https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/precinctomega/zero-dark-the-miniatures-line/
Got this far and willing to do some reading? Good for you!
So, I've not been all that visible on DakkaDakka recently, but as you can see from my profile details, well, I've been here a while. And so the Precinct Omega journey has been conducted largely on DakkaDakka from my earliest attempts at writing homebrew rules for
40k, through my wilderness days as a struggling commissiong painter, via early somewhat-abortive attempts at game publishing, into what was, arguably, the zenith of getting
Horizon Wars published by Osprey before going my own way with the skirmish game sequel,
Horizon Wars: Zero Dark.
And now, after twenty years, I reach the inevitable destination. Sure, I resisted it for a long time. I heard the siren call and saw the lure. I watched others walk the path. But I was determined to do things my own way. All the same, my journey has ended up where we all knew it would, all along: on
Kickstarter.
But if it matters, I'm really trying to do Kickstarter
right. This isn't a glorified pre-order or one-off exclusive (at least, I hope it isn't). This is a genuine attempt to do something a little bit different and to use Kickstarter to test the waters and work out whether it's really something people want and, if so, to what extent they want it. It's a chance to engage with people who probably haven't even heard of
Horizon Wars, let alone the self-published sequel (
which is here, by the way, if you're interested). It's also a chance to begin a dialogue with invested parties about where the project might go if its success justifies the extension.
Y'know: all the stuff Kickstarter was supposed to be when it began.
Yes, the base product is an STL. It's a purely economic decision. But I'm partnering with a printing service to produce physical copies for those who don't have their own printer. And if we reach enough in our stretch goals I'll be doing resin casts (£6k) and white metal casts (£7k), too. If we get that far, miniatures development will become a permanent feature of Precinct Omega instead of being something I do when I'm foolish enough to think I have "surplus" money in the business (
lol).
The miniatures are inspired by the characters in the
Zero Dark: Operation Nemesis campaign supplement, and they are consciously and intentionally designed with a view to creating a more realistic visible diversity in tabletop miniatures.
Anyway, if you're still reading and you missed it, the link was at the top of this post. At time of writing, the project is 97% funded in just over 24 hours and I have a lot more content in the works to share as things progress. So do pop along and give it a look.
EDIT: Scale shots of prints:
