TFM has shut down

Ed posted this;

Hello folks. it’s with a heavy heart that I must announce that Troll Forged Miniatures is winding down operations. Our casting services will still be offered by Nick Hanger through his new company Metal Oak Casting Studios, but Troll Forged will soon cease operation as a independent entity.

Over time TF has moved away from being a place that creates its own models and became almost purely a support operation for other casting ventures. The organization required to manage this all has become a burden so I (Ed) have decided to step back from that aspect to go back to molding and sculpting as I’ve always wanted to do from the start.

Our previous obligations from the Alien Assimilation Host kickstarter are being managed by Tom Anders of Impact miniatures for organization and shipping and by Nick for casting so that the project will still be fulfilled. We are currently looking at options to have others host our sculpts so that they are still available to the public.

Thank you again for all your support over the years.

Taking stock

Now that TFM has a new manager, Nick, and the Kickstarter is finally starting to move forward once more, it’s time to start sorting out the store. Not all the miniatures shown are available, some of the moulds have degraded over time, and we have to think about whether we should remake them based on their earnings, and if we do keep them; move them over to Trollcast (which means new investment in spin cast moulds). While we are sorting through all of this; the store will be in maintenance mode until further notice.

TFM will still be doing contract work during this time, and all contracts will be unaffected by this.

KS – AAH – Swarm Level Survey has gone out

Hello everyone,

We’ve put out the Swarm Level survey for our Alien Assimilation Host Kickstarter – update #270. If you are a backer, at Swarm Level, please check your email for the survey. I’ll be contacting non-Kickstarter backers who bought a pledge via PayPal by email in due course.

Philip
On behalf of Ed

Smokecast

A few shots of an experimental version of Trollcast (codename ‘smoke’) for use on ‘invisible’ miniatures, insect like alien wings, and anything that needs a nice frosted translucent look.

First Alien Horde

RiTides has been working an Alien Horde army for AdeptiCon, and has been painting away like a mad thing to get it all ready. Here are a batch of Grubs (1 of 6 batches of 25 each!);

Check out his progress over on DakkaDakka

More pledges for sale

There are 4 pledges up for grabs over on the Pledge Market. 2 Host pledges ($77, and $50), and 2 Swarm pledges ($110, and $122).

Pledge Buy Out Market

Hello all,

There are a couple of new pledges on offer over in our Pledge Market. I’ve also split a rather large $411 pledge into 2 Queen level pledges ($200, and $211).

The Pledge Market

Contact us
There are several ways to contact us if you wish to ask specific questions. The most direct is to use the ‘contact me‘ link (next to Ed’s photo) over on the Kickstarter. You can use Facebook to log into Kickstarter if you do not have a Kickstarter account. If you do not have a Kickstarter or Facebook account please use our contact form.

Thanks for your support!

Philip

The Pledge Market

Pledge Buy Out Market

Hello all,

We have been asked by a few people if they buy into our Kickstarter.  Some backers, due of unforeseen circumstances, want to sell theirs. So we have set up a special page;

The Pledge Market

On the Pledge Market you can buy pledges that are on offer using PayPal. Each pledge on offer is a one time deal (stock is set to ‘1’) and once sold it is gone for good.

Contact us
There are several ways to contact us if you wish to ask specific questions.

The most direct is to use the ‘contact me‘ link (next to Ed’s photo) over on the Kickstarter. You can use Facebook to log into Kickstarter if you do not have a Kickstarter account.

If you do not have a Kickstarter or Facebook account please use our contact form.

If you have any other questions please post a comment below (like an ad hoc FAQ)

Thanks for your support!

Philip

The Pledge Market

Update on TFM shop

Just a fast update for those who enjoy the shop coming around etc. We finally got our counter and vent work put in so the fire marshal can come in! I want to stress that none of the money going into the shop has been used from this kickstarter. It helped me get the labor in place which in turn did make the shop happen.

Move completed

Everything has been moved into the new premises!

Ed says;
Just to check in and tell everyone move is completed. I’m getting fire marshal in next and then permits and we can open but we will not be pushing the retail store sales until the kickstarter is finished for anyone who might be worried.

Spin stations

Spin stations

Molding, sculpting area

Mold storage