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Title: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: Hydra on 29 August 2012, 09:27:22 PM: Hi Everyone:

Dark Platypus has been working on some amazing monsters for his "Tentacles and Eyeballs" project on Kickstarter. The link is http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806737090/tentacles-and-eyeballs-an-rpg-horror-miniatures-se (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/806737090/tentacles-and-eyeballs-an-rpg-horror-miniatures-se)I have seen the sculpts personally since Andy at Dark Platypus does all my casting for my company Hydra Miniatures. However, I have no stake in the venture--I am just impressed by how cool these sculpts look.

In particular, the Dark Mother is menacing and huge (7" wide or 178mm). It looks very appropriate for Cthulhu gaming and I'll probably buy one for my Strange Aeons project. I could see it as a godling since it is so massive!

-Matt Beauchamp
Hydra Miniatures
www.hydraminiatures.com
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: Malebolgia on 30 August 2012, 01:16:12 PM: TBH, not a fan of the sculpting. Too soft and it misses that 'professional touch' I'm used to with the miniatures that I own. Love the concept for most of them though.
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: robh on 30 August 2012, 01:56:43 PM: I think they are great BUT..........$270 for a set :o

Pass.
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: styx on 30 August 2012, 02:15:48 PM: Quote from: robh on 30 August 2012, 01:56:43 PM
I think they are great BUT..........$270 for a set :o

Pass.

Yea, that is the problem with some Kickstarters, too expensive and well it is hard to get someone to consider investing. Like the Apoc project that is up, just too expensive for a game I may not get into, the figures are nice...but the value isn't there...
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 30 August 2012, 03:53:37 PM: Quote from: Malebolgia on 30 August 2012, 01:16:12 PM
TBH, not a fan of the sculpting. Too soft and it misses that 'professional touch' I'm used to with the miniatures that I own. Love the concept for most of them though.

I don't know about that, I think the style works well on most of them, especially the Bloodkiss and Deep Mother and Aboleth. Nice to see all three of those done suitably huge - although they are a little pricey.

If nothing else, they should be flawless castings - the ones he does for Hydra are absolute perfection, Dark Platypus could teach even GW and Reaper some lessons about moldmaking and quality control.
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: Knightofspades on 02 September 2012, 12:40:54 PM: Congrats on reaching your goal. I really like these figures especally the deep mother and the doom kiss.
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: tnjrp on 03 September 2012, 08:28:05 AM: I quite like the bigger thingies, especially DeepMother and the Alibeth. Unfortunately their cost makes pledging for them from here in Finland prohibitive :?
Title: Re: Kickstarter: Tentacles and Eyeballs
Post by: Chief Lackey Rich on 04 September 2012, 11:11:40 PM: $30K stretch goal for a froghemoth? Best of luck - wouldn't mind owning one of those myself.