June Preview + Roadmap (Patreon)

We have a lot releasing in the next few months that we're excited to show. Here is what you can expect next month as well as a roadmap of the months to follow.

June New Releases

The Human Empire continues in June with several highly anticipated models. The General makes their debut, with a host of options to represent all the elements of the Human Empire, supported by the Standard Bearer to inspire the troops. The Marksmen provide the traditional fire support for the faction on foot or on top of the powerful War Wagon. Finally the Gryph Riders bring the fight to the front lines with devastating charges.

The Alien hives re-release begins next month, as well, with a massive horde of models coming to your games. We start off with the core of the army, as the Prime Warrior Gunner, Assault Prime Warrior, and Winged Prime Warrior lead the Grunts and Warriors and sporting new weapon options and poses. The Burrower, Carnivorex and Tyrant bring large looming threats to the table as the Swarms flood the field.

The Legendary next month is the Robot Legions Great Seer, and impressive centerpiece model that uses Psychic might and an arsenal of technological attacks to rain destruction down on it's enemies.

We're also releasing three terrain sets this month to decorate your game tables, one each for the Plague Daemons, Ratmen, and Jackals. And you'll also get the FTL Progenitors Fleet.

For our 2D releases, we are debuting two new model ranges: The Duchies of Venci and the Lust Daemons as well as their terrain sets. The 2D models are a fast and affordable way to get some great looking armies ready for your games. And for FTL you will also get the 2D Progenitors Fleet and our Space Terrain set.

Speaking of FTL, the Grimdark Future: FTL Beta and Age of Fantasy: Quest Beta are part of next month's rewards as well as 8 Game Missions for all of our other games.

June will also be when the welcome pack is updated, with the new pack including the War Daemons and the Saurian Starhost!

3D Print Rewards (1 legend + 121 models + 10 terrain + 88 bases + 18 game aids):

Legendary - Robot Legions Great Seer x1

Human - General x6

Human - Standard Bearer x2

Human - Marksmen x19

Human - Gryph Riders x9

Human - War Wagon x2

Human - Themed Bases x44

Human - Game Aids x9

Alien Hives - Prime Warrior Gunner x12

Alien Hives - Assault Prime Warrior x3

Alien Hives - Winged Prime Warrior x9

Alien Hives - Assault Grunts x5

Alien Hives - Shooter Grunts x5

Alien Hives - Warriors x31

Alien Hives - Swarms x3

Alien Hives - Burrower x6

Alien Hives - Carnivorex x6

Alien Hives - Tyrant x3

Alien Hives - Themed Bases x44

Alien Hives - Game Aids x9

FTL - Progenitors Fleet x4

Plague Daemons - Large Terrain x3

Ratmen - Small Terrain x4

Jackals - Medium Terrain x3

2D Print Rewards:

Duchies of Vinci- Set #1

Lust Daemons - Set #1

Duchies of Vinci Terrain

Lust Daemons Terrain

FTL Progenitors Fleet

FTL Space Terrain

Games Rewards:

8 Game Missions

GF: FTL (beta)

AoF: Quest (beta)

The above is only the new stuff that's being added next month, so you're also getting a ton of other welcome pack minis, 50% discount code, games, and much more!

Project Roadmap

Looking forward into July, we're going to be introducing the magical and fantastical sides of the Human Empire with the Battle Mages, Altar Wagons, and of course the Captain on Griffon and more.

The Alien Hives re-release brings some of the more specialists units, including the Hunters, Snatcher Lord and Snatchers, the airborne Winged Grunts, the Flamer Beast (which you can see an early preview of below), and much more.

About the Alien Hives Re-Work!

Now those of you that have been around for a while know that we originally released the Alien Hives back in September 2020, so you might be wondering what the Alien Hives re-work is.

The short story is that over the last 3 years, OPR has improved the quality of sculpting and completeness of unit releases to the point that the Alien Hives don't feel up to snuff anymore. Whilst we love the range as a whole, there are many units that are missing weapon options, and there are key models that we don't think look neither good, nor consistent with the rest of the army.

Over the last few months, we have been working on a re-fresh of the units, updating 99% of them either with some new weapons, improved texturing, or by making completely new takes of existing models. We're also going to be updating a few models with adjusted poses, so that they fit on their intended base sizes better.

Here's a WIP example of our new take on the Flamer Beast:

We know that a lot of you have either purchased the Alien Hives models recently, or were originally supporting back in 2020, so we wanted to clarify what will happen with the models, and how they will be released.

Since this is the re-release of an existing army, we will be doing a shorter 3-month cycle for them, instead of the usual 6 months it would take to release such a big army. That means that you'll be getting double the amount of sci-fi models you usually get each month!

As part of this cycle, each month you will get 3 brand new takes on existing units, as well as an additional 7 re-worked units with either new weapons, improved texturing, or adjusted poses. This way if you already bough the models, you're still getting something new each month, on top of all the improvements to things you already had.

Here's a WIP example of some new weapon options for the Hive Warriors:

"What happens to the models I already bought?" - you may rightfully ask:

Models that are only getting new weapons, improved texturing, or adjusted poses will be automatically updated in your MMF library. This means that even if you decide to stop supporting over those 3 months, you will still be getting those updates.

Models that are getting completely new takes will be archived on MMF, meaning that you will still be able to print them as they were, but they won't be available for purchase anymore. This means that you don't have to worry about losing access to the original look of those models you paid for.

The only exception is the Hive Titan, which is getting a hybrid of improved texturing and a new take, so it will be archived on MMF as well. This means that the new Hive Titan will not be updated in your library, so that you get to keep the original look of it.

Here is a comprehensive list of all the models you will be getting, and how they are being re-worked. Note that only the Swarms and Spores are staying the same, and so they are not being listed here. (But they will still included with the release of the other models.)

Models that are being re-posed:

Assault Grunts

Shooter Grunts

Winged Grunts

Soul-Snatchers

Snatcher Lord

Models that are being re-textured:

Synapse Floaters

Venom Floaters

Toxico-Rex

Psycho-Rex

Hive Titan

Models that are getting new weapons:

Hive Lord

Prime Gunner

Assault Prime

Winged Prime

Hive Warriors

Hive Guard

Ravenous Beasts

Shadow Hunter

Models that are getting re-made:

Carnivo-Rex

Burrower

Artillery Beast

Spawning Beast

Devourer Beast

Tyrant Beast

Flamer Beast

Mortar Beast

Invasion Spore

Here's a WIP example of our new take on the Burrower:

We hope that this explanation has been clear, and we are very excited to get these awesome models into the hands of more people. If there are any doubts, please let us know in the comments, and we will clarify. :)

Oh, also sci-fi Dwarf Guilds in September.

Here's a roadmap for the next few months:

July - Human Empire & Alien Hives

August - Human Empire & Alien Hives + New Loyalty Rewards

September - Human Empire & Dwarf Guilds

That's it for now, happy wargaming!

- OPR Team