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Update #17 May 23 2014

$28k Stretch Goal reached - Siringit Added / $29k Stretch Goal - Under sea goodness

We reached $28k ... thank you backers! The Siringit are now available as Deluxe and Standard reward options.

For the $29000 Stretch Goal, we have a few new items to offer (2 new add-ons and 1 set of free extra figures for one of the teams)

Stretch Goal $29,000:

First at $29k we'll be adding two Big Guys to the Add-ons section. Great extras for the Deep Ones teams if desired. Cthulhu (with HP) and Dagon. Cthulhu will be $8 as an add-on and Dagon will be $6. The set will be $12 if you want both.





Second improvement we will add-on at $29,000. We will add 4 spin cast resin Sharkmen to the Deluxe option for the Deep Ones team for free.



Finally ... Since we had already agreed to produce the Orc team to help out the Star Bowl Indiegogo campaign when they ran out of funding to create the team, we had Ed start working on it and the mould is 99% finished ... so we should be able to call that team completely finished very soon as the test casts look great. This is one of the Blockers, the Star Orc and the Troll.



Really happy with this KickStarter so far and I'm working on hopefully a great announcement for what is planned for already to be released at $30k, $40k and $45k. (but I still plan to come up with other stretch goals every $1000 between those goals.

Have a great weekend! (long weekend if in the USA)

Tom @ Impact!

Update #18 May 26 2014

Platypus "goblin" team added to $29,000 Stretch Goal


Based on comments and feedback ... we've had a lot of requests for a Goblin team. The problem is that the budget and more importantly the time required to create an entire Goblin team is just not feasible in the budget of the KickStarter (or if we want to make sure we delivery by the promised delivery date).

However ... I have had several backers ask if we could do something with the Platypus figures that Impact! currently has in metal. So after much consideration of options on the best way to do it ... we offer the Platypus "goblin" team. Each Platypus is 22mm from base to eye ... which is a great Goblin height and they are more beefy.

The Standard team will contain enough components to make 20 different Platypus players. And as requested ... the Deluxe team will include 2 Tantors for Big Guys. We will also unlock at $29,000 an add-on pack to get 6 pewter figurines for $14 that could add some beasts to your Platypus team for a different play style.

Now full disclosure ... 95% of this team was sculpted by Patrick Keith and it looks really sharp. I've spent the last few days coming up with some conversions that we could cast for ball & chain and pogo platypuses. I'm happy with the pogo ... I think it looks good. The Ball & Chains ... okay I went for fun sculpts with what I have the talent to create. Could they be better if professionally sculpted ... oh yeah ... not a question ... but where I lacked still I tried to add fun and character by using an Ogre Skull and solid metal footballs as the items being swung. So full disclosure on those items has been giving. I also converted a couple heads to being wearing bomber googles and one with an eye patch ... just to give you some variety with the head options.

Final team will have the following parts (as pictured below)
•16 Bodies
•2 Pogo Bodies
•2 Swinging Ball Bodies
•18 Tails
•2 Bomber Tails
•12 Normal arms (3 variants with 4 of each)
•2 Hunting Knife arms
•2 Chainsaw arms
•2 Swinging metal football right arms
•1 Swinging metal football left arm
•1 Swinging Ogre skull left arm
•14 Helmeted heads
•4 Outback Hat heads
•4 Plain heads
•4 Eyepatch heads
•4 Bomber Goggles heads
•2 Knife accessories
•2 Dynamite accessories

Note the painted images of the top are not part of the figures in the team (that is the image below them) ... but they do show the detail of the figures better for you to see what they miniatures are.



And the add-on pack that you can get for $14 will include the following 6 figures in pewter



I actually really like this team concept and am glad to add it on as the 20th team being offered with this KickStarter. Thanks you backers for the suggestion.

And finally ... in case anyone is saying ... but Elephants, Lions and Hyenas are not Australian! Yeah ... I know ... I know ... but its again a matter of time and money and options that can be done and cannot be done. If I had more time ... I'd sculpts up a Dingo Thrower, a Tasmanian Devil and Kangaroo Blitzer and a Wallaby Lineman to go with the team and then also create a Koala/Drop Bear Big Guy for the team. However ... that will mostly likely need to be another day and maybe even another KickStarter (maybe with a Goblinoid team at the same time). ;-)

I thought a croc would have been a bit more of a thematic fit for an Aussie team, what with the crocs and all that live in every puddle over there...

