-Jawa Chewks* to fight against the Rebel Minis Sahadeen, check out these cool-looking 12mm tall "Sandrider" guys:

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There may be other options out there:

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Thanks,

Dan
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Chewk, chewk, chewk, chewk . . . .

. . . chewk?

Dan

Still being announced, WAY before the darn Chewk-ens hatch:

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Dan

Jon,
As long as you support the Chewks I'm in for another army.
John

I am behind them 100%!

Wow. Could it be true . . .

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Dan

Dammit, I want my sand flea "horse" artillery battery…

Leland R. Erickson

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Finally! After so much premature "counting of (and announcing)chewkins before they hatch".

So, are we really looking at three weeks then, before we can finally get them?

Dan