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I, too, really dig on all the freebies.

The freebies are nice, and rack up the value of a pledge. Which is why I split mine into smaller pledges to get more free stuff.

As for the next update, I'd be surprised if we do see one in the next few days. We've not had the usual comments about them working on a big update.

And besides, they'd be disappointing our expectations of a delay in updates.

Well apparently, according to their KS comment, the update was written on Monday and they're just waiting on the images.

It's not like the images are the whole reason for an update, right?

Who do those images think they are, Enrico Palazzo?

Dead-line am tomorrow, that carrier pigeon had better hurry up!

Just curious, genuinely I'm not totally clear on the process, but what exactly is involved in gathering their images? I asume they are talking about renders, as that is what they usually mean when they say "sculpts". Aren't renders all produced in-house?

 alanmckenzie wrote:
Just curious, genuinely I'm not totally clear on the process, but what exactly is involved in gathering their images? I asume they are talking about renders, as that is what they usually mean when they say "sculpts". Aren't renders all produced in-house?

Pfff, use of the term "produced" is an insult to their Completely Unique and Unparalleled Non-parallel Creative Process(tm). These are true artistes, they do not "produce", they create, they conjure raw wonder from the ethereal realms of imagination and form it, shape it, into things our poor mortal minds can comprehend. They cannot be harried or rushed, they must be free to give themselves to the Muse, to spend hours on end engaging in what might to us dull creatures appear to be slight rotations of a 3D model in a programme before finally rendering a picture from exactly the perspective they started with at the beginning, but is actually a crucial part of ensuring our sad, pale, twitter-weaned senses are capable of apprehending their genius without driving us utterly mad.

The lastest facebook post suggests these are (?) going to be photos


Photoshoot time for the new 3D prints! Coming soon #3print #behindthescenes #ragingheroes #miniatures #photoshoot #3dprinting #ipad #wargaming



and since they're being done with a tablet (really?) it would explain why it takes so long to get decent shots

Ah, thanks for the clarification Yodhrin. Here's me thinking that it's down to the time it takes to get their masterfully created French digital images translated into something that our twitter weaned minds can comprehend.

This process involves subtly changing the colour of every pixel, one by one.

I'm surprised their lighting isn't fireflys trapped in old wine bottles and half melted candles.

They take photos with an ipad :/

Crazy. And thank Yodhrin.

From the comments on that facebook post. Last night.

"They should have all been done tonight, but not only did the renderer fall behind but half were rejected by the Art Director and Sculpt Supervisor, so tomorrow, the machine will have to go in overdrive..."

Hilarious. If they are only just realising that half of them aren't up to scratch, what has the "Sculpt Supervisor" been doing all month?

I wonder if this batch of rejects includes any of the heroines that were 80% complete in May?, June was it?


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My apologies, 7th of July.

They took a hint from the Tony Reidy school of model photography, with that iPad...

I actually shelled out for the Art Direction and 3D Sculpting seminar (on top of a Lt. level pledge. Gack!) and in order to get through the large number of minis that need to be produced, they indeed have a mix of in-house and external people working on the designs and sculpts.

They also showed the designs for several of the heroines where the art director would reject something several times before they could "generally" approve something and narrow the changes down to certain parts of the model. So yeah.. while it boosted my confidence in the quality of the final product, I also got the impression that things are going to continue like this until August at the earliest.

 Yodhrin wrote:

 alanmckenzie wrote:
Just curious, genuinely I'm not totally clear on the process, but what exactly is involved in gathering their images? I asume they are talking about renders, as that is what they usually mean when they say "sculpts". Aren't renders all produced in-house?

Pfff, use of the term "produced" is an insult to their Completely Unique and Unparalleled Non-parallel Creative Process(tm). These are true artistes, they do not "produce", they create, they conjure raw wonder from the ethereal realms of imagination and form it, shape it, into things our poor mortal minds can comprehend. They cannot be harried or rushed, they must be free to give themselves to the Muse, to spend hours on end engaging in what might to us dull creatures appear to be slight rotations of a 3D model in a programme before finally rendering a picture from exactly the perspective they started with at the beginning, but is actually a crucial part of ensuring our sad, pale, twitter-weaned senses are capable of apprehending their genius without driving us utterly mad.

Okay... I snorted into my coffee on that one. Well done. Well done, indeed!

Valete,

JohnS

We need more hash tags..



#Delicious #TwitterWeaner #Shameless #80% #Tumblr

on the subject of 'zomg they take photos with an ipad!'

Apple's cameras in the more recent iPad/iPhones are actually really good. My iPhone 5 takes better pics than the proper camera that cost more. :/

 BrookM wrote:
We need more hash tags..



#Delicious #TwitterWeaner #Shameless #80% #Tumblr

#tomorrow

#Maybe #Dontbeimpatient #Cantrushperfection

#almost

That gif needs to be used at LEAST once a page in this thread.

Can't help it, it's so sexy! #filth

I've had some nice photos come out of my iPad Air. Takes some practice and balancing but it works. I haven't needed to buy a camera yet, but it may be a future purchase at some point. I need a better place to take pictures before I shell out cash for a better camera, though.

~iPaint

No nepharaya in the first wave apparently though they have said to check back next week once they've had a chance to consider it.

 alanmckenzie wrote:
#almost

Hold on there!

MANTIC owns that one!

Though officially it is:

Mantic. Almost.

Right, new Raging Heroes motto: Not even close.

Raging Heroes can have #Zenosparadox.

 AlexHolker wrote:
Raging Heroes can have #Zenosparadox.

Each update, they cover 80% of the remaining distance?


I like to think of them as accelerating to the speed of light; they're never going to make it, and the closer they get the more their timeline diverges from ours.

You guys know how to lighten up a boring Thursday night.

I've only seen the first two generations of iPad's camera, and it is clearly not up to the task of #deliveringperfection and showing #superhidefdetails that our French overlords seem to favour.

Although I agree about the iPhone, I have been printing more and more pictures for customers and the resolution can be quite acceptable. More than the 1400 by 1800 which is our minimum, at any rate.