Sure, I can give some general updates. The Kickstarter was successful, which is great. The whole not being able to ship to the UK thing really hurt me, but what can you do. I’m sure I could have done more to promote it and to make it look more polished that would have increased the funding. Really I had sat on the sculpts so long that I just wanted to get them out there, so given the amount of effort I put in and how much time I actually have available, I am pretty happy with the way it performed.
Lots of my free time has been spent sorting and bagging minis for the KS. I just finished cleaning up a ton of masters for upcoming 6mm Renaissance releases and a 6mm Fantasy KS for the middle of next year. I do it myself to save money, but lord, what a job!
The business got a bit busier the past couple of months, which is great to pay the sculpting bills. Due to my day job, I have to say I have been neglecting the logistics side of the business a bit. For example, I haven’t been as quick on restocks, I haven’t kept up on casting items so I have things on hand, etc. I also need to finish getting the rest of my items onto my Etsy store…I think I found a more cost-effective way of doing so. Basically you make 1 or 2 entries for a product line and set the individual SKU’s up as variants. Not sure if it is better or worse from a customer experience and search perspective, but it makes it a lot more viable to put products that don’t sell much on there.
Releases…I should have a fairly big 6mm scifi release out next month, tanks, infantry, etc. The following month I have some odds and ends to put out for the 6mm Bronze Age line. Assuming I finish KS fulfillment by early October, I hope to launch the next one in November, although I am torn on what exactly it should be. I might also just chill out for the rest of the year KS-wise and try to do more prep for the next campaign, like actually paint something and try to make the presentation a bit better. My gut feel though is that quantity has a quality of its own there.
Development…I have a literal ton of 3D prints to order. 6mm scifi stuff for KS’s next year, Insect Nomads for Dieselkrieg, Hammurabic infantry for Bronze Age…it’s a long and expensive list. I’m also planning on getting a couple fantasy naval ships done up in Siocast, just to see how they look. So much went into planning the fantasy naval line and the fact that it has never gone anywhere bothers me.
One big decision I made recently, is that rather than go back and update some of my older 6mm fantasy offerings that are now a bit smaller in terms of scale than the newer Martin Baker sculpted stuff, that I am likely going to get a Forest Dragon printing license and sell rescaled 6mm versions of their warmaster proxies. I am happy with the durability of the resin I am using, and their sculpts are both easy to print on the bed and robust enough to withstand the downscaling. More on that in a month or so. It does free me up to use my monetary resources on releasing some more esoteric stuff.
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