My How Time Flys…

Yikes! Too much time has elapsed since my last posting…

Busy, busy, busy is my excuse (ain’t it always?). Between Work, HistoriFigs and the farm I’ve been at a near dead run.

Well the good news is that I can see a light (lets hope it is the end of the tunnel and not an oncoming train), and it looks like by the end of the month I’ll be able to come up for breath.

Too give you something more (and old) to read I’ve finished moving the missing Morschauser Files articles from the old site to this (not so new any more) site. I have a few more to scan and post and then I”ll be about out of Morschauser material to post…

OK, so why not pop over and re-read a few of the older articles –> The Morschauser Files

I’ll try and post again soon!

Mafrica Map – Sold Out

Over the weekend our last copies, from the 3rd print run, of the Mafrica Map were spoken for. This means that the third print run is now Sold Out!

Unless we see a demand for these maps, it will be some time before the next print run. We have been looking at producing a smaller version of the map at a reduced price. I have some samples in hand, but I’m not really pleased with the result. They are functional, but the color is off. I will have some of these smaller (12″ x 18″) maps at Little Wars, and they will be priced at $5.00 each. Sometime in May, I’ll work up a subscription plan for another print run (of the 18” x 24” map) and if there is a demand, we will print more maps sooner, rather than later.

Look for more news later this week.

Somehow, we Managed a New Release

Things are still a bit too busy here, yet somehow we managed to finish up the molds for a new Bloodaxe Miniatures release.

Our new Bloodaxe Miniatures release is a set of World War II Germans in Field Cap. We have some riflemen, SMG, an HMG and crew as well as a couple of fellows with Panzerfaust. These new figure packs have been listed over on the Bloodaxe Miniatures website. Be sure to pop over and take look. There will be a few more (WWII German) pieces added once we reorganize the figure pack offerings (when we update to our new website).

Otherwise we are still backed up in the shop. I was able to make some good progress the past couple of weeks, so the backup isn’t quite as bad as it was just a few weeks ago. The weekend before last, I stopped and took a few hours to make some tools for the mold making shop. This was time well spent, as I was able to use these new tools this past week and they made my (mold making) job so much easier.

The goal for this week is to clear out a couple of mold making projects and to finish mapping out the casting we need to do before Little Wars. Next week I really want to complete all casting for Little Wars by Tuesday, so I can focus on packing up on Wednesday and Thursday (I really don’t want to work until midnight on Thursday and then be up again by 5am to finish up so I can head out for the convention).

Well, I think that about does it for this time around. I’ll close with a couple of photos taken in the shop – these were take a couple weeks ago, right after we cleared out several large-ish projects – nothing too exciting here, but, well you get a peek at part of the shop…

Still Crazy Busy…

Just when it was looking like we might get caught up…

Things are still a bit on the busy side here at HistoriFigs HQ. Plenty of projects lined up (with mold making projects alone, I’m booked solid though April) and waiting for attention. There are a number of photos sitting on the thumb drive that need editing and posting, so we can show some ‘new’ stuff we have ready, or almost ready to release. The new Bloodaxe Miniatures website is about 50% done, which means that the new Resistant Roosters site will come together much more quickly. Which in turn means I’ll get to making the new HistoriFigs site sooner rather than later. But, nothing new in the way of websites until after Little Wars (8 – 10 April 2011).

Speaking of Little Wars, we will be attending as a dealer, so be sure to drop by and say howdy. If you want to place an order for pick up at Little Wars, please do that soon, as production slots are filling up quickly.

OK, where was I? Umm, lets see; bu, bus, busy. That’s right! Well, enough of that. Lets move on to the extended deadline for the special pricing for the J-22 – 25mm Sudanese Native Advancing with Spear and Shield. We have decided to extend the special pricing through 31 March 2011 to allow a few more of you to take advantage of this special price.

And speaking of prices; look for new prices on 1 April (sadly, this will not be an April Fools joke) 2011. I just about have things sorted out, and the increases may not be as much as we previously thought. If we can nail things down next week, we will post the new prices early, so you can use them to help plan out you projects.

Lets see how much work I can clear out over the weekend and maybe I’ll have some extra time to put together another post with some useful content for next week.

Pre-Order Special on J-22

Now that we have a new production mold for the “lost” 25mm Sudanese Native Advancing with Spear and Shield – Colonial figure we thought it might be helpful if we offered a special price for this figure…

Now, through 15 March 2011 you can order J-22 (in any quantity) for the low price of $0.50 each (plus shipping).

In case you don’t know, or forgot, what this figure looks like here is a picture from our previous posting (the new production piece looks very much the same, the base has been thickened up just a bit, as the original was too thin to cast consistently)

J-22

Look for more updates later in the week.