The chainsaw is terrible. The Loony should have a proper sized chainsaw with some actual detail on it, not that knife.

Update #19 May 30 2014

Platypus team unlocked ... $30,000 stretch goal ... Dark Elf team revisions

We unlocked the Platypus team as the 20th new spincast resin team being offered in this KickStarter ... thank you backers! (and you can get the Deluxe team with 2 Tantor, 2 Leviathans or 1 of each for Big Guys) We also unlocked the discounted Cthulhu and Dagon miniatures as well as add 4 free Sharkmen to the Deluxe Deep Ones team. I'm running a booth at PopCon geek culture convention so my ability to update all the graphics is limited ... but I will get it finished as quickly as possible to change the front page to reflect this.

Stephen and I have been working with Juan to try and make the new Dark Elf team as good as possible ... I'm very happy to announce our work will be added to the KickStarter at the $30,000 Stretch Goal.

First let me show you Juan's work:

Roxy the Nail, Witch Elf #2




Horkon


Ithaca


Here is the current plan for the above:

At $30,000 stretch goal:
•1) We will be changing the standard Dark Elf team to have 2 Witch Elf #2 (Roxy the Nail)
•2) Both Roxanne and Roxy will include 2 heads. The big hair and the pulled back big hair.
•3) Both Roxanne the Dark and Roxy the Nail will be available for separate purchase and will come with both head versions.
•4) The Dark Elf Specialists Pack will include 2 Assassins and 2 Roxy the Nail (Witch Elf #2)
•5) We will replace Dolfar, Jordell and the Prince in the Deluxe version of the Dark Elf team with Horkon, Ithaca and Roxanne.
•6) A Dark Elf Star player pack will be created for $14 which will be Horkon, Eldril, Hubris, Ithaca and Roxanne
•6) Early bird Backers getting a free set of Elf Stars will be able to choose to get either a Pro Elf or Dark Elf set as their free set.

I know we had mixed reviews on the Roxanne model ... so we are making the figure in the standard team the dynamic model. However in the Deluxe version you'll get the 2nd pose and so if you like the original ... you'll still be able to get it and with the multiple head options if you wanted 2 different poses for the team ... then you could use the dynamic Witch Elf #2 with a different style of hair as your Star Player.

We also wanted to announce a stretch goal for $35,000:

At $35,000, we'll include a free Roxanne figure with each Standard (or Deluxe) version of the Dark Elf team. This will give you both poses to work with in Standard and 2 copies of each pose in Deluxe. In addition, we will add a free Roxanne and a free Roxy to the Dark Elf Specialists pack giving it a total of 6 figures.

More items will happen then just this at $35,000, but we wanted to let everyone know that it is a goal that we know we can set already based on the project costs to offer it.

I think the Dark Elf team turned into a great 19th team to offer with the KickStarter and I appreciate the backers whose suggestion led to our great new $30,000 stretch goal.

Tom @ Impact!

I so want the dark elves update...

 Anpu-adom wrote:
I so want the dark elves update...

and here it is.....


Update #20 Jun 1 2014

Full Dark Elf team unlocked! Apes of Wrath unlock at $31,000

Thank you backers ... we've unlocked the full Dark Elf team with their own set of full 5 Elven Star Players. Shown below (thanks to monsoda.com for the image).



Now I had a special new figure announcement ready for $31,000 .... but it is not finished yet. So I'm moving the $32,000 Stretch Goal up while we get that finished.

At $31,000 we'll unlock a Standard and Deluxe Apes of Wrath team that you can pick as one of the teams for your reward.

The Standard team comes with 18 players and the Deluxe team includes an additional 7 models. The Standard teams plays great as Orcs and the Deluxe version allows you to play easily as chaos influenced Dwarves, Humans or the Apes of Wrath roster made popular by ThreeDieBlock.com and the New Zealand fantasy football leagues.

