|
Post by okumarts on Jul 19, 2016 16:10:38 GMT -9
I think they are awesome!
|
|
|
Post by mruseless on Aug 1, 2016 18:16:04 GMT -9
WOW, these are incredible. Love the style. I'll be picking these up very soon, keep them coming!
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Aug 1, 2016 19:05:35 GMT -9
Thank you! You're in luck, I've got more on the way!
|
|
|
Post by uptrainfan89 on Sept 8, 2016 4:06:01 GMT -9
You have me hooked, I had to have the elementals too, (I didn't have any elementals yet) hahaha!!!
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Sept 8, 2016 7:11:01 GMT -9
You have me hooked, I had to have the elementals too, (I didn't have any elementals yet) hahaha!!! Thank you! It makes me so happy you're digging my minis! If you use them in your games, I'd love to see pictures! Ugh, I'm so busy this month, and all I want to do is make more minis! Oh well, I should have a pack of lycanthropes ready to go in October
|
|
|
Post by uptrainfan89 on Sept 8, 2016 12:48:38 GMT -9
Definitely will post pics, I plan on having my D&D 5e game nights up and going by the end of the month!
|
|
|
Post by printableheroes on Sept 12, 2016 13:42:59 GMT -9
Ugh, I'm so busy this month, and all I want to do is make more minis! You took the words right out of my mouth haha Just.... gotta... make it... through... the work day.. and stupid... adult... obligations... then it's OMAAAAGERHD DRAW IDEAS DRAW WOOO OH $#!* IT'S 2AM. I'm excited to see more of your updates and WIPs - it's inspiring motivation fuel to make it through the work day
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Sept 15, 2016 7:28:49 GMT -9
A friend sent me a birthday card that can be converted into a simple model of a pirate ship. The pirates that came with the set were a bit huge, so i swapped them out with some of my goblins. Now my goblins have a litte ship of their very own
|
|
|
Post by Vermin King on Sept 15, 2016 8:21:58 GMT -9
Happy belated birthday, sir
|
|
|
Post by kgstanley81 on Sept 15, 2016 14:25:17 GMT -9
Happy belated birthday
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Sept 16, 2016 7:56:46 GMT -9
I don't think I've shared this pic here yet. An updated pic of all the minis in my drivethru shop. The monster family is slowly growing
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 6, 2016 1:19:01 GMT -9
Thought I was getting close to the end of my to-do list, then I decided to round up all the sets (themed packs of 6 monsters) I have in-progress, planned out and partially planned out. Looks like I've got a LOT of work to do. I probably shouldn't add any more to the list... I regret nothing!
|
|
|
Post by Vermin King on Dec 6, 2016 5:09:55 GMT -9
It's probably a bit late for this year, but if you did a Holiday set for next year, I bet it would sell very well.
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 6, 2016 5:34:34 GMT -9
It's probably a bit late for this year, but if you did a Holiday set for next year, I bet it would sell very well. Yeah, I'm gonna be plugging away at these guys for the next few months. Not sure if I want to do a holiday set. In my experience, nobody is around to game during the holidays. Perhaps winter & snow-themed monsters would be an appropriate winter release. Like when I released skeletons and werebeasts in october. Hmmm, polar bears, yeti and ice golems, could make a useful pack...
|
|
|
Post by Vermin King on Dec 6, 2016 6:01:51 GMT -9
My thought was that many of us enjoy sharing our hobby with our kids, with some success and many failures.
A holiday set may be a way of generating some interest among the little ones, yet adults would be interested because they either want them just for the figures, or for their kids (and grandkids), or they might think up a Holiday-related encounter, sort of like the Doctor Who Christmas episodes.
Your style would lend itself to a Holiday pack quite nicely. Some folks might want them just for your art.
