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Afternoon Backers,

We've got an update for physical and digital backers today.  At the moment, we have all but the kobold and hobgoblin characters.  About 5-6 of each faction. We do have the 'troopers' from both factions. We intend to start distributing waves of the digital minis any day now and I'll review more down the page a bit.  We are looking at shipping physicals by September as well and more on that in a bit too.

Pinna's Healing Salve - Freebies!

We know we are a few months overdue and don't like it one bit.  What we are going to do is provide some free stuff for both the physical and digital backers to cure the wait on our tardiness.

Digital Backers will receive free of charge our FOrx and SPorx Cutlery Kit which features our fantasy and space orc range and lots of goodies for customizing orc models. Who doesn't need more orcs in their dungeon???

Physical Backers eligible for stretch goals will receive an extra tray of basic 'Nare-Do-Wells' in their packages too.  This is a test shot of a tray of items that includes several basic kobolds, hobgoblins, goblins and other critters.  Somewhere between 10 and 20 models.  We are still working on the sizing and composition so we can do this effectively and the models will be mono-pose with fixtured heads.  That will allow us to pack the most content on the tray for you.  We think this is a pretty cool bonus for the physical orders and will certainly help populate your dungeon!

Lastly, we've lined up Patrick Keith to do a repose of Pinna as a hearty adventurer with a staff and spell book (maybe that tome from Mixlax's table!) suitable for dungeon delving.  We will include this in the digital backer reward as well as an additional printed model on the freebie tray for the Physicals.

All of these freebies will be available to any new backers that hop on the pre-order too.  The pre-order is at a higher pricing level than the original crowd funder though.

Once again, we want to make sure you're happy with the project and we think these items will help compensate for our delay.

Why The Delay

It's been pretty hectic in 2025.  We started with about 70% of our raw materials sourced in the US and needed to move the rest over to a US source.  Hunting that down and getting new materials qualified has been a pretty significant chore.  We are happy to say that we're at 99% of US sourced raw materials. 

One big assist came from a US company, 3DRS, who we've worked with for quite some time.  They helped us formulate our 3D print resin so that we could get the performance we needed locally.  If you print minis and are US based, check them out here...  3DRS website.  They have some great materials and offer free shipping!

Our metal supplier also helped us source a US Based replacement silicone and resin for our plastic process.  Waking up to potential 50% EU tariffs one random morning was a bit of a shock, but we think we have this under control too.

All in all, it takes a great deal of time just to figure out what we need to replace, find a reputable source and then test all the different material options to make sure they do what we want them to do.  We certainly learned a lot but definitely didn't plan to have to do it!

Delivery Timing

We will start the digital distribution of models soon via MyMiniFactory.  We have everyone's pledge manager emails for distribution.  It will take about 3-5 more weeks because we still need to finish supporting and test printing many of the the models we have.  That said, we are distributing the goblins and the Orx shortly to all the digital recipients along with a few others.

Digital Delivery
We should be distributing files in this order...

Physical Delivery
We are looking to get the physicals shipping by September.

So How About The Latest Models...

These are our Hobgoblin Brandbearers and the Kobold Legionaries & Veles along with the Black Iron Pact and Soul Binders...

Wrap Up

That wraps us this update.  Thanks for your patience with us and we hope Pinna's Healing Potions more than restores your necessary hit point loss for our delay!

Thanks!
Dave

Good Morning Backers,

We are finally moving!  Packages are starting to move out the door.  Certainly much later than we had planned but better quality than we had hoped. There are plenty of reasons why this took so long, but to sum it up this project had quite a few models with some complex features and figuring out how to build them was a formidable challenge. We wanted these figures to be an enjoyable modeling experience and provide some nice posable options for the Hobgoblin Warriors and Grilps too. As of this moment, these are the most awesome models we have had the pleasure of building. We think you will agree they will be worth the wait. Even the Stretch goals are a complete encounter by themselves!

Manufacturing Changes and Bonus Content...

We ended up parting the Hobgoblin Warriors in such a way that you could pose the model and have some variation. Personally, I've never liked bunches of monopose models for skirmish type games and Lord Varrox has has an army! You are going to need piles of warriors for the encounters in Camp Firefield and the new adventures from MCDM's (Crack The Sun). I think it is important to have the ability to break up the battlefield with unique poses for your adventures. It is also best to have a standardized look and feel for your army of antagonists. This is a list of all the changes, perks and modifications we made for this project...

Kobold Box 

What Is Shipping...

To start we are split shipping the Kobolds, Goblins, Stretch Goals, and 2 of the 3 Villains.  We need another couple weeks out the stragglers we had for the Hobgoblins, but they will be sent as the 2nd half of the split ships as soon as we have them kitted.  We think we will catch up to complete orders within the first 50 or so shipments.  We only have about 275 to ship so we are looking at completing that in the next 5 to 6 weeks.  We really tried to get these out the door for the holidays, but just ran out of time and had a few too many issues.  Shipments have started and several should see their shipping notices daily. We intend to progress in backer order and some spot shipments for easier orders if you only ordered a Pinna or Slaughter Demon for instance.

Digital Backers...

Everything has been delivered via MyMiniFactory.  If you don't have an invite, let us know at [email protected].  If you didn't grab these files during the crowdfunder, you can grab them now on our website HERE or on MyMiniFactory HERE.

Holidays...

Our last day for the holidays will be next Thursday (12/18) and we get back to the shop on Tuesday the 30th.  We may be slow to answer emails over the break, but we will get back to you as soon as we see the post.

That should cover it for today.  Keep an eye out for your shipment from our system and if you have questions where you are in the order, shoot us a note at [email protected].  Backers please check out the Backer Only content below.

Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Dave