Standard Apes of Wrath team



Deluxe team includes the following extra 7: 4 Chimpanzee Midfielders, 2 Gorillataur, 1 Chimpanzee Runner. (the Chimpanzees are shown above ... Gorillataur is shown below)



Front page has been updated for the unlocked items so far.

We still have an open Stretch Goal that at $35,000 we'll include a free Roxanne the Dark in with every Standard and Deluxe Dark Elf team.

I wanted to announce one extra Elf stretch goal that I decided to make when we reached $30,000. As of right now, KickSpy.com is projecting that we will reach $43,100. That's number definitely allows us to unlock several more items before we are done. So I wanted to make an offer as a Stretch Goal for the brand new teams that are being created for this KickStarter. If we reach $43,100 as projected by KickSpy.com, I'll include the 3 Star Players from the other Elf race with each Deluxe team for free. So a free Jordell, Dolfar and Prince to all the Dark Elf Deluxe teams and a free Horkon, Roxanne and Ithaca to the Pro Elf Deluxe teams. For the metal teams we will also include a free metal set of the Specialist players from the other team. We do not want the Orc teams to feel left out ... so all Orcs teams at $43,100 will include a free Band of Orcs to cheer on the team from the sidelines (resin for resin and in metal for metal teams).

Thank you to all our backers and I'll keep working on fun items for us to unlock going forward!

Tom @ Impact!

How about the Amazons? Have there been any stretch goals that reward buying that team during the Kickstarter rather than later?

The Amazons are slightly cheaper via KS (for me in the UK)

but have a check on the impact site to see if they are for you or not (you may need to mess around with your country)

http://www.impactminiatures.com/index.php?option=elfballteams_profile&id=TC_AMZN

but other than that no (I backed early so I get a free ball or bonehead ring but I assume you've missed that),

as an existing team there's going to be less chance for Impact to play around with the mould load out compared to the new teams

however if you're planning on picking them (or any other non-deluxe team) as part of the SKYSCRAPER SPECIAL you would receive a free $10 or less add-on of your choice with your reward

Thanks for the reply. Assuming there's no barrier to paying in US dollars, it's cheaper to buy from the website than it's being offered for on Kickstarter.

Ok, 2 things...
#1. Any of the trollcast teams can be added at the end for their retail cost.
#2. The kickstarter is predicted to get $43,000. The Impact guys will continue to add teams at the discount ever $2k or so, and more big guys and other specials on the alternate. So, the Amazons will most likely be at a discount.

 AlexHolker wrote:
it's cheaper to buy from the website than it's being offered for on Kickstarter.

That should definitely not be the case for any team in the KickStarter.

Based on shipping to Australia: The converted KickStarter price for the Amazon team is $46.54 AUD and the website price for that team is $52.53 (so the KickStarter is about 11.5% cheaper for that team than the website price).

Tom @ Impact!

impactminiatures wrote:

 AlexHolker wrote:
it's cheaper to buy from the website than it's being offered for on Kickstarter.

That should definitely not be the case for any team in the KickStarter.

Based on shipping to Australia: The converted KickStarter price for the Amazon team is $46.54 AUD and the website price for that team is $52.53 (so the KickStarter is about 11.5% cheaper for that team than the website price).

I did specify "Assuming there's no barrier to paying in US dollars". So do I have to pay in Australian dollars, if I order via the website? Because in AUD you're charging 16% above the exchange rate, before shipping.

 AlexHolker wrote:
So do I have to pay in Australian dollars, if I order via the website?

Yes orders have to be in the currency best matching the country. The prices are above exchange rate in the store to help offset the cost of shipping. You can place the orders in GBP as well for any order ... but orders made in USD for non-US customers we have to send follow-up invoices to in order to collect the difference.

Update #22 Jun 3 2014

Apes of Wrath unlocked! Women of Impact! and Kari unlock at $32,000.

Since we are entering the final 10 days ... I wanted to keep the updates coming out as we have new information to share.

Thanks to our great backers we have unlocked the Apes of Wrath team. 18 figures in Standard and 25 figures in Deluxe. Image of the team has been posted already to the front page of the KickStarter.

