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Hello!

If you've known me at all over the years, you'll know that aside from my passion for good femme representation and guinea pigs, I'm actually a massive fan of ghouls. I collect ghouls! And things that look like ghouls! All the ghouls!

Paul Muller is my number 1 dream ghoul man, he's made all my favourites.

About 4/5 years ago I got in touch with him and we released the first set of ghoul mothers, which are....very horrifying - in the best ghoul way!

The last horror campaign we did, we added some more Muller ghouls, and he got ghoul fever too and has sculpted us a whole bunch of them since then, that we're going to Kickstarter!

Aside from ghoul ladies which I'm obviously a fan, we have ghoul men, ghoul children and even some ghoul teenagers. And ghoul pets! Fun for all the family!*

*I've actually put a warning at the start of the Kickstarter as Bad Squiddo are known for our family friendly lovely things, and this campaign does have some dark themes as it's very much an Annie campaign, so if that's not your thing, there are ghouls eating babies and guinea pigs and things, so best not to scroll further.

I don't think any are as grim as the ghoul mothers (the original pack) so there's that!

We've got artwork from Patrice Rameau and lovely paintjobs from Andrew Taylor and John Morris.


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A few more pics for you!

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I've got an early copy of the Hodgson background books, so I took a quick shot, and tomorrow I am going to be taking a lot more!


John Morris has been super busy getting the last of the ghouls painted, which arrive tomorrow, in time for the photoshoot!

Here are some more!

Ohh very cool, I always like more ghouls.
Will follow this closely.

Oh, these look fun, or "fun," I suppose.

Hooray! Let the ghouls engulf you!

I've been taking photos all day, heading back now to upload them all as my office internet is rubbish, then back tomorrow to sift through and see what's good, and then try not to show them all at once - there are some crackers!

Me earlier going "wooooo photos!"



And one of the pics, I love them! I've been photographing them in all different settings to show how you can have a ghoul for all occasions!

It launches tomorrow! I'm mucking about with some more photos which I'll be dribbling out (ew), but in the meantime.... Paul has finished The Ghoul Matriarch and she's the most wonderful thing I've ever seen!

Here's a tease!

AND WE'RE LIVE!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/ghouls

Thank you, thank you! The ghoul-a-ning has begun! All hail the ghouls!

I am very delighted that you appear to be almost as excited by ghouls as I am, or just backing the project due to fear - both valid choices.

The first stretch goal has been unlocked, at £3000! Hooray!



This 28-piece resin set is perfect for building your spooky scene straight away. We've taken parts of many of our spooky scenics, to put together in a fresh mould so you can have this variety without having to spend a fortune on all the full sets. You can do that as well though, if you want! To add this set to your pledge, increase it by £35.

I'm really happy with this set, it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. If this is popular, I'm more likely to do this with other themes of our sets later on.

Ghouls are cool, and I wish you good. Too bad it's only physical miniatures, shipping taxes and delays are a turnoff to me and I would rather print my miniatures at home.

These ghouls are very different from both the RAFM and Mantic ghouls that I already have. I can think of a few ways I can get these dudes on the table.

Sarouan wrote:Ghouls are cool, and I wish you good. Too bad it's only physical miniatures, shipping taxes and delays are a turnoff to me and I would rather print my miniatures at home.

That's fair enough, we're very firmly physical media as I have a particular love of hand sculpting. What country are you? We have a number of retailers across the world to help with shipping and taxes.

JoshInJapan wrote:These ghouls are very different from both the RAFM and Mantic ghouls that I already have. I can think of a few ways I can get these dudes on the table.

Thanks Josh! I am a fan of those ghouls too, and, well, all ghouls.

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It's pootling along nicely! I'm extra appreciative of anyone who shares it to... anywhere! As social media at the moment is on fire, it's hard to get anybody to see anything. Also it's a lot more...nude than the usual Bad Squiddo productions!

We're on Day 3 of the Wonderful World of GHOULS, live now on Kickstarter. Something especially wonderful about ghouls is how they fit into every scenario. Any era can be jazzed up with some ghouls, not just your classic fantasy horror.

Here, much like a herd of guinea pigs around a large, freshly discovered vegetable, the ghouls have swarmed this downed plane in the midst of WW2.

