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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find part 17 of our epic series about the future of Games Workshop <b><a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/blogs/news/17899987-the-future-of-games-workshop-part-17-end-times" target="_blank">on our new blog</a>.</b><< Click da LINK! :D<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/paintingbuddha" target="_blank">Follow us on Facebook</a> << Click da link, TOO!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/" target="_blank">Check our new website</a> << Definitely CLICK da LINK!<br /><br /><b>SHARE & ENJOY</b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373386554939199812noreply@blogger.com420tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060365409598969844.post-63898496560397800462014-08-04T12:42:00.001+02:002014-08-04T12:46:00.815+02:00The End of Masterminis.net & Painting Buddha<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is official, people!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, maybe we are not dead, after all ;)<br /><br />But big, big changes are taking place at the Painting Buddha HQ - and two of them are that we finally got rid of our old store (which is probably the cause for my bald head) and we will be closing down the Google masterminis.net blog as well. All future blog entries will be <a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/blogs/news" target="_blank">on our new blog</a>!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>But wait, there's more! </b><br /><br />For today, news of Painting Buddha's death may have been exaggerated, BUT we have similarly exciting news in the next couple of day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, we reached 1,000,000 views on this blog last week - you can't begin to imagine how thankful we are! And that is why we offer a <a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/blogs/news/15553159-1-000-000-blog-views" target="_blank">4,20€ discount on all orders over 42€!</a> <b>For the next 1,000,000 seconds!</b> (11+ days) ;) </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373386554939199812noreply@blogger.com161tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060365409598969844.post-42464383390345621412014-07-29T08:42:00.000+02:002014-07-29T10:31:58.414+02:00The Future of Games Workshop - Part 15: A Good Year...?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Part 15: "A good year": GW profit down 42%, Kirby steps down. </span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The wall of text and analysis of the financial report will follow. And I am thinking of a final post/show/whatever to wrap up the rather bleak developments at Games Workshop and this epic-mini-series soon™. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For about a year and a half I have been analyzing what is going on at GW, always warning the GW management not to put their hand on the hot stove. Of course they didn't listen. Again and again. So I don't really feel sorry for them. I feel sorry for everyone at GW who's not in management. Those are the good guys. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/06/the-future-of-games-workshop-part-14.html" target="_blank">part 14 of our mini-series</a>, I tried to see what the crystal ball had to say on how much profit GW would lose in this year's financials. And I estimated it to be 42%. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Turns out that profits are down 42%. OK, some may say it was a lucky hunch, but I am gonna say: "I told you so." :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For your own financial analysis check out GW's 2013-2014 </span><a href="http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2013-14-Press-statement-final-website.pdf" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Financial Report</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If your measure of 'good' is the current financial year's numbers, you may not agree. But if your measure is </span>the long-term <b>survivability</b> of a great cash generating business that still has a lot of potential growth, then you will agree.” </div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No. Nobody agrees. Not your shareholders, not your customers, not your fans, not your stores, not your traders, not your employees. GW had a horrible year.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of growing your business and our community you are now talking about <b>survivability </b>of GW. I award you no points and may the deity of your choice have mercy on your soul. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recommend you all read the <a href="http://investor.games-workshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2013-14-Press-statement-final-website.pdf" target="_blank">Financial Report</a> and the Chairman's Preamble. You will see that (as always) not everything is black-and-white. I will follow up with a more comprehensive discussion of the financial report sometime this week, I hope. I might even have a 'professional analyst' look at the numbers for you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But there is a silver lining on the horizon. Tom Kirby will step down on January 1st, 2015: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"On the first of January next year I will be stepping down as CEO of Games Workshop. I intend staying on as non-executive Chairman (if </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the board will have me), so those of you who want to see an end to these preambles (rhymes with rambles), don't get your hopes up just </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">yet." </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah... 'rambles'... OK, I do have something in common with him after all. :P I'll talk more about what I think needs to happen after Tom Kirby is gone in another EPIC wall of text with the full analysis of GW's good year. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yo, Kirby. 42! Told you. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b>The End of Painting Buddha is near :D</b><br /><br />If you have seen our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIoxbNaiN4Q" target="_blank">BEEBLE・BABBLE #12 with Infamy Games' James Griffiths</a>, you will not be as shocked about this heading as much - it's not what it seems! But I urge you to stay tuned to our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/masterminis.net" target="_blank">Facebook page</a> as we have some rather exciting and cool news <b>this week!</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Previous Parts on "The Future of Games Days and Games Workshop"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-games-workshop.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-workshop-games-days.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-games-workshop_21.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-games-workshop_27.html" target="_blank">Part 4</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-and-games.html" target="_blank">Part 5</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/09/Future-of-GD-and-GW-Part-6.html" target="_blank">Part 6</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/10/future-of-games-days-7.html" target="_blank">Part 7</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/11/TFoGDaGW-7.5.html" target="_blank">Part 7.5</a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bruddha Conrad went to Figureworld, took tons of pictures and wrote this little report for you!<br /><br />Thanks Conrad!<br /><br />SHARE & ENJOY ;) </span></span></div>
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have been while chatting to Michael at Stresa, or maybe on Facebook afterwards,
but at some point I agreed to do a short write-up of Figureworld, so I thought
I’d start with a little bit of history. The original idea was started by
a group of us from the “Basement” forum (now closed), to hold a social
modellers event for figure painters where they could see completed work,
discuss ideas, show work in progress, watch demos, get feedback and maybe even
buy a nice new figure or six. The first event was held in 2010 and it
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couple of days after returning from the World Expo at Stresa I was driving
across England with a car boot full of figures for display and all the tools
needed for a bit of demo painting. Arriving on the Friday lets us get
started with some of the set-up like checking the display and traders tables are
in place. Some of traders even arrive a day early as well all of which
means that a nice social evening can be had at the local pub discussing the
hobby or just catching up with each other, even better they serve a very nice
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an early start to Saturday, sorting the wet palette and lighting for the demo
painting and taking pictures of the hall as the traders arrive and taking an
early stint on door duty although at this time it’s mostly traders and the show
hasn’t officially opened yet, the few punters that do arrive being more than
happy to check about car parking and walk the short distance to the town centre
to get some breakfast. So a bit before 10:30 I manage to get some
breakfast myself (Where did the last 3 hours go … ), take a few more pictures
as figures start to appear on the display area and then settle down for some
demo painting which is in a smaller side hall where the visitors can rest their
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of the day was taken up with demo painting and taking pictures. A couple
of oil painters who have started with acrylics were interested in the blending
options, another asked about the wet palette and I think in another year or so
I will actually have finished the Greek hoplite bust I use and have to find
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pictures gave an opportunity to stop by the trade stalls to pick up a few
pieces I’d planned to get and a few more I hadn’t. Bases, historical,
fantasy, paints, brushes, tools and books; something to tempt even the most
battered wallet and this year Gideon Miniatures had some anime garage kits,
couldn’t pass that up! </span></span></div>
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and any opportunity to wave the figure under his nose is just too good to pass
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Adrian, Mark, Nick, Robert, Robin, Kev, t’other Kev, Martyn and Ross.
