November Full Preview + Spooktober Bonus Model + Poll

Hello everyone!

Another big post here, we've got the total lineup for November, 8 Metal Gear models (9 counting alternate Armstrong) and 10 Pokemon models. Once again to the Metal Gear fans, I'll be sure to do another Metal Gear month in the next several months and we'll have a poll consisting of characters you all have suggested to decide the lineup.

Regarding the Pokemon models, I'm a little ashamed of the Magmar and Electebuzz evo lines. I sculpted these months ago, and before endless hours of trial and error, but just haven't had time to touch them up (details definitely weren't deep enough). But I figure they're better than nothing, especially if people get them for free compared to paid options or low poly, no detail rips. 

As for the Spooktober bonus model, we have the Iron Maiden from Dragon Quest!

I thought this would be a fun model and have wanted to make it for a while, so I squeezed it in for this month. It's been added to the October Drive link (Disclaimer, I haven't test printed it yet, and it'll require pulling supports through the openings of the cage).

Now regarding themes, I wanted to ask you all how you felt about themed months. After doing 2 and having the next 3 planned out, they come with their pros and cons. On one end, it's cohesive, and if I'm ripping models from a game as a starting point for a sculpt it's easier to rip a lot of models from one game with the same ripping method, compared to ripping different models from different games with different methods. 

On the other hand, with themed months I can't really work on a bunch of different and cool concepts from varied franchises, and push those out to prioritize what fits in with the theme/franchise. Not including Pokemon and Digimon of course. I have a backlog of Pokemon I've worked on from way back, and that's what gets released each month (not counting requests that I haven't already done and need to start, but Pokemon are relatively fast anyway).

SOOOOO, I've made a Survey Monkey poll for you all to tell me where you stand with themed months so I can get a feel for how I should operate going forward (so that I don't have to blow up your notifications with another post). The options for preferences are: 

themes each month / themes every other month / modeler's choice / other

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GZ29PZR

In other news, work on Digimon figures begin this week. There's plenty of Pokemon out in the world, but not enough Digimon. Let's change that.

Thanks for your input, and I hope you all are having a great day. Enjoy the models and stay cool!