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After a reasonable productive 2024 it's time to take an optimistic look at the next 12 months and see what projects we'll be trying to get completed!
I've not put these in any particular order, as last year I tried to assign monthly timeframes that didn't quite pan out.
10mm ACW Additions
These have all been sculpted and can be viewed here: https://www.pendrakenforum.co.uk/index.php/topic,23348.0.html so these will be one of the first jobs to work on. They should be all done and released before Salute.
10mm WWII Artillery crews revamp
As with the above, we're hoping that these will be all done and ready to go before Salute. The master castings of figures and guns have all been spun up so we just need to start checking them over and putting into new moulds. We'll take this opportunity to add a few extra artillery options as well as listing the crewmen separately for anyone wanting to buy just crews.
10mm Sci-Fi Expansion!
After launching 6 full ranges last year we've got some more to come for the Sci-Fi range, with another 3 or 4 ranges planned. These might not appear until after Salute but we'll get some pics of them up on the Forum for folks to look at.
Future War Commander 2nd Edition
The document for the new ruleset has gone off to our editor and he's been working on the formatting and layout for us. The plan is to launch these at Salute 2025 and we'll have more info about them over the coming months.
10mm Modern Vehicles
There's a small batch of modern additions coming too, with the T-72s about to make an appearance in the coming months, along with the BM-27 truck. Once these are done we're going to add some trucks for the other nations as well.
More Red Vectors products
There's a large batch of new MDF buildings all prepped and ready to release, including Sci-Fi, western and WWII additions, so we're going to get these prepped and ready for release before the summer. We've also got some handy scenery items that'll be apearing in the first few weeks of 2025.
10mm TB Line
The ongoing delays of the TB Line ranges continues into 2025 but I'm determined to get these sorted out! Techno has been doing some repair work to all of the Ancients sculpts so that'll really speed up the process on these last few ranges.
10mm Dungeon World
One for later in the year is going to be a full revamp of our Dungeon sets, including new modules and scenery items. We want to make new production moulds for all of these so we'll update as soon as that's sorted out. We'll also get some pics of the new modules for you.
12mm Fantasy ranges
Once the next few Sci-Fi ranges have been completed we'll be switching Tecnho back to new Amazon and Ratmen ranges that we started a while back.
10mm Bronze Age Middle East
We don't have any info on these just yet but we'll get some rough range plans sorted and up for you asap. These will be a job for the second half of the year as the sculptor will be working on something else first...
10mm Napoleonic Russians
We've talked about this a lot on here and we've finally managed to talk the sculptor around to it too! He's going to start work on these in February hopefully and we'll be doing fully comprehensive Russians to cover the entire Napoleonic period. I'm not sure yet if we'll offer up a not-Kickstarter/pre-order system for these.
Cold War Commander lists
One of my jobs for the Christmas break was to get the Cold War army lists finished off and sent over to the Army Builder developers, but a week of Christmas plague has put paid to that! I'll continue working on them during my spare time and we can hopefully get them done soon.
And other plans...
New Resin Room
We're going to start bringing our resin production in-house this year, to avoid some of the delays and stocking issues that we've seen on our resin products. This will also allow us to expand some of those ranges a lot quicker too, getting more items online and available for folks.
Painting Competition
The annual painting comp will be running as usual through February so here's an early heads up to start prepping your entries!
Looking forward to seeing many of these when they are released :) !
Can't wait to see the new sci fi and dungeons sets
If you are doing new Fantasy moulds, would you consider an 'Adventuring Party' pack - that is a Warrior, a Wizards etc, rather than a pack of "5 Wizards" etc, which is the way it was a few years back.
Good luck with the plans but does this push those Goths Clib teased into 26?
For fantasy some handy Landsknecht like figures in 12mm will be handy... love the adventuring party pack suggestion... could possibly use a couple of figures from existing ranges too.
Hmmm ... think I may be quite safe this year.
Apart from the SF ranges of course.
... and the Amazons
... and possibly the modern ranges - depending what's on offer :-\
... and the Red Vectors stuff is always useful (in 10mm)
... and the TB Line are excellent, so I'll have to give them a shufti
... but of course, I forgot the promised Bronze Age ranges - I've been calling for chariots for some time
... and I have sort pf planned an expansion to my Napoleonic Russians :-\
So all in all, not a lot there for me to worry about. :^o
Quote from: DecemDave on 06 January 2025, 06:10:51 PMGood luck with the plans but does this push those Goths Clib teased into 26?
