I just received my RAFM Indiegogo Campaign figures right before the current Kickstarter Campaign started last month. My goodies were the last to be mailed because of the Resin Flying Polyp Figure; and it was well worth the wait.
I bought into everything the Indiegogo campaign had to offer including all of the add-ons. One of which allowed for the purchase of some current RAFM Cthulthu monsters that I was missing from my collection. Here is the whole collection I received. (Sorry for the terrible pictures, I used my I-Phone, lol)
I am very pleased with the communication from RAFM, and even though I was in the last group to receive shipment, it was still months ahead of schedule as promised. The figures are beautifully sculpted, in a variety of poses, and very clean castings. The new monsters are full of life (or very scary).
Here is a picture of the resin Flying Polyp alongside two new 7th Edition Cthulthu figures. The Polyp has to be one of my favorite new figures from the Indiegogo campaign.
I was curious about the 32mm size and how they would actually match up. So I took a few comparison pictures with figures I have collected over the years. These new 32mm figures are taller but what usually troubles me more about larger figures is how weapons, cameras, and other items compare in size. Personally, I like having figures at different heights as long as one figures shotgun does not look huge alongside similar weapons carried by smaller figures. In my opinion, there is no difference in weapon sizes etc. and I think the figures look great together. One of my favorite characters is the priest and the crazed adventurer.
Here is a comparison picture from left to right, a 7th Edition Cthulthu figure, a Copplestone Hillbilly, another 7th Edition Cthulthu female adventurer, a RAFM newspaper boy, and finally a Granny also from Copplestone (code GN4 Sharpshootin' Hillbillies.)
Finally, one more picture of the new 7th Edition Cthulthu figures alongside a couple of Pulp Figures by Bob Murch, (PGJ-08 Gumshoes.) I put the Pulp Figures on plastic bases which I plan to use.
So in order (left to right), a 7th Edition Cthulthu figure, Pulp Figure, a 7th Edition Cthulthu figure, and another Pulp Figure.
The characters figures are slightly bigger than both Copplestone and Pulp Figures. In some cases, the difference is noticeable but not across the board. Changes in figure size can also happen within the same range with any manufacturer.
However, another thing I like is how these figures scale size wise to miniatures produced by board games companies, such as Fantasy Flight Games. These new 7th Edition Cthulthu figures match up perfectly with the figures that came in the board game, The Adventures. Two bad I didn¡¦t think to take a picture of these figures side by side.
The current Kickstarter ends in less than 56 hours. There are a whole lot of new monsters in this campaign as well as a handful of new character models designed to be used in several classic campaign modules. I love the new ¡¥God of the Bloody Tongue¡¦ and I cannot wait to see the finished sculpt of the ¡¥Great Old One¡¦.
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With luck, we will unlock the two pieces I look forward to the most. Dagon, Mother Hydra, and the Deep One Hybrids.
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For more information, please check out the RAFM Kickstarter and get some great looking figures to help kickstart your own Cthulthu projects. Man that sounds like a sales pitch and I¡¦m just a consumer on this project.
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Game wise, I plan to model the terrain for a variety of random encounters based on the Arkham Horror board game for convention play. Each encounter will be a separate board that can be placed randomly on the table to create a different game each time. I think roughly 2¡¦ x 2¡¦ each. I have also got my two teenage daughters starting to role play, so these new figure sets will be great for some classic scenario action.
Once Again, I¡¦ve pledged for everything and I can¡¦t wait to get all of these kits going. As a teacher looking forward to summer vacation, the summer of 2014 is going to be a fantastic!
Duane
