Chapterhouse Studios 40k conversion bits for April - Heresy Terminator Shoulder Pads

[chapterhousestudios]

Hello Chapterhouse Studios customers and fans,

Five new shoulder pad options have just been added to the store. The pads are tailored to fit on Space Marine Terminators and are modeled after the earlier style that was present during the Heresy Civil war.

Each set comes with 2 matching pads - components come as unpainted pewter. These have been specially designed to fit on the shoulders of terminator models with nothing but superglue, no modifications are necessary.

Click on the photos to be transfered to the product page of each item.

Heresy Era Pad for Terminators Type A
http://chapterhousestudios.com/image/data/product images/April Releases/PadAFront.jpg (http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_86_88&product_id=233)

Heresy Era Pad for Terminators Type C
http://chapterhousestudios.com/image/data/product images/April Releases/PadCFront.jpg (http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_86_88&product_id=237)

Heresy Era Pads for Terminators Type D
http://chapterhousestudios.com/image/data/product images/April Releases/PadDFront.jpg (http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_86_88&product_id=238)

Heresy Era Pad for Terminators Type B
http://chapterhousestudios.com/image/data/product images/April Releases/PadBFront.jpg (http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_86_88&product_id=234)


We will continue to add a few more Heresy Era pad choices in the coming weeks as well as some new sculpts for our TRU-Scale Knights Praetorian line. My next newsletter will be showcasing the "Assault" version of our Javelin Imperial Jetbike and notify you all of its release.

Game On,

Nick Villacci

Chapterhouse Studios LLC

[chapterhousestudios]

Last type thats put on the site this week...

Heresy Era Pads for Terminators Type E
http://chapterhousestudios.com/image/data/product images/April Releases/PadEFront.jpg (http://chapterhousestudios.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=85_86_88&product_id=235)

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

Liking the segmented plates hanging down from type A, nice blend of ancient and futuristic.

[faolan]

Dammit Nick, where's that Pilum attack jetbike you promised me?!

Also, these aren't bad.

[Chuck777]

I may pick a few of these up for my Termy army!!!

[thelion]

i realy like the look they create it is great! dont realy care for the fact that they are pewerter, i never have liked using the pewerter/plastic combo stuff but since it is just a small peice i may just give it a try realy like the type b

[SotonShades]

Much want. Not sure which style I prefer though... Need a few more Termies to fill out my first company though ;)

[Captainparty]

What a scummy business model

[Wolfshade]

I do like the model E, they look very similiar to the ones I've converted for my Terminator Honour Guard.
My next modeling project would be a terminator techmarine, but I don't want the servoarms/harness to just be stuck to the back of the termi..

[gendoikari87]

why not display the terminators with your own lightning claws those things were awesome.

[gendoikari87]

What a scummy business model

Then don't buy and let the rest of us enjoy their stuff.

[Pendragon38]

What a scummy business model
I think there great and cheaper than FW, so it sounds like you have a small minded and bad froum to pick on a small and ever growing store for a good hobby. so go soak your head and grow up!!

[Wolfshade]

I think they're great and cheaper than FW, so it sounds like you have a small minded and bad froum to pick on a small and ever growing store for a good hobby. so go soak your head and grow up!!
I am really not sure what you are saying here.

[chapterhousestudios]

Pilum Heavy Jetbike and the Alternative heads for Tau Battlesuits are on the painting table ready to add to the site...

[Captainparty]

I think there great and cheaper than FW, so it sounds like you have a small minded and bad froum to pick on a small and ever growing store for a good hobby. so go soak your head and grow up!!

Its an illegal business that harms the driving focus of the hobby. I don't see Chapterhouse running painting clubs or hosting games nights and encouraging essential new blood into the hobby, they're a leech, feeding on scraps that they think they can get away with stealing from the plate. They've never done anything original or interesting, just badly cast crap ripping off GW.

You're being small minded and thinking very short term.

[DrLove42]

This is not the place for this argument. This is a place for them to sell their stuff.

There are other places on this forum dedicated to how CHS are evil leeches destroying GW's copyrights to line their own pockets. There also some people who say the other thing

FYI - Pendragon - You lost this argument when you suggested that CHS was better than FW.

[inquisitorsog]

Its an illegal business that harms the driving focus of the hobby. I don't see Chapterhouse running painting clubs or hosting games nights and encouraging essential new blood into the hobby, they're a leech, feeding on scraps that they think they can get away with stealing from the plate. They've never done anything original or interesting, just badly cast crap ripping off GW.

