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2016/05/28 17:58:51
Subject: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Ogre + Krumvaal released page #52)
Another option would be to clip the figure at the waist and use a third party torso. I have to admit, I'm struggling to think of any that would fit thematically but it's at least worth noting.
That isn't a terrible idea really, I think I have a half dozen different armored torsos floating around of the vaguely female variety. I will let you guys know if I find some that scale nicely. If I don't have any, I might do some basic sculpting myself and cast up a few dozen. I have been meaning to sculpt something that isn't porcine based lately
Homage to a great game from which we got inspired for this unique work of art, the River Orc Great Shaman.
This model towers over everything else we have ever created before, weighing over 1,5kg(!), and will be the last released for this project of ours.
Just dropping the teaser here :-)
Edit: One more release coming in a couple of hours.
Automatically Appended Next Post: And yet one more release before our Orc gets released... and that's not the last of them!
Make way for the lady please... the Warmaiden Chieftess
We weren't expecting so much love for the Undead(!) this has tilted our production schedule a bit but we are very very thankful! We should complete our Bust releases by next week and then get on with Terrain and more 28mm scale miniatures for our game :-)
Also, we shared in another forum a couple of images of items that while sculpted will for one reason or another never end up going into production, but thought I'd share these here nonetheless :-)
The Maagrats(TM) is the registered name for our mercenary rat warriors race, a non-main army we look forward to putting into production one day
The Elves of the Order Banner Bearer had instead a dual kit with the Shadow elves (whom along with the Oak Elves are the three factions that consist our Elf army)
For the time being we are looking forward to our nordic armies and the mystery project we are working on for T9A.
More news will strike at the ETC held here in Athens where we will be present! :-)
Progress on the Shieldmaiden army is going along nicely, we have finished with their iconic cavalry and thought to drop this here to have a look.
Hope you like them as much as we do! :-)
I liked the look of the ranger model from the email. Was just slightly concerned about the billowing cloak - does it get in the way of ranking them up?
@Micky
Valid point. Certain combinations of cloaks can indeed not go one next to another. There are plenty of others however that do not have this issue. Also, taking into account the "windy" version, it woul have looked wrong to have the hair "flying" while the cloaks remained straight.
With the occassion I would like to remind/clarify that the box will be made in such manner so all 20 models of the Rangers will carry capes (i.e. we avoided having some with and some without, we want a uniform look on the unit).
@warboss @lone dirty dog
Thank you, glad you like them! :-D
VeteranNoob wrote: Very nice. I haven't checked these out before. Are any on sale or is everything work from the KS? Looking fwd to seeing these on the table.
Thank you! They will be available for retail sale after the KS backers get theirs. That should put them no sooner than January 2017, we are currently sculpting their riders :-)
VeteranNoob wrote: Very nice. I haven't checked these out before. Are any on sale or is everything work from the KS? Looking fwd to seeing these on the table.
Thank you! They will be available for retail sale after the KS backers get theirs. That should put them no sooner than January 2017, we are currently sculpting their riders :-)
Thanks for the info. Looking fwd to it. And fantastic you make sure backers get theirs first. Sad I missed this KS
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Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote: Progress on the Shieldmaiden army is going along nicely, we have finished with their iconic cavalry and thought to drop this here to have a look.
Hope you like them as much as we do! :-)
Spoiler:
Overall those look even nicer than I thought they were going to look when I backed, the head on the middle one looks a little weird but I think its just perspective given that the two side one's look just fine. I guess I'll just have to judge for myself when I have them in my hands, cant wait.
@Jerram
Thank you, very happy they exceeded the expectaions! They will also be bigger than you're probably expecting too! As for the mouth on the middle one we are pretty sure it's fine as when we had pictures from the sculptor we didn't notice anything out of place. Bear sculpts should arrive this week, they are currently in transit.
As for our next smaller plastic KS project, it's revealed in 30 days from today.... :-D
@Micky
Once they are in our hands and have casted a couple of samples we can always shoot a picture on how that would look/fit on 50mmx50mm. The bases destined for these however are 75mmx50mm. :-)
We are happy to reveal that the Team at Shieldwolf HQ is busier than ever! Not only is the fulfillment process of our very successful Shieldmaiden KS at full speed but there are also talks with new distributors interesting in collaborating with Shieldwolf Miniatures in countries like the USA, Holland and the UK.
