Hey again everyone, just a preview for the 200 Patron goal, Amaterasu from Okami!
I had to make the variant with the alternate weapon because I've been wanting to go all out on this model for a long time. Hope you all like it! I'll be looking into making a bonus goal for 175 since 200 is a long ways off. Mostly just wanted to show it off!
2023-02-24 00:04:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
In the last March preview, we have:
Lots of cool stuff in there I'm personally looking forward to painting, hope you like it as well!
I've also added the Pyra 3 Month Loyalty reward to the Welcome Pack for everyone! Mostly because keeping track of who needs to receive loyalty rewards with Patreon's current system is a bit nightmarish and very time consuming. Sooooo I'll be focusing on patron goal bonuses instead going forward. Enjoy!
One last thing, I have the split files for Kabuterimon/MegaKabutermon and Zacian Zamazenta. I'll be supporting them this weekend and getting them to you all by Monday/Tuesday, and they'll naturally be going in the MMF invite as well. Thanks for your patience!
2023-02-24 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
For the next preview we have:
I unfortunately came down with a fever a couple days ago, so I've fallen behind a bit. The NSFW model is about 80% done, and then I've got a weekend each for the Pokemon and Digimon. I'll be doing my best to start knocking those out ASAP.
For April, I'll definitely be taking the month off from sculpting, besides clearing out commissions. Then for May, we'll have a Kingdom Hearts month for the history books. Hope you're looking forward to it!
2023-02-17 12:58:14 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
So I've recently started getting into One Piece, and also currently on the Stardust Crusaders arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. I was thinking both of these series would make for fun models, and will likely do them both in the future. For now, I'm just curious on where you all stand and gauging your interest. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments as well!
Hello everyone!
First preview for March, and we've got:
Hope you like them! April was supposed to be Kingdom Hearts, but I've been kind of feeling like I need a short break. So I'm deciding between a few options,
1) Pause billing for April
2) Release a misc. pack of completed, unreleased models and do KH in May
3) Push through because I'm a madman/feel like the burnout has passed
Hope you're all understanding of whichever options I go with! Regardless, I think I'm going to reduce the Pokemon models to 5 a month instead of 10 going forward to account for the time Digimon models take, as well as create some more new Pokemon sculpts and legendary mons outside of Gen 1.
So yeah, that's where I'm at! For March, I've also completed another bonus model and the Fate Grand Order model. Mortal Kombat model is about 50% done, and then I'll be working on this for the NSFW model (NSFW warning ahead)
Then I've got Digimon/Pokemon sculpts and I'll be clear for April. I feel like I'm currently at a pretty good pace, so I'm not too worried. I'm aiming to clear out my commission backlog and then focus on monthly models and patron goal bonuses. I plan to make some for 160 and 180. Then for 200, we'll remake this Amaterasu for tabletop scale!
So many cool things to make, thank you immensely for sticking with me and supporting me as I tackle them one month at a time!
EDIT: Forgot to mention, I paid someone to split the February Legendary Pokemon, as well as Kabuterimon/Megakabuterimon. Should receive those in the next week or two, after which I'll support them and add them to the Google Drive and MMF invites.
Hello everyone, here's the full February 2023 group shot. I'll be releasing it 2/2.
Also, the Mitsuru pre-supported file had a support fused to one of her legs. I've re-supported it and uploaded the new file to the Google Drive, Sorry for any inconvenience!
2023-01-31 20:27:26 +0000 UTC View Post
We did it! I've added Mitsuru to this months Google Drive, and will be adding her to the Welcome Pack as well. Enjoy everyone, and thank you so much!
2023-01-29 00:48:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone, here's the final previews for February!
Additionally, here are a couple NSFW models that were commissioned several months ago by a patron; they'll be included as bonuses.
NSFW Link: https://imgur.com/a/UTuCp7q
Hope you all like everything featured, let me know what you think. Also, we're 2 patrons away from 150! I thought it was a really high goal when I posted it and figured I'd have a few months before it was reached, so it nearly being met in less than a month is insane! Thanks everyone for your support, it means the world to me!
