I'd like to get my hands on the priestess
Will these be available to buy on-line?
Is there a current link you could provide to any existing on line purchase site you may have?
....I can take orders via email, PM's here or messages on Facebook. ....
I really like the final design you have come up with on the snake men. They still look like snakes to me, even with the arms and legs.
Well done.
-Eli
What he said.
Those are the first snake men I've seen that make sense as actual critters.
They look to be useful in so many ways and should paint up nicely.
I look forward to their being released, along with the priestess.
What will these go for when finally for sale?
Will be watching for more...variants in the plan?
Apparently I need to start a snake cult. I was not aware of this until now. ;)
Any plans to do a couple bases of single or groups of snakes to go along with the critters wrapped around the priestesses?
They were such weird animals:
Armadile?
Crocadillo?
Armagator?
Allidillo?
Does seem to be some unholy inter-special miscegenation at work with this beast...
Valerik
not much a fan of lizards whatever their size or ilk
"OH DEAR GOD WHAT IS THAT AAAAAAAAAAAAARH!!!--"
Apparently I need to start a snake cult. I was not aware of this until now. ;)
I like all this stuff a lot - very exotic! :)
Excuse my ignorance, but is Azor all your own creation?
That sentry is he one of yours?
And also I don't Facebook, so wouldn't mind seeing everything you have shown in this post. :)
The Okroi and the baggage are brilliant.
I can certainly see a use for them as I intend to get around to doing a 'Lost World' setting at some point.
:-* :-*
When do they go into production?
:D
I think I have joined the cult of those who suddenly need to start a Snake Cult...
Lovely sculpts in this range. Is the first snake priestess still available, or has #2 effectively replaced he?
They are both available!
The first one funded the second - if this new one sells well I'm going to have a set of three lesser priestesses made - wielding swords & wearing slightly more battle-practical outfits.
They are both available!
The first one funded the second - if this new one sells well I'm going to have a set of three lesser priestesses made - wielding swords & wearing slightly more battle-practical outfits.
All of these are great. So we can no longer get the first snake priestess?
The first one is still available. I'm not sure where this is coming from - you're the second person who has asked if the first one was discontinued. They're both available!
I plan to eventually have an entire Snake Cult of warrior women and priestesses available. Buy many, so I can make the next figures sooner rather than later! :D
-Alex
It's probably because the "available products" link you provided way back when
*link redacted*
doesn't list her. Some of us are Facebook-averse, you know.
Bit late here but your work, drive and motivation is an inspiration to the small wargame related business owner like myself. i would be eager to trade some free hero paintjobs so that i may simply be able to put some paint on these amazing and intuitive designs! if you would be up for a chat pm me :)
www.ezpainter.co.uk
Okay, I want at least three of the snake bedecked priestess figures - but in 15 mm. When can I expect delivery!? ;)
My snake ladies arrived nice and quick here in the UK with no problems!
I've heard grumbles here, & more elsewhere, that Forge of Ice/Alex Bates, lacking a viable web presence, is somehow suspect, or unprofessional, questionable even.
Please allow me to disabuse EVERYONE of such notions.
Alex was communicative, responsive, forbearing & understanding during our transaction.
His products are innovative, crisply & cleanly cast, well packed & delivered promptly.
I couldn't be more satisfied with my purchase, its professional manufacture & handling.
Alex's figures are very nice, comparing favourably with my standard benchmarks:
Harwood Hobbies & Pulp Alley/Statuesque Miniatures.
They exhibit low/no flash, expressive, interesting, exciting designs well executed.
Alex's creations are as useful as they are affordable.
I tried to decide if I like the first priestess (yes, she IS still available!!) better'n the 2nd,
but then they both started squabbling & threatened to sic their pets on me...
So, officially, I do NOT have a favourite...
As for the rest of the stuff I bought mostly parts n'pieces.
