Dear Patrons,
Thanks for your patience while this months download took a little longer than usual due to staff illness.
This February, the Unity Council deploy the full might of their Mechanised Infantry. The Ajax Heavy Mech Suit and Tracer Recon Mech are based on similar technology but have different battle field roles.
Vanguard Patrons - Download the full pack NOW:2022-02-17 15:25:24 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons!
Unfortunately due to ongoing staff illness, February's release is likely to be delayed and may not be ready until the middle of February.
We are making good progress but we don't want to cut corners or rush out a lower quality offering.
For February, we are unleashing the full mechanised might of the Unity Council!
The Ajax Mech is a walking tank, containing a human pilot and able to be equipped with a wide r...
2022-01-28 13:01:11 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Sorry about the delay this month. We are a small team and the combination of the holiday break and a staff absence means we've not been able to get the usual set of pretty renders ready yet.
Rather than delay the release further, we've decided to make the download available asap (look out for a download link post soon) and get some updated renders ready later in the month. For now we have some simpler renders taken from Zbrush (thanks Dan!) which show eve...
2022-01-13 11:41:18 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
Firstly we'd like to wish you all a very Happy New Year!
We have exciting plans for 2022 and look forward to sharing our digital designs with you over the next 12 months!
January's download pack is Jungle Fighters, and we hope to have it ready soon!
We are a little behind schedule due to staff absence, so it's possible the download will take a few days longer than usual to finalise - thanks for your patience!
Here is a new render, and l...
2022-01-04 15:33:21 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
We hope you will have plenty of time during the festive period to print and paint (optimistic maybe?) all the awesome mini's you've amassed!
January's download pack will be Jungle Fighters! That's right, it's time to get to the chopper and find out what horrors are lurking in the dense foliage, with little more than rippling muscles for protection.
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2021-12-15 19:52:03 +0000 UTC
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Hello,
Our Patreon project is now paused for the month of December, but you can still sign up to get access to the Republic Grenadiers until the end of December!
Existing Patrons: You won't be charged on December 1st, but will instead be billed on January 1st when we release Jungle Fighters!
New Patrons: It's not too late to access the Republic Grenadiers which we released in November! Join any time in December and you will ...
2021-11-29 15:50:49 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
This CYBER MONDAY (29 November) : Get 50% OFF ALL DIGITAL PRODUCTS on the Anvil website, so it's a great chance to pick up any months you've missed!
Use coupon code: CYBER50
Not valid with any other digital discounts, so this is instead of your regular 40% discount.
https://anvilindustry.co.uk/digital-forge<...
2021-11-26 17:48:23 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
If you’ve ever struggled to paint yellow effectively you’ll enjoy this superb painting video from Sonic Sledgehammer Studio - in the original and best colour scheme too (we're biased!).
With their mix of hard armour plate and cloth elements Grenadiers are suited to a wide range of colour schemes, ranging from bright Sci-Fi through to muted modern day drab, or even camouflage if you fancy a challenge!
Let us know how you've painted yours?
All th...
2021-11-25 18:16:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons.
Most of you won’t know that our lead CAD artist Chris began his career at Anvil as a 2D artist.
He hasn’t had a chance to do any digital painting during the pandemic, but when we saw one of the 3D renders, we just had to organise a digital painting of the scene (above), as a squad of Grendiers advance along a blasted near future dystopian street.
Afterlife is set several hundred years in the future, in the midst of a global power struggle between war...
2021-11-17 15:11:44 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
We hope you are all enjoying the Republic Grenadier download!
A important heads up:
- We have decided to pause the Patreon billing cycle for one month, in December.
- This means that on December 1st you will NOT be charged, and we will not be releasing any content.
- New Patrons who sign up during December will still be charged immediately, and will be eligible for the November Grenadier download.
- Your subscrip...
2021-11-16 15:29:41 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons!
The heavily armoured Grenadiers of the Pan-Continental Republic were first released as resin miniatures through a Kickstarter which launched on October 30th 2013!
Over the past eight years the Grenadiers have been consistently one of our most popular kits, and we are proud to present on Patreon a completely resculpted and rescaled version of the desig...
2021-11-04 18:08:16 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
Some of you may remember that Anvil had a fast-paced skirmish game called Afterlife a number of years ago, featuring two high-tech corporate factions warring over the scarred remains of the Earth!
The game and miniatures went on the back burner as our Regiments range grew in popularity and took up our design time. But we have decided to rescale selected Afterlife models to be compatible with Regiments and re-release them through the Anvil Digital Forge...
2021-10-28 15:10:37 +0000 UTC
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Hello everyone!
October is Halloween, so we thought it would be appropriate to go hunting some Vampires!
This pack of components is ideal for use in a huge range of fantasy and alternative historical settings, but could also work well in more modern or sci-fi settings because the miniatures are fully modular and supplied with several versions.
The set contains 6 fully modular charac...
2021-10-04 09:37:27 +0000 UTC
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This Halloween month we are going vampire* hunting!
*or werewolves, regular wolves, deer, undead.. Crossbows are handy.
Don your best leather coat, sharpen those stakes and slap a new drum mag of garlic-infused quarrels into your crossbow!
We will have plenty more to show off next week, but here is a small preview of what you can expect!
2021-09-24 14:08:08 +0000 UTC
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A couple of months back we teamed up with YouTuber Sonic Sledgehammer to create video guides covering the basics of 3D printing.
If you are new to the Digital Forge or thinking of joining, we recommend watching these first!
Because of the detail level in our miniatures, we recommend a liquid resin type printer (MSLA/LCD, DLP or SLA), with at least 50-micron resolution. Good budge...
