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Title: Shieldwolf Miniatures-Official News thread--Plastic Forest Goblins now available
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 23, 2015, 04:34:18 PM
We have made 3 out of 5 army bundles available from items of our webstore (in the next 48 hours to reveal 2 more, the Orcs and the Ogres). This is their LAST chance to make the hard plastic Forest Goblins a reality. Even if you are not interested, a  simpleshoutout can help.

We appreciate your consideration.  :)

(https://i.imgur.com/MRDD7dq.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LKcON7F.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/lpGYXR9.jpg)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNZpoOdikw&t=93s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNZpoOdikw&t=93s)

(https://i.imgur.com/uwrC37H.jpg)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/description)











Link to the Rebboted version!  :)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/comments (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/comments)

Hopefully you will like the rebooted version & new Stretch Goal line...  :D

Appreciate the support!

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20on%20Icecrusher%20locked%20JPEG_zpslbwtuluv.jpg)
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Link to the Kickstarter page

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/comments (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/comments)



Hi all, thought I'd share the news here too  :)

"Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"

We never concealed the fact we expected a lot more in our KS-1, but as we say in Greece κάθε εμπόδιο για καλό (every obstacle stands for good reason). We still have to ship Wave-2 and thus not completed this adventure just yet, but we feel like we have accumulated a huge experience from this adventure which can only do us good in the following one. As we are getting closer to the conclusion of our KS-1, we can commence revealing more stuff on our KS-2 which (as the title says) is "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs". We are going to build these two armies first and take it from there, heavily pointing on the ladies for the first 120K at something like 65-70% for the Shieldmaidens and only 30-35% for the Orcs.

KS-2 is going to have a completely different structure from KS-1. Being more precise

No more gold coins (simple $ USD next to each item)
Five-six pledge levels; one for simple add-ons.
Not all items will be allowed as add-ons
Early birds; two pledge levels will have early birds. Both are going to save backers between 5-10$.
First item to be funded are the Shieldmaiden plastic infantry kit.
we are pushing way more plastics early on
Ruleset "War is Coming" will be ready and downloadable for everyone and for free. Backers however are going to receive an extended version that besides the rules is going to have a lot of background history and artwork. We believe it to be really worthwhile.
Value for money is going to be very evident from day-1.

When does it hit?
We promised that we will first wrap up KS-1, and that will be by late November. Launching KS-2 finds us divided between early December or early January, since we understand the augmented expenses we all have in Christmas. We are very heavily thinking 1st or 2nd week of January (certainly not a day later than that!) so any loose ends if KS-1 may be dealt with, but we would like to hear what you think.

Plastic multi-part Shieldmaiden Infantry kit
When we started sculpting, we wanted them to be more "sensibly" clothed, but we didn't want to lose the "fantasy" feeling. We are not doing historical minis, we want a distinct fantasy range.  :)

This is a picture of how we commenced many months ago, making sure they will fit in rank n'file positions, but also maintain a both realistic and dynamic pose (the base isn't round but square, this is only the program's jpeg).
Now the model has been complemented and we made sure to add a tiny bit more "clothing" but please expect a sexy and fantasy aspect in the miniatures we have designed.
We also have more things to tell you regarding some new stuff we will be doing to our plastics. In our opinion there is currently only one plastic fantasy manufacturer worldwide that produces the quality we opt for; we are aiming to at least match that, if not one day surpass it!
For that to happen, we will need (once again) your faith and support.  :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20plastic%20Infantry%20WiP%20report-3%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpslemhs0uy.jpg)

We hope you will like what we have been working on since March and we will have more information & pictures in November.

Thank you!  :D
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 07, 2015, 06:41:53 PM
Little by little more stuff is being revealed, making sure to keep the fantasy aesthetic of our range.  :D
As we have said prior to this TOK Shieldwolf is the first ever company trying to fund a complete female army in plastic and polyurethane resin (let alone multi-part). The project will also try to expand the Orc range in what we consider the most brutal and detailed Orc army miniatures worldwide!
We hope you like this project as much as we do.  8)

THE SHIELDMAIDENS

Here are two more designs in T-stance we have been working on, the 1st is the evolution of what we showed you last month and still not absolute final design. The second is a version we had not yet revealed. As always these are 28mm "heroic" scale models. We would like to make it clear that a T-stance is how we design the miniatures and not how they are posed. Given in this Kickstarter-2 we are again co-funding the product (and therefore will need it to sell at retail too in order to make back the investment), it is safe to expect dynamic and believable poses from these plastic models…"

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/2_zpspx5q2vpy.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/1_zpsfjjyhvdp.jpg)

(here we will make good use of the feedback received from the Community and alter the kneepads for example!)  ;)


We have also revealed miniatures funded in the 1st kickstarter, we think they are both lovely models.
Here are the Icemaiden Druid and Necromancer Maiden!

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Icemaiden%20Druid%20front%20view%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpszih3wdny.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Necromancer%20Maiden%20front%20view%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpsvpyxwyxu.jpg)

THE ORCS

On the Orcs as you probably know we have chosen not to copy the aesthetics of other companies. It's not so much whether it's better or not (YMMV) but I think everyone agrees on being "different". We are off to make a great affordable game, with really high quality miniatures.
In this Kickstarter-2 we have promised really good value for money, so the Orc pledges are certainly going to be worth it from the very start. You will judge for yourselves.
After which, when we commence unlocking SGs and reach their plastics for the Valley Orc Infantry... well, that's really going to make people much happier.

(Your comments are much appreciated)  :)

For the Shamans there are two independent reviews from production miniatures already on YouTube for you to judge

Mountain Orc Shaman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9oGWxzKrnQ)

Valley Orc Shaman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGUHS5xnvxo)

And here's another production model for our Valley Orc Hero (with 2-handed weapon version) which we had previewed in our KS-1

Valley Orc Hero (with 2-handed weapon) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN6CWJpgGK0)

Thank you for all your interest and comments, you motivate us with every word. :)

A new update is coming out within the next few days. Kickstarter should start in less than a month.
Thank you!
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Vermis on December 07, 2015, 09:00:01 PM
Oh look. Chainmail crop tops and mini skirts.

I'm half-tempted to do a Hawkeye Initiative (http://thehawkeyeinitiative.com) with this kind of thing.

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On the Orcs as you probably know we have chosen not to copy the aesthetics of other companies.

 :-I
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Peithetairos on December 07, 2015, 09:54:00 PM
Please take this as constructive criticism paired with a certain concern:

I understand that you go here for a Fantasy style that is not at all grounded in reality, truely high fantasy which even alters the rules of Physics etc. and in a universe full of magic that is surely something that could exist.

However, you write that you strive for "believable poses" and "we wanted them to be more 'sensibly' clothed, but we didn't want to lose the 'fantasy' feeling. We are not doing historical minis, we want a distinct fantasy range." I think you achieved the former with the first render (a very nice pose, that is also believable) and latter with the two minis from the last Kickstarter. The ladies look believable to me, for say a swamp/voodoo priest setting. They are sexy but do not cater to the male gaze alone. Their outfit, however, makes no sense for the frosty setting you imply with the basing. Ok, maybe they have Elemental protection spells, but they would still fare better if they don't have to always cast it to not die of exposure.  If in this universe elemental protection spells are common and easy to cast I would exspect all races and genders to follow this design aesthetic. The same applies to my comments below.

The new shieldmaidens do IMO not achieve the goals you set out to achieve. I can not see how this can be considered to be sensible clothing. I get that you want to preserve a 'Fantasy' feel to it, but then I must ask, is this the essence of 'Fantasy' wargaming that differentiates it from historical ranges? I hope not so.

For instance Red Box Games has sensible female warriror models in their range that are still distinctively Fantasy:

http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=143 (http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=15&products_id=143)

http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=125 (http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=125)

You want to create an all female army, which is awesome and something the market is lacking, but I don't see why this has to be an army that only caters to the male gaze. Why not have slightly more realistic armour and weapons that still keep with the High Fantasy Setting? It is just such a pitty given the sculpts are so good (especially the faces and the hair). I also understand that you want to fund the Kickstarter, but given the success of other initiatives that ask for believable female miniatures I would hope that you can get it funded even if the ladies would have more sensible clothing. I would fund it if such changes would be implemented.


Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Cubs on December 07, 2015, 10:16:07 PM
Well put.

The poses and proportions look great, as does the general sculpting. But those cheesy sorts of outfits seem very dated to me. From a purely miniature-collector standpoint, no politically correct axe to grind, I might part with money for something that looked like a warrior, but not a glamour model wearing fetish gear.

If you're realistically looking for feedback to tweak the design ahead of production, that would be my two cents, because the rest looks fine.
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: robh on December 07, 2015, 10:46:27 PM
I agree with the comments about the clothing there. No doubt your pieces fit into the High Fantasy Excessive style and category. But honestly, I think the market has moved on from that and gamers now are looking for different and dare I say more realistic approaches.
There are so many cheesecake fantasy figures that it is almost impossible to remember who makes what and which range they come from.

Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Duncan McDane on December 07, 2015, 10:57:23 PM
I like the Necromancer maiden, good pose - maybe twist the head a bit, so she doesn't look at her own hand only ), good detail, can't be bothered by her clothes ( Ral Partha did the same throughout the 80's and 90's on many of their adventurers ) so yes, if affordable I'd buy her.
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 07, 2015, 11:21:50 PM
I agree as well. I like the necromancer, and she would fit well with my current fantasy project. But the shieldmaidens armour is anything but sensible, as it leaves half of their organs and most of their legs exposed. Something I do like about the armor on the first one is segmented pauldrons. It's nice to see something aside from the oversized single piece shoulder plates on fantasy miniatures.
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 08, 2015, 07:50:21 AM
Hi all!  :)

Everyone's comment is greatly appreciated, especially @Peithetairos who analyzed it in a very constructive manner.

Replicating back (hopefully you too will take this in a constructive manner), there's a number of reasons we opted for this type of armor/clothing.

a) We took a poll and that's what the vast majority of people voted for (before being maliciously tampered with :() so we have taken this under great consideration.

b) The Shieldmaidens is the first of a number of kits we have prepared for this project. But it's the only one we have revealed, so we think there will be a version you will inevitably like. Not all of you are going to eventually like something but we believe most of you will!
(some despite our hard work will unfortunately dislike all our takes...)  ;)

c) Answering to your comment regarding http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=125 (http://red-box-games.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=125), while a nice model it's not our vision of fantasy (could be a medieval take). That's a matter of taste/opinion, so not much to build on probably. To each his own.

d) We are featuring highly modular hard plastic. Regarding @Vermis comment, we've seen pictures of how people have substituted the heads of our plastic Orcs with Games-Workshop head versions. It's hard plastic! As commented in forums we interact with, modelers around the world can very easily pat some greenstuff on the belly areas, then sculpt chainmail, it's probably one of the easiest things to do when working with greenstuff.  ;) Most of our supporters (just like us) are not only gamers so it's nice to evolve the conversion side of our hobby, we very much support that in making one's army unique  :D It's a great part of our hobby and we support it.

As stated above, there's more coming. This is fresh territory and we have no idea how it's going to work out, but we love what we do and we are very willing to spend funds, time and effort to bring to the market what we believe it's currently missing.
We have been working on this for something like 8 months, so there's definitely even more to expect!  8)
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Peithetairos on December 08, 2015, 10:02:00 AM
Thank you for the detailed response. I can understand your reasoning based on the survey and stylistic considerations. Looking forward to the other sets. This one is not my cup of tea, but if there will be other styles I will surely have a second look. Will you by any chance also offer head only packs?
Title: Re: "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter announced by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Major_Gilbear on December 08, 2015, 11:15:33 AM
I almost resisted posting in this topic; alas, I am weak.

My general thoughts and observations:

1) High fantasy and sexy =/= chainmail croptops and fur bikinis. Figure-hugging outfits, slightly exaggerated proportions, and low heels are still plenty to show beyond doubt that they are female (even if it's not "realistic"), but they still don't need to look like as impractical as catwalk models or pornstars. So I think this (https://i.imgur.com/17navC0.jpg) is okay, whilst this (http://geekxgirls.com/images/stormtrooper/star_wars_sexy_storm_trooper_02.jpg) looks bloody stupid. Hopefully you can see the difference and understand what I'm trying to get at here.  ;)

2) If these are for a snowy/cold setting, then I feel they need to be clothed at least somewhat suitably. I can cope with them not being swaddled in thick furs and cloaks, but I would expect them to be covered from their neck to their knees at the very least.

3) Launching a range of under-dressed female models that you want funding for via KS and then telling your customers that they can sculpt their own clothes and armour on is... Not great.  :? I might be up for re-sculpting a couple of figures, maybe (although if I'm doing that, why would I be buying yours?). However, I'm not daft enough to buy an army just to then re-sculpt it!

