yxalitis wrote:
Forgive poor photography:
http://www.coolminiornot.com/301409

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Here's a WIP shot of the Occulak re-sculpt Really nice details on the face!

 Theophony wrote:

 angelofvengeance wrote:
Here's a WIP shot of the Occulak re-sculpt Really nice details on the face!

Wow is that a kingdom death crossover?

Update #12
What's next? Something...angelic?

OK, we're just about at £18k at the time of writing, the question is: what do you want me to put on the list next? I've got the Ogre with Table, the Cyclops, all the Deathball minotaurs, ogres and cyclops, and the more complicated Fallen One class miniatures like the glorious Angel and his counterpiece miniature, B'Hakoth The Destroyer, as seen in this beautiful bit of work by Talonicus.
Let me know in the comments!

Update#13

While we await the Angel...


Figuring out pricing on the Angel and B'Hakoth, as they're pretty complicated miniatures and I need to allow for a lot of ripping from the spikey bits on B'Hakoth. Can't wait to see them in resin, though, I think they're going to look amazing!

Meanwhile, here's an interim Stretch Goal:

 Pacific wrote:
Those ghoul miniatures are fantastic, think some of the best I have seen.

Has this been posted as an update yet? Really made me chuckle..

 angelofvengeance wrote:
For those of you who haven't seen the gargantuan Heresy Dragon.. here he is...






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 RiTides wrote:
Well, I hope that Kickstarter isn't actually for dragons- that thing has been a millstone around his neck. I think other, slightly smaller monsters, are hopefully what's in store. I would be very hesitant to pledge for that dragon- I think he just wants to get through the queue of them he is obligated to finish, and be done with that thing... right? This is speculation, would love to hear from someone who has followed it more closely.

Not for the dragons alone- just to chivvy him along with the material cost of making them. The models are the rewards for helping him do it.

It's coming back. Alongside the Lurkers, and the Blights too, when we hit £24k the NL2 will be available as a NetherLord Class Reward. I really loved this sculpt, but it suffered from the need to cut things up for the metal process when it was released the first time around. It was a jigsaw, I even had to make an instruction sheet for it. Now, in resin, not only is it much, much simpler to put together, but it's got a lot less weight on that ankle with it's Super Dynamic pose, so no massive steel rod required to be inserted through the foot! Ah, the joys of resin over metal....

The NL2 comes with the choice of NetherAxe II, NetherSword II and a SoulLash (whip) for you to arm it with in either hand.

#Update 17
Hello Heretics!

Bit quiet today and yesterday but that's because it takes so long to edit all the pictures and things. Did not realise there would be quite so much work involved in running a Kickstarter, it's really getting me ready for when I do the big one next year for the plastic skeletons and stuff. Still got loads more things to come on this Kickstarter yet, though, including both the old version of the Ogre With Table and the new improved one, the Angel and B'Hakoth The Fallen One, who will be available as individual kits and also as a special merged diorama figure, which I'm going to alter especially for this Kickstarter into a rather arty piece. And of course, more Large Monster rewards (cyclops, for example) and Minions - the Maggotman test piece should be ready to photograph by the weekend and I'm hoping to get cracking on the new Nur'Gabba The Fallen One (think of a mix of Jabba The Hutt, a Plague Demon and Hedonismbot from Futurama) by the end of those two days as well, good enough to show you what I intend to do, at least!

So don't worry if things seem quiet, I'm just building up for the big one in a couple of days' time! But do send all your friends along! If we can hit £35k or more by campaign end I will be able to hire some help to speed things up immensely around here!

Don't forget, when we hit £24k, Pantheon gets a massive upgrade to become an amazingly good value deal, and we get The Netherlord II, the Lurkers and the Blights! (See the earlier updates for info!)

 Azazelx wrote:
A bit of a shame that Andy's going for Pantheon as the "sweet spot" level. £220 is a gakload of money ($390au in my money), and way more than most people are going to be able to afford (especially with such a short-run KS).

I suspect those postage changes listed above will cost him further. It's a real shame that melon-fethers abused his good nature, but I'm not going to be willing to pay that much extra to buy his models. (and likely not a frequent enough customer for him to be able to trust me to not worry about it).

 RiTides wrote:
What postage changes, Azazel? I thought postage was being determined after the campaign and charged based on actual costs?

LYING LIARS WHO LIE FORCE SHIPPING COST HIKE

Last year, a man from Iowa City, let's call him Justin, ordered some figures off me. He then emailed me to say they hadn't arrived. I sent him another box. He then said this hadn't arrived either and claimed the money back from Paypal. No boxes were ever returned to me. He didn't pay for trackable shipping so i had no way to prove he'd had either box. End result, I was out over £100 of stock and £25 of shipping.

Now a man called, let's say, Patrick also from Iowa City, has claimed via Paypal that his £84 order hasn't arrived that he wanted in time for this weekend; he didn't pay for express shipping DESPITE WANTING IT FOR A SET DATE. Despite also the fact it's only been three weeks, he has escalated it to a claim on Paypal. Just checked him out on Facebook. Guess who's on his friends list? That's right, Justin.

