The Female Frothing Loonies have escaped!

“Lock your doors and turn out the lights – the Frothing Loonies have escaped!”

Statuesque Miniatures is pleased to announce the release of our new Statuesque Asylum set, the Female Frothing Loonies!

Comprising of three figures with a choice of six interchangeable, poseable heads, the Female Frothing Loonies are available at a new release special offer price of only £9, saving 10%.

Additionally, you can now get the Female Loonies along with their male counterparts in the Frothing Loony Ward deal. As a new release special offer, this six figure set is priced at £18, saving 10% over buying the items separately at full price.

And don't forget, you can save up to £1.50 per set when you purchase multiple Frothing Loony sets.

Both offers will run until 31st December 2014 or while stocks last. We are also now into the Christmas postal rush, so please be aware your order may take longer to arrive than usual. The Royal Mail Christmas posting dates can be found HERE.

Statuesque now taking Vice Alley Pre-Orders

Statuesque Miniatures is pleased to announce we are taking Pre-Orders for the new Pulp Alley supplement Vice Alley, along with the new Pact of the Oginali Booster Pack.

Vice Alley is a thrilling Pulp Alley expansion that introduces two new character types (Gangs and Associates), ten new perks, over two dozen new abilities, and rules for Bystanders. Vice Alley also includes a thrilling multi-chapter campaign designed to play just like the old pulp magazine and serial adventures.

The Vice Alley book is available at a Pre-Order price of only £11, saving over 10%.

Inspired by the most ancient of secret societies, Pact of the Orginali Boost Pack brings 10 fun new Fortune cards and 5 new Reward cards to your Pulp Alley gamers. Printed on premium 310gsm plastic coated (linen) to closely match the high quality printed Fortune Decks.

The Pact of the Oginali Booster Pack is available at a Pre-Order price of only £4.25, saving £1.

Both offers will run until 18th  of November 2014. Please note that any orders containing a pre-order item will not be posted before that item is in stock at Statuesque, expected mid-November. For updates, visit the Statuesque website or Facebook page.

New Pulp Alley and Statuesque Asylum figure available to order!

Statuesque Miniatures and Pulp Alley are pleased to announce we are taking Pre-Orders for our next Pulp Alley figures: DA Denton and Red Queen.

DA Denton and Red Queen are available at a Pre-Order price of only £6 for the pair, saving 20%!

Two new characters from Statuesque Asylum are also now available for Pre-Order: Doctor Strukov and Sister Anaesthesia.

Doctor Strukov and Sister Anaesthesia are available at a Pre-Order price of only £6 for the pair, saving 20%.

Each figure is also available with a unique Pulp Alley character card for use in your Pulp Alley games.

These figures are available from both Statuesque Miniatures in Europe and Pulp Alley in the USA.

Finally, as the special offer early in September sold out very quickly (before many people had even spotted it!), the Mei-Lin Mayfair and the Hong Kong Killer Fembot deal has returned at Statuesque Miniatures, following a restock. Available for only £21, this offer saves you £3.25. However, stock is still very limited so grab them now before they're gone!

All offers will run until 15th  of October 2014. Please note that any orders containing a pre-order item will not be posted before the 15th of October.

Mei-Lin Mayfair and the Hong Kong Killer Fembots return!

For a limited time only, the Mei-Lin Mayfair and the Hong Kong Killer Fembots Special Offer is avaiable again! Priced at only £21, this deal comprises of Mei-Lin Mayfair 2.0 and two sets of Hong Kong Killer Fembots, offering a saving of £3.25 over buying the items separately.

This offer will run until Sunday the 14th of September or while stocks last. Be warned, stock is very limited for this offer so don't miss out and grab them now!
   

Expanding the Resistance Fighter range

Hi folks,

Over the weekend I returned to work on the Resistance Fighter range for the first time in a long time. I've got no specific plans at the moment, rather I've been reworking the basic dolly that forms the basis for each figure. Don't worry, I won't be changing the scale or proportions of the range; I'm just tidying things up as well as making an easier model to pose and alter.