And that could lead to a Snowy Wastes set
It was just a thought
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 6, 2016 6:38:25 GMT -9
Oh! Right! Ha, I didn't even think about kids. The offspring of my nearby close friends are still too small and gross to be trusted with destroyable, paper tokens. Also, these kids will probably grow up to be athletes or something, just to spite their nerdy parents
|
|
|
Post by cowboycentaur on Dec 6, 2016 15:49:12 GMT -9
Oh! Right! Ha, I didn't even think about kids. The offspring of my nearby close friends are still too small and gross to be trusted with destroyable, paper tokens. Also, these kids will probably grow up to be athletes or something, just to spite their nerdy parents The style of your minis would really appeal to kids morso than most. Not a dig they just gave a very vibrant dynamic look.
|
|
|
Post by Punkrabbitt on Dec 6, 2016 18:03:15 GMT -9
Just my opinions, but I really like the busty orc chick, but wonder why snakemen have legs?
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 6, 2016 18:36:13 GMT -9
Just my opinions, but I really like the busty orc chick, but wonder why snakemen have legs? It's supposed to represent a Type 1 Yuan-ti malison from the 5E MM.
|
|
|
Post by Punkrabbitt on Dec 6, 2016 19:41:58 GMT -9
Just my opinions, but I really like the busty orc chick, but wonder why snakemen have legs? It's supposed to represent a Type 1 Yuan-ti malison from the 5E MM. Ah, well... ok then I am no longer up on my product identity monters lol! I regressed to 0 edition D&D a few years back and forgot that certain things look certain ways o.0 It makes much more sense to create products that are inherently compatible with the existing best-selling rules
|
|
|
Post by Parduz on Dec 7, 2016 5:16:23 GMT -9
The "problem" with an unique style like your, is that one may want to have everything in the same style, so i miss all the "standard creatures army packs" (elf, humans, dwarfs, orks, etc) so i could buy each pack and use them in rpg/skirmish games requiring equivalent forces on the opponent sides. This means (if this is not clear) that i love your art so much, that I WANT everything in your style (even if Okum miniatures are good at side of yours)
|
|
|
Post by cowboycentaur on Dec 7, 2016 7:43:52 GMT -9
The "problem" with an unique style like your, is that one may want to have everything in the same style, so i miss all the "standard creatures army packs" (elf, humans, dwarfs, orks, etc) so i could buy each pack and use them in rpg/skirmish games requiring equivalent forces on the opponent sides. This means (if this is not clear) that i love your art so much, that I WANT everything in your style (even if Okum miniatures are good at side of yours) I'm in the same boat really. As much as I love the artwork in itself. Stylistically not many of them really fit alongside the miniatures I already use.
|
|
|
Post by Punkrabbitt on Dec 7, 2016 8:37:41 GMT -9
I will follow up that I love the style so much that even though I am strictly a Star Trek gamer in cardboard, I build these guys and leave them around the house hiding next to pictures, lurking in the spice cabinet. Occasionally in the medicine cabinet at a friend's house.
They're great.
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 7, 2016 17:46:43 GMT -9
Thanks guys. I guess to address your concerns, I just need to keep making monsters. Trust me, if I had infinite free time, every monster would be available right now. Also, if my style looked like all the other styles, there wouldn't be much of a point in making these. I think a lot of visual-gaming aids look kind of "samey" so, figured I'd mix things up a bit. I hope I can provide you with the models you need, and if there's creatures you'd like to see, always feel free to let me know! If enough gamers need the same thing, it becomes a priority.
|
|
|
Post by Vermin King on Dec 7, 2016 18:12:55 GMT -9
Maybe this is the time I should make a comment that I have made many times before.
Don't be offended if we, the benefactors of your creations, make suggestions We enthusiastically look forward to your next creations. Sometimes we can be pushy.
Keep making what you want to make. That is what got us following your work to begin with.
