Desert of the Dead, fantasy wargaming miniatures!

Some more renders!
about 4 years ago – Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 01:31:24 AM

Hey all

Thanks for all the congratulations on the previous update. Comments were hilarious! I'm still home but the guys in the office sent me some renders to pop into this update :D

I think it was well worth going back to the start on this as its so much better than where the previous version ended up. Really happy with this now.

What is cooler than A Dinosaur? A flying Dinosaur obviously! Matt is smashing through the last of the elves.

Another one which we had to get redone as the original sculpt fell short. Delighted with how these beetles have finished up.

Still to be posed but a miniature filled with details :)

Will be back next week with some more renders and production update. Im officially returning to the office on Monday 9th so can send a production update that week.

Cheers all!

Is it Monday?!
about 4 years ago – Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 01:08:32 AM

Hey all

Sorry for the lack of update on Friday but I have a good reason though honest. My wife had our second baby a little earlier than planned. With an 18 month old to also look after running round my legs I'm a little all over the place at the moment!

The rest of the team are ploughing on back at base and sculptors are returning files which are being printed and moulded etc etc :D

Back to regular schedule this Friday. I'm not on my regular computer so don't have access to much right now. So I don't leave without a render here are a bunch of Genies. Enjoy!

Thursday update as I am away tomorrow!
about 4 years ago – Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 02:59:48 AM

Hey all

I'm not in the office tomorrow as I have some time booked out to the wife for valentines day.

As such the Friday update is a Thursday update this week!

How about an Ice Phoenix to start us off

We printed the latest round of elves from Matt and realised the weapons were a little thin. They were fine but with a little added thickness they would better stand being used for games etc. So they got made a little thicker

Some more previews of WIP adventurers

That is all for now! Power cuts due to the storm have made things a little hectic back here over the past few days. 18 lasers and the 3D printer getting switched off mid print multiple times is less than ideal! Hope everyone else has better weather than we do! See you next week!

First Post Backerkit Friday
about 4 years ago – Sat, Feb 08, 2020 at 01:21:15 AM

Wow

What an end to the backerkit! £105,000 raised. Truly beyond all expectations!

Last week a lot of comments were made about the waist size of the golden guard. We listened and worked on that a bit :)

More Lynx Warriors hit the inbox

Some fliers swooped in too!

Miguel finished off the Mercs!

Vini keeps knocking out the adventurers

The Rumbleslam Cleopatra was looking good last week in its WIP state.

Check it out now!

Back next week!

PHoenixRIDAY
about 4 years ago – Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 09:32:59 PM

Hey all!

Its LOCKDOWN day! A few more renders before we close the backerkit. I think pre orders are still possible after closing but current orders can no longer be changed.

Ben has done an amazing job on the Phoenix, he is also going to be doing the Ice version too! Hopefully I will have a render in the next couple of weeks :)

You want to see more of the elves Matt has been working on? OK!

Has Miguel done anything more with Mercs? OF COURSE!

Gibran also sent over the first pass on the Undead chariots

Vini has been working on the adventurers

RUMBLEFANS you have not been forgotten. Andrew is working on one of the new superstars coming to a ring near you.

Andres finished detailing the wurms and I want a way to play an army of these guys. Amazing!

The genies are our first work with new sculptor Andrew and we are really happy with the quality!

FAQ

There has been a lot of repetition in the messages and comments so here are some FAQ and answers.

Will the models be available after the kickstarter campaign?

Yes they will be available on our website, probably late this year or early 2021

What time is pledge manager closing?

Shortly after 10PM UK time tonight!

How did the backerkit do?

The backerkit was incredibly well supported! Typically we see about 30-40% of the campaign total in backerkit extra funding. As such we had a target of 35-45k for extra funding. At time of writing (Friday morning) additional funding stands at £94,000 Amazing! Thank you all again for your backing, hope you like what we have been doing so far!

When will pledges ship?

We will begin shipping end of March as planned but this will be start with smaller orders. With the pledge manager lockdown tonight we get production numbers which means we can plan quantities of moulds required to meet them. We are also now advertising to nearly DOUBLE the number of staff we have in resin production and mould making! There are still more renders to come in but they are mostly low production quantity items so wont need to have moulds run as many times as the troops which bulk out this campaign. I currently anticipate that all orders will be shipped by end of May. We have another campaign coming after this one and it won't launch until this one is completed. There will be regular updates on this process :)

Will weekly Friday updates continue?

OF COURSE! I still have renders to share with you, production updates, shipping updates, the display board the guys are working on and more! Speaking of which I got some pics a while back and they never made it into an update.

That's it for this week! Back next Friday!