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 Carnikang wrote:
I like the head of the Rag ogre player, but I think less padding and more bulk and fur would have suited it better. But overall, it all looks really cool.

I think that's intentional so they can use the same body with four different heads (and one optional tail). if it looked too "furry/rat ogre-y" it could look odd with the regular ogre head.

Mario wrote:

 Carnikang wrote:
I like the head of the Rag ogre player, but I think less padding and more bulk and fur would have suited it better. But overall, it all looks really cool.

I think that's intentional so they can use the same body with four different heads (and one optional tail). if it looked too "furry/rat ogre-y" it could look odd with the regular ogre head.

No doubt, and the variant peices are a great idea. I'd like to see Puppets actually do whole rat/ork/undead teams. That'd be sweet.

 Carnikang wrote:
I like the head of the Rag ogre player, but I think less padding and more bulk and fur would have suited it better. But overall, it all looks really cool.

I really dig the rat version myself, shoulder pads, jacked abs and all

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 Theophony wrote:
I'd love some zombie football heads that could fit the plastic bloodbowl human figures, maybe some legs and arms to do some easy chopping and swapping to make some more nurgle rotters.

+1

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 RiTides wrote:
That preview has my attention!

Same!!

- Salvage

Wow I have missed a lot of awesomeness!
We moved and got our taxes.. so I think when I finish unpacking and getting everything settled, I will have to treat myself to some of your awesome new figures (and some older ones).

I want to convert that Ogre football player into a Shadowrun Troll with a minigun

The zombie troopers are fantastic!

You guys rock!

Ready for Zombie wave?
Rotten troopers are available in our store as set of ten, horde of 50 and simple heads set:
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=666
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=664
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=665

Our new Fantasy Football big players were released today.
Rat Beast Player
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=667
Minotaur Player
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=668

Not too shabby. I like the rat better, but then I'm biased.

Is it possible to order one of the two new models and the head and tail for the other? Or just easier to get both?

I don't have a skaven team.......yet, and I have a bunch of minotaurs, but he looks the best by far

@Theophony - bodies are the same I think


Probably one of our most disturbing sets.
Doom Rippers with claws
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=569

It seems that Roman iconography is back in fashion lately
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=589

Let's not forget about Centurion Closed Helmets. Impressive enough?
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=554

We have two new releases today, both designed for our Insectoid monsters.

Insectoid Hammerheads https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=670

Mantis Heads https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=669

All Insectoid models are currently available with 10% discount.

If you need a hand for your orc models to get into sports, we just might have something for you:
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=671
Also please tell us, what do you think about similar set for human/elf models?

Our kind of Irish leprechauns
Dwarf Hangover
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=82

You guys ever going to make anything like power armored arms with a stock? So we could model Space Marines or some model similar as having a stock pressed up against their shoulder on their main weapon?

Well, hard to tell... I will pass this idea to the design team.

First artistic Puppets War contest!
Show us Your concept art for a new model or set of accessories.
The most interesting work will receive 25EUR voucher for buying models at our webstore.
Winners will be announced next week.

Let me find that old picture of the heavy weapon mounts for rippers and submit that...

Seriously... where are they?

PuppetsWar wrote:

First artistic Puppets War contest!
Show us Your concept art for a new model or set of accessories.
The most interesting work will receive 25EUR voucher for buying models at our webstore.
Winners will be announced next week.

Is this with the idea of producing stuff from these submissions, or just to encourage people to show off their ideas?

PuppetsWar wrote:
First artistic Puppets War contest!
Show us Your concept art for a new model or set of accessories.

Where do we submit images to?

 insaniak wrote:

PuppetsWar wrote:

First artistic Puppets War contest!
Show us Your concept art for a new model or set of accessories.
The most interesting work will receive 25EUR voucher for buying models at our webstore.
Winners will be announced next week.

Is this with the idea of producing stuff from these submissions, or just to encourage people to show off their ideas?

Furthermore, if anything is done using elements from a submission, will there be potential for payments beyond the 25EUR store credit, or is this just really cheap spec work?

As a concept artist that actually gets paid to do stuff like this, I really am sad to see you do a contest like this.

Here's how companies normally do this..
Float a contest with a small prize.. check
Receive dozens, hundreds, or even thousands (Netflix) of entries... check
One entrant receives prize.. (not yet)
Company keeps all entries and has a stockpile of free concept art.. (in progress)



This is viewed by professional artists as one of the dirtiest corporate tricks in the book. Perhaps that wasn't your intent but understand that without spelling out who has the rights to the art that is submitted or what your company will do with the entries, you have left this open to abuse.

Guys, this is contest. It is supposed to be fun. As You are probably aware of, we are making products fitting certain esthetics. We MAY use winning entry to produce something, if it is really good. But I'm certain that in this case the author of the drawing/photo/art will be contacted and some royalties will be agreed upon. So please treat this as an accassion for some fun, not a cheap way to rob You of ideas and designs.

And a small studio update.
What do you think, what else could we fit into chest like this?

Love it.

