"Brigade 15mm power armor" Topic

New teaser on the Brigade Models blog:

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Looking forward to those being on the market. Loved the 6mm versions.

Oooo i've been waiting for these i plan to use them as generic power armoured assault/shock troops and i have to say by the looks of things the wait has been well worth it…

Excellent! I've been waiting for these. Happy bunny now.

Nice one!! I'll have some of those. No idea what faction they'll fit in with, but when has that ever bothered me before…

Tony, a tease indeed! I already have a couple hundred of the 6mm ones now I have to get at least 40 of those in 15mm when they are released!

I'm with AVAMANGO – they'll be generic suits for me, probably a "corporate power armor" design that gets used by lots of different forces, sometimes even on both sides of a conflict.

I've actually been using the little 6mm versions as teeny-tiny aliens in PA for 15mm games.

Thus far i have designated the few units i will be getting for use with my soon to be purchased Rusky force or a high tech Militia / police force.

Ooo… I rather like the look of these as not-Terminators for 15mm Space Hulk, pitted against some Space Demons…

Excellent not-MaK suits… way to go Tony!

Well, it seems these are popular !

Time for a quick straw poll – Phil and I are both of the opinion that most people probably wouldn't want separate arms on the figures – it's just too fiddly in 15mm (except where it's unavoidable, such as the missile and heavy weapon gunners). But it would be incredibly flexible, you'd be able to mix'n'match arms and create a lot of variation.

So I might as well ask – what would be the general view of having all of the figures with separate arms ? A pack of 6 figures would come with 15-18 arms, so there would be a few extras. A welcome feature that allows the gamer to create their own set of unique poses, or just over-fiddly ?

Seperate arms, as long as there are small pins or nubs of some sort to accomodate attaching them to the figure.

I usualy do conversions on 10mm stuff so I'd be happy with arms on or off, happy either way.

However I do agree with EB that 'nubs' would make the process a lot easier.

Ball sockets would be my preference, pin-and-socket secondary, fixed castings least so – but not a deal killer anyway, especially if simpler casting keeps the costs down.

Maybe a compromise and make the weapon arms seperate but cast the left arms as part of the body – assuming that's viable based on the poses?

The arms all came with locator pins (the sculptor was very good at his job) but the holes are hard to cast unless very shallow, the mould will just tear off in the hole – so you'd need a Dremel or equivalent.

Maybe a compromise and make the weapon arms seperate but cast the left arms as part of the body – assuming that's viable based on the poses?

That might be the best of both worlds – it would make casting easier/more reliable too. Brownie point to the Chief Lackey there !

I also like Chief Lackey idea it is the best of both world's but could we also get a couple of left handed troops just for a bit more variety…

@AVAMANGO – probably not, sorry – the sculpting has already been done and we only have right-handers

+1 for seperate weapon arms

If there's a few more arms in each pack it will also make it easyer to tailor your squad size to your game system.
Will definately be getting some of these.Do you have any idea if they'll be ready for Crisis 2012 in november?

Tony looks like I'm gonna need a bigger cupboard :)

+1 for separate arms or at least the weapon arm being separate

Seperate arms for me thanks.

Single cast for me, I know how fiddly modelling 15mm can be.

Single cast for me, I know how fiddly modelling 15mm can be.

That's whats bothering me and why i thought just a separate weapon arm would be best all round as that gives the buyer plenty of variation while still having a robust miniature with at least one arm that wont pop off during game play.

Another vote for seperate arms. I'm looking forward to these being released regardless of how they end up being cast.

I'd prefer separate arms.

On another note, any chance of a size comparison pic? Are these going to be 'form fitting' PA like GZG, or are they buklier/taller than a typical fig?

I'm very likely to buy some either way, but I just know that without proper pinning the arms will pop off. And having had to pin arms on to 15mm conversions I honestly want to avoid that if possible. The other problem is that being so small you could end up using too much glue in attaching them and end up obstructing detail or messing up the model.

Separate arms with pins.

Sockets are not needed. Drilling is easy. I can drill my own sockets, but I have not succeeded with pining such small structure.

Seems like an overwhelming majority for separate weapon arms then (sorry McWong ). I've put some together this evening and it only took a few minutes with a dremel. There are pins cast on the arms so it's straightforward enough.

@stroezie – ready long before Crisis, I'm expecting sometime in August.

@Stuuh – will do some ASAP, they're a pretty chunky size.

Chunky is good!

Comparison photo on the blog – brigademodels.co.uk/Blog

Thanks for the comparison pics Tony.

Yep, thanks for the photos. Just the right size for what I wanted. Huzzah some excellent power armour I like for once!

Time to start saving my pennies.

Perfect size just what i was hoping for…