More Automata Previews, Painted Example, and July Project Reveal! (Patreon)
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Good evening Patrons!
Thanks to everyone who answered our July Survey!
The most popular choice was ARMOURED RENEGADES! so for July we are getting Heretical!
Modern Post-Apocalypse was almost as popular and had 81% of you interested or very interested, so that will certainly feature soon.
Samurai had a more mixed response with 33% of you not particularly interested. It's still quite possible we will do it at some point (2/3rd of you were interested) but we won't be prioritising it.
The remaining results are presented at the end after the shiny pictures!
NEW PREVIEWS!
Both sizes of Automata will have a selection of chopping and slicing tools, ideal when subtlety is no longer a mission parameter!
There is nothing stopping you from mounting left and right versions of the minigun shown above on a bipedal exo-scale Automata, but for a bit more stability, we have prepared a 4 legged fire support platform!
I (Joel, Anvil Creative Director) usually find the time to paint 2 or 3 models per year, and here is my first one for 2020!
Printed at 50um layer height on our Form 3. Painted in about two hours using mostly drybrushing, washes and a few selective layer highlights. I was trying to replicate scratched COR-TEN corrosion-resistant steel for most of the robotic structure. It is more orange in real life.
Survey Results Continued!
60% of you rated last month 5*, 33% 4*, and 6.7% 3*, so that's great feedback, thanks very much!
For Layout/Part orientation, 37% of you want us to stick with what we are currently doing, vs. 27% in favour of "possible to assemble" miniatures. So for now, we will stick with the current method which works well, and try to put together a tutorial showing how to assemble and manipulate STL files.
"Mostly/entirely conversion parts for some months", is a popular idea with 86% in favour! We will make sure though that even if we do some months with a focus on conversion parts, they will still have at least 2 actual figures.
"Just a Big Thing" is similarly a popular idea with 90% in favour if you include votes for the War Mammoth. Unfortunately, the War Mammoth did not get enough support to trample to the top of the schedule, but it will feature as a "big thing" poll option for sure!
Release at the Start of each Month
66% of you were in favour of a move to releasing on the 1st, with more people supporting the "mix of existing components" idea.
Our most likely plan is to put together an extra release which contains a mixture of existing components, new conversion parts, and some actual new character models. This should hopefully ensure the extra release is excellent value and has something useful for everyone!
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Thanks for the individual feedback points, and to everyone for your ongoing support!
Keep an eye out on our social media channels for some upcoming turntable videos of the Automata models!
Thanks
Team Anvil