Just keep doing what makes you happy
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 7, 2016 18:56:30 GMT -9
Maybe this is the time I should make a comment that I have made many times before. Don't be offended if we, the benefactors of your creations, make suggestions We enthusiastically look forward to your next creations. Sometimes we can be pushy. Keep making what you want to make. That is what got us following your work to begin with. Just keep doing what makes you happy No offense at all. The fact that anybody is actually interested enough in my current work to want more, and to spend time assembling more is a HUGE compliment. I gladly accept all suggestions and feedback, it really does wonders in encouraging me. A lot of what I enjoy about this is exploring how to make a well-known creature look new, fresh and appealing. This takes a bit of "R&D" so, that adds time to the production of anything, and I'm guessing everyone on this forum understands that time is always the #1 issue. All I can really say is, hang tight everyone! I ALSO want Trash Mob versions of everything
|
|
|
Post by Parduz on Dec 8, 2016 15:28:11 GMT -9
Eheh. A lot of time ago i explained in this forum my own "vision" about making paper miniature sets (the funny thing is that i don't do absolutly anything, so you'll know how much cents my envision is worth ). If I remember weel, it was more or less deemed as "not feasible". Anyway, i still wish to see things this way, one day: - mini sets made like toy-soldiers boxes: N sets of < put N races here> infantry, followed by N sets of < put N races here> cavalry, followed by .... When they comes out, i can buy them and have ISTANTLY usable factions for any game i'd like. - included Hi-Res PNGs of the various weapons/armors/equipement used in the set (just what we see on the figures in a bigger scale, no need for new drawings), so one could build his own game cards/tables/whatever with appropriate stats for the players - a minimum of two color variations for two different "feature" (skin, clothes, shield... whatever): this will allow to have at least 4 different combination of the same figures to easily differentiate squads, or "level", or owning player (the grey Orcs are the Elite squads, you're the Red Shields, i'm the Blue...) This 'cause i use paper minis much more for skirmish game than for RPGs, and even today i'm struggling to find 3 equivalent different armies. AFAIK the most complete are from our host. OneMonk have an High Elfs and a Skeleton/undead army which are more or less equivalent (cavalry, infantry, command, pikemen, etc) but not a third one (for humans you have to pick arthurian figures, bandids, hoard single figures... ). OkumArts figures will allow to build some armies, 'cause the whole lot of single sets and the amount of variations per set. Other designers / producers may have other races, but in different styles, and in less quantity (honestly, i haven't checked PERMES catalogue in a while, so i may be wrong)... still each style is very different (which is good in general, but not so great when you have 20-50 figures per side). This all is also true for the sci-fi genre. Now, my english is what it is, so, to be clear, i'm not blaming anyone (I write music for hobby, i know how what you want to do can clashes against what you should -or are requested to- do). And i don't know neither if this is the right way to make this businnes. It is just what i'd like to see, and where i'll sink my few euros for sure Sorry if this is derailing your thread....
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 8, 2016 16:48:09 GMT -9
Don't worry Parduz you're not derailing anything. I agree with the content you're describing, that type of load-out would make a GREAT pack for anybodies army! I've got a feeling, I just might not be the right publisher for you, and that is okay. My packs are geared more towards RPGs, and maaaaybe some skirmish fun. For me, much of this comes down to time. I just don't have the time to make multiple armies with some interesting, varied infantry/weapon selections/palette swaps/etc (though, that would be really, really cool.) I also get bored drawing the same creature, that's why I stick to making my sets 6-packs. It keeps my design decisions economical. I will always include a melee, ranged and caster/commander figure in every "army" pack though. If I tried to design proper armies, I'd probably get so caught up in the minutia, I'd never finish one army, let alone multiple! That's why the 6-pack pipeline works for me. That said. If I mix & match a few of my packs, I'm well on my way to having enough options for a decent skeleton or lizardmen army, perhaps army options will work their way in organically
|
|
|
Post by lightning on Dec 10, 2016 2:56:02 GMT -9
Didn't have much time lately but got a good look at your stuff again today. I really love your style. So unique and just fun!
Need to finish all my open projects but I would love to make some buildings for this dinosaur/orcs setting.
|
|
|
Post by chiefasaur on Dec 10, 2016 6:03:38 GMT -9
Didn't have much time lately but got a good look at your stuff again today. I really love your style. So unique and just fun! Need to finish all my open projects but I would love to make some buildings for this dinosaur/orcs setting. Oh man, if it is even half as cool as your spaceships and japanese castles, I would lose my mind with excitement!
|
|