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Title: [COMMERCIAL] Sci-fi Sisters of Wolves now available from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 02, 2018, 05:14:40 PM
More info to follow  8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYmFt2a_b8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIYmFt2a_b8)

Thank you.  :)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 11:40:37 AM
Aaaaand.... they are up!  :D

Thank you.  8)

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/n8HlAIk.jpg)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Inso on March 08, 2018, 04:04:16 PM
Having looked at the site, I am very disappointed in the presentation. The images are tiny and don't really show very much... I accept that it is only renders but even detailed pix of the sprue renders would help.

At the moment, if I was in the running for a new army, I wouldn't be convinced that this was it, just because there isn't much being shown.
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Agis on March 08, 2018, 04:21:57 PM
Having looked at the site, I am very disappointed in the presentation. The images are tiny and don't really show very much... I accept that it is only renders but even detailed pix of the sprue renders would help.
Same here, no buy from me based on these tiny pics and descriptions.
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 09:50:19 PM
Hi guys,

well, that's a valid argument. On the other hand these deals are ultra-discounted to make up on the trust and that this will deliver in 6 months from today. :)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Inso on March 08, 2018, 09:55:00 PM
Hi guys,

well, that's a valid argument. On the other hand these deals are ultra-discounted to make up on the trust and that this will deliver in 6 months from today. :)

So... you are happy to not change anything that might encourage people to get on board and hope that the discount will counter the lack of decent images/information?

Good luck with that.
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 10:13:59 PM
Hi Inso!

Where did you read that? (because that's certainly not what I wrote above, so if you read it somewhere else please let me know so I can check for myself and see if it was indeed a Shieldwolf member or not who wrote that)!  :?
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 10:17:03 PM
Plus, images have started flowing from our KS update and other sources we have (FaceBook, Newsletter etc), it's not a 1-week deal after all and this continues from the Warmaidens&Dragonbreds KS we stopped early October, so plenty of stuff we had shown there  ;)
Here's a link to the last one to help you save some time  :D

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/posts/2131374 (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/posts/2131374)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Sbloom141 on March 08, 2018, 10:19:52 PM
I want to buy but I’m nervous about postage costs to the UK. Can you give an indication of how much it would cost or if you’re going to have a UK distributor at some point?

Edit- Nevermind, I see there’s a more than reasonable postage option for the UK!

Ordered a box of the sci fi ladies!
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 10:24:00 PM
Hi Sbloom141,

P&P for the U.K. are 3,90 euros. That applies only for Tier-1.
All other purchases from Tier-2 and above (or 60 euros and more via normal webstore sales) have free shipping and handling worldwide.
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 08, 2018, 10:24:47 PM
(I got ninja'd)....   o_o 
lol
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: 1000foot on March 08, 2018, 10:30:32 PM
These images don't seem too small to me.  We're talking about these lady paladins, right? Surely you can make out the detail well enough to decide whether you'd like them?
 
(http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/images/detailed/0/Sister_of_Talliareum_Heroine_A.jpg)

I have no dog in this fight, but I was surprised to see the criticism of (what seemed to me) adequate photos/renders.
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Inso on March 09, 2018, 08:00:50 AM
These images don't seem too small to me.  We're talking about these lady paladins, right? Surely you can make out the detail well enough to decide whether you'd like them?
 
(http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/images/detailed/0/Sister_of_Talliareum_Heroine_A.jpg)

I have no dog in this fight, but I was surprised to see the criticism of (what seemed to me) adequate photos/renders.

Is that single image representative of all of the miniatures in the box? Are they all the same? Not all the boxes have images of the miniatures, some have small pictures of renders (which would be fine if they were bigger). It's all a bit vague.

Granted, it's a pre-order and some of the miniatures won't have been cast yet... but there must be better pix of the renders that show some of the variety in the boxed sets... why not show some of those off?

Hi Inso!

Where did you read that? (because that's certainly not what I wrote above, so if you read it somewhere else please let me know so I can check for myself and see if it was indeed a Shieldwolf member or not who wrote that)!  :?

The tone of your comment was "I see what you've written and it is a valid argument... but we've discounted so it doesn't matter".

For the record, these look quite interesting and the reason I am commenting at all is because I was keen to see what the product looked like. small renders and the odd image of a finished miniature from a boxed set of 20, doesn't really sell it to me.

I guess it'll be a trickle feed of information and I'll make a decision later in the day.

Here is a copy and paste from one of the listings:

"RAFFAELLA (FANTASY LEVEL-1)

This product consists of 20 hard plastic multipart miniatures and will ship with an additional sprue (free of charge). Twenty 25mm square bases are included with this product.

This product comes supplied unpainted and requires assembly (glue&paint not included). Pictures are for demonstration purposes only."

Apart from there being 20 multipart miniatures in the box... what else does it tell you? Are they all the same? Are they multi pose? Do they have a mix of weapons? Using the image shown here, by 1000foot, would you be happy if your box of 20 multipart miniatures were all copies of that miniature? And to top it off... you may not even get miniatures that match the images because "Pictures are for demonstration purposes only."

It looks like it could be a decent product... but the presentation isn't helping.

Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 09, 2018, 11:33:22 AM
OK, for starters I appreciate you taking the time to write all this down.