At $32,000, we'll unlock the Women of Impact! team. While this team is most likely going to be put on the football field (although that would be an interesting look) ... they are the force on the sidelines that keep the team in the game and going when the chips are done. 17 of Impact! different female sideline figures and one set of Beer Barrels to serve up your favorite brew.

In addition, we will unlock a special beer barmaid. Her name is Kari and she is a major character in the The Serin Prophecy book series being written by Bryan O'Neill of www.bryanoneill.com. Impact! recently negotiated a license to create miniatures for the major characters from the books and Kari is the first one in the series. We happen to think she could make a really fun sideline figure to track that inducement. You can get 4 Kari figures with the Deluxe option for the Women of Impact! or you can just get a single Kari as a $5 add-on for your reward in spincast resin.

Juan expects to have the Kari sculpt finished before this KickStarter is over so we wanted to offer her first to our backers of this KickStarter.

Kari



Women of Impact! (18 Standard figures / 22 Deluxe figures)

Update #23 Jun 6 2014

$33,000 Stretch Goal ... Deluxe Desert Dogs and Divine Wind new figures!!!

Okay so I go out of town for just a bit and we bash through $32k and almost make $33k before I can get to my laptop. We'll I have some fun news to celebrate that.

1st: Women of Impact! are now added to the list of Standard and Deluxe teams. In addition, the Kari model is available separately for $5 a piece add-on in spincast resin. She would make a great figure to represent the Beer Babe or Zlurpee Keg inducement for your favorite fantasy football game. Juan finished up Kari and she is shown at the bottom of the update.

However ... let's first show what is new coming at the $33,000 stretch goal.

We are adding Deluxe versions of the Desert Dogs and the Divine Wind at $33,000. In addition, the new model will be available for both teams separately as an $11 add-on. Planned price for the figure in our store is $12 for each one.

Now Juan had to go out of town ... so these are both WIP and some final details are still coming.

The Divine Wind team Deluxe option will now include an Oni Ogre. Juan is still planning on adding an oriental sash on top of the pants to finish up the figure. The Oni Ogre is 40mm tall to the top of his head. You can also just get the Oni Ogre for an $11 add-on.



The Desert Dogs team Deluxe option will now include a Djinn Ogre. Juan is still planning on adding an 2nd head option that will be bald with a top knot and beard and bushy eyebrows to finish up the figure. The Djinn Ogre is 40mm tall to the top of his head. You can also just get the Djinn Ogre for an $11 add-on.



Very happy with Juan's work on both of these figures for us.

And as promised here is the Kari, Bar Maid sculpt from Juan that is already unlocked part of the Deluxe Women of Impact! or separately for $5.



We have several more free add-ons planned for the upcoming stretch goals on the $1k increments to help us reach that $43,100 stretch goal for the free Elf and Orc add-ons.

Looking forward to watching the KickStarter over the next week.

Tom @ Impact!

There's some nice stuff in this KS, but people keep mentioning (to me at least) concerns about Trollcast, especially after Tre's campaign and so forth. Tom mentioned that he's had a lot of other teams tooled and spun in TC, so I was thinking it might be good to show some good quality unpainted Trollcast Fantasy Footballers "as is" - as in just like the ones that get sent to customers/backers.

If they're as good as Tom says, it might allay some fears now that we're in the final stretch?

 Azazelx wrote:
There's some nice stuff in this KS, but people keep mentioning (to me at least) concerns about Trollcast, especially after Tre's campaign and so forth. Tom mentioned that he's had a lot of other teams tooled and spun in TC, so I was thinking it might be good to show some good quality unpainted Trollcast Fantasy Footballers "as is" - as in just like the ones that get sent to customers/backers.

If they're as good as Tom says, it might allay some fears now that we're in the final stretch?

Happy to do so.

As soon as we funded we asked TF to start working on the moulds for the project and several are already finished. I am posting links to the images of two of the new teams that are already completely finished from this KS. One is a mould from our existing pewter range and the other (the Orcs) is for one of the 3 fully new teams being offered in the KS. Due to size ... I'm just posting links as I did not compress them so that you can see them at 4x actual size to show I'm not trying to hide anything.

