Nemesis Awakening - Preorder Offer!

From the depths of space they came to ravage the colonial empire Humanity had built for itself. In its hubris, Humanity thought themselves Gods, and triggered ancient traps left by civilizations long crumbled to dust. The Nemesis awaken, and they will not stop until all of Humanity and its works is annihilated.

The very first Nemesis starship available, the Azrael Heavy Unit marks a departure from the usual chunky square stylings of the Terran Diplomatic Corps, as well as the release of Z4Miniatures first multi-part miniature. This ancient doomsday vessel measures ~100mm long by ~70mm wide and is cast in resin.

The final resin cast (Click to enlarge)
Original sculpt (Click to enlarge)




For the duration of the offer, the Azrael Heavy Unit (NM00001) is selling at the discounted price of GBP11.00 (RRP GBP12.00) in the online store, and this offer is open between 6 May 2009 until 22 May 2009. Items will ship between the last week of May and the first week of June.

Thank you!

Back on Track

As some of you might know, there was a little hiccup in the supply chain during the middle of this month because both the casters and myself underestimated the impact of Salute and Triples AND Easter on the casting schedule.

However, I am pleased to announce that I have healthy stocks of all the ships now, and things will be shipping promptly again.

Thanks!

Z4Miniatures is going to SALUTE!

ZandrisIV Miniatures is proud to present the fourth wave of our starship miniatures, premiering at Salute! This wave comprises five ships, two frigates of the Terran Diplomatic Corps, and three vessels of the zealous Guardians of the Nebula. The ships are as follows:

DS00007 – Mercenary-class Assault Frigate (28mm long) Pack of 3 @ GBP3.00
DS00008 – Thug-class Missile Frigate (22mm long) Pack of 3 @ GBP3.00
GN00001 – Succour-class Escort Carrier (24mm long) Pack of 1 @ GBP2.50
GN00002 – Seraph-class Superheavy Beam Destroyer (22mm long) Pack of 2 @ GBP4.00
GN00003 – Zealot-class Cyberlink Fighters (8mm long) Pack of 12 @ GBP3.00


In the image above, clockwise from the bottom left; Zealot Fighter, Seraph Destroyer, Succour Carrier, Thug Missile Frigate and Mercenary Assault Frigate.

The entire metal range of Z4Miniatures ships will be carried by Ground Zero Games on our behalf during the show. The resin ships, however, remain direct only from the Z4Miniatures Online Store. Please note that all the special deals and packs on the Online Store are only available online. GZG will be selling the ships “loose”.

Starting from Thursday 26th March 2009, I will be taking pre-orders both for collection at Salute 2009 and for regular postal delivery. As always, shipping is FREE during this preorder period so as long as your shopping cart contains at least one of the new products. Unlike previous times, I will be temporarily removing the shipping charge from the webstore, so there will be no problems with e-mailing for free ships, whatever extra ships you want, just order them, everything goes POST FREE!

There will be two new catalogue options in the store, one saying SALUTE PREORDER and another REGULAR PREORDER. Please place one or the other into your cart when you check out (they will be free “items”) in order to inform me of how you wish to pick up your order. If nothing is indicated, I will assume the order is a REGULAR PREORDER and act accordingly.

SALUTE PREORDERs will be available for pickup from the Ground Zero Games stand at Salute 1 hour after opening. Please note that as it is a very busy time for both myself and GZG, stocks are limited and these preorders will be packed in a first come first serve basis. You will be informed by e-mail if we have insufficient stock to fill your pre-order, and it will be converted to a REGULAR PREORDER. You will pay the exact same amount of money either way.

REGULAR PREORDERs will start shipping in the third week of April. They will ship POST-FREE as usual.

Unfortunately, I also have a little bad news to report, due to the poor exchange rate and rising costs, the prices of the resin ships will be rising as of the 1st of April. The decision to raise prices was not undertaken lightly, and will be revised if the economic conditions allow for it (I.e. the British Pound digs itself out of the massive hole it is in at the moment.)

The revised prices are:
DREAD01 - Harmony-class Superdreadnaught GBP12.00
DS00006 – Embassy-class Assault Carrier GBP6.50
CS00001 – Shoji-class Stealth Carrier GBP5.50

Any orders placed before the 1st of April will be charged at their original price, and this includes all pre-orders.

Thank you!

Z4Miniatures on Holiday!