4) I understand that these are previews of one kit, and that there are more coming. But I think it's wrong to shoot down comments that you invited by saying "yeah, but this is just one kit, we have others coming that you might prefer!" If you're not interested by what people think in general, that's fine - but maybe you need to direct people to what areas of the design you're looking for feedback on instead?

So, whilst I might be able to cope with some silly models like Dark Elf Witches (who are probably off their faces on combat drugs anyway), I really cannot see the appeal of a whole army of slightly odd-looking under-dressed female models that I would need to heavily convert.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: nullBolt on December 08, 2015, 11:47:39 AM
As much as I love women in full realistic platemail... It's my fetish...
 
Are you guys crazy? Seriously, are you mad? Not only are you trying to censor artistic direction (and the miniatures look really good) but you're trying to say people aren't interested in this sort of stuff. Kingdom Death sells ridiculously well so I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

Anyway, to Shieldwolf: Just waiting to see what orcs you guys are putting out. I've loved them so far.

Also if you guys ever do like Celtic warrior maidens or something please immediately email me since I'd be able to get the missus into miniatures too. Actual, these girls look pretty close already. I might end up getting some, depending on how they look.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Major_Gilbear on December 08, 2015, 12:03:49 PM
[...] As much as I love women in full realistic platemail... It's my fetish...
 
Also if you guys ever do like Celtic warrior maidens or something please immediately email me since I'd be able to get the missus into miniatures too. Actual, these girls look pretty close already. I might end up getting some, depending on how they look.

Quoted so that I can actually read what you posted...  :P

As for Kingdom Death.. Umm, well they do divide opinions very sharply, as do brother Vinnie's efforts.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Awesomeshotdude on December 08, 2015, 12:35:03 PM
I love the Icemaiden Druid and Necromancer Maiden...excellent looking mini's!!!
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 08, 2015, 12:36:16 PM
@Major_Gilbear
First of all I appreciate you taking the time to post your thoughts in detail.  :)
Our opinion on conversions may differ. YMMV but from our stance it's not "heavily converted", it's 2 out of 5 proposed torsos that you'll need to apply greenstuff only on the stomach area. It was suggested by others when debating the clothing, so it's not our "way out" if people want more clothing, it's a simple solution. We prefer them as we make them but if it's "possible" for them to be converted in "fully clothed"... then so be it  8)

Also, this project may be aiming primarly in getting funded but (just like we said in our 1st KS) that's not the ultimate goal, we have prepared 10 times over the initial offerings!  ;)
War is Coming is an army game, it needs lots and lots of stuff to be played with, and if we want to offer 4-5 troop types for each faction, monstrous cavarly, characters, skirmish units, monsters, great monsters etc, and make people get all that for an amazing price, then we need a really big crowd. This is the reason we bother with Kickstarter.

@nullBolt
Well, we do appreciate all feedback and it did result for example in changing the kneepads on the 2nd model we've shown here, but there's a limit to how much we could effectively change, it's not that we are going to last-minute change the entire concept, like we said it's been months we've been working on these!
The bet has been placed and the result will be seen early January, we are aiming at funding in the first 48 hours.

Thank you for the comment on the Orcs.  :) As for the Valley Orcs, we have prepared so much stuff that even people who may initially not be interested in these, will be.  :D

@Awesomeshotdude
Thank you, glad you like them! Both will feature again in KS-2 :D

With everyone's help, this can happen.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: nullBolt on December 08, 2015, 12:59:28 PM
Quoted so that I can actually read what you posted...  :P

As for Kingdom Death.. Umm, well they do divide opinions very sharply, as do brother Vinnie's efforts.

Does it matter if they divide opinions, though? They sell and go out of stock within hours. They're not for the people who don't like them, they're for people who want that style

@nullBolt
Well, we do appreciate all feedback and it did result for example in changing the kneepads on the 2nd model we've shown here, but there's a limit to how much we could effectively change, it's not that we are going to last-minute change the entire concept, like we said it's been months we've been working on these!
The bet has been placed and the result will be seen early January, we are aiming at funding in the first 48 hours.

Thank you for the comment on the Orcs.  :) As for the Valley Orcs, we have prepared so much stuff that even people who may initially not be interested in these, will be.  :D

I completely understand, it just rubs me the wrong way because of how this debate has overtaken videogames. The new DoA isn't coming to the West because of people complaining about the style especially of the female characters. This is despite it selling better in the West than Japan.

I really can't wait to see what you guys come out with.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Major_Gilbear on December 08, 2015, 01:27:08 PM
@Major_Gilbear
First of all I appreciate you taking the time to post your thoughts in detail.  :)
Our opinion on conversions may differ. YMMV but from our stance it's not "heavily converted", it's 2 out of 5 proposed torsos that you'll need to apply greenstuff only on the stomach area. It was suggested by others when debating the clothing, so it's not our "way out" if people want more clothing, it's a simple solution. We prefer them as we make them but if it's "possible" for them to be converted in "fully clothed"... then so be it  8)

Also, this project may be aiming primarly in getting funded but (just like we said in our 1st KS) that's not the ultimate goal, we have prepared 10 times over the initial offerings!  ;)
War is Coming is an army game, it needs lots and lots of stuff to be played with, and if we want to offer 4-5 troop types for each faction, monstrous cavarly, characters, skirmish units, monsters, great monsters etc, and make people get all that for an amazing price, then we need a really big crowd. This is the reason we bother with Kickstarter.

Thank you for your reply; I was not aware that only 2 out of 5 of the models in this set were, uh, in "bikini mode". Would it be possible to add a couple of extra torsos to the sprue so that an option for all of them to be fully-dressed exists?

Also, different people do regard conversion and putty-work differently. I am happy to sculpt chainmail on a couple of figures, but doing that 30 or 40 times for an army? And to match existing chainmail on the model? Not so much.

I do realise that any design is ultimately a compromise of various practical and subjective things, but I will say this: lots of under-dressed female sculpts already exist, and I think there is a real appeal for something between those and the "can't tell if it's female or not" models. Good luck, and I look forward to seeing further previews. :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 08, 2015, 01:50:02 PM
Yes, adding a couple more torsos could be possible, in fact we have already done the math on that but we must really see a big urge in the comment section in order to do that. It would be an additional Stretch Goal that could work, why not?  :)

Lots of under-dressed female sculpts already exist. Yes, lots. In plastic (let alone hard-plastic and modular) and with our price-tag? None...  ;)

For the greenstuff work I'm sure you are not the only one feeling that way, on the other hand there are and have been plenty of people who would create all kinds of awesome unique armies e.g. convert their Games Workshop High Elf army into an arabian themed one or even nippon/samurai looking or whatever, the internet is full of such examples. So it's definitely a lot of work and not everyone has the will or time to do it (probably because of something called "real life"  ;)), but it's the entire wargaming community we are addressing and sure enough there will be a number that will.  :)

The next update (coming up in the next days) will feature another two sculpts (and thus torso versions). In the meanwhile we are awaiting any day now foreign blog/website reviews for our Twin-headed Dragon, in our opinion another exceptional centerpiece of the Northern Alliance  8)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: ZeroTwentythree on December 08, 2015, 02:25:29 PM
I really think it is an issue of context, not sales.

Shieldwolf said "sensibly clothed." They're not. Even if you give them a pass on wearing bikinis in a supposedly cold setting -- and I am, I don't think it's much different than half naked barbarian men, historical Germans & Celts, etc. -- the armor defies the idea of "sensible." Like they covered the minimum amount of flesh not to be considered porn, and then gave up after  that, figuring no one would bother swinging a sword at their abdomen or thighs. Aside from that, I have no idea how the second figure can even manage to take two steps without crippling herself with the skull horns on her knees.

Shieldwolf also said they don't want to look like other fantasy figures. I think this also fails, as this look has been done before. I'd even go as far as saying it seems like a late '80s to '90s cliche in both miniatures and fantasy/gaming art.

Kingdom Death isn't the same thing. I don't think they're even pretending to be "sensibly clothed." And not only is that fine, if that's what they want to do and the market they are aiming for, but that would be fine if that's what Shieldwolf was aiming for. But that's not what it says in the OP.


I've also got to agree with some of the previous statements, it seems unrealistic to expect people to support a Kickstarter based on the idea that they will have to do additional sculpting to get the figures to look the way they want, or that they should support one set of figures because there may be figures they like better in future releases. I'm sure there will be people who will like these figures and will support the KS the way it is. But there is a lot of competition in the market right now, and a lot of Kickstarters to choose from. I think that a designer can only realistically expect support for the actual product being offered.

Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 08, 2015, 02:53:00 PM
...Aside from that, I have no idea how the second figure can even manage to take two steps without crippling herself with the skull horns on her knees.

We already stated that part is going to be altered  ;)

But there is a lot of competition in the market right now, and a lot of Kickstarters to choose from. I think that a designer can only realistically expect support for the actual product being offered.

And that's why we are pitching off with this plastic kit right from the start  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Cubs on December 08, 2015, 08:33:21 PM
Okay thanks, that's given me a good idea of what to expect.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 08, 2015, 09:33:09 PM
Great!  :)

Hopefully people will like the next updated pics also, although a couple of YouTube videos might be posted by bloggers in between, we have sent to and want independent sources to verify the quality we are producing.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: muncehead on December 09, 2015, 01:19:21 AM
I look forward to seeing what the valley orcs look like. Roll on the KS campaign.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 23, 2015, 02:53:24 PM
And here's some more stuff to talk about  :)

First we start with a miniature for our Orc supporters!
This is a sculpt from our first KS, the Valley Orc Shaman (there's also a youtube video of the review here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGUHS5xnvxo)
which will be available at a discounted price through our KS-2 too!

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Valley%20Orc%20Shaman_zpsotpj5lgt.jpg)

Although we offer a great visual of our products in our website, here at Shieldwolf Miniatures we go to great length to keep on working on it becoming even better! So, all 360's are being re-worked on so people can get a visual of any Shieldwolf miniature as if it was in their hands!  :D

Here's a 360 view we have been working on! (still WiP...)
http://3dhub.gr/360/


and here's a teaser of the Shieldmaidens Monstrous Cavalry Unit...   :D
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Ice%20Warbear%20Monstrous%20Cavalry_zpsssvihd5d.jpg)

According to experience accumulated from our KS-1, we will have a pledge made available for warbear mounts only (just like we did for our Siberias Lions)  :B):
We do however feel the ladies atop do make the beasts look... prettier!  ;D

Hope you like them as much as we do!   8)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: The Red Graf on December 23, 2015, 04:39:36 PM
Looking forward to this. Best of luck.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 23, 2015, 04:53:49 PM
Thank you!  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 26, 2015, 08:32:30 PM
The Ice warbears from the Shieldmaidens will be separately casted with the mounted Shieldmaidens as an addition for those who wish the bears only.
And since they are "monstrous" cavalry, here's an idea of how large these beauties are going to be  :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Ice%20Warbear%20size%20comparison_zpsxryyujjz.jpg)


(Our plastic Orc stands on a 25mm square base, the warbear is instead on a 75mmx50mm base)  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 04, 2016, 11:19:55 PM
Date has now been officially announced!  :D

Will you pledge your allegiance to the daughters of the Icy North...?

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaidens%20Tuesday%2012th_zpsam5kgph3.jpg)

...or maybe support the brutal Shieldwolf Orcs who dominate the South?

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Orcs%20Tuesday%2012th_zpsithb8m9q.jpg)

The clock is now ticking...
(exact time of launch TBC)

PS. A happy and prosperous 2016 to everyone, let this be a year of health, peace and joy!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 07, 2016, 09:07:51 PM
And just to keep things flowing... here's even more previews revealed!  :D

Hope you like them as much as we do!

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/1_zpsbwrmsxzr.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/2_zpsmbrpuphp.jpg)

Seems that Tuesday can't come soon enough!  o_o
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: majorsmith on January 07, 2016, 10:45:03 PM
I like the last two ladies, also the mammoth
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 08, 2016, 01:38:53 PM
I like the last two ladies, also the mammoth

Thank you, we are very fond of these aesthetics, hopefully people will support this vision of ours!
 :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 08, 2016, 10:49:23 PM
Last teasers before the launch, just a couple of days left now!  :D

One for the Orcs...

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Valley%20Orc%20Concept_zps9gewon1f.jpg)

And one for the Shieldmaidens...

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20faction%20last%20teaser_zps4trq8fgc.jpg)

Have a great weekend!!!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: nullBolt on January 10, 2016, 10:07:06 AM
I have to say, your orcs are very reminiscent of the boney grendels from Creatures 2, at least on the faces. lol

Can't wait for the Kickstarter. How long from end of KS to delivery of product, do you guys estimate?

