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The Mastodon Strider is a more armored and a bit slower version of the Mammoth used by the Confederated Northern City States in our Heavy Gear Blitz Tabletop Miniatures Wargame. The Mastodon was 3D modeled by Duymon who also did the Mammoth and Damocles Striders and then painted by Alain to match the previous Northern Strider’s paint schemes. It includes all variant weapons and parts: 2x HRC (Apex, Stable), 2x HSC (Precise), 2x MATM, 2x HGL (Precise), 2x LFG, 2x HRC (Apex)/HFC, top mounted HFC (Auto), MAC (Link, AA), Command & AMS Module Parts. Plus a detailed cockpit with open & closed hatches, along with tracked feet + extra leg option parts. The Mastodon shoulder/arms are fully posable and then glued as desired. The legs, ballistic cloth section, and feet all have connections with 2mm diameter by 1mm deep holes for magnets (not included) for easy leg pose changes and there are 2 different (standard and leaning a bit forward) ballistic section pose parts. The Round Arms also have same holes for magnets to easily swap the front HSC or HGL plates. Checkout photos of the Mastodon below along with 3D printed resin parts photo and HGB 3.1 Stats image for all the game options.

1/144 Scale 3D printed ABS like resin miniature, 58mm tall to the top of shoulders. Assembly & painting required, decals not included. Packaged in a small black box, with foam padding and all the resin parts in a small zip lock bag.

We have also made available a 4 pack of the Mastodon shoulders and upper arm parts for players that want make easy to swap variant weapon arms using the extra weapons included with the Mastodon Strider. Check out the New Releases Section of the DP9 Online Store at the link below for these and place your order today!

https://store.dp9.com/new-releases

Dream Pod 9 has teamed up with the Bundle of Holding once again, this time to help our Heavy Gear RPG 4th Edition reach more players and get them into the game. The Bundle of Holding will be available for a limited time – Starting today (Monday September 21st 2026 at 2 pm EST) and running thru Monday October 12th 2026.
The Heavy Gear RPG 4E Bundle includes 5 products (see images below) at a special price of $19.95 USD and is available now to purchase on the Bundle of Holding website at the following link.

Today we have a surprise for our Northern players of Heavy Gear Blitz. The Mastodon Strider with more armor and weapon options than a Mammoth. The Mastodon was 3D Model by Duymon who previously did the Mammoth and Damocles Striders. He did another amazing job with great cockpit and crew details along with closed or open hatch parts. Checkout preview images of the Mastodon with all it’s variants, including exploded parts view, and the Mastodon HGB 3.1 model stats. Alain over at Fusion Models did the 3D test print last week and is currently busy assembling and painting up a…

The new 3D Printed Naga Strider for the South and Dark Naga Strider for Black Talon are now available to order on the DP9 Online Store. Both the Naga and Dark Strider box sets include standing pose legs, main body with open cockpit details plus open and closed cockpit hatches and 40mm round base. Each model also includes all the variant shoulder mounted weapons with 2mm diameter by 1mm deep holes for magnets under their mount bases. And the main body shoulders also have the same size holes for magnets to allow for fast weapon swapping (magnets not included). Plus…

Today we have a surprise for our Southern and Black Talon faction players of Heavy Gear Blitz. We have new Naga and Dark Naga Strider 3D Models by Duymon who previously did the Mammoth Strider. Duymon also did amazing cockpit details for the new Striders with the pilot and gunner and closed or open hatch parts. Plus he made all the variant weapons and included 2mm diameter by 1mm holes for magnets in the shoulders and under the weapon bases for easy weapon swapping. He also made some extra optional parts that will be available on the DP9 Online Store…

We got Dream Pod 9’s planned late July 2026 releases out early, just in time for Historicon 2026. The new 3D printed Visigoth, Blitz Visigoth, and Artemis tanks are now available to order on the DP9 Online Store. Alain painted up the new tanks painted up last week and got photos taken and the box cover sheets made. The Visigoth was 3d modeled by Jocke who is new to the DP9 Team, with some help from Tony on the Artemis and Shaman. Plus Taro 3d modeled the Southern Driver Cockpit and Tank Commander, like he did for the 3d printed…

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Our DP9 Online Store NuCoal Forces 1 Week Sale is on now (Nov. 12th thru Midnight EST November 18th, 2025. With the HGB Rulebooks (Full and Half size), the Battle in the Badlands Two Player Starter Box, NuCoal Plastic Miniatures Army Box, Box sets, Blisters, Bags, Decal Sheets, and Chibi Gears on sale at 10% off or more. Canadian and International orders ship when they are ready. USA customer orders ship by US Post about every 2 weeks via US Customs Consolidate Entry under the USMCA Free Trade Agreement to avoid any tariff costs. Our next US Post shipping is planned for Monday November November 17th, 2025.

Place your order today, here is a link to the NuCoal Forces Section of the DP9 Online Store.

https://store.dp9.com/hgb/nucoal

Later this week Dream Pod 9 will be attending the Fall In! 2025 Gaming Convention down in Lancaster, PA, USA at the Wyndham Resort and Convention Center, 2300 E Lincoln Hwy, Lancaster, PA 17602, USA. Taking place from Friday November 7th thru Sunday November 9th, 2025. DP9 will be running Heavy Gear Blitz demos along with playtest demos of the Jovian Wars rules with the JW Line Developer and selling our core products at our booth during the Exhibit Hall hours (Friday & Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 9am to Noon), see Exhibit Hall map and the Ad we’ll have in the program booklet below. And we’ll also be running a Heavy Gear Blitz Tournament (100 TV Forces) on Friday night from 6pm to Midnight, with 3 rounds and space for 24 players. Join us there for a great weekend of miniature wargaming, checkout the Fall In! website at the link below.
The DP9 Office will be closed starting this Tuesday Nov. 4th thru Monday Nov. 10th, 2025 while we are away attending the convention. We’ll be back in the office on the morning of Tuesday Nov. 11th, 2025.