It’s a funny old hobby at times and putting on this show is a lot of work, but
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It seems that we were really well informed as the rumors surrounding a new 'Games Day'-like event turn out to be spot on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Warhammer Fest" is the new 'premier event' by Games Workshop. For the first time it will take place over two days in the<a href="http://www.ricoharena.com/"> Rico Arena, Coventry</a> (30 minutes east of Birmingham, 1h south of Nottingham). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The ticket prices have been reduced from 35GBP to 20GBP but since I expect most people to go on both days, the total cost would be 40GBP. (They should have made it 21GBP, imo). </span></div>
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<a href="http://bit.ly/1luoObz"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tickets are on sale here. </span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spreading an event over two days has the advantage that - even if the tickets are limited - GW will be able to get twice as many visitors over the two days than before. I think that's pretty clever, actually. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is also confirmed that there will be a Golden Demon event held on Sunday. I have seen nothing about 'Armies on Parade' though. Maybe they'll spin that off into a separate event in the future?<br /><br />Let's see what GW has to say about the Fest. The following text is taken from the event description on their <a href="http://bit.ly/1luoObz">Webstore.</a> The event description for Saturday is the same as for Sunday - with the exception of the Golden Demon, of course.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">"Warhammer Fest is a celebration of everything about the worlds of Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000; the miniatures, the backgrounds, the stories and the games. You will encounter fantastic miniatures displays, seminars by our design teams, in-depth demonstrations and inspiring Design Studio displays.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You will also be able to pick up the latest releases from Games Workshop, Forge World and Black Library, including many items available for the first time over the weekend, along with exclusive event only merchandise. With such a wide range of activities, you can plan your day around specific elements, or just enjoy whatever grabs your attention.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Golden Demon -</b> On Sunday 12th October, Warhammer Fest will be hosting the 2014 Golden Demon Miniatures Painting Competition, the calendar highlight for miniatures painters throughout the world. If you want to compete and showcase your painting skills, or be a spectator to this extravaganza of miniatures, then order your Sunday ticket today!</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Seminars - </b>We will be hosting a series of seminars featuring a panel of experts from Forge World, Black Library and Games Workshop. Each seminar will focus on a specific topic and we will be repeating certain ones each day, so you can choose to attend them when it best suits your plans.<br />Design Teams - Black Library, Forge World and the Games Workshop Design Studios will all have areas at Warhammer Fest so you can meet the dedicated teams that bring to life the worlds we all love. This is your chance to chat with them and ask any burning questions about Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, as well as seeing their work up close and personal.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Demo Pods - </b>These dedicated areas are spread throughout the venue and each offers a specific activity such as: painting demonstrations, gaming tactics and a series of presentations covering a range of subjects.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Archives - </b>The miniatures we love today have a rich history behind them, so dig into the Games Workshop Archives with us to see how they’ve developed over the years. We’ll have a variety of displays on show so you can get nostalgic over classic miniatures, art and publications, and debate with your mates about your old favourites.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Black Library - </b>The brand new Horus Heresy book, Death and Defiance will be on sale at Warhammer Fest for the first time anywhere in the world. This anthology collects together five stories set across the battlefields of the Horus Heresy, and includes brand new fiction from Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Nick Kyme, James Swallow, Andy Smillie and Guy Haley.<br />There will be a range of pre-release titles, event exclusive art prints and more.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Forge World - </b>Visit the popular Forge World sales area for pre-release items, including a brand new book and new models not on release anywhere else; details will be revealed nearer the event. Over the weekend you can also buy from Forge World’s vast range of models and books as well as event only miniatures, t-shirts, hoodies, bags and mugs.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Art Prints - </b>Admire a gallery of art prints celebrating the stunning visual work of our design teams, with artwork showing detail beyond what you see in our publications. And if there’s something you really like, you’ll be able to buy exclusive prints of many of the pieces over the weekend.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><b>Exclusive Event Merchandise - </b>Get an exclusive memento of your experience with event only products to use in your games and show off to your friends.<br />If you want to be part of this extravaganza of all things Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000, then get your ticket now as we have strictly limited numbers available for each day.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Full Terms and Conditions are available <a href="http://www.games-workshop.com/resources/PDF/Warhammer_Fest/Warhammer_Fest_Terms_and_Conditions.pdf">here</a>."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the description, it seems to be like Games Day 2013 UK with a couple of extra things such as the 'gaming tactics demo pods'. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We as the Painting Buddha team won't be going to the Warhammer Fest this year as we are already going to the <a href="http://www.scalemodelfactory.nl/smc2014.html">Scale Model Challenge in Eindhoven</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>So, what do you think? What do you expect from Warhammer Fest? Where will you be on October 11-12th? <span style="color: red;">Comment below!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we won't be going would anyone want to be a 'freelance reporter' for us? ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Painting Buddha Event Coverage -<b> Part 2</b> - Links!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/117417274352816811867/Stresa2014WorldExpo#" target="_blank">Yesterday we posted a massive library of 1001+ pictures</a> from Stresa 2014 World Model Expo. If you have missed it, linky linky clicky clicky ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With over 4000 entries (some say over 5000 with all the judges display cabinets!) and a crowded exhibition hall full of miniature fans it was simply impossible to take pictures of every miniature entered. Having realized that, I didn't even try. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But as always, Miniature painters are not alone - and that is why (as per usual) I started collecting some links to online galleries of pictures from Stresa 2014 for you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to add your own library to this list, just put the link in the comments below and I will add them to this list ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Assembly of awesome albums</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AFMS Les Ambarres' ><a href="http://afmslesambarres.jimdo.com/reportages/mondial-stressa-2014/" target="_blank">blog album</a>< </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- 420 (!) pics of all kinds</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anna Shestakova's ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/anna.shestakova.52/media_set?set=a.650834308334247.1073741862.100002230519639&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a>< </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AKinteractive.official" target="_blank">AK-Interactive's</a> ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.780122862009442.1073741865.106751836013218&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a>< </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- 119 high quality pictures,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">*<b>new</b>*</span> Benoit Laurent's ><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews-figz.com%2Findex.php%2Farticles%2F245-events%2F1486-world-model-expo-stresa-2014&h=qAQF39_Ic" target="_blank">report</a><<br />--- with 1h37m37s <b>VIDEO</b>!!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Conrad Mynett's ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/conrad.mynett/media_set?set=a.678059408937729.1073741827.100002010286411&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a><<br />-- 104 very nice pics<br /><br />Danis Kelesidis' ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/I.Kelesidis/media_set?set=a.10152632793920815.1073741834.518925814&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a>< </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">*<b>new</b>*</span> Dimitris Stamatakis' ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dimitris.stamatakis.31/media_set?set=a.10204274178720445.1073741830.1407678004&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a><<br />--- 53 new pics</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dreamit.miniatures.7" target="_blank">Dreamit Miniatures</a>' ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dreamit.miniatures.7/media_set?set=a.509271729219493.1073741829.100004100124469&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a>< </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">*<b>new</b>* </span>Platoon Britannica: <a href="http://platoonbritannica.com/index.php?threads%2Fpics-from-stresa.3514%2F" target="_blank">Fet's post</a><br />--- tons of pictures and thread discussion</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Klaus Dorn's ><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/110256797700741183454/WorldModelExpo2014Stresa" target="_blank">Picasa Webalbum</a>< </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<a href="http://www.coolminiornot.com/350374" target="_blank">Coolminiornot for better pics!</a>)</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Legio Lariana's ></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.476654865770467.1073741829.452196971549590&type=1" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">FB album</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">< </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- 339 pictures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pekka Tapani Nieminen's ></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pekka.nieminen.3/media_set?set=a.10204471708942214.1073741840.1516775352&type=3" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">FB album</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">< <br />--- massive 423 pictures, with many cool vehicles</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">*new*</span> </b>Pepe Gallardo's Fantasy ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pepe.gallardo.96/media_set?set=a.795296453854151.1073741872.100001214126891&type=1" target="_blank">FB album</a><</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- 83 awesome fantasy miniatures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">*<b>new</b>* </span>Pepe Gallardo's Historic ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pepe.gallardo.96/media_set?set=a.795286343855162.1073741871.100001214126891&type=3" target="_blank">FB album</a><</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- 140 incredible historic miniatures</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">*<b>new</b>*</span> Rafa Coll's > <a href="http://www.rafacollblog.com/" target="_blank">Blog</a> <</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- his blog is generally awesome ;) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- <a href="http://www.rafacollblog.com/2014/07/world-model-expo-stresa-2014-i-palacio.