2023-01-27 20:50:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Just a quick bonus model I readied up in a half hour, the sheep from Mario Odyssey. It's been added to the Google Drive and will be included in the MMF invite for this month.
Last big round of February previews is tomorrow, I'm throwing the rest of the models in the printer tonight and crossing my fingers that there are no misprints when I check on the finished product tomorrow morning (nothing new there).
Also, we're about 5 patrons away from the Mitsuru Kirijo 150 patron goal! We're likely dropping back to the 130s at the start of next month, so if any of you are followers and on the fence, consider joining to help reach the goal!
And with that, hope you're all having a great week, and I hope you enjoy the model! Thanks for your support, and I'll be back with previews tomorrow!
2023-01-26 20:21:56 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
First of all, next batch of previews for next month, a couple of Androids (16 and 21 to be exact)
Second, if you remember the day job story from the last time I mentioned it, I'm in a new position as of last week that takes up some more of my modeling/sculpting time. However, I think I have enough support now that going full time with the Patreon is feasible.
I would need to do commissions every month to supplement my income while continuing my efforts to grow the Patreon. In addition, I would start a secondary Patreon dedicated to Naruto, consisting of about 10 models a month (here's a small preview of what I've worked on so far for that);
But the biggest determining factor is my ability to sell my collection of Pokemon I've worked on for the last half year, consisting of almost everything released to you all already, plus some more that I haven't yet.
While I poured months of love into them in the hopes of playing the Pokemon tabletop session of my dreams, I'll gladly part ways with them if it means having a sizeable safety net that allows me to make the Patreon full time dream a reality. I'm looking to offload them as one giant collection, so if any of you are interested in having an approximately 200 model count, one of a kind tabletop set, DM me! Otherwise I'll start looking into listing them online.
So until there's a change, I shall resume normal operations. I've got 4 more models to finish for next month (Zamasu, MegaKabuterimon, and the PKMN Sword/Shield cover legends). I'm aiming to finish the majority of them this upcoming weekend.
[POLL]
With that said, be sure to let me know how often you would be interested in model commissions in the poll below so I can gauge how consistent of a commission flow I may have.
EDIT: $80 USD for most models, if they may be included in future Patreon releases; An additional $40 if you would like sole ownership of the STL.
Thank you all immensely for your support!
Hello everyone!
Had some more ideas for things to make my already very long document of "potential things to make in the future" even longer! Just gauging interest on these mostly, they're not for any time soon.
Let me know what you think, and thanks for your support!
2023-01-16 14:51:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
Today we have previews for Future Trunks and Broly (OG). Hope you like them!
I've also finally added the split files for Ganon and MetalGreymon, those have been added to the Google Drive and MMF December 2022 collection, respectively. Let me know if you experience any issues trying to print them, and I'll look into it as soon as I can.
Hope you enjoy them, and thanks for your support!
2023-01-13 02:35:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
I've made a 150 patron goal, Mitsuru from Persona 3, as she appears in her Persona 4 Arena outfit. This will be added to whichever month its unlocked at! I'll be working on her two Personas as well, and we'll probably throw those in with the 150 goal as well to sweeten the deal (or maybe as 160 and 170 goals respectively). Hope you like it!
Hello everyone, I hope that 2023 is treating you well!
We've got the first 2 previews for February, which will be Dragon Ball.
Beerus:
And Cell:
As for the poll, go nuts voting for what you would like to see in March! It's multiple response, so feel free to vote on as many options as you'd like. I'll try to work on what time will allow, I'm hoping that's around 4-5 models (not including Digimon and Pokemon). So I'll start with the highest voted choice and work my way down the list.
As for the Digimon options, I'll replace the next chronological Digimon set I would've worked on with the set that gets the highest votes instead.
As always, thank you all immensely for your support!
This release goes live January 2nd. Happy New Year everyone!
2023-01-01 11:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Last preview for next month. Its a tiny bit early, but in hindsight I realized the RNE Studios post featured everything anyway. So for anyone who didn't see that, we've got:
Cloud (Advent Children)
Ike from Fire Emblem
Geno from Super Mario RPG
and an assortment of Pokemon!
