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

I personally was waiting on 15mm AV6's and AV9's.  But with the new 
vehicles looking so good, I may just take the plunge anyway.

On Thu, 6 Apr 2006, 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> 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. :-)
>>>
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