Let me highly recommend the turtles!! Great for perils in those damp n'squishy spots on the table where crocs, hippopotomi n'gators might not be able to hide so good. Bought sight unseen I'm frankly delighted. The shell "shields" will do nicely as waterline testudines, box & snapping varietals, whilst the critter herself is just plain ORNERY!! I'm looking forward to painting them.
The primitive weapons are nicely rendered & well detailed, I instantly decided I need more of 'em, as well as more turtles. The shields are nicely rendered too.
The Venus will be a superb plot point for Pulp Alley, especially if she is cursed!!
I'm quite looking forward to the Jungle Queen becoming available, soon I hope!!
Ditto a Kickstarter, I'll back Alex & Forge of Ice, colour me a contented consumer.
My next order I might try some of the fantasy critters on for size.
Thanks Alex!
Valerik
"There's death a dozen times over, down the river..."
Mr Charles Allnutt, Esq.
This here is just an early in-progress picture, but I'm super stoked about it, so I'm going to show it off!
A serpent man sculpted by Mr. John Dennett! Some of you may remember his work from Grenadier in the 1980's - his Monster Manuscript figures are still some of my all time favorites.
The Histath are a race of mostly plains-dwelling dinosaur tamers and riders. Nomadic and predatory, they live in small family groups or tribes, occasionally uniting to raid (or trade with!) the human and subhuman inhabitants of Azor.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Histathbasicformsblockedout_zps38a0b395.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Histathbasicformsblockedout_zps38a0b395.jpg.html)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Histathbasicformsblockedout2_zps980d0cbf.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Histathbasicformsblockedout2_zps980d0cbf.jpg.html)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Histathbasicformsblockedout3_zps072c82b6.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Histathbasicformsblockedout3_zps072c82b6.jpg.html)
QUOTING IN FULL BECAUSE AWESOME! How did I miss that pic first time around. I'm calling it: best serpent man sculpt I've ever seen. DO. WANT.
OK, Dave, since you're so enthusiastic, I'll post a preview of the nearly-finished figure. It's basically done except for the spear.
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/DSC01689_zpsicfjx1vn.jpeg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/DSC01689_zpsicfjx1vn.jpeg.html)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/DSC01693_zpsafjozyv4.jpeg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/DSC01693_zpsafjozyv4.jpeg.html)
He'll be released this summer with the Jungle Queen and armored crocodile from earlier, along with a certain terrain piece.
Then, after that, an entire tribe...
Love the scales and overall proportions. Definitely in for a tribe...keep us posted!
Phenomenally good! I thought it looked great smooth, but the detailing is next level!
Bring on the whole tribe!
I just discovered this thread and your figures - what's the best way to go about ordering some? I think a lot of them would go over very well in my Tekumel-based games... :)
Very Spiffy!!
The lineage, and the experience, shows, nicely.
June-Julu ish ya say?
Will this release be in addition to the Kickstarter?
Valerik
rarely afflicted with Post Purchase Cognitive Dissonance
I may have missed this but are there other Histath sculpts planned or just this one?
I do plan to have an entire tribe made.
That is great news! The Histathi (???) look so primal without any other adornments except that big *#$@ off spear. Very old school. :)
That is great news! The Histathi (???) look so primal without any other adornments except that big *#$@ off spear. Very old school. :)
Are you planning some action oriented poses with the rest of the tribe? Any other weaponry other than spears? And what about a shaman or leader type? Although the lizard King would suffice nicely.
Really very impressed with all this stuff.
Hi, do you have a list of all of the miniatures which you sell anywhere? I think your facebook page is not working. https://www.facebook.com/ForgeOfIce
My snake priestesses along with their mistress, the Atlantean Queen, her Atlantean Guards and an Atlantean War Ape...
(http://i.imgur.com/or4dNLj.jpg)
...painted for me by the inimitable Matt Slade (http://mattsgamepage.blogspot.co.uk/)!
Now just eagerly awaiting the Histath!
Great range of minis.
The KS will be alive in July you said?
Can't wait to see more.
Best wsihes.
Awesome!
More stuff Ill have to buy and paint.
