Primeval Abyssian - WIP eldritch/extra-dimensional wargame

[TheBlueShoggoth]

My wargame has a logo. Thanks very much to my artist Reuben Liew !!

[nathan]

I love the background art in your logo.

I think the text needs more contrast.  Your game already has a title that contains words that we don't use often or are easily recognizable.  I think you'd be better off making it as clear as possible.

[Belgian]

Great logo! Good luck with the company!

[Simlasa]

Yeah, very nice art... but the text needs work. It's hard to read... the font and that blue color don't really fit, in my opinion... they don't speak to the unique qualities of the game/figures/concept.

[Connectamabob]

The blue is too dark to provide enough contrast with the background art, and being semi-transparent makes that worse. As a result the white outlines "pop" way more than the letters themselves, and the lightning/electricity in combination with the outlines being only thin & partial creates a dazzle camo-ish effect.

It's legible, but not at a glance.

[Skratch]

Can't wait to see it all finished. If anything, this will be great

[Diakon]

Just had a read through this thread. Interesting ideas, lovely miniatures and well thought out fluff. Gonna be watching this one.

[Chief Lackey Rich]

Very interesting project, and some truly original sculpts.  I wonder if you've maybe got a few too many races, though - it's hard to differentiate so many extremely non-human species, and keeping track of which floating horror is which is going to be tough for those not already familiar with the background.  Maybe better to pick a half-dozen or so that have different play styles and looks and are near each other (spatially) and start with those, introducing more as you put out expansion material?

Still, look forward to seeing the minis in person.  You found a distributor yet, or planning on the direct sales route?

[TheBlueShoggoth]

@Chief Lackey Rich,

Got an offer from a fan who wants to make a free website for Eldritch Enterprise, so I guess once im ready - ill get him to do that (allthough I think ill pay what I can spare though!). Probably be a homegrown operation to begin with - but id like to find distribution eventually.


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anyhow..onto the peectures!! got some new work in progress stuff to show this week :


The mighty, brutal Luuran's Eye Of Judgement vehicle :



The Tolathian Thunder-Drummer (which will be a plastic kit of 3) :



The Masters of Unlife get...the actual Masters themselves :



And finally, a preview of the master-sculpt of the Mind-Harvest, a race of disembodied brains that use mechanical vessels to move (in this case a mechanical spinal chord!) :


Yes, im well aware the MH prototype's spinal-chord is in a very boring/static position - the resin-cast masters ill get will fix this they'll also be various surgical weaponry on the ends too..

[Diakon]

Fantastic mini's again. Love the crazy pyramid tank thing. How big is it? Any chance of a comparison shot with a standard 28mm mini? In fact what about those for all the ones you've done so far? Would be useful. Any idea on when they'll be cast up and available? I'm itching to grab these.
 

[TheBlueShoggoth]

Fantastic mini's again. Love the crazy pyramid tank thing. How big is it? Any chance of a comparison shot with a standard 28mm mini? In fact what about those for all the ones you've done so far? Would be useful. Any idea on when they'll be cast up and available? I'm itching to grab these.
 

Cheers mate!

Great idea on comparison shots. I'll definitly do that next time I have access to a camera - guess ill use a space marine since most people have at least seen/held one before. For scale, while I consider it 28mm - theres definitly a variety of sizes between races, it's not like most wargames whee every alien race is all the same height (which I always found odd personally).

I'm still aiming for a 2012 release, hopefully first quarter. Hard to tell though to be honest - my caster is a very busy guy and like me does nearly everything himself, so there can be delays and things can be slow - but considering the quality of the service and prices - it's well worth it IMO. The Eye Of Judgement is the last model I need to finish though for the Tolathians and Luuran ranges - so ill send them off soon along with some Masters for the next 2 races (Masters Of Unlife will be #3).

It looks likely the Ekimmu will be race #4 too. The goal for next year is to establish the game with a "core" of 5 races.

[Wolf 359]

  Very nice work....!!! I am really looking forward to seeing this progress.....!!!

[chicklewis]

Sign me up for one of your Yithians ! 

What will be his height in earth-centimeters, please?

[dijit]

Just found your thread and these look truly mad and spectacular! loving them!
Duncan

[tnjrp]

It looks things are moving on a bit with this again, although apparently not fast enough for the auteur himself to show up and post here

There's now a related side project which will enable one to field those Lovecraftean (as opposed to just Lovecraft-inspired) beasties in a skirmish:
http://outsidetheuniverseitself.blogspot.com/2012/03/introduction-to-my-wip-cthulhu-mythos.html

Personally, I don't think HPL's work really lends itself well to battle gaming (and am thus looking forward to the actual subject of this thread, namely PA minis and rules - which, according to the blog, should be available later this year) but hey, different strokes and so on and so forth.