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 ced1106 wrote:
Nice post!

Does Archon have those painted pics on their website? I prefer to steal other's paint schemes, so I don't paint myself into a corner (eg. too many dark colors on a miniature).

Neither my wife nor myself are professional photographers and our photos do not do the excellent paint work justice. They looked so absolutely amazing in person. Humble apologies for our poor efforts but we thought some folks may appreciate seeing them. I am sure some of the pieces can be seen in the retail box covers but I am unaware of a professional gallery of the work.

 Grumpy Gnome wrote:

 ced1106 wrote:
Nice post!

Does Archon have those painted pics on their website? I prefer to steal other's paint schemes, so I don't paint myself into a corner (eg. too many dark colors on a miniature).

Neither my wife nor myself are professional photographers and our photos do not do the excellent paint work justice. They looked so absolutely amazing in person. Humble apologies for our poor efforts but we thought some folks may appreciate seeing them. I am sure some of the pieces can be seen in the retail box covers but I am unaware of a professional gallery of the work.

Those are some absolutely amazing pictures. And I have to say, you're doing a lot to convince me to visit Spiel sometime as well even if it's a couple of hours away from here.

 Dolnikan wrote:

 Grumpy Gnome wrote:

 ced1106 wrote:
Nice post!

Does Archon have those painted pics on their website? I prefer to steal other's paint schemes, so I don't paint myself into a corner (eg. too many dark colors on a miniature).

Neither my wife nor myself are professional photographers and our photos do not do the excellent paint work justice. They looked so absolutely amazing in person. Humble apologies for our poor efforts but we thought some folks may appreciate seeing them. I am sure some of the pieces can be seen in the retail box covers but I am unaware of a professional gallery of the work.

Those are some absolutely amazing pictures. And I have to say, you're doing a lot to convince me to visit Spiel sometime as well even if it's a couple of hours away from here.

Danke! It is worth a road trip or train ride for a day of browsing and getting some decent “event junk food” if you catch my drift.

Archon Studio really put in a lot of effort by the look of their stand. I regret not getting any pictures of the entire stand but we were trying to be cautious not to take photos of people without permission.

@Archon Studio
@Szymon_Archon
One more about the possible future terrain: you could make a new (and/or an upgrade) Modular River kit that will introduce more irregular parts thus making a more natural river look.

I would second that, the 90 degree bends ruin it for me

Some of the mechs look promising, but all of them look static and unposed, like schematics. I hope that's just because they're works in progress.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
@Archon Studio
@Szymon_Archon
One more about the possible future terrain: you could make a new (and/or an upgrade) Modular River kit that will introduce more irregular parts thus making a more natural river look.

I'll see what I can do

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AMA #35 23rd November

- Plan to eventually remaster D&L products to prepainted versions for retail release - unlikely that both unpainted and prepainted would be available at the same time.
- Prepaints are not done with acrylic paint, paint layer is already sealed on, no need for varnish.
- Survey soon to find out what older sets people want in prepainted
- Currently no plans to release small sets like the battlements or doors to retail - will be part of other sets.
- MoTU hoping to be able to release in US, Canada and Australia next year. Tournament support when released (also mentioned that CMoN should get access to European market.)
- Deuslair - Dragon Turtle finished - 3 sprues including optional shipwreck - showed more finished and assembled minis (best watched so I didn't screencap)
- Deuslair retail release end Q1 or Q2 - after backer shipping
- Caves - Mushrooms/undergrowth SG , bridges/arches concepted, small bridges 30mm wide, rather do 4 or 5 smaller elements that can be combined than 1 large, Core sets very generic in design, larger than before.
- Mini concepting now includes lower detail side and rear images to aid the sculptors

 DaveC wrote:


- Plan to eventually remaster D&L products to prepainted versions for retail release - unlikely that both unpainted and prepainted would be available at the same time.

Hopefully it does not mean that kits like Trees Pack etc. will stop to be sold.

Thanks, Dave!

If Archon is still here (: I'd like to see cave (and dungeon and village) bits to somehow let us add LIGHT to the game tiles!

I'm sure I can use the holes in the walls for these (or just paint tea lights black), too.

120pcs LED Balloon Lights : https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Birthday-Christmas-Halloween-Decorative/dp/B0CFLHVKDF/

 ced1106 wrote:
Thanks, Dave!

If Archon is still here (: I'd like to see cave (and dungeon and village) bits to somehow let us add LIGHT to the game tiles!

I'm sure I can use the holes in the walls for these (or just paint tea lights black), too.

120pcs LED Balloon Lights : https://www.amazon.com/Waterproof-Birthday-Christmas-Halloween-Decorative/dp/B0CFLHVKDF/

I still check this forum pretty much daily, so no issues there

I'll send your suggestion to the team and see what they come up with, because I do agree it would be cool if you could (for example) add a crystal onto a wall and shine an LED light inside it.

