Leon, what sort of finance and interest would you be needing to make this happen as it were speculatively of course, at some stage in the future?

Would like to do the Battle of Mokra 1939, and it's a really important feature, Poles were still keen on the armoured train concept in 39, probably mostly through necessity of using what they had....but hey they look cool on the table right!

Quote from: Dannyboy on 24 May 2020, 04:32:17 PM
Leon, what sort of finance and interest would you be needing to make this happen as it were speculatively of course, at some stage in the future?

I wouldn't know where to start with costings at the moment, I've not looked into it enough.  We'd have an initial small burst of sales but once those are done I don't think I could see it selling double figures per year going forward.  We've got some options so we'll have a chat and see what we can do.  It wouldn't be anything quick though, as we've got so much going on already.

Quote from: Leon on 23 May 2020, 11:10:15 PM
If there's any 3D files on Thingiverse that come with commercial licenses, we'd be interested in that approach.  We can then get them printed up by someone and look at putting them into a resin mould I'd think.

Aye there's the rub, getting the commercial licence, most sites come with Royalty Free Licence that specifically knock out moulding and reproduction. Both Cgtrader and Turbosquid have these licences. Example https://www.cgtrader.com/pages/terms-and-conditions#general-terms-of-licensing https://blog.turbosquid.com/royalty-free-license/

Maybe you can contact the 3d artists to see what you can arrange.

If people are keen there's a train available on Shapeways that Carlos Briz used:-

https://www.shapeways.com/product/6DDJNAJWJ/1-144th-scale-armoured-steam-locomotive?optionId=65081587&li=marketplace

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it's around 11 to 15 quid per locomotive/carriage.

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Quote from: GrumpyOldMan on 24 May 2020, 11:17:16 PM
Aye there's the rub, getting the commercial licence, most sites come with Royalty Free Licence that specifically knock out moulding and reproduction. Both Cgtrader and Turbosquid have these licences. Example https://www.cgtrader.com/pages/terms-and-conditions#general-terms-of-licensing https://blog.turbosquid.com/royalty-free-license/

Maybe you can contact the 3d artists to see what you can arrange.

As you say, that's the tricky bit.  We've actually teamed up with a chap in Canada recently, to be our '3D guy', so he's going to start supplying us with some designs of his own as well as sourcing other existing designs for us.  With all of the Covid stuff kicking off we've not been able to make much progress sadly but it is something we'll be getting back to very soon.

Hello

yes, the 3d path is one worth travelling, It takes a fair amount of work to set up initially but once you're going it's very easy to set up variations, changes in weapons etc. At the moment I'm playing around with various 3d programs and have made a start on a test piece piece but it definitely needs more work (apart from a head ), attached below

Cheers

GrumpyOldMan

Thanks for the link, if Pendraken were to follow the route and create their own model I'd obviously support it wholeheartedly, however can understand your reservations Leon, in which case the Shapeways  1/144 model is a great plan B, i'd looked on Shapeways but somehow missed this so a great find, thank you, will be ideal.

Quote from: Dannyboy on 25 May 2020, 01:34:00 PM
Thanks for the link, if Pendraken were to follow the route and create their own model I'd obviously support it wholeheartedly, however can understand your reservations Leon, in which case the Shapeways  1/144 model is a great plan B, i'd looked on Shapeways but somehow missed this so a great find, thank you, will be ideal.

Welcome to the talents of Victor aka Grumpy Old Man.  If we were all POWs in a camp, Victor would be the Scrounger King.

Tell him what you are looking for and he will source it. 

I'm looking up James Garner's agent for casting the movie now....... (Everyone remembers Steve McQueen's "Hiltz the cooler King", in the Great Escape but for me it was always James Garner's movie as the fixer)

C'mon chaps!

Frank Sinatra in von Ryan's Express - surely!

Quote from: fsn on 25 May 2020, 06:23:12 PM
C'mon chaps!

Frank Sinatra in von Ryan's Express - surely!

Ugh! No! Seriously?

Don't call me Shirley!

Quote from: Ithoriel on 25 May 2020, 06:24:44 PM
Ugh! No! Seriously?

'Course not!

But it had prisoners of war and a train.

For Orcs ... how about Hannibal Brooks?



It worries me how many really awful WWII films I know.

Dear old Ollie Reed, I'd forgotten about that one, Second favourite, Oddball from Kelly's Hero's, Vietnam does WW2 via Tito's Yugoslavia!!