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Across the Realms future plans (Patreon)

Published:
2023-02-23 13:51:51
Edited:
2023-02-23 14:22:32
Imported:
2026-06

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Hello everyone!Across the Realms is going to be 3 years old in just a few days and I think this is the perfect opportunity to revamp and revitalize the entire model.When I first started I was mostly interested in doing fantasy miniatures with the goal of fleshing out the signature DnD world of the Forgotten Realms with miniatures and adventures. The name “Across the Realms” was actually a reference to the Forgotten Realms.I was also under the impression that I could deliver 15+ miniatures every month consistently and in time. After 3 years of running Across the Realms I have gone through several different ideas and it is also safe to say that my personal preferences and goals have shifted. That is not to say that fantasy is suddenly out of the door - not at all.I want to share with you my thoughts on how I would like to move forward with Across the Realms. My intent is to make the entire release model more flexible across the board.

Themed releases are certainly cool looking but they have more shortcomings than they have benefits. The most egregious of the shortcomings is the fact that unless a certain theme can justify a minimum number of miniatures it will simply not get made. There have been tons of cool suggestions for minis over the years and many simply get axed from the get go because they are a single mini suggestion. I feel that with themed releases there are several minis that get made that are filler content. Furthermore, I have the urge to make more miniatures than I can afford each month timewise because I feel that this will be my only chance to touch the subject. This leads to delays to the standard schedule and also prevents me from pursuing other projects that I have in the backlog.

My suggestion

The monthly releases only make sense because of how billing works and patrons and tribes members rightfully expect a bang for their buck during the month they are billed. If one doesn't care about next month’s release they can safely unsubscribe. However what I am noticing is that a good chunk of you stay subscribed regardless of the content - with the confidence that something that is worth it will come soon enough.

So, instead of a monthly themed release I would like to suggest a more flexible way of delivering minis. The source of inspiration for these minis will essentially come from two sources.

Firstly, I would like to be able to sculpt the minis that I am personally more interested in, for the simple fact that when I am personally motivated about a miniature I perform better. Lady Leontis from this month is a perfect example of this. If I had to fit her in a themed release, by the time I could get around to it I might have lost all motivation to sculpt her.

Your suggestions in discord (and other platforms if you prefer) are also a constant source of inspiration and it is important that you get to see your suggestions sooner than later - even if at all. Under this model, your inspiring suggestions can be turned into miniatures almost immediately instead of having to go through the cumbersome process we’ve had so far.

The miniatures will still be delivered in the exact same way. For patrons, you will find the minis released this month in the current release post and you will receive periodic MMF redeem invitations and updates ensuring that all the miniatures end up in your MMF library. For tribes members the process is even more streamlined since you automatically have the models added in your library.

The main difference under this new system is that you - as much as I - wont know exactly what is going to be released for next month. It will all depend on everyone’s whims, with my whims having a stronger impact of course.

Transition Date

This transition - the details of which are still brewing in my head - will take place the month after the current release schedule is delivered. For next month, Patrons will receive the WW2 pulp heroes while Tribesmembers will receive the Legions of Excess. Beginning in April 2023 Patreon and Tribes will finally have syncrhonised releases under the new system.  Tribesmembers will also receive the WW2 pulp heroes in addition to whatever we end up doing for April.That’s pretty much it. I look forward to hearing your insights, suggestions and criticisms on this plan.

Comments

Alex

As I like almost every model you do, no problem. As suggestions go, do mech/walker robots if you want. The pin up guard ones were excellent. But as I said, no problem at all, it will be even more fun.

Esben Christiansen

Just a thought, what about a "sculptor's/AtR's choice of the month" mini/model?