(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/creatures/images/0/08/Boney_Grendels.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 10, 2016, 06:46:33 PM
Can't wait for the Kickstarter. How long from end of KS to delivery of product, do you guys estimate?

Thank you!  :)

Resin production does not worry us almost at all, we have great facilities and although hard and intensive labour we have accumulated great experience. Doing it in-house makes it secure and we can do it as fast as humanly possible once the sculpts have been delivered. What needs inevitably more time are the plastics.  8)
For those who have industrial knowledge in manufacturing HIPS, they know these things take many months. Sculpting must finish, be approved (aesthetically), be checked again and approved (for tooling issues). Then proofs must be sent, approved (yes, again) and then if all has gone according to plan go into production, mail to our warehouse after which we move on to packaging and last (fulfillment) phase.
All this obviously involves shipping times back and forth between all the parties involved (in this case England, Greece and France).  :)

Anyone promising HIPS in anything less than 10 months is either someone who is not familiar with the process, or he is familiar but dishonest about the real delivery times. I agree that KS can have unforeseen issues (heck, we should know about it, our June politics shook the whole EU!) but the important thing is trying to make it on time all the same.
I'm not saying we will again deliver to some backers earlier than promised (like we did in KS-1) but we will try respecting the set deadline within 2016 and delivering quality product. Pretending anything more is just not realistic and although we now have proven knowledge on both KS and producing HIPS that does not make us magicians and we prefer being honest than overpromising.

Hopefully you will find the answer sufficient.  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 12, 2016, 11:32:09 AM
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Daughters%20vs%20Brutal%20launches%20TODAY_zpsc9vxwq95.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Timbor on January 12, 2016, 01:40:44 PM
Looking forward to seeing what you guys have to offer.  My hobby spending is mostly on hold right now, so I doubt I can contribute, but will follow your progress nonetheless!
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" 2nd Kickstarter by Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 12, 2016, 08:05:32 PM
@Timbor
Thank you!  :D

KICKSTARTER IS LIVE!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/comments (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/comments)

Feel free to post your thoughts!
 :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on January 13, 2016, 01:35:06 AM
I'm in. I would like to see some more information on the poses of the Shieldmaidens. Even if it's just artist sketches it would help. Also, are they all going to have that hair streaming out to one side look? I would prefer some more traditional hair. Braids and such.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 13, 2016, 01:42:25 AM
Thank you for the support!  :)

Since the heads are being often talked about (and we mean to try having them also sold separately for conversion purposes since a number of sci-fi hobbyists have contacted us and would be interested; but still need to see if the tooling allows us to do so)
The aim is to have a number of them so people can choose with ease and do what they like best.

By "more traditional hair" do you refer to something like this? (don't know if you had seen this, we had revealed it over at dakka)...?

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Head%20version%208_zpspqurv0aw.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on January 13, 2016, 01:49:46 AM
Yes, not sure how I feel about the Bart Simpson hair do, but I think I like it. Extra heads would be great, thanks for the quick response.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Maccwar on January 13, 2016, 03:30:33 PM
Not wishing to be too negative but do the shieldmaidens fight all their battles in a wind tunnel? The windswept look might be nice on a character or two but a whole army might look a bit off IMHO.

I think I'll wait until these hit retail and I can see what the end result looks like before deciding on whether to get some.

Good luck with the campaign.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 13, 2016, 03:38:16 PM
Not wishing to be too negative but do the shieldmaidens fight all their battles in a wind tunnel? The windswept look might be nice on a character or two but a whole army might look a bit off IMHO.
All comments are welcome!  ;) There's a number of plastic kits designed for this race, each of which with different head versions. But in order to get there, we have to start unlocking the goodies. Also, IIRC it's not the first time a unit has such "wind-hairstyle", other plastics have been created in that version too.
I think I'll wait until these hit retail and I can see what the end result looks like before deciding on whether to get some.
Thing is @Maccwar this may never hit retail if the community doesn't help co-fund the kit. We are no KS company who is going to get the product "out there" anyway, we honestly need the additional funds! We have invested to show our commitment, now we are asking for support; it's that simple...

Good luck with the campaign.
Thank you.  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 13, 2016, 10:19:59 PM
Battle Yak revealed  :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Battle_Yak_front_view_by_Shieldwolf_Miniatures_zpskuqesg33.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Battle_Yak_left_side_by_Shieldwolf_Miniatures_zpsu4iivtbp.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Battle_Yak_rear_side_by_Shieldwolf_Miniatures_zpsauyvn9fy.jpg)

Comments as always are very welcome!!!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on January 14, 2016, 02:11:36 AM
When I saw the Yak for the first time my immediate thought was Frostgrave, I'm just not sure how to use it there. It's quirky and I like it.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: beefcake on January 14, 2016, 04:12:42 AM
I'd be interested in that when its up for retail sale. No cash now sorry.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Duncan McDane on January 14, 2016, 11:11:44 AM
Yes, very original! And thank goodness it's an unarmored unbraided version  ;). Good luck with the KS, won't join but I will pick up a few items eventually.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Cubs on January 14, 2016, 11:51:03 AM
That's a Musk Ox, not a Yak.

Just sayin'.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 14, 2016, 12:53:50 PM
Comments are always welcome, they can only do good after all...  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Timbor on January 14, 2016, 03:01:44 PM
Yup, a musk oxen indeed!

Yak:

(http://paleofood.com/pictures/game-yak.jpg)

Musk Ox:

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CXvnXeOjUEQ/UO2oUrCv4jI/AAAAAAAAD_M/mkS6AW-NHgk/s400/Musk_Ox.png)

 ;)

Regardless, I think it looks great! A very original miniature, I have not seen anything like it before.  Would love to get one eventually.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 14, 2016, 05:51:46 PM
Well, I can promise you the ice warbears are definitely going to be... bears!
Fantasy bears, but bears regardless!!  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: dartfrog on January 15, 2016, 12:43:52 AM
Ok, I've jumped on board. Would like to see more of the braids/plaited hair as mentioned. Also any extra fur/light armour torsos would be good. Not to keen on the giant weapons, but as it's plastic it's an easy get-around.

Any news about other troop types? Archers javlins/atl-atl etc.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 15, 2016, 03:42:50 AM
Ok, I've jumped on board. Would like to see more of the braids/plaited hair as mentioned. Also any extra fur/light armour torsos would be good. Not to keen on the giant weapons, but as it's plastic it's an easy get-around.

The faith is much appreciated! Weaponry is not going to be that big, but yes, heroic scale for sure!  :D

Any news about other troop types? Archers javlins/atl-atl etc.



In the other kits, let's just say we started out with the "traditional" version.
Like we say on our rulebook (IIRC page 96) downloadable from our website, there are Shieldmaiden Rangers; these have missile weaponry...  ;)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/2rd%20plastic%20kit%20all%20Shieldmaiden%20pledges._zpsigjt6tvt.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 15, 2016, 09:50:11 AM
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/ALL%20PLEDGES%20MAP%20with%20first%202%20LOCKS%20%20RED%20JPEG_zps8safvolz.jpg)

Each of the boxes = 20 multipart HIPS miniatures!!!  8)

That could potentially make the boxed game valued at 100$ for 135 miniatures!!!  o_o
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 16, 2016, 07:20:19 AM
New Update!!!  :D

The Warmaidens have been revealed...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/posts/1466966 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-vs-orcs/posts/1466966)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 18, 2016, 12:15:01 PM
2 stretch goals down, 3rd is something like a few hundred $ away from being unlocked, and more to come!!!  :D

Take a look at this graphic here, isn't this deal amazing?  8)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24362491921/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24362491921/in/dateposted-public/)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on January 19, 2016, 03:02:57 PM
And the project is cancelled.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: FramFramson on January 19, 2016, 05:16:16 PM
Well, that's a twist.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Ogrob on January 19, 2016, 05:40:12 PM
Seems like it's going to start getting hard to make people pledge money with this habit of cancelling projects.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: FionaWhite on January 19, 2016, 06:04:03 PM
Seems like it's going to start getting hard to make people pledge money with this habit of cancelling projects.

Yeah, I had planned to get in for the boxed game despite it being pretty unlikely I'd ever need that many warrior maidens or orcs.
Someone in the KS comments mentioned this:

Quote from: Someone in the KS comments
I'm not sure if this is an honest way to run a KS campaign.
You set a realistic funding goal and if that is met, you produce what you promised.
I have a bit of a problem with "Oh, but we had much more planned, we were hoping for more, let's cancel it despite being funded on the 2nd day".

I can't help but to agree with his/her sentiment.  :?
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Cubs on January 19, 2016, 06:10:40 PM
I'm not sure they're using the term 'Funding Goal' in the same way everyone else does.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on January 19, 2016, 06:13:39 PM
Yes I would agree with that as well. Not sure what they expected, this has been in the works for some time and yet they have very little to show us. Where are the artist sketches at the very least so we can see what posses are intended.  Add to that the bodies are somewhat realistic while the hair is some some sort of cross between anime and a hair commercial. The weapons are a bit over the top for my taste.

I was in for $95 this time, not sure if I will take a second bite.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Duncan McDane on January 19, 2016, 06:36:36 PM
It's a small world, the world of miniatures. And they've gotten plenty of flak already in the past.
My advise to them would be to for once to listen to their fanbase and do exactly what they want, instead of knowing everything better themselves.. After all, the potential buyers are the ones who decide with their wallet, regardless how many times you call yourself great, the very best miniatures available, highly original etc. etc.
But it's up to them, really. I hope they will release their stuff one way or the other, since some of their resin women are pretty nice  :).
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: beefcake on January 19, 2016, 11:47:17 PM
Well, better they cancel than take everyone's money, try to stretch it to meet the expectations and then fall short. Takes some guts to cancel an already funded project (if not actually fully funded in reality)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on January 20, 2016, 01:04:46 AM
But that's not why they said they cancelled it. They cancelled it because it was not doing as well as they wanted it to. They specifically said they thought it would hit 60k, but they apparently were hoping for a much bigger return.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: FramFramson on January 20, 2016, 05:35:17 AM
As Cubs said:

I'm not sure they're using the term 'Funding Goal' in the same way everyone else does.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Maccwar on January 20, 2016, 09:55:35 AM
I'm not sure they're using the term 'Funding Goal' in the same way everyone else does.

There are quite a lot of campaigns which set an initial goal which falls way short of what they will actually need to fund all their activities in the hope that they will raise a ton of extra cash and not have to dig in their own pockets to fulfil the campaign. Some people won't back campaigns until they are funded and think that the stretch goals mean that they are getting added value so setting a lower initial goal can mean you end on a higher total.

Gamers attitudes to Kickstarter have shifted over the years - had this campaign been run a while back they it might have been runaway success but in today's climate and in January when everyone is broke it is a tough sell.

Personally I was vaguely tempted by the shieldmaidens but the design choices on the weapons and hair were a bit off putting - enough for me to hesitate and remember that I have a huge pile of unpainted miniatures which I really don't need to add to at this time.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: Schrumpfkopf on January 20, 2016, 11:58:19 AM
Just 2 very general thoughts.

1. Kickstarter is what the project owners make of it. (I for example set low goals and mostly use the pledges to see how much I can develop a range beyond the initial offerings.)
2. Whatever SW did, planned and said. They made sure nobody is losing money. This is honourable behaviour in my book.

 :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: The Red Graf on January 27, 2016, 11:01:32 AM
From Shieldwolf's Facebook page-



SHIELDWOLF NEWSLETTER JANUARY 27ΤΗ, 2016


Hello everyone, and a happy 2016, with health and prosperity to you and your beloved ones!

This newsletter is being issued after long and hard discussion regarding our KS-2 "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" which unfortunately had to be cancelled. We will point out the mistakes we think we made and also try shedding some light to clear any false thoughts.

