{"id":2120,"date":"2009-02-20T16:29:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T21:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/?p=2120"},"modified":"2009-02-21T12:08:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-21T17:08:00","slug":"mig-productions-to-produce-kv-x2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/mig-productions-to-produce-kv-x2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mig Productions to Produce KV-X2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"anInprogImage\" title=\"kvx2announcment\" src=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kvx2announcment.jpg\" alt=\"kvx2announcment\" width=\"460\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The saga of producing the KV-X2 is about to come to an end. I have a pretty good relationship with the guys at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migproductions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mig Productions<\/a> being a frequent poster and recently the redesigner\/technical admin on their forums. After my initial attempt with a poor caster failed, they suggested I give them a try. In fact, Mig wasn&#8217;t sure why I didn&#8217;t ask them in the first place. My response was <em>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t think you guys would be interested&#8221;<\/em>. But they were, especially with Mig Productions new line of Sci-Fi\/Fantasy pigments.<\/p>\n<p>So Mig Productions has had the Master for a a month or so now and just started working on the molding and such. The release will be <strong>Early Summer 2009<\/strong> and available via their site or through their distributors. The price will be announced in this post as soon as I have confirmation. I was also told a figure was being sculpted but am not sure if it is a separate item or not. I do know that <strong>this release will come with a KV-2 turret<\/strong> so for those of you that haven&#8217;t gotten a KV yet, there&#8217;s no need and for those that have&#8230; Build it for our <a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/31-days-contest-fichtenfooforums\/\">31 Days contest<\/a> starting tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some pics of my build-up for those unfamiliar with this build. Also, here&#8217;s the in-<a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/in-progress-%c2%bb-kv-x2-to-victory\/\">prog thread<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/completed-%c2%bb-kv-x2-to-victory\/\">final images<\/a> of my build.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2120 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kvx2announcment.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kvx2announcment-100x68.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kvx2announcment-100x68.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kvx2announcment.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-011.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-011-100x81.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-011-100x81.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-011-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-011-460x375.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-011.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-031.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-031-100x75.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-031-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-031-600x453.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-031-460x347.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-031.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-041.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"83\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-041-100x83.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-041-100x83.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-041-600x501.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-041-460x384.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-041.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-061.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-061-100x85.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-061-100x85.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-061-600x513.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-061-460x392.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-061.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-071.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-071-100x81.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-071-100x81.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-071-600x488.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-071-460x373.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-071.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt 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href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-151.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"87\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-151-100x87.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-151-100x87.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-151-600x525.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-151-460x402.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-151.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-181.jpg'><img width=\"100\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-181-100x81.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-181-100x81.jpg 100w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-181-600x490.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-181-460x375.jpg 460w, https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/fichtenfoo-kvx2-181.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On a related note, this isn&#8217;t the only master I&#8217;ve sent them so stay tuned for more news on this secret project in the coming months. It&#8217;s something only a select few have seen and is very cool IMO. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><strong>EDIT 2\/21\/2009:<\/strong> Found out about the figure and the turret options. From Mig Productions:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The figure will be sold separately, but it will be an amaizing complemet<br \/>\nto the KV2x. Try to imagine a WWII russian soldier but in futuristic style<br \/>\nand also very well sculpted.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as long as I know, will have 2 versions: one with a modified KV2<br \/>\nturret and another without turret. That also give us 2 different prices.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/forum\/index.php?topic=4632.0\"><strong>Discussion on FichtenFooForums \u00c2\u00bb<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffichtenfoo.net%2Fblog%2Fmig-productions-to-produce-kv-x2%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;font=trebuchet+ms\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 3px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The saga of producing the KV-X2 is about to come to an end. I have a pretty good relationship with the guys at Mig Productions being a frequent poster and recently the redesigner\/technical admin on their forums. After my initial attempt with a poor caster failed, they suggested I give&#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/mig-productions-to-produce-kv-x2\/\"><span>Continue Reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,321,304],"tags":[77,189,81,156,308,31,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2120"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2151,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2120\/revisions\/2151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fichtenfoo.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}