Trenchworx, LLC
CREATOR
3 months ago
Project Update: Woohoo! BIG UPDATE! YES to Shipping!
Good Morning Backers,
We are finally moving! Packages are starting to move out the door. Certainly much later than we had planned but better quality than we had hoped. There are plenty of reasons why this took so long, but to sum it up this project had quite a few models with some complex features and figuring out how to build them was a formidable challenge. We wanted these figures to be an enjoyable modeling experience and provide some nice posable options for the Hobgoblin Warriors and Grilps too. As of this moment, these are the most awesome models we have had the pleasure of building. We think you will agree they will be worth the wait. Even the Stretch goals are a complete encounter by themselves!
Manufacturing Changes and Bonus Content...
We ended up parting the Hobgoblin Warriors in such a way that you could pose the model and have some variation. Personally, I've never liked bunches of monopose models for skirmish type games and Lord Varrox has has an army! You are going to need piles of warriors for the encounters in Camp Firefield and the new adventures from MCDM's (Crack The Sun). I think it is important to have the ability to break up the battlefield with unique poses for your adventures. It is also best to have a standardized look and feel for your army of antagonists. This is a list of all the changes, perks and modifications we made for this project...
- Hobgoblin Warriors and Grilps
- Hobgoblin Warriors are now multipart body, left arm with shield, head, right arm and right handed flail. The flail is metal and easily adjustable and hard to break. The flails were far to flimsy as prints so we decided to make them into metal so that the user can adjust to an appealing shape. Depending on how you put your models together you can make about 60+ combinations! I'll look into a short video of assembly next week for us.
- You are now getting 4 Grilps as Stretch Goals instead of 3. We ended up with 2 posable Grilps consisting of two of each body sets, wing sets, heads and tails. You can make about 24 combinations of models for these guys and the wing form is adjustable with the ball socket. Because we had 2 sets of model parts it was best to make a 2 model tray of these little buggers. So you now get two trays = 4 grilps.
- Bases! All hobgoblins now come with a 1" RPG base. The puddle base just didn't cut it or look awesome enough.
- Tactician in metal. There was no art for this fella and I always envisioned him as a character. We decided to put him in metal in the event you want to use him as a PC and just because metal is cool.
Kobold Box
- Kobold Heroes are now Metal! These little bits are cool and we think they deserve a little more heft for their hard hitting punch in game. We made some prints and some resins of the models, and they just didn't weighty enough for their prominence. Being an 'older' gamer, I've always enjoyed metal models and it was an easy decision to make these little hellions even more awesome once we had them in hand.
- The Legionaires and Veles are on print strips and we had a few extra heads modeled up for each. There are three bodies for each Legionaire and Veles and 5 head variants. This gives you quite a few combinations and even more if you put Veles heads on Legionaires and vice versa.
- We didn't do bases for these fellas because the 1" base we have access to was just too large. We recommend washers or pennies for these when you build them. Plus with Pennies going out of style in the US, you will have a limited edition model!
- Villain Parties
- The Black Iron Pact is in glorious metal and pretty darn close to the image.
- We've posted the Wilderkith before and are still solving the Soul Binders (see notes below about split ships)
- Materials
- 2025 has been a game changer for us regarding materials and manufacturing. At Trenchworx, we manufacture in multiple mediums including resin, metal, 3D print and siocast. We've been 3D Printing for about 15 years and considering all that history, our process has advanced another Ten Fold Plus in 2025. We have developed new methods for manufacturing, custom materials and new workflows using our 3D printing work cells. The 3D printed models we build now have higher quality and durability than our traditional resin and siocast. Every single week we push our 3D printing system with new techniques and offerings. We even developed a new delivery method called the SNAP TRAY. You can learn more about that HERE.
- Work Flow
- With the development of our 3D printing system, we added another work cell, STARGATE, next to our BUFFY line. General Hammond and Captain Jack O'Neil plus Apophis and many others are producing massive numbers of models right next to Buffy, Giles and Spike and their host of co-stars. At one count we had produced about 4,000+ figures in a day!
What Is Shipping...
To start we are split shipping the Kobolds, Goblins, Stretch Goals, and 2 of the 3 Villains. We need another couple weeks out the stragglers we had for the Hobgoblins, but they will be sent as the 2nd half of the split ships as soon as we have them kitted. We think we will catch up to complete orders within the first 50 or so shipments. We only have about 275 to ship so we are looking at completing that in the next 5 to 6 weeks. We really tried to get these out the door for the holidays, but just ran out of time and had a few too many issues. Shipments have started and several should see their shipping notices daily. We intend to progress in backer order and some spot shipments for easier orders if you only ordered a Pinna or Slaughter Demon for instance.
Digital Backers...
Everything has been delivered via MyMiniFactory. If you don't have an invite, let us know at [email protected]. If you didn't grab these files during the crowdfunder, you can grab them now on our website HERE or on MyMiniFactory HERE.
Holidays...
Our last day for the holidays will be next Thursday (12/18) and we get back to the shop on Tuesday the 30th. We may be slow to answer emails over the break, but we will get back to you as soon as we see the post.
That should cover it for today. Keep an eye out for your shipment from our system and if you have questions where you are in the order, shoot us a note at [email protected]. Backers please check out the Backer Only content below.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Dave
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