Bob Olley to do Steampunk / VSF Dwarves

[BobOlley]

Having some experience with getting sculptors to do multipart modular figures, I'll point out that while it's not very difficult to design some arms to fit one one specific body in one specific position without having to resort to such techniques, it becomes a wholly different story when you need to be able to add arms in different positions and swap them around from one body to another. At that point, it becomes nearly impossible to form a subtle attachment that will look good in all the combinations and positions.

Hi and thanks for all your comments, I've enjoyed reading the lively debate on the shoulder armour issue. Of course I understand why some people are fed up with the shoulder armour perhaps due to extensive use by GW.  I can also understand why some don't see it going with a Victorian theme. White Knight explained my reasons for using them very well, and I'd like to add a bit extra to what he said. If I had not used shoulder armour to conceal I would have needed to go for either a flush fit or a peg joint for separate arms, I choose not to do this as all you get is a kind of robotic up and down movement, using that kind of method means the details such as the crease structures don't line up too well. So what I have done is made a kind of rounded shoulder point that fits into the recess of the shoulder armour which allows for a more flexible positioning for the arm not just straight up and down. One last point regards the shoulder armour they are a little sod to produce, so it wasn't a easy option to sculpt just a useful one in my opinion.
Anyway enough of shoulder armour, and as you can see on the Victorian Cockfight and Thugs Drawings these miniatures have no shoulder armour, but therefore will have to be fixed and integral to the body.
One thing that's pleased me a lot is the interest in the Victorian civilians and because of this I am now encouraged, to go on and produce many more victorian models, its such an interesting period with so much potential. Just to give you an idea of what I'm thinking of making in the future is a Sherlock Holmes theme set, which will include of course Holmes, Watson, Lastrade and London Bobbies. To accompany these I want to make some Pimps, Ladies of the Night, More Thugs and Villians, Orc and Gobtorians, and last but not least Jack the Ripper. Of course I've got lots of other victorian & steampunk ideas whizzing about my head, but I won't go on, as I've got a Kickstarter to run

[Gutbukkit]

I like the sounds of all that extra victorian dwarf goodness you have planned. Really hope this project does well so that you may produce more for the range.

[Doomsdave]

I like'em Bob.   But I really liked your pulpy SF scrunts.  Those were great.

[BobOlley]

I like'em Bob.   But I really liked your pulpy SF scrunts.  Those were great.

Thanks they were great fun to make, if only Kickstarter had been around then

BTW I haven't seen a link here to the kickstarter, if you haven't seen it yet there are a lot more pictures on there of the various sets and drawings of the victorian civies, so here's the link
 http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/433105762/olleys-armies-steampunk-and-victorian-scrunts-aka
Here's our Kickstarter promotion picture, drawn for us by my son James

[Roebeast45]

Wow, all of the stretch goals are now available! Thanks Bob! Zeplin Stormtroopers will be mine.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/433105762/olleys-armies-steampunk-and-victorian-scrunts-aka/posts/660096

[BobOlley]

Hey you beat me too it 
KICKSTARTER UPDATE -SETS 6, 7 & 8 Now part of the main funding goal!
Hello, as novices to Kickstarter we are learning all the time how best to run one and after reading many of the comments on here and various forums we realised that there are people who would like to pledge but don't because the miniatures they would like to choose are in the Stretchgoal and of course there is a risk that the stretchgoal amount won't be reached and the miniatures stay locked. We really wanted those people who were holding back to feel confident that if they pledged and the funding goal was met, they would be able to choose the miniatures they actually wanted, not discover they were still locked. So we looked at our funding calculations and finances again to see if we could include the sets 6, 7 & 8, we realised that when the Kickstarter ended and the survey was sent out to our backers  we would know which sets were in high demand and which sets less so, this is really useful as it means we will know which sets can share a production mould and so save a bit on the expenses. With this revelation we have been able to include the stretchgoal sets 6, 7 & 8 within the main funding goal, hip hip hooray!

[Fierios]

Bob, you are the master of Dwarfs! Yess MORE CIVILIANS for VSF. I loved your ideas and agree with them.
                      Good luck,
                       Larry

[Fierios]

Bob,
   Please more solid one piece figures!

                 Larry

[BobOlley]

Kickstarter Update, we have just added 3 New sets of scrunts to Olleys Armies Kickstarter, 5 Scrunties, 5 Palace Guards & 5 Riot Squad miniatures. They are included in the main funding goal, giving backers a total of 11 Sets to choose from.



Thanks Fieros, I hear you regards the one piece miniatures, it's actually easier and more enjoyable for me to sculpt the miniatures in one piece, but in the past we had lots of requests for having the parts separate because it allows for more variety. Having said that the Victorian Thugs and Cockfight Scrunts will have fewer separate pieces, I think mainly just separate heads.

[VonMoltke]

We need the ladies of the night set!
To much victorian male dwarfs there 

[Quendil]

They are outstanding as ever just wish it was not so close to xmas so I could pledge more 

[BobOlley]

Hello again, here's some pictures of the steampunk vehicles I am working on as a stretchgoal for the kickstarter. What do you think so far? I will be adding a front wheel to the mobile field gun.

[Quendil]

 
Love those

[The Gray Ghost]

One thing that's pleased me a lot is the interest in the Victorian civilians and because of this I am now encouraged, to go on and produce many more victorian models, its such an interesting period with so much potential. Just to give you an idea of what I'm thinking of making in the future is a Sherlock Holmes theme set, which will include of course Holmes, Watson, Lastrade and London Bobbies. To accompany these I want to make some Pimps, Ladies of the Night, More Thugs and Villians, Orc and Gobtorians, and last but not least Jack the Ripper. Of course I've got lots of other victorian & steampunk ideas whizzing about my head, but I won't go on, as I've got a Kickstarter to run

This is what I'm really excited about

[Doomsdave]

The tanks are lovely.