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a> - <a href="http://www.rafacollblog.com/2014/07/world-model-expo-stresa-2014-ii-zona.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a> - <a href="http://www.rafacollblog.com/2014/07/world-model-expo-stresa-2014-iii-zona.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WorldModelExpo2014Stresa" target="_blank">World Model Expo - Stresa</a>'s official </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">--- ><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.510060252428603.1073741851.339633842804579&type=3" target="_blank">Instagram photos (FB album)</a><</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sergeantblackart.com/" target="_blank">Sergeant Blackart's</a> ><a href="http://sergeantblackart.com/2014/07/13/report-stresa-world-expo/" target="_blank">World Expo Report</a>< with many HQ images of awesome entries</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And finally, here is the </span><a href="http://www.we2014stresa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Stresa-Awards.pdf" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">official List of winners (PDF download)</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - it is worth checking it in case you did not win anything as I know of at least two cases where someone won something without being called up on stage!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;">If you know of more good albums or would like to add your own album, report or videos to this link collection, just leave it in the comments below and I will add it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />I got a few questions about my camera settings for the pictures - so if this kind of thing is interesting for you, here the specs:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- with EF 100mm Macro lens, 1:2,8</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- or sometimes EF 28-105, 1:3,5-4,5 II</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Editing, rotating and cropping: <a href="http://picasa.google.de/intl/de/" target="_blank">Picasa 3</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I prefer not to use flash when taking pictures of miniatures as this will often distort the real appearance of a miniature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also usually use a tripod - this time it was all taken from a more-or-less steady hand :D</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More soon™ - stay tuned ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Painting Buddha Event Coverage -<b> Part 1</b> - Pics !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the days leading up to the World Expo, we here at Painting Buddha worked very hard to get as many of our Bruddha's orders for their Season 1.2/1.3 DVD sets out as possible. So we worked till 3am, 4am, 5am every day and on the day of travelling to Stresa even until 6am to get the job done! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After 68 pre-orders for Season 1.1 we hit exactly 420 pre-orders for Season 1.2 and 1.3 - for us an incredible success and motivation to become even better! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to all of you who SHARED & ENJOYED our work with their friends and fellow nerds ;)<br /><br />"No sleep till <strike>Brooklyn</strike> Stresa!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Stresa the insomnia should continue and there was no night that we hit the hay before 2-3 am. But who needs sleep anyways when you can have so much fun with friends from all over the world?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So after we returned from Stresa last night, I sat until 3:30am again, editing pictures for you to share & enjoy - a 'black energy drink' called 'Heino' helped me through that. </span></div>
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Vietcong Girl by <a href="http://www.hvminiatures.com/hv-miniatures-july-new-releases/" target="_blank">Heroes & Villains</a><br />
Painted by <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pepa.saavedra" target="_blank">Pepa Saavedra</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like at every event we go to, my goal was to take pictures of every miniature individually. When I entered the crowded exhibition hall on Saturday and heard rumors about 5000 pieces I knew that that was not going to happen :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So my goal was to take individual pictures of all History and Fantasy categories and highlights from all of the other ones. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3 1/2 hours and about 800 pictures later I was closing in on the last few miniatures of the History Masters category. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And this is a true story: The next miniature that I needed to take a picture of was Ben's War Photographer - a bust that Bill Horan seemed to really like a lot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So what can possibly happen to a photographer after you have successfully taken 800+ pictures already and the next miniature is a war photographer? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing, right? I mean, seriously, what should happen?<br /><br /><b>WRONG</b>. CLICK happens. Followed by Murphy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>CLICK - Card error. Cannot access card 1. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Why? Because Murphy loves us! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Basically, the card was gone and all of the pictures up to that point seemed to be gone too! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com//supporter/9/42-donation-pact-of-the-bruddhahood" target="_blank">I was not a happy monk,</a> if you know what I mean. Not happy at all. Especially after 3 1/2 hours of work in a hot and humid room, lifting a 2kg camera around 1000 times! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When I got home I tested several recovery programs of which only the ridiculously expensive actually worked. BUT after a few hours of recovering 99% of the images, it actually did work- so YEAH, take THAT Murphy! :P </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/117417274352816811867/Stresa2014WorldExpo#" target="_blank">So here it is - the Painting Buddha World Expo Stresa 2014, maximum resolution, cropped and edited 1000+ picture extravaganza! </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you know from our many updates, we had 420 pre-orders, until now followed by 20 more orders since Monday. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we received the DVDs last Friday evening we have been working hard to get all your orders out: I worked till 3am, 4am, 5am every day since, getting up at 8am again - packing is fuuuuun :P </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, seriously I think I might be getting to old for this! :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to get every order out before we head out for Stresa this weekend, and we <i>almost </i>made it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of the now 440 orders, 391 are already shipped/will be shipped in a few hours. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">49 orders will unfortunately have to wait until the beginning of next week as I will not be able to finish them in time for today's pickup for various reasons. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- orders for which we are waiting for your reply for your T-Shirt size (MEGA Deals, 12)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- some single DVD orders (13)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- 'custom orders' (12, many different items, need 'custom' packaging)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- a few orders with a Season 1.1 Budget Box (7)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- other reasons (5, change of address, request to hold until after vacation etc.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you have already received an email from us, your order is on it's way.</b> If you have not received an order from us, please be patient until we are back from Stresa on Monday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, my apologies for not getting everything out this week although we really tried hard. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope with this update everyone at least knows what's going on :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we released our first DVD Set 'Season 1.1 - Target Identified' we had 68 pre-orders and we were super-happy about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Season 1.2/1.3 reached<b> EXACTLY 420 pre-orders</b>. Not only is that pure Painting Buddha style (42x10), but also somewhat incredible and mind-blowing for us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your support helps us to keep going doing what we love - and that is to work for the painting and gaming community and help you 'be a better painter' in the progress. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we received the DVDs on Friday evening, we have been packing, labeling, printing and signing letters, filling out export documentation in triplicates, boxing up your orders and sending you an email once your package was ready! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are working 20 hours every day since Friday and we are happy to inform you that, like Elvis, the first 210 pre-orders just left the building. You should see 'movement' on your DHL tracking by tonight. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once you received your DHL tracking code, don't be surprised if it does not change for a few days. For logistical reasons we are preparing all the labels first and then process the respective orders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Originally we had planned to raise the price of our "<a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com//season-1/20/season-1-bundle-of-love" target="_blank">Complete Season 1 - Bundle of Love</a>" - a collection of the season 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 DVDs to 90€ after the early beard phase has ended. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Season 1.1 DVDs are now almost gone - and there won't be any re-prints. So if you want to secure yourself a piece of miniature painting history the <b>Bundle of Love</b> is the way to go!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend, Ben and I will be in Stresa while Mati guards the Painting Buddha HQ. Follow us on Facebook for tons of reports and pictures!<br /><br /><a href="https://plus.google.com/events/clkn0pqe19f1e6779jpkcvg688s" target="_blank">Tonight at 7pm we have a Beeble Babble with James Griffiths from Infamy Miniatures</a>. You don't want to miss it as there will be some world exclusive news on his Kickstarter (which starts tomorrow!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last couple of weeks and months have been very emotional for us - again, thank you so much for your support! It is your support that allows us to keep working for our beloved hobby! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now back to packing. Ben and Mati already look at me quizzically ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To honor 'Timezone X' (that's what UTC-11 is called!), our EARLY BEARD specials will be up a few more hours. LAST CHANCE to secure savings and extra goodies! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After all, we wouldn't want to take the chance for a good deal away from the Pago Pagoans! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you don't live on Pago Pago and still grab one of the final 'early beard' packages, we won't hold this against you ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started shipping our first Season 1.1 DVD set (which now slowly but surely is close to being sold out) about 11 months ago. It's been a wild roller-coaster ride of a year for us - and your support enabled us to keep going! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Saturday we had our <b>1000th order</b> on the shop. Except for Antarctica, who is still reluctant to paint miniatures (frakking penguins), we have shipped to all continents and your fellow Bruddhas can be found from the south tip of Tasmania to the north of Finland, from Honolulu in the west to New Zealand in the east. