ClearHorizon Miniatures - Hell Divers urban combat drop - illustration

I commissioned this "battlescene" from my concept artist, Todd Ulrich.  I justified it to my wife saying it could be my father's day gift :)

Needless to say, I couldn't be happier with it!

On a side note, I hope to have the Drop pods for sale next week!

Blizk and John go on vacation...

To an old mining colony dump site.

Blizk and John - Space Bounty Hunters

The Space Bounty Hunting crew- Blizk and John.

Blizk, a human male, and John, a Vergan transmorph, are a notorious pair of Space Bounty Hunters.

Blizk from Ozzidal's Army http://www.picoarmor.com/pages/product_details.php?pid=1937

John from 15mm.co.uk http://15mm.co.uk/SHM_Range.htm

Spaceship Consoles from (yours truly *Grin) at http://store.gcmshop.com/p/1858/spacecraft-consoles

SpecOp GZG NI - Drop off by Little Bird

A quick drop off for a recon mission:

GZG NI with GZG head swaps
Little Bird was a limited edition by Khurasan Miniatures

Another Neo-British Shot - This time using the computer to control the camera

So, I don't know why I didn't do this before, but I was able to hook up my camera to my computer and really do fine level control and focus along with a live-preview.

Pretty cool stuff, came up with this:

A patrol over the summer tundra on colony planet FALK-A19

Armies Army - Neo British Patrol with GZG Tank

A patrol of contract mining sites:

WIP - Miner Contract Strikers - Freedom Fighters

Somewhere on a colony world the contract workers have gotten fed up with their treatment at the hands of the parent corp.

With the "help" of some anonymous backers (likely rival corps) they have started their insurgency:

The freedom fighters fighting against an unfair contract

The freedom fighters fighting against an unfair contract

Fuel is in short supply and horses, brought from off-world for racing and then stolen, are quiet.  Quick ambushes are easily accomplished from horseback.

The mining vehicles become makeshift APCs

Part of the "regulars", those with prior military experience we put in units and equipped with military-grade stuff

A little bit of money goes a long way when you hire one of the best merc teams in the sector

An embedded reporter brings stories of the plight of the workers to the public.

Drop Pod prints in hand!

I got the drop pod and I'm very happy with it!

Here are some comparison shots with some figures I had sitting around.

I sent it off to the casters today and should have it for sale in a couple of weeks!

Let me know what you guys think!

Flick's Copplestone Castings 15mm Vikings - And a new Background from Hanger 18

I got my Hanger 18 backgrounds, and I wanted to try them out, here is a picture of the awesome viking painted by Flick:

A great miniature, and the background worked out nicely too.

The lighting wasn't ideal in the garage, but I think it still came out very nice.

One Last Photo - Long DoF

Ok, I promise, last one for a bit.

This has a nice sharp DoF... I'm pretty happy how this one turned out.

Thanks for all the comments! It's really helped me get this down.

Yes, another photo, this time with more photoshop!

Ok... this will be the last one for a bit :)

No promises though.

Here it is with a bit of photoshop.  I think the next one I do I'll open up the focal length and get a long DoF. Then maybe I can do a cool alien sky.

What do you guys think?

Pictures of my photo setup, and some more "atmospheric" photos...

Hi everyone,

Here is a photo of my photo setup (how meta is that?)

Sorry it's a little blurry...

And some photos with a blue background.  The blue background is a blue folder I found laying around.

Not sure how I feel about the horizon here...maybe I should paint mountains on the blue?

A little cheerier now that the gloom has gone away and it's blue skies.

New Photo Techniques

Hi Everyone,

As i'm preparing for my new miniatures line (clearhorizonminiatures.com) i'm experimenting with new photo techniques... I'm pretty happy how they turned out!

The Survey team disembarks with corporate in tow.

Standing guard in the fields.

Omni-Corp starts their all-terrain patrol.

The ground is a pre-made BUSCH ground cover set.  The back is simply a neutral gray piece of cardstock.  The whole thing is in a popup light box with a bunch of lights.

