Resin Vehicles & Titans - Revision history

Exoditejon at 16:10, 25 September 2017

2017-09-25T16:10:23Z

Exoditejon at 16:09, 25 September 2017

2017-09-25T16:09:29Z

Tonym at 02:53, 28 November 2015

2015-11-28T02:53:08Z

Tonym: /* Other Makers */

2013-10-27T04:38:50Z

‎Other Makers

Exoditejon: /* Other Makers */

2013-07-09T07:23:10Z

‎Other Makers

Tonym: /* Armorcast */

2012-11-18T00:54:25Z

‎Armorcast

Timdp: Added Armorcast Squiggoth by Bobby Jackson, Bright Stallion David Hildebrand sculptor

2012-06-21T06:08:07Z

Added Armorcast Squiggoth by Bobby Jackson, Bright Stallion David Hildebrand sculptor

Timdp: /* USA */

2012-05-14T22:08:04Z

‎USA

Timdp: Added td stuff, moved td gallery to correct position in the timeline

2012-05-14T22:00:01Z

Added td stuff, moved td gallery to correct position in the timeline

Timdp: /* Armorcast */

2011-12-03T18:40:23Z

‎Armorcast

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 The history of resin casts for Warhammer was shown on the Epicast site and Epicast are thanked for permission to reproduce an abridged version of their article here.
-Armorcast are still in business, although not producing items under license from Games Workshop anymore. Epicast appear to have ceased trading in 2014; up to that point they were mainly produce a wide range of scenic bases cast in resin. Monolith produced a wide range of scenery pieces in resin which can be seen at [http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/toppage1.htm Monolith Designs Online Catalogue], although Monolith appear to have ceased trading in around 2011.
+Armorcast are still in business, although not producing items under license from Games Workshop anymore. Armorcast mainly produce a wide range of scenery pieces in resin. They also produce tanks and APCs and a variety of other items which can be seen at [http://armorcast.com/store/index.php Armorcast Online Catalogue]
-Armorcast mainly produce a wide range of scenery pieces in resin. They also produce tanks and APCs and a variety of other items which can be seen at [http://armorcast.com/store/index.php Armorcast Online Catalogue]
+Epicast appear to have ceased trading in 2014; up to that point they were mainly produce a wide range of scenic bases cast in resin.

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 This section is devoted to the vehicles and titans produced in resin before the GW Forgeworld Division was started. Vehicles and titans were produced in resin in both USA (in 40K scale) and in UK (in 40K and Epic scales). Nick Tompkins of [http://www.epicast.com/index.php?mode=page&page=lostandbanned Epicast] was very helpful in providing information. Tim DuPertuis former owner of [http://www.armorcast.com/ Armorcast] and Steve Mussared of Monolith helped with additional information.
-The history of resin casts for Warhammer is shown on the Epicast site and Epicast are thanked for permission to reproduce an abridged version of their article here.
+The history of resin casts for Warhammer was shown on the Epicast site and Epicast are thanked for permission to reproduce an abridged version of their article here.
-Epicast, Armorcast and Monolith are still in business, although not producing items under license from Games Workshop anymore.
+Armorcast are still in business, although not producing items under license from Games Workshop anymore. Epicast appear to have ceased trading in 2014; up to that point they were mainly produce a wide range of scenic bases cast in resin. Monolith produced a wide range of scenery pieces in resin which can be seen at [http://www.monolithdesigns.co.uk/toppage1.htm Monolith Designs Online Catalogue], although Monolith appear to have ceased trading in around 2011.
-Epicast mainly produce a wide range of scenic bases cast in resin which can be seen at [http://epicast.netfirms.com/epicast/nfoscomm/catalog/ Epicast Online Catalogue].
+Armorcast mainly produce a wide range of scenery pieces in resin. They also produce tanks and APCs and a variety of other items which can be seen at [http://armorcast.com/store/index.php Armorcast Online Catalogue]

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	file:westland48 Reaver Titan Head 1.jpg\|westland48 Reaver Titan Head 1		file:westland48 Reaver Titan Head 1.jpg\|westland48 Reaver Titan Head 1
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		+	file:Knight Errant Titan.jpg\|<center>Knight Errant Titan produced in Monaco in 2010
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 file:Armorcast Unreleased Eldar Bright Stallion Knight.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Bright Stallion Knight Titan sculpted by David Hildebrand
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 file:Biasi Prototype Trident.jpg|Prototype Titan Harpoon - never released
 file:Armorcast Prototype Landraider.jpg|Prototype Landraider - never completed
-file:Armorcast Prototype Imperator Titan.jpg|Prototype Imperator Titan - never cast
+file:Armorcast Unreleased Warzone Bauhaus Armoured car.jpg|Unreleased Warzone Bauhaus Armoured car
 file:Armorcast Prototype Warzone Bauhaus Cobra APC.jpg|Prototype Warzone Bauhaus Cobra APC- never completed
 file:Armorcast Prototype Warzone Bauhaus Krait APC.jpg|Prototype Warzone Bauhaus Krait APC- never completed

