Happy 2014!

...and all is well! We have successfully merged all of the blog posts from the old Bombshell page to the new Airlock Games site here.

The all new Counterblast Facebook Group is open for discussion and we will be updating the forums with a playtest area and new look over the coming weeks as we prepare to launch the Counterblast Kickstarter project.

Master castings have arrived from the foundry for some of the parts offered on the Scout Ship Kickstarter project. We know they are hard at work finishing up the castings to get the pieces sent to us for fulfillment.

COUNTERBLAST

Over the coming weeks updates for the various factions will be posted along with new art and pics of some of the sculpts that will be offered through the Kickstarter project. This will allow potential players to examine the various factions and will provide a more detailed overview of how they will play and what makes them unique.

The Outer Reaches is a varied collection of aliens, some cat-like, some shark-like, some unlike anything on Earth. Only recently have intrepid explorers from Earth been encouraged to travel out among the Reaches to make their way in this hostile environment. Many human-owned corporations seeking rich ultonium deposits have begun to stake claims bringing them in direct competition, and conflict, with the the native Reachers. This make the environment rich for many adventure battles.

We here at the factory are very excited to see all of our work reach the point where it can now be shared with you. Seeing the characters and ideas that have only lived in our imaginations come to life through the talented artists, writers and designers over the course of development has been a fulfilling and rewarding experience. We look forward to 2014, as we look back to what 1948 might have been, to share with you what the Illyrians have shared with us, adventure in the Outer Reaches.

Patrick Keith

The Sculptdude

December Things in the Works

We are happy to announce that Bombshell Miniatures are now handled by Minerva Games in the UK. If you are a UK or European retail store or online game and hobby provider, please contact them directly to order wholesale products by Bombshell Miniatures.

Minerva Games

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The Scout Ship Kickstarter fulfillment is still chugging along and we have the Production Update #5 posted over on the project page with all the news.

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There is a big update over on the Airlock Games blog with new concept art and info about the upcoming game project.

New Concept Art

Here are a few more designs that have been rolling in from our concept artists.

Keri Ruediger worked up a couple of Shrinaar iterations for the Lancers faction.

Shrinaar are a race of felinoids whose homeworld, Shrina, was conquered and enslaved by the Neiran during the later reign of Empress Messilina III. Before that time, the Shrinaar had reached early space travel and, having an innate sense of curiosity, had begun exploration of nearby systems, even colonizing several worlds.

Jeff Paulsrud has provided us with a look at a couple more creatures for the Edo faction.

Large and fearsome, a Psider's abilities can put even the most battle-harded veteran on edge. Psi-ders share the chameleon ability of Eye-Spys, due to the enhanced chromatophores of their skin, allowing them to infiltrate enemy forces. Mighty wielders of the cosmiverse, Psi-ders are able to surround the pseudopods at the tips of their tentacles with Arc energy during their attacks. They can also protect themselves with force fields and have a powerful ability that apparently allows them to fold space and move instantaneously from one spot to another, more limited, not unlike what Jump drives perform for starships.

An odd type of spider-crab-like creature, trappers seem to travel with and on Edoflenii forces until under some alien direction they swarm together to surge forward releasing a sticky web-like substance that ensnares and immobilizes any being or creature unwary enough to get too close. As unsettling as they appear, they pose no other danger, seemingly used by the Edo to slow enemies until the main Edo troops can arrive.

Bret has fabricated a fantastic new prototype for the Edo faction we have dubbed as the Scutter. His cool Scutter prototype model is kitbashed from a variety of materials and has been used in several of the demos we have have been running at various shows.

While Edoflenii seem to be a species that has developed and continues to practice advanced bio-engineering, they also apparently have their own technology as well. An example of this technology are the formidable Scutters. Fashioned in the image of their makers, these machines stride across the battlefield on articulated legs bearing their Edo leader pilots in domed cockpits above.

I have been working on many of the weapon designs for the various faction in ZBrush which will be going to print shorly so they can be mastered and added to the sculpts.

As more art arrives over the next few weeks we will be adding more designs for some of the other factions.

New Characters for Counterblast

We have created a selection of Counterblast "preview models" to accompany the Scout Ship Kickstarter project. These characters are found within the Outer Reaches setting but are not part of any designated force list. We will be offering a datacard Print&Play™ PDF file  for these characters which will have all of their in-game stats, points values and equipment once the game is published so that you can include them in your Adventure Battle Games.

Skip Westmoreland, GRA Agent

Smap, Illyrian Agent

Wanda Whitestar, Lancer Captain

Neema, Illyrian Lancer Tec Specialist

Maintenance and Custodial (MaC) Bot

GDF Security Officer

GhNT Security Bot

BdE Bots

You can find all of these models in our web store in the Counterblast section.

November News

Pre-Order News

Girron is on mold and we should have copies to ship out as soon as they are cast. Masters have arrived and have been approved so the production casting should begin later this week.

If you missed the Scout Ship Kickstarter Project we have added all the items that were unlocked to the web store. You can place a Pre-Order for them and they will ship along with the backer's fulfillment as soon as we receive the production castings. See the new Pre-Order category here!

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Two new items in the web store

We now have Andrea and the Doom Bunny! These were characters originally concepted for our feature vampire film Blooodwine. They would make great additions to any zombie apocalypse game.

Andrea, Vampire Hunter - Painted by Elizabeth  Beckley

Doom Bunny

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Concepts

Robyn Haley has designed one of our upcoming releases the Sun Paladin.

I will be posting updates of the progress on this over on the forums as I work on it. Right now I am practicing on my 3D chops in ZBrush and this would be an excellent candidate for a digital model. You can follow along on my progress on the forum post over there.

BLAST OFF!

The Kickstarter project for the Scout Ship Model Kit is now live. Please visit the project page here!

October is Hobby Month

Resin and Plastic!

New Hobby Items:

We now have all of our current basing designs as well as popular gaming bases now in the online web store. Be sure to add the October Hobby Month promo code HOBBY10 to take 10% off your hobby supplies.  You can see our current selection here.

Go for Launch!

Live on Thursday:

Our Kickstarter project to fund the production of the ISW-69F Scout Ship model kit has been approved and we are putting the finishing touches on the images, backer rewards levels, and super cool promo movie. We will send another notification with the link for the launch.