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Not sure about the name man.. Going by GW's track record if they have a shot at sueing you they will..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvus_Corax

I'm fairly sure (well, hopeful) that even GW's lawyers understand they don't own Corvus Corax. It'd be like claiming they own the word ultramarine.

That said, the choice of name is questionable, given the inevitable association with GW. Imo it suggests a lack of imagination if nothing else.

This will be the third character for the outcast faction that soon will be previewed, and I'll get a picture of the sculpt later next week, and most likely a painted version, too.

This character is a creature of the night - a shadow-walker, who is able to bend shadows by his own desire. In game, he has the role of a supporter and by using his shadow-walking abilities, can quickly turn the tide of the battle by swiftly moving across the battlefield to where his support is the most needed for the moment. But if left alone, and allowed to be caught in the open by his enemies, he will be quick to fall.

As promised, here is the third character of the outcasts, the mutated devil. Yes, I know, the names aren't the most imagiative, but they will be namned once I get around to flesh out their background story. To me, the background is a very important part of this entire project. I know that there are a lot of people who aren't interested in reading about backgrounds or different stories of characters, or the history and politics of the "world". But, again, for me, it's an equally fun part to work with as creating these miniatures. Together, they complete each other.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this picture and paintjob. I'll get a picture up of the resin copy next week.

The sculptor is none other than the talented Roberto Chaudon, who has done an amazing job with it!

Resin version of it, to show how it would look pretty much glued together but untouched otherwise, and without any paintjob to mesmerize you.

This is Shogi, Tempo-Strategist of the Tetsu Clan. This is the first character revealed for the Exiles, the second faction unveiled for this universe. The Tetsu Clan was once an important part of the greater Empire, but after a fall-out between the Emperor and the leader of the Tetsu Clan, all followers of the clan were exiled, hunter down like animals and killed on sight.

Keep them coming.

As for names, quality levels in sculpting etc
Each company has its own thing, not all have to follow the same formula to have success. Rachham had outstanding sculpts and look on how it ended... Mantic has medium or bad sculpts and is doing fine...


Corvus Corax is giving is first baby steps and I cheer you for that.

What's wrong with his back?

Akragth wrote:
That said, the choice of name is questionable, given the inevitable association with GW. Imo it suggests a lack of imagination if nothing else.

Only if you assume that the name was chosen because of the 'association' with GW. Given that the minis shown so far have no link whatsoever with 40K, that seems unlikely.

So how about we just chalk the name up as a coincidence, and stick to commenting on the actual miniatures?

It's good to see some regular new additions to the lineup but I agree in asking what's up with his back?

Regarding the back; sculpted muscles, as the arm is in a position where the back/deltoids are flexed, and highlighted.

Did you work off a reference? I'd love to see it if so. I cant find any images of men's backs that look like that under stress.

skarsol wrote:
Did you work off a reference? I'd love to see it if so. I cant find any images of men's backs that look like that under stress.

It might not be totally anatomically correct in every sense, I agree, but the picture is quite a lot larger than the actual figure, so in person, it looks good. I can't take credit for the work, as the sculptor is the much respected Juan Navarro Perez, one of the current top sculptors (in my opionion) in the industry.

I back to the original problem that it doesn't really set you apart and give you your own identity.

Haydenuy wrote:
I back to the original problem that it doesn't really set you apart and give you your own identity.

It's alright, I hope that the miniatures themselves, and the game mechanics, once I get 'em out, will be enough to give it its own identity. Thanks anyway for your thought.

Anyway, as per usual I'd like to show a photo of the resin cast when possible (that is if I got a decent picture of it). Again, I hope you agree with me that the cast looks great. As a most personal reflection, I can't express how much I like the flowing robe. I think that Juan Navarro Perez really nailed that one, in particular.

How do we get our hands on some of these, I like the variety of these. The styling has some refreshing Horror aspects (particularly the Claw Mutant)

 KoganStyle wrote:
How do we get our hands on some of these, I like the variety of these. The styling has some refreshing Horror aspects (particularly the Claw Mutant)

I will most likely attempt a small and manageable kickstarter early next year to help me advance the project a bit. And I cross my fingers that enough people find the miniatures enjoyable enough to want to help a small project like this, but who knows?

grefven wrote:

Very cool indeed...I think the resin master actually shows the model far better than the painted version.

Character concept art of Aktra, Sword-Mistress of the Tetsu Clan, the Exiles.

Sometime during next year (possibly early on), I hope to launch a small Kickstarter project, and if funded, I'd be able to get some new miniatures out to the market, and continue to develop the miniature range so that there are characters available for when the game is finalized.

