Production Update 9

I am pleased to note that the vast bulk of the administrative tasks in getting Bombshell set up are pretty much done. Granted there are still innumerable details in getting the orders ready for fulfillment but all of the parts are in place now for us to begin the final segment of completing the project. Tim, Keri and I are finishing up the final batch of art for the postcards. here are a few progress shots.

The majority of the day Thursday was spent out at Reaper doing a little sculpting, approving and casting. The mold team (Ghent and Melissa) have done a fantastic job molding the Babes and getting them ready for production. I am very proud of their work and am fortunate to have their expertise in bringing the Babes to you.

There is still a LOT of sculpting to complete and I'm sure many of you are wondering when they will be finished. Now that most of this side-line setup work is done I can focus more time on finishing the actual sculpts. Delivery of Batch B for molding is expected to be sometime next week and there will be another update with photos of the sculpts.

Here is what has been set up so far:

• Molding & Casting deposit paid
• Masters for Batch A Babes completed.
• Batch A production molds completed
• Painting Assignments completed
• T-shirts ordered
• Resin base inserts ordered
• Postcard art 50% - Batch A goes to printer Wednesday
• Batch B Armatures complete

RESULTS ARE IN

Vicky has spent several days consolidating the results of the spreadsheets from the surveys. I can't begin to describe how juggling the data from over a thousand responses has been for the two of us. Here is the data she has compiled so far.

Kickstarter surveys: 26 responses outstanding of 1120

Babes:

Maelee - 1016
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Meagan & Monkey First Mate - 550
Sally - 562
Sword Maiden - 342
The Girl - 533
Betty & Shrapnel - 646
Dusty - 615
Vivian - 549
Bug Spray - 492
Tetsu Ko - 574
Nowada - 416
Raven Skye - 596
Pussy Patrol - 506
Inquisitor Mira - 597
Victoriana - 410
Wu Ling Shu - 643
Geirahod - 650
Delzira - 518
Cave Girl - 368
Dr. Helen Salinger - 1100

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Reinforcement Sets:

Professor Karrick & Thulie - 307
Luta & Shunkaha - 342
Rocket Biker & Bike - 358
Atomic Punks - 243

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Bombkits & Additional Support

HlPrBot - 852
Relic 1 - 869
Relic 2 - 868
Relic 3 - 876
Relic 4 - 872
Steampunk Sprue - 940
Sci-fi Sprue - 927
Fantasy Sprue - 902
Squidman - 852
Raferu-san - 852
Tazjh - 852
Islug - 852
Belphegor - 852
Ping - 852
Flack - 852
Ghnt Spybot - 911

Sidekick Set 1 Sprue (Blunderbuss Monkey, HlPrBot, Rafaeru-San, Squidman & Tazjh) - 94
Sidekick Set 2 Sprue (Belphagor, Shrapnel, Flack, iSlug, & Ping) - 93

Resin pieces:

Rocket Bike - See Reinforcement sets
Additional Base insert sets - 93
Inserts for all Babes & Maelee - 10,583
Ammo Dumps - 895

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T-shirts:

Small - 17
Medium - 41
Large - 61
XL - 94
XXL 75

NEWS

So by now you know the world did not actually end. This being the case we are full-steam-ahead getting the Babes finished up to get them to you.

We have reserved our spot at GenCon and received confirmation of our application. We will also have a Bombshell presence at Reaper Con in April and should have a new Maelee model available for that show.

Progress is still continuing on the Rocket Bike in ZBrush and I look to have some preliminary renders for the next update. It will need to go to print as soon as possible so I can get it off to mold. We'll be sending out the other half of the postcards to print within the first couple of weeks of January. Turnaround on the printing is pretty quick so this will be fine.  Our t-shirt printer gave me an estimated delivery of January 4th for the shirts so I'll post pics of those as soon as I can get them.

For those who asked, Shas'tan has recovered from his transgender surgery and will be going for a followup next Friday to see if he can have the cone and sutures removed. The surgeon is very confident this will greatly improve his quality of life.

Will keep you all posted with more progress after the holiday! Wishing all the best during the season.

~Patrick
The Sculptdude

Production Update 8

Here is pretty much everything that went to mold yesterday plus the Sideckicks 1 Sprue and the Sci-fi sprue.

These guys I ran a few of while making masters of the weapons.

More pics soon.

Patrick

Backer Update - Survey

THE SURVEYS HAVE GONE OUT!

Thank you for your patience. 

Due to the structure of our reward levels, we are listing all available rewards in each survey. This is in case backers, either at lower or higher levels, increased their pledge amounts to include additional reward choices. As a special 'thank you' to all our Kickstarter backers, we will be sending a Doctor Helen Salinger Babe to each of you (see Update #28). That is why we are requesting address information from all pledge levels.

PLEASE NOTE: In order to complete the survey, all fields MUST have an entry, even if it is '0', 'none', or 'n/a'. In order to process your pledge rewards in a timely fashion, we need to have your surveys completed by Wednesday, December 19, 2012. Thank you again for supporting our project! Images for all of the rewards options can be seen on the Kickstarter Images Page.

We need to have the data back to set printing quantities for our vendors. I will be posting more images of sculpts between now and the "deadline".

SURVEY FAQ

Do not enter any quantities for PayPal Donate items on your Kickstarter Survey.

• DO NOT list quantities for stuff you are ALREADY GETTING FOR FREE. In other words, the items that are already included in the Bomb Kit is stuff you will get anyway without choice. Only add quantities for your CHOICES and EXTRA items.
• The PayPal Donate page is separate. You can enter your PayPal Donate rewards choices in the text box on the PayPal Donate form or email info@bombshellminis.com with the items for PayPal Donate. We will match them up for shipping.
• If you feel you have made an error on your survey send me a PRIVATE MESSAGE through the Kickstarter site and I will notate your pledge survey so you get the items you want.

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PRODUCTION UPDATE

I am frantically trying to get everything collected to make our trip to Reaper tomorrow and there's lots of sculpting left. That means a late night with coffee is likely.

The bases have arrived at Valiant and I am awaiting a price quote for the production quantities.

Our 3D print vendor has shipped out the base tabs with the Bombshell imprint which should be arriving today. They are also printing Maelee's wrench and Sally's rocket pack. i hope to have both of these to take to mold tomorrow.

Here is my view from the workbench . . . 

and here is my view OF the workbench . . . 

Final details are being added to the girls.

Some of the them still need lots more work than others.

These are the armatures for the next batch, Meagan, Mira, Cave Girl and the Atomic Punks.

I have also printed out the Kickstarter images for reference.

This will help me keep track of what's ready to go to mold and what is left.

There will be another update of the final pics for this first batch of Babes before they go to mold. I will be updating the Sculpt Gallery and will post another update once they are ready.

I have contacted the artists to get the rest of the art for the Postcard sets so we can send those for printing next week. Plus, I will be painting the pieces I designed and will post the art for those, too.

We need to get the metrics back from the surveys so we can send the quantities to our printer for the T-shirts.

Anyway, much to do! Back to it . . . . 

Patrick