Will the large lizardman remain a bust or a whole figure, ie arms and legs added?
Late to the party, but keen to know if the kickstarter mentioned a few pages ago is still on the cards?
Everything in this thread is too tempting...
Well, I'm still sorting and unpacking and such, but in the meantime, Andrew Taylor has painted a few of my miniatures. I'm quite happy with how they turned out!Hi
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Andrew%20Taylor%20painted%20Snake%20Priestesses%20front_zpsmucmhkhe.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Andrew%20Taylor%20painted%20Snake%20Priestesses%20front_zpsmucmhkhe.jpg.html)
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Andrew%20Taylor%20painted%20Jungle%20Lord%20front_zpspx6dyums.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Andrew%20Taylor%20painted%20Jungle%20Lord%20front_zpspx6dyums.jpg.html)
wargame_insomniac - i would just file down the nippley bits and then simply paint their tops. everyone's been to the beach so seeing something akin to bikinis should be generally acceptable. but then again my FLGS is pretty much a "minors beware" sort of place.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT make covered up bikini-top versions of the snake priestesses. It will ruin the whole Minoan look of these beautiful models. Part of capturing the whole 'Ancient Lost World' appeal is encountering cultures which are strikingly different than our own. I realise there are a lot of people out there with modesty issues who cant accept the idea that ancient or fantastical cultures might not have hang-ups about partial or total nudity (especially with regard to females).
I agree. It's not worth the cost or the effort.its quite easy to convert the models to make them PG-13. Better to create more new models!
Sorry for the long-delayed reply - I lost power for a week due to a storm, and then my basement flooded! I haven't been online much.No worries Alex
Sadly, tweaking sculpts & having new molds made is a prospect that would cost me at least $300, and probably more like $500, so I'm unlikely to do it unless there is a massive demand.
Never say never, but, I don't see it happening any time soon.
As Wargame Insomniac says, though, it should be very simple to file the nipples off & then simply paint the entire torso between the belt and the collar as if it were cloth.
-Alex in Alaska
Is this an issue we, as 'miniatures people', need to have a discussion about?
If I may make an observation, it was never about political correctness in this case. It was about one person's need for "family friendly" miniatures, which IMO is a completely different issue.
Had it been about political correctness, the discussion would have concerned the possibility of nude or semi-nude female figures being objectifying of or demeaning toward women. That was never on the agenda in this thread. (And I'm not intending to put it on the agenda by bringing it up now, I'm just highlighting the distinction between political correctness and family-friendliness, for the purpose of showing that the former is not on the agenda).
While I agree that Alex would be wise to not spend all that money on producing a second set of figures with covered breasts, I also see what wargame_insomniac's problem was; no adult has a right to subject other people's children to themes of sexuality and nudity. It's not a problem that Alex can solve for him, but it's a problem he's having to deal with all the same, as a member of a wargaming club that includes children.
I apologise for veering this thread even more off-topic. I'll stop now.
No, that's fine and quite on point. An excellent way of putting it.
And now that that's done, we can move right along.
Regarding the nudity comments, I've got some thoughts on the issue.
I've put a lot of thought into what direction to go with nudity in my Azor setting.
Basically it comes down to, "I like it, and it's my setting, so I'm gonna do what I want."
I can come up with all sorts of justifications for it - it *is* historically accurate to the Minoan culture that Azor is loosely based on (and, also to a lesser extent, Mycenaean Greece and ancient Egypt). It's also appropriate for the climate - Azor is a tropical place, and bronze age tropical peoples didn't tend to wear much in the way of clothing. The male miniatures that I've released also don't wear much - the guards only wear slightly more than the priestesses, and the Jungle Lord and the sleazy merchant wear even less than they do. There's also a long tradition of near or partial nudity in Pulp art, whether it's Tarzan or Doc Savage or Dejah Thoris or nearly anything Frazetta ever did, and as I'm a huge fan of that tradition, I'd like to continue to carry it on.