And some city shots:

Let me know what you think!

ClearHorizon Miniatures - "Hell Divers" trooper concept art sneak peak!

Hi everyone,

Well, I was going to hold off on showing these till a bit later, but I couldn't wait :)

Sketched by the incredibly talented Todd Ulric, this gives a pretty good idea of what the "Hell Divers' look like.

And a unit patch:

More info to come soon!

ClearHorizon Miniatures - Sneak Peek - Drop Pod HEL/DIV

Hi Everyone!

I'd like to announce that i've been working on getting a new miniatures line up, called ClearHorizon Miniatures.

I have miniatures being sculpted, and a drop pod has been designed and will be cast up in resin.

I'm not ready to talk about the miniatures yet (although they are very cool ;) and are being sculpted by Rodrick Campbell from Highlander Studios), but I wanted to show off what Steve Tyler from CoolHand3d has 3D sculpted:

It is approx 29mm tall and approx 38mm wide.

It is designed to hold two occupants in each of it's three facings, for a total of six, although we've designed it with closed interior doors so you can say there are as many inside as you want.

The ramps and landing gear are all separate, in case you want to have a closed or open drop pod.

As far as the inner doors opening:

From Jane's Drop Pods and Dropships 2236

"The High Energy Landing / Direct Insertion Vehicle Mark X9 features a unique inner door that protects the occupants even after the ramps have released and deployed.  In order to allow the door to open in the space provided the door has been constructed out of electric-memonic laminate nanite-based titanium  and carbon alloy.  When opening an electric charge is applied at a very specific frequency.  The nanites then restructure themselves so that the top of the door widens by approx 6.2 cm. The remainder of the door then collapses into the space at the top and then solidifies open.  To close the opposite occurs"

The design is being printed in 3d now, and I hope to have the resin castings available for sale soon™.

Thanks for looking, and I can't wait to show you guys more!

Harold
ClearHorizon Miniatures

Ghosts of Hefei Kickstarter Almost There! 45 Hours to go.

The Kickstater for Ghosts of Hefei is almost there with only 45 hours to go and about $1500:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1931671462/ghosts-of-hefei-tabletop-near-future-gang-warfare

Some really cool miniatures and very promising rules.  I'm looking forward to this game.  Also, at the $100 15mm level you can get a bucketload of minis too!

Recommendation for US Based Contract Casting Company?

Hi Everyone,

Does anyone have any recommendations for US based contract casting companies? Preferable with experience in casting 15mm figures.

Thanks!

Harold

Armie's Army - Neo British First Squad Painted up

Hi Everyone,

I got my mountain of lead thanks fo the Neo-British kickstater.

I ended up with 66 (!) miniatures... so I have a lot of painting to do!

I finished up my first squad, and I'm really happy how they turned out.  I painted it with an eye towards speed as well, since I have a bunch to do.

What do you guys think?

Also, I think it goes really well with the GZG APC, so I'll probably match them up.  I have another APC and a anti-tank version to build and paint up as well.

Thanks!

From the Komodo to the Iguana, another lizard, another WIP. The Iguana from Khurasan Miniatures.

Hi Everyone,

I'm working on my Iguana from Khurasan Miniatures (http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmscifi-vehicles.html).   It's a really cool vehicle and it actually fits great with my Warthog from Antenocitis Workshop.

The iguana's suspension allows for a lot of variation.  I plan on getting at least one more and I'll have that one all the way on the ground, instead of this version with is as high as it goes.  Each wheel pair can also rotate so if you wanted to have some really fancy wheel and suspension position you could.

Also, the casting quality was superb... I really like this model.

I've placed the finished Warthog (I just got another one to build) next to it to show a comparison.

I still have most of the highlighting to do, and the decals.

AW Komodo, Warthog, and CMG Arc Fleet

Hi everyone,

Starting up my new force here:

The infantry is CMG Arc Fleet Recon Trooper.  The walker is a 28mm Komodo Assault suit from Antenocitis Workshop.

Comments and suggestions always welcome!