You're being small minded and thinking very short term.

I'd suggest toning it down. You're close to breaking the law yourself by slandering CHS.

You've stated as fact that CHS is an illegal business. If that were true, then I'm sure GW would have fired that bullet already. There's a dispute between GW and CHS over the reach of trademark and copyright law. Even if CHS loses, that does not make them an illegal business. They will change some more terminology on their website, maybe pay retroactive licensing and/or punative fees to GW and possibly continue to operate if they can find the money.


Anyway, these shoulder pads look terrible. Segmented armor should follow the shoulder/upper arm, not stick out like it's welded together.

[Psychosplodge]

Anyway, these shoulder pads look terrible. Segmented armor should follow the shoulder/upper arm, not stick out like it's welded together.

^this!
My first thought was they look kinda cool, then I thought but what about gravity?

[DrLove42]

You can shove your personal legal opinions up your narrow minded behind and sod of.

Oi. Keep it civil. This is a friendly forum, not Warsewer. Hes just posting his opinion and the facts with his opinion on them

Forgeworld DO run their own events, clubs and gaming night.
CHS have only produced kits for another companies models and none of their own rules

[chapterhousestudios]

^this!
My first thought was they look kinda cool, then I thought but what about gravity?

We purposely designed these to be cast in resin so you can bend the hanging segments if you choose to do so.

They also pretty much dry fit to the bare models shoulders, they are "precision" sculpted.

Nick

[Aldramelech]

Its an illegal business that harms the driving focus of the hobby. I don't see Chapterhouse running painting clubs or hosting games nights and encouraging essential new blood into the hobby, they're a leech, feeding on scraps that they think they can get away with stealing from the plate. They've never done anything original or interesting, just badly cast crap ripping off GW.

You're being small minded and thinking very short term.

Games Workshop are pretty far from being the "Driving focus of the hobby" and I would love you to list all of the original concepts that they have created, just about everything they've ever done has been ripped off from TV, Film and Books that they did not write or publish.

The hobby is driven by small company's, (the hobby being gaming and not the laughable GW Hobby, like they invented wargaming) always has been.

[chapterhousestudios]

Games Workshop are pretty far from being the "Driving focus of the hobby" and I would love you to list all of the original concepts that they have created, just about everything they've ever done has been ripped off from TV, Film and Books that they did not write or publish.

The hobby is driven by small company's, (the hobby being gaming and not the laughable GW Hobby, like they invented wargaming) always has been.

Small businesses and game shops drive the miniature hobby. GW stores (which are a recent addition to retailing in the US, last 5-10 years) are only interested in driving sales (and short term sales) of their products and game systems.

Broaden your mind and open your eyes to the fact that WE are the hobby, the players, not Games Workshop and your experience will improve 100% Captain Party.

[Necron2.0]

Love these. I may just have to get some for an Iron Hands army I'm looking to put together. Not sure which would work the best, though. I'm leaning toward either the Type B's or the Type A's.

[DrLove42]

Small businesses and game shops drive the miniature hobby. GW stores (which are a recent addition to retailing in the US, last 5-10 years) are only interested in driving sales (and short term sales) of their products and game systems.

Broaden your mind and open your eyes to the fact that WE are the hobby, the players, not Games Workshop and your experience will improve 100% Captain Party.

See THIS is why I don't buy from you guys.

I love the models. They're (mostly) brilliant

But I hate the Arrogance

GW might not be the creators of the hobby. But where would it be (genuine question - might make a seperate thread on this) without them?

Remember all your kits fit on THEIR models. Anything original is based on THEIR artwork

*Mini Rant Over*

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

See THIS is why I don't buy from you guys.

I love the models. They're (mostly) brilliant

But I hate the Arrogance

GW might not be the creators of the hobby. But where would it be (genuine question - might make a seperate thread on this) without them?

Remember all your kits fit on THEIR models. Anything original is based on THEIR artwork

*Mini Rant Over*Do keep in mind he's responding to someone talking about how "scummy" his business is. It always comes off as kind of weird criticizing only the reactions rather than the over the top accusations that bought them up.

[chapterhousestudios]

We purposely designed these to be cast in PEWTER so you can bend the hanging segments if you choose to do so.