The range currently consists of 13 unique models plus lots of different head and weapon options that are interchangeable between the figures. More variety is always a good thing though I'd also like any new figures to serve an particular purpose or theme while still working with the rest of the range as a whole. For example, the Resistance Recon Team has a defined role and adds flavour but matches the regular Resistance Fighters nicely.

For the new figures, I'm considering not using the interchangeable weapons, neither those that fit the Resistance Fighters nor the Officer Weapons. This would allow me more freedom for poses and design. As such, I feel some kind of specialist unit would be appropriate. Of course, these figures would still use various heads from the Resistance Fighter Accessories range and alternative weapons could be added, just following a different format.

Oh, I do have one concrete idea: I'd like to update Bella the Partisan, one of the first figures released from Statuesque Miniatures and the inspiration behind the Resistance.

So what would you like to see added to the range? Comment below and let me know!

Birsi Bearsson, Dwarf Berserker Released!

Statuesque Miniatures is pleased to announce the release of a new Statuesque Fantasy Adventurer – Birsi Bearsson. A dwarf berserker of fearsome reputation, Birsi claims he was raised by a she-bear alongside her cubs. Few would dare question his account, even those who grew up with him.

Birsi Bearsson is available in two versions. First up we have Birsi armed with his favoured twin axes.

Next we have an older, more experienced Birsi armed with a finely-wrought great axe and magical ring. Down which dark dungeon did he find those fine weapons?

Each version is available at a special release price of only £4.25, saving over 10%.

Alternatively, you can purchase both versions together in the Birsi Rising Special Offer for only £8, saving over 15% over the regular, separate purchase price.

Finally, why not pick up our other fantasy dwarf Lowri Lowrisson along with Birsi in the Dangerous Dwarves Deal? You can chose either version of Birsi alongside Lowri, or go for both versions for a three figure pack.

The Dangerous Dwarves Deal is priced at £8.25 to £12.25, again offering a saving over buying the items separately.

All these offers will run until the 14th of August or while stocks last so don't delay and grab yourself some dangerous dwarves!

Statuesque Miniatures and Pulp Alley are pleased to announce we are taking Pre-Orders for our next Pulp figures: Captain Wolf and Minerva. Another pair of brave pulp heroes, these characters join Phantom Ace and Pulp Girl in the expanding Pulp Alley miniatures range.

Captain Wolf and Minerva are available for a Pre-Order price of only £6 for the pair, saving 20%!

Not only that, you can purchase all four Pulp Alley miniatures - Phantom Ace, Pulp Girl, Captain Wolf and Minerva for a Special Offer price of only £12, again saving 20% over the regular price!

Each figure is also available with a unique Pulp Alley character card for use in your Pulp Alley games.

These figures are available from both Statuesque Miniatures in Europe and Pulp Alley in the USA.

Please note that any order containing a pre-order item will not be posted until that item is in stock, expected mid- to late July. These offers will run until 25th July 2014.

Captain Wolf and Minerva - a Pulp Alley Miniatures preview

With the figures away for production moulding and Pre-Orders planned to begin on the 1st of July, here are photos of the next Pulp Alley miniatures set from Statuesque Miniatures and Pulp Alley.

As with Phantom Ace and Pulp Girl, Captain Wolf and Minerva will be available from both Statuesque Miniatures in Europe and Pulp Alley in the US.

Captain Wolf and Minerva:

And here they are with Pulp Girl and Phantom Ace:

Stay tuned for the Pre-Order announcement on the 1st of July!

One year in the Asylum - Lillie Poots vs the Frothing Loonies returns!

It's one year today since I moved to the grounds of Statuesque Asylum* and to celebrate, we have the return of Lillie Poots versus the Frothing Loonies!

