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Lovely work, miniatures are sure full of both character and detail!

:-)

grefven wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
I'm loving the Clansmen.

Regarding the Pedro Fernadez Ruiz sculpts; I would love to see how they look primed in a darker colour.

I know how difficult it is to photograph a white figure, I imagine that it would be much easier to see the details if they were darker.

The pictures from Pedro Fernandez Ramos are from the master sculpt, and I agree that it can be a bit hard to pick out all the details because of the soft colour. But once I get some resin test-casts, I'll make sure to have some better pictures posted.

"Kára, Skjaldmaer of the Birch House", sculpted by Pedro Fernandez Ramos, is the fifth member of the Nomads. In the culture of the Nomads, shieldmaidens are highly valued warriors, and are in battle commonly found in the first line of warriors. They are trained from early age to master the art of spearing and most even surpass the skills of their battle-brothers. If a shieldmaiden falls in battle, it is not uncommon that it sends the battle-brothers into a frenzy as it is believed that she will guide the fallen into the great halls of their ancestors. Kára, too, believes this, and she will fearlessly launch herself at her enemies in a furious storm of attacks.

Looks great,

"Yomi" of the Tetsu Clan, sculpted by Pedro Fernandez Ramos. Yomi, in his youth, was a troublesome boy; one who did not eagerly listen to his elders and conformity. Instead, he often walked his own path, much to the disappointment of his father who tried to teach him the noble ways of their clan. His father was slain trying to protect him, after Yomi taunted a band of outlaw bandits. The bandits gravely wounded Yomi, telling him that smart-mouthed boys do not have a place in this world, and left him for dead. Fortunately, his clan found him and managed to save his life. After several months, Yomi was finally back up on his feets, only to learn that his face had been badly scarred in the encounter with the bandits. Filled with lust for revenge, Yomi hooded his deformed face and left the clan to search for the bandits. For years he walked the lands, earning his living as a mercenary in his hunt for the men who killed his father and scarred him for life. As he learnt of the uprising, he decided to return home to stand with his clan to honour his father.

Yomi is a great mini with great lore, even before reading the brief I couldn't help but imagine a similar story about him simply based off the visuals. He just oozes character on every level.

Awesome addition to the hobby, keep it up.

Yomi looks awesome but I like Kára even more!

Lovely amount of detail all over your range but you already know that ;-)

"Shinten" of the Tetsu Clan, yet another member sculpted by Pedro Fernandez Ramos.

I hope you guys like this addition as well.

Dang, guys. No kidding around.

you forgot his backstory that you posted on facebook

"Shinten" of the Tetsu Clan, sculpted by Pedro Fernandez Ramos. In time of strife, every clan needs a coldblooded killer. For the Tetsu Clan, this is Shinten. He is the prefered assassin of the clan, having the reputation to never miss a target. He is often used to infiltrate the enemy where he has got the task to eliminate the leaders when needed. But alas, the missions issued to Shinten has taken a toll on him and has made him emotionally numb. He does not care anymore who falls by his hands, but take pleasure in ending the life of anyone who steps in front of him. One such particular unfortunate event resulted in him killing a clan member with the now slain member's own weapon. These weapons, his pair of sais, is now his perferred weapon of choice to the dismay of his own clan.

I managed to use my best Photoshop-Fu to put together these four characters for the faction of the Exiles of the Tetsu Clan. They have all been sculpted by Pedro Fernandez Ramos, and they will be a part of an upcoming Kickstarter project. They will be one faction of totally three factions that will be the funding goal. So another eight figures beside these four will be looking to get funded. A few have already been displayed earlier in this thread (or on the blog: http://corvuscoraxminiatures.blogspot.se/ or on the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CorvusCoraxMiniatures/ (Follow and Like if you haven't already! ), but a few more are still not revealed. I will hopefully be able to show these the coming few weeks, but it really depends on how the progress is doing.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy my masterful skills of Photoshopping.

