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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: Schrumpfkopf on December 14, 2015, 09:41:13 AM
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Please come and visit us here.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/westfaliaminiatures/the-halfmen-army-pugnacious-halflings-in-28mm
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Lotta love for Halflings going around at the moment.
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It's the season to be merry and eat until you burst... A perfect time for Halflings. ;)
Best of luck, Schrumpfkopf!
Looks like you'll be funded within the hour?
Edit: Nevermind, you're already there. Well done!
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It's the season to be merry and eat until you burst... A perfect time for Halflings. ;)
Best of luck, Schrumpfkopf!
Looks like you'll be funded within the hour?
Edit: Nevermind, you're already there. Well done!
Thanks :--)
I am really happy it's working out. This is of course also to the excellent feedback!
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Must be a good feeling to have doubled your target so fast (counter's at 1718 as I type).
I just wish I had the cash on hand to go for the Collectors pledge, plus any stretch goals that get reached. But december being a spendy month, I've had to be a bit more modest.
The models will be part of the regular Westfalia Range after the Kickstarter, right?
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Amazing. I like the crazy preacher that was just unlocked!
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Wow, that was fast! :o
Just waiting for my salary, then I'm in!
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Thanks everybody!
Must be a good feeling to have doubled your target so fast (counter's at 1718 as I type).
I just wish I had the cash on hand to go for the Collectors pledge, plus any stretch goals that get reached. But december being a spendy month, I've had to be a bit more modest.
The models will be part of the regular Westfalia Range after the Kickstarter, right?
Yeah I guesss December might not've ben the wisest choice. But again - it leaves me with enough time to handle everything.
Some models will be KS exclusice I'm afraid. THe rest will go into the shop eventually.
:)
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Good to see the Kickstarter up! Been waiting excitedly for iit :)
But where, oh were, is that amazing female human fighter?
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To help The Cause, I posted the kickstarter photo & link on Tom's Boring Mordheim Forum AND the Reaper Forum. THE BEST OF GOOD LUCK!
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Wow, all the EB pledges are gone! Sucks to live on the other side of the world and miss the start because I was sleeping... o_o
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Some models will be KS exclusice I'm afraid. THe rest will go into the shop eventually.
Great, that means you'll likely be getting another order from me, a few months down the line. :D
I'm guessing/hoping anything not marked KS exclusive will go into the shop? What about the stretch goals, will they be KS exclusives or will they be used to expand the range?
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Good to see the Kickstarter up! Been waiting excitedly for iit :)
But where, oh were, is that amazing female human fighter?
Hidden in the stretch goals!
To help The Cause, I posted the kickstarter photo & link on Tom's Boring Mordheim Forum AND the Reaper Forum. THE BEST OF GOOD LUCK!
Thanks Nala!
Great, that means you'll likely be getting another order from me, a few months down the line. :D
I'm guessing/hoping anything not marked KS exclusive will go into the shop? What about the stretch goals, will they be KS exclusives or will they be used to expand the range?
Eventually all will go into the shop. Some of the KS exclusives will be released with modifications. Some Stretch goals were really aimed at the Halfmen and some are fun stuff that I wanted for my own collection and that could be used as mercenaries.
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Put a big post up on wargamesgazette and pledged myself!! only to see that it is already funded!!!!!
Very well done indeed!!!
Keep up the good work and hopefully you raise a lot more money to bring us even more halfmen!!
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For the Halfmen unit deals, will there be an equivalent deal for the now-unlocked halfmen-at-arms?
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For the Halfmen unit deals, will there be an equivalent deal for the now-unlocked halfmen-at-arms?
Sorry about the EB - I really didn't think that would happen this fast!
The foot knights come with a lot more options than the normal rankers. That and I only have 2 atm. I intended them to work as alternative unit champions mosty, but I could see myself organising a small unit of foot knights. Hmmm Maybe i have 2 more bodies made, then I guess it would work.
