New Releases for June

NEW RELEASES

We now have three new pieces in the web store available for pre-order! These were hinted at in the final few hours of the Kickstarter project but were not quite reached through stretch goals. You can order them now and we'll ship them to you in June!

Our regular edition Maelee is now available. She is an all new sculpt with a different pose and alternate costuming.

Maelee the Mechanic - BSM 10023  - $11.99

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Tillie is our ace fighter pilot following the proud tradition of the Tuskegee Airmen! Skilled at aerial combat, she can outfly the enemy and keep up with any Red Tail in the air!

Tillie - BSM 10024 - $11.99

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Tepeyollotla is a cunning and lithe jagwarrioress. She stalks the tropic jungles for a surprise ambush.

Tepeyollotla - BSM 10025 - $11.99

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RESTOCKS

Due to the popularity of the HS38 Rocket Bike we have had to order more castings from our supplier. The restocks will be coming in soon. So, you can now pre-order rocket bikes and we'll ship them out in June!

HS38 Rocket Bike - BSM 20003 - $22.99

News and Infrequent Updates

Now that we are migrating all of our customer news and info back to the blog from the Kickstarter update system, here is where you can get all the latest info on all things Bombshell.

GENCON

We will be at GenCon - August 15-18, 2013 - Vendor Booth #764

Since we are tucked away near the Art Show, we will be doing our best over the next several weeks to let attendees know where to find us at the show.

MAELEE SPECIAL EDITION SET

We have been planning another special edition piece for Maelee since offering the Kickstarter exclusive piece last September. Originally this was to be a convention exclusive offer but, we have decided to make the piece available early to our Kickstarter backers who have been patient throughout the Babes™ fulfillment period. We will be posting more about this exceptional set offer over the next couple of weeks.

BOMBSHELL INFREQUENT UPDATES

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BOMBARDIERS FORUM

We also wanted to create a little online space for you to post your paint jobs, hobby projects and discussions about the industry. It's not pretty yet, but over the next few weeks we'll start whipping it into shape. Hop over to the Bombardiers Forum and sign up.

International Shipping and Distribution

We have been working with several distributors to get Bombshell Miniatures to our international customers to help them with the excessive shipping and customs fees. Right now we are currently working out a deal with Artemis Black's in the UK. Recently we shipped product to E-minis in Spain. Check their web sites for updates on when the Bombshell products will be available. We will try to keep you updated here as well.

WarPath Games Distribution contacted us to handle our product domestically and internationally. As soon as we can return the paperwork, we will be working to supply them with all the stock we can. If you are a retailer, or know one that should be stocking Bombshell Miniatures, have them contact WarPath for more information.

Supplemental Update 1

BABES™ KICKSTARTER

The delay on the final fulfillment for this last handful of rewards shipments is due directly to my oversight in ordering the correct quantity of resin pieces to cover the backer choices. Our resin caster, Valiant Enterprises, has taken great steps to completely revise their workflow due to the volume required for our Kickstarter project and has provided exceptional work and quality throughout the duration of fulfillment. 

Out of the 103 remaining rewards shipments that had issues to resolve at the beginning of May: 

63 packages have been shipped to backers this month.

17 packages are resolved and are waiting on resin base inserts or rocket bike restocks to ship.

23 still have unresolved issues with either incorrect survey selections or missing international shipping amounts.

Brett has already contacted all of the remaining 23 backers to notify them that there was an issue of some type needing resolution before the rewards could be sent. Please check all of you email accounts, especially the ones ATTACHED TO YOUR KICKSTARTER ACCOUNT to make sure we have not tried to contact you regarding your rewards package. We want to get your stuff to you as soon as possible.

If you find that you have damaged or missing items or had another concern with your rewards package please email support@bombshellminis.com right away and we will do our best to resolve your issue as soon as possible.

We have collected all the painted pieces for the higher level backer rewards and I am patching up the sculpts to ship them out when we receive our restocks.

PAYPAL DONATE

We have sent an email to our 17 PayPal Donate backers and verified their addresses. We will be shipping their rewards shortly, too!

THANKS!

We mean it!!! None of this would have been possible without your encouragement, support, enthusiasm and generosity to get the ball rolling. The volume of success made it extremely difficult to manage at times but thanks for sticking in there with us, being patient and helping us see our fulfillment through completion.

Web Store

The web store is now open for business!

You can get to it by clicking this link here!

Final Kickstarter Update

REAPERCON

This has probably the most fantastic ReaperCon experience ever! I had a wonderful time meeting new fans and introducing everyone to the Babes™. It was especially exciting to see many of our backers in person and talk to them about our project. Most of our Bomb Squad crew was on hand and we all had a wonderful time. As an added treat Kev White and the Hasslefree clan came over from England and was fantastic to hang with. Red Box's Tre Manor and I sang a little "Crazy Train" on the loading docks Saturday Night. Jim Ludwig from Dark Sword Miniatures had us all in stitches the entire time. Even Victoria Lamb came all the way from Oz and stopped by on her return trip from Adepticon. We sold quite a few Babes™ and more than a few Bombshell Sculpting Kits.

Now I have lots of unpacking, catch-up work and recovering to do. I can neither confirm nor deny any of my activities during the convention. What happens at ReaperCon stays at ReaperCon.

