Denizens of Azor: Man-Apes and more Man-Apes!

[Alxbates]

Great Stuff Alex !!! I can't wait to see what can bring us the 'Eye of the Cyclops' and these encounters set !!! Any idea when you are going ahead with you Kickstarter??

Pfft... maaaaaaaan, I dunno.  At this point, the cover artist is so late finishing that dang cover painting that I don't know.  I had hoped to launch it this summer, but, at this point, maybe January or February?  Nearly all of the miniatures are sculpted, most of the background book is written, all that I need to do on my end of things is draw the map and get the booklet laid out.

But the cover art is such a big part of things I don't want to launch the KS without it being finished.

That's partly why I've been having figures like the Queen and the Princess sculpted, I want to be ready to launch the Royal Court campaign encounter set immediately after the Eye of the Cyclops is finished with fulfillment, and that's something that I can get done now.  I've approached an artist who is well known for his work on Edgar Rice Burroughs properties (Tarzan, Pellucidar, John Carter of Mars, etc) for the cover art for that one - I anticipate a much smoother process for the art there.

-Alex

[Codsticker]

I really like your terrain features- some great stuff!

[Alxbates]

Several people have asked about this, so I've updated my product and price list to include photos!  No more digging through years of old forum posts to find out what my stuff all looks like!

http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=76128.msg931070#msg931070

[Alxbates]

Matt Gubser has been working on not one, but TWO more Man-Ape sculpts for me!



Both of these sculpts, like the original Man-Ape, have a separate right arm that fits on any of the three bodies.  There's a new head, too, so that makes three heads, three bodies, and three right arm options.  You can now make a unit with some variety, although in Azor these are very rare beings and you would be unlikely to encounter more than two or three at once.









These sculpts are at the caster right now (along with a few other things...), and they'll be available for purchase probably right after Christmas, I think.

-Alex

[DintheDin]

Really awesome sculpts!!! When painted, they'll look terrific! Cheers!

[Panama]

That's an a amazing bit of work 

[Arundel]

Those look smashing, Alex. Can't wait to see them painted!

[d phipps]

Fantastic!

[von Lucky]

That last one has a lovely dynamic pose.

[Alxbates]

Still plugging away at the contents of the Eye of the Cyclops Kickstarter - here's the cult leader and the Eye itself, painted by Pennyfew Painting.









The Trilobites & horseshoe crab are at the caster now, I should have those available in a month or so.

[DintheDin]

Fantastic color combination! Perfect! Cheers!

[Duke Donald]

Brilliant new additions to a fantastic line on minis!

[d phipps]

Fantastic! 

[Alxbates]

Roy Duffy of Duff Paint just did an amazing job on the Queen (Name Not Determined Yet) and Princess Amal-Tea.





The Queen's makeup is inspired by historical Anatolian face paint like this Helen of Troy here:



And Dave Cauley's trilobites & critters have been mastered, production molds are at the caster now, I should have them for sale in a few weeks.





And I'm really, really excited to show off this mock-up of my very first printed material for Azor, the Eye of the Cyclops game booklet.

The artist (I found a new one!) assures me that the cover painting - a physical oil painting - will be finished by the end of February, so, I can launch the Eye of the Cyclops KS in March.  You're seeing it here first!  I'm a little apprehensive about posting this publicly as I'm afraid of jinxing it, but Didier Normand has so far been doing a great job with this piece and I just couldn't wait any longer to show it off.



I know that I've really been in need of some printed material (yeah, it'll be available as a .pdf, too) to flesh out the setting & background a little bit, so this will be the first taste of what I hope to be a series of sourcebooks for Azor.

[d phipps]

Fantastic!