Patreon Updates: What’s Coming in September
Hello everyone,
Starting in September, we will have some changes to our Patreon.
Firstly, the current tier Chest will be renamed The Bannerman. Essentially, nothing changes here; we will continue developing the various army lines as we have been doing.
We will introduce a new tier called The Adventurer, where we'll bring you small collections dedicated to other themes. We’ll begin with a range of Vikings and farm animals that will be developed over a few months. Depending on your feedback, the content will change, but the idea is to keep it diverse and not commit to large ranges like the ones we have been working on so far.
We've decided to keep the scale standard we already have, with no intention of adapting to other brands on the market, making it easier for you to convert with our ranges.
You will also have a tier option to subscribe to both at the same time, ensuring there is no impact on loyalty rewards.
In the coming days, we'll start showing you WIPs (work in progress) of the new miniatures :)
I hope this new adventure will be as interesting for you as it is for us.
Comments (6)
Really great... You are busy at work for a while and then find out afterwards (i.e. TOO LATE) that the membership structure has been changed and you can no longer have the first month of this adventurer level. After several years of membership, I am extremely excited about it... My questions: - Why is the combined Tier not (yet?) available at MMF? - Could this please be initiated promptly in order to switch over? - Is there no early bird level for veterans? - How could I get the September content of the Adventurer Tier?
Once I finish writing this message, I'll gift you the first month :) It will be available in your account at Lastsword.com. MMF is a platform that we find expensive, slow, and quite labor-intensive. Additionally, they did not fulfill the promotion they promised us when we first joined, so we're quite disappointed. Honestly, if it were up to me, I would shut it down right now. I’m not sure what we'll do in the coming months, but my opinion of them is becoming increasingly negative. There are no veteran tiers because none of the platforms offer us a way to implement them. This is why we're increasingly convinced that focusing on our own website is the best path forward, as it would allow us to have more control and do things our way. But these are decisions that need careful consideration, and nothing is set in stone yet. Enjoy your gift, and thank you for your support.
In terms of scale the most important thing to me is consistency. I can adjust the scales as needed (bonus points for Lychee files) but it gets to be a pain if I have to recheck the scale every month or even every figure.
Any idea of the additional price for the new Adventurer level? I really like the look of them but I'm on a limited budget and I'm worried about price creep. I've already had to drop some patreons due to increasing costs.
Very nice mini, but that doesn't look 100% historical. But I don't care, looks very cool and will use them as marauders. For vikings and other early/late medieval inspired mini's I don't see a problem with using your own scale. But if you are doing Napoleonics, it's better to match as close as possible the scale that Perry, Victrix and Warlord use. Same as Piano Wargames Napoleonics are very good match with Perry plastics. About the dual subscription. Afaik, you can only be subscribed to one tier from a creator. So if you don't open another patreon page it seems impossible for longtime subscribers to keep their loyality months.
The problem with the classic 28 mm scale is that the miniatures are too small for the level of detail we want them to have. This is why we maintain our own format. Additionally, this section will cover a wide range of miniatures, and it would be very complicated to explain the scale of each item if we start modifying it. For the Vikings, we have opted for a plausible design, even if it is not the most standard representation. However, element by element, there is nothing that would have been impossible during the Viking era.