Featuring the little girl Lillie Poots and two sets of Frothing Loonies, this special offer is priced at £21, saving you £2 over buying the items separately.

This offer will run until Sunday 8th of June or while stocks last, so don't delay and catch some loonies while you can!



*Ok, it's really the Argyll and Bute Lunatic Asylum, but it'll always be the Statuesque Asylum in my imagination...

Of figure scales and sizes

Statuesque Sci-fi, through Statuesque Pulp, to Statuesque Fantasy.

I thought I would write a post to highlight the different figure sizes and proportions that I'm now working to for our different ranges. For each genre - sci-fi, fantasy and pulp - I've altered how I use sizing and proportion, both to provide me with different sculpting opportunities and to perhaps better match the kind of ranges I see the Statuesque figures being used alongside.

Statuesque Sci-Fi

When I first started sculpting for Statuesque Miniatures, I was still working as a commission sculptor. I was often asked to make my figures bulkier than I would have normally at that time. I was still very much learning my craft (I still am!) and what I really wanted to do was sculpt how I thought I should be doing it, rather than what I was told to do. As such, the first Statuesque Miniatures figures allowed me to do just that. The likes of Havana Gray, the original Mei-Lin Mayfair and Bella the Partisan are at the taller and more slender end of wargame miniatures proportions. This was how I felt it best to learn figure sculpting, particularly female figures, as well as being an antidote to the chunkier figures I was being asked to sculpt for commissions.

Bella the Partisan - the remaining figure from the launch of Statuesque Miniatures.

The rest of the Statuesque Miniatures Sci-Fi range evolved out of these figures, largely keeping similar, slender proportions. All the sci-fi figures, from the S.O.E. Kill-Team to Mei-Lin 2.0 and her Hong Kong Killer Fembots, all work nicely together as a range.

So the Statuesque Miniatures Sci-Fi range perhaps features figures more slender than most, but it will work nicely with many other manufacturers' ranges, the most obvious being that of Infinity by Corvus Belli. It should be noted that all the head sprues in the Resistance Fighter Accessories range a designed for the Statuesque Sci-fi range, not as add-on parts for other manufacturers' figures, though I have seen them used nicely on Infinity and Sedition Wars figures amongst others.

L-R: Sedition Wars, Statuesque Sci-Fi, Infinity, Statuesque Sci-Fi, Hasslefree, Statuesque Sci-Fi

Pulp Alley and Statuesque Asylum

The recent and ongoing collaboration with Pulp Alley has led to two new pulp ranges - the Pulp Alley range of figures, designed by Dave and Mila Phipps and sculpted by myself, and the Statuesque Asylum range, my own pulp-horror project. Both these ranges share common figure proportions and sizing.

It was decided that the pulp genre figures should be slightly chunkier than the existing Statuesque Sci-fi figures, with slightly bigger heads and extremities, to better match existing pulp ranges such as those by Copplestone Castings and Pulp Figures. With such diverse figures already on the market, it would have been a bit silly to try and rewrite things with our new ranges.

L-R: Statuesque Sci-fi, Crooked Dice, Statuesque Asylum, Copplestone Castings, Pulp Alley, Copplestone, Pulp Alley, Copplestone, Statuesque Asylum, Hasslefree Miniatures.

I've actually really enjoyed that little bit more freedom that the change of proportions has allowed. I feel I can introduce more divergence in the shapes and sizes of the figures I'm sculpting. For example, Phantom Ace is broad and muscled, very much a comic book superhero, while the Frothing Loonies are twisted, hunched and distorted to better portray the madness of their nature. That said, they all work nicely together as a range. The difference between the pulp genre figures and the sci-fi range is also not so great as to stop me using them together in a game.

Statuesque Fantasy

The newly launched Statuesque Fantasy range is not my first foray into fantasy miniatures. That came with the release of the diminutive Ezmeralda Tyke.

A very small elf name Ezmeralda Tyke.