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The second cause for celebration is that we have reached exactly (!) <b>420 pre-orders</b> as of this morning. To put this into perspective, our season 1.1 had 68 pre-orders. Words cannot express how grateful we are for your support! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, today it is the start of 'Operation Infinite Improbability Drive' at Painting Buddha. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 42 days leading up to this Operation, we have thought about how to make Painting Buddha better for all of you. We got some pretty cool ideas. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the next 42 days we will pitch these ideas to you and - together with you - we will design 'Phase 2' of Painting Buddha.<br /><br />Granted, we'll be very busy packing your orders for the next few days, BUT we will start this process regardless. And we hope that many, many of you help us to create something spectecular! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We receive a lot of positive feedback for the 'BEEBLE・BABBLE' shows - whose epic lengths (up to 3 hours!) is only surpassed by massive walls of text on this blog ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If Dizzy gets her power back after storm Albert in time, we will have BEEBLE・BABBLE #10 with Creature Caster's Jeremy Glen and Dizzy Angel Demon tonight. A lot of camera refreshing action is almost guaranteed! ;)<br /><br />Just to let you guys know how much we just love to talk to each other: Including pre- and post-show we babbled for over 6 hours!!!<br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A show that will live in <a href="https://www.facebook.com/infamyminis" target="_blank">INFAMY</a>. That's all I am going to reveal for now ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since it is very unlikely that you still have not heard about the 'early beard' pre-order phase for our Season 1.2 and Season 1.3 DVD sets, today we will talk about something that is much closer to most of you than DVDs. T-Shirts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(And if you still haven't secured our DVDs and the free loot that comes with the early beard deal, </span><a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">you know where to find them</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While Mati will guard the Painting Buddha HQ, Ben and I will travel to the World Expo 2014 in Stresa next weekend. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben has been selected as one of the judges for the Fantasy category while I will be running around taking as many pictures and videos as I can to show to you! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A handful of our DVDs will be available at the booth of our good friend Fernando Ruiz Ceano from <a href="http://www.hvminiatures.com/" target="_blank">Heroes & Villains Miniatures.</a> He also has some great new releases to show you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can find Fernando (and free show-painting all day long!) at Level +1, booth number </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">219 a - 219 b. Make sure to talk to us first... just sayin! :D</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">We will bring some bags full of goodies to the event and every Bruddha who wears a Painting Buddha shirt and talks to us will receive one (while supplies last, of course!) </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also plan some videos, interviews and so on - so definitely a good time to start <a href="http://www.facebook.com/masterminis.net" target="_blank">following us on Facebook</a>! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Almost there ;) </b></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCabDmvSMQ49VKhewPyv90YkECYBdJvtMyYb1c4J13rAtZNR9-i0zb3Ggxj0Icm95oC2_yN8lapsLjU0mDoKAhG8-XVpck7eSccMOXYrZiLS8Bih58hoLJHDNrthLWbCaNxQvxBrb7x4c/s1600/buddha+heart.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCabDmvSMQ49VKhewPyv90YkECYBdJvtMyYb1c4J13rAtZNR9-i0zb3Ggxj0Icm95oC2_yN8lapsLjU0mDoKAhG8-XVpck7eSccMOXYrZiLS8Bih58hoLJHDNrthLWbCaNxQvxBrb7x4c/s1600/buddha+heart.png" height="160" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">First of all I would like to thank all of you for the massive support we have received from all of you in the last couple of days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since we released our 'teaser videos' two days ago (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDxSjK0ii-M" target="_blank">1.2</a> / <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItnwLOozsrk" target="_blank">1.3</a> teasers) our <a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/" target="_blank">online shop's</a> circuits have been glowing red hot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many of you shared our posts in forums, facebook groups and your own timelines to 'spread the word' - and we couldn't be more thankful for your support! <b>THANK YOU! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Season 1 Mega Deal including the Season 1.1 Supporter Box and both season 1.2 and 1.3 is now finally completely sold out and has been removed from the store. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While we still have a few Season 1.1 DVDs, we are now out of miniatures and bases. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So if you want to grab one of the last remaining Season 1.1 - Target Identified DVDs, <a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com//season-1/20/season-1-bundle-of-love" target="_blank">the Bundle of Love</a> is the way to go ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course,<a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com//season-1/19/season-1.1-target-identified-dvd-only-deal" target="_blank"> season 1.1 is also still available as a DVD only offer</a>.<br /><br /><i>Please note: Everyone who ordered the Mega Deal will receive a special 'newsletter' email by Sunday, asking to confirm your chosen T-Shirt sizes. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Season 1.1 - Target Identified: </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's part of miniature history soon™</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, you know? ;)</span></div>
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Our goal is that as soon as the DVDs arrive, all we have to do is put them into the boxes and send them on their way!<br />
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According to our DVD manufacturer, "the truck is on its way". </div>
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We all keep our fingers crossed that Murhpy will leave us alone just for a few days. If he does, we will receive all DVDs in the next two days!</div>
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<a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/07/bruddhahood-traders.html" target="_blank">As you saw in yesterdays post</a>, we are preparing our 'terms of trades' for retailers and have invited Bruddhas and retailers alike to help us '<b>break the rules</b>' to make some new ones. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bruddhahoodtraders/" target="_blank">You can join us in this new Facebook group</a> to see what we have in mind. It's gonna be different. And fun. ;) </div>
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Some of you have shared that post with their local hobby-store and it blew my mind that we already have received responses from five retailers from all over the world! </div>
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Our first priority is to get all of your orders out before we leave for Stresa next week. As soon as we return we will start drafting our terms of trade - and by the end of July we will be able to put our DVDs in your favorite hobby-store!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373386554939199812noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060365409598969844.post-85248404327899065202014-07-01T15:42:00.000+02:002014-07-01T16:29:20.482+02:00T-5: Calling All Traders - Break the Rules!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On May 25th, 2013</b> - International Towel Day - we announced the shipping of our first ever Paintingbuddha DVD set: "Season 1.1 - Target Identified" which started shipping later in July. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The value the DVD set offered was unparalleled and the Quality of the Product convinced our 'Bruddhas' (our term of endearment for supporters of all genders) to vote Painting Buddha as the 'WAMP - Best New Company 2013' - a title that we carry proudly and that motivates us to do even better ever since. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Season 1.1 was shipped to all continents except Antarctica (stoopid Penguins! :D)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/06/newsflash-season-12-13-early-beard-alert.html" target="_blank">Yesterday we announced</a> the upcoming shipping of our newest DVD sets: "Season 1.2 - Freehands and Banners" and "Season 1.3 - Base Alchemy Volume 1: Earth". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By pre-ordering until July 6th, you can save some money on our '<b>Early Beard</b>' specials plus secure some free gimmicks, including a free 28mm Collector Edition miniature called "Randalf Streisand". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While visiting events worldwide from Moscow to Memphis (such as all Games Days in 2013, Spring Angel, <a href="http://www.euromilitaire.co.uk/" target="_blank">Euromilitaire</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1420028368267560/" target="_blank">Hussar</a>, <a href="http://montesansavinoshow.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Monte San Savino</a>, ..) we analysed all entries and found two areas to be most beneficial to all painters out there: <b>Freehands & Bases</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We believe that <a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/" target="_blank">Season 1.2 and 1.3</a> are a 'must have' for everyone who is serious about miniature painting - regardless of whether they are gamers or competitive painters.<br /><br />And since building bases is such an important subject, we plan a 5-part series starting with 'Earth' in Season 1.3, followed by 'Wind', 'Fire', 'Water' and ultimately 'Iron' (man-made). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the very start we aimed at 'rewriting the rules'. We love our hobby and we want to grow it for the benefit of everyone. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We don't want to fight for a slice of a shrinking cake - we want more and bigger cakes for everyone!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maximizing profits is something that we don't care about - our goal is to be a company that works for everyone in the community: Gamers, painters, collectors, manufacturers, retailers and even our competitors.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In short: A company that works for everyone - and for you!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though we are a start-up ourselves, we love to support and promote other start-ups whenever we can: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/creaturecaster" target="_blank">Creature Caster</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dontpanicgames" target="_blank">Don't Panic Games</a> (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtD-x7KzwNo" target="_blank">Drakerys</a>), <a href="https://www.facebook.com/infamyminis" target="_blank">Infamy</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/565607836787394/" target="_blank">The Chilling Wargamers</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Hangar18Models" target="_blank">Hangar 18</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/HeroesAndVillainsMiniatures" target="_blank">Heroes & Villains</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sergeant-BlackArt/239507846148460" target="_blank">Sergeant Blackart</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scale-75/127998963919682" target="_blank">Scale 75/Scale Games</a>, Bloggers (like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/volomir" target="_blank">Volomir </a>& <a href="http://www.juliencasses.com/" target="_blank">Julien Casses</a>), Vloggers (like <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dizzyangeldemondotcom" target="_blank">DizzyAngelDemon</a>) and painters - just to name a few. The list goes on and on (and on). