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javelin98
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Post subject: Eureka Minis' 300 Club -- any love for Epic?  Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:03 pm |
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For those who don't know, Eureka Miniatures in Australia has a deal going called the 300 Club -- a customer can submit requests for a specific type of mini, and once they get enough pre-order commitments they'll sculpt and cast that mini. The service is pretty much for 25mm/28mm scale, but I emailed the company about doing 6mm and got this response:
Would you ever consider doing a special "1000 Club" deal for 6mm figures? I know a dozen or so people who would be very interested in 6mm "skeletal robots" that could be used as proxies for Necrons or Arnie-style terminators.
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Andreas |
Dear Andreas,
A great thought, but I have to say none of my sculptors have made 6mm figures before, and I'm not sure they want to.
Please let me know how many figures you would be looking at and I'll see what sort of price it would cost and if I can find someone to do it.
All the best
Nic |
So, if Nic were able to find a sculptor willing and able to do a 6mm not-Necron mini, would there be enough interest here to commit to pre-ordering a run of them? Given the difference between 28mm and 6mm, we'd probably have to pre-order several thousand of them rather than just 300, but since Necrons are a trooper-heavy army, it might be viable. Plus they could be used to game Terminator 3!
Chime in if you think you might be interested. If Nic can find a sculptor, we can work out with him what pricing might look like.
Thanks,
jav98
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Post subject: Eureka Minis' 300 Club -- any love for Epic? Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:59 pm |
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Keep in mind as well that he expects the orders up front, so if you do not have enough people he does not move forward.
Further, he also told me that I could not just place a single order for the minimum number as that does not show an on going interest in a figure.
He is looking to use the 300 club to build his lines. He is only interested in doing 300 club minis that seem to have some interest from more then one person. He is looking to move a 300 club mini to his normal lines.
Yes, I tried to have stuff done in the past with him, did not work. 
dafrca
PS: In saying all this, I do not mean to knock him overall though. It is a great company in many ways.
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Post subject: Eureka Minis' 300 Club -- any love for Epic? Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:11 am |
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| Quote (javelin98 @ 21 June 2006 (12:03)) | For those who don't know, Eureka Miniatures in Australia has a deal going called the 300 Club -- a customer can submit requests for a specific type of mini, and once they get enough pre-order commitments they'll sculpt and cast that mini. ?The service is pretty much for 25mm/28mm scale, but I emailed the company about doing 6mm and got this response:
Would you ever consider doing a special "1000 Club" deal for 6mm figures? I know a dozen or so people who would be very interested in 6mm "skeletal robots" that could be used as proxies for Necrons or Arnie-style terminators.
Thanks,
Andreas |
Dear Andreas, A great thought, but I have to say none of my sculptors have made 6mm figures before, and I'm not sure they want to. Please let me know how many figures you would be looking at and I'll see what sort of price it would cost and if I can find someone to do it. All the best Nic |
So, if Nic were able to find a sculptor willing and able to do a 6mm not-Necron mini, would there be enough interest here to commit to pre-ordering a run of them? ?Given the difference between 28mm and 6mm, we'd probably have to pre-order several thousand of them rather than just 300, but since Necrons are a trooper-heavy army, it might be viable. ?Plus they could be used to game Terminator 3!
Chime in if you think you might be interested. ?If Nic can find a sculptor, we can work out with him what pricing might look like.
Thanks,
jav98 |
I'm not interested in Necrons, but I can imagine all sorts of other uses for such a service.
However, what I was thinking about was a Psy-Titan.
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