Only just catching up on the AMA now

- MoTU US/Canada/Australia release likely to be done by crowdfunding
- Deuslair - Airship and White Sands expansion in tooling.
- Caves - new concepts - rocky hills like encounters but sized to fit floor tile footprints will have bridges to connect them (every theme gets themed hills), double gates hinged and functional, props, traps - (see images)
- Rocky Caves core set (bigger than fantasy core set) - 6 hills, 4 curved walls, 16 half height curved walls, 6 short walls, 3 long walls, 5 long half walls, 6 short half walls, 5 long floors, 20 square floors, 8 corner floors, 4 props plus connectors (see image) numbers of parts subject to change (likely upwards)
- SSG about half the size of a core set.
- Miner pledge level €140 unpainted €200 prepainted (subject to change) - these prices are inclusive of VAT but campaign likely to be the ex VAT price with VAT collect in PM where applicable - Stretch pay option - 1 Core Set plus all SG plus any 3 of 9 SSG (WIP not final subject to change)
- there is a €92 pledge with no SSG

I like the secod from the left dwarf, and love the mummies.

Very ambitious for the next campaign

AMA #37 21st December

- HoMM wargame will be 32mm scaled rank and file, so minis are not compatible with the board game which is 24mm. New minis in HIPS will be made in house. Modular dragons mentioned - optional heads, wings etc.
- Shipping from China is taking 15 days longer due to route changes - containers have more than doubled in price adding an extra $100k in shipping costs which Archon will absorb for now but there is a limit to what they can cover. (China shipping is for HoMM - 24 containers needed).
- Deuslair delivery may include prepainted samples.
- MoTU - King Hiss to get a plastic redesign and rerelease, Wave 7 - Q1 2024, Q2 - KS for worldwide rerelease of Battleground - not 2nd edition but will include more new waves - can get new stuff only no need to get game again.
- Caves - Minotaur mini for returning backers
- a few more concepts shown see images

The cave stuff is looking more and more overengineered

What product is the minotaur supposed to be for? I don't recall them in He-Man back in the day but admittedly I had moved onto Transformers by the time the final wave hit. I even let my subscription to the official He-Man magazine expire!

 warboss wrote:
What product is the minotaur supposed to be for? I don't recall them in He-Man back in the day but admittedly I had moved onto Transformers by the time the final wave hit. I even let my subscription to the official He-Man magazine expire!

It’s for D&L 6: Caves https://gamefound.com/en/projects/archon-studio/caves

It’s the returning backer reward but they usually also make it available to buy as part of the crowdfunding. Note final sculpt may differ a little from the concept.

I like cave spider (hopefully big pack of those incoming as WGA ones are a pain to build) and that minotaur looks cool (weapon options?).
@Szymon_Archon - any news about animals pack?

Question for @Szymon_Archon: Do you know how (or who) was painted the Xenodragon from the old KS?

M.

@Szymon_Archon - when it comes to terrain it would be nice to have some bushes and more variety in trees (larch or maple or birch or linden).

 Shadow Walker wrote:
I like cave spider (hopefully big pack of those incoming as WGA ones are a pain to build) and that minotaur looks cool (weapon options?).
@Szymon_Archon - any news about animals pack?

Honestly, we're quite far away from an animal pack. We haven't reached the point where we can release something directly to retail and have it be immediately profitable, which is why products that require tooling are almost exclusively left to crowdfunding. The only exception to this would be MOTU: Battleground, although that's a licensed product from a very well known IP so it's a bit different.

An animal pack like that would likely have to be part of our next campaign, which at this point would likely launch in 2025.


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 Miguelsan wrote:
Question for @Szymon_Archon: Do you know how (or who) was painted the Xenodragon from the old KS?

M.

No idea I'm afraid, we generally hire a variety of different painters. Maybe we should just get all of our promotional material from the CEO once he paints it? His Necron army looked great so I think he'd do a good job

This is my interpretation of the box art.

M.

Szymon_Archon wrote:

An animal pack like that would likely have to be part of our next campaign, which at this point would likely launch in 2025.

A year or more of waiting, assuming it would be even done? Sad news :(

Hey everyone, what did you think of our last livestream?

This time, we showed off the assembled pirate ship. It's worth noting that most of the parts here are entirely optional:



We're still working on our pre-painted terrain which looks better than ever. I really do think that the pre-painted terrain will allow us to break into the casual market and compete with giants like Wizkids. We still need to get the colours right, but I think we're on the right path!

Detail on the ship could be finer. It looks like a Mantic sculpt

Still, excited to see where the airship battle game goes.

Szymon, I would reconsider things like the blood stains on the prepainted terrain. That will look oddly repetitive very quickly. It also narrows the application, ie not everyone wants a violent crime scene every single time. The lighting effect is neat but if a person puts something other than a light source in that spot it may look odd.

The pirate airship does have something of a Mantic (and/or World of Warcraft) aesthetic to it.

 Grumpy Gnome wrote:
Szymon, I would reconsider things like the blood stains on the prepainted terrain. That will look oddly repetitive very quickly. It also narrows the application, ie not everyone wants a violent crime scene every single time. The lighting effect is neat but if a person puts something other than a light source in that spot it may look odd.

The pirate airship does have something of a Mantic (and/or World of Warcraft) aesthetic to it.

That's definitely what I was thinking too. It's a nice effect although I could see it getting repetitive. It's worth noting that we currently don't have any plans to release this set to retail, and it's incredibly easy to paint over if you want to add your own details or remove something.