They also pretty much dry fit to the bare models shoulders, they are "precision" sculpted.

Nick

Sorry I meant pewter

[chapterhousestudios]

Do keep in mind he's responding to someone talking about how "scummy" his business is. It always comes off as kind of weird criticizing only the reactions rather than the over the top accusations that bought them up.

Yes, why is it arrogant to defend oneself from debasing and basically rude comments and opinions? Interestingly I was called arrogant for letting everyone know we confer with attorneys and thank you for the advice, when people felt the need to say how illegal and wrong our business was.. why is it arrogant to ignore legal opinions from people on the internet who are not lawyers?

Funny thing the internet.

Thanks for the support Tiberius.

[thelion]

personaly i realy like some of the stuff that chaper house dose realy without them i would have to hand craft alot of stuff myself, for example the sm jet bike that they are working on i realy like it and think that it is somthing that was missing the creation of the ravenwing (i think that Sammael should be able to take a retnue of co vets on jetbikes or even a comand sqd on jetbikes that way he lives through a game but that is off subject) between deploymet and other dutys of mine i would never have time (or the skill realy) to build this myslef so....i have to go with what my mom usta allways tell me when i was growing up if you dont have somthing nice to say keep you mouth shut and dont down on the work of others unless you can do better. other than that have a nice day!

[ozybonza]

Just to confirm - these fit over terminator arms and not terminator shoulder pads right?

Just to weigh in on the CHS debate - myself and many like me NEVER go to GW or independent stores to paint or play for free. I sometimes go to tournaments where there is an entry fee so I'm still paying my way - even then I'll pick up a couple of paints or something. I've made my own table, made/bought enough terrain and provide my own environment for gaming at home. Don't assume that I rely on GW stores to provide a hobby space for me, I owe them nothing and will buy from places like CHS if I choose.

[chapterhousestudios]

Just to confirm - these fit over terminator arms and not terminator shoulder pads right?

Correct, these are used instead of the standard pads that come with the GW Terminator kit.

[MadmanMSU]

The only thing I don't like about Chapterhouse is that they don't make product fast enough! I wish there was a bigger selection on their site. Good stuff, will continue to buy from them.

I wish they made melta-guns....would buy a crap ton of those. Or how about some power weapons. Even side sponsons for my predators like they do with the razorback turrets...wow I love those. Can I put in an early order for 8 Predator magnetized side sponsons now?

[chapterhousestudios]

As soon as I find a source of good polish labor, like all those other polish and russian companies have :)

[Pendragon38]

This is not the place for this argument. This is a place for them to sell their stuff.

There are other places on this forum dedicated to how CHS are evil leeches destroying GW's copyrights to line their own pockets. There also some people who say the other thing

FYI - Pendragon - You lost this argument when you suggested that CHS was better than FW.
( I didn't say they where better I said hang there stuff is cheaper than some FW stuff), its so nice to find stuff for a good price.CHS,Blood and skulls,Hitech,and Pig Iron all have great models. And yes I messed up at 5 this morning. Should have checked what I wrote because I under stand it and I left out a few things so my bad. sorry

[Necron2.0]

I want to start by stating up front that I am in no way attempting to "dis" anyone (except maybe Bill Gates). If anything that follows causes offense to anyone (except Bill Gates), it will be purely unintentional.


GW might not be the creators of the hobby. But where would it be (genuine question - might make a seperate thread on this) without them?

I've often said (and in honest, absolute seriousness) that if Bill Gates had been strangled at birth, the state of the art in computer science and technology would be 10 to 20 years ahead of where it is now. If anything, among my peers (people who've been in the field since ol' Bill was still just some punk college drop-out) I'm chided for being far too conservative.

Truth be told, among purist miniature collectors, Citadel miniatures have always been somewhat "meh" and the 40K game itself (rules-wise) is kinda lumpy, odd and a little misshapen. The success of GW comes solely from marketing and presentation. GW capitalized on something that already existed, much like Bill Gates did. They took an existing concept, and did a PT Barnum on it - they made the game into "Events" and then spun a culture around those events. And like Mr. Gates, they've routinely engage in behavior meant to dominate and control the industry, not enhance it, and certainly not to benefit the customers.

If GW never existed, maybe the hobby would be worse off for it. However it's as likely (and maybe a little more so) that wargaming would be far better off. <*Shrug*> Unlike the situation with Bill and computer science, there's no way to accurately tell.