It's that fun filled time of the year again, and unfortunately, Z4Miniatures is on enforced leave. I will be away from 11th December 2008 all the way to 5th January 2009. Orders received will not be shipped until after the 5th, though all e-mails and queries will still be answered as usual.

Thank you to everyone that has supported Z4Miniatures through this year, and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Carriers ahoy!

The Embassy-class Assault Carriers are the workhorse carriers of the Terran Diplomatic Corps. While TDC combat doctrine typically eschews the use of fighters in favour of missiles and heavy spinal weaponry, there are times when total obliteration of the opposing force would be considered a sub-optimal outcome, this is when the Embassy carriers come in. Each carrying six wings of cyberlinked fighters/small craft, they are able to conduct operations ranging from surgical strikes on enemy warships, to providing ground forces with aerospace support.






The Terran Diaspora Authority was birthed at the same time as the Terran Diplomatic Corps, in death throes of the old Terran Colonial Authority in its war against the Nemesis engines. While the Diplomatic Corps mandate was to police the Pax Humanus, the Diaspora was formed to spread the seeds of humanity throughout the galaxy, in the hope that Humanity would never be on the brink of extinction again.


Ranging at the edges of human controlled space with their massive cityships, the Diaspora are at the forefront of opening up new worlds for colonisation and exploration. When a colony is first established it is under Diaspora administration for its first decade, before it gains independence and enters the Pax Humanus.


Relations between the Diplomatic Corps and the Diaspora are never completely cordial, as it is often in these new colonies that troublemakers, revolutionaries and recidivists collect. When the local Diaspora forces are infiltrated with these undesirable elements, it is often then when incidents occur when Diplomatic fleets arrive to apprehend/quell disturbances. However, none of these incidents has ever led to a full on confrontation between these two factions of humanity, as at the very highest levels, it is understood that such a conflict would probably spell the end of the Pax Humanus.


Unlike the TDC, the Diaspora Authority makes wide use of fighters and small craft. This is due to the generally lower tech-levels present within the Diaspora fleets, and a correspondingly higher number of crazy wannabe heroes willing to speed off in the glorified missiles the public like to refer to as fighters. Cyberlinking is uncommon, and as such, most fighters actually contain a fully human pilot.


The main delivery system for these crazy wannabe heroes is the Shoji Stealth Carrier. Ubiquitious, cheap and produced in vast numbers in the cityship forges, the Stealth Carrier is the main ship of the line for the Diaspora, alongside the Nue-class Stealth Cruisers.

Wave 3 Release Offer!

Finally, Z4Miniatures has been able to release something which satisfies all those wonderful people who keep asking us:

Where are the carriers?

and

Where is my adversary faction!?

With Wave 3, both these questions have been answered to a certain extent (we hope). Z4Miniatures is proud to present the:

Embassy-class Assault Carrier for the Terran Diplomatic Corps fleet.

Shoji-class Stealth Carrier for the Human Diaspora Authority fleet

and an additional fleet deal:

Carrier Group (Assault) - One Embassy carrier and two Assault Cruisers

As always, there will be a limited time offer to commemorate this release. This time, the offer period is between now and Tuesday 18th November. Any orders placed during this period that contain the new ships (Codes: DS00006, CS00001, DS10013) will receive free ships up to the value of shipping that was paid. I need not let everyone know that this equates to FREE SHIPPING! The ships being given away are as follows:

Order value up to GBP9.99 - 1x Missile Destroyer OR 1x Heavy Destroyer

Order value GBP10.00 to GBP19.99 - 1x Beam Cruiser OR 1x Assault Cruiser

Order value GBP20.00 to GBP39.99 - 2x Missile Destroyer OR 2x Heavy Destroyer OR 1x Heavy Cruiser

Order values above GBP40.00 - Contact me with what you are interested in, and I'll customise the freebies accordingly.

Please note that this applies to the value of your *entire* order so as long as you have at least one of the carriers in it. Please tell me what ships you want in the "Additional Notes" section of the Paypal payment page (or by e-mail, or whatever other means you have of contacting me) or I will throw in whichever ships I feel most appropriate for your order.

All ships are in stock and ready for dispatch!

And again, thank you to everyone who has supported Z4Miniatures thus far, keep those ideas and encouragement coming!

We're back!

Another quick note to let everyone know that I am back and Z4Miniatures is back to business as usual.

Stay tuned, a new ship is coming soon...!