After discussing it over many many hours, we arrived at the conclusion that the main error from our part was the over-evaluation of the need for an alternative army wargame currently in the market. After monitoring and/or interacting at various forums worldwide, we had come to believe that the timing for a new fantasy army wargame was at its best moment. Our game (even at a beta version) and the quality of the miniatures we have and aim for should have been a winning combination to fill a gap in the market. Apparently most of our supporters were simply looking for some new miniatures and many even missed the fact that they were receiving an enriched version of our rulebook, which is the ultimate purpose of the company (i.e. to create an army game and the miniatures to support it).
The issue with the mid-campaign slump which we said we had prepared for, is something that too must be cleared. In a 30-day campaign, we were expecting a slump between the 15th and 25th day. Unfortunately this happened just after the 7th  day (!), so just as we explained on our update #5 at that moment it became pointless thinking the aces we had up our sleeves would suffice to maintain the momentum.
Another issue that came up was the funding goal. We find it funny having to address that, but it is just we do so. People that were informed about us know that when we launched our first Kickstarter (KS-1), we stated “we want to fund five full armies” and we commenced with a 5,000$ goal. Not a single person complained about it, since it’s obvious that the goal was set in order to build upon and it naturally wasn’t enough even for a single (let alone five) full armies!
For our KS-2, we took it down to two armies (Orcs and Shieldmaidens) and asked for 30,000$ to co-fund the first plastic kit, everything else was already available and either co-funded in KS-1 or had been directly made available from Shieldwolf. People who hadn’t been following us implying that the goal was too “low” have simply misunderstood what the ultimate goal was about.
However, we would still like to make it as clear as humanly possible that we have assumed full responsibility for the miscommunication.

Having to press the “Cancel Funding” button was a very difficult thing for us, one we had thought we would never have to bother with. If people think that it was an easy choice, they couldn’t be more mistaken! We would kindly like to remind that a lot of time, effort and funds have already been invested by Shieldwolf and by cancelling the project it is us who risk losing all of it, while securing that our supporters don’t risk a single penny or waste of their time by needlessly allowing this to drag on. In our book, that is honorable behavior and it is a sign of who the people behind Shieldwolf are. We have made a name for ourselves in the past years regarding customer service, communication and high quality product; it means a lot to us, we are proud of it and we would never risk/gamble/jeopardize it for any reason!

This brings us to the next point: where do we take it from here?

After having cooled our heads a bit, we united in our HQ to discuss the options. For two consecutive nights we have been debating vigorously of what do to. The main perplexity is that if army wargaming is dead or dying, the number of people willing to start a completely new army such as the Shieldmaidens or the Orcs will not suffice to make back the investment made by Shieldwolf. This brings us to whether army wargaming is infact dying or not however.
We have decided to give it one more chance, this time with some variations however. In this new approach we will work with our supporters (there are still 312 tenacious backers who held on to their pledges even knowing the project was being cancelled), and show of drafts of how the new project is going to be like. We appreciate all feedback, comments, suggestions etc and are looking forward to interacting with you once again. Whatever happens when this launches, even if it funds for a tiny tiny bit, we will carry it on and deliver just like we have done in the past.

If army fantasy wargaming (meaning rank n’file mass army gaming) has a strong future ahead, then this plan with the new project should not have any issues. Fingers crossed it all works out and we are looking forward to your comments.

Thank you.

The Shieldwolf Team.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" is LIVE AND FUNDED!!!
Post by: pocoloco on January 27, 2016, 11:40:47 AM
Just 2 very general thoughts.

2. Whatever SW did, planned and said. They made sure nobody is losing money. This is honourable behaviour in my book.

 :)

QFT.

I see no reasons to complain by any customer of theirs, past, present or future.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Duncan McDane on January 27, 2016, 11:44:21 AM
I think they want too much at the same time. Start small, maybe with 2 small warbands and some easypeasy skirmish rules, in order to get their name spread and establish a fanbase.
WFB, KoW and the like weren't established in a day, either...
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Cait Sidhe on January 27, 2016, 11:49:30 AM
So they admit that they purposefully low balled the funding target but people were just "misunderstanding" what their goal was... got it. If I'm understanding properly are they saying they intended to fund the remaining cost themselves? Either way they hit their funding goal and had 23 days left but still reckoned they didn't get enough cash to cover the costs so that's clearly an issue.

I don't consider it at all honourable, as they and some people in this thread do, to set a funding goal which is clearly nowhere near enough to actually produce what they're offering just because they decided not to just take the cash and run.  :?
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: jon_1066 on January 27, 2016, 12:54:28 PM
Has anyone actually looked at their rules?  If they want to produce a new mass battle game with figures to match they should really try and produce a new game not just re-hash Warhammer Fantasy Battle.  It's a total knock off.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 27, 2016, 04:11:27 PM
So they admit that they purposefully low balled the funding target but people were just "misunderstanding" what their goal was... got it. If I'm understanding properly are they saying they intended to fund the remaining cost themselves? Either way they hit their funding goal and had 23 days left but still reckoned they didn't get enough cash to cover the costs so that's clearly an issue.

That's a negative @Cait Sidhe, we never said that we low balled anything!, on the contrary we said that the funding was enough for the first plastic kit to get things rolling. That was a 30$K funding goal, I'm pretty sure you'll agree that doesn't sound like low balling.
Also, yes, we cofund this project just like we cofunded KS-1, we had 3$K SG to fund... a dragon! That's how much we had asked for and mind you we funded two of them in our KS-1...  ;)
I don't consider it at all honourable, as they and some people in this thread do, to set a funding goal which is clearly nowhere near enough to actually produce what they're offering just because they decided not to just take the cash and run.  :?

30$K was enough. To further prove this, rest assured that the same number is going to be set in KS-2.5 if we pitch again with the same plastic kit.
Also, we don't run. We have invested too much not to stick around  :)

Has anyone actually looked at their rules?  If they want to produce a new mass battle game with figures to match they should really try and produce a new game not just re-hash Warhammer Fantasy Battle.  It's a total knock off.

We had over 100 playtesters worldwide saying about the innovative things our game brings. There are obviously some similarities like all army games, some basic principles (troops, commander etc) are shared by many. The differences however in both game-play and strategy make the two games totally different, from the very start of the deployment phase till the target priorities that drive the gaming experience. (and we're not even referring to the hardcore version where diplomacy and dominion get introduced, along with cards and the campaign map, concepts completely alien to the game you mentioned.)
A final note, the law firm ruling over us confirmed that there are definitely no issues as these have sound basic differences that should allow us IP protection once published. That should say something by itself ;-)

We try to monitor as many forums as possible, we have nothing to hide and if we haven't answered to someone it's because (only human after all) must' ve missed it! If something isn't clear, please point it out, we will be happy to address it once brought to our attention.
We on the contrary would like with the occasion to note that we appreciate the existence of all forums that allow us to interact with the community!  :)

We are actively in open dialogue with our KS-2 backers and trying to be as transparent as possible, being behind computer screens doesn't always help...  8)

I think they want too much at the same time. Start small, maybe with 2 small warbands and some easypeasy skirmish rules, in order to get their name spread and establish a fanbase.
Maybe no skirmish rules made by us at least (we could always use unoficial fan based ones if any of our supporters wants to go into the trouble), but we will aim smaller before spreading. As we said, we overestimated the market's wants, maybe we can revisit that in a few years from now and in the meanwhile keep on building our range as you suggest. Today this sounds more reasonable :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Cubs on January 27, 2016, 04:36:22 PM
Wait, so are you saying that you got enough funding or you didn't get enough funding?

If you got enough funding, why has it been cancelled?

If you didn't get enough funding, why was this set as your goal?

Forgive me if you've answered this clearly and I've just missed it, because I honestly can't see the answer to either of these questions.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: FionaWhite on January 27, 2016, 04:41:51 PM
Wait, so are you saying that you got enough funding or you didn't get enough funding?

If you got enough funding, why has it been cancelled?

If you didn't get enough funding, why was this set as your goal?

Forgive me if you've answered this clearly and I've just missed it, because I honestly can't see the answer to either of these questions.

You know I was about to ask the same thing.
If 30'000 was enough to create what you and the backers both wanted... why wasn't it enough?
Obviously the backers would've been happy with what they were getting already, otherwise why would've they backed at all?
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: jon_1066 on January 27, 2016, 05:04:55 PM
...
We had over 100 playtesters worldwide saying about the innovative things our game brings. There are obviously some similarities like all army games, some basic principles (troops, commander etc) are shared by many. The differences however in both game-play and strategy make the two games totally different, from the very start of the deployment phase till the target priorities that drive the gaming experience. (and we're not even referring to the hardcore version where diplomacy and dominion get introduced, along with cards and the campaign map, concepts completely alien to the game you mentioned.)
A final note, the law firm ruling over us confirmed that there are definitely no issues as these have sound basic differences that should allow us IP protection once published. That should say something by itself ;-)
...

I am sure you had some innovative things in your game but you still based the combat resolution on the Warhammer one with Warhammer stat lines.  I know you can't copyright or patent a game mechanic, hence why you aren't infringing their IP, but "roll to hit, roll to wound comparing Strength vs Toughness" Really?  Are you actually going to get many backers from players reading rules like that?  It certainly turned me right off
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 27, 2016, 05:19:30 PM
Wait, so are you saying that you got enough funding or you didn't get enough funding?
If you got enough funding, why has it been cancelled?
If you didn't get enough funding, why was this set as your goal?
Forgive me if you've answered this clearly and I've just missed it, because I honestly can't see the answer to either of these questions.

We have already answered this but we appreciate the interest and we are happy to answer it again.
We wanted two full armies, we commenced with the first plastic kit. So yes, the first kit was funded (co-funded to be exact, we are putting our money along with the backers) but it didn't seem like it was going to reach far enough to fund the two full armies we wanted to (illogical expectations regarding our Stretch Goals also led to this, regardless of how good a deal we were offering to start with). Like others have said, if we had set 150-200K funding goal, it would have never funded anyway so it was a logical target to set and take it from there. You will agree with us that 30$K isn't exactly "peanuts" as a backer said in his own words...

Now that we have seen that the game won't have the support we were aiming for, we have decided to take a further step back and take it even slower. This was not how the KS-2 had been structured however, and the false expectations we carried led to this. Maybe (like @Duncan suggested) we can re-examine this after a few years and in the meanwhile focus on a larger miniature range. Thankfully from backers comments in our KS section we still have a great interest and people supporting the project.

@jon_1066
It's not quite like that, we have simplified statistics (and other things like movement, type of terrain etc), it's kind of hard to explain the vast differences we have with the game you refer to from a computer, we trust in time people will like it when we have a chance to demonstrate it better. The whole background we have created the past years and many armies that have nothing to do with what other fantasy systems have, also give our game a different... "flavor".
ETC 2016 held here in Athens is going to be a golden opportunity for us to show how complex and interesting it is, starting with the skirmish units and the "lay traps" rules that can literally change the game from the very start. Hopefully we will be able to upload pictures and details after the event while visitors from around the world will get the chance to comprehend it better from close up and interacting with our people.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Cubs on January 27, 2016, 05:53:46 PM
So, you set the funding goal for a single army when you weren't going to continue the project unless you got funding for two? Is that the answer?

Or you changed your mind part way through the kickstarter when you saw the numbers and had a rethink of the overall project?

I'm not trying to be awkward or aggressively grill you or anything, but with respect the wording of the statements, seems to be a bit evasive and circling round the issue of why the goal was reached, but the project abandoned, without being specific.

Mistakes happen and all and all such lessons are valuable I'm sure. But knowing what the thinking is behind these kickstarters and what the funding goal represents to Shieldwolf will help people decide whether to back them in future.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 27, 2016, 06:20:20 PM
So, you set the funding goal for a single army when you weren't going to continue the project unless you got funding for two? Is that the answer?

No @Cubs, not for a single army, we set the goal to (co-)fund the first plastic kit and take it from there. This type of tooling, the sculptor(s) commissioned and the materials used are the most expensive, but that's what we aim for.

Or you changed your mind part way through the kickstarter when you saw the numbers?

Lol, no, we think we are more serious than that, changing our mind isn't part of the plan and the math had been done several times before launching. Starting a KS project and not fulfilling (or fulfilling badly) can be very damaging for the company's profile. Also, we avoided dragging this and tried to save as much time as possible for both us and the backers involved.
The combination of us stating we would launch only 1 project every year (which apparently is a mistake) and not seeing that the two armies will fund (due to false expectations from our behalf, we have already admitted that) along with what we consider irrational demands made by a large number of backers who never backed the project to what we considered a very good deal from the start (and we simply didn't have anything else to make it even better without putting the project into risk) led to the cancellation.
We need to work again on it, send out a draft, see what backers think of it and take it from there. It is still a product that has no equals to anything else available, so why not bring it to life?  :)

Edit: We don't see your questioning as aggressive or anything, on the contrary it is very politely stated and we appreciate the tone.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Cubs on January 27, 2016, 06:33:51 PM
Again, I'm struggling a little. From my experience of Kickstarter (and this is purely my own opinion, I may well be misguided), the funding goal is used as the bar for the project to go ahead and then anything additional to that is a bonus (for both backer and launcher).

Are you saying that you saw it differently and that your funding goal was just covering the initial expenses you had calculated for the 2-army project then? But your stretch goals then needed to be hit to make the project realistically viable in the longer term?

