New Plastic Contractor Drones for the Epirian Foundation!
Posted on Monday Sep 01, 2025 at 05:00pm in The Epirian Foundation
Trundling onto the battlefields of the Edge, the Epirian Contractor Drone is ready to reinforce your militia forces!
Contractor Drones fill an essential role within militia units, allowing Contractors to focus on their objectives without the need to lug around heavy gear and weaponry on their own. More specialized drones even assist Engineer and Medical units, improving their odds of patching up their respective mechanical and biological patients.
We originally released a gun drone kits in resin way back in 2018, and followed it up with a support drone kit (also resin) in 2021. Along the way, though, we decided that this original design didn't quite fit the brief - from a gameplay perspective, they were too low to the ground, and looked too much like a spider drone with a weapon stuck on. So we've taken this opportunity to redesign the drones a little. The main difference is their height - with taller, bulkier legs, the weapon variants now hold their aim at around the same level as if the weapon was being held by a Contractor, which we felt was important to the unit's profile on the table.
We've also made it a little more modular - the support options slot into the same body piece as the guns now, rather than needing a completely separate model, and the guns can all be left unglued so that you can switch them out between battles. And, finally, we've included two more weapon options - the dual strike missile launcher that was an option that wasn't modeled in the first run, and a dual machine gun option that's new for V2!
Get to work reinforcing your Epirian forces by grabbing the Contractor Drone kit, including two drone sprues, from the Maelstrom's Edge webstore here!
Our studio drones were painted by the very talented Todd McNeal at Toad Painting!
Contractor Drones fill an essential role within militia units, allowing Contractors to focus on their objectives without the need to lug around heavy gear and weaponry on their own. More specialized drones even assist Engineer and Medical units, improving their odds of patching up their respective mechanical and biological patients.
We originally released a gun drone kits in resin way back in 2018, and followed it up with a support drone kit (also resin) in 2021. Along the way, though, we decided that this original design didn't quite fit the brief - from a gameplay perspective, they were too low to the ground, and looked too much like a spider drone with a weapon stuck on. So we've taken this opportunity to redesign the drones a little. The main difference is their height - with taller, bulkier legs, the weapon variants now hold their aim at around the same level as if the weapon was being held by a Contractor, which we felt was important to the unit's profile on the table.
We've also made it a little more modular - the support options slot into the same body piece as the guns now, rather than needing a completely separate model, and the guns can all be left unglued so that you can switch them out between battles. And, finally, we've included two more weapon options - the dual strike missile launcher that was an option that wasn't modeled in the first run, and a dual machine gun option that's new for V2!
Get to work reinforcing your Epirian forces by grabbing the Contractor Drone kit, including two drone sprues, from the Maelstrom's Edge webstore here!
Our studio drones were painted by the very talented Todd McNeal at Toad Painting!
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