Manufacturing THIS WEEK! Plus PDF Adventures release! Tribes + Patreon Launch Details!
about 2 years ago
– Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 02:36:38 AM
Happy Monday!
Hope you all have been well and having a great summer! Apologies for the radio silence, but we basically didn't have anything new to report for the book and map tiles other than "we are tweaking them". We have been through several iterations over the last little couple of weeks!
Manufacturing Begins!
As you saw in the title, we are starting production this week! We just have to approve a couple more digital proofs today with the manufacturer and then we should be good to go! Expect the update this Friday notifying you of the details and what to expect going forward (including delivery time estimates)
Looking forward to bringing you all more details about manufacturing and a schedule on when things should be moving along! Exciting times! I can't wait to share the schedule with everyone. I want to see these books in your hands!
Please don't forget you can check the status of all the Kickstarter rewards here =)
Airship Campaigns Rewards Tracker
PDF Adventures Coming VERY soon!!!
Another long time coming piece of the stretch goals are the 3 PDF adventures From Sewer to Sky, The Lost Fleet, and Friends in High Places. Originally we intended these to be a little smaller, but they are each quite massive adventures in their own right! The first of these (we will try for all 3) will be ready this coming weekend. We are just wrapping up the layout of each one and then all of the maps, STLs and the PDFs themselves will be assigned to your accounts on MMF.
Very sorry for the delay in these. We decided to slow them down in order to match speed and style with the Patreon we are relaunch (more information below).
That's it for the Airship Campaign relevant updates. Below, I will go into detail for the relaunch of our Patreon and our up and coming Tribes as well. We really appreciate all of the support you have shown us and the patience you have given us while we get the book ready for printing. What an experience this has been. I thank you all so very much for everything!
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Tribes Launch - A New Ship Every Month! (Early Bird Lifetime Tiers)
Love all the ships you're getting from Skies of Sordane? Well, we have finally decided to make new ships! It's been almost a year since we released the last of the ships in Skies of Sordane.
WHAT IS TRIBES?
Tribes is a monthly Patreon-like subscription service on MyMiniFactory that allows customers to support creators by paying a monthly subscription fee to become a Tribe member and getting rewards. Our Tribe will be focused solely on making a new ship every month.
WHAT IS THE ARCANE MINIS TRIBES ABOUT?
As mentioned above, we are doing a new ship every single month! Yep. 1 new ship, every month for a massive discount on the final sale price (more than 75% off retail - oh yes!). There will be some added juicy bits as well like a full high-res maps for every ship, loyalty rewards and even lore and stats for the ship in question!
HOW OFTEN ARE RELEASES?
We will be putting out a new release every month! And, every 4 months, consecutive backers will receive a loyalty reward in the form of an entirely free ship! (the first loyalty reward will be a giant Sky Whale called a Korranir Dreadnought - the same one from the Aldarra Expansion - Savage Skies.
HOW MUCH IS IT?
We have 3 tiers currently that will suit most people!
- Ship Only ($10 - Discounted to $6 for the Early Birds!)
- Merchant Tier ($15 - No Discount)
- Ship + Merchant Tier ($25 - Discounted to $21 for the Early Birds!)
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Each release will have the following!
- 1 HUGE Airship - You'll get a brand new ship with playable interior. Expertly designed and sculpted by our team at Arcane Minis. We have PERFECTED the art of making large, playable ships with interiors and we want to share more of them with you
- High-Resolution Ship Maps - Each release will have a beautiful high-resolution map created by Venatus Maps.
- Airship Stats - Want to use your ship with your Airship Campaigns PDF / book? You will get a stat block for the airship to be used in your campaign!
- Ship Lore - You will learn more about where this ship comes from, its uses in the world, what factions make use of it and more!
- Loyalty Rewards - Every 4 months, you will receive a completely free additional ship (most likely massive Dreadnought size)
EARLY BIRD LIFETIME TIERS
If you get in now, before the end of August, you will get 40% off your Tribe tier which you can hold onto for as long as you want and all releases going forward, you will get them for 40% off! You will have it until you cancel, so it's a lifetime early bird price!
FIRST TRIBES RELEASE - AUGUST 1ST - 40% off Lifetime Tier
The first release will be one of our favourite factions - the Cuthari Hivemind. We released their first ship, the Cuthari Hivemind Reaper ship originally and we have now expanded their fleet with the Conchel Class Cruiser. A brutally large and imposing ship. Tentacles included, it's over a 100cm long! A beast of a ship... prepare your fleets...
Expect more information on this and the next release when we launch on August 1st!
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Patreon Relaunch - Sordane Stories (Early Bird Lifetime Tiers)
As many of you may be aware, we started a Patreon last Fall, but put it on hiatus at the start of this year in order to focus on getting Airship Campaigns done and the Aldarra Kickstarter launched. We originally worked with DM Dave in creating written PDF adventures with STLs, but have since parted ways with Dave and his team and have gone completely in-house with a whole slate of adventures and awesome monsters planned for you all.