Orc Deluxe team (23 figures): http://www.impactminiatures.com/KickStarter/OrcTeam/OrcDeluxe.JPG

Black Widows Deluxe team (31 figures): http://www.impactminiatures.com/KickStarter/OrcTeam/BlackWidowsDeluxe.JPG

Both teams are available for $34 to $25 for all the figures shown in the KS depending on reward level, Orcs are also available in white metal for $100.

In addition in terms of Impact!'s ability to get product from Trollforged. We already had 2 KickStarters done completely at Trollforged that shipped out during this year and both were either on time or ahead of promised delivery date and if you look at the comments ... the backers were happy with the rewards.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/674003445/chibi-asian-adventurers-miniatures-w-ninjas-and-mo
and
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/674003445/fantasy-football-ogre-and-imp-team

So happy to step up to Azazelx's request here. I talk with TF on the phone 2 to 4 times a week. My business partner lives 5 minutes from TF and can personally go in at any time to discuss our timing and projects in person and review things on site. I have no problems saying that any previous KS concerns with TF just do not apply to our KS projects now. We had a learning curve with our very first KS with them back in 2012 but we actually learned from it and changed a lot of things with how we work with TF and have completely happy and satisfied every since.

Any other questions ... happy to answer them.

Tom @ Impact!

Update #25 Jun 9 2014

Necromicon team is unlocked. Better Reptiliad image and finished teams to see!

Due to an error on my part ... the backers get a bonus. The Necromicon team was supposed to unlock at $34k but on my update I said $33k ... so I don't backtrack on what I say if I can avoid it ... so consider the Necromicon team unlocked and available to include in your reward!

I'll send a 2nd update after this one to show what unlocks at $34k as well as what the stretch goals are from here to $45,000 so you know what we are aiming for in terms of getting freebies and more unlocked teams.

I realize took a really bad team picture of the RAFM Reptiliad team being offered with the KS and they really are a great team. This is what I personally use to play Slann when I go to tournaments as the minis just say leaping and diving. I love the action poses in the team and the sideline figures have some of the best character of any I've seen. So I went out this morning and took individual pictures of my painted team in the sunlight to try and show them to you as best as possible because it really is a team you should consider for your collection.



Also as mentioned in the comments. We had a request on Dakka put to us to post images of unpainted Trollcast figures to show that A) we can get the figures promised in the KS and B) that the quality is there. As soon as we funded we gave funds to Trollforged to being making the moulds and several are already finished. Below are images of the final teams unpainted and without photoshopping for the Black Widows Deluxe and the Orc Deluxe in spincast resin.





[see Tom's post above this for bigger zoom-able versions of the trollcast team photos]

Next update will detail the upcoming Stretch Goals

Those teams look great, from what I can see!

There are pics of the Sarcos in trollcast on the web, too. Here's one I found with a quick google:



Looks sweet to me, and the price is excellent. Also easier to convert than they were in metal form.

Yep, agreed they look great (especially the crocs!) I've passed on the info (and pics).

Update #26 Jun 9 2014

Deluxe Valkryie and Deluxe Vampire unlocked. Remaining stretch goals announced!


We just reached $34,000, so we have unlocked the Valkyrie team in both Standard and Deluxe versions. The Deluxe version adds in 2 extra Big Guys which allows you to have a choice of big guys or to play the team as a very Nordic chaos pact team with 3 northern big guys. (see image of team at bottom of update)

In addition to unlocking the Valkyrie team, we have unlocked a Deluxe options for the Vampire team. This is a set of 7 figures that give you the Pumpkin Queen set (wizard), 3 extra Pumpkin markers for score and re-rolls as well as a Vampiric minion cheerleader. Some sideline extras with a halloween feel for your vampire team. The expansion set is also available as a stand-alone add-on for $14.



