Sunday, 8 January 2012

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".

Thursday, 5 January 2012

Lady Mríssa Herself - a WIP sculpt

Sculpted by John Winter

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

Sunday, 1 January 2012

HAPPY NEW YEARS - 2012!!!

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

Saturday, 31 December 2011

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

Friday, 2 December 2011

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.

Friday, 11 November 2011

Just how big is a Chlén Beast?

Art by Paul Allan Ballard

The two lines in the above picture represent the approximate height of the average Tsolyáni male - who stands about 1.68M tall, IIRC.

Our figures are 28mm to the eye, so about 30mm to top of head (give or take.)

So however tall the average male is - assuming it is one of those lines - then that line will represent 30mm on the Chlén model.

I have a sculptor waiting for instructions so I need to figure this out...

U-Con 2011 - A Joyful Sitting Among Friends!

The Tékumel track at U-Con should be well under way by now, starting with "A Joyful Sitting Among Friends" - wish I was there!