2021-09-16 14:51:05 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
For our Special 10th Anniversary month, we've decided to release a very special terrain set. It's our largest terrain set so far so it gets a separate post!
We've created a set of gothic void-themed walls and doors which can be built at almost any size, from a single room research facility to a sprawling spaceship interior or underground lab!
- Fully modular 1" tile-based terrain system.
- Chunky wall sections have been carefully ho...
2021-09-06 08:51:22 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
September 2021 is a very special month for us because we are celebrating 10 years since Anvil Industry Ltd started trading!
We are incredibly grateful to all our staff and customers, past and present, who have helped get us to this incredible milestone!
We wanted to do something a little different for this month on Patreon.
Rather than stick to a single theme we've gathered together a collection of exciting character models, ...
2021-09-02 11:19:11 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
We hope those of you who have already printed this month's APC are having fun with the kit!
We don't have the final renders yet, but here are a few quick previews showing what we have planned for next month.
September is special because we are celebrating 10 years since Anvil Industry Ltd started trading!
Rather than stick to a particular theme, we've gathered together a hugely varied collection of exciting character models, including br...
2021-08-28 16:37:50 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
Thanks for your patience while we prepared this months model. As the largest and most technically ambitious model we have ever created, we wanted to take the time to ensure a great user experience for you.
The model has been optimised since the start for easy 3D printing on a standard 5.5” LCD resin printer, and we have test printed each component multiple times, on three different printers, and at both 50um and 100um layer heights. There is no need to be co...
2021-08-14 14:36:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
As we said previously we are a little behind this month due to the complexity of the kit and the need to do a lot of test printing and refinement. We have never made a kit of this scale before!
In response to feedback, we have made the wheels slightly larger (only 10%, but it makes a visible difference).
We have also completed work on the modern front. It now how has a bulkier, more aggressive profile with a larger grill (based on real-world MRAP's) and also f...
2021-08-07 12:35:59 +0000 UTC
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Commander, in light of your recent request for a new armoured vehicle, please review the following blueprints.
The vehicle (particularly the non-amphibious front end) is still being designed, so expect to see further improvements and tweaks in the final version ready for deployment.
There have been some delays with development, but we expect this vehicle to be ready to commence production in your local digital manufacturing plant around August 10th-14th, subject t...
2021-07-27 12:29:05 +0000 UTC
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We've put together an easy-to-print pre-supported miniature for our Hazmat Containment release and we are giving it to everyone free!
There are some rules, of course, this model is still subject to our EULA, so is licensed for personal use only. Please do not share, distribute or sell this model. If you know someone who would like it, please send them to our Patreon page to get it, the more the merrier!
If you like the results and want lots more variety, options, weapons, eq...
2021-07-20 16:35:34 +0000 UTC
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Hello,
We are pleased to announce a new digital product on our website which shares a theme with this month's Hazmat containment team.
As a patron, you are eligible to use your 40% discount code on the set!
(Get the latest code here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/start-here-get-36925853)
Buy the Bases Here:
2021-07-09 18:15:13 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Here are the downloads for Vanguard patrons signed up in July.
Previous month's packs are available to purchase on the Anvil Industry website, a 40% discount can be found in the welcome post here https://www.patreon.com/posts/start-here-get-36925853
Please note that the links will be live until midday on the last day of the month. It wi...
2021-07-07 09:07:33 +0000 UTC
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Something has gone seriously wrong at one of our corporations Hidden Research Labs. Prepare a strike team: secure the lab and any surviving personnel. We have limited Intel but it is believed there are hostiles present. Lethal Force is Authorised.
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This month's theme is a fully hazmat-suited strike team with plenty of high-tech firepower, equipped to investigate and eliminate any hostile force in any environment!
...
2021-07-05 15:55:55 +0000 UTC
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Hello again,
Thanks for all your feedback on our earlier post regarding the format for next months miniatures. We posted up the preview of the proposed format in advance to see what people thought before the July billing cycle.
As the feedback is generally negative, it's either a bad idea, not what a majority of you want, or we did not properly explain the advantages.
Our team spend a lot of time in CAD software including Blender but we appreciate most patrons don't an...
2021-06-28 18:53:32 +0000 UTC
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Dear Patrons,
Here are a few more preview renders showing off next months Hazmat content!
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EDIT - The information below is now out of date, but we are leavin...
2021-06-28 14:55:52 +0000 UTC
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ATTN : Operations Director
URGENT
Our research laboratory on Basement Level 8 has not filed scheduled reports for 2 days now. Employee logs show no personnel have entered or exited the level recently which is strange
The power and network connections to the lab appear to have been disconnected from inside the lab. We were able to recover some partial CCTV feeds.
Audio si...
2021-06-23 13:32:47 +0000 UTC
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We've put together an easy-to-print pre-supported miniature for our D-Day release and we are giving it to everyone free!
There are some rules, of course, this model is still subject to our EULA, so is licensed for personal use only. Please do not share, distribute or sell this model. If you know someone who would like it, please send them to our Patreon page to get it, the more the merrier!
If you like the results and want lots more variety, options, weapons, equipment, and ...
2021-06-17 14:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Hello Patrons,
Patron Sonic Sledgehammer has painted up "The Captain" from our June D-Day Release for his latest "How I Paint Things" video!
He has made use of the Multi-Shell feature to remove some elements before printing, and his video contains a really simply guide showing how to do this in Mesh Mixer (free CAD software) in just a few clicks. The same process can be used for any of our Multi-Shell parts or for removing support shells if needed.
2021-06-08 09:11:35 +0000 UTC
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