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== Mike Biasi Studios ==
 
== Mike Biasi Studios ==
 
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image:Imperial Reaver Titan.jpg|Imperial Reaver Titan
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image:Biasi Imperial Reaver Titan.jpg|Imperial Reaver Titan
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image:Warhound Titan.jpg|Warhound Titan
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image:Biasi Warhound Titan.jpg|Warhound Titan
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image:Eldar Tempest.jpg|Eldar Tempest
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image:Biasi Eldar Tempest.jpg|Eldar Tempest
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image:Eldar Knight.jpg|Eldar Knight
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image:Biasi Eldar Knight.jpg|Eldar Knight
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image:Bane Blade & Shadowsword.jpg|Bane Blade & Shadowsword
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image:Biasi Bane Blade & Shadowsword.jpg|Bane Blade & Shadowsword
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image:Eldar Phantom Titan .jpg|Eldar Phantom Titan
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image:Biasi Eldar Phantom Titan .jpg|Eldar Phantom Titan
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image:Unreleased Eldar Farseer Phantom Titan Head.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Farseer Phantom Titan Head
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image:Biasi Unreleased Eldar Farseer Phantom Titan Head.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Farseer Phantom Titan Head
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image:Unreleased Imperial Warlord Titan.jpg|Unreleased Imperial Warlord Titan
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image:Biasi Unreleased Imperial Warlord Titan.jpg|Unreleased Imperial Warlord Titan
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== Epicast ==
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image:Epicast Imperial Termite .jpg|Imperial Termite
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image:Epicast Ork Bowelburna.jpg|Ork Bowelburna
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image:Epicast Ork  Spleenrippa.jpg|Ork  Spleenrippa
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image:Epicast Ork  Gobsmasha.jpg|Ork  Gobsmasha
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image:Epicast Eldar Falcon.jpg|Eldar Falcon
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image:Epicast Vindicator & Whirlwind kit.jpg|Vindicator & Whirlwind kit
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image:Epicast Mork Stomper.jpg|Mork Stomper
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image:Epicast Gork Stomper.jpg|Gork Stomper
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image:Epicast Marine Drop Pod.jpg|Marine Drop Pod
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image:Epicast Imperial Bunker with Eagle.jpg|Imperial Bunker with Eagle
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image:Epicast Unreleased Imperial Knight Titan Paladin.jpg|Unreleased Imperial Knight Titan Paladin
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image:Epicast Unreleased Imperial Knight Titan Crusader.jpg|Unreleased Imperial Knight Titan Crusader
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image:Epicast Unreleased Imperial Knight Titan Errant.jpg|Unreleased Imperial Knight Titan Errant
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image:Epicast Unreleased Eldar Prism Cannon.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Prism Cannon
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image:Epicast Unreleased Eldar Doom Weaver.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Doom Weaver
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image:Epicast Unreleased Ork LungBursta.jpg|Unreleased Ork LungBursta
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== Forgeworld USA ==
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image:Forgeworld Copy of Biasi Warhound Titan.jpg|Copy of Biasi Warhound Titan
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image:Forgeworld Copy of Biasi Reaver Titan.jpg|Copy of Biasi Reaver Titan
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image:Forgeworld Copy of Biasi Baneblade.jpg|Copy of Biasi Baneblade
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image:Forgeworld Copy of Biasi Shadowsword.jpg|Copy of Biasi Shadowsword
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image:Forgeworld Copy of Biasi Eldar Tempest.jpg|Copy of Biasi Eldar Tempest
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image:Forgeworld Eldar Wave Serpent.jpg|Eldar Wave Serpent
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image:Forgeworld Tyranid Dactylis.jpg|Tyranid Dactylis
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image:Forgeworld Warzone Bauhaus Grizzly.jpg|Warzone Bauhaus Grizzly
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image:Forgeworld Warzone Bauhaus Tank.jpg|Warzone Bauhaus Tank
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image:Forgeworld Warzone Bauhaus Armored Car.jpg|Warzone Bauhaus Armored Car
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image:Forgeworld Triangle Castle and Keep.jpg|Triangle Castle and Keep
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image:Forgeworld Unreleased Huge Gobsmasha.jpg|Unreleased Huge Gobsmasha
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image:Forgeworld Unreleased Eldar Prism Cannon.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Prism Cannon
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image:Forgeworld Unreleased Eldar Doomweaver.jpg|Unreleased Eldar Doomweaver
 
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Revision as of 03:14, 10 January 2007

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 Epic scale).

USA

The history of resin casts for Warhammer is shown on the Epicastsite and Epicast are thanked for permission to reproduce their article here.

The Lost and the Banned

This section is dedicated to a rough history of Warhammer related resin casting in the US and a list of products that were produced by the companies listed here. Strangely enough all the US licensed producers of Games Workshop copyrighted models were located within 4 hours of each other in Northern California.

In the Beginning…. First there was a barren emptiness, Warhammer 40K players had no vehicles 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. Mike lived in Santa Rosa, California up the coast form San Francisco. Back in those days Games Workshop was a smaller, less complicated company than they are now and when Mike sent them his Titan they were impressed! They gave Mike a copyright license to produce 40K scale models of Epic vehicles; Mike named his company Mike Biasi Studios. The local gaming community being small and fairly tight knit – word soon got around about these wonderful models and Tim Dupertuis started publishing Inquisitor magazine with rules for these models in it. I saw Mike’s models and realized where he was going BIG I could go small. So I made some models and sent them to GW and luckily enough they gave me a copyright too! I named my company Epicast USA. Let me state now – Mike is a classically trained and educated artist with university level courses in Art and sculpture behind him; I am an enthusiastic converted/scratch builder with some artistic talent. There was little comparison between our models and Mike’s later work with Armorcast and Forgeworld UK is of professional standard. 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 contract. They formed Forgeworld USA 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 Armorcast.

So there you have it: in order of appearance: Mike Biasi Studios, Epicast, Forgeworld USA, Armorcast.

UK

Thanks to Steve Mussared for providing information the information regarding resin vehicles produced in UK.

Steve Mussared of Monolith produced a small range of resin vehicles and titans in Epic scale. With the exception of the Ork Gargant, most of these models were only every produced in small runs and so were never available to the general wargaming community.

Mike Biasi Studios

Epicast

Forgeworld USA

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