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 lord_blackfang wrote:
It's a terrible Descent clone.

What makes it terrible?

These are the finalized versions of these miniatures.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
So, these are now in resin, right? And what sort of scale are the minis? Compared to, say, infinity, KD, Malifaux, their own line in PVC?

As far as I'm aware all the newer miniatures have been done in Prodos resin. At least what I've gotten at Origins Game Fair. I'll see about taking some pictures this evening. If I recall they scale about the same to 30-32mm miniatures.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
So, these are now in resin, right? And what sort of scale are the minis? Compared to, say, infinity, KD, Malifaux, their own line in PVC?

Sorry I don't have any Malifaux or KD in a stage where I could put them next to them for size comparisons. The three Relic Knights (Faust's Devils) measure roughly 32-33mm from the base of the feet to the eyes.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
So do Faust's Devils have a bit of a Devil May Cry theme going for them? Are they all female versions of the cast?

There is only one female in the group, it is 2 males and 1 female. I didn't use the original head for the 2-handed sword guy. I did a head swap, using the alternate head of the other guy as it has goggles and hair. Since my wife will be painting them, she doesn't like her men bald or mohawks.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:
Thanks much, Dark Severance- their new material, seems pretty good detail?

It has been about 70/30 for me... 70 good and 30 bad with some of their earlier casts, or maybe it was the sculpts aren't as good. Take the kit that I just did if you look closely at the painted versions above their proportions seem off. I don't think these were digitally sculpted and that may be part of the issue. The woman doesn't look too bad but if you compare the two guys, one seems to be properly proportioned while the other looks like he has TRex arms (like he's missing part of him, they are too short). The newer stuff seems to be better than the earlier stuff which has been my experience. It is probably why I like to buy them at conventions when I can actually look at the sprue before making a decision vs buying online.

 DaveC wrote:
That pretty much confirms Prodos/Archon are doing the casting then.

Was there a doubt that they weren't doing it? I mean they have been doing all their resin casts for a couple(?) years now at least. It would be interesting to know if they are involved in the changes about how 'Management' was switched to a US Based but I doubt any of that will ever become public knowledge.

 odinsgrandson wrote:
I've seen Unicast minis that had nothing to do with Prodos (actually from a local 'caster here in Utah). Prodos don't have any exclusivity on unicast minis.

They are being manufactured by Prodos. They have been doing all the resin miniatures for them for quite some time.

Unicast is different than single piece miniatures. You can tell the difference because of the poses, the undercuts and designs of them. Although it technically is a proprietary process which is why they couldn't patent it. I have yet to see someone create the same quality and designs that has been put out by Unicast.

ced1106 wrote:
So how many projects will Prodos be casting for? RK2, AvP2, and Vanguard, at least.

I believe that is pretty much it. There are still some small ones offs and smaller stuff, but I believe most of those were pushed out and delayed in some aspects. Oh they still have DemiGods which is supposed to be in casting currently but technically that isn't their project, that was an offer to save that KS... which could have been a great PR move, if they finished delivery of outstanding AvP.

Vanguard is finishing sculpting so probably in production with AvP2. There will be a few months before RK2 gets a pledge manager, finishes sculpting on everything and then is ready for production. So by that time, given how long it took for LOAD manufacturing, they should have completed the others. But that technically doesn't mean anything because I have no real idea of the size of the facilities or what the capacity is. From what we've seen though the UniCast production system is relatively faster than traditional methods which still meshes with my theory on how they are achieving what they are doing (previously discussed in the UniCast thread).

Well that is a bummer... I was looking forward to a unpainted one that I could paint. I mean yes I can strip the paint and paint it, but that isn't the same. Apparently, it will be prepainted.

This will be a full- pre-painted figure. Stands around 11" tall.

 warboss wrote:
I don't like the idea that ND is preemptively hedging their bets by forming a new company that coincidentally insulates them financially while still banking on their other name recognition.

Ninja Division official company name is Ninja Division Publishing, LLC they didn't form a new company. That is at least what I found from a post from 2012 when they were hiring a Marketing Manager which lists the company as Ninja Division Publishing, LLC. They did, however, create a new Kickstarter account under Ninja Division Publishing instead of using Soda Pop KS account.