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well I got a nice big box of wolves yesterday and a few other odd bits so there will be even more packages goign out today. There seems to be a consistent problem with the Blutulf model and Ed informed me yesterday that the head of the musician shrank in the production mould so I have to resculpt the head and then that model will be remoulded. The first effort at the standard was not good so I started over. Other than that all sculptign is done and nwo it is just a matter of the moulds beign finished and corrected as needed.

For me now it is ON TO A NEW PROJECT!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

Tre, pics of the finished horse / rider sculpts???

When I have the masters. The originals looked like hell with varying colours of grey and white clay and odd bits in green and brass and chrome.

Darn, I wanted to see them raw! But sounds good

Out of interest, are the T-Shirts done?

Yep. Wearing one right now in fact. ;o)

Pics!

A new update from Tre today

Hey Guys, sorry i have been so quiet....



OK right this minute the only complete sets that I have are the Aenglishmen, the Undead and the Wolves. Now the Wolves were originally intended to go on a 30 mm round base, BUT the 30mm rounds I ordered were lipped instead of the regular unlipped types so I sent them back. Now I am trying to decide between making my own pill bases or ordering woodcut pill bases to go with the Wolves.




I COULD base them on 40 mm rounds but they just don't look right. Other than those 3 sets I also have all of the lesser varp models, BUT no weapons for them. I have Morgrimn and COnradt's waiting poses but no warp forms yet. I have the keeper, Fenris, Whistelock, and Robert and Blutulf, BUT Blutulf has a quality issue with a mold line that runs along the forehead but caused a slight distortion of the head, so that is being fixed.




I am really VERY sorry for how long this is dragging out but Ed, Brian and I am all working very very hard to get this finished and RIGHT.

Thank you all for your patience with me on this. I assure you that there will be a rather large amount of packages going out next week as Ed informed me yesterday that he will be shipping the hordesmen, the weapons for the Varp and the Gynnade on Friday of this week.

Cheers Y'all,

Tre'

Anyone heard anything new from Tre' in the past 3 weeks? The above was the last I had heard...

There will be an update from tre coming tomorrow but all that's left is some work on the helrider moulds as far as I know. Ed Fortae (the caster) posted this in his own kickstarter's comments (alien assimilation):

Edward Fortae about 8 hours ago

This wee should be a good week and I'm crossing my fingers some of these armatures can become sculpts as well. I've been working toward making these all work best for the process as well as making them easy to mix and match for variety. Me and Brian are doing a quick quality change for Red Box and final touches on the horse masters this week so that is about coming to a close while I get more of a start on Impacts stuff.

I'm looking to hire another person as well if need be so we are looking now and also working all that into the budget etc. I know I've been slow but just trying to catch up for Tre as fast as possible we made a few changes for production to make the customers job easier and packing for Tre better as well.

Some of that is to do with his own kickstarter, and some to do with RGB.


Some folks have received their minis but no one has posted pics yet.

from what I understand anyone who ordered just stuff that didn't include the riders and a couple of the characters have already gotten stuff. couple of people have posted on the KS and RBG forums that they've gotten Aenglish and such.

The riders should be cast (or close to it) by now though, right?

I would assume so, I dunno. My hopes for a 2012 delivery are pretty much gone.

New update from Tre

Hey Everybody,

Again I apologize for the lack of updates recently. I am working very hard to QC, sort, bag, store, and ( where I can ) pack and ship the items as they arrive in hand. There was a significant set back in production. Ed used a new rubber type for the molds for several parts which had to be baked a higher temperature than what is normally applied. This caused a significant degree of shrinkage which made the parts I received unacceptable. Ed and Brian are currently working to correct the problem and get the new corrected castings to me as fast as possible. As far as I am informed Ed has already remade these molds and this week will be concentrating their efforts to get the Horses cast up and shipped to me. As soon as I communicate with Ed as to where we stand on each individual part.

I do very sincerely appreciate your patience with me on this. Ed, Brian, my Wife and I are all working very hard to get all of this sorted and fulfilled.

Cheers,

Tre'

"As far as I am informed all of the moulds are made except for a couple of the re-makes and the Horse riders which I had to correct as I left to much length on the bottom of the torsos. Other than that Ed and Brian are just casting like crazy. So we are almost there, just a little further yet."