Villa, Headsman of Caer Loch, sculpted by Joaquin Palacios. Villa, son of the clan's executioner, received a harsh upbringing. His mother was lost at birth, and every since Villa was blamed for her death by his father, and he constantly was reminded of this by being on the wrong end of his father's whip. Villa was appointed the clan's new headsman at the age of sixteen after his father was a casualty at the battle of Groenward. Villa, too, was a part of that particular battle, where he single-handedly defended the important landmark of the Umpire Boulder and held it for well over an hour, allowing for reinforcement to arrive. Reports have it that Villa was at their arrival covered in blood and surrounded by more than two-dozen bodies of their fallen enemies.

And here comes another compilation of some of the characters that will hopefully be funded in Kickstarter that will be launched shortly. There are no surprises here as these characters have all been shown before. These ones are all sculpted by Joaquin Palacios (they are not in scale with each other in the picture, but resized to fit in).

Hahaha, i like Villa, he is a pretty bad-ass character, I can definitely imagining him punishing the enemies of his clan with those gun/knives.

Speaking of which, how common are firearms in this universe?

 Vain wrote:
Hahaha, i like Villa, he is a pretty bad-ass character, I can definitely imagining him punishing the enemies of his clan with those gun/knives.

Speaking of which, how common are firearms in this universe?

Villa is the appointed headsman after all, so it would only be fair to see him punish people by exexuction!

Anyway, guns are fairly uncommon, although it would depend on what part of the world you belong to. Some factions will see guns more frequently while some barely at all.

There are some factions who will not use firearms at all. The Outcasts is one example of this. While they are a primal faction, it isn't the lone reason, but they are rather "gifted" by birth certain qualities (mutations) that they have come to adapted instead. The Nomads is another faction that one will rarely see fielding gunpowder weapons. While they have been seen to use such items on the field of battle, it's more likely that they have picked it up from a fallen enemy and to be disgarded after its use than that the Nomad were using it before the battle. Being at sea, and being constantly at move, their warriors don't find it as useful to them. The Guardians of Raven Oak (under development) is a tribal and nomadic faction, who will not be using any firearms either.

But there are some that will be using them more frequently. The Free city of Rexar is one such faction. The city is a wealthy trade node and see commerce from distant people, and they have gained their independency thanks to their wealth which has bought them firearms. The city has a standing army and practically all of these are equipped with rifles. But will relying too much on firearms make the soldiers soft and weak?

Another faction who use them are the Clansmen of Caer Loch. Once, they were one of the largets clans in their area, but with size comes potential hostility. Which it did. And the clan was seiged by one war after another. As they saw their territory and power diminish they turned to whatever means they could that would once more bring them to their former strength. The clansmen are pragmatic and will use anything that will aid them in their goal. While guns still aren't too commonly used, they do realize its potential. As of yet, only Villa and another (undisclosed thus far) female warrior, Selkie, that will be using them. While the Freemen might rely a bit more on distance for their firearms, the clansmen rather prefer it up close and personal, where they can unload a volley into the chest of their enemies before splitting their skulls open.

There will be some other factions, too, which will see some firearms. The Exiles, for example, were exiled from their lands because of a schism regarding the benefits of gunpowder weapons. The Sons of Yetl Black (a faction that I want to develop eventually) is another tribal faction that will see use them. Both the Exiles and the Sons will potentially have a single character that will have access to a gunpowder weapon.

Guns, for the game, could be quite powerful, and rightfully should be. But the usage of guns are still in its early era and would be unreliable, and after using it, there will be a reload time so you can't really turtle in a corner and spamming shots.

Thanks grefven, that is a nice bit of world-building you have there.

Much appreciate it.

"Pagen", the latest character, sculpted by Luc "Thantor" Pinganaud. This character will be a part of the upcoming Kickstarter (aiming for in a week or two). Hopefully it will fund, so I can continue to expand upon this range.

I hope you guys enjoy this one. I think that Lux Thantor did a brilliant job with it, and that it conveys a lot of character in a pose that allows you to create interesting stories for him.

The pose of Pagen was intended to work as a duel against Lo Jun, and I believe that it really hit the mark.

