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He's crushing the skull of his archenemy - the invisible outcast.

grefven - what plans do you have for the minis that don't get unlocked? You have sculpts, so will you be looking to do a much slower retail release with them?
I'm not holding out much hope that we'll see Gorgr unlocked in this KS for instance, but I'm definitely going to be wanting multiples of him

 monkeytroll wrote:
He's crushing the skull of his archenemy - the invisible outcast.

grefven - what plans do you have for the minis that don't get unlocked? You have sculpts, so will you be looking to do a much slower retail release with them?
I'm not holding out much hope that we'll see Gorgr unlocked in this KS for instance, but I'm definitely going to be wanting multiples of him

The character to the "right" in the concept art on page 4 is one of the support characters for the faction, who is indeed chanting a spell or working his magic. He'll be an important character, and will be quite valuable for the group.

Regarding the plan for the ones that don't get unlocked, well, honestly, I've not thought about it too much. I am not sure that I can do a "slower retail release" (well, obviously I can, but then we are talking about a really slow one) because I have a lot of money invested and I am sort of up to the brim already of what I can do at this point. To make a retail release I'd need to stock up on copies of the miniatures and to do that I would either a.) save up the money from my ordinary pay (which I can do, but it takes really long time), or b.) have them pre-funded from either pre-orders or another Kickstarter.

So, basically, it's hard to say what I will do after the current running kickstarter project is fulfilled.

This project is now soon on its last 48 hours. If anyone is sitting on the fence now is the time to jump aboard.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/831472366/corvus-corax-miniatures-outcasts

The shipping costs are also finalized, and you can read about them either in the main body of text or in update 4. Just sayin' in case someone didn't want to support because of not knowing exactly what the pledge levels would be.

Yup, come on and jump onboard now people! The Swedish crown is quite weak at the moment, so it's a pretty nice deal for all you foreigners...

Does anyone know how to get in contact with Michael Bigaud, aka MIKH? I've been trying to get in contact with him the last couple of weeks as we are trying to resolve the re-fund of a deposition I made for a sculpt commission by him in 2013, that now has been cancelled because of various reasons and a number of delays. As he has now stopped responding to my attempts to contact him, I was hoping that maybe someone knew how I can once more get in contact with him so that this issue can be settled? All help is appreciated. Please send me a message if you can help.

Sounds kind of like a sucky situation there grefven. I hope it's not too much money you're owed.

 Trodax wrote:
Sounds kind of like a sucky situation there grefven. I hope it's not too much money you're owed.

Well, it's not a whole lot; but enough to have a commission done by another sculptor. This is really sad and I almost feel that the whole thing is fraudulent as there is a contract established where it clearly says that any deposit will be re-funded if the project is cancelled. And I can't really understand it because I thought MIKH was an honest professional, but this clearly tells me otherwise. :(

Honestly it's not very professional airing your dirty laundry in public like this either. Take it in private.

I disagree. MIKH is extremely behind and is overdue by a year on Arena Rex sculpts, delaying the release of their entire line since they can't fulfill all KS pledges. People need to know not to work with him - his already committed to queue would take years to fulfill!

Well I got my shipping email this evening,

so this is likely to be the fastest-KS-eva

looking forward to Mr Crab-hands arrival as soon as the post office can get him here

(then hopefully on to Captain Tentacle some time soon)

There has been a bit of silence lately regarding this project, which is because the progress has been slow. But it has not been on a complete stand still. I have been working on creating some more factions for the world, and been developing some character concept art. I've also been writing on the background and fluff of the world as well as on the game mechanics, which I keep changing over and over again. I guess I never will be completely happy, eh? But everything of this is still too early to come out publically. But it will, eventually.

There has been some progress, though. And I can present the newest member of the Outcasts of the Dur Makeb tribe. This is Keras, sculpted by Luc "Thantor" Pinganaud. I hope you guys approve.