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 Along came Mike Biasi – the “Master”  Mike is a very talented artist and sculptor and he produced a 40K scale Titan modeled on the early Games Workshop Plastic and metal Epic models for Adeptus Titanicus. Games Workshop gave Mike a copyright license to produce 40K scale models of Epic vehicles; Mike named his company Mike Biasi Studios. Word soon got around about these wonderful models and Tim DuPertuis started publishing Inquisitor magazine (June of 1991) with rules for these models in it. The first Titan rules were published in Inquisitor #3 in January of 1992.
-At about the same time that Mike started selling the Reaver kit, Tim DuPertuis, with GW's permission, started casting and selling a Thundercannon for converting a Rhino into a Vindicator. (January 1992).
+At about the same time that Inquisitor started, Tim DuPertuis, with GW's permission, started casting and selling a Thundercannon for converting a Rhino into a Vindicator. (June 1991).
 Nick Tompkins saw Mike’s models, made some models and sent them to GW  who gave him a copyright license too. Nick's company is Epicast USA.
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 Around 2004, the same group started Dreamforge Designs and created two Titans which stand about 4 times as tall as an Armorcast Warhound. Two versions were produced using rapid prototyping [very expensive! ] from CADD drawings. Initial price was $750.00 per model. 6 models were sold before they were closed down for breach of GW intellectual property. It seems only one variant of the two was sold and the prototype casting of the second Leviathan model may be the only one in existence.
 From 2007, after market heads for the Armorcast Reaver Titan started to appear on ebay from sellers "chrono38" and "westland48".
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 At first, Warhammer 40K players had no vehicles as there were only 2 Games Workshop models and those were only for one race – the Marines.
-Along came Mike Biasi – the “Master”  Mike is a very talented artist and sculptor and he produced a 40K scale Titan modeled on the early Games Workshop Plastic and metal Epic models for Adeptus Titanicus. Games Workshop gave Mike a copyright license to produce 40K scale models of Epic vehicles; Mike named his company Mike Biasi Studios. Word soon got around about these wonderful models and Tim DuPertuis started publishing Inquisitor magazine with rules for these models in it.
+Along came Mike Biasi – the “Master”  Mike is a very talented artist and sculptor and he produced a 40K scale Titan modeled on the early Games Workshop Plastic and metal Epic models for Adeptus Titanicus. Games Workshop gave Mike a copyright license to produce 40K scale models of Epic vehicles; Mike named his company Mike Biasi Studios. Word soon got around about these wonderful models and Tim DuPertuis started publishing Inquisitor magazine (June of 1991) with rules for these models in it. The first Titan rules were published in Inquisitor #3 in January of 1992.
 Nick Tompkins saw Mike’s models, made some models and sent them to GW  who gave him a copyright license too. Nick's company is Epicast USA.
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 Mike’s association with Games Workshop ended and John Richardson of Modesto, California and some other friends approached Games Workshop with a proposition. They asked GW for the right to reproduce Mike’s models and other new ones on a large scale production basis. GW agreed and gave them a licence. They formed Forge World Models
-Tim Dupertuis approached GW and asked for the same rights and contract and got Mike to agree to work with him to refine and update the models. Tim formed a company called [http://www.armorcast.com Armorcast].
+Tim DuPertuis approached GW and asked for the same rights and contract and got Mike to agree to work with him to refine and update the models. Tim formed a company called [http://www.armorcast.com Armorcast].
 So the companies in USA which received copyright licenses from GW were Mike Biasi Studios, Epicast, Forge World Models, Armorcast.
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 file:Biasi Prototype Trident.jpg|Prototype Trident for Reaver or Warlord Titan
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 file:Armorcast Imperial Titan Weapons 1.jpg|Titan Weapons 1
 file:Armorcast Imperial Titan Weapons 2.jpg|Titan Weapons 2
 file:Armorcast Revised Imperial Baneblade Ptd.jpg|Imperial Baneblade (Revised from the Biasi Studios model)
 file:Armorcast Revised Imperial Shadowsword.jpg|Imperial Shadowsword (Revised from the Biasi Studios model)
 file:Armorcast Tyranid Exocrine.jpg|Tyranid Exocrine
 file:Armorcast Tyranid Haruspex.jpg|Tyranid Haruspex