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 tre manor wrote:
There will be some accompanying fluff pieces with the KS campaign. One for each faction with some over arcing narrative connecting them together.

I think this is a great place to start. Out of the notebooks that only you can see, onto the internet where all can marvel at the world these miniatures inhabit

 tre manor wrote:
I have notes scattered over 100's of spiral bound books written over the past 19 years. I am trying to get it all together now. I think this will be a very fluff driven effort. I think that the rules will be popular once they are refined and the miniatures are certainly a huge element as well btu it is the fluff that was my first labour of love with this. I am actually kind fo antsy to get it out there finally.

Fluff is awesome, apart from cool figures its what makes us invest in games. Im looking forward to peeking inside your head with this kickstarter

New PReivew Time!

This is the Liche Priestess who animates the undead warrirors previewed thus far.



And this is one of the art element WIPs for the undead faction for the campaign page and rules book.

That liche priestess is creepy in a very good way!

I love the art style you / your artist uses for RBG, having that art in a rulebook would be great!

Damn! I really like that mini. That's a good one.

Great sculpt, Tre. But the cloth looks a bit bottom-heavy.

grefven wrote:
Great sculpt, Tre. But the cloth looks a bit bottom-heavy.

The cloth is heavy, but I think it lends some balance to the composition given the chunky weapon. The cloth is swaying a little bit to the opposite side from the weapon. But it does look a little weird because it gives a sense of a dress even though when you look it is clearly a voluminous breach clout.

Still, great model with lots of fun detail. The models in this whole range are going to be a real joy to paint up.

Agreed - this has all been fantastic so far!

Are we any closer to a launch date for this?

A little closer, but it is still not fully decided just yet.

Glad that you all liek her. I am also planning a " restored " pin up version of her. Not just for the sake of it either, her restored form is part of the faction fluff and it changes her game rules.

Dave Needham is a genius artist you should see some of the stuff he has made for the Amazons. Well generally all of it is genius but i am particularly smitten with the Amazon stuff right now.

You're such a tease!

 tre manor wrote:


Dave Needham is a genius artist you should see some of the stuff he has made for the Amazons. Well generally all of it is genius but i am particularly smitten with the Amazon stuff right now.

Yes - we should see that. Maybe you should do something about that

Wow, that's a great looking mini! De-liche-ious!!!

 tre manor wrote:
Dave Needham is a genius artist you should see some of the stuff he has made for the Amazons. Well generally all of it is genius but i am particularly smitten with the Amazon stuff right now.

Speaking of Dave Needham, how is the special resin limited art piece coming along that we paid for when you released Ysra and Belegast in resin? I am still eagerly awaiting for it for soon 2 years.

Looking great man! Cannot wait till this KS hits!

I realized this did not get posted in this thread. Here's a remake of the HelsVakt hordesmen from Red Box KS1. Its highly hinted that these will be the barbarians for this campaign.

Those look really nice. I am really hoping this stuff hits KS in mid- late May, so I know what sort of income I have over the summer and can plan to spend it all. Too much later than that and I might get lured away into some other shininess.

That would be awesome!

Roll on, more Official Previews, please!

Barbarian type dudes look pretty rocking.

Will start saving my pennies up if this is going to drop in the next couple of months.

I know its a little bit more out there than your standard barbarians, but I would totally love it if you went a shade or two more Dark Sun, with some non-metal weapons and chitin/bone armor.

I have always thought of the guy on the far left as the love child of Conan and Mango...

Well.......those Helsvakt are just Helsvakt. The underlying anatomy is what WAS going to be the modular barbarians for the new project ( I will be trade marking the name soon as I get the money so we can start referring to it by name. ) however the modularity seam would have been too obvious so I decided rather than ditching the sculpts I would use them for the reboot of the HelsVakt.

The costuming is VERY different from what will be seen on the barbarians in the new project. I showed off a few of them this weekend at ReaperCon and had a lot of very excited feedback about the project. So I am even more excited for it now! I am goign to be very very busy this week getting as much work on it done as possible, so be on the lookout very soon!

Incidentally Rikus of Tyr was the original inspiration for the barbarians WAY back in 1995 when i first began imagining this world.

Any news any KS news?

None just yet. I am trying to finish up the Mierce Commission which should be done today and then I need to finish up my new hordesmen which shoudl also be done today or tomorrow and then I get back on to this full time.

OK Tre, I know you've got that other KS to occupy your time, but what's the latest here?

Thanks!

Working on it today actually.

I usually have a LOT of stuff going on at one time. The Helsvakt are a very needed paycheck that will allow me to invest myself more deeply into this new venture once the sculpting for the HelsVakt are done.

That's what I figured!

Good luck on that one, so that this one can get the attention it deserves, and be your biggest seller yet!

Thanks Alph!

i was afraid that peopel might think I had dropped this one but much tot hte contrary. I knew that without a source of income in the very near future I would have to rush this one out before it ws actually ready and then it would not be all that I know that it can be. The HElsvakt KS will also allow me to hopefully afford to brign on some more 2D art talent.

Alright Tre - what gives here already?!?

All kidding aside, I think anything "Conan" inspired will do very, very well.

And anything "Conan" inspired AND sculpted by you will do very, very well x 2!

So...any more info here?

(And yes, I know you recently had one Kickstarter close, and that one has a projected delivery date of August 2014!)

I actually JUST set down one of the pieces for this project.

I REALLY want to share more WIPs and setting / game info about it but I think if I do I will be giving away the game at this point.

Right now I am working on a set of universal grunts which players can use to bulk up their war bands. These grunts are basically the same in their game stats and equipment regardless of which faction is using them but they get different advantages or disadvantages based on who is using them.

There will be a few different sets of these universal auxiliaries with each one offering a different set of tactical options and constraints. This way I can add more of the various races/ sub factions to the game right out of the gate without having to bulk out an entire faction for them.

Besides those I am also working on a new hero in two differetn versions Mounted and a foot. I promise I will try to get something posted to show somethign new soon. i just want to be sure that I am really getting closer to the debut before showing off a lot.


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Incidentally I am aiming this for debut in August / September.