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Now live here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/674003445/17-fantasy-football-teams-new-pro-elves-and-orcs-a?ref=live



NOW FUNDED.... so you can back in the knowledge you'll get your chosen goodies

They have been working for months communicating with multiple companies to convert our remaining pewter teams and the pewter teams of several other companies (Black Army, RAFM, Green Dog, A Band of Orcs, JBDemon Studios and ZN Games) to affordable spin cast resin (Trollcast) with full rosters

Impact just posted on facebook:

The Orc and Pro Elf teams are entirely new. The Calasain team has entirely new sculpted bodies and the Divine Wind and Desert Dogs teams both have 5 new sculpts added to them. So 5 of of the 17 teams are either entirely new or over 50% new. The other 12 are expensive metal teams that we are having done in resin so you can get an entire 16 player team for under $35. (so just barely $2 per a miniature)

(which sounds very reasonable, especially as Impact is a reliable company on KS bringing in projects on or even before time)

SO WHICH TEAMS ARE WE FUNDING TO HAVE CONVERTED?

Here is the list of Standard teams you can choose from for your reward (as well as if they have a Deluxe version available for a small add-on pledge). (images of each team are below under the Add-Ons sections):

•Orc team (16 figures) / (Deluxe is 23 figures), pewter version is KS exclusive

•Pro Elf team (18 figures) / (Deluxe is 23 figure) pewter version is ks exclusive

•Black Army Halfling team (16 figures) / (Deluxe is 23 figures)

•Black Army Deep Ones team (16 figures) / (Deluxe is 19 figures)

•Greendog Thalassians (16 figures)

•RAFM Reptiliad Fantasy Football team (18 figures) / (Deluxe is 25 figures)

•ZN Games Ulfhedner team (6 figures) / (Deluxe is 16 figures)

•Black Widows team (19 figures) / (Deluxe is 31 figures)

•Calasain team (21 figures)

•Deadling team (28 figures) / (Deluxe is 40 figures)

•Desert Dogs team (18 figures)

•Divine Wind team (18 figures)

•Night Elf team (22 figures)

•Ratmen team (18 figures)

•Razorback/Gnoll team (24 figures) / (Deluxe is 26 figures)

•Samhaino Undead/Necromancer team (16 figures) / (Deluxe is 21 figures)

•Thunder Hammer Dwarves (16 figures) / (Deluxe is 22 figures)

•Vampire team (24 figures)

Amazons

Dark Elves (based on new elf team)

The Pharaohs

Siringit (African anthropomorphic animals

Platypus (Goblin counts as)

Apes of Wrath

Timberline Elves

Scotlings

Gnomes

Black Rock Dwarves

Middle Kindgoms Team

There are some horrific sculpts there.

The majority of bloodbowl fans like the 90s style of sculpting and these look like they'll fit right in with existing BB miniatures.

If the Scotlings are included, I will be all over that. I've been meaning to pick up a Scotling team.

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
If the Scotlings are included, I will be all over that. I've been meaning to pick up a Scotling team.

They have already been converted, apparently: link.

I'll have to check it out. Impact has some real hits and misses, so it'll depend on what the teams are.

 frozenwastes wrote:
The majority of bloodbowl fans like the 90s style of sculpting and these look like they'll fit right in with existing BB miniatures.

I wouldn't say that at all, though there is a lot less choice at a Bloodbowl level so some players accept sculpts that are less...polished or refined for their teams.

Not saying that there aren't players who like the 90s look, but it certainly isn't an intentional thing in the purchase in most cases, well at least not in the Australian scene anyway.

KS is now live

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/674003445/17-fantasy-football-teams-new-pro-elves-and-orcs-a?ref=live

Very cool... This is a huge benefit to the BB community.

Update #1 Apr 30 2014

Thank you backers! We reached 25% funding in our first 24 hours. Very much appreciated.

As a thank you I wanted to offer you extra rewards if you can go out and beat the bush to help us reach two funding goals that I have set for this KickStarter.

If we reach $10,000 by 10am EST, Thursday May 1st ... I will give every backer who is in the project at that time for the GET THE REF for higher reward one free item from the add-on list that is valued at $8 or less.

If we reach $13,000 by 10am EST, Friday May 2nd ... I will give every backer who is in the project at that time for the GET THE REF or higher reward one free item from the add-on list that is valued at $8 or less.

If we reach both goals than each backer at the GET THE REF or higher reward can get a choice of two free items valued at $8 or less add-on list OR one free $14 or less add-on item.

So hit up your leagues, Facebook, Twitter and other social media and help us get a solid start to this KickStarter and pick up some free items for doing so.

Tom @ Impact!

That's a tempting offer, but seeing as how I don't have any sort of league in my area that I'm aware of, I can't see myself getting a whole team.

