May 25, 2023

June Preview + Roadmap

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

Comments (26)

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kostjanix · May 31, 2023

has anyone else currently the problem, that not all patreon posts are notified by mail? e.g. this one here and at least one other did not reach me by mail.

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Jarra Joseph-McGrath · May 30, 2023

WOWWWWWWWWWW You guys sure know how to blow our minds. Just went back to look at my classic Burrower and compare the new render. WHAT!!!! :O

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Jacob · May 30, 2023

Any previews of the Jackals and Ratmen terrain? Can’t wait to see what they look like!

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War Mammoth · May 30, 2023

There is a nice realistic and human charm about the Empire models. Thanks always for the legendary models!

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Matt Fu · May 29, 2023

Kind of sucks Alien Hive all looks the same. They all have the exact same face even different units. It makes them look pretty repetitive on the table.

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The Dour Kin · May 26, 2023

Will we be seeing more starter lists in future PDF releases?

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Beau Chambers · May 27, 2023

I sure hope so! They sure do help a guy like me who is just getting into wargaming!

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FOXXOF RPG · May 26, 2023

Great! been with you guys for ages also bought some stuff and think its cool you are redoing some of the hives I like both the old and newer ones :-)

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Almost_EVL · May 26, 2023

So love the clarification for folks who own alien hives already. However if you didn't own any and get all 3 waves of re-releases will you then own everything (minus old models that were replaced of course). Or will there still be a need to buy anything else? Asked the question last month but never got an answer so still wondering.

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One Page Rules · May 26, 2023

The only thing you'll be missing is the terrain and the winged hive titan, which you'll have to buy separately. :)

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Kadin Hernandez · May 26, 2023

For Rock and Stone!! Really hoping we get some true Dwarve themes on these sci fi ones. The GW versions were awesome and I have them but felt they were lacking the proper beard and theme

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Michael Galindo · May 26, 2023

DWARVES!!!!!!

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Lucas Bittencourt · May 26, 2023

DWARF GUILDS?! This is LITERALLY the most exciting moment of this year ever since I found out my wife was pregnant with our first child back in February. If after Human Empires you tell me we're getting either Dwarfs or Volcanic Dwarfs, I'll probably overload.

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Nathan Gerardy · May 26, 2023

I was very underwhelmed with the GW LOV line, can't wait to see how OPR flavored ones turn out. Love the concept already.

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Ragathiel · May 26, 2023

I just backed the Stoneburner kickstarter, so some space dwarves for that and my Stargrave warband would be perfect

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nathan · May 25, 2023

I am a dwarf and I'm digging a hole Diggy diggy hole, diggy diggy hole

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Alexandre Baraldi · May 26, 2023

Brothers of the mine rejoice!

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Mathew Jones · May 25, 2023

Dwarves! Dwarves! Dwarves! It’s about time!

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Alexandre Baraldi · May 25, 2023

pleas bring dwarfs back to fantasy

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Aevox23 · May 26, 2023

There's no shortage of fantasy dwarfs models

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Chance Meeks · May 25, 2023

So excited for all this - Im new to the Patreon and quickly becoming obsessed with OPR and love everything you guys are doing

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Matthew Jones · May 25, 2023

I am loving the Human Empire but I can’t express how excited I am for September’s Dwarves! I have been waiting a while for those!!!

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dylan montana · May 25, 2023

big same, I was like "oh cool, I was looking for some good human models and it seems like a bunch ar..DWARFS!!"

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Russell Byerley · May 25, 2023

Looks like LOTR music is going to get lots of air time on my music list.

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Steve Thomas · May 25, 2023

Space dwarf September?!

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SpillboBaggins · May 25, 2023

lol cheeky reveal ;)