Monday, 1 July 2013

Hasslefree Miniatures Newsletter.

Some nice new miniatures some of which have their nipples out (though they have little censorship starts over them in this newsletter) and a request for some feedback on a potential Kickstarter.....

Starry, Starry Night
Fair warning, today's newsletters will involve some more censorship stars. Nothing we can do about that I'm afraid, we have to cater to the rules of our newsletter provider 'and' the sensitivities of parents etc.
(As always, uncensored photographs can be found via the links to our website)
This week we have the return of our much-loved 40mm Kalee. Basically the existing moulds were coming to an end so we had the perfect opportunity for a bit of..fiddling. You'll see the results below.
We also have even more Resin Masters from our growing collection of master moulds, some new Etched Brass and some newZombocalypse Survivors from the Studio range.
Without further ado, Kevgasms© ahoy!
(Totally copyrighting that word, mainly because Kev think's I'm mental for using it :) )
The Return of Kalee!
40mm Kalee has drifted out of stock recently as we came to the end of our current round of moulds. As we were going to need to have new moulds made anyway, Kev decided now would be the perfect time to make some changes and additions to the highlight of our 40mm range.
The first change is that the head is now a separate piece from the body, the main reason for this is that Kev has always wanted to make a helmeted head option. The second change is she is also now available sans breastplate. This means with the arm options kalee is now available in a total of 16 different variations!
We've allowed her to be purchased in a variety of different ways as outlined below...
Full Multipack Kit - One each of every component allowing 2 full Kalees to be built with no spare pieces leftover and at a significant saving over 2 full Kalees.
Armoured Kalee Set - Armoured body with all head and weapon combinations.
Unarmoured kalee Set - Topless body with all head and weapon combinations.
Individual Components - You can make your own kalee for a slight saving or buy individual parts to make up a new Kalee from any parts leftoever from previous purchases or even just buy a Kalee part for a different 40mm mini for some conversion!
Mack, The Boss & Falcon
3 new Survivors to add to our Studio Zombocalypse range.
The Boss is a leader figure with a ruthless streak and eyepatch.
Mack is an all-weather survivor with a flamethrower
Falcon is a cousin to Hawk and Cobra, rugged good looks seem to run in the family there!
We also had a big restock in so most items should be in stock (all items were in stock but someone made a big order and ran us out of 2 items before I got a chance to finish this newsletter! :) They'll be back soon)
Five More Resin Masters
Joining our Resin Master portfolio this week are...
Giant - The not-yet-released newest addition to our Spec Ops Squad (led by Deano), armed with twin P90s
Oakley - Our ever-popular Zombocalypse survivor avialble for the first time in resin. Complete with full sprue of weapon options.
Summer (b) - Mac-10 wielding Zombocalypse cheerleader variant
Gina - Modern or Sci-Fi sexy female agent
Grymn Spec Ops - So new he's not even named yet, the first of a planned squad of 5 Grymn Spec Ops troopers.
(Also totally useable as a very short modern day trooper, roughly 5'1" in HF scale)
More Etched Brass
3 new codes in the Etched Brass section this week.
Ever since we released the Roman Numerals we had a lot of requests for the standard Latin Alphabet/Numerals so here we go, plenty of them on a single sheet there!
Also up are Name Plates 1 and Name Plates 2, both large sheets of individal nameplates. The first slightly more fancy than the second.
Useable not just as nameplates of course, the solidity of etched brass allows them to be used as furniture decoration or even stand alone mirrors.
And Finally...
We have a Kickstarter dilemma. We have 2 small KS ideas that cannot both be fitted in and fulfilled before our main KS idea planned for November. A small foray into plastics and a non-mini related project that unfortunately cannot be combined. We've started a discussion thread HERE that we'd like some feedback on please...
Once again we've been heavy on the WIP shots over on our Facebook Page. This past week we've seen stage one,  stage two and stage three of building up an armature and the final WIP of 'Widow' our third Spec Ops member.
Next week should see new metal releases including the new Concubine, Gareth our banana-suited survivor and the long-awaited return of our Mystic Warrior Family with a brand new patriarch! There'll be more Resin Masters and, hopefully, the start of a serious expansion for Hasslefree.
Exciting times ahead! 'til next time,
Arty.

No comments:

Post a Comment