Greetings Backers! Firstly I would like to thank everyone for their patience. There has been a lot of upheaval in Tabletop Time Land, with Jenn and Myself having a new baby who came early, to some lean times at the studio leading to layoffs and re-adjustment to new roles - With that said, everything to be included in the campaign is and always has been secure - And as promised, we've got more! We had dearly hoped to get all models out prior to the launch of the Sisters, our next faction, however the early arrival of my son made that impossible. That said - We are closer than ever
COMMAND SQUAD TIME
Today everyone can download the Kindred Command Squad and Specialists - These models make up a special diver command staff, including veteran scourges and special operatives with unique battlefield skills. They are gloriously ridiculous, over the top and wonderful, and as always Jackson from Golden Dragon has done a fantastic job realising Alyshas concept art.
Here are some example builds and models from the set - But there are more, including a periscope operator and a comms operator and more weapon options and configurations for veterans.
LANDSUB UPDATE The landsub is sculpted, and we can share some images of it - However it is still being test printed and checked over. This is the largest most complicated 3D print model we've ever made, and it is a doozy. We can't wait for it to be in your hands, it wont be too much longer now.
BONUS MODELS I never felt the Zealot pack complete - And as a bit of a sculpting mission and for some fun world building, I expanded the Zealot pack to include options for the in universe faction of "Fathom" - This deep city strays on the edge of madness, drawn to a deep elder god calling to them from the great trenches of the ocean. They strive to better their deep diving vessels, hoping to one day touch that which reaches toward their minds. This proximity causes strange... changes. So with additional parts sculpted by me, David McLennan on top of Jacksons helmets - I also present today the Fathom Zealot additional parts.
Also - The less insane Fathom warriors enjoy transporting snacks and found treasures in their helmet cages. Occasionally stray crabs too. Or using them as lobster pots on long missions! Crafty fellows!
SISTERS OF THE OLD BLOOD
If you backed the Kindred of the Abyss because you wanted to get on board and support Tabletop Times future game universe - Well, the Sisters of the Old Blood campaign has just launched. The Sisters are the second faction in our slowly growing universe, the custodians of a Victorian-esque dark society in the midst of its own industrial revolution. This powerful but archaic order of religious fanatics fights infused with the supernatural power of the old blood, what is old blood? Well it belongs to the old ones... Fathom Kindred might be jealous.
The campaigns initial offering of 4 units is already funded, with two stretch goals unlocked so far - and we would love your support taking it as far as we took kindred.
Some images of some of the initial sisters models are below:
Thankyou everyone! Small final note: Landsub almost with you Scatter Terrain commencing Art largely done - needs to be set up for distribution Lore PDF to be compiled once all minis finished, painted and we can put the booklet together Cutaway Art - With the sub finished, Juuso can commence the second cutaway art, but with such a huge delay his schedule is very full so this may be a bit of a delay.
Our next Stretch goal is now available for download - This is a painters bust that captures the grim and horrible nature of the Kindred, raiding villages on the coast for all manner of goods to take back below into their harrowing cities.
The bust has been sculpted by Victor Aguilar and has been made with two major options. The first, a Kindred at rest, contemplating his raid, preparing for violence or perhaps a spot of harpoon fishing.
There is also a cut off version for easier mounting on plinths or if you prefer that artificial framing for your busts.
The second version of the model showcases our original vision for the Kindred, but we understand the subject matter might be a little more confrontational for some. And that is our depiction of the bust and its title "Unexpected Find" We feel it captures the lack of humanity the Kindred so often display, with soft look of confusion and contemplation, and none of the delicacy required when handling such an innocent being. For the child, its future cut short - Destined to become one of the Kindred itself, brought below the water and integrated into their society and robbed of the life it might have known. Thankfully for the child, they save their cannibalistic tendencies for less useful and more resistant coast dwellers.
We hope you enjoy this powerful and understandably dark piece, and are excited to see your takes on this piece - Murray is working on one right now! Remember you can download your files right here on backerkit, just navigate to your account! We will be back with more soon! Cheers Tabletop Time
Greetings everyone and may I introduce to you the Bathysphere UTTS Scout Walker:
This scout walker has been sculpted by Jesse over at Golden Dragon Games. Within the Kindred society, many of their submersibles utilize UTTS technology - Universal Terrain Traversal Systems - None undergo more of a transformation than the Bathysphere. A barely powered escape pod and slaving 'elevator', the bathyspheres offer the Kindred a relatively safe method of travelling to the bottom or top of the ocean, and little else. This new release allows you to create bathyspheres and use them for terrain or whatever else you can imagine.
However, enterprising Kindred developed a new UTTS for scouting and raiding purposes, replacing the pontoons, the UTTS itself contains a power system and drive for four legs, as well as a weapon mount. Alongside this, a propellor is added for limited if graceless mobility through the ocean, primarily used to manoeuvre from deployment range onto the shore and back.
While lightly armed, these pressure resistant spheres are extremely durable for their size, and can take quite a beating before finally falling still in a mess of hydraulic fluid and steel.
These walkers are available for download RIGHT NOW if you navigate to your backer kit account download section.
