The two pilots are sized to be seated in any of our starfighter cockpits or starship chairs. And besides the seated position they also comes in four other poses: standing, saluting while seated, in action and scrambling. Most of these includes variants with and without a helmet and they are available as individuals as well as in packages.
The ground crew consists of a marshaller, a shooter, a mechanic and a signaler. In this release they are available as individual objects. They all have variants with and without helmet.
The pilots and ground crew are skillfully sculptured by Koni Machado and Kyoushuneko Miniatures respectively.
In total there are 17 new released variations of the miniatures. And in the store you can also find a couple of earlier releases of some of the pilots in a package, in action and saluting while seated as well as the ground crew package and drivers.
We are in our final days of sign-up for our upcoming Transport Delta 2400-Series FronTier, launching on Tuesday, the 6th of February, 2024. If you sign up to be reminded when the campaign goes live, you’ll get immediate access to a free Delta Shuttle Pod!
The Shuttle Pod prints entirely support free on an FDM printer. It features our new cockpit design based on the old Transport Delta 1700-Series. It can either replace the forward airlock on the upcoming Delta 2400-series or be used in lieu of the 1700 cockpit.
The Delta Shuttle Pod shown in the lower right corner compared to the Delta 2400-Series
Speaking of which, if you haven’t picked up the 1700-series, it will be offered in this upcoming campaign. The Shuttle Pod design was fun to work on and prints in a matter of hours. It looks good painted or unpainted, ready to use in your game. The cockpit lid is easily removed to access the detailed interior during play. Of course, the design is in our standard 28mm scale (~1:60).
Don’t miss out on a free item! Get notified by February 5th at the latest to take advantage of this offer, with no commitment required. Follow the link on the image below to get yours today!
The very end of the year sees the much needed update of our classic space opera design, the Transport Delta. This ship, originally conceived in 2019 for our Starship III Kickstarter. Using the design language of a galaxy far, far away, is very popular with our customers.
Despite this popularity, the Delta is a design that I (Ben) have been a bit embarrassed about. As far as construction goes, to me, the Delta always felt a little rushed. In addtion, the design certainly was not up to our modern standards of quality, detail and printability.
Enter the Delta 1700-Series:
The 1700-Series represents a modernisation of the Transport Delta to our 2023 standards. This all started when we partnered with Kathy Millatt Modelling during her Corrix Lava Moon Kickstarter. As a part of the campaign, Kathy produced a 35mm upscaled Transport Delta. We offered the Delta as an optional add-on.
I made some quality of life changes to the Delta to fix the worst issues as she printed the ship, primarily focusing on reducing reliance on supports and addressing the engine issues. In addtiion, whilst revisiting this old design, I felt there were additional areas that I could improve upon. I told Kathy that I would be adding a few refinements for her customers and a free update for mine.
What followed was a feature creep that Chris Roberts would be proud of. In the end, I spent around a month updating the design, and not just for printability.
Changes
Changes include:
Increased printability of the ship – it can now be printed almost entirely support free!
Redesigned the entire interior of the ship, including all new support-free models
Revamped the forward cargo bays, including new grate-like interior floors
We reinforced the cockpit neck, adding two additional clip holes so it should now no longer droop
Added 6mm metal support rod channels if you want to reinforce the hull with additional supports
Modified the ventral hull to have a turret port as standard with airlock hatch
Updated the side turret models to our new Standard MK23 Turret
Added a new rear ramp based on the Odyssey extendable ramp with a new ramp cowl
Reworked the engines to become modular and they also no longer require removal if you want to take the top off
Added basic lighting support
Fully detailed assembly manual
Despite the amount of work I spent updating the Delta, the update is completely free. This applies to all past customers who backed or purchased a Delta. The update can be found in your existing downloads for the ship.
In the future, to help offset the costs of the update, which includes over 95% new or updated pieces, we are launching the 2400-series in February, on My Mini Factory Frontiers. This will include a brand new interior layout and additional updates of our classic design.
Stay tuned for more information on that, and in the meantime, enjoy our brand new Delta update wherever you got your Delta from.
We made a G-Carrier! Free with this month’s tribe, or an All-In Pledge or above on our latest Kickstarter for Official Traveller Small Craft. This is based on an old Megatraveller design that we interpreted from a side illustration.
The vehicle has room for two crew and 12 marines. It prints easily and features:
A clamshell rear hatch
An openable top hatch
A posable turret
Folding seats
This was a fun project to design, and took about five days to get on the printer from concept to delivery. It was a team effort, with Ben leading the design and John refining for printing.
In September (tentatively) we are offering our next official Traveller licensed Kickstarter, the Small Craft campaign. We are introducing some of the smaller, more practical craft from the Traveller universe at 28mm scale.
For the very first time, we are working with options to provide the 20 ton Launch, the smallest of the small craft, as a physical print for Traveller fans without a 3D printer. While this will still be an FDM print, with FDM print quality, we believe we can offer a decent price.
At the moment, we have a sign up page open to collect backer interest in the campaign. We’d love it if you save the date.
Operation Maelstrom is coming to a close! We have over 300 backers and almost 20K funded in this mini Kickstarter campaign. Don’t miss out on the best prices! If you are late, enjoy the late pledge over at MyMiniFactory.com
On the 14th of June, 2nd Dynasty returns to Kickstarter with Operation Maelstrom, a campaign introducing eight new Aerospace Vehicles to our line up, along with a host of accessories, including a terrestrial outpost, pilots, ground crew, and accessories.
This campaign will feature several vehicles that have only had a premiere on Tribes over the last few months, including the ASF-09 Firefly, the Spidercrab, the Stinger and the Gaeru Barth.
However, brand new variants based on these platforms are also featured, including the Pirate Breaching Pod, that adds a gnarly sawtooth to the Spidercrab, the Hornet interceptor, a new take on the Stinger for civilian police units, the Astrofire variant of the Firefly for those who are looking for a more venomous silhouette, and the Gaeru Zalg, which is an alien design with a massive converging beam cannon mounted underneath the fuselage.
Of course, to take care of our loyal Tribes backers, there will be a Tribes Only all-in pledge with a hefty discount for the All-In pledge so you are not double-paying for these vehicles and get maximum benefits.
This is a working title, but we are now in production of our next Frontier, Starfighters III. As the name implies, we will be doing a new set of semi-modular starfighters, but also the accoutrements you might expect in an air field or hangar environment. Boarding ladders, fuel tanks, ancillary vehicles, landing pads and modular defences.
In addition, we have revamped the original turret from Scout Ship Beta, adding a space for a gunner, a narrower profile, and frame detail, all in a print friendly manner. This is going to be called the MK23 standard turret, and will be a free update in the future.
At 15:00 local time today, Odyssey launched, our brand new massive starship based on the Chimera original concept. The ship is multi-level, boasts a small hangar, a duct system spanning the entire ship, a massive cluster of engines, and an enormous multi-level bubble bridge.
The first 48 hours, the All In pledge, which includes over $105 of items for $60, is even further reduced to celebrate 2nd Dynasty Day.