Ezmeralda was to be the figure figure in a range of fantasy figures themed around a little girl named Lillie Poots and her abductors/protectors known as the Malinquents. The problem was, not long after sculpting Ezmeralda, I switched to digital sculpting meaning a steep learning curve and priorities other than telling the story of Lillie and her friends. Not only that, Ezmeralda was so small and slight she didn't actually match any of my fantasy miniatures collection. I can only imagine this was of similar concern to my customers as despite being what I consider to be amongst my best work, Ezme has been a very slow seller!

Now I could have ploughed my own furrow and expanded the fantasy range in a style similar to Ezmeralda, but the thing is I actually really like exaggerated, caricatured fantasy figures. My Kev Adams Citadel goblins are some of my favourite figures and I really wanted to make fantasy characters of my own that I could use alongside (or more accurately in opposition to) those figures.

This has led to the new Statuesque Fantasy range of adventurers, unashamedly exaggerated, caricatured and ridiculous! And yes, they do have very big noses, don't they...

A big nose, a slightly smaller nose, a wide nose and a very big nose.

I'm placing no limits on myself regarding how much I push, pull and break figure anatomy and proportions for these figures. Even the two humans in the range so far, Oorik the Barbarian and Gomeril the Wizard, are very different in their physical characteristics, beyond one being a muscle-bound hulk and the other a withered old man. At the same time, the overall style of the figures means they all work well as a range. And most importantly of all, I have a group of figures with which to enter the dungeon and hunt some goblins.

Games Workshop and Statuesque Fantasy

Being so small, Ezmerlda Tyke doesn't actually stick out too badly. She just looks like a very small elf-like creature. However, due to issues with her mould, she will be going out of production very shortly, once the remaining castings have sold. She may see light of day again, either resculpted or not, and another imagining of her character will certainly be joining Lillie Poots in the Asylum.

Our four heroes fail to spot the diminutive, elf-like creature creeping along beside them in the shadows.

Heroic Scale Heads

Finally we come to the black sheep of the Statuesque range, the Heroic Scale Female Heads. These do not fit any existing Statuesque figure, but are designed for use on your heroic scale figures from other manufactures. I sculpted these because there appeared to be demand for heads similar to those that I'd made for the Resistance Fighter range, only larger.

L-R: Resistance Fighter Beret heads, Heroic Scale Female Heads, Resistance Fighter Cracking Hairdo heads.

The Heroic Scale Heads have proved popular (I keep running out of stock though I've got lots coming in the next restock) so I'll likely add more sprues in future. However, it is unlikely I will do figures to match the heads. You'll have to provide those yourselves.

So that's my run-down on the whys and wherefores of the perhaps ever-so-slightly confusing sizing differences between the different Statuesque ranges. I enjoy sculpting to these different styles as it allows me to do something different from the last figure I sculpted, so each range will continue to expand in future. Don't forget there are a number of comparison photos here on the blog so you can judge for yourselves how you think the figures will match your existing collection.

Regards,

Andrew Rae

Fantasy Adventurers Released and a new Pulp Alley Pre-Order

Statuesque Miniatures is pleased to announce the full release of our four Fantasy Adventurers, along with a Pre-Order deal for the next Pulp Alley expansion: Pulp Gadgets, Guns and Vehicles!

Priced from £4.75, Oorik the Barbarian, Misanter the Elf, Gomeril the Wizard and Lowri Lowrisson the Dwarf are now in stock and available individually or with a discount for purchasing all four characters. These four heroes will bravely venture into any dungeon in search of gold and glory so head over to the shop and pick them up now!

Also this month we have a Pre-Order deal for the next Pulp Alley expansion: Pulp Gadgets, Guns and Vehicles.

This thrilling expansion provides rules for BIG guns, strange gadgets, riding mounts, vehicles, custom modifications and much, much more. From dog-sleds to flying characters, and from aeroplanes to colossal walking robots, the Pulp Gadgets, Guns, and Vehicles book makes it fast and easy to add even more excitement to your Pulp Alley scenarios.