We will have some backer exclusive sneak peaks at the end of this message, but for now some updates!
Sisters of the Old Blood
Some of you may have seen the new campaign page for Sisters of the Old Blood - We are extremely excited to be slowly starting work on the next faction in our universe.
We will be launching the Sisters Campaign once we have finished fulfilling the Mini Stretch goals for this campaign, but we hoped to share with you the launch page so you could follow along and build excitement.
The Rest of this Campaign
Multiple threads are all converging and close to tying up at the same time, we have some exciting news to share with backers (preview images) of the Landsub. We are aiming to have all Miniatures out for this campaign within two months, coinciding with the launch of our next campaign, Sisters of the Old Blood.
With this said, several stretch goals will then be completed concurrently with the Sisters Campaign. Our primary bottleneck has always been miniature sculpting, and once sculpting is concluded on kindred we can then produce the written materials, PDF, complete in house paint jobs, do model photography etc. We have always been excited to present our work in a PDF 'mini codex' that feels like an homage to early GW books, and we have decided that will be elevated if the Kindred have something to fight! We are extremely excited to complete these non mini related goals alongside the launch of the Sisters campaign and make something really special!
That is all from us Today, your next update with a new STL will be sooner than the last was, hopefully in a few weeks!
For backers, please checkout the exclusive sneak peeks below!
Greetings Backers! It has been a little while, and we assure you nobody is more aware of this than us! We have had a handful of requests for an update, but experience has taught me that if you're on the verge of releasing models, don't say anything until you actually can, or you will set everyone up for disappointment. That is where we were about a month ago, certain we would be about to hand over some more files.
Obviously that wasn't the case. However I wouldn't be making this update without news, and that news is - The Bingus Boys are now available.
Dan from The Lions Tower has done a fantastic job capturing the evocative likenesses from Alyshas art of the Bingus Boys.
Ben and Gus have grown from the small town brothers beloved by many to ruthless raid leaders. The first of our 'special characters' Ben manipulates his simple big brother into indulging in his many, many sadistic whims. While Gus walks through life blissfully ignorant to the horrifying carnage his is inflicting. Gus is a legend among kindred Malformed, and while Ben is tall, Gus is simply huge, the largest malformed to date that remains capable of simple conversation and focused effort. (The less said about the other malformed, the better). He is seen as a champion, a powerhouse and something of celebrity, all things Gus doesn't really understand.
Ben Enjoys long walks in the park, and shooting to maim, especially when his targets are little threat to him. He is particularly fond of slowly stalking wounded victims that are crawling away.
Fun Fact: The Giant Squid plushy is one of the few 'acts of true kindness' Gus ever received from his brother, after Ben won it for him at a carnival (after much begging) when they were young.
The Bingus Boys are available for download right now. We look forward to seeing what you do with our first Character Models.
For those who are looking for a bit of a timeline - on this campaign, I do not want to make promises only to break them, so rather than dates, I will lay out the release ORDER and current progress.
Next up: Kindred Bust (Basically finished) Kindred Bathysphere Scout Walker (Half complete) Kindred Scatter Terrain (25% complete) Kindred Landsub (Just commenced) Cutaway art and Wallpapers (Awaiting Landsub sculpting before completion is possible) Kindred Command Squad (Not commenced) Lore Primer (Requires all other elements to be finished)
For our next campaign, we have already begun the process of ensuring we have a much wider pool of sculptors with less busy schedules and more concrete timelines to reduce delays, unfortunately, the same goodwill and contacts that has made this campaign possible is also the reason for its delay - We have a very small number of talented but extremely busy sculptors who are basically working for us in borrowed hours besides running businesses with immense pressure on themselves. Many of these campaigns are run by either large businesses with in house sculptors or solo operations where the campaign is their entire world until complete, allowing them to produce minis far more rapidly. We are extremely grateful for our sculptors and their hard work, and rest assured this is never being forgotten or abandoned, we are as eager to see new sculpts as you all!
Once more - Thankyou for your patience everyone - And we wish you a fantastic holiday period and happy new year! We will hopefully be able to round out the campaign neatly in Q1 next year.
Our first ever released model set working with Patrick Keith from Bombshell Miniatures.
Patrick first approached us, eager to work on the Sisters of the Old Blood - But the Kindred were in need of more sculpting work, given the success of the campaign and all the stretch goals, so we brought Patrick in early for the Kindred.
As an extension of the Kindred range, Jackson Jewell from Golden Dragon Games sculpted all of the weapons to ensure a harmony between the Divers and the Swabs.
We love how the now affectionately named "Kindred Swabs" or "Swabbies" have turned out, and while in our game, many of them will charge in with tuna knives and harpoons, you can equip yours with all manner of guns.
There are loads of options available for you to print and build... RIGHT NOW. Simply navigate to your digital downloads by clicking HERE
The files are called Swabs, and are divided into all their arms (weapons) options, and their heads and bodies. There is also a folder of renders showing off all the parts available in the set.
Really excited to see what people do with their Swabs, there are so few navy themed weird war or alt history models out there, and its a great vibe!
Thankyou everyone! We'd best get back to work making more stretch goals!