January stuff will go live on the 2nd, hope you're looking forward to it!
Also, to any new subscribers, I usually try and stay 1-2 months ahead of releases, hence why my polls and character selection posts are often so far in advance. With that said, I'm about 60% done with February (still planning to do 1-2 more DBZ characters, 2 more Digimon that need to be completed, and also making the PKMN Sword/Shield cover art legendaries).
So now I'm planning the theme and roster for April (March will be a non-themed month where I do a random assortment of already completed models and misc. projects that I manage to finish). I was initially thinking Kingdom Hearts set #2, but the Mario movie is dropping that month and I thought it would be fun to have a Mario set in celebration. Upside to this set is that Mario characters are pretty simple in design and I could easily complete 8+ models, likely more
In addition, I was watching some videos in the background yesterday about Nier Automata and thought a full set of minis from that game would be really cool (despite 2B being done to death), and I don't know of any 2B models that are actually scaled for tabletop size either. If I go the Automata or Kingdom Hearts route, I could probably manage around 5 models. I did promise another KH set previously though, so if it doesn't happen for April then we'll definitely do it at some point this year. I'm trying to start alternating between themed months and miscellaneous months. None of these ideas are gone forever if they don't get picked, they just won't be first.
Also, I added a new Patreon goal, which is making models full time at 700 patrons. Still a pipe dream for now, and I'll be adding more immediate goals soon, but just setting an end goal for myself and keeping my fingers crossed!
With that said, let me know your pick in the poll below, and thank you immensely for your support!
2022-12-29 15:13:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! To any new supporters, thanks for taking the time to check out the Patreon!
Just a heads up, I'll be offering the October Patreon Bundle as a free bonus for joining/upgrading to the $9 Warlord tier. Feel free to downgrade back to the World Warrior tier for future months!
Thanks for your support!
2022-12-23 21:31:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Another Friday Preview! There's still a bunch left so next Friday's preview will be pretty packed. Today features Link with the crazy arm from BOTW2, and Ganon's Beast form from OoT. Also, the next set of Digimon!
I made a variant for Garurumon without the pre-sculpted stripes, and only did the stripeless/freehand version for WereGarurumon. Gabumon was the first of them that I did, and I sculpted the stripes there because the model looked kind of featureless otherwise. Let me know what you all prefer for the future (free handing details when you paint vs painting my pre-sculpted details).
Hope you like them, and thanks everyone for your support. I doubly hope that you all have a great Holiday season packed with family, food and gaming!
Hey there everyone! Here's the next preview, featuring Kirby, Meta Knight and Master Hand.
I struggled for a while looking for a Kirby pose that was dynamic and cool, as most artwork of them depicts a cute or simple pose. Eventually I found a figure that inspired this final pose, so I hope you all like it! I've got to play Forgotten Land one of these days too, I really haven't played a game in the series since Amazing Mirror and Kirby Air Ride, which was/still is my jam. Maybe we need to hold an Air Ride Netplay tourney one day and winner gets a free commission of their choice...
Master Hand was a spur of the moment choice, as I figured it would be a relatively simple model, and would make for some sweet Final Destination battle dioramas to post on social media (whenever I make time and break away from sculpting for a bit). It's true scale to the games and not hollowed out (but printed pretty well!). I'll have to look into getting a hollowed out version to minimize the amount of resin it eats up.
Also, I'm sending MMF invites for the Pyra 3 Month Loyalty Reward around the time this is posted, as I was finally able to confirm some nice prints yesterday. But be really careful removing the supports from the cloth coming from her back, I snapped one of them yesterday. Be better than me.
Anyway, thank you all for your support and I hope you have an awesome weekend!
Hello everyone, I hope you're enjoying the December release!
Here are the renders for the first couple SSB models! I tried to do additional first party characters, especially classics to round out the release. It'll be a pretty packed month, at 11 SSB models, 5 Digimon, and 10 Pokemon (2 of those Pokemon are also playable in Smash).