If that's the case then I see the issues and think I understand where you're coming from.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 27, 2016, 07:02:06 PM
From our Kickstarter experience (and it's probably much smaller than yours) the only projects that can directly ask for a substantial amount of money to fund and have a good chance in doing so are from companies that have a very large and established backer community and usually fund projects that would anyway make it into retail.

We on the other hand, even by cofunding the plastic kits (which almost no-one else does AFAIK) genuinely need the additional support in order to make it into retail, otherwise they will simply never be manufactured.
If we dared place a funding target of e.g. 100-120$K, I think you will agree with us it would have never funded. We never hid that, we had said it prior to the campaign, but since it was not clearly communicated we charge it on us and we assume full responsibility.
We will try to have it crystal-clear in the next project as we feel we learn from our mistakes however. :-)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Peithetairos on January 28, 2016, 03:42:19 AM
Might indeed be an idea to just try and fund one set at the time, as you suggest. Then you can slowly extend the range and in say 2 years time have two full armies and a rulebook. I don't think 28mm rank and file is dead, but I always got the feeling true mass battle games tend to work better in 15mm or even smaller scales.

With the jury still being out on the success of AoS maybe create a skirmish version with the campaign rules of your game as a direct competitor with similar mechanics to Warhammer (but not a carbon copy) and cool background flavour? I think Skirmish gaming with some campaign added is hot at the moment or even large scale skirmish stuff like Aurelian, DB and Dragon Rampant.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 28, 2016, 10:49:45 AM
@Peithetairos
Admittingly our expectations are far more measured now, and we will indeed take it one step at a time. Actually half a step at a time, since what we thought we were doing before was one step also, lol!  :)

We also think that making the draft available before launching is going to help us receive the community's feedback and hopefully assist all of us (creator & backers) to make this work out for everyone.
We have already commenced working on it (we have named it KS-2.5) and with a little luck we will have it ready before January ends, since we aim to relaunch next month.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens vs Orcs"
Post by: The Red Graf on February 10, 2016, 01:31:39 AM
This was posted on the Kickstarter page today and I have to say it sounds promising.

Update #6

Feb 9 2016

Update #6: Project relaunches... revised!

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A warm hello to everyone :-)

[This is going to be a little long to read, but hopefully the events that took place the past weeks are for the better!]

So... as you all know the project "War is Coming: Shieldmaidens vs Orcs" was cancelled some 20 days ago. There was a very grey cloud of sadness here at Shieldwolf HQ when this happened, for a number of mistakes took place and for which we assume full responsability. The discussions and feedback we received however have been vital for this project and the decision to relaunch KS-2.5 might end up working for everyone involved. After the cancellation infact, almost 800+ comments have been exchanged in the comment section, showing there is still great enthusiasm to what we can accomplish.
Click here for current draft!

We don't know exactly where to begin with on this update, so we will first try answering some questions you may have.


What are the differences in this KS-2.5 compared to the KS-2 which was cancelled?
-This project is no longer about the creation of two complete armies, expectations have been minimized.
-While all previous pledges will again be available, the weight falls on the Shieldmaidens alone. A separate Orc campaign will be launched for the Valley Orcs at a later date.
-We will see how much this funds and take it from there, since we are cancelling our "no KS will be launched without the other fully completed" Policy; it did more harm than good.
-MSRPs have been added to show clearly the amount of savings we are offering.
-This project will not includes rules nor fluff. This was one of the biggest over-estimates from our side and this time it's going to be a miniatures only project.
-This project with the help and suggestions of the backers has a different yet viable Stretch Goal organisation in order to please what backers asked for during KS-2.
-We have made an additional pledge level available (Garrison army) for those interested in only one of our two centerpieces (Mammoth or Dragon) currently available.
What is the new funding target?It's exactly the same as before, $30,000. That's the funding we will need to bring at least the Shieldmaiden Infantry kit to life.
What are the chances KS-2.5 gets cancelled again?
Zero. Even if it funds at 30,001$, we will deliver as promised.
Will you be allowing switches on the pledge levels this time?
For the same reasons we stated before, that is probably not going to be possible due to our limited manpower.
Will the "money-back" guarantee still be available?Yes it will. We have faith in our product and our abilities and place a lot of stock in our reputation.We also trust that when people actually get hold of these new miniatures they will be very pleased and proud to have supported this project.


Here's a better look at what our twin-headed Dragon looks like (for all those who messaged us that they didn't want it). Please note that this is the 54mm scale product (to be made available at retail in the next couple of months probably), but still a production miniature and a jewel of our collection. (we recommend watching in HD)


Hopefully this shows better what the miniature really looks like.

What are these new Stretch Goals you mentioned?

Here, have a look! :-)


So, what are the Shieldmaiden Rangers?

Maybe it's best to show a picture, yes? :-)

(click on image for a better view!)
(click on image for a better view!)
We think you will like this unit a lot, it's a very characterful unit which AFAWK also has no other equals to it. Worldwide!

But what about the Warmaidens?
The Warmaidens have been designed to be created after the Ranger kit funds. For those who are interested to know, yes, the 2xfree boxes are still going to remain as such once we reach it. Also, in case we do not succeed in reaching it in this KS-2.5, another project is going to be launched to fund the Warmaidens, allowing pledge levels with Warmaidens only (thus people who already have Shieldmaidens won't have to pledge for those again). When the Warmaidens show up, they will also have a Raiding Party, Starter Army, Garrison Army and Campaign Army made available.
E.g. a Starter Army would have (2x20=)40 Warmaiden Infantry, 3xYeti Riders and 2-3 Characters, while a Campaign Army is going to have something like (3x20=)60 Warmaiden Infantry, 3x Yeti Riders, 3-4 Characters and a Grand Yeti w/howdah + crew.

Do backers from KS-2 backing again receive any rewards?
While we thought a lot about it and we like the idea, we really don't know how to make the pledges even more enticing than they already are without risking to go off balance (math is math after all!). Also, some backers didn't know that their pledges would be automatically cancelled once the campaign did, so they messaged us letting us know that they are very willing to jump back when it relaunches.
Considering all this, we have decided to proceed in offering this SG reward instead


Why are you relaunching so fast?
That's a very easy question to answer. While resin production is in our hands and we have complete control over it, production for the plastics is with Renedra and we have very precise slots registered many months now. If we delay, we will lose them and that means waiting even longer! If we want to keep our delivery date for this project for December 2016, we need to have collected the necessary funds by mid/late March. At the latest!

So.. big question. WHEN does this KS-2.5 relaunch?

We have contacted our USA collaborator since this is a new project and a new contract has to be signed. If everything is in order by this weekend, the project will launch on Tuesday 16th, 14:00 EST and last for 15-16 days. We are pretty confident that's going to be final but will have to confirm that in the next couple of days however since we need to have the new contract in our hands first.

Thank you!

The Shieldwolf Team.

PS. We are open to any comments/questions/suggestions etc you'd like to pose :-)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens army" RELAUNCH Febr. Tuesday 16th!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 13, 2016, 05:35:29 PM
Hello again!

Seems like @RedGraf has beaten me to it, draft of KS-2.5 is 99% ready https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/375078872?token=683d3e0f (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/375078872?token=683d3e0f)

What we had to say is summarized atop I guess on update #6 but we are always very open to answer any questions you might have. Having worked the past weeks with the backers of KS-2 this time, we think the new formulation of this project will leave both sides happy  :D

Thank you for your support!  8)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens army" RELAUNCH Febr. Tuesday 16th!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 16, 2016, 07:07:39 PM
The project is LIVE!  8)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/comments (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/comments)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/The%20project%20is%20LIVE_zpsq7dpvbos.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens army Reboot" is LIVE!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 17, 2016, 12:00:36 PM
And first update is up!
We got a lot of feedback on our take concerning the Siberias Lions some time back, let's see how people like our take on.. the bears!  :D

This is the sculpt, we find it very detailed and very battle-worn just like a warbear should be!  8)
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Warbear_A%20sculpt_zpswx7pzcxy.jpg)

And here's the painted version of how awesome this miniature looks with a bit of color on it! ;)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Warbear_A%20painted%20by%20Matteo%20Donzelli%20for%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpsvyupqdyj.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is live! BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Duncan McDane on February 17, 2016, 01:49:21 PM
Pretty good, but I feel you should make the armour/saddle/cloth optional, say, like some metal parts people can stick on the bear or leave out. That way you serve both parties  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is live! BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 17, 2016, 04:12:43 PM
Yeah, that's a good idea in order to have even more variability!
One of the reasons we didn't do this (same goes for the lions) was because of the leather straps, they would be impossible to cast (and live) as they would be way too thin, and would probably not fit well anyway on top of the already sculpted fur to look "natural". The hobbyist would have to stick the pieces of armor or saddle on top of the model and would not look as realistic (kinda "where does this hold on to?")...

Other than that (e.g. the cloth you mentioned) would have been a nice way to go with.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is live! BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Duncan McDane on February 17, 2016, 04:26:20 PM
I understand, but what if you would make it optional? Say, you leave out space in the bare sculpt where people either can insert metal/resin cast remaining fur of put in/on the armour etc. ?
The kit already is multi-part so almost all buyers know how to put them together and fill out the gaps?
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is live! BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Timbor on February 17, 2016, 05:36:43 PM
Hmm, I don't think that leaving areas blank to fit the straps and informing customers to 'fill it in themselves' would sell very well.  Likely the only way to do it would be to offer an alternate sculpt for purchase which would require a significant amount of extra expense and work.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is live! BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 17, 2016, 06:00:57 PM
Hmm, I don't think that leaving areas blank to fit the straps and informing customers to 'fill it in themselves' would sell very well.  Likely the only way to do it would be to offer an alternate sculpt for purchase which would require a significant amount of extra expense and work.

+1
And the final miniature would definitely not have costed $15 via KS which is already insanely good value compared to what the MSRP is going to be like.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] "Shieldmaidens army Reboot" is LIVE!
Post by: Grimmnar on February 19, 2016, 12:12:04 AM
And first update is up!
We got a lot of feedback on our take concerning the Siberias Lions some time back, let's see how people like our take on.. the bears!  :D

This is the sculpt, we find it very detailed and very battle-worn just like a warbear should be!  8)
(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Warbear_A%20sculpt_zpswx7pzcxy.jpg)
Two things that xaught my initial attention.
The claws are way too big and not formed right.
How does the helm stay on?

Grimm
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! And BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 19, 2016, 10:36:09 AM
Glad you like it!  :D

Well, we have never been asked this before but the sculptor had to be faithful to the concept art and so he was. Worst case scenario if someone doesn't liek them (YMMV, no arguments there!) one trims them, easiest thing in the world  ;)
As for the "helmet", we didn't want to use straps that would cover the face or anything like that would be ruining the model; instead the rear end of it is attached to the armor behind it, you might not be able to see it from this angle though.
 :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! And BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 20, 2016, 07:42:47 AM
Current Stretch Goal list
:-D

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2032500%20UNlocked%20%20JPEG_zpsjmsofcp7.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2035000%20UNlocked%20%20JPEG_zpslevdsmua.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2037500%20UNlocked%20%20JPEG_zpsshsw78p0.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2040000%20locked%20%20JPEG_zps9cscmiyo.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! And BEARS revealed!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 21, 2016, 06:15:42 PM
Even during the weekend which is traditionally slow, you have shown your support on this awesome range and we THANK YOU!  :D
More Stretch goals and add-ons revealed!!!

This beatuful Army Banner Bearer goes FREE to all Gold pledge levels  :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2040000%20UNlocked%20%20JPEG_zps2bbt84uh.jpg)

This instead is the next SG, this time a beautiful add-on!    :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2042500%20locked%20%20JPEG_zpsuoaajuoi.jpg)

And for the Mammoth, we don't just lie back and keep boasting the best worldwide, we keep on trying to make ti even better!!!  8)

Enjoy... the Battleborn!  :D

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Battleborn%20add-on%20JPEG_zpsmt4ayzv0.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 21, 2016, 10:20:49 PM
We have updated the graphics now :-)

ADD-ON MAP
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24552056003/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24552056003/in/dateposted-public/)

PLEDGE MAP
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24344847864/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24344847864/in/dateposted-public/)

STRETCH GOAL MAP
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24797269769/in/dateposted-public/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24797269769/in/dateposted-public/)

LATEST UPDATE
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1497740 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1497740)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 22, 2016, 11:54:35 PM
Less than $200 to go for the next SG!!!  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 23, 2016, 10:35:32 AM
And it is now UNlocked!!!  :D

Great job people!  8)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2042500%20UNlocked%20%20JPEG_zpsqcwtezyf.jpg)

Moving on to more plastic parts, this awesome new SG allows for two more armoured version types on the sprues. Best part? It's FREE!  ;)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Proposed%20concept%20for%20bodies%20A%20B%20and%20C%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpsxku3ohzb.jpg)

Which do you like most?  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Original Timmy on February 25, 2016, 01:47:44 AM
The "Non-bare Midriffs" upgrade stretch goal is now unlocked and added for free to certain pledge levels,

There is a vote taken place in the KS update for which 2 out of the 3 designs will be used for the upgrade.

