Bombshell is now available at WarPath!

We are proud to have Bombshell Miniatures offered to retailers through our distributor WarPath Games Distribution. If you are a US or International retail store or online game and hobby provider, please contact them directly to order wholesale products by Bombshell Miniatures.

WarPath Games 

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Packing Materials Arrived

NEWS

There are less than eleven days to go and we've been holding steady right around $13,000 with just over 220 backers. I know this seems like a much slower project than the Babes™ Kickstarter run. This is one is just structured much differently than the last one.

The Bomb Factory crew have knocked our heads together and we cannot seem to structure including any other pledge levels regarding individual Maelee pieces other than the current add-on solo offered from the stretch goal. Any tampering at this point would unbalance the value of the existing rewards levels and possibly upset some of our current backers. Thanks for your understanding and remaining support. We want to make it as fair to as many backers as we can.

PROGRESS

The boxes for the sets came in along with the shipment of packing materials. Valiant has made the initial master molds for the metal pieces and the resin base piece. I received notification this morning that the shipment of proofs and paint master shipped out and should be here later in the week. There will be another update with pics when I receive the castings.

I will also be working on laying out the certificates, printing them, signing them, and numbering them this week. I plan to number the certificates and then stamp that number on the outside of the box so it will be easy to tell which set is which in the series.

For GenCon, we have registered our Indiana Tax ID permit, ordered our booth fixtures and signage and received paperwork for the commercial liability insurance we are required to carry for the show. This week I'll be working on art for the new business cards and ordering header tags to package the rest of the product we'll be taking with us.

In other news things are really starting to grow. Our initial order from WarPath Games distribution came in and we are working out the specifics of filling this order to get Bombshell Minis stocked in stores.

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Thank you for your support!
Patrick
~The Sculptdude

Maelee Set Update 2

BOOM BABY! FUNDED!

Thanks everyone! The change to the shipping charges where postage doubled at the beginning of the year really tanked a huge chunk of our budget we had set aside for this project. Thanks to you, our loyal backers, we are now able to produce our special set for Maelee and take her to the show. We are hoping that many of you will be attending GenCon so we will get a chance to meet you to thank you in person for supporting Bombshell Miniatures!

UNLOCKED STRETCH GOAL #1 - $12,500 MAELEE Solo
We have reached $12,500 which unlocked the individual Maelee piece as an Add-on for an additional pledge amount of $10 to any backer level. This is not limited. Maelee will come with one plastic 25mm base.

STRETCH GOAL #2 - $15,000 BASE Solo
If we reach $15,000 we will unlock the individual resin Wrecked Robot Display Base piece as an Add-on for an additional pledge amount of $10 to any backer level. This is not limited and does NOT include the 50mm plastic display base.

PROGRESS

Valiant has received the pieces and will be getting us a quote on molding and casting this week. I have also ordered the packaging materials for the set boxes and shipping supplies to get them assembled as soon as we start to receive castings!

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Thank you for your support!
Patrick
~The Sculptdude

The Concept

Designing our first game - COUNTERBLAST™

Peril. It is the conflict that exists in any story that doesn't even require a villain or adversary to your hero. Peril can come in the form of environmental hazards, natural forces or threats of disaster. Peril is essential to any good pulp adventure story and pulp adventure is at the heart of the COUNTERBLAST setting.

The epic science fiction and adventure movies I enjoyed when growing up during the '70s and '80s owed its inspiration to a prior age. Adventure serials, both in print and in cinema, established a lot of storytelling conventions that have been instrumental in the legacy of post-modern pop culture we enjoy today. At the time I was of age to really discover the heritage of many of these sources I didn't really appreciate the relevance. It wasn't until I began to research the original material several years ago that I began to truly appreciate the rich details and the extent to which this material has provided inspiration.

I discovered that weapons like the Electrostaff used by the Magna Guard on the Clone Wars cartoon appeared in an episode of one of the Flash Gordon serials. In the episode mechanical men attack Flash and his crew with halberds that give off sparks provided by well-placed scratches on the original film.

Transporters like on the starship Enterprise make an appearance in the Buck Rogers serial from 1934.  Through a clever use of cinematic editing. the cast fades into the teleport chamber and is enhanced with animated glowing effects superimposed over the image.

The term Blasters and epic space battles appear in the fantastic Lensman books by E.E. Smith published in the 1930s. I could cite many more and you have probably heard of more than I have.