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would take a half men at arms unit too into my pledge
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I'm in and really excited about the figures already!
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Bloody hell you're off to a good start!
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Sorry about the EB - I really didn't think that would happen this fast!
The foot knights come with a lot more options than the normal rankers. That and I only have 2 atm. I intended them to work as alternative unit champions mosty, but I could see myself organising a small unit of foot knights. Hmmm Maybe i have 2 more bodies made, then I guess it would work.
No worries on the EB, such things happen! With the foot knights, you have alternate arms already, so a smaller unit size of 6 or something should not have too much repetition. If they are being used for Dragon Rampant, the foot knights are usually smaller sized units anyway.
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No worries on the EB, such things happen! With the foot knights, you have alternate arms already, so a smaller unit size of 6 or something should not have too much repetition. If they are being used for Dragon Rampant, the foot knights are usually smaller sized units anyway.
Good point. I shall add another Add on item soon.
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Plus, you could add the add-on as-is, and if you opt to include alternate sculpts/variants, I doubt anyone would complain with you swapping out the repeated models for different poses. Heck, you could even make that a little stretch goal if you run out of them ;)
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yes good idea doing them in 6 men units !!
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Plus, you could add the add-on as-is, and if you opt to include alternate sculpts/variants, I doubt anyone would complain with you swapping out the repeated models for different poses. Heck, you could even make that a little stretch goal if you run out of them ;)
Ok - I need to think on how to handle that. The sculptor time is tied into lots of goat-ish things and I don't want to compromise March as the delivery date...
I am still surprised by the number of people joining the campaign and by the amount of funds.
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Great start with the KS 8) Hopefully there will be still many more stretch goals reached :D
I'm in for a small army currently and aiming to get some of the stretch goals as extra but have I missed something or how does one add extras with the pledge manager? Or do I just now add extra dosh to my pledge and when the KS closes I then inform you what I want as extras?
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I am still surprised by the number of people joining the campaign and by the amount of funds.
You shouldn't be - the models are beautiful and anything with an Oldhammer flavour is going to drag money out of wallets.
Halflings aren't my personal thing or I'd be all over it. I can't wait to see what's lined up for future releases (maybe Beastmen if I read your hint right).
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And never mind my previous post o_o Managed to sort it out and upped my pledge and pushed the total over 11K :) So now waiting to see the next stretch goal revealed :D
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You shouldn't be - the models are beautiful and anything with an Oldhammer flavour is going to drag money out of wallets.
Halflings aren't my personal thing or I'd be all over it. I can't wait to see what's lined up for future releases (maybe Beastmen if I read your hint right).
I know Oldhammer has no real definition, but to me it's the 'Realm of Chaos / Necromunda /<=4th Edition' thing mostly.
That and I am a bit weary of people using Oldhammer as some sort of 'Fair Trade' label to be honest.
Beastmen huh? I like the sound of that. :--)
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Beastmen huh? I like the sound of that. :--)
So do I... :) As long as they get a Westfalia Twist to make them unique.
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Ok - I need to think on how to handle that. The sculptor time is tied into lots of goat-ish things and I don't want to compromise March as the delivery date...
I am still surprised by the number of people joining the campaign and by the amount of funds.
Well, you could consider making an announcement that certain new stretch goals cannot be completed in time for the delivery of March, so if anyone wants them in their order they would have to wait an extra couple months. Better to do that than rush and release an inferior product. I think backers would be ok with that. Or you could just reach a point and say 'no more stretch goals' then any other profit afterwards you could invest on your own pace.
As for the success, you have done a great job with promoting the range, sending out samples, and getting the community involved with your progress. It helps that you have a cracking sculptor working for you as well! :D
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Well, you could consider making an announcement that certain new stretch goals cannot be completed in time for the delivery of March, so if anyone wants them in their order they would have to wait an extra couple months. Better to do that than rush and release an inferior product.
