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Post by enpeze on Sept 16, 2010 6:17:24 GMT -9
After the purchase of onemonks stuff, I would like to ask Nik 2 questions.
1 - will the onemonk minis stay free? 2 - what is with the monthly hoard? Will it continue?
Thanks alot for your time.
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Post by nikloveland on Sept 16, 2010 10:29:43 GMT -9
Good questions. Lets go with the easy one first: 2 - what is with the monthly hoard? Will it continue? Jim has agreed to stay on the forums and run them just like he always has. It also looks like he has a great list of things planned for the Hoard and I am excited to see what is created. We will continue to post the Hoard files to the website and any other major sets that are created by the forum members. These files will always be free and under the Creative Commons license (as Jim has stated in his Hoard Guidelines). Ok, now for the other one: 1 - will the onemonk minis stay free? We will be looking over the huge catalog of Jim's material and deciding which sets to offer for free and which sets should be paid. With such an expansive collection as Onemonk's, there will be undoubtedly a large number of sets still offered for free. Jim's work is good (hence the reason many of us are here) and we tend to value things by how much we have to pay for them. Money is also a helpful reminder to continue to create new and exciting sets. [That being said, anybody who has even partially been in the gaming industry will tell you money is not the reason to start. We are gamers just like yourselves who love the hobby.] Jim has expressed interest in selling us his future designs and we hope to be able to offer them. A market for paid product could be jeopardized by so many free sets. We will be sure to make large announcements about any big changes such as this so that nobody will be suprised. So for now, please enjoy the wonderful artwork and be sure to post some pics . Nik
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Post by labrat on Sept 16, 2010 16:22:49 GMT -9
Nobody is better at beating around the bush than Nik. You can probably count on a lot of the primary model sets going back to the way they were, but the good news is that it will still be a little while before that occurs and in the meantime there is still plenty of opportunity to get whatever you want for free. With all the forum hoards and free sampler model sets and so forth there will be no shortage of free models, and the ones that do cost won't be expensive. Sanity Studios has never been about gouging people and we aren't about to start now. We always try to be as inexpensive as possible. Let the good times roll.
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Post by Floyd on Sept 17, 2010 6:13:00 GMT -9
Jim had a good system with his creating and selling his miniatures, with some freebies thrown in and the hoards... and while itt was a nice gesture and all he really shouldn't have just given all the sets away like he did (imo anyway). I think it hurt their value/perceived or otherwise. The blister pack look was a great idea and I am really sorry he just decided to *give away the entire line of intellectual property like that. But kudos to you guys for swooping in before someone else could have.
I imagine a nice new repackaging, maybe a freshening of the older lines, a few recolors and alternate poses would be on the docket.
Good luck and I hope you guys keep Jims' work available and add to its value.
~Floyd * - severely under-priced.
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Post by Sirrob01 on Sept 17, 2010 13:06:19 GMT -9
Are mods/Bashes still okay of OM stuff Which begs the obvious question what about mods/bashes of existing bellicose army stuff? More about sharing with others than for personal use
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Post by nikloveland on Sept 18, 2010 6:27:18 GMT -9
I'm going to try and not 'beat around the bush'... Well considering we will also be doing mods/Bashes of some of Jim's stuff too, I'll have to say use moderation. We still want to have some value in the releases based on Onemonk stuff. Ok, that may not be very clear but basically if you keep in line with how things have been you'll be ok. Oh, and be sure to submit your stuff to the Monthly Hoard so we can all enjoy it Nik
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Post by Sirrob01 on Sept 18, 2010 12:26:59 GMT -9
No probs, I tend to do mods when I'm feeling burnt out or need a rest from trying to draw/design my own stuff which happens a bit as I'm no artist and it can be very frustrating sometimes when I can't workout why something looks "off" .
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Post by Reivaj on Sept 18, 2010 17:41:18 GMT -9
You are a very good artist my australian friend
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