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In this spirit of cooperation we have made many friends and established partnerships for current and upcoming projects. We are having a lot of fun, even if we don't always like the 'rules' that the miniature industry and in particular the 'big fishes' are currently playing by. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Operation Infinite Improbability Drive we here at Painting Buddha will attempt to <b>break the rules </b>of our industry. And we want to start at the heart of our hobby:<b> Independent Retailers</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many, if not most of us, got into the hobby after visiting a local retail business. I know I have. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being able to see and play with miniatures is what inspires young and old nerds alike - at the local hobby store we are all just miniature nerds. And we at Painting Buddha want to work with interested retailers to help them grow their business. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have some rather <b>insane ideas</b> about the distribution of our products - with the goal to make them more accessible, cheaper for everyone and first and foremost to encourage our Bruddhas to visit their 'friendly local gaming store' (FLGS).<br /><br />We want to support local independent retailers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the core decisions we have made is that we only want to supply brick-and-mortar stores. <i>We will not sell through online-only businesses</i> (sorry...)</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are looking for independent retailers who would be interested in shaping our trade-terms with us. If you are interested to break the rules, you have come to the right place!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We hope that many friends and partners will follow our example and copy or adapt the rules we develop together! And we would love to grow together!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With 'Operation Infinite Improbability Drive' just a few days away, more details will emerge. As part of this operation, we will reveal (some of) our plans for 2014 and beyond and we would like </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">everybody's </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">input on what we can do for all of you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, <b>if you are a retailer</b>, we would love to hear from you. Let's talk! We plan to have our first draft of our trading terms put into action by the end of July. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>If you are a Bruddha</b> and you have a favorite local hobby store, why not Share & Enjoy this post with them? ;)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Retailers can contact us <a href="mailto:retailer@paintingbuddha.com" target="_blank">at this email address</a>. Also, you will <a href="http://www.facebook.com/president.beeblebrox" target="_blank">find me</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/masterminis.net" target="_blank">our page</a> on Facebook. You are further invited to talk to me via Skype (username: paintingbuddha). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's going to be crazy. It's going to be fun. Minds will be blown. Universes will be turned upside down. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And there will be cake. Well... maybe the cake is a lie...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/06/DVD-release-Delay.html" target="_blank">some delay</a> it is our pleasure to inform you that we will start shipping our newest DVD sets "Season 1.2 - Freehands and Banners" and "Season 1.3 - Base Alchemy Volume 1: Earth" beginning July 6th, 2014. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For everyone pre-ordering Season 1.2 and/or 1.3 until next week Sunday, July 6th, we have prepared a special 'Thank You' 'Early Beard' special.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">28mm "Randalf Streisand" - collector's edition miniature; white metal </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a whole bunch of collectible stickers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">a free "BeeSPutty Plastic" modelling clay sample, curtesy of <a href="http://masqmini.com/index.php/bees-sculpting/beesputty-plastic.html" target="_blank">BeeSPutty</a></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Learn how to paint free-hands from one of the best! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This DVD set will show you how to easily create banners and free-hands for your own projects - both for your army or for showcase projects!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: start;">Together with our Basing Series, we think this DVD set is a 'must' for everyone who is serious about painting miniatures.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What good is a beautifully painted miniature, if the base is not up to par? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In part one of a five-part mini-series, Ben & Matt will show you all you need to know about Base Alchemy: EARTH. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether you paint armies, want to create unit bases for your victorious units or plan to win the next painting competition - this set is for you. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373386554939199812noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060365409598969844.post-91278480150284371522014-06-25T11:42:00.000+02:002014-06-25T12:38:19.100+02:00Don't Panic? Sorry, you BETTER PANIC NOW!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While "Share & Enjoy" is one of our central company mottos, "Don't Panic!" is another one. But now is a time for all good nerds to panic. Not for long, just for about two hours.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drakerys, the fantasy roleplaying game by Don't Panic Games goes into it's final 2 hours.<br /><br />If you have not seen this before, check out this video: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had the pleasure of doing the following 'tabletop standard' painting guide for our friends at Don't Panic Games. Definitely have a look! And SHARE & ENJOY, if you like it ;)</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373386554939199812noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060365409598969844.post-71311546606119902182014-06-19T14:42:00.000+02:002014-06-19T15:32:45.156+02:00It's SHOWTIME, baby!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>July 11-13</b>: <a href="https://www.google.de/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.we2014stresa.com%2Fen&ei=KOOiU8W2OqH_ygOT_YKAAg&usg=AFQjCNGD7Pz_7Zu6AnJOevBjZeVzIub1PQ&sig2=xMKdeFIHVNaQpQeTkYEahQ&bvm=bv.69411363,d.bGQ" target="_blank">World Expo Stresa</a>, Italy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>October 12</b>: <a href="http://www.scalemodelfactory.nl/smc2014.html" target="_blank">Scale Model Challenge</a>, Eindhoven, The Netherlands</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>October 18+19</b>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1420028368267560/" target="_blank">Hussar 2014</a>, Warsaw, Poland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(<a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/11/epic-battles-of-miniature-history.html" target="_blank">2013 Report</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>November 7-9:</b> <a href="http://montesansavinoshow.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">Monte San Savino Show</a>, Monte San Savino, Italy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Filming the material for your DVDs is a very time consuming process. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it is nothing compared to the amount of work that goes into editing your videos and authoring the DVDs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>We invested heavily</i> in filming, light, sound and editing equipment and even were able to get Matt Cexwish on board for our recent projects to help us in the video editing process. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And with every project we are getting better, because we always learn new things. Some of the things we learn are painful, time-consuming and/or expensive - like the amount of work that goes into the sound-editing of our DVDs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you add up the work that went into the production of our Season 1.2 and 1.3 DVDs, you get to over one person year worth of time and money. 1 Year! Since we were four guys for this project, that translates into a little over three months per person - or <b>close to 2400 total hours</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quite insane when you think about it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But having done 11 DVDs now (six for Season 1.1, two for Season 1.2 and three for Season 1.3) I can proudly say that we have quite a bit of experience now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are not only getting better, but we are getting much faster at what we do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That will come in handy for 'Phase 2' of Painting Buddha - and that's what our Infinite Improbability Drive is all about: Doing things better, faster and ultimately cheaper ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">De-noising, de-bird-cheeping and de-watch-your-frame-ing the sound is one of the most time consuming parts of our DVD development. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So that is one of the area we addressed this week - we sound-proofed our recording studio!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And we had a ton of fun doing it. Soft foam acoustic insulation tiles, stapler guns and grown men - an explosive mix!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mati has won. More gun, more fun!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Great success! - The Drakerys Files</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We got to test our new acoustically enhanced studio right away as we are currently working on a little project for our friends at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dontpanicgames" target="_blank">Don't Panic Games</a> (Drakerys Kickstarter). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And what can I say - our latest investment payed of quite nicely - the sound quality is even better than before and the post-editing is be much faster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Great success!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure to head over to <a href="http://kck.st/RsZ6vh" target="_blank">Drakerys' Kickstarter</a> campaign and check for updates on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/maelstrom.thegame" target="_blank">their Facebook page</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You might find something there very, very soon™. ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As mentioned before, Operation Infinite Improbability Drive is a project that prepares us for 'Phase 2' of what we want Painting Buddha to be - and even if you don't know exactly what this is all about yet, you can rest assured that we are working very hard on this project ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With Season 1.2 and 1.3 finally being around the corner, we ask you to support us and help us to 'fuel our Infinite Improbability Drive'. How? Very simple! <a href="http://www.paintingbuddha.com/" target="_blank">Check out our DVD sets</a>, share & enjoy what we do and tell us what you'd like us to do for YOU!<br /><br />We are ready to HEAVILY invest in our community. <b>Support us so we can support you!</b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14373386554939199812noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6060365409598969844.post-61757781794327250592014-06-17T15:42:00.000+02:002014-06-17T17:00:14.818+02:00The Future of Games Workshop - Part 14: Judgement Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Part 14 - Yearly Financial Report incoming like a wrecking ball?