I knew I'd forget something! Those will be in this year's plans, somewhere after ACW/WWII and maybe before the Sci-Fi.
fsn being his normal restrained self, I notice.
Quote from: Leon on 07 January 2025, 12:24:43 AMI knew I'd forget something! Those will be in this year's plans, somewhere after ACW/WWII and maybe before the Sci-Fi.
:-bd
And I just saw the 7th cavalry among the ACW release.
Hurry! Bring Packs! as someone once said.
Serious question - What's the model difference between the 7th Cavalry and other US Cavalry?
None.
Custer
The 7th wasn't in the ACW.
Any news on the WW2 armoured train. My Poles are a bit lost with out it, and the German player always laughs at the 6mm proxie one I use.
Quote from: DecemDave on 06 January 2025, 06:10:51 PMGood luck with the plans but does this push those Goths Clib teased into 26?
NO! NO! NO! I had forgot about these, and was thinking I might get some of my other 10mm armies done in 2025 without adding to the pile.
There's yet another half finished fantasy range still sitting on my desk, Leon. ;)
It'll take me a fair while to clean all the dust from those, though. :P
The Amazons are alright,,,,the finished ones are all sitting in those little plastic boxes.
Cheers - Phil. ;)
QuoteThere's yet another half finished fantasy range still sitting on my desk, Leon. ;)
It'll take me a fair while to clean all the dust from those, though. :P
The Amazons are alright,,,,the finished ones are all sitting in those little plastic boxes.
Cheers - Phil. ;)
Is it time for
Return of the Penismen? :-/
Just need a quick buff to bring them up to spec... X_X
Hmm, maybe a rebranding is needed? :-\
Quote from: Last Hussar on 07 January 2025, 12:12:18 PMSerious question - What's the model difference between the 7th Cavalry and other US Cavalry?
A bit of variety in the headgear, so slouch hats and bicornes (!), all with carbines and pistols if memory serves.
Quote from: Orcs on 07 January 2025, 02:02:56 PMAny news on the WW2 armoured train. My Poles are a bit lost with out it, and the German player always laughs at the 6mm proxie one I use.
Still pending, I'll nudge the resin guy and see what's happening with that.
Quote from: Techno 3 on 07 January 2025, 02:50:08 PMThere's yet another half finished fantasy range still sitting on my desk, Leon. ;)
I'd forgotten about those! They've only been waiting for about 12 years now so it's fine... :D
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 07 January 2025, 03:26:57 PMIs it time for Return of the Penismen? :-/
Probably not... :P
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 07 January 2025, 03:26:57 PMIs it time for Return of the Penismen? :-/
The penis; mightier than the sword. :)
The new, old fantasy race wouldn't be the Fimm/ Balori/ Fo Muire/ whatever, by any chance?
I had started converting figures to be Fimir in my Albion army for Warmaster but stopped because it looked like they might be released soon-ish. That was AGES ago! :)
Quote from: Ithoriel on 07 January 2025, 09:18:03 PMI had started converting figures to be Fimir in my Albion army for Warmaster but stopped because it looked like they might be released soon-ish. That was AGES ago! :)
I've just had a look at when we first previewed on the Forum... February 2011. :-[
Quote from: O Dinas Powys on 07 January 2025, 03:26:57 PMIs it time for Return of the Penismen? :-/
Just need a quick buff to bring them up to spec... X_X
Hmm, maybe a rebranding is needed? :-\
Yes, Bring them back!
Even if they are only sold on E-bay under a different name. I bet HOTT Armies of them would sell well even for their novelty value.
It sounds like a busy year.
I'll definitely be looking forward to the TB ancients. I've got some already mixed with the Pendraken minis and it's great for comparability.
Hopefully everything goes smoothly for you and the team.
QuoteIs it time for Return of the Penismen? :-/
Putting "Pendraken penismen" into my search engine of choice returns no (useful) results, so I have no idea what's being discussed here.
(Probably for the best)
QuoteIs it time for Return of the Penismen?
Sorry,
WHAT?
Imagine a penis with arms and legs and were armed with spears and swords. The Artillery piece was a very large penis, had two Testes where the wheels would be on an artillery piece, with the "eye" as the muzzle.