I do feel like a lot of that traditional pulp art is pretty demeaning to the women being pictured - they're almost always being rescued or in a subservient position. So, I'm trying to make sure that any half-naked women that show up in Azor are depicted in strong or equally powerful positions. It's not a perfect solution to the old problematic ways that women are depicted in so much pulp and fantasy art, but it's the way that I plan to go with it.
I like tough, badass women, I like Pulp art, I like Minoan Crete and ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, and I like boobs. I don't think that those interests are mutually exclusive.
That about covers my take on the topic... if anyone wants to talk more about it, I'd be happy to, but I think it'd be better off in a different thread.
So here's an (unfinished) illustration for my upcoming setting book, by the fantastic Regis Moulun, depicting some of the Lion Guards of Azor:
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Illustration%20by%20Regis%20finished_zpsqafukbgz.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Illustration%20by%20Regis%20finished_zpsqafukbgz.jpg.html)
Tre Manor of Red Box games is currently sculpting the lions and their handlers.
Amazing concept artwork - cant wait to see the miniature versions! :D
Some awesome pieces.
Will there be a big kickstarter campaign?
Well, soon-ish. I've very nearly started the KS campaign twice this year, but things were never quite right. As things stand now I hope to do a small KS for the sleepy sentries & the sleazy merchant in February, then a medium-sized KS for some large critters next summer, then a big one after that for a boxed set with all the trimmings.
But I don't want to get ahead of myself, and I want to have as much done ahead of time as possible. So I'm releasing things piecemeal as I can get them made. I think I'm walking the fine line between "labour of love" and "small part-time business".
Are the pterdon type fellows available? I have an urge to put them straight into my pulp jungle.
And if they are, is it still a PM you issue to order?
Cheers.
Very nice. May I suggest that the webstore (if you've got one) or the current Facebook page URL is in your signiature block? I can't find it looking (the Facebook link didn't work).
Also, what's the latest on the lions and their handlers?
The stomachs seem fine, actually. And the musculature is right and nice. It's the proportions that seem off, mainly the forelegs look thin. A lion is fairly stocky, at least up front.
However, maybe this is all fully intentional, and the lions of Azor are a sleeker breed with a more dog-like look given their role as pets. In which case my criticism isn't really valid!
Looking great. I asked you some questions about your models back in July in the Commercial thread for Forge of Ice, but since I haven't gotten a reply there, I might as well try asking here:
1. What do the mummies look like? I tried looking through your Facebook page, without any success.
2. When are the Armadillosuchus and sea scorpions released? I need more prehistoric animals in my life.
Oh, and a side note: one of the Forge of Ice models got featured in an excellent interview with veteran sculptor John Dennett. The interview focuses on an old Grenadier model he made in the 1980's, that's recently received mainstream attention after it showed up in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things (which is absolutely amazing, by the way) as an important plot device.
The Histath model is shown in the interview as an example of John's modern work. It's a very interesting read.
http://roebeast.blogspot.se/2016/07/stranger-things-sculptor-tells-all.html
Fantastic! We could really use some of those for the new Pulp Alley campaign we're writing/playtesting. :-*
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/Art%20of%20Pulp%20Alley/Lost%20World%20Cover%20flat2_zpsgezsgbsp.jpg)
Fantastic! We could really use some of those for the new Pulp Alley campaign we're writing/playtesting. :-*
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/Art%20of%20Pulp%20Alley/Lost%20World%20Cover%20flat2_zpsgezsgbsp.jpg)
Fantastic! We could really use some of those for the new Pulp Alley campaign we're writing/playtesting. :-*
(http://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o665/pulpalley/Art%20of%20Pulp%20Alley/Lost%20World%20Cover%20flat2_zpsgezsgbsp.jpg)
The lion women are finished!
(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b31/Alxbates/Finished%20group%20shot_zpsc1eqojhx.jpg) (http://s16.photobucket.com/user/Alxbates/media/Finished%20group%20shot_zpsc1eqojhx.jpg.html)
Damn you! October is my expensive bills month. Looks like no lunch at work for me this month. Perhaps my beer money too...
