The Adventurer: Next Steps
Hello everyone,
We’ve finally made it here.
As I like to be transparent, I want to share some things with you. From here, I’d like to build our roadmap to the future together.
One of the big challenges we face with Patreon is that we sculpt month by month while simultaneously managing everything else. This approach has its advantages, like allowing us to be very proactive with your feedback and make changes on the fly. But it also leads to silly mistakes that, due to a lack of time for thorough review, can take weeks to identify and fix—if we even realize them at all. Moving so fast has its downsides.
That’s why we’ve decided to change our approach in "The Adventurer." We’re now sculpting three months ahead of what you’re currently seeing. Thanks to this, the miniatures are much better tested, and in the future, we might be able to show you more painted models than we traditionally have. However, this will limit our ability to be as flexible and responsive as before.
I’m not sure which system will work better, so we’re going to try this for a while. But above all, I wanted to keep you informed.
Right now, we’ve sculpted two months dedicated to Viking shield walls. One month focuses on the wall itself, with Bondi warriors, and the other on Fyrdmen troops fighting behind it with Danish axes and spears.
Additionally, we’ve prepared another release inspired by the era of the musketeers (without falling into the typical cape cliché), featuring swashbuckling miniatures. These miniatures are also designed to be used in Mordheim, following the rules of the Nuln School of Artillery, but with a rather unique style.
And that’s what we have prepared so far.
On Monday or Tuesday, after the Freak Wars 2024, I’ll start developing the next month.
So, now that you know our approach, I’d love to hear what you like, what you don’t, and what paths you’d like us to explore in the future. The idea remains the same:
Relatively small, intensive ranges that allow us to explore interesting areas. But I also want the miniatures to be useful to you :)
So I’m all ears! :)
Comments (8)
My interest in historical miniatures stops around mid 15th century. So anything from ancients to the end of HYW is fine. I don't have much interest in the musket era. So for the musketeer it all depends what the loyality rewards are, otherwise I will skip the months that are beyond late 15th century.
In terms of themes, I would love to see historical minis that aren't given as much attention. For instance - eastern Romans (byzantines), varangian guard (vikings who fought for the byzantines!), celts, bulgars, Armenians, bronze age Mesopotamia
I hoping for historical miniatures which are modular and compatible with the fantasy range (even if just heads and hands)
yes
Musketeers? What happened to finishing up existing ranges, dark elf scouts for example? The only 'advantage' with this new system is that I now know they won't be coming for at least 4 months...
Yeah, while I like this (semi) historical addition and upgraded my tier for it. I would still have preferred that the extra manpower would have been used to complete i.e the Fallen lineage faster. We are still missing a lot for that range and we know that there will be zero new Fallen lineage miniatures for the rest of 2024 :-(
Really love where this is going. There is a definitive lack of good Swashbuckling/Musketeer type miniatures. Specifically, miniatures armed with rapiers and pistols with 17th century aesthetics.
I like the aesthetic of the musketeer, I'm hoping your 'swashbuckling' miniatures will make for good pirates that have a dash of pirates of the carribean style about them.