Today’s post is full of joy, when we posted last week we
talked about where we were, the exciting things that had occurred and what
might be next for everyone at Purgatory. Well, the boxes arriving, the website
going live, a few pre orders trickling in all contributed towards what happened
yesterday.
Yesterday, the stock arrived. And a few words spring to
mind. Success. Culmination. Fruition. Finishing Line.
It was great to receive some of the stock yesterday, that we
had the boxes ready with all of the inserts was great news but to then have the
models arrive and be individually boxed was great because it represented a successful
conclusion to that particular stage of the project. In fact, it was the
completion of the first stage, which let’s face it offers the greatest
potential for pitfall.
So how does it feel?
Brilliant. This project is being run by two people. One of
which is a hobby enthusiast of old, you know, the good old times when models
were lead. Having won a silver demon, achieved a few finalists at Games Days
and Salute 2015, as well as being an avid gamer back in the day at good old GW
(First Winner of the Kill Team event) this represented a new milestone in my
hobby. To have thought, designed, created, produced and sold a model from end
to finish is a fantastic feeling. My partner who is not from the world we all
live in and ‘love’ has similar sense of achievement, that we have been able to
bring this project to life has galvanised us and well we just want to bring
more out!
Any Highlights?
Yes. Seeing thoughts come alive on paper is phenomenal.
Watching the barest concept transform over a series of updates is inspiring to
say the least. That a whole world or domain can come to life from the fragments
of an imagination is quite awe inspiring. I realise I sound a bit grandiose
however it’s really how we feel. We had favourite concepts and ideas and to see
them walk onto a page is well, just brilliant.
I would be remiss not mention the sculpting process.
Watching the character walk off the page, onto an armature and grow is great
fun. It helped that the sculptor made it a straight forward process.
Working with friends is great. You can be creative without
limitation. Doing something with a close friend has its risks however much with
anything if you go about something in the right way, in an open and transparent
approach then the process is twice the fun. The laughter generated by creating
unique, weird and wonderful characters has been great. It has been tempered
with hard work, commitment and no small amount of Madras curry to ease the
process. But the balance has been right and we attribute this to our success.
Any Lows?
Yes of course but nothing like I had expected. When you go
into something like this you will wander past some naysayers. A piece of advice
I’d give is don’t ignore them. Listen actually but most importantly make your
own mind up. Everyone in life has a different level of tolerance when it comes
to risk, you will find yours along the way, so embrace the idea you have and
give it the attention your risk level will allow. You never know, you might end
up with something quite special. We think we have.
Delays is the big thing, we are slightly old school in our
approach and well, we feel it is important to achieve what we say, when we say
it. Shifting dates around can often send out the wrong message. Fortunately for
us, this has not happened a great deal and whilst this was a small low, it is
something learnt from and in the grand scheme of things is greatly outweighed
by the positives.
So what happens next?
The model is on sale. You can but the model by emailing us
at purgatoryenquiries@gmail.com
pending some sales, we will be asking the sculptor to create St Peter so look
out for artwork on him in the coming days. We will also be showcasing our first
faction in the coming weeks so that you can see a bit more on the expanded part
of the world.
Now we work hard to continue the good work and keep you guys
up to date with what is going on. Bringing new art, characters and scenes to life
so that we can realise our vision of bringing Purgatory to life.
One other thing that we are going to do is a painting
competition. As big advocates of the painting and gaming community we will be
running painting competition for each model that we release. Each time we do,
we will pick our favourite models from the submissions and those winners will
receive a free copy of the next model. Its that simple. You support us and we
will reward you. Furthermore, we will be showcasing the painted models on our
website for you to show off to the world. How’s about that?
Look out for this, it will be coming out in the next week or
so, so grab a copy and get planning.
Until next time, we will bid you farewell. It would have
been remiss not to put a phase one post completion take on things, so hopefully
having read about the journey you have enjoyed this read and will follow our
steps as we march forward.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and see you on
the flip side.
Purgatory
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