This is the new Kickstarter from Troll Trader. I can't seem to copy the pictures on this iPad, but here is the link.. Their last KS delivered recently, resin halflings well cast.
I think this KS will deliver everything a budding Tomb Kings player could want. I am especially looking forward to the a undead Lord, Sphinx and Anubii.
I love Troll Trader/ Tabletop Combat's stuff. Most of my resin models have been quite nice and crisp. I had a few issues with feet on the starter set models but even TT Combat mentioned they've learned from those mistakes.
Their MDF terrain lately has been killing it too! I'm kind of shocked nobody here has posted about their new Savage Domain terrain sets even.
I hope this campaign goes as wild with all the various options like the Halfling one did. Somehow I missed that one and have been waiting for all those goodies to show up on their store.
I've backed £60 for the Arabian halflings, I'll probably be adding to that pledge to get more halflings.
Ideally if there was a larger halfling pledge I'd of went in bigger. I hope they add some spearmen to bulk them out.
The cactus centaurs are an odd one aren't they? I'm hoping some of the stretch goals are halfling related as well.
The undead stuff is looking seriously awesome, I'll get the characters from those but I've just finished painting all the skeletons my sanity can handle.
Barzam wrote: I'm in too. I need me so of those elves.
Are you interested in splitting any of the sets of twenty? I don't really need more than ten of a type, and if you don't either, we might as well split them. I'd add them to my pledge during the pledge manager phase and we can discuss details any time before the pm closes.
I will probably back for the Rumbleslam and Carnivale minis.:.i don’t need 80 desert elves, no matter how great they look. 1 or 3 of each, maybe, but not 20...
I hope they'll consider doing a small skirmish bundle. Maybe 4 or 5 of each unit type, something along those lines. I'm going ot keep pestering them about that.
@BobtheInquisitor- I know Barzam wants Elves but I'd be down for some Halflings among other things. Maybe we can set up a SoCal group pledge for those of us who want to divvy up some of the bigger units?
If there's a PayPal option in the pledge manager I don't mind putting in a larger order and splitting it up with others.
Loving the Egyptian elf girls. Loving the mummy centaurs. With most of the monsters at 15£, and most of the characters at 5£, it’s quite a good deal too. They teased that there’s some really WILD monsters in the stretch goals, so I can’t wait to see what they’ve got.
While I love me some TT stuff and I'm sure it'll work out fine...that sure as hell seems like one scatter-brained KS. Also, worth pointing out that the stereotypical "cactus" (which is basically a saguaro cactus) only exists in the Sonoran Desert in the US/Mexico, so that's an exceptionally weird choice of model.
It is awesome to see some people get to start Khemri(?) armies though. It was a tragedy they were killed off. One of the best and most unique model lines in the Warhammer universe.
Seems the RPG pledge is getting a bit of variety in terms of different sculpts in smaller quantities, and they're throwing more models in as they unlock stretch goals.
Actually they're adding stretch goal models to most bundles now that I look more closely.
The mega pledge says it includes MDF Monuments and shows a Sphinx statue, I don't think they've even touched on those yet!
On the last Kickstarter, the £100 pledge ended up with duplicate core units - something like 130-140 minis total. A friend and I split the pledge, and we both ended up with enough minis for small armies.
Good quality sculpts and resin casts too.
My only complaint is that the KS is almost too big to choose - halflings, elves or Khemri?
I'm a bit unclear - when you get a regiment of 20 figures - what are you getting? Twenty monopose figures? Twenty posable figures with a few different heads and arms? Twenty non posable figures from 3-4 variations?
kestral wrote: I'm a bit unclear - when you get a regiment of 20 figures - what are you getting? Twenty monopose figures? Twenty posable figures with a few different heads and arms? Twenty non posable figures from 3-4 variations?
