For about a year we have been working on some new figures for the Dark Star range, including the long awaited grav-raft crews.  Here are a couple of sneak peeks to keep your hope alive.

Just in: a pair of WIP pictures of the crews for the upcoming 15mm Grav Rafts for the Federation and Venturians!
Now, they may look a bit odd with the head positions, but that's only because they aren't glued on... no really, they're just tacked there so we can get an idea of how they're going to look.
So here they are, let us know what you think!

Update time!
The following are currently being printed and will be here soon:

• Back mounted cannon, rocket launchers and mortar for the Pilum Strike Combat-Armor, as well as hand held bazooka.
• Hand held net-gun, heavy machine gun and rail gun for the Pugio Combat-Armor, as well as a back mounted mortar and ECM/ECCM suite.
• 3 new 15mm cyborgs for the Spec-Sec line (these will be bad guys, real desparado types!)
• 15mm Bo'Sha and Tzzoh (rocket launcher and AAA) turrets for the Venturians.  There is also a missile launcher option for the AAA turret!
• The 15mm Federation Ammo hauler/recovery tank 
• A new cab for the 15mm commercial truck variants in the Spec-Sec line
• a new 15mm public transport bus for Spec-Sec!

That's a whole bunch of goodness right there...
The latest sci-fi cars are at the caster and should be along soon.  Keep your eyes peeled!

Happy 2018 everyone!  I sincerely hope that this year will be even better for everyone than last year, and thank you for continuing to support Darkest Star Games!

I have been getting a lot of questions about "what's coming out next?"  So, I thought we would look back at 2017 briefly, then dive into what's in the offing for this year.
I'll go ahead and admit it, 2017 was a very slow year release wise for DSG.  The Federation received some much needed tracked support in 15mm scale, as well as the same in hover version with the MBTs.  And that is good and much needed.
Yup, that's it.  Disappointing, I know.  Lots of things were put on the back burner or left incomplete.  BUT, they will not remain so!
Here's what is going on for the next year:
Currently in production:

• Back mounted cannon, rocket launchers and mortar for the Pilum Strike Combat-Armor, as well as hand held bazooka.
• Hand held net-gun, heavy machine gun and rail gun for the Pugio Combat-Armor, as well as a back mounted mortar and ECM/ECCM suite.
• Several new 15mm sci-fi cars and vans
• 3 new 15mm cyborgs for the Spec-Sec line
• 15mm Bo'Sha and Tzzoh (rocket launcher and AAA) turrets for the Venturians

Currently in some percentage of actual design completion:

• Skoprios redesign for resin is at 90%.
• The 15mm Federation recovery vehicle/ammo carrier is 95% complete (just having a little trouble with the grapple, still....), and the 6mm version is well along.
• 15mm tracked Venturian recovery vehicle is at 75%.  A 6mm version will be done as well.
• 15mm Federation Lift Infantry HQ and Support weapon figures as well Venturian Support weapons and grav Medical and combat bots.
• 6mm Federation hover tanks and Garrhul grav tanks are close to finished (more work than I had figured!)
• Updated versions of the Parma Combat-Armor are still being worked on.
• "1st generation" grav versions of both the Federation and Venturian armor is in the works.
• 15mm walkers for the Venturians and Federation are about 50% complete.
• 15mm and 6mm wheeled vehicles for the Venturians are at 50% designed.
• 15mm Spec-Sec heavy transport flier.
• 15mm "Nationed Khiff" troops and vehicles.
• 6mm and 15mm "Clan Khiff" troops.

Once this list if completed we can move on to the 15mm 2nd generation work for the Dark Star range.
 
Currently not an form of complete but may jump up the list:

• 6mm sci-fi buildings.
• 15mm sci-fi buildings.
• 6mm and 15mm Solar Hegemony.
• Superiority fighters.
• 6mm dropships.
• 6mm and 15mm small ships (shuttles, gigs, ships boats).
• 6mm and 15mm medium ships (merchants, customs ships, escorts) that can be used as awesome table scenery, roleplaying game props, or just plain old model kits.

So, that's a look at what's going on, what's coming up, and what's being thought about.  If there's anything you want moved higher on the lists, let me know!  The more people sound off, the more likely stuff is to jump in the cue!

Sooooo.... one of the molds for the Skorpios Drive-Armor had a bit of a failure during casting.  We only have a small few left in stock, and hopefully these will tide over until a new mold is made.  
Now, the Skorpios is one of our oldest models and I was never really happy with how it turned out (some things are a bit squished, due to the print material that was available at the time), so I figured I'd take this opportunity to poll the masses as to whether or not any changes need to be made.  Please give the poll below a gander and fill in your favorite feedback dot.  
​Many thanks!

June already!  Wow!
The "What's Next?" poll produced some interesting results.  The tallies from this blog, a couple of forums, and via email dictate that the products YOU, our esteemed customer and fellow gamers, want to see coming along next are 6mm Garrhul, 6mm hover Federation tanks, and 15mm tracked recovery vehicles!
Yep, it was a 3-way tie!  I was quite surprised by this turn of events, but YOU have spoken, and we will listen!

So to recap and keep everyone abreast of what we are doing at the moment which will be the upcoming releases:

• 15mm versions of the Federation and Venturian open-top grav-rafts are currently being test-printed and will be sent out to the sculptor to have crews made up for them.
• The next batch of 15mm sci-fi cars are about to be test printed.
• The design of the 15mm Federation recovery vehicle/ammo carrier is 95% complete (just having a little trouble with the grapple).
• 15mm Federation Lift Infantry HQ and Support weapon figures are in design, as are Venturian Support weapons and grav Medical bot.
• Work is well along on the 6mm Federation hover tanks and Garrhul grav tanks.
• A little bird told me that the updated versions of the Parma Battle-armor will soon be done!

Keep your eyed peeled for news updates and sneak peeks!