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Get well soon!

Cheers for listening to the feedback, Tre! Hope you feel better soon :-/

Thanks guys.

Update from Tre in the comments:

The Doc was actually taken aback by the condition of my throat. he said it was as red as my shirt ( which is VERY red. ) Anyway been on the meds today and I am feeling MUCH better. I have been drifitng in and out of sleep all day. I had not realized just how much the pain was keeping me going and once it was mitigated I was zonking out left right and center. FInally I do not feel any pain now so I am expecting to get a good night's sleep tonight and wake up refreshed and ready to get back at it tomorrow. So expect more updates and more Stretch goals. Hopefully we can get the momentum back up again!
Thanks for your patience with me guys!
Cheers!
Tre'

Ugh, sounds rough! But at least the medicine is kicking in

Another orc footman sculpted, this time with armour:

As I said on Kickstarter, I love these orcs more and more the longer I look at them!

Really impressed with the sheer speed Tre is putting out sculpts considering he's also down with a hefty dose of strep throat. Had that a couple of years ago and it is absolutely no fun.

These are gorgeous!

Tre has also posted a neat new backer banner by (Dave?) Needham.

I've got it hooked up to the KS in my signature and present it below for those that want for follow suit


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replace the { }brackets with [ ]brackets to get it to work

Important new update




Hey everybody,

I have been meaning to post something about this for a while now as the subject has come up a few times. After a great deal of thought on the matter and no small amount of anxiety to boot I have decided that I won't be allowing post Kickstarter Pledge Ups. I think that for sake of fulfilling the KS quickly and efficiently and keeping all records coherent it makes more sense to be sure that all monies are collected via the kickstarter system. I will also not be using my back catalogue minis as rewards in any future KS campaign either as this campaign is intended to be utilized to help get my figures into wider distribution, and if there is any ambiguity as to the pricing of my figures retialers and distributors will have no incentive to carry my line of figures.

So, to make a long story short; this is the only time you will have the opportunity to get these figures for this price. So if there are items you want listed in the KS and you want them for the KS price you will need to pledge for them before the kickstarter closes.

I know that that creates inconvenience for some but I think it is the best thing to insure the the health of the RBG line over the longer term.

Again thank you all for your support and confidence! I am continually humbled and honoured.

Cheers,

Tre'


so

NO post KS pledge manager/cash addition
NO further use of existing minis as rewards

keep this in mind when you pledge

A perfect sound decision. Makes more joy if RBG runs a KS #4. Only new stuff.

Another WIP. Tre is looking for comments on it.

Something is not working with that miniature. Perhaps it is the strep throat sculpting .

The mini is in a very early WIP stage, but the armor is what is throwing it off. I think you may have been going for a stiffer leather, which makes sense. However, the armor looks too soft and pliable at the shoulder and abdomen relative to the chest and waist.

I still don't get how you manage to crank these out so quickly, especially considering that this mini, which looks pretty good on the whole, represents one of the only 'misfires' I've seen with the RBG line, and it isn't even close to finished anyhow.

After a bit of a lull, the campaign sort of got some steam over the last few days! Here's hoping Tre puts up some stretch goals tonight or early tomorrow to keep the momentum up. Impressed at how fast the actual "browns" are coming along though, very impressed. Glad I'm in for the full whack, may upgrade for some more ranks depending on what gets done (I'm down for 4 heroes already, one of those will be the Orc one if he gets done.)

The only faction I don't have any of are the Aelfar. I sort of feel that elves shouldn't have "footmen" like the other races perhaps. Better served by individual heroes?

The next WIP, another torso / modular set of legs for the Orcs:

Also, njorn footmen have funded, the next goal is a big orc hero at 25k

 tre manor wrote:
I JUST took the first option set apart last night Az. I will try to get him put back together for that pic btu I did post a pic of the orc next to Weglaf for scale reference.....though I can see that does not quite cover all the bases as did your suggestion.

I'm really liking those orcs, Tre' - but I need to make sure they are of a size that will be useful to me. Where is that size comparison pic that you mentioned? I've looked through all the updates but can't find it.

Egadz! Sorry Az, here is a pic of the first kit WIP next to one of my humans. Bear in mind also that each of these is varying in size a bti here and there. This first kits is the thus far the smallest of the kits though not really by much.

Broken link!
I'll try again once I get home.


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Nope! Still no worky.

Damn..... are you registered to my forums??

I've stuck the image on my photobucket



hopefull Azazelx can see it now

Thanks Orlando. I'm pretty sure I've got that bloke standing next to the orc as well. I'll have to dig him out and have a proper look.


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Tre' - I'm not sure TBH. I usually lurk there.

well looks like Orlando got it sorted. the pic was hosted through my forum's attachments.

Might be worth putting up on the KS in an update. (or a similar shot with one of the newer/current sculpts.) I'm sure that existing RBG customers would like to see just how big these are. From the un-scaled sculpt pics they look like they could easily be the size of your Reaper Gnolls/Bugbears going by the amount of detail and skin texture on them.

The concept art for the orc hero that unlocks at 25k.

The last modular orc torso is sculpted. Here is a pic of the fourth torso, and then a pic of all four torso options together:

Can't wait to get my hands on these!

Does anyone here own the Wraith Knights and would by chance be willing to take a scale shot of them next to a space marine or Imperial guard figure?

Officially in on the fun. The modular orcs are just too good to pass up. They're big, brutish, and refreshingly different from the omnipresent GW orcs. Now to sit and pray that the orc hero gets unlocked.

Tre has mentioned that he is going to add a KS exclusive figure, but the longer it takes before he adds it, the less cash it will generate. He really need to quicken the pace with that one in particular. It will generate some momentum again.

Well, it's 400% funded right now, and better that it's small enough to be manageable than overwhelming like KS1 or set up to implode based on unsculpted unachieved stretch goals like KS2.

Yeah. You can really tell that Tre has learned a lot of lessons from those two in terms of caution but also in terms of having sculpted products ready to go from the start of the KS. Interesting that this is the last time the back catalogue will be available through KS though. I think it contributed to the success of this kickstarter but I can definitely understand why it wouldn't be sustainable. I just wonder how Tre will get a sense of security in future kickstarters.

In any case, I'd rather see a manageable KS that generates good profit for Tre than one that promises too much and then doesn't deliver. It must be galling for Tre to look at KS getting up into the hundreds of thousands rapidly off little more than renders and concept sketches, or to compete with entire companies worth of people keeping KS fulfilled and updated. I'd be reasonably happy if we got to the Orc Chieftain this time, I feel I'm getting a lot of stuff I want. If we get to the Wolf Riders I'll be even happier.

One thing Tre could learn from this KS is to go in with more of a definite idea about Stretch Goals. It seems a bit make it up as you go along at present.

Edit: I must admit, I feel a bit self concious calling Tre by his first name. I know it's the standard operating procedure for many KS, but it still seems presumptuous to me!