Ahh, a banana knight but ruder. Got it.
There are images on here somewhere if you look hard enough!
Quote from: Matt J on 08 January 2025, 03:11:50 PMThere are images on here somewhere if you look hard enough!
Yeah... no.
Try fimir?
Quote from: Leon on 05 January 2025, 09:54:36 PMNew Resin Room
We're going to start bringing our resin production in-house this year, to avoid some of the delays and stocking issues that we've seen on our resin products. This will also allow us to expand some of those ranges a lot quicker too, getting more items online and available for folks.
Great news, is there a chance of adding a bocage style hedge/English wild hedge to the range of hedges? Bit like the SCN-WLH14 irregular hedge but with some taller random trees mixed in..
Quote from: sultanbev on 08 January 2025, 06:48:22 PMGreat news, is there a chance of adding a bocage style hedge/English wild hedge to the range of hedges? Bit like the SCN-WLH14 irregular hedge but with some taller random trees mixed in..
Shouldn't be too difficult to do, I'll add that to the list.
Those would be very useful :-bd
While talking about your resin wishlist what about some meandering small stream pieces with willows/bushes, say 150mm long with the stream itself only 5 - 10mm wide?
Quote from: Orcs on 08 January 2025, 12:44:11 PMImagine a penis with arms and legs and were armed with spears and swords. The Artillery piece was a very large penis, had two Testes where the wheels would be on an artillery piece, with the "eye" as the muzzle.
Female Colleague: "WHY?"
Me: "We're men, we don't need a reason."
Quote from: Last Hussar on 09 January 2025, 09:55:29 AMFemale Colleague: "WHY?"
Me: "We're men, we don't need a reason."
You actually discussed this with a female colleague????
But true - we don't need a reason
Quote from: pierre the shy on 09 January 2025, 07:13:05 AMThose would be very useful :-bd
While talking about your resin wishlist what about some meandering small stream pieces with willows/bushes, say 150mm long with the stream itself only 5 - 10mm wide?
Sounds great, would we want the bushes along both sides of the stream?
I recently played some 6mm Cold War games set in Germany, using google earth for maps, and found that streams enclosed by trees/bushes were a common feature. Great for infantry to hide in, and a movement restriction for vehicles, probably impassable for wheeled vehicles.
The river near me has quite prolific hedges and trees, so lots of obscuring cover, plus is usually a meter or 2 below the field is winds through. The banks are steep, so not any kind of vehicle friendly; it would be an ideal obstruction in a 20th century low level game when battalion and below does need to consider this; You can get AFVs up to it to machine gun, but the defenders would just duck until you buggered off - you would need infantry; it would be slow and full of ambushes, but you couldn't ignore it.
That's why Napalm was invented :D
Because that was obviously so effective 50 years ago...
I was thinking of something similar to the stream sections in this picture:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUtgi0uM1SyrTxnxBMFnrqYYXQzuxKdiJ0qErhFNk1_rDegH0dy5h_bfoz6D8j1dSnN3WMRPrIjfJHh9MPlrRHmIpb0jIg-Xpf4dipE7zrVxg_oGO44dY1bcAXpTlnTJjXYhXhHCrAeDZ1zMEBG272eLyDRiAVQbJAyirq27vv-Y_sbqnyQTsdDpWT6U/s1030/IMG20231021200538.png (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUtgi0uM1SyrTxnxBMFnrqYYXQzuxKdiJ0qErhFNk1_rDegH0dy5h_bfoz6D8j1dSnN3WMRPrIjfJHh9MPlrRHmIpb0jIg-Xpf4dipE7zrVxg_oGO44dY1bcAXpTlnTJjXYhXhHCrAeDZ1zMEBG272eLyDRiAVQbJAyirq27vv-Y_sbqnyQTsdDpWT6U/s1030/IMG20231021200538.png)
Quote from: pierre the shy on 09 January 2025, 08:25:37 PMI was thinking of something similar to the stream sections in this picture:
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUtgi0uM1SyrTxnxBMFnrqYYXQzuxKdiJ0qErhFNk1_rDegH0dy5h_bfoz6D8j1dSnN3WMRPrIjfJHh9MPlrRHmIpb0jIg-Xpf4dipE7zrVxg_oGO44dY1bcAXpTlnTJjXYhXhHCrAeDZ1zMEBG272eLyDRiAVQbJAyirq27vv-Y_sbqnyQTsdDpWT6U/s1030/IMG20231021200538.png (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizUtgi0uM1SyrTxnxBMFnrqYYXQzuxKdiJ0qErhFNk1_rDegH0dy5h_bfoz6D8j1dSnN3WMRPrIjfJHh9MPlrRHmIpb0jIg-Xpf4dipE7zrVxg_oGO44dY1bcAXpTlnTJjXYhXhHCrAeDZ1zMEBG272eLyDRiAVQbJAyirq27vv-Y_sbqnyQTsdDpWT6U/s1030/IMG20231021200538.png)
Yes, that's similar to what I was thinking, if it comes to fruition we remember to remind Leon to make curved and straight sections.