Obviously 3 command models (banner, musician, leader). They show 4-5 poses of Hexes so there might be 8 different models in total among the 20. Not any different from the old WFB days of metal models.
kestral wrote: I'm a bit unclear - when you get a regiment of 20 figures - what are you getting? Twenty monopose figures? Twenty posable figures with a few different heads and arms? Twenty non posable figures from 3-4 variations?
They said in the comments there will be several poses.
Halfling Sand Raiders? Check, do want. Desert elves and mummies? Kinda cool I guess. I'm bummed out that I missed the previous Kickstarter. Hopefully those models appear on their website soon. Watching with interest.
Cleatus wrote: Halfling Sand Raiders? Check, do want. Desert elves and mummies? Kinda cool I guess. I'm bummed out that I missed the previous Kickstarter. Hopefully those models appear on their website soon. Watching with interest.
I think in the comments they mention them going up on the website in a few months. It was one of the reasons they decided to not include those models as add ons in this kickstarter.
kestral wrote: I'm a bit unclear - when you get a regiment of 20 figures - what are you getting? Twenty monopose figures? Twenty posable figures with a few different heads and arms? Twenty non posable figures from 3-4 variations?
They said in the comments there will be several poses.
Crap, if there are several poses my willpower to resist this will shrivel away.
Can anyone here who backed their last Kickstarter comment on the quality of the resin casts and sculpts?
I've been quite happy with my Carnevale sculpts they did. The starter set single casting pieces were alright to good, but the faction box models that needed to be built were quite nicely detailed.
From what I've heard (and Tabletop has said) they've only gotten better since then.
Obviously 3 command models (banner, musician, leader). They show 4-5 poses of Hexes so there might be 8 different models in total among the 20. Not any different from the old WFB days of metal models.
That's how the halfling units were supplied. Three command and ?5 troop poses.
kestral wrote: Don't need units, really. But would totally buy one of each pose for just about all fo them.
The RPG bundle would probably work best for you, then. It has 5 of many of the units (dead/elf/halfling), and those probably aren't command or duplicates, though I'm just guessing.
Gallahad wrote: Is it just me or does the Dead Battalion not seem like that great of a deal compared to the rpg bundle?
I understand what you mean, but it's still just shy of £150 worth of minis for £100. I think the rpg one is phenomenal value, but as it is intended to it gives you lots of models which aren't split between all the factions so you can have multiple encounters.
At the moment the most underwhelming one for me Is the halfling desert raiders, which is still good value at £80 worth of figures for £60, I however am just not massive on the cactusmen. I'd rather some Arabian ogres as there Monstrous infantry unit. Still I'm in for one set at the moment, by the end I'll either purchase multiple of that set or pure halflings and monsters.
kestral wrote: I'm a bit unclear - when you get a regiment of 20 figures - what are you getting? Twenty monopose figures? Twenty posable figures with a few different heads and arms? Twenty non posable figures from 3-4 variations?
They said in the comments there will be several poses.
Crap, if there are several poses my willpower to resist this will shrivel away.
Can anyone here who backed their last Kickstarter comment on the quality of the resin casts and sculpts?
From Latest update
Many will have command groups and at least 5 poses among the troops. This is not true of every unit, some do not have commands and some of the smaller regiments may only have 3 different poses (Anubti). That said if the campaign keeps going as it is then there will be funds available to get even more poses rendered so Im not setting anything in stone now.
it is *OK* I'd say. Compared to their Venetian buildings, for example, I'd say the Venetian ones are better value (detail) for the money, though these might cover more of the table per dollar.
Their newer Venetian ones are quite cool and the floor plans continue to evolve and get more interesting.
That said the cheapest current buildings are around 10 pounds. They seem to have retired a lot of the older, boxy, more simple designs. They weren't bad, but man, the new ones are really great- especially if you play Carnevale.
I imagine these are a similar test line. 4 buildings for 20 isn't too bad when you consider the current prices.
What would help as well is if we get some scale shots.
This video is hilarious, actually. They're highly pose-able multipart skeleton models and he's complaining about small contact points while he uses a slow setting glue.
