Cool One-Off Halfling sculpt on BB Tactics

[Norse]

I e-mailed Pedro Ramos about the two halfling sculpts.

He mailed back “…Willy loves them for another alternative team, but in the future and he is not totally sure...If you dare to cast and sell the figures, the price of each model is €200 or you can wait for a company to buy them or want the full team.”

2OO euros is a bit out of my price range, but maybe we could persuade kind Willy to get them made…?

if I was still with Impact I would probably be all over this like a cheap suit.. highly unlikely the minis wouls sell enough to cover the cost of buying/casting etc, but still marvellous minis to just sit there un-cast..

[Piousman]

I would suggest maybe another Kickstarter event? Of course, it would compete directly with the Scotlings at this point, which is not a good thing...

So maybe would be a great idea one year from now?

- Piousman

[spubbbba]

I thought the target for Scotlings had already been reached.

Out of interest what is the rough ball park of how much would it cost to produce that model? It’s the first non-GW halfing I’ve seen that I’ve really liked. There are quite a few cool goblin teams but the flings have seemed a bit thin on the ground.

[txapo]

2OO euros is a bit out of my price range, but maybe we could persuade kind Willy to get them made…?

I emailed to willy too a month ago, and he would do them for any tournamet in the world that want's him to coperate with them in it.

If seriously interested the pricewoud be diferent pending of you getting 100/75/or just 50.

Willy would keep the remainder up to 150 units that is the minimum run to be afordable.

PD By the way check Pedro's Blog to see his next job for WM,....

[GalakStarscraper]

if I was still with Impact I would probably be all over this like a cheap suit.. highly unlikely the minis would sell enough to cover the cost of buying/casting etc, but still marvellous minis to just sit there un-cast..

We have a Targeted Impact! master mould coming up that we'd be happy to include the 2 figures in. Our Targeted Program pays 10% of the MSRP for each casting we pour up to $15 USD per a mm of the sculpt (currently 10,79 Euros per mm). That should be more than the 200 Euros he is asking for each one but it would be spread out based on sales of the figure.

Tom

[inkpwn]

Txapo, are you telling me willy miniatures will be selling a 45mm thrud? Giraffe-tastic! That's a must have for a thrud head like myself, let's hope its out by the world cup *fingers crossef*.

[txapo]

From BB FORO willy's yesterday words freely translated:

Bueno , en breve batallon de novedades ....

Esqueleto con motosierra (estilo motorista fantasma)
Griff (un clásico pero mejor que todas las demas miniaturas anteriores)
Thurdd (otro clásico con dados incluidos)
Driade - Treewoman (anatomicamente espectacular , si os portais bien os pongo la foto del culamen )
Miniatura para un torneo ... enseguida verá la luz pero esperaré a que la presenten los organizadores .

Y quizas alguna que otra miniatura simpaticona ... no hay nada como recojer pasta este finde en la MasterBowl para volverlo a gastar sin apenas darme tiempo ni a olerlo .
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Shortly a batallion of new casts...

Chainshaw skelly
Griff (better than any of the GW)
Thurdd (his own set of dice included)
Driad-treewoman (with nice back anathomy)
A tournament miniature (when the organizers present it).

And maybe some other funny miniature... nothing that getting all the money from sales at MAsterbowl (Valencia) and invest it in new casting straight away!!

[Lecter1972]

Here is the Thrudd (or Thudd) WIP http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5656/sinttulo1ej.jpg

[axiom]

Here iis the Thrudd (or Thudd) WIP http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/5656/sinttulo1ej.jpg

OK, now that is super cool! Totally unexpected, but very nice indeed. I want one for my Ogre team

[Darkson]

Hope he's got Carl's permission for that.

[txapo]

Hope he's got Carl's permission for that.

Who is Carl???

[Slinky]

Hope he's got Carl's permission for that.

Carl Critchlow (creator of Thrud and owner of his IP) has been a good friend of the BB community. Heresy pays to use Thrud's likeness and Carl gives his permission for the Thrudbowl to us Thrud to raise money for Charity. He's not someone I'd like to see screwed over for IP.

So can someone close here find out if Carl is being paid for this sculpt or if his permission was given. And before anyone questions about Willy's Zug, Eldril or Griff, I will admit I'm playing both sides here. But whereas GW has walked away from us and in many ways put the screws to us at many different opportunties, Carl has definitely not done so. So I do see a difference here and would like to know that Carl is okay with this figure before I'd buy it. I'd also suggest for Willy's own protection that since Heresy does have Carl's permission to create Thrud figures that if permission was not given for this figure that he could end up being under pressure from both Heresy (to protect his interest in creating these figures) and from Carl (who owns the IP) to not cast and sell this figure.

Hopefully someone can find out the story about Carl's interaction with this figure.

[inkpwn]

I emailed Carl the link and brief explanation including the popularity of the figure.
Love the guys work and I think we can all agree that it would be better if any issues occour that they be setteled before the mini enters production.
Sorry if this is a tad intrusive but someone had to do it.

[Gaixo]

There are quite a few cool goblin teams but the flings have seemed a bit thin on the ground.

Are there? All I'm familiar with are the Neomics and that Gaspez circus set. Neither of those compare with these halflings.

[txapo]

I emailed Willy.