A:37

B:28

C:22

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1498554

The next stretch goal is for a Shieldmaiden Shieldlord added for free to certain pledge levels.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 26, 2016, 06:05:32 AM
Closing in the $50K SG and even more plastic goodness awaits!  :D

In the meanwhile can you guess what these are?  ;)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Thing%20of%20the%20caves%20teaser_zpsibpd5rps.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 26, 2016, 03:03:43 PM
Is it that hard?  :?

OK, never mind!  ;)
We are preparing the 2nd weekender for those who want to read something else till we wait for the next FREE mini to unlock and then pack even more plastic goodies on the sprues -this time the Command!
*so excited*  :D :D :D

Thank yoy for your support!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 27, 2016, 08:01:48 AM
Woohoo!!!

You guys are great, that's some awesome support we are receiving, thank you!  :D

One more Stretch Goal smashed and it was on a Saturday, wow!!!  8)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/50K%20unlocked_zpsisyunvqu.jpg)

This ride is so much fun, this was posted by one of the backers! Cool!  ;)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/PLEDGE%20NOW_zpsmhigjmdt.jpeg)

So, let's keep this train moving, off to even more plastic, check this out!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1503497 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1503497)

And as always, thank you for your support!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Duncan McDane on February 27, 2016, 10:34:58 AM
Well, it's getting better and better. I probably will be backing at silver level in order to get some nice add-ons en freebies.
Impressed by the Yak and the Ice Wolves, a must in my book, and some of the resin maidens look quite tasty too  :D.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Original Timmy on February 28, 2016, 08:09:04 PM
The Shieldmaiden Shieldlord is now unlocked and added for free to certain pledge levels.

Shieldmaiden Lord with crossbow has now been added to the available add-ons.

The next stretch goal is for the command upgrade sprue, added for free to all boxes of Shieldmaiden infantry.

The following command sprue upgrade pictures are WIP and subject to change.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: The Red Graf on February 28, 2016, 10:50:00 PM
Not a huge fan of the weapons, but I have a lot of plastic kits. I suspect there will be some kitbashing in my future.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 29, 2016, 11:01:00 PM
3rd stretch goal involving additional plastic goodies has been unlocked!!!  :D
The hard-plastic kits have now become an amazing value for money!  8)
On to bear territory now!  ;)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/description)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Original Timmy on March 01, 2016, 12:00:49 AM
Updated unlocked Stretch Goal list.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Original Timmy on March 01, 2016, 06:08:34 PM
Ice War Bear b and rider b are now unlocked.

Next stretch goal is Ice War Bear c and rider c.

425/500 backers for a free sprue of Shieldmaidens
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaiden army is FUNDED! Army Banner unlocked!!!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 01, 2016, 09:28:50 PM
You guys are amazing!

Bears unlocked, off to the plastic Shieldmaiden Rangers!!!

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2060000%20UNlocked%20%20JPEG_zpsdmv0l0m6.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Stretch%20goal%2060000%20UNlocked%20PACK%20JPEG_zps8eugvr2i.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Rangers%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures%2070K_zpsqpjh1xak.jpg)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:PLASTIC RANGERS, less than 48 hours left!
Post by: Neldoreth on March 02, 2016, 12:06:21 AM
This looks very, very good...

I *almost* jumped in on this, but then I saw the shipping dates... If I bought in now, I'd have forgotten what I bought in for by the time the items shipped :(

Looking forward to seeing these release next year though!

Thanks
n
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:PLASTIC RANGERS, less than 48 hours left!
Post by: The Red Graf on March 02, 2016, 01:35:20 AM
It's one thing I really like about Kickstarters. The stuff shows up out of the blue months are even years after I ordered it and when my wife cocks her beautiful eyebrow at me and gives me that what the hell have you done look I just smile and say oh I ordered this years ago and it finally showed up. It works wonders.  lol
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:PLASTIC RANGERS, less than 48 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 02, 2016, 08:58:18 AM
@Neldoreth

Thank you regardless, we are glad you like it. Delivery date can't be any sooner I'm afraid, plastic tooling takes a lot of time and we mean to be honest about it.  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:PLASTIC RANGERS, less than 48 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 02, 2016, 07:31:53 PM
Less than 24 hours left, so very close to both SGs now

Rangers upgrade: 2,300$ still needed!

Backers free sprue: 481/500!


Yep! One last day to ride!  :D
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:PLASTIC RANGERS, less than 24 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 02, 2016, 10:46:54 PM
Ranger are now unlocked, only 2 backers needed for the "500 backers" SG!

Wow, these last hours are amazing!!!  :D

Here's even more coolness coming out!  8)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20on%20Icecrusher%20locked%20JPEG_zpslbwtuluv.jpg)

Thank you for your support, you have helped us create an awesome and unique army worldwide!!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:New Warbear! And less than 20 hours left!
Post by: Original Timmy on March 02, 2016, 11:44:50 PM
500 backer SG reached and a free sprue of Maidens to all pledges
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:New Warbear! And less than 20 hours left!
Post by: Original Timmy on March 03, 2016, 03:45:57 PM
Icecrusher add-on is unlocked, during the night free alternative KS exclusive dragon heads for certain pledge and Shieldlord b add-on have been unlocked.

Next stretch goal is Shieldlord c add-on.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:New Warbear! And less than 20 hours left!
Post by: Original Timmy on March 03, 2016, 07:30:57 PM
The campaign finished with $82.022, congrats to everyone that got involved
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens army-REBOOT FUNDED!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 03, 2016, 10:44:35 PM
Hello everyone!

We would like to just drop by and say a "thank you" for your support!
It means a lot to me and my Team.

Angelos.
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:New Warbear! And less than 20 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 21, 2016, 11:46:35 PM
We have posted the update for the Pledge Manager (PM) which is ready  :D
First 100 backers have already been notified, will do so with the rest in the following 2-3 days!  :)
Title: Re: [KICKSTARTER] Shieldmaidens FUNDED! SG:New Warbear! And less than 20 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on May 10, 2016, 10:36:32 AM
Just dropping by to let anyone tracking from Lead Adventure forum that the next scheduled update is due around the 20th of this month.
We trust you will like what we have to show you! :-)

Edit: Oh, and the 54mm scale miniatures are now also available via our webstore at a currently discounted price at -20%!  :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzMolQFCocU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzMolQFCocU)

Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread 54mm Dragons now available!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on August 28, 2016, 08:19:38 AM
More news from our latest update!   :)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1666251#comments (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1666251#comments)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 06, 2016, 11:30:28 PM
More progress from our Shieldmaiden Army  :D

The Army Banner Bearer painted by the talented Matteo Donzelli  :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Army%20Banner%20Bearer%20front%20view%20JPEG_zpsmlikn21y.jpg) (front view)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Army%20Banner%20Bearer%20rear%20view%20JPEG_zpstdsbnfoo.jpg) (rear view)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Army%20Banner%20Bearer%20side%20view%20JPEG_zpssh3mm9cj.jpg) (side view)

And coming next month the Shieldmaiden Chieftess on Icecrusher (Work in Progress)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20Work%20in%20Progress%20front%20view_zpsah45rknx.jpg) (front view)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20Work%20in%20Progress%20side%20view_zpsxgrrpr8w.jpg) (side view)

Next up more info on our plastic Goblins!  :D

Thank you for reading!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 21, 2016, 06:32:33 AM
Shieldmaiden Chieftess on Icecrusher... thank you for helping us bring more 28mm scale miniatures to life!  :)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20on%20Icecrusher%20front%20view%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zps5ymmv5mm.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20on%20Icecrusher%20side%20view%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpsygbvknwq.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Chieftess%20on%20Icecrusher%20left%20side%20view%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpslqtgmr8q.jpg)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Icecrusher%20next%20to%20an%20Ice%20Warbear_zpspcst0awo.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Timbor on September 21, 2016, 01:28:33 PM
I like the bears, great job on those!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 07, 2017, 05:50:29 PM
Less than 100 days left for the sceduled release of this army...  :D

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/ice%20bears%20production%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpszwu5zsvj.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 25, 2017, 12:21:28 PM
Previews (and a whole lot more!) of the sprues revealed!  8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baak31EilaY&t=62s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Baak31EilaY&t=62s)

They are around the 3' mark for those who are in a hurry!  ;)

We are eager for people to get them in their hands and share their opinionson them, along with everything else the KS produced naturally!  :D
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on April 19, 2017, 09:08:45 PM
The main wave has shipped and Shieldmaiden armies are already reaching our supporters worldwide.
We appreciate your being there for us once again!  8)

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/all%20done_zps8dbdqpgh.jpg)

The plastic kit along with a couple of heroes are already up for pre-order, as promised we first delivered to our backers before putting this into retail.

(http://i902.photobucket.com/albums/ac221/Shieldwolf_Miniatures/Shieldmaiden%20Infantry%20and%20Rangers%20box%20art%20by%20Shieldwolf%20Miniatures_zpsx5xigcxk.jpg)

The link for those interested is http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=134 (http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=134)

Thank you!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: tomrommel1 on April 20, 2017, 09:47:52 AM
Just ordered a box
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on April 20, 2017, 11:46:19 AM
Another box for Frostgrave...
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on April 24, 2017, 08:09:49 PM
Thank you for your support!  :)

More coming.... a lot more...  >:D
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: The Red Graf on April 24, 2017, 11:24:51 PM
Is there anyway to get the tracking info from DSL for our pledges?

Thanks,
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on April 25, 2017, 07:17:42 AM
@Red Graf
After the last of the parcels gets sent out (a couple are on their way back due to wrong telephone numbers or stuff) as they (DHL) regurarly notify us with emails, we will receive the final DHL report with tracking numbers and what happened to each and every parcel, I mean what trip did it take.
Majority of the parcels have already been delivered, last time I checked at least. We should calculate missing parcels or mistakes (that also are due to us, i.e. Shieldwolf) after we receive the final DHL report. Till then I have no means of informing individually for DHL tracking numbers, apologies for any inconvenience.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: The Red Graf on April 25, 2017, 03:24:39 PM
No worries, I know that's a lot of balls in the air. I will hopefully see mine in the next few days.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on May 25, 2017, 06:26:49 PM
Shieldwolf Miniatures Newsletter, May 22nd 2017


A good day to all wargamers! Many things have taken place ever since our last newsletter –and some of which you’ll be very interested in learning about!

The major news is that Shieldwolf Miniatures has decided to enter the sci-fi army wargaming scene. With the revelation of the Shieldmaiden Army opening the way to foretell the abilities and potential of Shieldwolf Miniatures, we aim to make a grand entrance in sci-fi to service our supporters who ever since we showed up have questioned whether the company would ever enter the sci-fi market.
For this reason, besides our co-funding of fantasy, all other funds reserved for the production and copyright fees of “Heroquest(TM)” will be committed in the development of sci-fi armies instead. The Shieldmaiden project with your support allowed us to create not only a highly affordable but also the only complete great quality Female Barbarian fantasy army worldwide.
With the augmented knowledge we received from this project and with your pledged support and constant encouragement, Shieldwolf Miniatures aims even higher, raising the bar like never before!
Our next project features a complete Female Paladin fantasy army, a Female Paladin space army and a Shieldmaiden Space army! All done in hard plastic and polyurethane resin, with the quality you have come to expect from us; KS-3 will be offering *huge* affordability to honor the backers who place their faith in us once again and we are very excited to pick up the glove and attempt to make these armies into a reality.
The initial planning had us combining the initial funding sprue with enough parts out of which one could choose to either build a sci-fi or fantasy army. This idea will not be implemented however as the person that Angelos has brought aboard has suggested we do different sprues instead for each genre.

As you probably know, we gave the backers of this project here the decision of what comes first as a token of additional appreciation for their support; we cherish your opinions even if they are not always implemented. So, our supporters decided that Wolf Wardens come first at funding level.
We are even considering to tilt our Warmaidens (who we are looking very forward to since it will allow us not only to create a very unique faction but also prove the super dynamic posing we can offer with our know-how) in favor of the Paladin faction as we mean to supply not only our supporters with a wider range but also commence supporting the Kingdom of Talliareum (human race).

