Hi Hisham

Many thanks giving your feedback. I was in Hyeres exhibition this week-end where I could meet two of your club members and have a chat about 3D printing.

Hi Mario, reduce the pics at 1/32 scale and you will see how noticeable the lines are. However,I'm in contact with the printer developpement team and we are looking how (and if) we can get these line even less noticeable.
All pics shown here are without primer except the painted figure above.
Casting : yes, some of the figures could be casted, but some not, and as Hisham said, you will then find the molding lines, small mold misalignment, mold wear after X casting, etc...
The other issue is I would have 2 qualities : casted and printed.
Then I will have to think about if I will sell 200 pieces or not, so it eliminates all that is more original. And at the end, we will not save any money, as we have to pay the global charges anyway (printer, resin, research, travel, etc...

Imagine, at this time, there are a little more than 30 figures available at 4 different scales and sometime 5 or 6. It is a choice of over 120 figures. If I have 100 casted frm each, it is 12000 figures. You understand it needs then a huge amount of cash sleeping in the inventory. What is done is possible because it is printed on demand. Reedoak started also to print for a few other companies that cast, so you will get this kind too anyway.

I got a US Army pilot painted. undercoat was Tamiya white paint dilluted at 70 % alcohol, 30% paint, so no primer.
my first tentative to make a ACU patern...





Norbert

had a small place left on last print, so I expored 1/87 and 1/144 by scaling the 1/72 figures



from the left : 1/48, 1/72, 1/87 and 1/144: the 1/144 pilot has his mic, figures need only little improvements to be OK

Found also a 1/72 painted figure on Stepan Los facebook page : soviet scout



facebook link : https://www.facebook.com/stepan.los.3?fref=photo

Norbert

Hi

2 more US Army helicopter crews are ready now :

an additional standing pilot with body armor, and different face

And finaly the first of the seated pilot : with flotation collar for operation over water, straps, seat without frame, cyclic, collective, also without frame, and pedals. Suits Academy Blackhawk, you will normaly have to move the seat frame a bit back, or bend it back like on the pictures.







On the last picture, we have a french Armée de l'Air pilot in 1/32, out of topic here...

Norbert

Simply awesome.

Very Nice Norbert.

These are looking really excellent. Are there any pLans on doing modern infantry for Britain, Usa, Russia or other Nato countries?
Cheers
Charlie

Hi Charlie, hope I can do some soon...

Cheers
Norbert

Hi

Copilot for possible wet environnement done :





and added a HGU-56/P helmet half in his helmet bag, to give a change with the spare helmets



Now to the next one...

Norbert

Very nice. Can't wait to see what is next.

Thank you Norbert. You'really producing some amazing figures. Hopefully you'll release modern infantry in 1/82 scale

Norbert, my thoughts and prayers are with you for the victoms and their family members
Charlie

Many thanks Charles. I pray also for all those families who suffer from terror all around the world

latest figures :

Liberation French WW2 civilian, summer time


US 45th inf. Div. MP 44 45 with USM1


Rain's coming Madame, time to go home...


And something different, still need some small adjustements



Norbert

So cool, i love how your figures look like real people with thoughts!

Many thanks Bob

The Steyr AUG looks very nice. Do you plan for ISAF australian soldiers ?

British drivers and troops in combats and barrack dress for periods from 70's, 80's and 90's would be fantastic in scales upto and including 1/76, 1/48, 1/35 and 1/24 th!!!!!

Please please 1/24 as have some KFS kits and my own DAF and Bedford army trucks and Landrovers to populate !!!

With and without webbing old and newer helmets and equipment.

Hope you can oblige

Nigel

The AUG looks great! Two questions, though;

1. Why is the cocking handle locked to the rear?
2. Where's the bayonet lug?

Brilliant work!

Greg

1 because he is inserting a new magazine...
2 because as I said it needs some small adjustements

But I will push the cocking handle forward, easy to do on a CAD work

Norbert

I love the Aug or F88, in my own opinion if you started making cool accessories aimed at modern armies or like a common theme eg ISAF coalition armies like Spain Australia New Zealand Finland Georgia Czech Dutch Sweden and even the ANA, I would be your number 1 customer.

Thanks Norbert!

x2, in 1/16!

thank you, Norbert; great work

Kylie

Well, for this, I may have to organize a scan trip to UK...
Norbert

In my opinin, this fire arms were more Live Resin business, but it happends we need to design them also for our figures. And we had several requests on the Aug

Norbert

Norbert,

any plans to do modern French tankers, please? I'm looking at the AMX 10 RCR / SEPAR, VBL etc, and thinking these need crews.

thank you,

Kylie