Probably a bit of a killer for continental US customers also?
Nope, not at all.
Flat rate packaging is the same for anywhere in the USA, even Alaska (or Hawaii).
It's a killer on large freight (fruit and veggies are expensive up here), but small flat-rate packages are exactly the same.
Only downside is that it can take an extra couple of days to get there.
Well I may have to do some serious saving for lots of stuff then to make up for packaging. Will all your range be available? Want one of those priestesses too.
Dumb question, but if we pledge and get some of the purchasable add-on stuff that's already in production, can you ship them right away or would they be held up till the projected December fulfillment date? There's some stuff I'd add if we're getting it right away and that would help the KS pull in more money, but at the same time I can see it maybe causing postage issues since you'd have to ship an extra box that way.
Also, with the Kickstarter, you don't get billed until the campaign is done, and it's my understanding that I don't get the money for about two weeks after that.
I don't ship stuff until I've got the money as a general rule. :)
Oh right, forgot about that. Fair point.
I should hope not. Fine way to go out of business. :)
Looks like Jabba's little friend, Salacious B. Crumb
What is the metal thread you used on ýour engraving tool, please? Seems a very useful DIY build!
Hooe that helps! It's a really easy tool to make, and I will be making different versions for different types of sculpting in the near future :)
That looks nice. Kind of what I expected the setting to look like :)
The caster is finished! 2000 plus miniatures are headed my way!
I should be able to start packing all the stuff for the Kickstarter by the end of next week.
I suspect I'll be pulling a couple of 12 hour days to get this all done quickly :)
-Alex
I gotta box from Alaska!!!!
Smallish box, but Oh What Goodies!!
To say I'm delighted is putting it mildly!!
Very, very glad I backed his Kickstarter.
Sentries, sultry n' sleepy received in good order...
ONE spear wasn't perfectly straight, tisk, tisk,you must do better...
Now, how do I get in line for some tents??
Thank you Alex, Bravo, WELL DONE Sir!!
Valerik
always something or someone else to jolly well buy
Very nice. It definitely has a comodo dragon look to the hind part. The scales on the neck make it seem as if the head doesn't really belong to it is my only gripe.
I guess I can see that. The larger scales on the neck are intentional. If you don't mind me rambling on a bit, I'll explain my thought process.
Here's the original image of a Sirrush that I started with:
It's relatively realistic-looking compared to a lot of the representations of mythological creatures you see from the time... but "relatively" means that it's still pretty weird. As I said in my earlier post, the animal that seemed most plausible as an inspiration for it might have been an unknown, large and long-necked species of Goana or Monitor Lizard - something way bigger than a Komodo dragon. Horns are unknown in the Varanus genus (as far as I know!), but lots of other lizards have horns, so I figured it wasn't too much of a stretch to add them to my Sirrush.
If you clean the art up you can more clearly see that it has a mane. A lot of dragons and some real world lizards have a 'mane', or a crest of spikes or scales that stick up along the neck, but... it always looked a little bland or 'on the nose', so I started thinking about how to try something a little different.
I imagine the Sirrush as being lazy and opportunistic predators, comfortable in the water, and tending to lay in wait by waterways for unwary fish to swim by. There aren't a lot of long-necked predators in the real world, and most of the ones that I could find tended to eat fish, so, that it seemed plausible for fish to be a big part of their diet. Having prominent scales on the neck helps to break up the shadow of the creature when it's hanging its head over a body of water. It can flex them a little bit for threat displays, too - although that only happens with other Sirrushes, of course. They're large enough that they don't really see many other creatures as a danger.
Anyways, that's why the neck has big scales and the body is relatively smooth.
Those look great, man! Thanks for sharing the pics! Mind if I post them to the FOI Facebook page?
Later I found that PJ Farmer's 'Tarzan Alive' book mentions that Tarzan once encountered the last of the Sirrush, so that made me feel even better about including a Sirrush in Azor.