This scene features not only our fresh ghouls from Paul Muller, but also existing ghouls from Andrew May and snuurg, which you may have missed the first time around.

Diorama base by F4freddieterrafirma, backdrop with permission from Handiwork Games . Minis painted by Mystic Spirals Miniatures , Warpfiend Studios , Andrew Taylor & Ralph Plowman. Photo by Annie Norman.



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/ghouls

These look great.
Are they cast onto the large round base? If so, how big is the base?
I'm looking to squeeze some onto 20mm squares to be leaders of KoW Ghoul units. Would they fit? Are they going to be a pain to remove from the bases they are on (if they are?)

Thanks if anyone (esp Annie) knows the answers.

Hello! They're kinda on little surfboards! You can clip them off or use a dremel, the buff ghouls wouldn't fit as they're so wide legged, but I can measure others for you. Or an excuse to make a solid block diorama with them

 Annie wrote:

What country are you? We have a number of retailers across the world to help with shipping and taxes.

Belgium. Brexit basically kills it for me, but I understand very well your stance on physical miniatures. Campaign looks already successful so I'm happy to see that for you.

Hooray, we had a nice bit of activity this morning and have almost unlocked Chopper! We might have even unlocked her by the time you read this, fingers crossed!

She's temporarily nicknamed Chopper..... but you know what happens when I do that, it's never temporary! Sculpted by Shane Hoyle, She is single piece pewter.
You can add her to your pledge by increasing the total by £5.


Something we don't do TOO often, is a backer number pledge goal.

We also don't give TOO much away, being a small company we can't afford to, which is why the best deals are usually the bigger the bundles you get.

SO, at 140 backers (fingers crossed again) everyone at Fresh Ghouls pledge level and above will get a FREE MODEL. A FREE MODEL! We've just cracked 100 backers, so let's spread the word and get that number up, this mini is lovely.



What's next after this?

More minis! These (and the above) are minis that have already been sculpted, which is why they are before MORE GHOULS in the unlocking order. As I'm hoping these will help bump the total up enough to be able to afford more ghouls to be sculpted. It feels weird to say, but this is how Kickstarters were always supposed to be.

I LOVE these ladies below, I still haven't decided whether they will be separate goals or a single two pack yet, but by the time we've got this far, we'll be able to free Paul Muller from his dungeon to sculpt more ghouls. He has the putty and the tools, but he's currently locked up. Could "Free Paul Muller from the Dungeon" be a stretch goal? It'll be something like £5,500-£6,000, so not far off! I'd like the ghoul unlock to be a pack of THREE, which would most likely be £12.


Blackjack Legacy

At 9pm UK time tonight (Monday), I'll be on Blackjack Legacy, it's a really chilled-out show, great people in the chat, basically a bigger version of my Sunday Morning Coffee!

You can watch it live, or at a later date if you can't make it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Z9wZBTOPg


Partizan

The last day of the Kickstarter is this Sunday, where I'll be at Partizan - a convention in Newark, UK. I don't have a trade stand as I'll be helping Fenris Games, but I'm also on the prowl for more ghoul fans. I'll have a ghoul t shirt on, and actually have some of the painted ghouls with me, and some casts! So if you see me - come ask about me ghoulies!

Thanks for reading, I hope your Monday hasn't been too painful!

Hooray, Chopper has escaped the holding pen of stretch goals and is now rampaging around unlocked! To add her to your pledge, just increase it by £5.

And I am very excited to show you the next one....

Classic Adventurers!

These look like such a joy to paint. I know they're not ghouls, but I'm hoping enough people who love ghouls will love these, and it'll push us that last bit to being able to get more ghouls sculpted by the end of the campaign! The greater good! There's just REALLY COOL minis too, and I can definitely see them jumping through portals chasing ghouls around through different eras and places. There's definitely a homage to some classics in their design too. Sculpted by Shane Hoyle.

You could increase your pledge by £8 if you want to help unlock them, we're not far off now! Woo!



AND THEN
GHOULS!
PRECIOUS GHOULS!