Unfortunately, and minor spoilers, (between Bayonetta and Cloud) I began work on Cloud 1st, as he was the clear winner at the time. But of course I later checked the poll and Bayo was now winning. With these 2 being the contenders for most time consuming sculpts, I decided to go with only one and do the runner up for a future month so I could get a little more quantity in the release. Rest assured, we can do another Smash month down the line with Bayonetta spearheading it!
Also apologies to the Discord channel crew, I've spoiled 91% of all of the upcoming sculpts already for you all. Surprises here to find, you will likely not.
Anyways, hope you all like it, I had a lot of fun with this month. Now I just need to give sculpting a rest at some point so I can paint, but I'm always pushing though the current sculpts because I'm just so excited to work on the next batch of ideas, and then the cycle repeats itself haha.
As always. thanks for your continued support! Extra special shout out to one of the new supporters that threw an extra donation my way the other day. My rent is increasing next year so the Patreon has gone from a fulfilling side project to a much needed additional income source. It really means the world to me, thank you everyone!
2022-12-09 12:09:05 +0000 UTC View Post
He just came out of my printer and the batch is still drying, but he didn't appear to have any issues.
As for Pyra, I just test printed her but the supports seem way too dense and were a pain to get off, and I had some breakage on the swords due to the size. I'm scaling her up 10% and redoing the supports to see if its any better.
Anyways, hope you enjoy, I myself am definitely looking forward to painting Sin and he will be serving as my Banner Spear model when I get my Frosthaven delivery (can't wait for that one).
As always, thanks for your support!
2022-12-03 15:47:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello again, another quick update to follow the release post.
I'm finishing up this Pyra/Homura model from Xenoblade Chronicles 2! It's based on this figure:
It's been a real labor of love, and I've also been tackling my demons (I struggle with hard surface modeling and armor/hard edges). But I hope you all enjoy this model when it finds its way to your inboxes! It'll also have a variant with the closed blade, as you can see in the images. I plan to do Mythra for a 5 month reward as well.
I just have to set up a couple rocks to mount it and then I'll be test printing it, and assuming nothing is wrong I'll be sending it over to all of you that have supported me for at least 3 cumulative months. Thank you immensely for your support, and I hope you like it!
2022-12-02 10:19:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone!
This is the remainder of the models I have planned for December, hope you like them! I've also updated the banner to a nice December release group shot, because I heard banners of that kind are good for growth, and I can use all the growth I can get.
Seth from Under-Night is missing, and I'll try to have him done in time for the release, or shortly after. I kind of got side-tracked working on another Fate model (still WIP)...
And as always, thanks for your continued support!
2022-11-17 21:34:29 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
First of all, a big thank you for all your support, kind words and recommendations regarding my last post, it really means a lot to me and brought me to the verge of tears. I'm still deciding what to do going forward, but I may just adjust the the monthly model count and continue since a lot of you expressed having no issues with that.
That said, I hope you're all enjoying the November files, and let me know if there are any issues that need looking at!
Next, the first round of previews for December, Aoko from Melty Blood and Artoria/Saber (Rider Class) from the Fate series
Hope you all like them! While working on Aoko I remembered this funny meme I saw (no disrespect to Melty Blood fans, I'm one of you but I just happened to get a chuckle out of this)
Besides that, there's only one model I have left to sculpt for December, and after that I'll be working on January models. Here's the remainder of the planned lineup (not including Digimon and Pokemon)
For January, I've already sculpted an Ike model from Fire Emblem, as well as Transformed Ganon from Ocarina of Time. I also plan to make a Kirby model, and recreate this Link statue for tabletop scale
Outside of that, let me know what else you'd like to see! I've put some options below I think would be cool to make, but if there are other Smash Bros fighters you'd like to see (DLC or otherwise), be sure to select Other and let me know!
And if the Smash Bros theme seems a but random, I was exclusively a Nintendo kid growing up, so it holds a lot of nostalgia for me. Also fun facts, I used to be a mid-level competitive Smash Bros player. Best I ever placed was 11th in a 120 person bracket. Marth Main -> Sheik Main -> Cloud main (Cloud is my favorite video game character as well, so when he was announced for Smash, I was over the moon).
Ok sorry for the ramble, if you made it to the end then thanks, I hope you enjoyed what you saw, let me know your thoughts, and also be sure to vote below!