I didn't watch the video as I get what was implied. I have put together 180 of these skellies and while they are a bit of a pain to put together that is a damn fair price to pay for them. Poseable and cheap, I'd recommend them to anyone with patience and a want for a horde of skellies.
Huginn wrote: Is there any photos of actual resin casts around, there is mention of a previous kickstarter but cannot find any examples of the minis anywhere?
Gallahad wrote: I am definitely hesitant posting for female elves without seeing some of their prior sculptor's work showing competency sculpting beautiful females.
I looked through a number of their prior KS updates but I didn't have luck finding examples of the quality of their resin casts.
I don't know where they cast either, but the capacity must be massive if they're doing two full factions at once - and I really mean full factions, each with a unit count rivaling GW's fantasy armies even before the AoS splitting up factions.
I ordered this Tomb Queen the other day https://ttcombat.com/collections/games/products/tomb-queen as interested in the Kickstarter but again like others not sure of sculpt/cast quality, so wanted to get an idea (I was getting some terrain anyway)
Arrived today and it's a very nice, crisp cast and a nice model overall. If this is the standard that will be delivered I am very happy to back.
There does seem to be an awful lot being produced with this campaign though, but if they have the capacity to produce it all then all power to them.
Taaloc wrote: There does seem to be an awful lot being produced with this campaign though, but if they have the capacity to produce it all then all power to them.
That's a big but - there's a load of Dropzone & Dropfleet stuff that's waiting to be released, and they didn't have any previews for Gencon as their 3D printer broke (although they've now bought a second one). Don't get me wrong - I love their stuff but I'm a bit worried they're spreading themselves too thin.
Thanks, very useful and much appreciated. Cast looks decent, bubbles are a pain but not as bad as missing/deformed bits. For the price, looks pretty reasonable.
That brute is massive, he is, well, a brute of a beast. He's probably bigger than most things. Most elf sized things at any rate.
Huginn wrote: Thanks, very useful and much appreciated. Cast looks decent, bubbles are a pain but not as bad as missing/deformed bits. For the price, looks pretty reasonable.
That brute is massive, he is, well, a brute of a beast. He's probably bigger than most things. Most elf sized things at any rate.
I know, he is big but as I say, didn't have anything else immediately to hand.
I'm happy with the sculpt and the cast. I tend to always expect some imperfections and these are minor enough that I wouldn't really raise a stink about it- it's not like any detail is affected and they are small enough to fill without any effort.
I backed their last Kickstarter at the Mega Army pledge level. For probably 95% of the minis the only issues were bubbles in the resin, but almost all those were fairly inconspicuous and not so big a deal. A very few had some pretty severe issues with chunks of resin etc. left on the mini, but given the overall number of minis it was not overly significant. Plus they seem pretty good with replacements.
The issues with the last seem to be that they were forced to change casting material a few times. There are least three different types of resin in mine; a yellow and almost white resin which are fine, but those cast in dark grey resin are quite brittle and have had the most issues with those in particular. Happy they have gone for a longer shipping time here, as hopefully it will help picking up on any issues.
Anywho, very happy overall with what I got, and have backed this one again for the new halfings. Can't have enough of those
Barely made a dent in the pile yet, but what I have painted so far below (including an attempt at a steam tank conversion...). The villagers are by far my favourite. Just loads of character on those!
Those halflings have a lot of charm. It must be your paint job, as I tend to hate halflings!
Now that you mentioned types of resin, going back and looking through my Carnevale stuff, it was the darker resins that I'd had more issues with as well. The lighter ones were quite nice. Odd.
Bonus: For the undead, holes just look like more wear/rust on their clothes and gear.
Glad to hear that even with some casting issues you are still happy for the price.
Given the seeming size of the company, and the number of minis they produced for the kickstarter, was expecting a few issues. In the end, probably only 5% or less of those minis I received had real problems.