If we get to this point, we will have another set of THREE ghouls, sculpted by Paul Muller. Unless he goes really wild with the design, they'll be £12 for the 3. I'm excited that it's looking more likely we'll get there now. Thank you everyone who has been sharing the campaign around, it makes so much difference.




and a couple more of the photos I've been playing with on those Jon Hodgson backdrops, with my terrain collection, and just a camera phone!





Link to the campaign is here>> http://kck.st/48nVBhI

Thank you! Annie

Chopper is nifty!

Very nice! (If that is the correct thing to say about these..!)

Have been enjoying the updates about this campaign on social media, need some new ghoulies so have backed this one!

Thank you!

Paul has started sculpting the next ghouls in hope it'll help unlock them, here's a peep!

Wahey we had a nice little surge last night (thank you!) and it unlocked.... the Classic Adventurers! Please do tell your chums about these that might not have peeped due to ghoul aversion, as they are a bit of a hidden gem.

MORE GHOULS


And now we're currently only about £250 away from unlocking.... more ghouls! Hooray! It's actually happening! I was worrying we were too far away but it's looking more and more doable, so much that Paul Muller has made a start. SQUEE!

As it says on the image, the photo here has three angles of the same ghoul - only one has been sculpted so far! But he is beavering away on the second ghoul, as we speak. I have given him briefs, but for this project, I have let Mr. Muller use my notes as a baseline, and if he feels a specific ghoul calling, he can sculpt in that direction. So all we really know is that it will be three lady ghouls.

Doesn't the first one look ace though! She beckons you...

To help unlock them you can add £12 to your current pledge, so fingers crossed we get there!

It's not a poo on her base, it's a tester bit of sculpting putty so the sculptor can prod it and see what level of dry it is, without damaging the mini, it will be gone before moulding!


All Kickstarter and no play makes Annie craaaaaazy....

My flyers are here! They are very specific flyers, only for use, in person, this Sunday at the Partizan show in Newark. There are usually around 1000 visitors, how many do you think I'll manage to convince about the mighty word of ghoul over those few hours?



Spoooky Scenic Set

I filmed this video yesterday showing more details of what you get in this lovely set (you can add it to your pledge by increasing it by £35)




A couple more of the photos I've been taking! On the Jon Hodgson photo backdrops, which you'll be able to add afterwards in the pledge manager if you wish!




The farm animals look on with horror as they see another critter have it's soul sucked out.


Thanks as always, especially for this latest lil surge, we can get that RISING DAWN and EXTRA GHOULS out there, we can, we can!

Thank you

Queen of the Ghouls

Anniiiiiiiie

I've had a super day at Partizan, nice to show people the ghouls in the flesh! Just a few hours left so plugging away in hope we unlock the last stretch goal at £7000 - a guinea pig eating a ghoul head! Revenge for them!

http://kck.st/48nVBhI

Glad to see the KS was a success! I will say that looking forward to getting some horrible ghouls has brightened my Monday morning

I did it! I forgot to update the forums as I slept for like two days. BUT I DID IT! WE DID IT! Thank you everyone! More posts soon, I'm not just b*ggering off (it's just 8pm and I started the day many, many hours ago!)

Everything got unlocked! YESSSSSS!

The pledge manager is now available!

And open for late pledges if you missed it,

All the info is here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/badsquiddogames/ghouls/posts/3965670

We're all shipped! Most of them went out a week or so back, and the rest were yesterday.

THANKYOU everyone for helping my ghoul dream come true. Please do show me them as you get them painted, I've already seen some (and conversions!) and they're wicked!

I really do love ghouls!

With Warhammer The Old World returning, I can't wait to get a moment to paint all these up myself to add to my classic Vampire Counts army, which of course has all the other Paul Muller ghouls and... every other ghoul I've found in the last decade or more.

I've no idea if they're any good yet in the game, but who cares when you have a table full of ghouls!

The last of the painted ghouls arrived from Mr John Morris recently, and I LOVE this photograph



I'm currently working with Jon Hodgson on a project to bring more of his artworks to book form as backdrops for photographing miniatures, and it finishes this Tuesday, so a cheeky plug for that.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonhodgsonmaptiles2/jon-hodgson-backdrops-two-backdrops-boogaloo

The next Bad Squiddo project is going to be....game related, so watch this space!