PuppetsWar wrote:
Guys, this is contest. It is supposed to be fun. As You are probably aware of, we are making products fitting certain esthetics. We MAY use winning entry to produce something, if it is really good. But I'm certain that in this case the author of the drawing/photo/art will be contacted and some royalties will be agreed upon. So please treat this as an accassion for some fun, not a cheap way to rob You of ideas and designs.

"Fun" doesn't cut it when IP rights are concerned, and exposure kills. Especially when good work can take a lot of time and resources to do properly. If I'm going to spend 10-20 hours working on something, a $25EUR voucher and no guarantee that you won't use my work without proper compensation is a joke. It doesn't matter what the intent is, spec is always slimy. All this does is cheapen the extremely hard work of anyone who actually wants to work in the field.

If you want to make a call to artists, at least provide proper documentation.

 Fafnir wrote:

PuppetsWar wrote:
Guys, this is contest. It is supposed to be fun. As You are probably aware of, we are making products fitting certain esthetics. We MAY use winning entry to produce something, if it is really good. But I'm certain that in this case the author of the drawing/photo/art will be contacted and some royalties will be agreed upon. So please treat this as an accassion for some fun, not a cheap way to rob You of ideas and designs.

"Fun" doesn't cut it when IP rights are concerned, and exposure kills. Especially when good work can take a lot of time and resources to do properly. If I'm going to spend 10-20 hours working on something, a $25EUR voucher and no guarantee that you won't use my work without proper compensation is a joke. It doesn't matter what the intent is, spec is always slimy. All this does is cheapen the extremely hard work of anyone who actually wants to work in the field.

If you want to make a call to artists, at least provide proper documentation.

100x this. PW, I know the majority of people that are going to submit to this are probably not professional artists but Fafnir is absolutely right. If you don't have an exclusive set of terms and conditions about what will and won't happen with the art that is submitted (including the winner) then nobody is protected. Not the artists who submit their art (be they professional or not) and not you. I understand you say this or that won't happen or whatever, but the fact is, if you have not put it into a terms and conditions or similar statement that anyone submitting their work can read, then it's exactly what we've described.

Netflix has held a few envelope design contests for their mailers. The people submitting art would receive no mention, no credit, would not retain the rights to their art, would allow Netflix to use their art in whatever way they like, and the artist would not even be able to show the art in their portfolio. This applied to every single entry. The winners would get to "see" their art on a Netflix mailer. They ended up with tens of thousands of entries that were now all theirs. On the low end at $100 per design that is a lot of money they never paid anyone for art they ended up using.

These are examples of other types of "contests". Stephen Silver, a famous animation artist has gone into great detail, so if you need examples of companies doing the following, I can dig them out.
Numerous businesses in the US and Europe (Australia as well) have held logo design contests. The winner gets some cash prize and a mention. Most corporate logo designs cost several thousand dollars.

There have been numerous poster design contests for concerts, albums, and tours. They have all followed the above examples. The artist would get a small cash prize or maybe a t-shirt or a free concert ticket. Their art would now be used on album covers, t-shirts, accessories, posters, advertisements, etc.


What I would hope to see from you Puppetswar, is specific terms and conditions. These should outline what happens to the art (all the entries not just the winner). What you would intend to do with the winning entries etc.

PuppetsWar wrote:
Guys, this is contest. It is supposed to be fun. As You are probably aware of, we are making products fitting certain esthetics. We MAY use winning entry to produce something, if it is really good. But I'm certain that in this case the author of the drawing/photo/art will be contacted and some royalties will be agreed upon. So please treat this as an accassion for some fun, not a cheap way to rob You of ideas and designs.

And a small studio update.
What do you think, what else could we fit into chest like this?

Cool, that sounds reasonable. Just send us your business license and Social Security number for verification purposes. We promise it's just gonna be used for verification.

Guys, I understand Your concerns, Your opinions are passed to the owner of the company. I'm pretty sure we are not Netflix or any other big companies needing to spend few thousand dollars on a logo. Speaking of which, ours (in its various forms) was designed and made by professional, paid artist.

And now something new.
Today's release is kind of special for us. It is our first model made in resin-foam technology, with final product being durable, very light and well-holding all details.
Here it is - CONTAINER.
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=672
Available also in a set of three.
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=673

I for one (not being an artist) like the contest idea. If any of my ideas ever got finalized I'd be thrilled. Then again I'm not trying to make a living off of it either.

PW - Art is art and ideas are ideas. Designing a logo, a poster, a t-shirt, or a miniature.. it's someone's idea and art and talent that has gone into it. The way you're dismissing this.. it's a bit insulting.. though I do appreciate that you passed it on to someone who might "get it".

Those containers look good.. and $15 for 3 is pretty tempting.

It's great to be green (or to command green hordes). You can buy our orc models and accessories with 10% discount now.
https://puppetswar.eu/category.php?id_category=154
Additionally, we remastered Orc Gruberwagen and Orc Buggi vehicles, improving details, changing weapons and mounts of weapons, which are fully compatible with our current range of armaments now.
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=81
https://puppetswar.eu/product.php?id_product=60