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 tre manor wrote:
Thanks for all the help everyone!

As for a UK distributor post KS....... Well I had one but i have nto had an order from them in quite some time so I do nto know what the propsects are for them to carry the line from here on. I am working on it though.

You might try giving Element Games a shout; they're known for being reliable(I use them myself), unlike most stores their website tells you exactly what they have in stock and, if it's not in stock, how long it will take to get more, and they have an "Alternatives" button right at the top of all the 40K/Fantasy army pages that links customers to a list of models from smaller companies that fit the theme of that army which could bump your sales a bit.

Hey Tre, in terms of height/bulk, are the brigands and norse more in line with the Gynnade Krigare from the first KS, or more like Aenglish from that one? The Aenglish were a fair amount smaller/thinner, but I also seem to recall hearing that there was more shrinkage than intended on the Trollcast aenglish.

Also, those brigands look awesome. Very full of character - they kind of remind me of the awesome Cadwallon Guard

Thanks!

Yeh there was a noticable degree of shrinkage in the trollcast Aenglish. The brigands are closer in scale to the Aenglish than they are to the Gynnade. The Gynnade are much large than my usual human scale. They are built on 32 mm armaures and then posed itno whatever height they end up being.

Pictures will solve all these issues, since apparently the more recent minis are bigger, rather than smaller!

Tre, you said you'd be getting those up ASAP... any movement on that?

Well the recent figures are not any larger. The Njorn have always run slightly larger than the other Humans as have the Helsvakt. But yes I do need to get a scale comp pic taken and put up..... I am just REALLY busy with all the sculpting and such.

Only 28 hours left on this! Two more stretch goals have been achieved since last I posted, time for a new little summary.. A total of 21 figures have been unlocked at this point, they're all $8 each (with $5 extra for US shipping and $15 for ROW shipping).

Here's where we are presently:

The 5 initial Njorn (can be had for $8 apiece, or as a set for $40):


The 5 initial Aenglish (can be had for $8 apiece, or as a set for $40):


The 5 initial Brigands (can be had for $8 apiece, or as a set for $40):


Red Meghan ($8):


Ingvar the Brash ($8):


Bad Betty ($8):


Derek the Dim ($8):


Grim Garret ($8):


Magda from Afar ($8):


Next stretch goal will be a brigand armed with longbow that Tre's been working on, after that we shall see what he flings at us.

Nice summary post! Is there a WIP of the brigand with longbow? I've been searching for a good hero with bow...

 RiTides wrote:
Is there a WIP of the brigand with longbow? I've been searching for a good hero with bow...

This is the only one that's been posted so far, but I actually think Tre might have done more work on it; he said he'd post this stretch goal in a couple of hours.

Thanks Trodax!

yep I am working on it. I will have it up int he next couple of hours.

The KS is in its final hours now. So anyone wanting to jump in or adjust their pledge, now's the time.

Magda, the surprise star of the campaign, is almost finished:



And the brigand archer's coming along as well:



Both are unlocked. We've just passed $29.5K which means another (as yet unseen) melee brigand is available too.

Awesome sculpting, as usual. The gypsy-inspired Magda is really nice.

Agreed, Magda is ace!

 RiTides wrote:
Agreed, Magda is ace!

She really is one of Tre's best models. I won't go so far as to say that she is either the best or my favorite, but the sculpt is not only technically proficient, full of character, and uniquely Tre Manor, but it is also something unique among his extant body of work.

I think in Magda you can see elements of Gregor the Crooked, Berochlene the Wise, and of course Yrsa the Accursed, but the figure is overall something quite distinct. Magda, to me at least, seems to express a tension between wild movement and calm serenity, exoticism and comfortable familiarity, modesty and sensuality. It is a lovely piece, and it will be nice to see it finished, and see it again with a high quality paint job, or even several different ones.

Thanks Weeble! I feel like a genuine artist! Funny though that you reference those aprticular figures cause those were the three I had in mind when I started working on it! Those and Myrianna....which I was trying not to draw inspiration from.

Thanks also Fabio, Gref and RiTides! Thanks everybody for all of the support and encouragement. It is fuel for the fire!!

Maybe Hasslefree could help they also sell other sculpts by you so it would make sense...

Well they actually bought those scultps outright. But we have discussed the possibility of setting them up as a UK distributor. Lots of tricky details there though.

I was running some errands, realized that funds I had were transferred to the account I use for Kickstarter, went home to up my pledge, and saw things had already wrapped up!

Darn it! At least I'll get a few figures still. Now to figure out what I want...

Congrats on funding though! Some really nice looking figures in this campaign!

Bah I missed this drive. Wanted to grab some of the Brigands for RPG bandits and such.

Awww, boo. I just learned of the existence of Magda only to discover I missed my hand at getting her. At least for now.

Still - glad this KS was a big success. But I'm still keeping my eyes peeled for the next one.

Awesome campaign.

Tre: I showed my girlfriend some of the sculpts from this campaign. She's a real opera and high culture snob, usually really dismissive of the whole man dollies hobby. She had to admit, when she realised the size of the miniatures, that what you produce is definitely high quality art. And when I pointed out the date stamps on the posts, and how quickly you can work, she was simply speechless.

I support RBG probably past what I really reasonably should, partially because you produce such wonderful art.

Thanks Yall!

Da Boss, please extend to her my gratitude.

Congrats on a great campaign, and very much looking forward to the upcoming big project you have cooking for after this is fulfilled!!

Yes.

I too am looking forward to the next campaign. I'm curious to see Tre's take on reptiles.

Have you sculpted any besides the WiPs we saw for your super secret red box project?

I am really happy I got in on this one! Everyone I have shown RBG minis have been impressed with them. Funny thing about what Da Boss said is that when I showed my girlfriend the kickstarter she told me to get in on it, even if she thinks that I have enough minis already.

Oh and as always, I love the way you make your females strong and full of character and personality instead of the usual boring cheesecake we see to much of in this hobby.

'grats man, hope to see these on sale for us plebs asap, my Low Kings warband needs some of those Bandits

Thanks everybody!

re lizardmen..... I have sculpted several versions that have not yet really hit the mark. I have not finished any of them btu I have several versions int he bin.

Tell your girlfriend I said thanks Jorny!