The setting is inspired by pulp sci-fi in as much as films like Alien and Prometheus are upgraded versions of It! The Terror from Beyond Space. We decided to go back to the original material and revisit it for COUNTERBLAST and upgrade it. If you are looking for battles in the grim darkness of the far future where there is only war, there is another sector of space for that. If you want full metal battles with steam powered behemoths, there is another setting for that already. What we wanted to build was a future past that never was but was always hoped for. COUNTERBLAST is a setting of classic pulp sci-fi adventure, fast paced action with cinematic thrills, evocative of the serials that captivated the imaginations of the generation before.

So, grab your particle beam cannons, set your puslar rays on disintegrate, and blast off to the ether in your ultonium-powered rocketship. Battle strange creatures with ancient and wicked artifacts bent on destroying all peace-loving species of the galaxy. Explore far flung worlds with undiscovered alien ruins containing hidden secrets of lost civilizations. The COUNTERBLAST Adventure Battle Game takes you there!

- Patrick Keith
The Sculptdude

Maelee Special Edition Set

We have launched the all new Kickstarter Project for the Maelee Special Edition Set.

Go to the link here for all the details!

Supplemental Update

KICKSTARTER BOMBSHELL BABES™ - DONE!

Our shipment of resin restocks arrived Wednesday! All of the remaining backer rewards packages have been delivered to the post office today. All of the backers who pledged for a painted studio model or an original sculpt have also shipped. All of the backers who pledged through the PayPal Donate system have also been shipped out. Thank you for your patience! We are releived to finally get the remaining shipments out to you. This has been a harrowing ride to get everyone their items! We have learned a great deal about getting the entire production pipeline in place to bring you . . .

NEW KICKSTARTER PROJECT -  MAELEE SPECIAL EDITION

The Concept - Maelee sits atop a wrecked robot with her wrench nearby. Maelee will be cast in metal along with her companion BdE Bot. The wrecked robot base will be cast in resin and is sized to fit inside a 50mm plastic premium style base.

Progress

The BdE Bot is a special preview piece from our upcoming sci-fi line that will not be released until next year. As an incentive for the new Kickstarter project we will be offering the BdE Bot as a companion and he will be included with every Kickstarter Maelee Special Edition Set. The parts for the BdE Bot have already been printed and are awaiting molding. These parts will be assembled and re-molded to allow for future variations in the pose.

The set is designed and the 3D parts have already been printed. I will be picking up the wrecked robot base piece on Monday to have as reference for sculpting the Maelee figure. She will be getting an all new tool set which has also been printed and sent to mold.

The goal is to have all of the pieces ready for production before the new Kickstarter project launches. Funds raised from the new Kickstarter project will go directly to production costs for manufacturing all of the Maelee Special Edition pieces as well as taking her to GenCon. The intent is to ship the sets as soon as the surveys are returned. We will continue to post more updates on our blog about this new project over the next couple of weeks.


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Thank you for your support!
Patrick
~The Sculptdude

Previews for June

KICKSTARTER

I have been notified from Valiant that our resin casting order has shipped. According to UPS we will be receiving our shipment early next week, so the remaining rewards packages will be going out as soon as we can pack them and get them in the mail.

NEW RELEASES

The new Babes™ have gone to mold and have been mastered. We should have castings available sometime next in the next week or two.

Oh yeah! You know what's coming next. Throughout June I will be posting pics of the new models as I am working on them. Here is a sneak peek.

MAELEE SPECIAL EDITION

Originally I was not planning to return to Kickstarter with another miniatures-based project. But as circumstances have prevailed we find it necessary to tap the resources of the community again to bring you our Maelee the Mechanic Special Edition Set. As conceptualized, Maelee is to be seated atop a large robot wreck. In addition to that she will have a special companion robot which will be released next year as part of our new sci-fi game line. This special preview robot will be available now to the new Kickstarter backers.

The parts are almost finished in ZBrush and will go to print next week along with Maelee's new wrench and tools. As soon as the prints come back I will be able to pose her armature and start sculpting. All of the parts will be finished before the new project launches.

Funds raised from the new Kickstarter project will go directly to production costs for manufacturing all of the Maelee Special Edition pieces as well as taking her to GenCon. We will be posting more updates about this new project over the next couple of weeks.


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Patrick
~The Sculptdude