The date of the KS-3 (we are calling it like that to abbreviate) was May 30th, but recent developments have resulted in that KS-3 launch date will be postponed, so we are currently looking at a late summer campaign. It will all depend on how quickly KS-2.5 wraps up, we predict end of June but real life happens and we never make promises we won’t keep.
We are all very eager to launch this new crowd funding project and create more unique high quality affordable armies, but we will not allow backers from our previous project not to be dealt with first! Considering you might have been in their place -even if you happen to be among those who already have your rewards in front of you- we think you will agree with us.

On another note, we must also make reference to the commissioned work we undertake for various companies worldwide. Having produced literally tenths of thousands of miniatures for manufacturers of three continents in more than ten countries, we have reached the point where our production slots are currently all filled out. This forces us to take necessary action so we will not be taking any further commissions for the entire 2017. We appreciate the interest and faith you’ve shown but Shieldwolf Miniatures aims to maintain the same high standards of quality in both product and service and recognize our limits. For further information and reservation of our production slots for 2018 please proceed in contacting us via the usual channel.

Thank you.

The Shieldwolf Team.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on June 22, 2017, 03:18:49 PM
Teasers for the next project, more unique and affordable quality armies planned! Help us bring them to life!  :)

(http://i.imgur.com/g2zwmes.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/hHMNI2n.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/ErPWleJ.jpg)

We hope you like them as much as we do!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on June 24, 2017, 08:00:03 AM
Shieldwolf week by MTG!

So, MTG decided to dedicate an entire week of reviews on what the KS-2 offered showing off finished product received by one of the backers.
We are on day 6, so one last to go!  :D

Day-1 (plastic kit)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35OGGF4VY4E&t=61s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35OGGF4VY4E&t=61s)

Day-2 (heroines)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6j46KagV0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv6j46KagV0)

Day-3 (Roc)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwPfWZeMsQ&t=80s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uwPfWZeMsQ&t=80s)

Day-4 (Ice Wolves)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EH71KYf3Pk&t=11s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EH71KYf3Pk&t=11s)

Day-5 (Battle Yak)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcht85Vt20 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdcht85Vt20)

Day-6 (Twin headed Dragon)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2itit_AxIWQ&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2itit_AxIWQ&feature=youtu.be)

Da-7           ???
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: FionaWhite on June 24, 2017, 02:25:12 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/g2zwmes.jpg)


It might just be me but the gun stock for the sci-fi version looks pretty awkward.  ???
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on July 06, 2017, 09:39:26 AM
KS-3 teaser video is up!  :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigrZVyAhOc&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xigrZVyAhOc&feature=youtu.be)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on July 06, 2017, 10:12:59 AM

It might just be me but the gun stock for the sci-fi version looks pretty awkward.  ???
I have to agree with you there.

The recoil path does not line up with the butt stock, it also looks awkward to interact with the armour.

The old Traveller socket arrangement on Battledress (and the Aliens machine gun mount)  makes sense, especially where you have complicated armour of this kind.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on July 06, 2017, 02:38:15 PM
@Ultravanilla @FionaWhite

That's very good to hear, also because the only part of that artwork that won't be transfered faithfully will be -you guessed it-... the guns! (final sculpting has them more sci-fi generic)  :)

We have renders prepared as well, we consider this our "big" KS, so let's see how things work out and how much people like them or not -hopefully the former!  :D
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on July 06, 2017, 08:51:44 PM
@Ultravanilla @FionaWhite

That's very good to hear, also because the only part of that artwork that won't be transfered faithfully will be -you guessed it-... the guns! (final sculpting has them more sci-fi generic)  :)

We have renders prepared as well, we consider this our "big" KS, so let's see how things work out and how much people like them or not -hopefully the former!  :D
Excellent.

The APC or tank teaser is interesting.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on July 06, 2017, 10:05:51 PM
Excellent.

The APC or tank teaser is interesting.

Thank you! We have proceeded in different takes on each sci-fi race for their vehicles, so Sisters of Wolves get viking looking ones, Sisters of Faith ecclesiastic types, etc etc.
Fantasy armies get monsters instead.
We'll be showing off more once we get closer to the launch date, we wish for the KS-2 to be fully completed first though.  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on July 07, 2017, 08:05:45 AM
... We have proceeded in different takes on each sci-fi race for their vehicles, so Sisters of Wolves get viking looking ones, Sisters of Faith ecclesiastic types, etc etc.
That is intriguing, just please no mobile Doctor Phibe's or Captain Nemo's keyboard instrument using pipes.

Subtle nods rather than cathedrals and long boats.

I do look forward to seeing more of the designs (though Future Wars might be a better place for them, I am an infrequent visitor here).

Oh, and I still need to provide this young lady with some winter clothing ^___^.
(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-78mSoHA9C7w/WP2Zpq5NF9I/AAAAAAAACJE/JW-L5UX-fz8WXWvgfZov6P6X0uSLSPRfgCLcB/s1600/shieldmaiden1-6.png)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on July 07, 2017, 09:32:58 AM
I appreciate the council, I'll post there too as we are doing both fantasy and sci-fi versions this time.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on July 07, 2017, 09:42:06 AM
I appreciate the council, I'll post there too as we are doing both fantasy and sci-fi versions this time.

Excellent, thanks.

I look forward to your posts.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on July 30, 2017, 08:25:14 PM
New teaser, this time for the western armies (female paladins, both sci-fi and fantasy)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sbf9oeyDq0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sbf9oeyDq0)

And the big news of the month, new HQ for Shieldwolf Miniatures!  :D

(http://i.imgur.com/ohyex41.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/kptoVq8.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 07, 2017, 12:20:33 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/lIaTWm1.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 18, 2017, 07:24:28 PM
The project is live, thank you for your support!  :D

(https://i.imgur.com/uwrC37H.jpg)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds?ref=349914&token=30c0ee1f (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds?ref=349914&token=30c0ee1f)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 21, 2017, 10:53:42 AM
FUNDED!!!

Thank you all! Now, onwards to stretch goals, there's a sea of stuff awaiting!  :D

(https://i.imgur.com/eWwnOIQ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/0DDTdXE.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/GYadOlc.jpg)

LINK to the project!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/description)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 25, 2017, 07:00:11 AM
Moving on steady and nicely, our next plastic kit will be the female paladins!

Thank you for your support!


The project has funded and we are unlocking Stretch Goals!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/description)

(https://i.imgur.com/uwrC37H.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/i5SLYFJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pCrDhpE.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/EEDNnTB.jpg)

And monsters, heroes and a whole lot more!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 26, 2017, 06:36:57 AM
Posting the relative pictures here if people wish to make multi-part plastic female paladin armies (both sci-fi and fantasy) a reality!
(https://i.imgur.com/6SKOfXF.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/pT8CZlb.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/IzsMmzu.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oo9p0uC.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ZvrU7LK.png)
(https://i.imgur.com/P8RUeqh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sXelw1w.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oObALV3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/KlXmbDa.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/npfwMsM.jpg)

Thank you in advance for your support! :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Cait Sidhe on September 27, 2017, 09:45:20 AM
What's with the weird box gloves attached to the sisters' guns?  ???

The guns also look too huge and heavy to be being held in one outstretched arm like that. I know it's sci-fi but the balance of the pose looks way off because of it.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 27, 2017, 04:10:53 PM
Yeah, the arm guards are going to be retooled, as for the larger ones they are going to be two-handed  :)

New SGs coming up, Order unlocks at 45K.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Duncan McDane on October 03, 2017, 09:33:11 PM
And cancelled. C&D or it didn't quit reach their expectations?
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: The Red Graf on October 03, 2017, 09:52:12 PM
And cancelled. C&D or it didn't quit reach their expectations?

I can't imagine that Raging Heroes sailed through their Kickstarter with no visible conflict with GW an this one had an issue. More likely they weren't happy and pull out early again.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Schrumpfkopf on October 04, 2017, 07:56:14 AM
There's a different message if there's an IP conflict from what I remember.
This has seemingly 'just' been cancelled.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Cait Sidhe on October 04, 2017, 12:21:10 PM
And cancelled. C&D or it didn't quit reach their expectations?

Cancelled by them not KS, as Schrumpfkopf says there's a specific message for IP claims. They cancelled a previous KS as well from what I recall cause it didn't meet expectations. Really doesn't inspire confidence in projects when the goal amount is clearly being massively low-balled from what is really required.  ::)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Duncan McDane on October 04, 2017, 01:38:37 PM
Check. Still no follow-up from their headquarters. Hopefully I can get their yeti's at a later stage...
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: FionaWhite on October 04, 2017, 03:48:41 PM
Cancellations aside, am I the only one here who is confused about the "Dragonbred" part?  ???
Like... I was expecting some sort of cyber-dragon riders or something but the only dragon I saw was an optional addon from the earlier fantasy range.
Is it meant to be a reference to the vehicles or something?
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 08, 2017, 03:48:46 PM
Cancelled by them not KS, as Schrumpfkopf says there's a specific message for IP claims. They cancelled a previous KS as well from what I recall cause it didn't meet expectations. Really doesn't inspire confidence in projects when the goal amount is clearly being massively low-balled from what is really required.  ::)

You should read the update, backers from the previous campaign also falsely accusing of low-balling (can I use that as a verb? ) were proven wrong. Funding target of the new project will again be 30K and it is definitely deliver if funded just like we always do  ;)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Timbor on October 10, 2017, 02:45:55 AM
I read the update, seems like a logical approach... you do some due diligence and if the situation changes, best to keep your business protected. I for one was more interested in the paladins than wolf-ladies (though my hobby budget has diminished a bit of late). I think your track record in the 2 projects you have seen to finish gives you a good footing to trust that you will do your best to get things right.

Looking forward to the new launch regardless.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - KS3 is LIVE and FUNDED!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 10, 2017, 08:43:10 AM
Thank you @Timbor.

Rest assured we don't enjoy cancelling a KS but will not hesitate to do whatever necessary to protect both the bussiness and customer base.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 17, 2018, 03:45:24 PM
Hi again everyone,

a happy 2018 and enjoyable wargaming to everyone!  8)
While we are very pleased with all the support we have received from you for our female paladin project(s), rest assured a lot and various stuff is in the pipeline for this year.
Pitching a better demonstration of the nordic army, which will be further reinforced to accomodate all current owners lokking to expand this army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNZpoOdikw&t=93s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNZpoOdikw&t=93s)

Thank you.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 24, 2018, 08:21:48 PM
2018 will see us uploading some videos for those interested in "War is Coming".
We hope you enjoy them!  :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1K19D_Ykx8&feature=youtu.be (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1K19D_Ykx8&feature=youtu.be)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: pocoloco on January 24, 2018, 08:45:35 PM
Hi again everyone,

a happy 2018 and enjoyable wargaming to everyone!  8)
While we are very pleased with all the support we have received from you for our female paladin project(s), rest assured a lot and various stuff is in the pipeline for this year.
Pitching a better demonstration of the nordic army, which will be further reinforced to accomodate all current owners lokking to expand this army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNZpoOdikw&t=93s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNZpoOdikw&t=93s)

Thank you.

On the video, none of the crossbow wielding warriors seem not to be really aiming/shooting with them. Are you planning to offer that possibility as well?
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 25, 2018, 04:00:26 PM
Hey there,

thanks for pointing that out (and allowing me to clarify). That's simply because they are rank n' file so they all had fairly "loose" hold of their weapon.
The arm joints have ball pointed shape, so you can by all means have them aiming straight ahead (but won't be able to fit rank n' file if you do that).  Please note that is valid for the models holding the crossbow with both hands too :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: pocoloco on January 25, 2018, 07:19:50 PM
Hey there,

thanks for pointing that out (and allowing me to clarify). That's simply because they are rank n' file so they all had fairly "loose" hold of their weapon.
The arm joints have ball pointed shape, so you can by all means have them aiming straight ahead (but won't be able to fit rank n' file if you do that).  Please note that is valid for the models holding the crossbow with both hands too :)

Sounds good, thanks for the explanation. :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 26, 2018, 12:22:01 PM
Anytime  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 11:37:37 AM
Hi guys,

a small heads up that the special discounts regarding the pre-orders are up!  :D

Thank you.

http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=83 (http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=83)

(https://i.imgur.com/oVPYIsK.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on June 13, 2018, 08:53:33 AM
New releases for our Talliareum(R) Ogres!

