Dwarf Kickstarter!!!

[GamerPrincess]

This Kickstarter just opened there 8th stretch goal!  More FREE stuff!!!  Now 20 miniatures comes in the base set!  Thats only $1.80 for the resin set.  Cheap!!!

 

Here is the link for everyone to view:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/28mm-fantasy-dwarven-miniature-collection-ii?ref=3upvpc

 

 

 

 

Edited August 29, 2020 by GamerPrincess

[Marc]

On 8/26/2020 at 4:55 PM, Adrift said:

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”

 

I’d say it’s 100% clear that GamerPrincess is a salesperson for the company, if not the guy that owns the company. Take a look at every post “she” has ever made on these forums - they are only to promote and hype this company’s KS. And the over the top way he or she hypes them, all the while claiming not to be affiliate with the company, or “know the company from Adam” while clearly being closely connected with them feels like listening to a particularly bad late-nite infomercial.

Attempting (and poorly at that) to portray yourself as just a fan, when it’s painfully obvious that you are connected with the company is just lame.
 

The blatantly sneaky and deceptive nature of these obvious company-backed sales posts has frankly made me extremely negative toward the company. I also wonder if it breaks any of the forum guidelines ...

Edited August 30, 2020 by Marc

[Gadgetman!]

If it doesn't break the guidelines, then the guidelines would need rewriting. 

Anyone affiliated with a company 'in the hobby' really should declare it in their tagline. 

 

 

[Marc]

On 8/27/2020 at 9:29 AM, Dan d'Lyon said:

Especially considering the only things she posts about are Tomb Guardian KS projects.  How....coincidental.

 

Edited August 30, 2020 by Marc

[Tasso]

2 hours ago, Gadgetman! said:

If it doesn't break the guidelines, then the guidelines would need rewriting. 

Anyone affiliated with a company 'in the hobby' really should declare it in their tagline. 

 

 

 

The irony of it is that forumites here are perfectly happy to interact with company reps who identify themselves as such. There’s no good reason to pretend to be unaffiliated (and as others have noted it tends to be counterproductive, giving a negative impression of the company). The folks here are not dumb and don’t like being treated as if they are. 

 

Another irony is that the company’s product is actually quite good, as you’d expect given the sculptors they use. I have a bunch of them myself. The minis can speak for themselves if the marketing could just get out of its own way. I’m sure they lose sales by coming off as some combination of too aggressive and borderline desperate in tone, and those lost sales are probably with just to sort of people they need to build word of mouth interest in their projects. 

 

I will probably stay in this project, since I don’t have that many dwarves yet, but I have dropped out in the past and wish I didn’t have to decide whether the tone of communications is a red flag or just misplaced enthusiasm every time. 

[Guardians Of The Tomb]

Good Evening everyone

 

I am the owner of Tomb Guardians and I was emailed by a few supporter who watches and blogs on the Reaper site.  They told me about what is going on here and I wanted to reach out and post a message.

 

First let me thank everyone that has supported us in the past, currently and hopefully in the future.  Next, I want to apologize for upsetting a lot of you due to our marketing attempts.  I was not aware of this until a little while ago.  Yes we are aggressive because as the owner I’m extremely excited and proud of our products.  I consider them some of the best miniatures on the market and we are very privileged to have the sculptures we do work for us.  I will have our email campaign back down and will go over that with our marketing manager tomorrow.  The last thing I want to do as an owner is piss off our clients.  
 

Lastly, we are being accused of having an employee posting in this KS page.  This is not correct Or accurate because no one in my company will push our products on a competitors site.  Gamerprincess is not our employee or any attachment to our company.  I understand she is promoting our KS but she is not my employee.  If anyone wants to discuss this or any other topics please feel free to call me at 614-656-7025 or email me at [email protected].  I have no issue discussing this matter or anything else.  I love my company and hobby!  
 

Tomb Guardians has a good relationship with Reaper Miniatures and I do not wish to end this relationship and only build it stronger in the future.  Again I apologize for the inconvience and thank everyone that has supported us in the past, current and hopefully future.    Please stay safe and pray you and your families remain healthy.
 

Cass Suwinski

Owner

Tomb Guardians

[GamerPrincess]

This Kickstarter just opened there 9th stretch goal!  More FREE stuff!!!  Now 21 miniatures comes in the base set!  Thats only $1.71 for the resin set.  Cheap!!!

 

Lets get on this!

 

Here is the link for everyone to view:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/28mm-fantasy-dwarven-miniature-collection-ii?ref=3upvpc

 

 

[Guardians Of The Tomb]

Wow my post wasn’t to scare everyone away.  Lol.  We just hit our 9th stretch goal a couple of days ago.  11 days left in our campaign and a big add on coming Tuesday!  Can anyone guess what it might be?  

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/28mm-fantasy-dwarven-miniature-collection-ii?ref=dgpsut

 

Hope everyone is healthy and has a great weekend!

 

Heres a couple of pics of our Ks zombies being painted 

[haldir]

23 hours ago, Guardians Of The Tomb said:

Wow my post wasn’t to scare everyone away.  Lol.  We just hit our 9th stretch goal a couple of days ago.  11 days left in our campaign and a big add on coming Tuesday!  Can anyone guess what it might be?  

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/28mm-fantasy-dwarven-miniature-collection-ii?ref=dgpsut

 

Hope everyone is healthy and has a great weekend!

 

Heres a couple of pics of our Ks zombies being painted 

 

Classic Jason Wiebe style. I like those. If anything, I do have a need for undead demi-humans.

[Guardians Of The Tomb]

10th stretch goal is now open with 9.5 days left.  Base core set comes with 22 minis for only $36

 

 

[Citrine]

I decided to back this after all, really like the herbalist and the stretch goals.

[Marc]

3 fire salamander stretch goals in a row?

[Kalibak]

^ Yes. Kind of a letdown, hey? I hope the next stretch goal is at $20,000 for the nice round number of it but also so we can quickly move on from these salamanders that all have way too similar of a sculpt.

 

On another note, I know there were a lot of people complaining about Tomb Guardians' excessive advertising earlier in this thread, but I think the unfortunate truth is that advertising works. This seems to be their most successful KS to date, by some margin.

Edited September 7, 2020 by Kalibak

[Guardians Of The Tomb]

Evening all!  We have new stretch goals posted for the next 3 levels.  Hope this helps you all.  Even though im stubborn I still listen to my clients.  Hope you all had a great holiday!

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tombguardians/28mm-fantasy-dwarven-miniature-collection-ii?ref=bg9goc

 

 

[nearsightedgiraffe]

I have backed, but am also a little disappointed by the 3rd Fire Salamander in a row. That being said, I think it is a decent bargain even without the SGs, so they are just a bonus for me. On the other hand, anyone still on the fence after 2 FS are unlikely to buy in based on a 3rd. I think the issue is I have only really seen them advertising through email- not anywhere else. I only clicked on the KS itself because of the sculptors they listed in the first paragraph- my Reaper purchases by that group have always kept me happy.

I am honestly surprised they didn't try and buy a mention at reapercon or similar- with such a large audience of miniature enthusiasts who already like the sculptors is would make sense to me. Given that the store's man models don't compete on price with Reaper, I don't think either company would need to worry about loosing sales to the other- people will go to each for their respective offerings.

Oh well- hopefully it continues to tick along through another few SGs before the close.