[Uncle Nutsy]

Bill gates also gave the PC industry something that was sorely needed.

standards.

before that came about, everything PC was a mess of proprietary gumbo. Kind of like GW.

[Deadlift]

Truth be told, among purist miniature collectors, Citadel miniatures have always been somewhat "meh"



I would like to politely disagree on this point. :)
Surely thats down to personal tastes, I think citadel produce some of the best looking minis. The Dark Eldar as an example are really very nice. I know that heroic scale is not to everyones liking but GW do it well. However I would not be so arrogant to say they are the best as I have only been in the "hobby" 5 or 6 years. For the most part though my fellow hobbyists are fans of citadel models. Maybe were not "purist miniature collectors" but PP, FW, Avatars of War, Rackham, Mcvay are all fine by me and I think GW can produce anything just as good and usually better (again down to taste) in comparison to what I have seen.

Your thoughts on Bill Gates, Spot on.

As for chapter house studios and these pads in particular, I like the look of them but never taken the plunge on a purchase of any of their products. I will be interested to see who produces a pre-heresy TDA model 1st, FW Chapter or GW.

[Adra]

These look ok. Not quite as crisp as a GW product but they look alright. maybe its the paintjob.

This is the sort of think CH does that makes sense to me, making bits and bobs that are interesting and desirable additions to existing GW products. Shoulderpads, weapons, upgrade kits...all that jazz. Hey if you buy a shirt and you want different colour buttons, then just add some new buttons. It builds on the shirt and adds a bit of flare, just like these bits add flare to already great GW models. However the complete models CH makes im not such a fan off. Wish they would stick to what they do well. Ah well no worries :)

[Col.Gravis]

I'd have to agree, the most recent add on bits can't be knocked on the quality of the sculpts looking at the site, theres some very nice work going on at CH, but I can't say the same for the true scale marine knock-offs. I'm assuming they have a pool of sculptors though, and thats probably a reflection of that, some are better then others.

[Necron2.0]

Surely thats down to personal tastes, I think citadel produce some of the best looking minis. The Dark Eldar as an example are really very nice.

Largely I meant my comments in an historical context. Citadel has certainly gotten lots better of late. Compare the new plastic DE to the old metal ones and you'll see what I mean. Now, I don't play Warhammer FB at all, but I bought three of the Dark Elf Sorceress figure because I think it's brilliant. Every time I go into my FLGS I have to struggle not to buy the Coven Throne.

Just for reference though, this (http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0118/3042/products/FO.jpg), this (http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0118/3042/products/FrenchI.jpg) and this (http://www.thunderboltmountain.com/products/holy-family-nativity-set) are some of what I'd call the highest quality miniatures available. For me it's less about the amounts of fiddly bits present on the figure and more about the dedication to accuracy, realism and detail for what is there.

I'm also jonesing pretty heavily to get my hands on some of Raging Heroes' Blood Vestals (http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/blood_vestals_1280.jpg), but mostly that's to push my Wyches to above an NC-17. ;)

[Deadlift]

I'm also jonesing pretty heavily to get my hands on some of Raging Heroes' Blood Vestals (http://hem.spray.se/kendoka/blood_vestals_1280.jpg), but mostly that's to push my Wyches to above an NC-17. ;)



Fair point on the older models, as for those models you like, be honest its the boobs isnt it ? :D

[Necron2.0]

Fair point on the older models, as for those models you like, be honest its the boobs isnt it ? :D

Are you referring to the Blood Vestals or the two French soldier figures? ;)

In quasi-seriousness though, hold that thought. I'm going to be posting a Wych figure I've painted in the coming week or so. It's a test figure, so I can review the color scheme before committing to it. The figure I'd chosen to start on was one with a "sex-changed" male torso (male Wyches? Not in MY army!). I've been told the figure is quite callimastian.

[faolan]

Nick, thanks for the update on the Pilum.

It's a shame these are in pewter, as I reckon bending the straps is easier on resin, but that may just be personal preference. They look decent as is though, and make a good bit to mix in with some of the other hobbyist driven ones out there.

You're right, WE drive the hobby - and I knew that you meant "we" being the consumers and enthusiasts, not your company personally.

Keep up the (good) work, it may not be to everyone's tastes or likings, but like MaxMini and so many others, you add options and those are always good to have!