Tempting though- if I was going to grab some, I'd probably have to pick up the aquatic team.

I really like the vamp team, and the ability to add some of the already produced trollcast teams as an add on.

Lots of terrible bits and bobs in there, and looks like yet more delays to the troll forged kickstarter as a result. Oh well.

 Gomezaddams wrote:
Lots of terrible bits and bobs in there, and looks like yet more delays to the troll forged kickstarter as a result. Oh well.

I work closely with Ed every week. And one of the things I am very careful about is to schedule any projects I have around Ed's time he needs to get his KickStarter finished. I'm pushing him as much as anyone to get it finished as its not a lot of fun to try and run new projects and have folks upset about Ed's old projects. So it is a constant topic of discussion and I am strongly pushing him to be completely finished before Gen Con this year. I offered to carry his minis in our booth at Gen Con for no cost for the booth if his KickStarter was completely finished by then.

Nice work there impactminiatures. Good to see people in the industry working together rather than against each other.

Hoping this one makes it to the completion coz I certainly would like some Thallasians, though those Orcs and Elf concepts look pretty spiffy.

Update
Both pre-funding goals reached ... thank you!

We hit both pre-funding goals and then some. Thank you backers!

So everyone who was in as of (10am this morning) (ie this update) if you finish the KickStarter at GET THE REF or higher reward level will get 2 free $8 less add-ons OR 1 free $14 or less add-on (this will be per a backer (not per a team in your reward)). You'll pick these items after the KickStarter is over when you fill out the pledge manager.

Additional Add-ons:

Based on requests I'm working on putting together the graphics for more add-ons in the list. I will be putting up a chart so that you can add-on any of the existing spincast resin teams in our catalog for their normal USD price (but you end up saving on shipping). If this KickStarter really takes off ... I did the math and somewhere around $90k I will be able to offer them as teams that you can select as part of your normal reward but for now they will be add-ons and I hope to have the graphics updated by Monday to show this.

In addition I've been asked to put up our sets of 3 Flaming Skull dice to the KickStarter as add-ons as well. I will be putting them up as well on Monday for $7 per a set.

Thanks again backers for helping us reach this point!

Tom @ Impact!


$17.3K out of $25.5K raised so far so the project is well on it's way towards funding (which is great)

I may not be into BB, but some of these figures might be corrupted, I mean drafted, by my Slaaneshi Cult...

yeah.
I guess a few of these are not terrible...

pass.. fumble.

panic...

I'm in.

Not all of the teams are my cup of tea, but people have been buying them in their more expensive metal versions for years, so someone likes them.

The Orc team are basically Gamoreans so think of all the Bloodbowl, Elfbowl, Star Wars, and Dreadball uses

When this hits $22K 3 more teams come up as options (Standard only, no delux versions available)


SALT WATER CROC SARCOS TEAM


GAVIAL CROC SARCOS TEAM


MIXED CROC SARCOS TEAM

these look pretty neat and I think I'm going to have to get hold of a team

That crocodile team looks good. If only the others were up to that standard.

Update #6 ℹ

May 12 2014

$3000 to being funded! 4 teams added to list to choose from for your reward.

Great day for funding! We are now only $3000 from being funded and I've been working on ideas to help us get to that point as soon as possible.

The first one is that I just went ahead and included the 4 existing teams I had planned out up to the funding goal since we need to reach that or it is all moot anyway.

So now in addition to the 17 new spincast resin teams ... you can now all choose from the 3 versions of the Sarcos team as well as our Amazon team.

(see my above post for pics of the Sarco crocodile teams)



In addition, 3 of our big guys have been included now in the list of discounted add-ons that you can add to your reward.


Sarcos Leviathan - Ogre sized Croc - $8


Headslicer - 51mm to the eye - $9


Super Punch Troll - $8

So that is all the existing items we'll be adding on until we fund but I hope to have finalize the deal to announce an 18th new team tomorrow as well. Let's get this project funded by Friday!

Tom @ Impact!

The Sarcos team is available on their website already, though, from what I can tell (under the "$35 Trollcast Teams" header). I was just looking at it this weekend to possibly use as some crocs for another project, looks quite nice.

Update

Minotaurs, Ogres and Trolls ... oh my! Chaos Alliance special through Friday morning!

Made some phone calls/email to get the rights for several of these figures. We now have our 18 new team to bring to the gaming community in affordable spincast resin.

The Chaotic Alliance team is now available as part of the KickStarter! 22 mutants, marauders, thugs and evil non-humans.

Some of the figures in this team are spincast resin versions of limited edition metal miniatures (which will remain limited edition in their metal versions). We went through all the inventory and talked with some of the folks that commissioned some of the limited edition metals and found we only have 25 full sets of these miniatures left in metal before the team is out of stock so we are offering the full team as a metal option. So once these 25 are gone the metal version of this team is gone! The good news is that if all 25 of these sell ... we will fund the KickStarter!