Maybe I missed it when looking through the whole thread, but is there a website where I can pick these up or are they exclusive to kickstarter runs?

 xXWeaponPrimeXx wrote:
Maybe I missed it when looking through the whole thread, but is there a website where I can pick these up or are they exclusive to kickstarter runs?

Well, it would depend on which of the miniatures you are refering to. Currnetly, I have a small stock available (thanks to the previous Kickstarter) for 13 miniatures, and you can find information about that here http://corvuscoraxminiatures.blogspot.se/p/for-sale_26.html

However, there are several characters of which are not ready yet, for which there will be a Kickstarter before the end of the month. I hope that it answered your question.

As some of you know, I will attempt to launch another Kickstarter project soon. If anyone is interested in giving some feedback to the project before I launch it, feel free to check out the preview link. As always, any feedback is good feedback.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/831472366/39648537?token=b78c76bb

I'll be there

(not in a creepy stalker way honest)

the KS is live

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/831472366/corvus-corax-miniatures-reinforcements/description

spend spend spend people,

papa needs a brand new set of shiney resin minis

approaching 20% funded in the first day,

I'm not sure what my favourite sculpt from the new selection is,

Villa the punisher look alike with the gun blades

Or

Pagen the leaping leonine shifter

and from the existing range

Aktra Sword-Mistress of the Tetsu Clan

Or

Gorgr who's channeling Cthulhu & Doctor Octopus at the same time


what's yours?

For those who have yet not seen what miniatures I am hoping to get funded for this project, have a look on this image below.

For those of you who didn't know, Pagen (sculpted by Luc "Lux Thantor" Pinganaud) was created from the beginning with the idea of having him be the antagonist for Lo Jun (sculpted by Patrick Masson). These two characters really dislikes each other (although I wont go into the background stories here) and I thought it would be a cool idea that one would be able to pair them together in a combat scene with each other, while they still work individually as well.

When pitted against each other like this, I really think that it brings both characters up another notch, and I will probably try to create more antagonists like this in the future.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/831472366/corvus-corax-miniatures-reinforcements

Update #2 ℹ Timor WIP

I got some early WIPs on Timor from Luc "Lux Thantor" Pinganaud, which should give you some ideas about how he will start to look. You might wonder what a "human" is doing in a faction that thus far has shown three animal-men, and why is he wearing that pelt across his shoulder? That will be left for the background story to reveal, I suppose.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this WIP nonetheless.

this is going slowly, but still creeping along, hopefully we'll get a speedboost next week as I really want them

3 days to run on this one

come on folk who wants to help me add to my resin mountain?

this is the sort of small one man band KS is meant to help fund (and who has a track record of delivery)

Last call, just over a day to go,

funding will be pushing it, but maybe, just maybe we can do it if people start pledging now

It doesn't look like it is going to fund.

What happened here?

These are some nice looking miniatures, the goal isn't too high (or low!) - not sure why this one hasn't moved faster.

hard to say for certain, it got a good start with about 25% hit in the first day (I guess from us hardcore fans who were waiting for it) and just seems to have stalled dead

but my guess is it's just running at a really busy time with loads of great stuff on KS and in stores too with GW and others putting out a lot of popular releases so the people who might have seen it for the first time and backed are out of cash and not looking (or looking and not backing)

it's not the cheapest of the cheap, but for quality resin its actually competitive

as Grefven posted
Corvus Corax Miniatures KS: Between $11-$15 (depending on pledge level)
Kingdom Death: $25
Infamy Miniatures: Between $16-$22
Demented Games: $21
Hasslefree KS price: $18,5
Redbox Games KS price: $15
Arena Rex:$17-$21
Guild Ball: $13,5-$20,5
Mierce Miniatures: $15-$20
Forge World: $21
Games Workshop AoS: $30 (plastic, mass-produced)

and isn't much expensive than the last project which did fund,

I guess brexit issues over the pound collapsing may have some influence, but we were only about 20% of the backers of the previous projects, so that not going to be a major factor