PROGRESS

We have completed sending out all of the packages that we have surveys to fulfill! We still have a handful of packages left to resolve with selection issues and shipping amounts but the majority is now shipped out. Our patient backers still waiting for their painted models and original sculpts should be relieved to know that those I have in hand will be packaged with their rewards shipment and we'll be sending those out this coming week. There are a couple that the painters are still working on but we should have those soon.

I want to assure our supporters that the extent of our main frustration with the project has come from Kickstarter's survey system. With the amount of funds they withhold it seems possible they could offer a much more robust, feature-rich pledge manager without the need to go to third-party designers. We have been having lots of trouble sorting out the surveys because we didn't have a slick pledge manager to implement. Using Kickstarter's own survey was extremely cumbersome and created a lot of errors for us to resolve at the time of shipping.

Once our online web store is available for purchases we will send an announcement update through the Kickstarter backer system. We will no longer be posting any further updates regarding the Babes™ Kickstarter project on the project page. Future updates will be posted on our blog at Bombshell Miniatures. If you discover issues with your rewards package and need to notify us regarding damage or missing items, we will work to resolve your issue as quickly as possible. You must send an email with your name, backer ID, rewards level and a description of your issue to support@bombshellminis.com

NEWS

Christopher Sheets has posted a great unboxing of his Bombshell rewards package. You can read it here!

I posted this over on the Reaper Forums but thought you may like to see what is coming up.

For the the Babes™ line we'll be releasing more female characters that were designed for the Kickstarter project but did not reach funding. There were several concepts we had designed but didn't quite get to make so we'll be offering these later. In addition, I still have a list of artists I contacted that couldn't find the schedule to get something to us for the Kickstarter and I will be contacting them for future character designs.

The Sidekicks™ were an unexpected by-product of what we were doing. I really just wanted to have a fun little critter or two to go with some of the characters like that were depicted in some of the Matt Dixon art we licensed. I didn't expect them to take on a life of their own and become a separate line. We will be branding them now for their own range and will continue to release critter character models much like Reaper's mouselings. There are several other robot designs I still want to do, too.

Stirring in the background is the Epic Models™ range. Currently I'm looking to brand our kit range that will include bigger pieces like Shunkaha and resin things like the Rocket Bike and Girron. This will include larger sculpts like 54mm or even 75mm figures, busts, and more vehicle kits.

Developing in the Secret Lab is our cinematic retro pulp Sci-Fi RPG with supporting miniature range. There will be more about that soon.

As of now I'm hoping to keep putting out at least 2 to 3 pieces a month but if sales and interest increase we will certainly be expanding our release schedule. This is all in addition to the regular pieces I will continue to do for Reaper, Dark Sword, Privateer and other clients.

I want to offer a sincere thanks to ALL of our backers. We literally could not have done any of it without the support of the hobby community. A select few of you have received commendations in your rewards packages for your exceptional promotion of our work. All of us at the Bomb Factory hope to continue to bring you exceptional models.

The Bomb Squad looks forward to seeing all of you at GenCon 2013.

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Thank you for your support!
Patrick
~The Sculptdude

Fulfillment Update 2

PROGRESS

Barring very few snags considering Vicky has been the only one packing and shipping over 1000 fulfillment packages with only occasional help from either Brett or I, the completion point has been exceptional.

Most of the surveys with discrepancies have been resolved. There are still a handful of pending issues that are in progress as noted below. Otherwise, packages have been sent to every backer we received a survey from for the indicated levels.

Total backers: 1126
Dropped backers: 6
Backers not responded to survey: 7

• $1   RACK LEVEL - Completed
• $7   PRIMER LEVEL - Completed
• $15  FUSE LEVEL - Completed
• $20  CASING LEVEL - Completed
• $25  CHARGE LEVEL - 2 Remaining
• $30  IGNITOR LEVEL - Completed
• $55  DETONATOR LEVEL - 1 Remaining
• $75  BOMB KIT LEVEL - 5 Remaining
• $100 BLAST LEVEL - 13 Remaining
• $120 BARRAGE LEVEL - 6 Remaining
• $140 INCENDIARY LEVEL - 1 Remaining
• $150 NAPALM LEVEL - In progress
• $170 PLASMA LEVEL - 8 Remaining
• $200 NEUTRON LEVEL - In Progress

Over the next several days we will be working to package and ship the NAPALM and NEUTRON levels which are about 320 packages or so.

For the rewards levels THERMITE and HYDROGEN, those of you receiving painted miniatures, we will be shipping those out as soon as the models are in hand. Rather than ship most of the painted models to me, I will be picking them up in person since all of our paint crew will be present during ReaperCon.

Thank you for all of your feedback, both encouraging and critical. We have been working under a pressure cooker over the last several months to get everything out and stay on track to get the web store up and running. This has always been our main goal and now it is only a few weeks away!

NEWS

All of our painters have been hard at work and here are a few more tasty tidbits! Meg Maples painted our studio model for Vivian Gale with exceptional looking metallics and clever water effects. Martin Jones never fails to impress with his camera friendly NMM techniques for Tetsu Ko, Pussy Patrol, Wu Ling Shu, The Cave Girl and Ping.

We will likely only have one more Fulfillment Update™ before things are wrapped up and the following week I will make a special announcement for the online web store. I will be transmitting the next update remotely from ReaperCon where all manner of folks will descend to revel in the Bones goodness.

See you next week!
~Patrick
The Sculptdude