Hopefully Kev will be doing action poses as well...?
Among them, Forge of Ice and Lucid Eye caters for the High Adventure/Lost World crowd, like we've never been treated before.
I shall probably cave in and start a new Pulp project in a not too distant future o_o
Love the queen model, will be getting one of those for sure.
And what do I stumble across at random while painting another set of serpent priestesses? Forge of Ice on a gaming podcast:
http://mannmomo.blogspot.com/p/the-hub-systems-podcast.html
First of all, Fenris Games won't just be carrying Forge of Ice miniatures at Salute, they'll also be acting as my distributors in the UK (and Europe)! This should solve some of the issues that have arisen from international shipping.
Kev is a killer sculptor.
My Missus took a look at these, and will be firing off a 'pre-order' to you via your FB page.
If I may ask a stupid question, will the ladies be cast seperate from their thrones, or all in one?
Certainly hope they'll be separate. I have plans for those thrones with different figs planted on them, and I'm quite sure I can find other things for the ladies to plant their butts on.
My Missus took a look at these, and will be firing off a 'pre-order' to you via your FB page.
If I may ask a stupid question, will the ladies be cast seperate from their thrones, or all in one?
Sure hope Kev can do the standing versions!
Yeah. Keith is a fine sculptor, but Kev is on another level. I think the difference would be noticeable.
I'm a firm believer in having all (or at least the vast majority) of the miniatures for my Kickstarters sculpted *before* I launch them.
This is simply sound policy for miniatures Kickstarters.
- Gen Con (maybe!)
Awesome stuff. When and where will it be available?
Especially love the sisters. Kev always were my favorite sculptor :o
Going through the last few pages I see you mentioned that it was a queen and princess, but I'm probably not the only one that got distracted by the beautiful miniatures in this thread.
Fenris Games now carries my entire line for the UK and Europe.
Do you cast in metal or resin?
How about putting the pictures on one of the sites like Picassaweb?
FB ie evil, don't use it.
Lovely. Think I might retask her for scifi, with the weapon swapped for something more techie and Pterry as a xenocritter. Rogue Stars has me wanting to do a scifi beastmaster crew.
Excited about the Cyclops KS. Hope it is proceeding nicely!
Excited about the Cyclops KS. Hope it is proceeding nicely!
As for the naked women, while I'm normally not a fan, yours are probably the best out there. It's pretty clear that the intention is not just cheap objectification.
As for the naked women, while I'm normally not a fan, yours are probably the best out there. It's pretty clear that the intention is not just cheap objectification.
Glad to see you got Kev White on these, he's really tops when it comes to sculpting the female form (draped or not). Is he doing the high priestess as well?
Fantastic stuff as always. The skull piece has me thinking, have you considered doing a (very large) mini for the living version of the King? Maybe with variant heads with and without crown? That would be pretty cool.
Mmmmmmmaybe...
Maybe I've already got concept art done, too...
Great Stuff Alex :-* :-* :-*!!! I can't wait to see what can bring us the 'Eye of the Cyclops' and these encounters set >:(!!! Any idea when you are going ahead with you Kickstarter?? ::)
That's a seriously impressive update!
I love that you're so dedicated to 'doing it right' by commissioning an oil painting in the style that suits the miniatures perfectly. Frazetta would be proud of you I think!
Sometimes I worry that my preferred styles for things are woefully outdated, so it's good to know that at least a few other people like it as much as I do!
I like tough, badass women, I like Pulp art, I like Minoan Crete and ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, and I like boobs.
Hallelujah! Brother! Say it like is!
I like tough, badass women, I like Pulp art, I like Minoan Crete and ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, and I like boobs. I don't think that those interests are mutually exclusive.
:) ;)
Nonsense! Carefully crafted and well-done never go out of style!
This is your quote that made me decide we are long lost brothers:
I like tough, badass women, I like Pulp art, I like Minoan Crete and ancient Greece and ancient Egypt, and I like boobs. I don't think that those interests are mutually exclusive.