Yes, I was thinking about that, but I rather get the campaign finished the way it was intended to. That, and I am not interested in doing miniatures for they money alone. I am quite proud of the quality that we're doing. I want to make toys for the inner child. :--)
As for the success, you have done a great job with promoting the range, sending out samples, and getting the community involved with your progress.
Thank you and thanks to everybody who helped imprving the minis!
It helps that you have a cracking sculptor working for you as well! :D
Because without him all my efforts would be nothing. :--)
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Well, my inner child is grateful to you and your sculptor(s)! :D
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Shame there are no peasantry archers, I guess I will wait for the next KS :(.
Congrats.
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Shame there are no peasantry archers, I guess I will wait for the next KS :(.
As good as it would be to have figures like that as part of this particular range, I think the strength of the range is the fact that it fills in a lot of things that have not been available elsewhere.
Hopefully they do come along at some point, but I think archers can be filled in with other figures in the meantime, like Mirliton/Grenadier, Black Tree, Goblin Factory, Black Hat, etc. Won't be a perfect match, but will get us by until then. ;)
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Shame there are no peasantry archers, I guess I will wait for the next KS :(.
Congrats.
I really want to deliver on time so I left a couple of things out.
There will be a 2nd wave however with les uniformity but adventurers, civilians and light cavalry. I am pretty sure that we'll see the peasant archers at this point.
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Oh, YES! :D You're a horrible man you know, this Kickstarter isn't even finished and you're already making us greedy for the next one... ;) (Excellent customer retention though! So you've definitely got things right.)
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second wave sounds most exciting too...
Have you thought of making round doors,windows and other resin items to aid scratchbuilding hobbit holes?
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second wave sounds most exciting too...
Have you thought of making round doors,windows and other resin items to aid scratchbuilding hobbit holes?
Oh.
I haven't thought of that, but it's a most interesting idea.
I am fairly certain that we'll see this in the next KS. :--)
Oh, YES! :D You're a horrible man you know, this Kickstarter isn't even finished and you're already making us greedy for the next one... ;) (Excellent customer retention though! So you've definitely got things right.)
Thank you very much. :--)
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Well, now I went and got the mercenary human and an ogre, the peg-legged fellow with the cannon. Still seriously tempted to go for some more ogres.
I hope you are happy Schrumpfkopf, feeding my addiction to good miniatures and well-run Kickstarters like that ;)
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So, have we broken the last of the stretch goals then, or can we expect more to be posted? :D
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Well, now I went and got the mercenary human and an ogre, the peg-legged fellow with the cannon. Still seriously tempted to go for some more ogres.
I hope you are happy Schrumpfkopf, feeding my addiction to good miniatures and well-run Kickstarters like that ;)
I am happy like a fish in the water :----)
Also - I've mentioned it but it might've gotten lost. The peg leg ogre will come with 2 feet and a hat. An alternative version will come with a rather fancy peg leg tho. I hope that's alright for you.
So, have we broken the last of the stretch goals then, or can we expect more to be posted? :D
I really think that the last SG was maxing it out. That said do I always have something nifty left. Just in case things keep growing. ;--)
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I am happy like a fish in the water :----)
Also - I've mentioned it but it might've gotten lost. The peg leg ogre will come with 2 feet and a hat. An alternative version will come with a rather fancy peg leg tho. I hope that's alright for you
I must have missed that, thanks for telling me! That's a common problem with kickstarters, information tends to 'drown' in the stream of comments, updates etc etc.
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I must have missed that, thanks for telling me! That's a common problem with kickstarters, information tends to 'drown' in the stream of comments, updates etc etc.
Yep - I was really thinking on how to tackle that issue beside the obvious updates but couldn't think of a solution.
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I hope this isn't an inappropriate thread to post this, but I did a test paint on the Halfling sample Schrumpfkopf sent me earlier.
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/24/394_20_12_15_7_30_39.JPG)
A joy to paint! I do love it when sculptors design their figures so as to actually be fun and not frustrating to paint.
