Hey, please don't think i'm nagging. I work in a creative industry and i know just how much it drags when you have to work to order (that's one reason i got back into mini painting - no deadlines and no really utility - creativity for my own satisfaction
I'd agree, take your time you get the best results. However there have been posts about funding stream issues and i just wanted to make it clear why i haven't ordered yet. I'm cool to wait a 2,3,4 years to order if the rest of the ranges look as good as this, but with the added costs of P&P etc i wouldn't do so until there was a usable army available in one hit. i guess your bank manager won't be so patient !
My view is you have 2 maybe 3 options if you
need this to fund itself (and i was under the impression your plan is to make this your prime occupation) :
A. Concentrate on 2/3 factions and create a basic revenue stream which funds your through the next 8 factions.
B. Work on loads of really cool CAD models in your own time, generate a huge buzz then drop a crowdfunder to get them into production.
C. Do the same as above but on an ad-hoc basis - ie. only put the models which generate a level of pre-order interest into production (not really sure how you organised the legality of orders without the back up of an intermediary like kickstarter etc though.) Yes, kick starters sound a lot of work, but doing it yourself sounds harder to me.
I think you also need to be realistic about what you can do alone. One precedent to look at is probably Hawk Wargames. That guy managed a rule set, 4 lines of models and all the terrain etc for one huge launch ( that said the inability to produce models fast enough nearly sank it in the first few months.) But this took several years of full time work afaik and i'm not sure how much was generated before he left his previous employer. I would imagine it also required a mega ton of upfront funding. Likewise, developing the range is nowat a crawl as i imagine he is mostly wrapped up in business stuff now.
If i were you i'd try to stay focused on the design end ( keep enjoying it) and look to partner up for the manufacturing/distribution.
Looking forward to seeing this develop however it happens...