Daniel Sánchez

Hello. I got a couple of questions. First. When you say that you will merge Patreon and tribes on April, what exactly are you saying? You mean that Patreon will close and only Tribes will remain? Secon (related to first). If you decide to move to tribes, will you still update the patreon?. I have found tribes is usually a black box and you dont have any information if you dont check it manually 1 by 1, as you wont get any updates of the content or similar. Many other patreons do both for this hability to spread the information of new releases, plans and ideas.

acrosstherealms

no, no. I suppose I mispoke. I meant that the releases will synchronise - not merged. I'll go ahead and change the text to be more clear. You are absolutely right with Tribes - there is no interaction at all and that makes it very impersonal.

Jon Laager

TLDR: Go for it Tsipis - I think it’s a fantastic idea. :) I’m 100% in favor of this plan. Your art and talent is the reason I’ve been here since day one and plan to be here day 10,001. I’d much rather see art you’ve sculpted because you were inspired and motivated, rather than art you were “expected” to make to fill a theme. Selfishly (as I personally don’t play sci-fi games), I also feel like this could mean you might be releasing even more fantasy themed minis snuck into a release if the monthly release was based more on motivation and inspiration than sticking to a theme. But regardless, I just love your unique style (like everyone else here, I’m guessing) and am here for the long haul. :)

Emma Marx

I’m in, I like ur stuff and supporting small artists :)) keep up the great work!

Dwayne Hinton

is this going to impact you any if you have an annual plan? models will still just magically show up in MMF, right? :)

acrosstherealms

exactly :). The only thing that will change is that there's going to be more variation in the models.

Harold

I love your work and I’m sure what you put out will be perfect another patron I subscribe does what your talking about doing and it works out great look forward to your releases and if you get a chance answer my messages I sent you lol

Bernard Kugel

I joined the Patreon for the Legions of Excess. Will I be able to get them while still on Patreon, or do I have to join Tribes?

acrosstherealms

Nothing changes on that regard. The Legions of Excess are not affected in any way. Tribes is just currently "lagging" one month behind Patreon so the Legions of Excess will be available there on March.

Eric Davis

I think sculpting what you are passionate about is a good idea and helps prevent burn out. With the shift towards doing more passion inspired and suggestion inspired projects: are you looking towards heading more towards RPG individual miniatures as the main focus or will there be enough to build out a unit for tabletop war gaming?

Acguy

I think it's a great idea also. I trust that you'll provide value for our subscription dollars. Your designs are always excellent. I'd love to see individual special model releases. There are many characters in the 40K universe I'd love to see new minis of. I'd be able to use these in games or in dioramas. I don't expect I'll be able to "use" every mini you make, but I'm sure I'll love them, just the same.

Eric Jackson

You might want to double check your notification settings on Tribes. I get notifications whenever a creator posts to tribes and whenever anyone replies to my comments.

Eric Jackson

I'm interested in getting unique and unusual models so not having a theme is no problem for me. I will say that I initially joined because of the pin-up corps kickstarter so I would vote for at least a couple pin-up type figures a month. Some pin-up fantasy figures would be cool.

Daniel Sánchez

I think you didnt understand what i said. If you are subscribed to a tribe, then everything is fine, but if you are not subscribed, you dont see anything. New release? miss it unless you check for it New post? no access Here on Patreon the creators can make public post that everyone can check so i can know what the new releases are.

Diplomacy

Very interesting. Looking forward to what comes out of this.

Scott

sounds like a good plan! your work is great and as you said when people are personally more invested you get better results. keep it up :)

Just_Ratt

If I'm being honest, I have been following you for a while, and only signed up this month. My personal tastes have shifted (only about a week ago) to the point where Sci-Fi games no longer interest me that much - but the quality of your work will still mean I download the files, and add them to my extensive back log of stuff I want to print and (I can't believe this next part) paint. At the end of the day, I love your work, and it's going to be worthwhile sticking around. Thanks for sharing your views, and I honestly look forward to the whims changing every month...

WD

Does this mean we might see some .... Fimir types :-)?

Russell Blaik

This is good and all but dose this mean that you will be able to work on stuff that is now 4 months behind schedule? And no I didn't join just to complain, joined because of the excess models.