Which seems a pretty good success ratio for a first attempt at a kickstarter this large. Am throwing another chunk of money at this one, so obviously confident they'll do even better again this time
How well do their miniatures clean up? An experience with Raging Heroes has left me very cautious of buying large numbers of resin miniatures in one hit, and while I know that nothing will ever be that bad again, I'd like to know just how much prep work I'll be looking at.
Tim the Biovore wrote: How well do their miniatures clean up? An experience with Raging Heroes has left me very cautious of buying large numbers of resin miniatures in one hit, and while I know that nothing will ever be that bad again, I'd like to know just how much prep work I'll be looking at.
I recently cleaned up a bunch of halflings, a few human sized models and some monsters, and they were all quite easy to do. The only issue of any note was that on one of the "ghost"-halfling variants the gate did not taper like the others, but was almost as wide as the mini all the way up under the bedsheet so to speak, making it a bit of work to get the gate off without damaging the mini. But the resin was easly to cut both with knife and clippers, so not really a big issue in the end.
There are a few "rods and pins" from vent and gates here and there on the minis, that are easy to snip off. I cleaned up around 30 halflings plus the others in about an hour to an hour and a half or so. The female figure in the above example is representative of the multi-part minis. Almost all the halflings are single piece castings and had a tapered gate under the feet plus said rods and pins around. There were very little mould lines as far as I could tell, and the few I saw were not prominent.
I'm glad the pledge manager will be open until December, this means we'll get to see the 3rd edition KoW army lists before committing to buy.
I have a late WHFB era Tomb Kings army but I was always short on basic infantry and since I'll never get more matching plastic skeletons, I'm tempted to fully switch to TT mummies.
And selling classic metals like Ushabti at collector prices to finance 5x the amount of TT equivalents is a nobrainer.
Looks like the real question is... Do I even keep any GW Tomb Kings?
There is an ungodly amount of neat stuff in this campaign. I'm truly lost as to what I'm going to end up with.
An RPG pledge along with a booster and some MDF terrain will probably give me all the tools I need to run an appropriately themed campaign- based skirmish game when the time comes.
What's that fire avatar thing supposed to represent? I can't think of a Fantasy unit it would be used in lieu of. First thought was an Eldar Avatar...
highlord tamburlaine wrote: What's that fire avatar thing supposed to represent? I can't think of a Fantasy unit it would be used in lieu of. First thought was an Eldar Avatar...
You were (almost) correct. It's a stand in for the Avatar of Khaine from the Daughters of Khaine Cauldron of Blood, who gained the ability to be his own standalone unit with the battletome.
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@Maledrakh - Cheers for the info! Much appreciated. Missed your post the first time around.
Went for the RPG pledge even if that Elf Battalion was mighty tempting. Figured I can't bother building a 100+ minis army or painting 20+ times the same mini anymore. The mix on the RPG is interesting for various little projects.
Since it's my first time backing a KS, I do have a newbie question, if anyone could kindly help out. If I want to get some add ons such as a the Elf Queen, will there be a specific option to add this particular model or something?
EDIT: Ok, nevermind. Just read more carefully and I think I understood. Just add more cash and select the minis after (that last bit wasnt too clear for me )
VBS wrote: Went for the RPG pledge even if that Elf Battalion was mighty tempting. Figured I can't bother building a 100+ minis army or painting 20+ times the same mini anymore. The mix on the RPG is interesting for various little projects.
Since it's my first time backing a KS, I do have a newbie question, if anyone could kindly help out. If I want to get some add ons such as a the Elf Queen, will there be a specific option to add this particular model or something?
EDIT: Ok, nevermind. Just read more carefully and I think I understood. Just add more cash and select the minis after (that last bit wasnt too clear for me )
Yes. Also, they've said the Backerkit will be open until December, so you can add funds up to then to select more stuff. But you only get access to the Backerkit if you back the Kickstarter before it closes - and there's a 1 GBP option just for that purpose. Of course, everyone in the KS would prefer you back as much as possible now to unlock stretch goals.