The Pulp Gadgets, Guns and Vehicles book is available at a special reduced Pre-Order price of £10.50, saving over 15% on the regular price. This offer runs until May 18th with an expected shipping date of May 19th.

Oorik the Barbarian and Misanter the Elf by Andy Wedmore

I've got two adventurers to show you today, both painted by Andy Wedmore of Belly Miniatures. Again, I think he's done an amazing job.

First up, Oorik the Barbarian:

And he is joined by Misanter the Elf:

And finally, here are the four brave adventurers, ready to enter the deadly dungeon!

I can't wait to see these figures in person and I'm planning on making a wee display set up for photography. Something with a dungeon tile and some doors...

I should be receiving the production castings very soon, after which I'll send out all the pre-orders (a rather large task!) and then get the figures on general release.

Gomeril the Wizard by Andy Wedmore

Andy Wedmore of Belly Miniatures continues his progress through the fantasy adventurers. This time he's completed the wizard of the group - Gomeril.

I think he's done a great job again, really capturing the look I was going for when I sculpted him. I can't wait to see what he's made of Oorik the Barbarian and Misanter the Elf!

The Pre-Order allocation of the Fantasy Adventurers has now sold out. But don't worry as they will soon be available again on general sale, both individually and as a group.

Lowri Lowrisson by Andy Wedmore

One of the best things about being a miniatures sculptor is seeing your work finished by a painter. I get a kick out of this regardless of the skill of the painter as the fact someone has taken the time and effort to complete a figure I've sculpted is an honour in itself. When the painter is particularly skilled, it's really something special.

For the new fantasy range, I decided to treat myself and commissioned Andy Wedmore of Belly Miniatures paint up a set of the forthcoming Adventurers. He's just completed the dwarf and I think he's done a fantastic job, really capturing the look I imagined in my head when I was sculpting him.

Without further ado, Lowri Lowrisson:

Andy is working on the rest of the warband now and I for one can't wait to see the results!

We're down to the last few Pre-Order sets of the Adventurers, so thanks to everyone who's placed an order so far. And tomorrow the next adventurer will go off to the mould makers for the first stage of moulding. Fear the Dwarf Berserker!

Statuesque Fantasy Adventurers Pre-Order!

“Our four adventurers stand on the shore of the Windswept Isle, the quest ahead of them made plain by the midden pile of human bones outside the entrance to the Trowie Howe. Locals had spoken of a great evil having taken over the Howe but also of great treasure, reason enough to brave the dank darkness...”

Statuesque Miniatures is pleased to announce a special Pre-Order Deal for the first releases from our new Statuesque Fantasy range of heroic adventurers. Featuring all four adventurers – Oorik the Barbarian, Misanter the Elf, Gomeril the Wizard and Lowri Lowrisson the Dwarf – this deal can be had for only £19, a price not to be repeated when the figures on general release.

Unashamedly 'heroic scale', these figures are available with the super special Retro Rectangular resin bases supplied by Zealot Miniatures for that proper dungeoneering look.

Master castings of the figures arrived back with the mould maker on the 28th of March, with delivery of production castings to Statuesque Miniatures expected within 2-4 weeks. The final retail price for the figures, which will be available individually upon general release, has not been set. However, due to the weight and size of the figures, it is safe to say the retail price will be much higher than this Pre-Order Deal. The number of castings for the Pre-Order is limited and the offer will run only until production castings have been delivered or while stocks last.

Order now so you don't miss out!

Statuesque Miniatures and Pulp Alley are pleased to announce the first releases from our new joint Pulp Alley Miniatures range.

First out of the blocks are Pulp Girl and Phantom Ace, two daring pulp heroes ready to fight villainy wherever it raises its head. As a special pre-order launch deal, Pulp Girl and Phantom Ace are available for only £7/ $11.75 for the pair.

