Chlén Beast WIP

A work-in-progress, by Federico Genovese

Federico sent me these pics a week or so ago but I never got around to posting them. Still work to do on the head, feet and back. IIRC he is going to do an alternate head and some baggage sets per the Chlén post card picture.

After that, a cart (maybe two) and some drivers and hangers on...

No News is Good News, Right?

So, what's been happening lately?

Seemingly nothing, but hopefully lots and lots.

John should be finishing up the Lady Mrissa figures (though I haven't heard anything in a while) and Rod is supposed to be working on the Qol Palanquin bearers, the palanquin itself and Ksarul Priest riders (no updates either.)

I'm hoping the latter will be ready by Cold Wars in early march but I am not holding my breath.

Closer to home we have been trying to get the Ahoggya molded and into production. A few technical issues have been causing problems and now it seems like we will be going with resin bodies and metal arms. No idea about final price of the beasties, nor how they will be sold. Groups of 4? 10? Feel free to state how you would like to buy them (no promises, but your input is welcome.)

Things to do in 2012...

We have a lot of stuff to accomplish this year:

1) Bring over the rest of our molds from Australia;

2) Solve the alloy problem - that monkey that has been on our back since we discovered the difference in alloys and mold-making techniques used by Eureka and RAFM. Hopefully, low-temperature molds is the answer.

3) Assuming we solve this bugbear we have a huge backlog of stuff available for production:

- Several Yan Koryani gureks: Rulla, Makhis, Defense Against Evil, Clan of the Silver Worm, Clan of the Black Bough, and the gureks of the cities of Dharu and Vanu;
- the balance of the Shen;
- the Ahoggya;

4) Finish off some Tsolyani legions: the Aridani Legion of Lady Mrissa; the legion of Mirikitani, Hero of Victories; the Battalions of Chegarra, the Hero-King, to name the foremost on the list.

5) Get the Swamp Folk Molded.

6) Get the Chlen beast, cart and driver set into production. Serudla next, after the Chlen.

7) Find out how the Pachi Lei are progressing, and get the ball rolling on the Ssu.

8) Get that Mu'ug priest and priestess into production.

9) Finish off the Qol, get the Ksarul priests/priestesses into production.

10) Get the ball rolling on some themed figures: "The Party", "On The Road" and "Let the Games Begin".

Lady Mríssa Herself - a WIP sculpt

Sculpted by John Winter

Lady Mríssa is Kerdu of her own "Aridáni Legion of Lady Mríssa"

HAPPY NEW YEARS - 2012!!!

Hope everyone had a Happy New Years celebration! :-)

Last Post of 2011!

Sorry I've been absent. No energy to post, or nothing in particular to say more like! :-)

I have been trying to decide on "New Years Resolutions" or whether even to bother, as I never seem to accomplish them.

Hope everybody has had a Merry Christmas! :-)

Howard

Sample "Picture Map" - Penom and Pan Chaka

Map by Mark Allan.

This was an early attempt to make a series of maps done in the fashion of the original Empire of the Petal Thrones game box. Rather than a "proper" map, the end result would be as much picture as map. I have since decided that this version is not quite what I'm looking for. What I want is even more busy - with more figures and scenes of life, symbols and non-mappy stuff, if you get my drift. It is possible that it will be less "accurate" and more representation, with more geographic distortion as accompanied RW maps from earlier eras. Also, I might "zoom in" a notch and cover smaller areas in greater detail.

The original concept was that this map would be on the left facing page of a book, with the eastern part of the Southern Coast on the right hand facing page. Could still happen, as I am toying with the idea of going with some sort of large landscape style book for the final product.