(https://i.imgur.com/TEU5s7O.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/OZpYZkG.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/DV7tqBi.jpg)

http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=73&sl=EN (http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=73&sl=EN)

Thank you!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: beefcake on June 13, 2018, 09:17:30 AM
I like those ogres. Kind of how I expect ogres to be, as wide as they are tall. :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Duncan McDane on June 13, 2018, 11:02:37 AM
Yeah, those are quite good.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on June 13, 2018, 06:23:35 PM
Thank you!  :D
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Belgian on June 13, 2018, 06:37:32 PM
Looking awesome, great work!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on June 14, 2018, 09:06:02 AM
Thank you, we like the character they are supposed to bring to our world as a faction and we think both sculptor and painter did very good work on them!   :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 30, 2018, 10:03:13 AM
After the recent tragedy we lived through, a small glimmer of hope in the face of our plastic little paladins...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPnjzvBqFgY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPnjzvBqFgY)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: robh on October 30, 2018, 12:50:08 PM
Good little video, shows the figures off really well.

What is happening with the Ogres?  Are they for release as they are or part of a forthcoming project?
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 30, 2018, 04:08:04 PM
Ogres are already available, currently even with a small discount  8)

http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=73
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Sisters of Talliareum)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on November 07, 2018, 04:03:27 PM
Readying to ship out!  8)

Thank you all once again for your support!

(https://i.imgur.com/KFGhaiZ.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/2tOYPFP.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Plastic Female Paladins released)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on November 14, 2018, 11:48:38 AM
The official video presentation of the female paladin army.
Thank you all for the support and interaction  :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPnjzvBqFgY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPnjzvBqFgY)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Plastic Female Paladins released)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 22, 2019, 10:05:57 AM
Wartoad cavalry... among other goodies!  :D

(https://i.imgur.com/mUZYuOe.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Bloggard on January 22, 2019, 01:44:50 PM
you can't go wrong with toads - good stuff  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 22, 2019, 04:02:45 PM
Thank you!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: aircav on January 22, 2019, 06:38:19 PM
Really liking the look of the forest goblins 👍👍👍👍
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: dartfrog on January 22, 2019, 08:01:36 PM
Toads got my vote.  :D
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Darathar on January 23, 2019, 12:18:27 PM
Are you going to be doing that box of forest goblins from the last Kickstarter? I was so annoyed they didn't get funded I want those so bad!! 
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 23, 2019, 03:20:43 PM
Yes, we will. There are 3 plastic kits for the inafntry and then we got more for cavalry, monsters etc.
There will be a number of changes this time compared to the previous project, e.g. the Forest Goblins Infantry kit will be full/complete from the very start (i.e. funding target). No stretch goals.
Plus we got Drotts (Common Goblins) and Drottchins (SciFi Goblins) included too this time as SGs. Again, multi-part hard plastic kits tooled at Renedra.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Darathar on January 23, 2019, 11:25:43 PM
Awesome thanks shieldwolf! Was hoping they'd be out one day. I'll be backing them for sure.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Longstrider on January 25, 2019, 04:27:59 AM
I'm in for this. I'd backed the last time too, so I'm hopeful that this time it will go through. The toad cavalry looks great!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 28, 2019, 08:40:22 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/2SmaKPg.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 28, 2019, 11:58:59 AM
And here's more!  :D

(https://i.imgur.com/Uzlz9C0.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 30, 2019, 07:50:36 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/jzmWh97.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 31, 2019, 11:17:57 AM
Have we shown this yet?  :D

(https://i.imgur.com/0yO0SCr.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Tim Haslam on January 31, 2019, 12:00:38 PM
 :D
More please!!!!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on January 31, 2019, 03:40:55 PM
(https://i.imgur.com/t6zAK7V.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/fX9ZXAu.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/LzmS25m.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/AXhRKzE.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 01, 2019, 10:04:07 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/Jkqzqvx.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shaved Dwarf on February 01, 2019, 10:14:33 PM
Ah, the Legolas Move™, at last!

No, wait... the bow had to be horizontal to qualify!
 :D
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 04, 2019, 07:27:30 PM
We'll... let him know!  ;D :D

more teasers!

(https://i.imgur.com/h52kzOX.jpg)

(https://i.imgur.com/si4mWVz.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 05, 2019, 10:55:01 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/wS5mesp.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 07, 2019, 04:06:21 AM
Here's the link for the draft, C&C very welcome!

Thank you for your consideration.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/2005980162?ref=748826&token=36a64e8d (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/2005980162?ref=748826&token=36a64e8d)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Psychopomp on February 07, 2019, 06:16:09 PM
How are these going to scale with other miniatures?  What's the actual height of a goblin?
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 08, 2019, 08:38:44 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/nh2sc40.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Psychopomp on February 08, 2019, 07:43:35 PM
Thank you for the response!

Unfortunately, they're a bit large for what I'm looking for.  I prefer my goblins short and weedy.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 08, 2019, 10:33:37 PM
That's perfectly fine, we know we won't be able to please everyone.
We appreciate the consideration all the same  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 11, 2019, 02:10:32 PM
Last WiP report, getting really close now!

(https://i.imgur.com/WdItnct.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: maxxev on February 11, 2019, 09:09:01 PM
My 2 pence and I know, not everyone's taste but here we go anyway.

Too large
The lack of necks are a problem for me
The heads reflect the comedy goblins from old warhammer days, not the serious looking goblins we are now seeing which are far superior IMO.

I also think the frog squig things are very silly looking, static and much too round.

I personally am disappointed as some well plastic forest goblins would be very cool but I couldn't back these in their present appearance. Still good luck with the kickstarter,  I certainly don't want new plastic projects to fail as I would love to see what could be brought out in the future.

Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 12, 2019, 04:28:32 PM
All feedback is appreciated, we know we won't please everyone.
Commenting on your points (without the intent to change your mind, just pointing out)

1. The market's tendency is to enlarge, we have been doing so  afew years now, and apparently larger companies (way larger) are doing the same, so we just follow what most people are asking for.
2. HIPS limitations have this, it's not forgiving like resin but that's the penalty hobbyists have to pay in order to get a) great number of miniatures b) multi-part options and c) convertability access.
3. We are trying to stress in every way we can that our goblins have nothing to do with that, they are master engineers, very acute, very bloodthirsty etc. We have our own game  under development, but lacking resources to fully develop it. So, we have to passionately build it up, stone by stone.
I don't even know what the serious looking goblins you are referring to are, I mean, what range?

Anyway, we appreciate the feedback all the same and the sincere wishes for our succesful Kickstarter. Here's one more teaser, most may remember this.

(https://i.imgur.com/DF5s1Yx.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: mithril on February 12, 2019, 04:47:45 PM
You might want to give the back end of that frog rider's saddle some extra texture. Right now it looks like it just sorta merges with the frog's back. Having two different obvious textures to the thing (one for the saddle, one for the frog's back) ought to help make them seem separate without having to stick in a tricky undercut.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 13, 2019, 07:17:15 AM
@Mithril
I see what you mean. Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 13, 2019, 11:29:32 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/HJxXqiv.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Godwin on February 13, 2019, 11:35:28 AM
  :o
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Tim Haslam on February 13, 2019, 07:49:25 PM
Wow! :o
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: mithril on February 13, 2019, 08:53:22 PM
makes me wish i had the budget for a kickstarter..
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 15, 2019, 06:55:56 AM
Dropping this to give an idea of the Stretch Goals planned for this project.
Thank you all for your consideraion.

(https://i.imgur.com/urq9u5o.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Tim Haslam on February 15, 2019, 10:09:07 AM
So a full army of common goblins planned or just the one box of plastics?

Love 'em
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 15, 2019, 10:31:36 AM
We have a full army planned for them (characters, monsters, cavalry), but in order to keep the SG reasonable we will opt to fund their box of plastics and some characters to begin with, after which we will see what else will be unlocked. Plus we have their sci-fi version too, so...
These are a SG afterall, so we don't dare show more than already shown.
Thank you for your input.  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 18, 2019, 07:49:09 AM
Going live today.

(https://i.imgur.com/m1G26bf.jpg)

Thank you all in prior to the launch for your consideration!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 18, 2019, 04:07:22 PM
Aaaand.... we are LIVE!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-goblins/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-goblins/description)

Thank you for your consideration!   :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: General Lee on February 18, 2019, 06:09:10 PM
backed
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 18, 2019, 08:30:23 PM
Very much appreciated General!  :)

It's pretty soon to show off too much yet, we've only been live a few hours. Here's a first rough (very rough!) teaser of things to come!

(https://i.imgur.com/1TcbKGG.jpg)

Thank you!
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: mithril on February 19, 2019, 02:54:14 AM
wish i had the budget for this.. even with the basic $50 raiding party pledge, i could probably make a pretty neat starter Kings of War Goblins army. (minimum model count and multibasing FTW)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 19, 2019, 04:34:24 AM
Hi @mithril,

oh well, timing with Kickstarters is always tricky (and random!),  one can never know... heck, we launched in the final hours of yet another CMoN KS, (which, naturally, gathered a few hundred thousand dollars ), certainly not the best timing, but one can never know no matter how well prepared he/she is!
Hopefully by the end of the project you might have come up with a lucky break or something, we believe the value for money is there even without any SGs. Going pretty solid so far, hopefully we fund within the first days so we may start piling SGs!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: mithril on February 19, 2019, 06:25:01 AM
probably not, the cold weather lately has really messed up my income, but these definitely will be on my shortlist for a future army when they hit regular sales. (always thought Goblins ought to have a more tribal aesthetic)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 19, 2019, 07:30:25 AM
Well, weather too is an unknown.
Retail release will have these in resin and not plastic though, if the KS doesn't go through it means there's little sense in the company spending tenths of thousands of pounds in order to create something that doesn't have a market for it.
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 19, 2019, 04:13:30 PM
100+ backers... swell!  :D

(https://i.imgur.com/7WyKb5a.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 20, 2019, 05:36:10 PM
2nd day has finished and Kicktraq shows we are doing very nice indeed!
Here's hoping numbers are even higher, the more we unlock the greater for everyone involved!  :)

(https://i.imgur.com/J8YD9tC.jpg)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 21, 2019, 09:53:33 AM
Update #2 going up!  :)
We hope you like them!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 21, 2019, 03:46:56 PM
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Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 22, 2019, 09:34:31 AM
Some pictures from terrain.blogspot.com
Let's bring this new hard plastic unique army to life!  :)

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Thank you for your consideration!

PS. From Monday we will be raining add-ons, also from other factions!  8)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Goblins)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 25, 2019, 03:53:23 PM
We have made 3 out of 5 army bundles available from items of our webstore (in the next 48 hours to reveal 2 more, the Orcs and the Ogres). This is their LAST chance to make the hard plastic Forest Goblins a reality. Even if you are not interested, a  simpleshoutout can help.

We appreciate your consideration.  :)

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Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Armies)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 26, 2019, 03:38:35 PM
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Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Armies)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 01, 2019, 10:43:34 AM
Picking up some momentum now!  :D

Remember, this is break-it-or make-it, the 2nd and only chance left for the Forest Goblins get to become a hard plastic kit!  8)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-goblins/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-goblins/description)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Armies)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 02, 2019, 12:18:16 PM
Pity that we will probably not be showing off vehicles, warmachines and other goodies we had in store for this project, we did leave some teasers and the promise to follow up on this however in order to complete the range, i.e.  even if we don't unlock the Drotts &Drottchins (they unlock contemporaneously), the funding of the Forest Goblins project will make us commit to make the Drotts & Drottchins our very next KS project.

Dropping these here  :)
Have a great weekend everyone, here's hoping for an awesome last 5 days of the project!  :D


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Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Armies)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 04, 2019, 10:11:02 AM
LAST 3 DAYS!

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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-goblins/description (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-goblins/description)
Title: Re: (KS) Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (Next up: Hard plastic Armies)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 05, 2019, 05:26:53 PM
Closing in the last 48 hours! This is going to be close!  :)
Title: Re: (KS) Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (LAST 40 HOURS!!!)
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 06, 2019, 07:20:26 AM
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Title: Re: (KS) Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread-----(FUNDED!!!) 29 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 07, 2019, 09:52:35 AM
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Title: Re: (KS) Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread-----(FUNDED!!!) 13 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 07, 2019, 09:52:40 PM
That was an awesome ending to a campaign that managed to fund the creation of something genuinely unique. The project has a long way to go unitl we can call it officially a success,but gratitude reigns among the Shieldwolf Team members.

Thank you all!
Title: Re: (KS) Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread-----(FUNDED!!!) 13 hours left!
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 13, 2020, 07:14:41 AM
As the company has almost completed delivery of the Kickstarter (having started shipping earlier than projected no less!).... Pre-orders are up!

http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?sl=EN (http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?sl=EN)

Thank you for your consideration!  :)
Title: Re: Shieldwolf Miniatures-Official News thread--Plastic Forest Goblins now available
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on December 24, 2020, 10:29:26 AM
The Shieldwolf family is growing!

We don't simply hire people, we invest in them!
And since we are growing, we are investing in more, so if you're interested, let us know by sending us an email info@shieldwolfminiatures.com!

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