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The goblin sculpt from a few pages back has me paying attention here again. Were there any other sculpts shown in this thread that I missed? I did see a digital sculpt last page, are you doing a mix of traditional and digital sculpting, or is the goblin a 3d print, etc?

I guess the thing I'd be most concerned with is whether or not you are experienced enough to take into account the stringent requirements for a model to be injection moldable. Can you comment on that?

I didn't realize you'd already gone over some prints with Renedra and have them involved. That is excellent! I'll totally be in for some goblins if things continue in this manner.

I do love golems although a "flesh golem" doesn't fit my usual categories (troll/earth/stone). I really like the goblin faces, though, so even without a fitting golem I will likely be in for something

Take your time, as you have been, and get everything you can taken care of upfront! Talking to Renedra is what has me following this now- so many miniatures startups show art, sculpts... and then try to figure out how the heck they're going to make it, often invalidating all of their prior work.

That's a great question, Gallahad... I was just interested in goblins, so being able to just get one "faction" would be greatly appreciated.

I agree that a lot of this is in very early stages, but I appreciate that even at that early stage they've talked and met with the manufacturer (a really good one at that). I love the goblin concepts so that's what has me interested.

The wolf raider is awesome, and I might even just be in for a bunch of those. I'm guessing that model would be resin- does that mean it might have an earlier delivery timeline? It might be early to consider, but if you're looking at long lead times for plastic tooling, whether or not you want to do wave shipping is a pretty important consideration.

Note that I'm not saying you should do it, just that you should decide whether or not you want to beforehand, so that you can be organized about what would likely be ready when.

The art on that page looks good, I don't see any info on numbers in the boxes, prices, or expected lead time, though. All things I'm sure you're looking into, but remember on the last one that it's better to overestimate than underestimate by months / even years, as many campaigns have done . Hopefully, you can give Renedra an accurate number of sprues and mold split / layout work on their end, and they can give you an accurate estimate of how long it will take.

Before any of that happens, the sculpts need to be finished, of course... so that's another variable. Arena Rex has been held hostage by one sculptor taking forever (Mikh), so making sure you have contracts in place that you can take the work to another sculptor if one is not delivering in a timely manner would be wise.

Well, if those end up being the pledge levels I'd likely be looking for someone on here to split a Swarm pledge with. Very very attractive prices.

Would you consider supplying the models with 20mm square bases? I believe this is standard in other games. At the least the goblins would look better on 20mm square ones, and be more usable, although I have tons of cheap Proxie Models brand bases so it's not a huge issue for me personally.

I hope the goblin and that big head are separate pieces! If so, good, and looking forward to a better picture.

I love the top 200 pound Swarm deal, so I hope you decide to keep it regardless of whether or not it is limited. However, because it looks like such a good deal, I wasn't sure if that's why you were limiting it to a certain quantity. If you're able to sell at that price no problem due to the quantity / it being a large pledge, then making it unlimited would make me very happy.

Basically, just don't take away options you are planning on having! Having less pledge levels that are "limited" can be both good and bad- personally, I think it's totally fine to have multiple levels that are limited. Creature Caster, for instance, did this for bronze and silver and gold levels- and it worked out totally, 100% fine.

Ninja'ed you above, Kaine. And yeah, that looks like plenty tall for a goblin, to me.

I like the idea of the guards on the same base. Nice art!

I like them both. Bugbear looks brutal!

Kaine- I forget, do the pledges include shipping? If they didn't, having to pay 10 pounds for the goblin skulk, plus shipping, to get add-ons access might be steep (if it includes shipping, I'd say it's the opposite, quite a good deal!).

So, no way to just pledge for add-ons without paying 10 pounds for skulk? That's $16.50 USD for a goblin people may not even want if they're just looking for add-ons.

I think that's a mistake, and I'd add a 1-pound (plus shipping) "add-ons only" pledge level. People who want to buy two resin bugbears will help your campaign a lot, but they won't be nearly as likely to do it if they have to pay 10 pounds just for the chance to do so.

It's always good to have a pledge level to entice people to dip their toes in, and I think forcing people to buy skulk is a needless barrier to entry. If you don't change that, you'd be forcing a ROW backer to pay 30+ pounds (with the size of the "+" depending on final shipping costs) just to get one bugbear

Well even that's just perfect then . I will likely be after a bugbear or two even if I decide I don't need hordes more figures to paint lol, like Bolognesus above. This enables you to go after both the Mantic (tons of minis) and Kingdom Death (high end resins) crowds

I loved the closeup of the head- I'm not as sold on the horns (which are just roughed in I think above) or the shoulder pads, though. I know it's WIP so I'll wait to see more, though!

Horns as part of the armor sounds better. I like them fine in the art; maybe final posing / adjusting will help them look like that.

Cool map! And I see a Bugbear Brute on the pre-fund page... very cool. I might be in for one of each bugbear, if I can swing it.

http://prefundia.com/projects/view/minion-miniatures-30mm-plastic-fantasy-miniatures-goblins-and-zombies/2241/

Are you still planning to go live by mid-September? Just curious for planning purposes, no rush.

Well that's perfect, thanks

Kaine Larson wrote:
The Bugbear Ironshield is finished!! Yay!

This links to our Facebook page where you can see the 360 degree video of the model. Please view in HD by selecting the option on the bottom right of the pic!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=269992103191749&l=663837893380585012

Or you can see the snap shot below...

Looks incredible! Clicking the "HD" on the bottom right of the video on the facebook page really helps, too. Although the 360 makes him look a bit fatty

I'll definitely be in for one. What size base is he on in the video, and what did his height end up being?

Awesome! And if we order two, we'll get the alternate head/shield/weapon on the second? That is likely going to get me in for a pair of them

Ach, it looks good but possibly Too big for my use, and of course a bit pricier now.

Well, I think only like 12-24 hours of notice is needed- folks are waiting for it, after all! Hope it's tomorrow

That is great to know, where did you find it?

Lol Kaine, don't do that to us

Totally backed . Just dipped my toe in for now, but I'll be a part of it no matter what (and maybe add more in a pledge manager later, if possible).

Just FYI, I edited your latest post / info into the OP so people can easily find the link to the Kickstarter (feel free to edit).

Almost 10% funded in half a day! Hopefully word gets out, although I agree, the early bird quantities are quite high, thus not making them appear as limited / attractive.

I think it definitely would, at least for now. You can always increase or add another (second / not quite as early) tier later.

Progress may indicate two separate campaigns (with half the funding goal) may be more achieveable. It seems known companies are having more success...