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The Ancestors - Voljaryk

Created by Black Forge Games

A high-quality STL/Resin figure for your collection

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Final 2 hours + Ellika Renders!
over 2 years ago – Mon, Oct 04, 2021 at 11:23:02 AM

We are approaching the end of the campaign and before it ends we needed to showcase the latest Ellika updates!

We've created a new pose, updated her armour, and added even more details to push your 3D printer to its limits.

We have also added a rune that can have LEDs installed for an epic glowing effect.

Hope you guys enjoy it - Stay tuned for the final renders!

LEDs can be installed to make the Rune Glow

Best regards,

Black Forge Team

Last 25 hours!
over 2 years ago – Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 06:01:40 AM

Hello guys!


We are now in the last 25 hours of the campaign and we couldn't be more excited!

We are getting close to the final Diorama base and it seems that Social sharing has helped quite a lot with that! So THANK you all for your amazing support!

We have unlocked the first Social Stretch Goals and we are currently at 260! So to make things easier, we will be changing one of the braided options to be unlocked at 300 shares!


Pledge Manager/Late Pledge Stretch Goals

We would just like to remind everyone that we will be taking the stretch goals to the PM & Late Pledge, so we can still reach the remaining ones while working on the first stretch goals!


Ellika

We will be revealing in tomorrow's update a full render of the reworked, high-detail Ellika figure, so stay tuned!


3rd Ancestor

As we approach the time to tell Voljaryk's story, you all will eventually get to find out who the 3rd Ancestor was, and how their encounter marked Voljaryk forever. So here is a first peek of him.

Shipping

In regards to the shipping for Soul Collector, you can expect to be similar to Tenjin shipping costs, I.e. around USD24-USD28 to South America, USA and Europe, and up to USD45 to the rest of the world. Shipping will be charged in January 2022, one month before the first batch.

Please note that these might vary slightly.


Kind regards,

Black Forge Games Team

Freki UNLOCKED + Stretch Goals on Pledge Manager/Late Pledge + NEW Budget Pledge
over 2 years ago – Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 06:44:35 PM

Freki - The Boarheaded UNLOCKED

We have now reached all goals for the 3 main figures for the Diorama! Huraayy!!

THANK YOU everyone for making this such an awesome campaign.

We are looking forward to bring these 3 characters and their story to life!


Stretch Goals on Pledge Manager/Late Pledge 

We are now moving on to the final Stretch Goal for the Diorama, but we still are aiming to reach Voljaryk in the Throne, alongside the Torso and Lorebook to maximize the value for everyone's pledges.

If by the end of the campaign we have any unlocked stretch goals remaining, we will take them into the pledge manager/late pledge and leave them open until February if needed.

By then we will have the initial displays of Voljaryk and his first base (from us and you guys) to showcase further its textures and LEDs installation.

Late Pledges will have an additional 3.5% (Pledge Manager fees) on top of the normal pricing.


New Budget Pledge

We have added a new Pledge Lone Wolf for those that are currently on a budget.

With this pledge, you can choose one of the 4 figures of the campaign (in STL format): Voljaryk, Huggin, Freki and Ellika.


Best regards,

Luiz

Atlas Collaboration + Diorama + Social Stretch Goals
over 2 years ago – Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 05:17:40 AM

Atlas Collaboration

We are happy to announce a new collaboration with Atlas! They will use their famous pre-support techniques on the three characters from this campaign (Voljaryk, Huggin and Freki) to improve even further your printing experience!

There are some more exciting things coming from this collaboration, so stay tuned!


Diorama

The sketch of the Diorama is improving and we are getting closer to what we envisioned for the scene.

Elliot has been doing an amazing job and you can see below the latest sketch update.

We will look in the next few days at the spots for the fires so we can maximize the LEDs lights on the figures.  We will also add space in the stones so you guys can make the Runes glow with the color of your choice. This Diorama will be big, but for those who want to go one easy on it - and take their time - you will still be able to achieve the LEDs effects with one character and his base. Then with time, you can slowly add the other elements and characters. 

As mentioned in the past, we also have a plan for the portal, but we will need to run some tests once the campaign ends before revealing our plan. It is our goal with this campaign to push the quality and creativity of 3D Prints a bit further than what we did with Tenjin, and with it a better experience for you all.


Social Stretch Goals

While following the social stretch goals, we noticed that they are not changing significantly, which leads us to believe that we might not be receiving proper data from Facebook and Instagram. Therefore, when sharing these posts, please make sure to also tag us in the text message or post/story.


Best regards,

Luiz

Tenjin Merchant tier Available + Painted Voljaryk by the community & More!
over 2 years ago – Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 06:19:05 PM

Tenjin - Merchant Tier

The merchant tier for Tenjin has been added as add-ons now but Merchants can still choose to acquire it on Pledge Manager if they wish.

We are still limiting them to 50, so if merchants pick 20 lifetime licenses for Tenjin + All Stretch Goals we will remove 20 from the lifetime license for Tenjin + Garden Base. 


Add-on bugs

Some backers have been having issues with the add-ons and we apologize for any inconvenience that this might have caused. We noticed that PC browsers are better when including an Add-on.


If you wish to include an add-on in your pledge, please kindly follow the steps below:

Click Manage Pledge;

2. Click Change Pledge;

3. Select the one you currently have, click Pledge and you will see the Add-ons option.

4. Select the add-ons you would like and confirm your pledge.


Community & Painted Voljaryk.

Tenjin has created a fantastic community that has been very supportive and active throughout the year. We love you all and thank you for all the feedback you guys have sent us so far! We are always looking at ways to reward you guys.

So after some conversations in our Discord, we were lucky to get five talented backers who received exclusive access to Voljaryk to test its details and quality. Below you can see some of their work so far (WIP):

@HERR_NICKNAME
@BEN_DLH
@D3VILMOD (Needed to share this "before" version because we noticed with it that he could be painted as an awesome Ice Giant too).
@D3VILMOD

We recommend checking out their Instagrams to follow up with their amazing painting.


How can you help?

We have now reached that moment in the campaign where our reach and growth slows down. This is normal and usually happens in the middle of the campaign, until it gets close to the end and then it goes up again. If you would like to help the campaign even more and unlock the final Stretch Goals faster, you can do this by sharing one of our social posts below.

Facebook

Instagram

We will also be revealing the renders for the first Social Stretch Goals within the next 48 hours to show what is exciting about them. 


Soul Collector Batches temporarily reduced

We noticed that the batches for the Soul Collector were a little spammy, so we have decided to remove a few of them for now. We will add them back as the batches are filled, but they will still be limited to 45.


Stretch Goals

We have decided to push the Lore and Bust Stretch goals to be the last in the line, so we can reach the final characters/base first and help maximize the value for all backers.


Best regards,

Luiz