These figures are available from both the Pulp Alley Webstore in the USA and the Statuesque Miniatures Store in the UK.

Also available from both sides of the Atlantic is Lillie Poots. Bravely venturing in the the darkness armed only with her grandmother's lantern, Lillie has a starring role in Statuesque Miniatures' new Statuesque Asylum pulp horror range.

Lillie Poots is priced at £3.50 or $5.75.

Also escaping through the gates of Statuesque Asylum are the Frothing Loonies! These crazed individuals are the unfortunate victims of Dr Strukov's nefarious surgical experiments and they roam the wards and grounds of Statuesque Asylum, a danger to all they meet.

The Frothing Loonies are priced at £10.50 for three figures with six, poseable head options for greater variety, and are available from the Statuesque Miniatures webshop.

Finally, for a limited time only you can get Lillie and two sets of Frothing Loonies for only £21 with the Lillie Poots Versus the Frothing Loonies Special Offer, saving £2 over buying the items separately.

Please note all the new releases are pre-orders and will not be shipped before the 3rd of March 2014. All limited offer run until 3rd of March or while stocks last.

Unfortunately, Sod's Law has dictated that we have sold out of the Pulp Alley Rulebook just before the new miniatures range goes on sale. The book will be restocked in due course, once I've checked the old finances and paid what will be a rather hefty moulding and casting bill this month! I apologise for the inconvenience. In the meantime, the Fortune Deck and the Perilous Island expansion are still available.

Finally, the rather popular Hong Kong Killer Fembots are also currently out of stock. However, I have decided to keep them on sale as a Restock Pre-Order, so if you wish to purchase Fembots and any of the current special offers, you can do so without paying twice for postage.

Please be aware there could be a two to three week (or more) wait for me to receive the Fembot restock, and any orders containing the Fembots will not be posted until I have the new stock. Do not order the Fembots if this is an issue for you.

As you can probably tell, restocks are an issue for a small company like Statuesque. I had wished to order more stock of the Fembots at the last restock, but I had various other codes that also needed to be restocked so I had to order what I could afford. Now that we're getting through the backlog of new releases cause by the Fembot production delay, I hope to be able to keep on top of stock levels. Also, apart from the Fembot Restock Pre-Order mentioned above, we do not sell items that we do not have in stock at the time of order.

Pulp Alley Promo Video

Now it's the turn of Pulp Girl and Phantom Ace to get their close up.

On sale Monday 24th of February.

Statuesque Asylum

A preview of our forthcoming attractions:

Statuesque Social Media Extravaganza Update

In a shameless bit of self-promotion, I've updated the Statuesque Social Media Extravaganza! I want to reach as many potential customers as possible to help Statuesque Miniatures grow. I've upped the prizes and added another draw for Newsletter subscribers. In all, there are four chances to win for each punter!

Facebook just cracked 800 Likes and the draw will happen at 1000 Likes so we're getting there. The other media are falling behind a bit but like Rosa of the Resistance says:

Fembots back in stock plus a few deals!

The Hong Kong Killer Fembots have been restocked along with the SMS Mei-Lin and the Hong Kong Killer Fembots special offer. I decided to extend the offer for a short time since the figures sold out so quickly at launch. However, stock is very limited for the deal so be quick or you might miss out. This offer runs until Monday 17th February or while stocks last.

Mei-Lin Mayfair 2.0 and the Fembots will of course be available individually long term, assuming I can keep them in stock!

Also on offer, this time until Sunday 2nd March is Commissar Vespera Venko, available for only £4.50, down from £4.95. Keep those Resistance Fighters to the correct ideology!

Additionally, the Weapons 3 sprue is now offered in a Multi-Buy deal for only £7, saving up to £3. This is a great way to arm your Resistance Fighters en mass with the latest S.O.E. weapons technology. This offer also runs until Sunday 2nd March or while stocks last.