So that is what just unlocked. What unlocks going forward??? Here is the list of the stretch goals between now and $45,000. Let's see how many we can unlock!
•$35,000 - Free resin Roxanne figure included with every Standard and Deluxe Dark Elf team AND Deluxe Deep Ones will be upgraded to also include 4 goblin sized octopus players and 1 Tentacled Chainsaw player.
•$36,000 - Timberline Elf team unlocked as an reward option AND Deadwoods set unlocked as a discounted add-on AND free Dark Sphere pewter Treeman with every Black Army Deluxe Halfling team.
•$37,000 - Werebear, Helmet Stand, Tantor (Elephant Ogre) and Gorillataur unlocked as discounted add-ons AND a free mascot animal miniature for every backer of RIOT reward level or higher
•$38,000 - Scotling team unlocked as a team option for your reward and Caber team included as discounted Add-on
•$39,000 - Gnome team unlocked as a team reward option and Impcrusher and Contraption 3 pack included as discounted Add-ons.
•$40,000 - Black Rock Dwarf team unlocked as a team reward option
•$41,000 - Middle Kingdoms team unlocked as a team reward option
•$42,000 - Deathroller Racing set of 6 unlocked as a team reward option
•$43,000 - All Deluxe Pro Elf teams will include Ithaca, Horkon and Roxanne for free (metal for metal, resin for resin) AND All Deluxe Dark Elf teams will include Dolfar, Jordell and The Prince for free (metal for metal, resin for resin) AND Metal Deluxe Pro Elf teams will include a metal Dark Elf set of specialists players AND Metal Deluxe Dark Elf team will include a metal Pro Elf set of specialists players AND Deluxe Orcs will include a set of Band of Orcs (resin for resin and metal for metal)
•$44,000 - Kalle Minotaur and Piling On Ogre included in add-ons
•$45,000 - Ogre team unlocked as a reward choice. All backers of the Ogre KickStarter who back this KickStarter for the Cheap Seats or higher reward will receive a free resin Ogre Star Thrower and Goblin duo.

Picture of the Valkyrie Deluxe team that is now unlocked for reaching $34,000.



Tom @ Impact!



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Update #27 Jun 9 2014

Final version of the 2 new Ogres (Oni and Djinn)

Sorry for the 3 updates in one day but as we close in on the end I want to get the information to you as soon as I can.

Juan finished the 2 new Ogres and I can show you the final looks for them. The Djinn Ogre will come with both head options. Both Oni Ogre and Djinn Ogre are 40mm tall and will sit on a 30mm base.

Those stretch goals are amazing. I'm so hoping for $43,000 because I planned on getting me a Dark Elf team and the Pro Elf specialty players anyway. This kickstarter is feeding my plastic/resin crack addiction like no other!

Wait.. don't the deluxe elf teams already include those figures?





These pics certainly claim that they do...

It's a looks to be a visa-versa stretch as mentioned in update 20

"If we reach $43,100 as projected by KickSpy.com, I'll include the 3 Star Players from the other Elf race with each Deluxe team for free. So a free Jordell, Dolfar and Prince to all the Dark Elf Deluxe teams and a free Horkon, Roxanne and Ithaca to the Pro Elf Deluxe teams."

so the dark elf teams get the elf star players added,
and the elf team get the dark elf star players

Backed for an ONI, bar wentch, and to add more later .

Last 48 hit... and I upped my pledge again.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
It's a looks to be a visa-versa stretch as mentioned in update 20

"If we reach $43,100 as projected by KickSpy.com, I'll include the 3 Star Players from the other Elf race with each Deluxe team for free. So a free Jordell, Dolfar and Prince to all the Dark Elf Deluxe teams and a free Horkon, Roxanne and Ithaca to the Pro Elf Deluxe teams."

so the dark elf teams get the elf star players added,
and the elf team get the dark elf star players

aaaaahhh.. makes sense. Good pick up.

Yeah... I'm really hoping that we can get to the $43,100 level... as, that's just awesome. Bonus though... if you get either of the elf teams in metal, you'll get the positional players free (at $43,100).
There is so much good stuff in this kickstarter I'm finding it hard not to spend all of my hobby money for the next 6 months.

For simplicity ... I dropped the $43,100 stretch goal to $43,000. Make it nice and easy to remember something happens every $1k. I would love for us to reach the $43k goal and so I tried to make that a good stretch goal for what the backers would get.