WHAT IS THE ARCANE MINIS PATREON ABOUT?
The adventures will all be taking place in the world of Sordane to expand on the lore and universe we have built. The adventures can easily be used in any other setting you wish to! We are branding these adventures "Sordane Stories". This is how you know they will be set in the world of Sordane if we ever decide to expand into other genres or universes!
HOW OFTEN ARE RELEASES?
Currently, the plan is to release every 2-4 weeks. If we can get up to 1000 patrons, we can gaurantee 2 releases per month. Each including all of the items listed below!
HOW MUCH IS IT?
We have 3 tiers currently that will suit most people!
- STLs Only ($8 - Discounted to $5 for the Early Birds!)
- STLs + PDF Adventure ($12 - Discounted to $8 for the Early Birds!)
- STLs + PDF Adventure + Foundry VTT Pack ($18 - Discounted to $12 for the Early Birds!)
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Each release will have the following!
- PDF Adventure - Usually in the format of a one-shot with 3-4 encounters in each one
- 10+ STLs - Each release will have between 10 - 15/20 STLs. It will vary, but there will be minimum 10!
- New Race / Subclass - Each release will have one or the other and STLs related to that race or subclass (included in the 10+)
- Adventure Soundtrack - Each adventure will have its own soundtrack provided. Custom and themed for the style and atmosphere of the adventure!
- New Creatures - Fun new creatures for DMs to run with beautiful creature art and stats for each of them.
- Full Page Encounter Art - Each encounter in the adventure will have its own beautiful full page art to show to your players to help enrich the experience!
- Encounter Maps - A slew of maps in each adventure expertly designed by our writers and map maker
- Foundry VTT Support - You will receive a code to get the maps all on Foundry VTT if that's a tool that you and your playground use!
- Free Short Stories - A short story, completely FREE for patrons and the public alike. We really want to be able to start sharing more lore and stories from Sordane to help give you guys some ideas of your own when you're running games in Sordane. We will be releasing a short story along with every release on the Patreon. They will be hosted on our site and publically available all of the time =)
EARLY BIRD LIFETIME TIERS
If you get in now, or on any of the first 3 releases (before the end of August), you will get 35% off your Patron tier which you can hold onto for as long as you want and all releases going forward, you will get them for 35% off! You will have it until you cancel, so it's a lifetime early bird price! We feel it necessary to make sure our most faithful have an easier time supporting our projects! Having said that, even at full price, we have packed so much content, art and STLs into these releases, they will be more than worth it for you!
FIRST PATREON RELEASE - JULY 25TH - Fool's Crystal
A wealthy sordalite baron has invited those from far and wide to seek riches in his mines promising great stores of precious sordalite for any who enter the mines. Many have flocked to take part in this crystal rush, excited by the prospect of striking it rich! But the baron is not as philanthropic as he seems…the baron is aware that there is almost no sordalite in the mines, in fact, there is little down there apart from monsters and other hazards that result in the deaths of any who enter. The baron’s helper drones have been collecting the belongings of those slain in the mine, meaning with every fool who enters the mine, the baron grows just a little bit richer… Can your adventurers uncover the baron’s treachery? Delve into the mines! Combat vicious shard mimics, burrowing earth rumblers, scuttling vitrunids, and more in this 5e adventure, Fool’s Crystal.
That's all the updates for today everyone. I know it's a lot of information regarding our new Tribe and Patreon, but we would love to have you continue to support us if you feel like the value from what you have received so far has been worth it! We would love your support in this new adventure of making frequent content for our fans and supporters!
Best
Benny and the AM team
Manufacturing Update #13 - PPCs are in!
over 2 years ago
– Tue, May 31, 2022 at 08:04:14 PM
Map Tile PPCs Are In!
Hey everyone. Finally got the new PPCs in for the revised map tiles and they are MUCH better than the first ones. Very happy we decided to take the time to change them and get them right. They are much nicer than before. The card is better quality, the finish is better quality and the stickers are better quality!
You can check out the pics below!
What's Next?
We have one final meeting with the manufacturer on Friday and then we will be hopefully going into manufacturing. There is one element on the stickers I may want to change, but we will see how that coversation goes. As for the map tiles themselves. Everything appears to be in good order and the book is ready to go to. This means that we will be going into production very very shortly and it also means that we are even closer to actually shipping. The manufacturing will probably take around 12 weeks to complete (as per the last discussion I had with the manufacturer, but I will get new timelines this Friday).
Video of Dry Erase
More Images
I plan on uploading more images of the other map tilesets as time goes on. I'm a bit short on time these days due to finishing up the Aldarra pledge manager and getting that project more underway, but soon I will have more pics to show!
All in all. We are looking good!
PDF Adventures
Sculpting for all 3 PDF adventure STLs is almost complete and then we will be releasing those. They should be coming next month (before the relaunch of our Patreon in July)
Thanks for the continued patience and understanding everyone!
Best
Benny and the AM team