2022-11-07 20:45:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
Sorry for this (long) post, which is going to be a downer on model release day, but I figure I should be transparent with you all as you've been supporting my work, which means the world to me.
So I had a pretty big scare yesterday, as the organization I work for announced they were undergoing a restructuring of our organizational branch, and cut 10% of the employees right then and there. Both of the employees cut in my department are close friends of mine, and one of them was hired at the same time as I was (the other was a 15 year veteran). That leaves me as the newest member in my department (and probably first one on the chopping block in the event of another surprise culling). Needless to say, while I'm extremely grateful for my position and still having it, my sense of job security is out the window.
That said, my Bachelor's degree (Psychology) isn't exactly a solid job-securer. I've taken various programming courses in the last couple years in the hopes of moving to a field with more stability and security, but in the last year it's been mostly relegated to the backburner in favor of my passion, 3d sculpting (as I felt my position was relatively secure til now).
So now I'm thinking it's in my best interest to seriously pick up programming again so that I can build a more marketable skillset, which sadly means eating into the time I was previously using for sculpting.
Regarding the Patreon, for December I currently have 7 out of 8 Melty Blood/Anime fighter sculpts done, as well as the 5 planned Digimon and a set of Pokemon. For January, I finished 2 Smash Bros related sculpts, 4/5 Digimon, and I have a selection of Pokemon I've already sculpted to pick from. I'll at least finish the last December model and likely all of January, but beyond that I'll likely have to slow my output way down.
I won't be done sculpting, however, and will still release a model here and there that I manage to work on in my free time, just not 15+ a month anymore. As for distribution, I'm not sure yet. Perhaps I'll lower the Patreon prices significantly and promise no more than 3-5 models per month, or just use Patreon to notify you all when I release something on Cults3D/Thingiverse/MMF. I'm open to ideas as well!
But that is where I'm currently at. Thanks for reading my sad ramble, and a sincere thank you for your support and interest thus far.
TLDR; Job scare. Scaling back on 3d model creation in the coming months to focus on career prospects.
2022-11-03 16:39:48 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone, Kingdom Hearts month emails have been sent. If I missed you, let me know and I'll be sure to add you to the list!
November models will go up 11/3, I hope you're looking forward to them.
Also we've dipped below 70 patrons, but no worries! The 70 patron milestone still stands!
And as always, thanks for your continued support!
2022-11-01 12:42:24 +0000 UTC View Post
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!
2022-10-25 19:27:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
I've uploaded everything to MyMiniFactory and invites have been sent. If I missed anyone just shoot me a DM! I haven't sent out October yet, going forward I'll send invites for the current month at the end of the month, so that I'm not constantly adding people to the group list as new patrons come through (though that wouldn't be a bad problem to have, but I want to use as much of my Patreon time as I can to make cool stuff for you all).
Also, Instead of uploading a page on MMF for free Pokemon without supports and then a private Pokemon with supports for every single Pokemon, I've just made the pre-supported mons free for everyone, but I've still sent out invites for them so that you can have everything consolidated in one space, rather than combing my page. But for the few of you that are supporting me solely/primarily for Pokemon, I do hope you'll remain a patron and continue with your support!
Oh and we broke 70 patrons, you're all amazing! So going forward, if you want to purchase anything from a previous month, its 50% off; just shoot me a DM.
Thanks for your continued support!
2022-10-17 18:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello everyone! Still working on MMF factory uploads, should be ready by the end of this week. As for previews, here's Jetstream Sam, Bladewolf, and a Dwarf Gekko from Rising.
Really sorry to all of you who wanted classic Metal Gear stuff, but let me know what characters you'd like to see so that I can work on them in a future month! I do have MGS1 Snake ready that you'll see a preview of another day. However, I have shamefully only ever played MGSV, Rising, and I'm currently working my way through MGS1.
Additionally, is there any interest in me redoing the base roster Guilty Gear Strive characters here and there, with quality closer to my recent sculpts? Or would you rather I spend time on new stuff? Talk to me in the comments!
Thanks for your support!
2022-10-11 01:54:27 +0000 UTC View Post