So basically I'm being ripped off for another £100 of stock and shipping, and now I'm going to have to change the cart so that anyone from overseas has to pay the extra £7.00 shipping charge for trackable shipping. Everyone loses. Well done, Patrick and Justin. I hope you feel like powerful manly men playing with your stolen toys. You've made life that little bit worse for me and for all my customers.

(Paypal always finds in favour of buyers no matter what proof of shipping one has, they don't even read the evidence.)

I have now added a £7.00 handling fee to orders from 'Rest Of The World' countries, which covers USA, Canada, Australia and The Far East. This means any order from there will pay £7.00 extra which will cover the trackable/signed for service to their country. If you're one of my regular customers from over the years, I will refund the extra fee or give you extra miniatures towards the cost if you wish. I don't see why the people who've kept me in business should suffer for the ones who try to put me out of it.

Again, apologies for this, but it seems to be the times we live in now.

~Andy Foster

Director,

Heresy Miniatures Ltd

PS, yes Paypal found in his favour, depsite scans of proof of shipping and server records showing emails sent. I hope he's enjoying his stolen miniatures.

Also, if something like that goes missing then I can file a Missing Items form with the post office and they will either locate it or refund its value based off the paypal receipt. Of course, they never do look so just end up refunding it.

Bear that in mind if any UK-based retailer you ever use says anything like, "We posted it - nothing can be done." - something can always be done! They can recover the value (up to £20) and they can use that to refund you.

 Vermis wrote:
I've said elsewhere, I'm dead impressed with the technical skill and bags of character that Andy's sculpting has developed over the past ten years. Ner'Gabba looks absolutely brilliant, and if he brings out more reworked ogres like that, I might have to dust off my OKs again.

ingtaer wrote:
I have never backed a kickstarter before, but have now done so because angelofvengenance's sig. was threatening me!
Was wondering if some one could please give a run down on how they work with stretchgoals and pledge levels etc.
Thanks.

ingtaer wrote:
Cheers mate,
I did have a flick through that and a few other bits and bobs but cant say I was really enlightened. Might be because its 2am, I am stuck mentally in the 19th century or I am pretty thick!

Regardless I emailed the owner of Heresy and he got back to me in like twenty seconds. Now that is the kind of person one can admire, also he said the angel goes up later and that is one sweet looking model. My life will not be complete until I get it!

MADAME NER'GABBA , MOST BEAUTIFUL OF ALL!
Ner'Gabba! This is a rough sculpt to show you what she will look like when properly done. She's one sassy slug-tick-tentacle monster lady!

Ner'Gabba is too big to even fit into the Fallen One Class rewards, I've probably undervalued her at £50 so this is a special Kickstarter price for her. If you want to use reward slots to get hold of her via one of the old pledges, you will need to use up One Fallen One Class AND One Large Monster or Big Boris Class reward choice to do it!
Ner'Gabba is the preening, cooing, self-proclaimed Beauty Queen of the NetherHells whose avaricious narcissism knows no bounds. She rules a realm of quivering, crawling insect demons ("My pretties!") and mewling sycophantic Dark Brethren ("My brave lovers!") who live only to obey her every whim. In her mortal life Ner'gabba was a Duchess with designs on marrying the King but primarily concerned with manipulating those around her and seeking adulation... a real life parasite whose corruption and egomania blossomed into demonic form when she signed her soul away to the Darkness...

Ner'Gabba is ever a one for intrigues and interfering with people's lives and she sometimes appears in the Mortal Realm in the form of a massively obese Fertility Goddess in visions or more directly as a rotund brothel madam, perhaps luring unknowing and unusually good-looking Heroes into a portal leading to her demonic realm.

The Tunnel Dweller is thought to be one of Ner'Gabba's former lovers/champions rewarded for his affections with transmutation into the insane, gibbering horror that is worshipped as a living demi-god by the Tunnel Guard.

If we break the £25,000 barrier, Ner'Gabba will ship around May. She will be a resin and metal kit automatically included in Lord Of Darkness pledges! (Not pictured, various extras such as chained slave, hand mirror, etc)

Bioptic wrote:
To be completely clear - postage is going to be charged on actual cost, it's just that postage abroad (which is already expensive) is going to include tracked shipping, which costs more. He feels bad that existing customers are getting affected by this, so has offered extra stuff/potential discount to balance this out.

I agree that £220 is a big "sweet spot", but I don't think there really is one for this kind of Kickstarter, as people have such differing needs. ~£30 Overseer/Monster Mash are good depending on whether you want small/big monsters, £100 Dungeon is even better value if you want a mix, anything above that is really if you want to save money on a £120 Netherlord! I'd just pick something and add things on as desired - everything is a 20% discount over normal price at a minimum anyway.

If anyone does have Kickstarter advice to give to Andy though, am sure he'd appreciate it! He might have an excellent quality and service reputation, but readily admits that all of this KS psychology stuff is pretty new to him.