Quote from: pierre the shy on 09 January 2025, 07:13:05 AMWhile talking about your resin wishlist what about some meandering small stream pieces with willows/bushes, say 150mm long with the stream itself only 5 - 10mm wide?
I'll add those to the list as well. The plan is hopefully to bring the resin production up to Pendraken HQ and free up some of John's time to work on making new items for us instead.
Quote from: pierre the shy on 09 January 2025, 07:13:05 AMThose would be very useful :-bd
While talking about your resin wishlist what about some meandering small stream pieces with willows/bushes, say 150mm long with the stream itself only 5 - 10mm wide?
Timecast do those
TRAITOR!
Quote from: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 10 January 2025, 09:04:38 AMTimecast do those
If they do I'm struggling to find them.
They do do the varied hedges we were talking about (item 37/008), but can't find any hedge lined streams
Quote from: Last Hussar on 10 January 2025, 09:35:11 AMTRAITOR!
;D
PS the Timecast bridges are awesome!
There's nowt wrong with Timecraft stuff but their streams are a bit wide for what I'm after and don't appear to have additional "built in" bushes/trees.
The ones in the picture that I posted have been used on many different battlefields for many years, but are not mine.
Hence my request to Leon, as I would find a few metres worth of similar streams very useful indeed.
What happened to the Goths? They aren't in the 1st post
I started dressing differently in the early 90s
Quote from: Last Hussar on 10 January 2025, 09:35:11 AMTRAITOR!
Known them as friends since the 80s, been on holiday with them, they came to my wedding, so, faithful.
😜
QuoteWhat happened to the Goths? They aren't in the 1st post
Quote from: Leon on 07 January 2025, 12:24:43 AMI knew I'd forget something! Those will be in this year's plans, somewhere after ACW/WWII and maybe before the Sci-Fi.
Looks like April then
It's been a long time since I was on the forum but good to be back!
Looking forward to the ACW figures and some of the new buildings. Hope the Western buildings will fit in for some ACW border towns.
Hello! :-h
Moaning nowt changes :d
Welcome back
Anxiously awaiting the Cold War Commander lists for the Army Builder and looking forward to the release of Future War Commander 2! :-bd
Napoleonic Russians!! Yes!!
QuotePainting Competition
The annual painting comp will be running as usual through February so here's an early heads up to start prepping your entries!
A quick question on this: Are the Raiden aircraft models or Battlescale buildings allowed as entries, or only Pendraken figures?
Quote from: Villev on 20 January 2025, 08:13:05 PMA quick question on this: Are the Raiden aircraft models or Battlescale buildings allowed as entries, or only Pendraken figures?
Only Pendraken models unfortunately, so not Battlescale, Raiden, etc.
hi, is there a realaised date to the ww2 italian artillery?
thank you
have a nice day
Quote from: ale on 28 February 2025, 08:58:53 AMhi, is there a realaised date to the ww2 italian artillery?
thank you
have a nice day
Those should be released in the next month or so I think.
ACW coming soon? I have been relegated to painting old Panzer Troops while I wait...
>>I was thinking of something similar to the stream sections in this picture:>>
I've found something which does involve some DIY but the results are ex-streamly effective:
DIY Rivers (from Grymauch's Solo Wargaming Blog) (https://grymauch.blogspot.com/2019/09/on-workbench-6mm-streams-or-2mm-rivers.html#more)
One of those projects that can result in a lifetimes worth of river sections in one go, which are relatively easy to achieve (honest !!) and which are hard wearing.
Well worth having a go.
Phil
I've done something similar to that - but the results were underwhelming. Perhaps I need to add banks to mine.