Well- and this is on the assumption that the Tomb Queen is indicative of the size/scale of the stuff in this KS- I've taken this quick photo of the Tomb Queen with some models from other manufacturers
L-R Mantic Barbarian hero, Frostgrave Gnoll, TTCombat Tomb Queen, Mierce Teulu chap, GW Severina Raine, GW Primaris marine and finally the Brute from the earlier pictures
Is there any official word on if/when these will actually make to to retail at some point?
I'd really like some of this stuff, but I both have no use for fleshing out my old Tomb Kings stuff right now and not much free cash. Should I just go in a low level to keep the backerkit open?
PM closes in December, so, if you'll have funds by then, pledge a pound plus shipping for access. AFAIK, Miniatures will reach retail. Creator is active in the comments, so you can ask there.
ced1106 wrote: PM closes in December, so, if you'll have funds by then, pledge a pound plus shipping for access. AFAIK, Miniatures will reach retail. Creator is active in the comments, so you can ask there.
Yeah, decided to just back at a low level and I'll see what I want to do via the Pledge Manager.
Mostly just want to flesh out some core troops, but maybe get a Sphinx or two if they look cool.
It looks like TT is going to be selling through Warlord - their halflings are in the warlord store at the moment (although the army deals have sold out).
TT have said several times in the comments that everything will eventually make it to retail, but not all at once. The first few items should be 3 months after KS orders are done (making it roughly next summer for retail).
MrPieChee wrote: It looks like TT is going to be selling through Warlord - their halflings are in the warlord store at the moment (although the army deals have sold out).
TT have said several times in the comments that everything will eventually make it to retail, but not all at once. The first few items should be 3 months after KS orders are done (making it roughly next summer for retail).
It's kind of weird to me that they would have them on someone' site but not their own, but I could imagine some logistical reasons for that.
In any case, I'll see what I want to get/like the look of once we are closer to December. Maybe by then I'll actually have gotten around to really organizing all the stuff I have laying around here. I've already shelled out a bunch of money for games I haven't played in forever with the recent Battletech kickstarter. Need to pace myself...
I assume that with all their large scale casting they've run out of space to deal with direct customer orders. Also, Warlords of Erehwon is probably a good platform to launch their minis with. I would imagine in time other retailers will sell their stuff too. I would also guess that eventually dropfleet/zone/relics/rumbleslam/caravale will all be dropped from the TT web store and just be sold through retail partners. But just guessing.
I assume that with all their large scale casting they've run out of space to deal with direct customer orders. Also, Warlords of Erehwon is probably a good platform to launch their minis with. I would imagine in time other retailers will sell their stuff too. I would also guess that eventually dropfleet/zone/relics/rumbleslam/caravale will all be dropped from the TT web store and just be sold through retail partners. But just guessing.
Yeah, that was exactly what I was thinking, plus, with all the minis in this new Kickstarter, that is a lot of work in and of itself, let alone dealing with retailing stuff.
I have a bunch of old Tomb Kings stuff, so all I really need is the flesh out the infantry and probably add a few monsters that I didn't get to pick up in the old days. Problem is, of course, is that my backlog is literally everything I own and that is kind of a lot. Plus, since I moved 7 years ago, I've played exactly 1 game of anything with my miniatures...yet I still buy more,
I have a bunch of old Tomb Kings stuff, so all I really need is the flesh out the infantry and probably add a few monsters that I didn't get to pick up in the old days. Problem is, of course, is that my backlog is literally everything I own and that is kind of a lot. Plus, since I moved 7 years ago, I've played exactly 1 game of anything with my miniatures...yet I still buy more,
That is all too familiar: in the last 5 years I've played a little dropfleet, a few frostgrave campaigns, and one game of dreadball... In that same time I've picked up miniatures for at least 6 different games. I live in hope that I'll get back to the time when I could get multiple games in most weeks!
