Re: [GZG] [OFFICIAL] More news on 15mm..... :-)

Roger Books wrote:

> Damn, I was avoiding the 15s telling myself you didn't have the 
> vehicles I need.  With the advent of 15mm Wombats that goes right out 
> the window.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 4/6/06, * Ground Zero Games* <jon@gzg.com <mailto:jon@gzg.com>>
wrote:
>
>     >  >Seriously, the main reason I haven't (yet) done 15mm versions
>     of the
>     >>25s is that the style and methods of building the masters are
very
>     >>different for metal 15s than resin 25s, ....
>     >
>     >Maybe a silly question, but why not do the 25mm resin as 15mm
resin.
>     >Why do they need to go to metal?
>
>
>     Because resin production is slow, labour-intensive and a general
pain
>     in the a*** compared with metal!
>     It's OK if you're set up to do almost everything in resin, as some
>     other small manufacturers are, but as 95% of what we produce now
is
>     metal I decided not to go the resin route with the new 15s.
>     You can also do lots of cool stuff in metal that really wouldn't
be
>     practical in resin!
>
>     Jon (GZG)
>
>     PS: Coming very soon in 15mm metals....
>
>     "Wombat II" hover APC
>     Heavy Gunsled (grav battle tank)
>     Assault Sled (grav APC)
>     Light Gunsled (grav recon tank/light weapons platform)
>     "OcTank" HABAT (Heavy Ambulatory BAttle Tank) - 8 legged walker
>     MBT....!
>
>     Then I start work on the wheeled ones....  ;-)
>
>     >
>     >
>     >>the only thing I will say is that they may not be EXACT
>     downscaled copies - I
>     >>may do "updated versions", eg a Paladin II and Phalanx II...... 
:-)
>     >
>     >I expect that would be wise. It will give you room to have
>     >adjustments etc that make sense for the mini. I know a few others
>     >who have done the same. The overall basic look is there, but
small
>     >details are different enough that it is not a copy.
>     >
>     >Either way, I am most interested in them. :-)
>     >
>     >dafrca
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Yeah, more converts to 15mm!!!

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