March 2023: Infantry of the High Kingdom
Hey guys!
We're working on fixing some minor scaling issues with the camp, and I haven't included the final renders yet. I hope to have it resolved by tomorrow or the day after.
Other than that, here is the infantry of the High Kingdom. We've based their design on the armies of Alexander Farnese, trying to move away from the classic morion helmet, which was actually only used for short periods of time.
It's been a while since I've talked to you about this, but I wanted to dedicate a few words to piracy.
For obvious reasons, we're present in most piracy groups undercover and we read what's being said. It's very common to see the expression "wait a month for the author to make money." This is simply ridiculous.
The market cost of a miniature is around 250-500 euros. Just think about how many miniatures you receive per month. Only the big Patreons can amortize those costs.
Even in our team, which is closed and collaborative, we have 5 sculptors, an art director, and a logistics person, plus the invaluable help of deantonious. If we depended solely on Patreon's income, we wouldn't be able to maintain that structure. That's why we need kickstarters and ordinary sales on our website. They're not very high, but they make the difference between being able to keep going and not doing so.
We're constantly striving to improve. The website has undergone a huge amount of improvements in recent months. We've changed to a much more powerful and expensive server to make navigation smoother. Every week on Discord, you can see that we're still optimizing old files or supports. Right now, we're cutting the Grail Church again to make printing more optimal.
A few days ago, we were at an event where we lost money. We knew we would be assuming a significant cost, but we went to promote our hobby.
All of this needs income to be able to sustain itself, and for us to be able to make a living from it. So don't let anyone fool you. Even OPR or Titan Forge are relatively small companies, and they're the big ones in the industry. There are no multinationals here earning millions of euros. Most of us fight every month to stay alive.
That's why it's crucial that you protect the files. It's no use banning the leaker if we can identify them; the damage is done. We need you to understand this and help us fight this false and destructive double standard.
If we want to be here for a long time, we need you, and we need your help in making as many people as possible understand this reality.
Thanks so much for your support, and sorry for the long message :)
Comments (19)
Thanks for your clear words about piracy...I support every word you have written...
So when are these going to be available? The months almost over
They have been in the libraries for about 2 weeks :)
I would honestly contribute more than my current tier if I were able :( You guys are truly amazing at what you do and I am looking forward to everything you are yet to release. I started Bretonnia for the Warhammer Armies Project we are about to play with a few friends, but I also love the Empire and others. Have to say that it has come to the point that I have decided to field one lance of Knights from each designer I love, yourselves included :D Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much Mario
Great figures as usual, but several rar.files are defective: knighttentfurniture, campfiretent, archimage, grandcaptainfoot. Plus: commandtentfurniture missing all files, instead there some files from knighttentfurniture. Some files are broken, too, e.g. 21-swordsmen-Buckler01.stl. Also, I personally find it a bit disappointing that the Captain's and Arge Mage's Pegasuses are exactly the same down to the smallest feather...
Spiel, files have been checked and are working correctly on my end. It's possible that errors occurred during the download process. To avoid these errors, try downloading each file separately. The furniture's scale has just been updated, so the error should now be corrected. Thank you very much for notifying me. Regarding the Pegasus, we committed to making the wizard on Pegasus. You can consider the captain as an extra. We would have also liked to make the wizard on horseback, but it wasn't possible. The pace we follow on Patreon is very high and February also has fewer days. We always want to give you more and better, but time is limited, and the Pegasus path was not easy, with several design changes. I'm sorry if you were expecting more, but it was materially impossible.
No sé si os sucede lo mismo. Pero hay varios archivos extraños. El capitán en pegaso no viene con soportes y además vienen varios cubos. Cuando abres el archivo del capitán a caballo en el slicer sale tanto el capitán a pie como montado repetido como 8 veces o así. Un saludo y gracias por leerme.
Hola José Esta tarde lo reviso, pero no es nada que deba preocuparte. Los cubos son piezas que usamos para escalar, y se me pasaria borrarlos. Y la bandeja con miniaturas repetidas, son mis bandejas de los test de imrpesion. Deberia haberse quedado fuera. Ya estan añadidos los soportes del pegaso
I joined last week and have had nothing from you yet. here's the list incase you have forgotten. I've postedit here because you don't answer any private messages sent- Captain on pegasus. -Archmage on pegasus -Captain on horseback and on foot. -Archmage on foot. -Swordsmen of the High Kingdom. -Handgunners of the High kingdom -Camp As a BONUS!!! You get ALL of these models in our Welcome Pack -Duchess of Avernia -The Golden Bastard -Elven Prince on Lion -Elven Prince with Phoenix -Skink Horned Priest -Elven Bard -Dwarf Hired Sword -Imperial Kindred General -Steam Tank -Lord of the Dragon Caranthorm -Modular Bridge 01 -Modular Bridge 02 -Modular Bridge 03 -Four Sets of bases
Rob, the welcome pack is available in the downloads section of your account on the Last Sword website.
I'm glad you're branching out from the Morion Helm's, the hats and helmets in this release look fantastic!
I love the high kingdom the most! I will stay subscribed for a long while but definitely will always come back for high kingdom
I love how even in rank and file units every model is so detailed that it could be used for a hero model in most armies. Very high quality models - I'm happy to be your supporter!
Menudo mes se nos viene a los que hacemos imperio! 👌👌👌 Una lastima lo que comentáis de la piratería, solo espero que sigáis creciendo mes a mes pese al daño que os están haciendo y lo del evento...se muy bien lo que es ir a una feria y palmar pasta, ánimo💪💪💪 PD: cierto lo del casco del Pegaso, se echa en falta la ranilla pero nada que no se solucione con lima y pintura.
Primero, enhorabuena por las minis de este mes. Me encanta el detalle del "atrezzo" del campamento. Segundo, coincido en que la parte inferior de la pezuña debería ir esculpida, ya que queda justo enfrente de la vista principal (es cierto que se puede pintar añadiendo detalle). Por último, lo de la piratería ya sabemos como va. En canales de youtube o twitch te hablan abiertamente de impresiones 3D de dudosa procedencia o de las "copias asiáticas", todo excusándose en lo caras que son las minis de cierta marca, cuando al final piratean todo, lo caro y lo barato y solamente por acumular o cientos de minis o cientos de gigas de stl, cuando aún ni han pintado las minis que compraron hace 5 años.
Awesome looking set! Though the Pegasus makes me wonder if we can't get some details on the underside of the hooves? Those big legs kicking in the air at the front seem strange to have no frog or horse shoe shape or such to them.
Un trabajo asombroso!!! Seguid así!! Sobre la piratería, es demencial lo que hace la gente. A mí me han hablado de un grupo de Telegram que se traspasan los archivos. También de otros patreon a los que estoy suscrito. Espero que más gente se una al patreon y se consiga echar a esa basura que no sabe valorar el trabajo de los demás.
A great release! This is one of my favorite patreons, despite my whining about the release for Equitaine. ;-).