The Kickstarter will most likely be aimed towards the three Outcast characters that I've shown here, on FB and on the blog. Possibly (and I'm probably just dreaming) if the project goes well enough I could maybe also include some of the other characters that have been shown, or will be shown in the next few weeks.

But, yeah, I know, another new miniature project without anything to show for it, why bother backing it? Well, I don't really have the answer to that, other than I hope that the community want to see more miniatures coming out, and not only from already well-established companies.

Well, I would certainly try to throw in a little support, at the very least for the big mutated brute which I think is really nice. It would be my first Swedish KS to back, so that would be interesting.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas, and hopefully, we'll be able to share the joy in 2015 for this miniature and skirmish game project.

Merry Christmas to you, too! And the unpainted resin of that latest sculpt looks quite good.

GuitaRasmus wrote:1) Your concepts need more work. Much more work. Right now, "medieval versions of spiderman villains" is the only thing I see. There is nothing unique about them, and it seems like you just took some well known concepts and tweaked them. In a business where IP is everything, this is dangerous.

Do you mean dangerous in the sense of 'Marvel's gonna get ya', or dangerous in the sense of 'you need totally original concepts and trademarks and base sizes and offishul roolz that use weird custom dice that your converts have to buy when a d6 would serve the game just as well...'?

For the latter, well, it might be too subtle to pick up from that, but I disagree. I'd question just how unique other established backgrounds and imagery are - 40K, WFB, Infinity, KoW etc. And this:

You have to realize that you are competing against quality and a level of detail like this:

Spoiler:

What makes that a great, unique, special little snowflake? If that's not totally riding on the coattails of WFB Chaos (itself riding on Moorcock et al) and Nurgle in particular, missing only the 8-pointed star and 3-circle icons, I dunno...

Platuan4th wrote:
Venom most certainly can morph his limbs, he just chooses not to most of the time. He did it pretty regularly in the 90's comics while living in San Francisco. His decision to keep humanoid limbs had mostly to do with Eddie's desire to be seen as a hero and not a monster.

In his latest incarnation as an (ex) military commando, the symbiote morphs to create Flash Thompson's body armour. Heck, it has to morph to give him his legs back...

Akragth wrote:That said, the choice of name is questionable, given the inevitable association with GW.

I'd say there are swathes of non-GW gamers elsewhere that don't know, let alone care.

grefven wrote:Regarding the back; sculpted muscles, as the arm is in a position where the back/deltoids are flexed, and highlighted.

Blimey, I thought he'd been burned in a fire.

Thing is, if his muscles are popping because he's that ripped and he's throwing his arm back like that (and it's not thrown back enough for that, IMO), I think they need to look a wee bit more than a few pimples on a flat, convex surface. For one thing, that flat convex surface should be bisected at the spine, especially if his back muscles are flexed. Also, I'm having trouble recognising the muscles and their placement, there. I guess that bit's the teres major, but what's all that around it...?
TBH I don't think the painting style is helping: the CMoN every-minor-bump-needs-sharp-dark-shadows-and-highlighted-to-white style that seems to be turning a grouping of fairly flat muscles (judging by the bare resin - wouldn't mind a more direct view of the back on that) into a collection of protruding, round, pale purple gems. I think the same thing is hurting the devil, where the back muscles seem to be connecting in completely different places, moreso in the painted version.

I am fairly impressed that Roberto understands how cloven hooves work, though. Most mini sculptors, including a few fanboy favourites, seem to think they're like round sections of tree trunk (complete with grooved bark) with a wee chip out of the front.

 Vermis wrote:
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Thanks for your comments, and you make some valid points! Thanks.

Anyhow, it's a short Christmas break, and I'm back to show yet another preview. This is for the Nomads faction, the third one that will face battles against the Outcasts and/or the Exiles. This is Agni, sculpted by Luc Pinganaud.

Posted twice.

Looking pretty badass!

So this is the second character unveiled for the Nomads faction; Rigfr of the Birch House, sculpted by Juan Navarro Perez.

grefven wrote:
The Kickstarter will most likely be aimed towards the three Outcast characters that I've shown here, on FB and on the blog. Possibly (and I'm probably just dreaming) if the project goes well enough I could maybe also include some of the other characters that have been shown, or will be shown in the next few weeks.

Best of luck grefven. The future belongs to the dreamers ;-)

grefven wrote:

But, yeah, I know, another new miniature project without anything to show for it, why bother backing it? Well, I don't really have the answer to that, other than I hope that the community want to see more miniatures coming out, and not only from already well-established companies.

Without anything to show for it is not doing you justice, we' ve seen a number of campaigns that succeeded without sculpted minis -let alone painted ones- , or just a handfull and they did just fine :-)