This review of the Trollcast material was posted on the RBG forum, the only review I've seen so far:

"Hi,

Well as I received my Aenglish from the Kickstarter,I thought it'd be nice to give a little review of the new material used for the minis.
And it is awesome!
I have to admit I was a bit worried when Tre annouced his range will turn to plastic, as many of the previous 'this plastic is as good as the metal' statements made by some mini makers failed to impress me. Thor was I wrong! I'd go as far as to say that the new material is actually better than metal.
First impression was a bit mixed as it looks a lot like the finecast material, but that's only from afar. When you look closer to the mini, you realize the details are sharp as hell (I always found that the faces were the weak spot on Red Box minis, but I now realize it was because the casting wasn't up to the sculpt) with no air bubble ruining the sculpt. It's easy to clean (the minis I got were almost free from mould lines... only a few flashes here and there, that's all!) and easy to work with (no need to pin the little parts, easy to cut, easy to glue). It's also very tough, I tested it on the sprue part, and it's not easy to break!
I can't wait to get more minis made of that stuff !"

Looks like there's no chance I'll have my pledge delivered before the Imbrian Arts KS ends which is a shame.
Everything I've seen and heard of Trollcast in encouraging, but it's hard to commit to a THIRD KS using material I've never seen in person.

I think that for a while Ed was mailing out free samples of the material, you might be able to email him and get one (possibly pay for postage).

Trollcast FTW!!!

I received my Aenglish awhile ago as well.

The casting is pretty good. There were some visible mold lines, and some of the thinner parts were slightly warped. But the detail was very sharp, and the imperfections where nothing that couldn't be overcome with a hobby knife and some hot water.

I've received much worse from larger outfits and I was overall very pleased with the quality. But don't go thinking it's some revolutionary casting method that solves all problems

 AT wrote:
I received my Aenglish awhile ago as well.

The casting is pretty good. There were some visible mold lines, and some of the thinner parts were slightly warped. But the detail was very sharp, and the imperfections where nothing that couldn't be overcome with a hobby knife and some hot water.

I've received much worse from larger outfits and I was overall very pleased with the quality. But don't go thinking it's some revolutionary casting method that solves all problems

I'm hoping that latter isn't what anyone is expecting.
I'm looking for something that is as good as metal and relatively inexpensive, which seems to be the case.

 plastictrees wrote:

 AT wrote:
I received my Aenglish awhile ago as well.

The casting is pretty good. There were some visible mold lines, and some of the thinner parts were slightly warped. But the detail was very sharp, and the imperfections where nothing that couldn't be overcome with a hobby knife and some hot water.

I've received much worse from larger outfits and I was overall very pleased with the quality. But don't go thinking it's some revolutionary casting method that solves all problems

I'm hoping that latter isn't what anyone is expecting.
I'm looking for something that is as good as metal and relatively inexpensive, which seems to be the case.

To be fair, metal has its share of miscasts as well. Any resin is going to miscast at a higher rate as well, no matter how good you get your production method going. It's all about the QA, but even then, miscasts will slip out.

 -Loki- wrote:

 plastictrees wrote:

 AT wrote:
I received my Aenglish awhile ago as well.

The casting is pretty good. There were some visible mold lines, and some of the thinner parts were slightly warped. But the detail was very sharp, and the imperfections where nothing that couldn't be overcome with a hobby knife and some hot water.

I've received much worse from larger outfits and I was overall very pleased with the quality. But don't go thinking it's some revolutionary casting method that solves all problems

I'm hoping that latter isn't what anyone is expecting.
I'm looking for something that is as good as metal and relatively inexpensive, which seems to be the case.

To be fair, metal has its share of miscasts as well. Any resin is going to miscast at a higher rate as well, no matter how good you get your production method going. It's all about the QA, but even then, miscasts will slip out.

Right, that wasn't a counter to anything AT was saying in his review.

How/when will I be able to purchase the Wolf pack and the Barbarian Cav.?

I'm guessing January after the KS stuff ships, the rest will be general release.

Can anyone post photos of the Hels Riders and wolf pack?

the WIP shots or the finished models? I don't think there's a shot of the finished helsriders yet.

The finished models.

There are no pictures of the finished Helsriders

Tre forgot to take any pictures before they went off to the caster

but as the caster is working on them this week hopefully he'll get the masters back for aprpoval soon and will have some shots from each other

Maybe Ed/Brian could snap a Christmas photo

So folks have been receiving their minis (other than us folks waiting for the horsies) for a bit now - has anyone taken photos?