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Great job! I agree that there is a fine balance between enough and too much detail on a figure, especially a rank and file. These ones tread it nicely!
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One brief note: I used one of those 20mm diameter ("extra small") round slottabases for my halfling. The figure may look unnaturally large if one mistakes the base for a standard 25mm diameter one. In truth the figure is perfectly scaled as a "halfman" for 28-30mm tall humans.
(Also, the reason the metallics look a bit lackluster is that I was experimenting with a new way of painting them, which didn't really pan out. But enough hijacking from me.)
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Rhoderic - lovely painting! I love the dark metals and white and yellow works really well as a colour combination. I am painting a group in black and yellow atm. :--)
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Rhoderic - lovely painting! I love the dark metals and white and yellow works really well as a colour combination. I am painting a group in black and yellow atm. :--)
Black and yellow is one of my possible choices as well... but problem is that dunno how to go about painting that black so it won't look too dull... oh well, I still have until March to practise :D Or change my colours :D
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Black and yellow is one of my possible choices as well... but problem is that dunno how to go about painting that black so it won't look too dull... oh well, I still have until March to practise :D Or change my colours :D
Andrea Paints - their black set is pure joy. :)
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Will have to check out those paints :)
Great news about topping the 25K and the bonus for that is more than awesome! :D
We don't have to add the freebies through plesgemanager I think?
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Awesome, that female paladin. Will pledge, not sure how much yet but there are too many goodies to pass on this KS.
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Will have to check out those paints :)
Great news about topping the 25K and the bonus for that is more than awesome! :D
We don't have to add the freebies through plesgemanager I think?
Yep, 25K on the 25th of Dec. good stuff!
No need to add Freebies unless you want to buy multiple miniatures. :--)
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So the ogre in the latest update. Is that for the March KS or this one. It looks great.
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If the human female paladin is "Kickstarter only", does that mean she will only be available in this KS or will she make a comeback in the upcoming KS she was originally intended for?
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If the human female paladin is "Kickstarter only", does that mean she will only be available in this KS or will she make a comeback in the upcoming KS she was originally intended for?
She'll make a KS comback between March and April in a micro KS. An edited version will likely make it into the shop.
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That Paladin is very nice!
I made a pledge a few days back (finally was paid in time!!) I very much look forward to the next KS and will definitely be picking up more should they make general release!
These have to be the best 28mm fantasy figures I have ever seen! I really do hope you go on to create your own interpretations of other Fantasy races!
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I really do hope you go on to create your own interpretations of other Fantasy races!
Hear hear!
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And I've pledged for the female paladin. Please don't make anymore fantasy Kickstarters, I'm too weak! :D
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Man - I really really want that female paladin, but I am absolutely dry on money :/ A bit sad its a Kickstarter Exclusive.
Any one in Denmark going in for a pledge?
Or, alternatively, any one know what they expect shipping to be?
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That Paladin is very nice!
I made a pledge a few days back (finally was paid in time!!) I very much look forward to the next KS and will definitely be picking up more should they make general release!
These have to be the best 28mm fantasy figures I have ever seen! I really do hope you go on to create your own interpretations of other Fantasy races!
I am humbled. And yes, we will work on more ranges next year.
And I've pledged for the female paladin. Please don't make anymore fantasy Kickstarters, I'm too weak! :D
Next KS will be a really small and simple one. It should start in March or April. :)
Man - I really really want that female paladin, but I am absolutely dry on money :/ A bit sad its a Kickstarter Exclusive.
Any one in Denmark going in for a pledge?
Or, alternatively, any one know what they expect shipping to be?
Postage depends on your location and the value of your parcel. You can use our Pledge Manager to calculate your pledge. :--)
http://westfaliafantasybattles.com/pledgemanager/login.php
I hope this helps.
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Almost 35K. Congrats! Pugnacious halflings are about to swarm all over the world!
Ultimately, though, I think ogres, goblins and humans together outnumber halflings in my pledge :)