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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tangleknot" data-source="post: 6256350" data-attributes="member: 6695854">Greetings Old School Miniature lovers,CSM has just launched Tome of Horrors 2, a miniatures line with the style of "old school Metal miniatures."  Here is the link:<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/centerstageminis/tome-of-horrors-complete-ii-more-monsters-from-the" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/centerstageminis/tome-of-horrors-complete-ii-more-monsters-from-the</a><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/592/768/8b50c32693a006c5a44e0db8e4594b23_large.jpg?1391429385" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/000/957/439/ac97425a15947b1d5ae787d8b69c86fd_large.png?1380170395" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />  Since 2009, Center Stage Miniatures has taken pride in producing  old-school fantasy miniatures for use with tabletop RPGs. We started  with only a few releases our first year, but have built up momentum and  now have over 250+ products ready to be integrated into our online store  this Spring and Summer. With the acquisition of some major  miniature  ranges, most notably the Julie Guthrie Fantasy Personalities (from Grenadier Models/Mega Miniatures) and Dungeon Crawl Classics Miniatures (from Goodman Games), we're poised to support your need for high-quality fantasy miniatures for years to come!We will begin setting up our own in-house metal casting operations  this year, thanks to several dedicated investors and our continuing growth. As  we experiment with in-house casting, we will continue to utilize  Valiant Enterprises as our contract casting company for purposes of  fulfilling this KS project. We will not begin casting our own  figures until we're confident that what we put out ourselves rivals the  quality of our toughest competitor. CSM has already had three very successful Kickstarter projects - our Demons and Devils Kickstarter ($65K+, shipping right now!), Torn World RPG Miniatures Kickstarter ($4K+, completely shipped!) and Tome of Horrors Complete I ($97K, shipping in April. [h=1]And a big "Thank You..."[/h]...goes  out to "Skeeter" Green and Chuck Wright of Frog God Games, for being as  excited about this project as I am and helping get this Kickstarter set  up. Your enthusiasm is motivational! And thanks also to Bill  Webb for allowing us to move forward with the Frog God licensed ranges;  and to Matt Finch, a good friend, class act and fellow businessman who  believes in second chances....and finally, but NEVER least,  our backers, without whom this project never could have happened. "Thank  you," from the bottom of our hearts!   [h=2]Risks and challenges <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics#Acco" target="_blank">Learn about accountability on Kickstarter</a>[/h] As many of you know, our first Kickstarter was a rough ride  which is finally on calmer seas. We're still wrapping it up, but as of  launch, we're more than 70% fulfilled with a slew of positive comments  about the rewards our customers are receiving. Reknowned sculptor Jason  Wiebe is still working on one of the miniatures for the project - a  massive five-headed dragon, which will ship once it's completed.  Our second Kickstarter, launched after Demons and Devils, was based  on the Torn World RPG campaign setting. It was smaller project, but  completely fulfilled and right on time.   A third, the original Tome of Horrors Complete Miniatures KS, is  scheduled to fulfill this April, and we're proud to have a very  supportive community over there. We're as excited to begin fulfillment  as our generous backers are to receive their products! You can visit  that project page and see some samples of our miniatures here.  So why are we here again so soon? Well, for one thing, KS is the best  way to plan long term projects and make sure they're funded. We've also  learned a BUNCH from our first KS. We've learned about timing, we've  learned about communication, and most of all, we've learned that an 8-10  month time frame is just about perfect for a smaller company to fulfill  a big project.  In addition to just myself, we've got a packaging crew of three  ladies who enjoy putting metal pieces into boxes. We've also added a  customer service coordinator, who will start handling concerns and  service issues in a timely an efficiant manner.  All of these things have been made possible by the success of our  initial Kickstarter projects. Now, please help us put the icing on the  cake by supporting ToH2, our biggest endeavor to date.</blockquote>

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