:) ;)
You're far from amateur.
What's the latest date on the Kickstarter? I understand there's a few things you have to work out (I just want to make sure I don't miss an opportunity).
I'm itching to grab something from your lovely range.
Alex - you need to update the URL in your signiature - I'm starting to circle like a great white around a surfer.
I hope you don't mind but I amended your title to show the kickstarter was live as it stated it was a preview. I thought you might get more attention! Good luck with this, it's a cracking idea.
Several of the folk I 'follow' on KS have pledged already which speaks volume for its appeal.
I am pretty close to backing and was wondering about:
1. Postage to Australia - happy to go with a cheaper surface mail option; and
2. Ability to include add-ons.
Best of luck with the venture.
Just watched this video and it made me think of this project.
https://www.facebook.com/TEDEducation/videos/2046756712004191/UzpfSTM3MzM0OTY2OTY5NjE0MDo2MDk1NDczMDI3NDMwNDE/ (https://www.facebook.com/TEDEducation/videos/2046756712004191/UzpfSTM3MzM0OTY2OTY5NjE0MDo2MDk1NDczMDI3NDMwNDE/)
...cyclopean sheep...
Happy to back this one.
Plenty of add-ons are on offer so well worth considering if you're still on the fence.
Thanks for the great minis, Alex. I'm in for sure.
I've been putting it off, but now there's really no excuse not to add-on the Lion Ladies and their pets...and, of course, that Guard Captain is irresistible....and, further of course, one really can't get by with just ONE cyclops...
o_o o_o o_o
:D
Ha Bates!!! No one can have just one one eyed Cyclops!
This is what I'm talkin' about: I have been hosting Lost World Pulp Alley games at conventions for a year and a half now. My normal game has 4 players. If I were to do the Hill Raiders scenario from Pulp Alley's Lost World of Lemuria campaign, I would need seven cyclops: 5 deploy on turn 1 (# of leagues +1) and 2 deploy at the end of turn 2. If you do the math, that means I need 7 cyclops. PLUS each cyclops deploys with a "skull boar" in base contact. Seven more. The miniatures that Dave Phipps shows in the book specifically for this scenario are Alex's Cyclops and Entelodonts ("Skull Pig").
Now, I know, you don't have to use Alex's minis: you can substitute anything that would be suitable. And I know it sounds like I'm complaining.
But, dang it, these are great minis AND I WANNA HAVE THEM and use them in this dang scenario! ;D ;D ;D
So the reality of this whole post is that I'm busy figuring how to finance these 14 minis and work out a procurement and painting schedule. Maybe I can just get 5 of each and hope the players kill off a couple of each in the first two turns...Yeah, that should work.... ;)
I hosted Dave's Lemuria Death Rides from Above scenario at a couple of conventions and bought a passel (gaggle?) of pterosaurs from Andrew Taylor's Antediluvian Miniatures, and it was worth every penny. A great scenario: challenging, entertaining, FUN!
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/31/8164-260218234955-315781185.jpeg)
So Alex (and Andrew!): keep churning out these great miniatures!
The Ptero-men are brilliant. I see that Fenris Games will be sorting EU shipping and was wondering if they would be picking the range up after the Kickstarter?
http://fenrisgames.com/shop#!/Forge-of-Ice-miniatures/c/23044053/offset=0&sort=normal
Well done, looks to have been a great success.
What happened to your online store. I was sure that you had one. The pterro-men are a must.
Snitchy sends.
Doesn't Fenris Games also carry the range for UK/Europe?
Even though I'm still pissed as hell at you for not doing my requested figures in 15mm! lol lol lol lol for some reason I felt compelled this evening to peruse this entire thread. My conclusion? We should dub you Sir Boobsalot. :D
Not really my interest area but a lot of very cool stuff.
I'm glad you think my stuff is cool! If you're looking for 15mm stuff that's similar in tone, I recommend Crom's Anvil.
I'd almost forgotten about this KS - does anyone have any word on how it is progressing?