Oh yes, I approve; when can I buy one?!

Cracking mini there

I shall want him too

Whoa! I really like that model

When can we get it? With a head swap, that could be all manner of things... looks totally awesome, my favorite so far!

Keras will, hopefully, be going out to the caster for a couple of pre-production casts shortly. And hopefully, the casts will not show any issues that would require parts to be re-sculpted.

Also, speaking of test casts, I received the other day some copies of Gorgr, the Hafgufa, and they look great, too. I am thinking maybe attempting a second KS in a couple of weeks for Faun, Oren, Gorgr and possibly Keras.

Count me in for Gorgr & Keras,

those two would be must haves for me

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Count me in for Gorgr & Keras,

those two would be must haves for me

Same here.

Finally can show how Gorgr could look painted up. I hope you guys like.

Looks cool! Could fit in well with Deep Wars or some of the amphibious Wrath of Kings models.

But this guy:


Is what I'm looking forward to

Both those are fabulous. When Grefven, when? Kickstarter?

My Dark Mariners would like to tip their tentacles to Gorgr. Very interesting and dynamic pose. 40mm base or larger?

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
My Dark Mariners would like to tip their tentacles to Gorgr. Very interesting and dynamic pose. 40mm base or larger?

Oh no, the character is not that large I am afraid. The base is only of standard size; so a 30 mm base. The character (the tentacles not included) is about 35 mm to the eyes in a standing, straight pose.

This is the third member of the Exiles of the Tetsu Clan. I hope you guys like it.

And this is the fourth member; Lo Jun, the Ronin of the Tetsu Clan. It's the master sculpt, I hope I can have it go over to the caster soon for some test casts, and then also possibly have a painted version of it to show.

Enjoy.

That last model is very cool! Quite dynamic, and love the footwear

 RiTides wrote:
That last model is very cool! Quite dynamic, and love the footwear

You wouldn't love them if you've ever had to wear them for an extended period of time. I hate getta!

I do like the figures though, especially the fully armored guy.

As the range continues to expand there will always be a need for new scale shots to give an idea of the real size of the miniatures. The scale, typically, is between 34-35 mm to the eyes in a straight, standing pose (the armature with legs, back, neck fully extended). As the armature then is re-positioned into the correct pose the height to the eyes will either be shorter (a crouching pose) or higher (standing on his toes). In addition to this, some characters may be natural larger or smaller (just as in real life where not every being is of the same height), or because of some other reason (a bulky, mutated outcast or someone wearing a full-suite of armour).

These pictures are not the best, as I am not a professional photographer (which will be quite obvious juding by the quality), but they will give you a good idea. Also, the miniatures are just the raw resin copies taken straight from the bag without being cleaned up. So please have that in mind as well.

There are three coloured lines. The two red, which are drawn at 0 mm and at 35 mm, and the blue which is drawn from the eyes.

I hope you enjoy these, and I hope it will also give you a better understanding of the scale.

Those of you who have been following this thread, blog or FB, can see that not all miniatures are shown, which is simply because not all have yet seen the caster. I'll do some new scale-shots as the range continues to grow.

Outcasts


Exiles


Nomads

Long time since I posted in this thread, but the entire Kickstarter has kept me busy. The Kickstarter, eventually, was funded successfully, even though it was just barely. The Kickstarter has also been completely fulfilled (apart from a few backers who have not replied to my communication), and it was also fulfilled a bit early. I take a bit of pride in trying to prepare as much as I possibly can for my projects so that anyone who decides to support it can feel assured that it will not be a waste of money or that they have to wait months and months due to poorly planning.

Anyway, here are the full monty of what the entire range has grown to thus far. I am honestly quite proud of the achievement.

I hope you guys enjoy this picture.

Magnificent!

Should we just e-mail you through your blog to order any of these minis?

Congratulations on completion! The models I received are really lovely, and just bursting with nice sharp detail. Well done!