$29 shy on unlocking the Vizier
about 7 years ago
– Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 02:30:47 PM
We are just over 1 week in and still going super strong gang. Felipe and I have been working really hard for the last 3 days trying to get things together to show you for this project. To that end, once we cross over $9,000, we will announce the next 3 STRETCH GOALS. We have been listening to your comments, and are really enjoying the input, so we hope that you will be pleased with the choices we are making for the next STRETCH GOALS!!
Remember that SHARING IS CARING, the more you share, the more you will get out of this project!! :-)
John&Felipe
Second STRETCH GOAL unlocked.
about 7 years ago
– Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 09:04:22 AM
Congrats to all of you. You guys are doing an incredible job supporting the vision of this. The financial support has been great, but what has really been surprising is the amount of support we are getting in the COMMENTS section. I have never had this much input from backers before. Please keep it up. If you are new to backing, please check out the COMMETNS section and keep an eye onthe ideas that are being discussed. I think you will see that we are more than intereste in your ideas!!
The "freebie" mini for this goal will be the female drummer with the drum. I posted a link to a youtube video in the COMMENTS section. The secondary drummer will be added to the ADD-ONS section. I should have something up for those later today. Please take a minute to look at the video, as that will be where I am basing the pose from as well as the style of drum for this. The drummer and the drum will be separate pieces.
Thanks again for the support, you guys and gals KICK ASS!!! :-)
John & Felipe
Guards! Guards!!
about 7 years ago
– Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 05:38:26 AM
We have unlocked the second STRETCH GOAL!! This means that I will be doing a "freebie" guard for THE WHOLE COURT backer level, that will also be available as an ADD-ON for every pledge group that is able to ADD-ON miniatures. I would really like everyone's input as to the direction to take with regard to the "nudity" thing. My gut says for design sake to keep with the theme, but I also dont want to make minis that "dont make sense". To that end, are we OK with scantily clad Palace Guards? I am, but I want you all to have a say. Please feel free to chime in on the comments section!
The suggestions that are coming through the comments section so far are amazing, and represent some great ideas that we are planning on implementing. Many of you are also sending personal messages, so that is also great! Keep em coming and we will do a Sultana II. :-D
John & Felipe
$6,666-REALLY????
about 7 years ago
– Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 06:31:03 PM
Somebody needs to add a bit more money, we cant have this as our total!! :-)
First Stretch Goal unlocked and well on our way to the second!!
about 7 years ago
– Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 05:50:53 AM
I must first apologize to you all, as it is my Birthday today. My mother had a heart attack 2 weeks ago and I need to take her to a few doctors appointments. Basically what this amounts to is that I will not be able to do much work on the project today. This means that I will not be ready to post any pictures of the first 2 STRETCH GOALS, or even get started on the next ones. I sincerely hope that since you like what is being done so far that you will tust me that the quality is the same as what we are currently working with.
I had someone ask if we would be having artwork for the STRETCH GOALS, and the simplest answer is this-I dont think there is enough time to have it done. The truth of this project is that the sculpts that you see represented in the artwork were mostly done before the artwork was created. Domenico took the digital pictures of the 3-d sculpts, and placed them in a lush scene for the artwork and breathed amazing life into them. I guess what I am trying to say is that everything so far has been dreamed up by me and Felipe for this project, so the STRETCH GOALS and ADD-ONs are all going to be created the same way!!
I know this is not how things are usually done, but to be honest we figured this project would only hit about $4000.00, so we had not really planned much further than that. For this I must offer a sincere apology for underestimating just how awesome you backers are!! :-) I promise when things slow down a bit more today I will try to at least get the figure poses blocked in and posted as silhouettes.
Until then, I want to stress the importance of sharing this project with your friends. The way we will get to do more amazing miniatures and put them in your hands is not from "squeezing" you guys for more money, but rather by extending the reach that this project has. I know that is difficult with the NSFW nature of the project, so please be sure to only share it where it is appropriate!
Thanks again for the amazing support
John & Felipe