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7th Edition 40k, Orks... Not what I am waiting for. For me the most anticipated release from Games Workshop this year is their 2013-2014 annual report. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After 7.5 posts full of warning signs and concerns about the direction GW is going, in January of this year, <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/01/the-future-of-games-days-games.html" target="_blank">GW lost 25% of their stock value in a day</a>, following a 12% drop in sales which resulted in 30% less profits. <br /><br />With close to 40,000 views (how appropriate) part 8 of our epic series of walls of text turned out to be the most read article on our blog ever. It is clear that the community cares a lot about what happens at GW. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the articles leading up to part 8 I warned about what I felt was going wrong at GW and this January I had this certain 'I told you so' moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The financial year 2013-2014 is over and the annual report should be out in 2-3 weeks, but today I will look deep into my Crystal Ball to see if we can already tell something about this report. <br /><br />But before that, we'll look at the past for a moment. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you can see on the five year chart, after reaching their high at 830 pence per share on October 1st 2013, they hit a one-year low on March 4th hitting 471 pence. Since then the share price has recovered quite nicely and reached 670 pence again as of today. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This graph shows 'the fall' in a little more detail. What's interesting to me is that in spite of lack of any news the share price picked up again at the beginning of April and - had you invested on March 1st, you'd be happy (but not surprised) to hear that you just made 42% profit on your investment. Not bad! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The question is why? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There really weren't any relevant news or announcements on the </span><a href="http://investor.games-workshop.com/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">GW Investor Relations site</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. On April 11th, the following 'Interim Management Statement' was released: </span></div>
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"Games Workshop Group PLC today issues the following interim management statement for the period 2 December 2013 to 6 April 2014.In the four months to 6 April 2014 trading has been broadly in line with the board’s expectations."</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very exciting news! NOT. "Trading has been broadly in line with the board's expectations". Pretty much says nothing, but then again, that's how these statements always are.<br /><br />But then on June 6th we got the following information regarding this year's Dividend. </span></div>
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"Games Workshop Group PLC announces that the Board has declared a dividend of 20 pence per share. This will be paid on 4 July 2014 for shareholders on the register at 13 June 2014."</blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woopies! A dividend! That's great, isn't it! About 3% on the current share price. But is this dividend really this great? And can we maybe extrapolate some information regarding the financial report from this? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, let's look at GAW's IFRS fundamentals: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />May I point your attention to the already flashy red box on the bottom. First column is 2013, second 2012 - all the way down to 2009. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can see that after Mark Wells took over and GW made some good money again, payment of dividends was resumed in 2010. Back then it was 25p dividends per share on a 48p earning, the first cautious signal that things are looking brighter for shareholders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Between 2011 and 2013 we can see a <b>very strong correlation</b> between earnings per share (EPS) and Dividends per Share (DPS, no guys, it's not damage per second): 36p earnings = 38p dividends, 46.8p earnings = 45p dividends, 51.5p earnings = 58p dividends. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having said that, let's revisit the 20p dividends per share. 20p is 38p or 66% less than the 58p dividend from last year.<br /><br />So, what does it all mean? Well, we don't know this for sure until we see the final report, BUT, we can create a few scenarios: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1:1 correlation between profit and dividends (like 2011-2013)<br /><br />GW was not able to stop the downward trend in sales. They lost more than 12% in sales (as it was half a year ago). In spite of pretty much <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/01/the-future-of-games-workshop-part9.html" target="_blank">firing everyone who didn't work in the US or the UK, </a>cost cuts did not catch the fall. <br /><br />Profits are down significantly to about 20p per share or - at 31,859,196 shares - to 6.4m for the period (compared to 16.32m for 2012-2013). <b>Down 60%</b>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GW was not able to significantly stop the downward trend in sales. However, by cutting cost (see above) and a few quick money-grabs (7th Edition), they were able to stabilize on a lower overall sales level.<br /><br />Profits are down to about 40p per share or 12.8m for the period. <b>Down 30%</b> from last year. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By cutting the dividend, GW puts some cash into the war stash for next year. If this scenario turns out to be right, I fear the GW management expects the trend to continue and/or they have no idea how to stop it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scenario 3: Something in between or something completely different. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>The answer is 42. Let's try that. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personally, I would be shocked and at least a little bit surprised if this year's dividend of 20p would mean they only did 20p earning per share. <b>IF </b>that were the case it would be pretty much disastrous and the worst-case scenario. Well, it could always be worse, but you know what I mean. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZ89zwrT4MsxOLr6AuOnYBIm4cdZYotBVPV3WlG5FBWVwz8gqhz72XdahCVkqYRi3EJuvJhEvmrhuOwtJVEANcpfdn2JUsAKqLMfViNP3IUcqtYP-H-HLZhQ2eorj1Zx8XolAmXpUwb0/s1600/GW+Drop+560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZ89zwrT4MsxOLr6AuOnYBIm4cdZYotBVPV3WlG5FBWVwz8gqhz72XdahCVkqYRi3EJuvJhEvmrhuOwtJVEANcpfdn2JUsAKqLMfViNP3IUcqtYP-H-HLZhQ2eorj1Zx8XolAmXpUwb0/s1600/GW+Drop+560.jpg" height="186" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However, I would be equally surprised if GW was able to stop their downward trend in sales. Some indications from GW stores all over Europe who told me that sales are at about 50% of last year point in this direction. From the few independent retailers I know I hear similar stories, including GW's attempt to move sales into this year by offering discounts in the next fiscal year, but then again, none of these statements are facts nor are they representative. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But killing all Games Days, killing all (?) Golden Demons (Rumor: There will be Golden Demon UK this year, NOT a Games Day), firing most of continental Europe and quick money grabbing schemes (7th Edition in May? Seriously?) to me look like attempts to cut cost wherever they can and make as much cash as possible. I almost wrote desperate attempts. Good thing I didn't. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let's make this a little game. I think that their profits are down by 42% to 9,5m for this year or about 30p per share. I base this purely on the fact that I don't think GW did better than the first half of the year and that 42 is always the answer. No science behind this. Gut feeling. And I got plenty of gut, just saying... </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do you expect from the financial report? Do you even care? Go ahead and leave some comments below and try to <b>GUESS the profit loss that GW will post </b>in their annual report. I am standing at 42% ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-games-workshop.html" target="_blank">Part 1</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-workshop-games-days.html" target="_blank">Part 2</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-games-workshop_21.html" target="_blank">Part 3</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-games-workshop_27.html" target="_blank">Part 4</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/08/the-future-of-games-days-and-games.html" target="_blank">Part 5</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/09/Future-of-GD-and-GW-Part-6.html" target="_blank">Part 6</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/10/future-of-games-days-7.html" target="_blank">Part 7</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2013/11/TFoGDaGW-7.5.html" target="_blank">Part 7.5</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/01/the-future-of-games-days-games.html" target="_blank">Part 8</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/01/the-future-of-games-workshop-part9.html" target="_blank">Part 9</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/01/the-future-of-games-days-and-games_22.html" target="_blank">Part 10</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/01/the-future-of-games-days-and-games_24.html" target="_blank">Part 11</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/02/the-future-of-games-workshop-bugman-or.html" target="_blank">Part 12</a> - <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/05/the-future-of-games-workshop-part-13.html" target="_blank">Part 13</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">You are one of our many 'Early Beard' Supporters for our new Season 1.2 & 1.3 DVD sets and are probably wondering what happened to your order and when the DVD sets will be shipped to you. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Unfortunately, I have some very disappointing news for you: We will have to <b>delay the release</b> of the two new seasons until the End of June (another two weeks). <b>The tentative release day is now June 23rd. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When we made Season 1.2 and 1.3 available for pre-order, we announced both sets to consist of two DVDs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">When we started editing the material in January, we quickly noticed that we had too much awesome material for Season 1.3 to fit on two DVDs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The question for us was: Do we cut the material down to size and stick to the original release schedule or will we simply add a third, free DVD to Season 1.3? For us, the answer was clear: We wanted to give you the best value and decided to go for three DVDs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/02/important-season-1213-dvd-update_19.html" target="_blank">As we updated you on our blog</a> and on Facebook, this decision meant that our original production plan (editing until the end of March and delivery mid April) was seriously in danger. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">So we invested in a new rendering-super-PC and took Matt Cexwish - our featured artist on the Season 1.3 DVD set - on board for three months to edit the videos - again, everything just to give you more value than you expected. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Editing a single DVD takes a long time and we were very happy that we were able to complete all the editing and pre-manufacturing processes by mid April. Our DVD manufacturer received the masters in the third week of April. In short, we were three weeks late but gained an extra DVD for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Everything looked awesome and we <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/04/newsflash-1213-dvds-at-replicator-very.html" target="_blank">told you about it on our Blog</a> and Facebook. We even revealed our <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/04/stretch-goals.html" target="_blank">'Secret Stretchgoals'</a> which we had planned as our 'surprise Thank You' for all of our Early Bird Supporters all along.