I have a bunch of old Tomb Kings stuff, so all I really need is the flesh out the infantry and probably add a few monsters that I didn't get to pick up in the old days. Problem is, of course, is that my backlog is literally everything I own and that is kind of a lot. Plus, since I moved 7 years ago, I've played exactly 1 game of anything with my miniatures...yet I still buy more,
That is all too familiar: in the last 5 years I've played a little dropfleet, a few frostgrave campaigns, and one game of dreadball... In that same time I've picked up miniatures for at least 6 different games. I live in hope that I'll get back to the time when I could get multiple games in most weeks!
yep similar story - it seems you have time and no money or no time and money ....
Picked up a pledge from a friend who didn't want it and this morning had an email from Backerkit delivered to my spam folder. Was not expecting anything for a while yet, I thought December? or is that when the Backkit closes?
I got mine this morning too, and it is December that the pledge manager closes.
I know they've said they won't show everything before the pm closes, but I think I'm going to hold off for as long as possible before locking in my pledge, cause there's too many things that I'm interested in!
Bones V starts next week, so dunno how much money I'll have to spend on Desert. I'm only spending about $50. Desert's much more ambitious than their previous Halflings campaign, and the company's far more "riskier" than Reaper.
I don't really see much risk - they're smaller sure, but they've delivered before. A friend bought some of their Carnivale stuff and it looks like good quality resin work.
Admittedly mine is a gamer household so I'm able to increase my pledge on Desert while my partner backs Bones V, I know not everyone has the resources for both.
I completed everything, including the initial add-ons. Like that, I hope I can forget about this until it closes without the temptation of adding more (100+ minis is enough...). The triceratops cauldron news was really close! Eventually, I can always buy when it hits the shelves.
LOVE the cactus dudes, but do wonder what they are doing in a North African Setting?
Lots of people just associate cacti with deserts, I guess. Not that I've spent a whole lot of my life thinking about cacti, but it wasn't until I saw the confusion about cactus men in an North African-style faction that I realized they're only found in the Americas. Can only assume the creators were in the same boat.
Introduced species, as it turns out. That said, I think we can all agree that cacti not being native to anywhere outside of the Americas isn't exactly going to break the immersive experience of cactus centaurs
LOVE the cactus dudes, but do wonder what they are doing in a North African Setting?
Lots of people just associate cacti with deserts, I guess. Not that I've spent a whole lot of my life thinking about cacti, but it wasn't until I saw the confusion about cactus men in an North African-style faction that I realized they're only found in the Americas. Can only assume the creators were in the same boat.
yeah, I thought the same thing!
never considered that Cactus were only from deserts in one part of the world. I can understand how it seems weird with the the North African/Middle eastern style halflings (though, let's face it, there's a halfling on a flying carpet with a giant turkey leg, these guys aren't beholden to ANYTHING!!), but then again, Vikings are always rendered with horned helmets, which apparently they never did IRL. I think we can all agree, that AT LEAST all the elven women have super model bods.
Seriously though, I do like TT's stuff. It's unfortunate that Titanforge just recently did their Amazon/Lizardfolk KS as well. I hope next time they focus on just one army. Of course, I think fans are always going to demand a Halfling army every time now.
Thanks a lot for the warning, there's been a few fires fairly close to my area recently and with all the hassle i completely forgot that the pledge manager was closing.
Ended up spending an extra $280 on the Mercenary army, a few extra elf units and some characters. Shame all the renders weren't ready but i'm still really impressed with how many models they're going to release from this Kickstarter.
I too got the mercenary company. I think those fantasy desert humans should sell really well for them.
I ended up dropping the rpg pledge and just buying a couple boxes of mummy's and skeletons. The elves weren't to my taste, and the halflings aren't either so there was a lot of chaff in the rpg pledge.
I just got a sampler of minis for now. Someday I may buy more, possibly combined with a Dropfleet order for free shipping.
There were a few minis, like the wurms, whose renders changed my mind and convinced me not to buy them. Which made me more hesitant to buy any of their minis based on sketches alone.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: I just got a sampler of minis for now. Someday I may buy more, possibly combined with a Dropfleet order for free shipping.
