Kickstarters ahoy! Stork heavy lift VTOL and ScorpionMech

 A quick post about a couple of Kickstarters currently underway from companies I would strongly recommend based on personal experience:

First off, the lovely people at Kore have their Stork heavy lift VTOL running, 13 days left as I write this (finishes 1st August) and it funded in under 18 hours.  This is a Skycrane style transport VTOL with interchangeable payload pods that fit under the rear fuselage.  It also has the potential to carry various armoured vehicles.

 

Stork image borrowed from Kickstarter

I saw their LARC VTOL at the Diceni games show in Norwich earlier this year, here's a slightly blurry close-up of the 15mm version (cropped from a much larger image, hence the poor quality!).

LARC gunship.

 I've opted for the stl file collection at £12, which includes the Stork VTOL, 3 different rear pods (cargo, personnel, gun pod) plus weapons for the forward hull to convert it from a civilian to a military version.  If they reach 100 stl backers, they'll include the file for their adblimp - I spotted this at Diceni too.

Adblimp.

 

I also selected the £6 add-on for the stl files of the LARC which includes both standard and military versions, plus a "stretched" version with extra carrying capacity.

If you prefer physical models, they've still got you covered, in 15mm the Stork will be £25 and you can add on 15mm LARCs for £5 each (excellent value because they're normally £9.50).  28mm and 6mm versions of the Stork are also available.

It's been a pleasure dealing with Kore in the past so if you're after some cool aircraft, take a look at their kickstarter, or have a look at their web page for the many other excellent vehicles that they produce.

Secondly, as I posted about a couple of weeks ago, Rebel Minis Digital Direct still have their ScorpionMech Kickstarter running for another 41 hours at the time of writing (finishing 21st July).  Again, it's been a pleasure dealing with them in the past, they've been helpful and obliging and even refunded me the difference when they dropped the price on something I'd already bought a week earlier (VIPER suits).  They've already passed the stretch goals for 15mm and 8mm versions, jet packs and missile pods.

ScorpionMech Kickstarter

Examples of some of their models I've already printed to show the detail and quality of the sculpts, the VIPER suit:

Combat VIPER

Bear in mind these were printed on a sub-£100 resin printer so any print lines or lack in quality are the results of this rather than the stl files!

Civilian VIPER load-lifter.