For seconds, we admit demonstration isn't optimal since this is the first time we use the pre-order discount Policy (and not "fake" discounts that will later be given to everyone for the same exact product!) and we can't show product that hasn't been created just yet.
We are very responsive (or at least we try) to any questions, so I'll happily supply more information to the questions asked (and if you have more, please write them down) to the best of my abilities.  :)

Raffaella (Lvl-1):
They are not all the same minis/copies, there will be various bodies, tabards (front and rear), cloaks, heads (helmeted and not-helmeted), weapons (hammers, shields and swords) and some other things with which you can assemble them.

The reason we aren't showing the full variety is because for the Shieldmaiden kit we had shown off a render with a bident spear and said we'd try adding spears too. Well, guess what, spears occupied too much space and the banner couldn't be broken off to various parts as initially thought, thus despite our additional effort and expenses spears weren't included. Little harm done you'd say, except there were some who had taken it for granted that spears would certainly be included (we assumed responsibility for not having it made 100% crystal clear).
In order to avoid any chance of future confusion similar to our mishap above, we show nothing that won't be 99.99% included on the sprues.

PS. Here's the final Shieldmaiden sprues if you want to have a look at them http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=134 (http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=products.view&product_id=134)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Inso on March 09, 2018, 11:51:05 AM
Thanks for the response :)

Can I suggest that you put a shortened version of what you said, on your actual site (rather than Kickstarter/forums etc)?

From an advertising perspective, the moment a punter has to start digging for information, you start to lose sales. You need to make it as easy as possible for people to get all the information they need with as few clicks as possible because there are an awful lot of very good ranges out there that make it very easy for punters to browse.

Ideally, assembled miniatures and any sprues that make them up (so that people who convert things, know how the components are divided).

Good luck on the pre-order, I'll be looking in to see how things pan out... could do with a bit of variety in my collection :)

Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Grimmnar on March 10, 2018, 05:29:07 AM
Its like pulling teeth some times with some people.

Grimm
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 10, 2018, 09:18:34 AM
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the expression....  :(
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Grimmnar on March 10, 2018, 07:27:10 PM
https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/like+pulling+teeth

Grimm
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 10, 2018, 10:40:20 PM
@Grimnar
Appreciate, I didn't know that, I guess one has always something new to learn!  :D
Well, we explained the reasons of why that is difficult in the previous post, so I guess there's not really much else we can do about it.  :)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Grimmnar on March 11, 2018, 02:57:34 AM
It is a reoccuring theme it seems.
Learn from previoys posts and requests.
Learn from other sellers in the field.
Learn from other sellers in business period.
Makes things happen.
Find a way to overcome hurdles that potential buyers have laid out in the past and recent days.
Stop with excuses and reasons.
Sell me this pen.

Grimm
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on March 12, 2018, 07:33:38 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UspZGJ-TrI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UspZGJ-TrI)

 lol

Yeah, I think there's no denying that there's always something new to learn and something new to try everytime, we are very pleased people acknowledge our efforts, don't think for a moment we don't appreciate it! It is because of the community's trust that the company has grown and keeps on growing after all. One must be ungrateful not to acknowledge that... 8)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 12, 2018, 10:35:24 AM
Getting ever closer to the retail release...  8)

Work in progress for the Pillar of Faith below. We would like once again to thank everyone for their council, encouragement and support!

(https://i.imgur.com/8Q8cQBq.jpg)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Ultravanillasmurf on October 12, 2018, 01:53:48 PM
Resin or plastic?
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 13, 2018, 07:48:28 AM
There had been all the necessary research to make these via Kickstarter in plastic and make them available 3 tanks for 40$ (instead of 1 resin for $40).

Unfortunately not enough people pledged so while it's still a wonderful wargaming piece it won't be available in plastic unfortunately (and thus not in the prices above).
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: vodkafan on October 13, 2018, 09:39:29 AM
There had been all the necessary research to make these via Kickstarter in plastic and make them available 3 tanks for 40$ (instead of 1 resin for $40).

Unfortunately not enough people pledged so while it's still a wonderful wargaming piece it won't be available in plastic unfortunately (and thus not in the prices above).

Shame, I would have thought the 40K people would be all over that.  Better luck next time, and although this theme is not my thing, I appreciate your updates here and now keep a lookout on your products.
Title: Re: Sci-fi Paladins coming up from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on November 14, 2018, 11:46:12 AM
@vodkafan
Thank you. We are currently 2 men short due to them being in bed sick (that's 50% of our manpower, for a small company like ours it's a lot! :( ), but we try doing our best all the same.  :)

Here's a video of the official presentation of the army.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JExhDZjDO-E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JExhDZjDO-E)

Title: Re: Sci-fi Female Plastic Paladins now available from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on November 20, 2018, 04:05:31 PM
Laura bundels going out!  8)


(https://i.imgur.com/p2kLkTt.jpg)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Female Plastic Paladins now available from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on September 18, 2019, 04:26:55 PM
Sisters of Wolves released!  :D
Thank you.

http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/ (http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnO2mgjI2Ak&t= (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnO2mgjI2Ak&t=)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Sisters of Wolves now available from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on October 10, 2019, 11:53:55 AM
Cast your vote in the open survey, for YOU decide what to do next!

https://shieldwolfminiatures.typeform.com/to/MEmtXP (https://shieldwolfminiatures.typeform.com/to/MEmtXP)

It will only take 1'!
Thank you for your time and feedback  :)
Title: Re: Sci-fi Sisters of Wolves now available from Shieldwolf Miniatures
Post by: Shieldwolf Miniatures on February 13, 2020, 07:17:05 AM
The survey is now closed. Once again we listen to our community.
YOU have decided what's next!

Thank you.  :)