There were a few minis, like the wurms, whose renders changed my mind and convinced me not to buy them. Which made me more hesitant to buy any of their minis based on sketches alone.
"Never buy minis without renders" is solid advice. I unbought some stuff based on renders.
It's why I couldn't commit to their lizard monsters.
Sometimes the art is a lot better than the actual models (Conquest jumps immediately to mind) but that doesn't mean they can't continue to refine things either.
I still wish they'd just done a sampler selection for each of the factions. Just give me one of each model type, be it halfling, undead, monster, or elf. That's all I want.
I know that doesn't get the KS total skyrocketing but I don't have the patience or energy to invest in giant armies any more.
Why did I have to buy a house...? I missed this KS until literally this moment, and six months ago, or in the future, I would've thrown a LOT of money at this.
Bought most of their Elf stuff. By the time I wil actually be able to come and paint them, I imagine AoS will have Malerion and his Dark Elves out and Old World will already be around.
Resisted the urge to throw in last minute add-ons, as the RPG pledge is already 100+ minis... but now that I see more Elf renders, maybe I should have just gotten the battalion instead. The Brigands, Lynx Warriors and Phoenix are amazing!
I added the RPG booster and giant to my RPG pledge. Wanted the character figures too but just couldn't justify the cost at this time as I also had CMoN timemachine this month and next month Conan take 2.
I've definitely spent far too much, but there is lots of appeal for single piece infantry in a mass battle game!
Normally I only by multipose plastic kits, but the backlog is far too great!
For those that missed the Kickstarter, they are doing pre-orders - I assume they won't ship until after KS orders. Not sure if those that have a KS pledge can add pre-orders, I've decided I want the undead halflings I removed :(
They regularly post updates about the project, have started shipping small orders, and plan to ship out all orders within the next two months as I recall.
I doubt they will go to retail before KS backers get theirs.
Reaper KS forums regularly has update reposts by the backers. IIRC, They're doing some shipping. Won't be in stores, but should be on their webstore (?).
A small amount of thread necromancy; I've gotten my Kickstarter pledge and have been plugging away at some elves. Overall the casts have been very good, a few bubbles here and there and the odd instance of fill from previous mold tears, easily fixed or ignored. Mold lines are few and small, though diaphanous resin flash is quite common and easy to deal with. Way better than Forge World or Finecast resin. As to the detail, here's a picture of my first 10 elf spears.
One thing I'll note is that these come supplied with square slottabases (I ordered some 25mm rounds as well), but the minis themselves don't have the old-school foot-to-foot tabs and seem designed to be glued directly to the base. This was fine by me because I was making base toppers out of supersculpy anyways, but I thought I'd mention it. These are one piece casts and the minis that aren't don't have a lot of pieces; the cavalry stuff is 4-5 pieces tops.
Thanks for the picture, John Prins, they really look awesome painted like this.
Honestly, that was the army I had doubts about how well it would look in their resins - they were looking quite thin, after all, and I was afraid of bending parts because of how TTCombat pack them (in blisters of 20 for halflings, for example).
MrPieChee wrote: TT mentioned the issue with the bases - they can't find a supplier for the non-slotta bases that isn't 4-5 times the price of the slotta bases.
I've still not gone through all of my pledge (I must have been one of the last KS backers to get their pledge!)
What I have looked at is great quality, although the flash on some models is huge (although really thin, so should be easy to remove).
Did you use Green Stuff World rolling pins for those bases?
Yes, there are some thin sheets of flash but they are indeed easy to clean up.
Yes, I used GSW's Egyptian rolling pin to make base toppers.
Bendy spears is indeed the biggest problem, especially with cavalry lances, but I haven't had any issue sorting this out with a hair dryer. As I mentioned, I got fewer issues than FW resins for about 1 GBP per mini, so I'm NOT complaining.
Once I've got a full squad of 20 done I'll start a blog post, this army is massive.
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Still I'm in for one set at the moment, by the end I'll either purchase multiple of that set or pure halflings and monsters.