One special note on the pewter team ... there are only 25 (really I'm serious on that) so if you want to include one of these teams for $100 as part of your existing reward ... you HAVE to message me IMMEDIATELY so that I can reduce the limited edition quantity to reflect that. If you do not notify us, the folks actually selecting that reward level will get first dibs to the team (even if you've added the money to your reward level for another reward level).

The team includes 14 human sized mutants and marauders, 2 Might/Strength 4 sized players, one evil goblin, rat, dwarf and dark elf, one coach, and one apothecary.



But wait ... didn't the subject title say there was a special through Friday morning! Yes it did! And its a great offer.

A Chaotic Alliance is just not chaotic enough without some serious muscle options for the team ... so let's give them to you.

No really ... how about I just give them to you for FREE!

At 9 a.m. EST I'll record the backer number of the last backer and every backer who is part of this KickStarter at that point who selects the spincast resin OR the metal version of the Chaotic Alliance as part of their reward will get the Deluxe team option for free with this team.

The Deluxe option for the Chaotic Alliance team is one Super Punch Troll, one Ogre Thrower and Goblin star player duo and one Zlurpee Minotaur.



After Friday morning ... new backers can still get the Deluxe version of the team but the Deluxe option will cost extra as normal for both spincast resin or metal.

Finally we had a good question this morning which was ... if I'm in for the Skyscraper Special and I want a Standard team ... can I get some extra goodies? Thought about it and the answer is yes you can. So if you select a Standard team as part of your 5, you will be able to select any add-on costing $10 or less for free to go with it.

I think that is everything ... $2,500 worth of the limited edition metal Chaotic Alliance teams available and $2,500 left to fund ... let's make it happen!

Tom @ Impact!

Why are you recasting old GW miniatures? Looks like you just made some minor changes to the second ed Chaos team
http://www.blood-bowl-miniatures.de/bb/bb_archiv/bb_seiten/gw_bb2_chaos_3.htm

I don't believe the poster that you're referring to is actually anything to do with the project itself...?

Whilst the old GW minis are most definitely the inspiration for a lot of these -- Mr Lewis' Chaos All Star team especially t'would seem -- one would suggest they've tweaked enough of the model to satisfy and legal issues.

 Gargantuan wrote:
Why are you recasting old GW miniatures? Looks like you just made some minor changes to the second ed Chaos team
http://www.blood-bowl-miniatures.de/bb/bb_archiv/bb_seiten/gw_bb2_chaos_3.htm

These are not recasts. We own the rights to the original greens from Phil Lewis that were used to create the figures with his written agreement that he owned the casting rights for them and the other figures are original sculpts as well done with a similar feel to the old chaos. Nothing is being recast.

Or the more likely part I am hoping is true is that they contacted the rights holders (probably not GW in this case if legit) and got the ok.

The post does say "Made some phone calls/email to get the rights for several of these figures. We now have our 18 new team to bring to the gaming community in affordable spincast resin."

And another neat update brings images of the final sculpts for the new KS elves, plus extras for those picking up this team by Friday Morning

so if you plan to get them pledge now

Project Update #8: Elf Team sculpting finished! Elf free extras for this week!

Juan has finished sculpting the Pro Elf team and I love how it came out.

And I'm looking at the total and we are under $1000 from funding ... sooo close. So the Elves have informed me that if the forces of evil get a great free special this week that they deserve to have one as well. Seems fair.

So here is the offer. Everyone who is a backer of this KickStarter by 9am EST on Friday May 16th who selects a Deluxe Elf team as part of their reward will get an 2nd set of the 5 Elf stars for free. If you are getting a metal Deluxe Elf team the 5 free star players will be in metal ... for spincast resin they will be in spincast resin.

We received a message from the backer that explained he wanted to use the team as Dark Elf variant and so he was planning to get an extra set of the Star Players so that he had 2 Eldrils for Witches and 2 Hubris for Assassins. And we thought ... not a bad idea for making it flexible ... let's give everyone who helps us get to the funding goal this week that option as well!

So let your friends and leagues know that we have a great offer from the forces of good and evil this week but they need to be a backer by Friday morning to get in on the freebies (and help us cross that funding goal!)

And without further commentary ... here is the great Elf team as envisioned by Stephen Radcliffe, drawn for half the team by Lorraine and sculpted by Juan.



Tom @ Impact!

It's now funded. Let's keep the ball rolling!

Oh, and for jumping in and getting a Deluxe Black Widow team and an addon set of Dark Elves. You can have two blood bowl teams for only $63 in the US. I think that's a steal of a deal.