Shieldwolf Miniatures has completed the releases of the fantasy busts in the project "Monuments of Glory-2" with great success, although technical reasons have currently disallowed the jewel of our collection to be released (we are referring to the River Orc Great Shaman). The warmth with which painters and collectors once again received the project indicates to a very possible "Monuments of Glory-3".
"War is Coming" game is going to be deprived of almost 90% of its funding for the next 2 to 3 years. The remaining 10% will be directed for artwork and editing of the fluff/fantasy storylines Angelos is going to keep on writing. The reserved funds will be instead directed in vastly augmenting the 28mm miniature range in support of T9A.
Concerning T9A, there are two things we'd like to publicly share with you:
First has to do with yet another innovative move from Shieldwolf Miniatures, being once again the first to publicly announce STARTER ARMY PACKS dedicated to T9A community and to be released in 2017. These are going to allow newcomers an easier entrance to the fantasy wargaming hobby, disregarding what some call "entry barrier" and offering a starter army of the highest quality (both sculpt and material wise) ready to field and play!
The following packs have already been decided upon
-Shieldmaiden Starter Army
-Orc Starter Army
-Shieldmaidens vs Orcs
hopefully with many more to come. We hope and believe more manufacturers are going to try and follow our example just like they followed our lead when we actively supported T9A as the first established manufacturer doing so!
Second thing we'd like to share with you is that we will be present in the Athens ETC (of which we are proud sponsors) and we are very eager to meet and interact with you and also answer any questions you might have.
In the meanwhile... happy wargaming! :-)
For those reading who may not know what the heck a T9A is (like myself), a couple of google searchs reveal it's probably referring to The Ninth Age, the fan made WHFB 9th edition alternative to GW's Age of $igmar. It's also an energy company stock, some electronics equipment, a video game gun, and some cosmetics.
Minis looking good - look forward to getting them!
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This might be of interest for folks to use with Shieldwolf's spider ladies (maybe as a character) but only "free" if you sign up in the next few weeks it seems:
RiTides wrote: This might be of interest for folks to use with Shieldwolf's spider ladies (maybe as a character) but only "free" if you sign up in the next few weeks it seems:
Just thought it worth sharing since folks are eagerly awaiting those from Shieldwolf and it looks like a great fit
Oh yes, the model seems a bit large so as a character or something like that it could certainly work out!
Since you referred to our Aracnomaidens, we are even considering them being in hard plastic if funding goes high, as we would really like something like that to happen so we are currently getting quotes for that. We are talking about a dual kit that each would make out 3 models, either the "normal" version or the, errr... not so normal!
Also, while the follow-up KS on the Shieldmaidens (i.e. for their Warmaidens etc we would like to create to complete their army) will be launched as promised only after we have delivered to our backers, we are revealing a smaller KS on the 5th of August to launch soon after.
Below I am going to write down what we discussed a few months ago.
Please note that everything below is referring to hard-plastic (no hybrids) destined for Renedra tooling and with the addition of a few characters or smaller stuff in resin. On top of that, we designed a few stretch goals also in hard-plastic should the project be more succesful, but we will be content even if it funds by a single buck. For example, the first army I'm writing down, the Minotaur Army, also includes plastic Centaurii (centaurs) and plastic minotaur chariots, but I'm only going to write down how we'll be pitching with!
(In parenthesis I'm writing what T9A army we would be destining these for)
Minotaur Army (BH)
Yeti Army (OK)
Araves Charemises Army (DE)
Gluttonic Warriors Army (DL)
Saurian Merceneries Army (SA)
Forest Goblins Army (O&G)
Albino Vermin Army (VS)
Exiled Avengers Army (ID)
Talliareum Cataphraiti Army (KoE)
Wardens of Order Army (HE)
Oak Elf Infantry Army (SE)
Zombie Warriors Army (VC)
Northern Alliance Krumvaal Army (WDG)
Dwarfish Great Guardians Army (DH)
Warriors of Redemption Army (EoS)
The Charemises Army, errr, try to imagine arabian belly dancers. Sexy, but... super lethal!!!
Orcs have not been mentioned since we have plans for the Valley Orcs but we'll see whether we could avoid KS and do them ourselves. Also, as you can see we have not touched UD out of respect and common interest since another fellow manufacturer supporting T9A has openly expressed doing that. Chances were that it would have been discarded anyway in favor of something else, Angelos is still trying to see how it will fit in our world (probably part of our Araves race is the best bet).