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We have had some very good experience with our DVD replicator when we did Season 1.1 - Target Identified. They delivered the DVDs right on time and doing business with them was generally very pleasant. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Like with Season 1.1, our contract with the DVD replicator for Season 1.2 and 1.3 states that we would receive the finished DVD sets 10-12 working days after 'approval' of all the proofs for print media (packaging and so on). We approved the production in the first week of May. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Even though we expected the delivery no later than the third week in May, I felt that I should play it safe by scheduling the shipment of your DVDs for the last week of May - after all, there are a lot of public holidays in Germany in May. We prepared everything to get your orders out as soon as we would receive them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Since the approval of the proofs I was in contact with the DVD replicator at least twice a week to inquire about the project status and a delivery date, even just a tentative one. I was always told that the project 'was going according to schedule', but a definite date was not quite available yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">By the third week of May - the week we expected the delivery - I still had no delivery date and our project manager at the DVD replicator 'went black' - I could not get a hold of him, no answers to my phone calls or emails. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">That is when I contacted the owner of the company for the first time and he promised me an update immediately. In spite of my daily inquiries it took a week to get an update from him. He told me that the production was almost finished - and I am going to spare you any further details - three days later (last Friday night) I finally got a reply from our project manager: They had not even started production yet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">On Tuesday this week we finally received a tentative delivery date for the DVD sets: June 23rd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We could not believe it. I could not believe it. In spite of all of our efforts and investments, 10-12 production days turned into 8 weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is always easy to blame someone for something they did or didn't do. I generally find that to be counter-productive as I believe that you only need to identify who's responsible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">At the end of the day, I am personally responsible for what we as Painting Buddha do. I promised you two awesome DVD sets and so far I failed to deliver. And yes, I find this unacceptable myself. You deserve better - and we can do better. I can do better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Believe me when I say that all of us here at Painting Buddha: Ben, Mati, Matt and me are at least as frustrated as some of you understandably must be. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">After we completed all of our editing work in April, Ben, Mati and I sat down and critically evaluated our first year as Painting Buddha - even before we knew about the delay in the DVD production. I also personally talked to many of our friends and supporters world-wide to ask them how we can improve. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We have big plans. We want to be the perfect hobby related community company for you. We want to Share & Enjoy our hobby! And we will continue to work hard to get there!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Yes, we are doing a lot of things right, but there is so much we can do better, differently and more efficiently. If you want to help us shape the future of your community company, I invite you to engage in our '<a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/05/OiiD-T-40.html" target="_blank">Operation Infinite Improbability Drive</a>'! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">If you like, send me an <a href="mailto:feedback@paintingbuddha.com" target="_blank">email with your comments, criticism and ideas</a> - and if you would like to talk to me - even if it is to blow off some steam - you can talk to me on our dedicated <a href="skype:paintingbuddha?call" target="_blank">Painting Buddha Skype</a> (user name 'paintingbuddha'). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">In closing, I would like to once again apologize for the delay of our Season 1.2 and 1.3 and for the frustration you must feel. I would like to thank you for your continued support and your patience! We could not do this without you - and we promise to work hard on getting better!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have received an incredible amount of positive and encouraging emails in response to this status update. To be honest it was a very humbling and moving experience for me. It proves that we have the best supporters in the Universe - and working for Bruddhas like you makes everything worthwhile for us!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are, however, aware that not everybody is going to be happy about the DVD delay. Again, I can only apologize and accept responsibility at this point. We are very critical about our shortcomings and in one of our next 'Operation Infinite Improbability Drive' updates we'll talk about a few more things we currently are not really good at - and talk about how we are going to fix them.<br /><br />I promise you that while we probably never will be perfect, like the Borg we will not yield in our pursuit of perfection. Resistance, after all, is futile. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The good news for all of you out there is that the <b>Early Beard Special will be extended until June 30th </b>and all early beards include the super-secret-stretchgoals. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Right now there are two awesome Kickstarters fighting for you pledges: "Drakerys" by Don't Panic Games and "Fallen Frontiers" by Scale Games (the guys behind Scale 75). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coincidentally, they both started about the same time, the both have the same running time - and right now, they are both very close to breaking the 100000€ barrier (one in pound, the other in dollar). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both Kickstarters are produced very professionally and both promote their respective games very well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the time of writing, they are almost even on the amont of backers, too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both games promise exciting new gaming concepts - and if you like, you can watch our <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CVBPKp5gA" target="_blank">Beeble・Babble #8 with the guys behind Fallen frontiers</a>. The game mechanics indicated in this game sound awesome. Let me know if you like these kind of interviews with crowd-funding companies and I'll try to get some more interviewees ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just in case the title didn't already give it away here's a full disclosure: This post is slightly crazy and safe for entertainment purposes only. It's just me being Zaphod Beeblebrox. He'z just ziz guy, you know? :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am a big fan of conspiracy theories, hidden and cryptic messages and the like. Not that I believe in any of them, but I find many (not all) of them very, very entertaining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whether it is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy_theory)" target="_blank">New World Order</a> "Dollar-bill conspiracy" the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories" target="_blank">fake moon-landing</a>, or UFOs hidden in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswell_conspiracy_theories" target="_blank">Area-51</a>, I just LOVE this kind of stuff. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also enjoyed <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/06/t-34.html" target="_blank">hiding the '42' as an easter-egg in some of our videos</a> - and in fact the future will prove that there are MANY more hidden messages in many of our posts...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So today I will give you a new 'easter egg' to ponder over. What are the secret messages hidden in the official seal of the Galactic President? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today I won't give you any hints at all. Just shoot ahead. What can you find? What are the hidden messages? Search for meaning in the symbols, see how many you can find! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can post your thoughts in the comments below <a href="mailto:easteregg@paintingbuddha.com" target="_blank">or shoot me an email</a> with your attachments of scientifically accurate scribblings all over the beautiful seal ;) I'll share the best 'conspiracy theories' and <a href="http://www.numberphile.com/" target="_blank">numberphile</a> answers with you at the end of the 42 days of "Operation Infinite Improbability Drive". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll also probably give you some hints or clues along the way. And I am convinced that you find things that even I didn't see yet - and maybe with your ideas we can adjust the seal to make it even more conspiring! ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK. Heeere: <b>42</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Granted, not all of the posts on this blog are about painting miniatures. Most of them are hobby related. And if they are not, they are nerd-related. Many of you like it, some of you don't. In short, masterminis.net is really just my personal blog where I write about things I like to write about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/05/OiiD-T-40.html" target="_blank">In our 42 day project "Operation Infinite Improbability Drive"</a> (we are on Tee minus 34) a lot of things we are doing right and a lot of things we are doing wrong (or not at all) will be revisited. When we say that our community is our #1 goal, we mean it. Our DVD sets are just one small part in the big scheme of things - you deserve more!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we have started looking at everything we do and we want(ed) to do. That even includes our shortcomings - and will come up with solutions to fix them. We'll do this publicly. <b>And we would like to hear what YOU would like us to do for you.</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have any ideas, requests or complaints - <a href="mailto:feedback@paintingbuddha.com" target="_blank"><b>shoot us an email</b></a>! I guarantee you that I will answer all of them! What would you like us to do (or not to do)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When these 42 days are over, we will have gradually revealed more and more of our vision for our hobby. And for us the sky is not the limit. Space and beyond is where we want to go! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tonight at 8pm we will have our good friends Elías </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alonso Herranz, Alfonso "Banshee" Giraldes and "Adrian the Illustrator" in our live-show "Beeble・Babble #8". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5CVBPKp5gA" target="_blank"><b>You can watch it live here</b></a> - and as always we will answer your questions in the YouTube comments section during the show! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They will talk about their awesome <a href="http://kck.st/1tuNCUJ" target="_blank">Kickstarter for "Fallen Frontiers"</a>, a Sci-Fi tabletop game with beautiful plastic (!) miniatures. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our good friend Fernando Ruiz from <a href="http://www.hvminiatures.com/" target="_blank">Heroes & Villains Miniatures</a> will hold a masterclass painting Seminar in <a href="https://www.google.de/maps/place/Blumberg/@47.8315015,8.5551074,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x479085d550c50d35:0x7b28a3817a35f96" target="_blank">Blumberg</a>, one hour south of Stuttgart in Southern Germany from June 20th-22nd. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are a few places left, information and reservation can be found on the German "Bemalforum" (<a href="http://www.das-bemalforum.de/showthread.php?t=13727" target="_blank">clicky clicky</a>).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fernando is not only an incredible and accomplished painter, he has also conducted his workshops all over the world. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our Bruddha Martin from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/TRaumschmiede/211231492337911" target="_blank">(T)Raumschmiede</a> has finished his Redmaw Canyon gaming table. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to get inspired, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_mcr1k014" target="_blank">check out this video</a>! The other video-links can be found on <a href="http://t-raumschmiede.blogspot.de/2014/05/of-money-and-canyons-painted-tanks-for.html" target="_blank">(T)Raumschmiede's blog</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Currently, he sells some of his stuff to pay the rent and finance his time at university. Check it out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Speaking of money... <a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/05/kickstarters-shut-up-and-take-my-money.html" target="_blank">In last weeks post about the many exciting Kickstarters</a>, I totally forgot to include "Last Saga", a project by Nicolas Diaz from the UK. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last Saga is a skirmish wargame set in a sci-fi universe, represented by miniatures of high quality metal. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We really dig the character design - and with the project already funded, there's no harm in <a href="http://kck.st/1n5kzVF" target="_blank">'checking it out'</a> ;) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By now you should already know the free <a href="http://www.wampforum.com/VB4/downloads.php?do=cat&id=1" target="_blank">Wamp "Portal" magazine</a>, an awesome source of inspiration. You might also have heard about the successful <a href="http://www.figurepaintermagazine.co.uk/" target="_blank">Figure Painting Magazine</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two awesome magazines are good, but what is better than two? 42? That's also right. 42 is more than two! </span><br />
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<a href="http://wipmagazine.it/index.php?route=common/home" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">WIP modeller magazine</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a new independent magazine dedicated to sculpting, painting, displaying, collecting and gaming with miniature figures from all genre's. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">W.I.P. Magazine is published by Maloma Games di Marco Gravina of Italy - the magazine is in English. A download will cost you 3€ - or 14€ annually (6 issues). Good value, I think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The magazine is so fresh that I did not even have a chance to browse through it myself yet - if you would like to check it out, <a href="http://wipmagazine.it/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=42" target="_blank">there is a free sample available on their site</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Question: What is the product id for a free sample of WIP modeller magazine?<br />Answer: 42.<br /><br />See?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you follow us for quite a while now, let's say at least since December last year, you may have followed the frantic discussion on 'finding the Easter Egg' in our traditional "21 days of hoopy holidays Adzventzkalender" extravaganza. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had a lot of crazy and silly videos up in that time, many of them answering your questions to us in the "Answer-o-Mat" machine. There was a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slQH92-Eclw&index=14&list=PL0_grDypO1dpuslOsRmkRJrrluM6inU-U" target="_blank">hidden Easter Egg in every one of the Answer-o-Mat videos</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even though I told you that the answer was 42, no-one found it - even though two of you got reeaally close to the solution! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Morse code!</i> Hm.... Well, kind of ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For future reference, it is important for you to understand how complex, silly and far-fetched some of our thought processes are, and that is why we shall now a) reveal the secret Easter Egg publicly and b) announce a new Easter Egg for you to ponder over... <br /><br />So: In every Answer-o-Mat video the "don't push this button" button flashed in the following sequence: <i>long-short-long-short-long-short</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just to give you an idea to what length some of you went: Bruddha Florian studied morse code for 3 hours and came up with the word "KRU". He found the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kru_people" target="_blank">Kru people</a>, an ethnic group who lives in the interior of Libera. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kru. It was a really good answer. But it was not correct, because it wasn't 42. I think if we ever design an alien race, we should call them Kru. In honor of our extraordinary Bruddha Florian ;)<br /><br /><i>long-short-long-short-long-short.... I also said: "</i>Don't think in letters. What else is there?" Well, since 42 consists out of numbers, let's try this again. This time with numbers. Digital. Binary.</span></div>
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">long-short-long-short-long-short.... </i><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hm.... 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0.... 101010.... </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wait a minute!!! </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>101010</b>?<b> Isn't that binary for 42? </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See? It really wasn't that hard now, was it? ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: red;">Tomorrow, we will give you a real challenge.</span> </b>All of you will be able to find some eggs. If you can find all of them, however, remains to be seen. I am not sure I found all of them myself! Must take a closer look... ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Greetings, folks! For a couple of weeks now awesome crowd-funding campaigns chase each other. The season started with the massively successful Canadian Kickstarter for <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeremyglen/creature-caster-first-wave" target="_blank">Creature Caster</a> by Jeremy Glen (324,511 CAD, 1487 backers).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">42 hours before the end of her <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/710406053/modern-pinup-miniatures-bawidamann-style" target="_blank">Pinup Kickstarter</a> I told Liliana Troy from Hangar 18 Miniatures that I would be surprised if she would not go over 42,000$ (the Kickstarter had just passed 30,000$ at that point). She thought she reached 46,621$. I informed her that it was 42,000$ + 4,200$ + 420$ +1$. The power of 42 compels you! :D</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not everyone is going for massive amounts of money: For example <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/etch-master-brass-etch-details-for-miniatures-and-scenery" target="_blank">Ben Jarvis' Etch-Master brass-etch IndieGoGo campaign</a> obliterated their funding goal by 1674%, raising 8,368$ and finding 217 supporters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am watching the miniature scene every day - but honestly, even for me it is getting tough to keep track of everything that is going on right now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Big and small Kickstarters fight for your support and getting involved in all of them means dishing out some serious cash. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it's fair to say that it becomes close to impossible to support everything you want to (at least at max pledge level :D).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So let me give you a quick summary of the current onlsaught of Kickstarters, but let me give you a fair warning first: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <i>Rated Tripple-W</i>: Much <b>W</b>ant, Such <b>W</b>in, Very <b>W</b>allet discretion is advised!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arcane Factories and the team around Justin Tan from Vancouver have already successfully funded their first season of miniatures. Their Kickstarter currently stands at 15,449CAD with only 6 days to go. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The team members are all animators and 3D artists and many of their designs have very dynamic poses full of expression.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next major unlock: 20,000$ Redemption Engine (which I want so much :D)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/992588066/arcane-factories-season-1" target="_blank">Check their Kickstarter out here.</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>JoeK Minis: Paul Bonner's Trolls of Trudvang: <span style="color: orange;">11 days to go</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a game, not masses of miniatures but this time the chance to turn an artwork of legendary artist Paul Bonner into a collectible and paint-able diorama! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having raised £3,481 so far, I am sure that Joe wouldn't mind you heading over to his Kickstarter to help him start his business! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We all know the internet is controlled by trolls. And if you cant pwn them, then you can at least own them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1113411001/paul-bonners-trolls-of-trudvang" target="_blank">Own 'em real good!</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK. First of all a company that is called Legion of the Cow Ltd. deserves your support. That should be reason enough for any nerd. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But if you would like to see more 'substance' head over to Alex Nemes' Kickstarter and check out his RPG Fantasy Miniatures. He's got some serious skillz and helping him start his company is probably not the worst you could do! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moo, moo, moo, mooo!</span></div>
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Our good friend Mohand already has experience with massively successful Kickstarters. Do the words <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/453409401/escape-a-boardgame-in-the-eden-universe" target="_blank">'Eden' or 'Escape'</a> ring a bell? Yes? Exactly - that's the guy. </span><br />
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Seriously, a company named "Don't Panic Games"... What's not to like? Other than the fact that I can't use that name for our own line of future games anymore :D</span><br />
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Mohands latest project is Drakerys, a miniature game with lots of everything. No surprise that they were funded within minutes. </span><br />
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Currently 400 backers have elevated the game to $87,307 and I am certain that this will be a massive success. There will be much mo' hands grabbing these for sure!</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dontpanicgames/drakerys-the-miniature-game" target="_blank">You want mo'? Don't Panic! Heeeere....</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm calling it now: Fallen Frontiers is going to be a MASSIVE success. Having had the pleasure to sneak-peak their Kickstarter page already (unfortunately I can't pledge yet :P), this is exactly my cup of tea, early gray, hot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What's so special about this game? All I say is plastic injection molding! I expect stunned silence in the forest of Sherwood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beautiful miniatures set in a dense, fluffy atmosphere (I want the trailer video to become a full feature Hollywood movie already!). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And with painters such as Elias Alonso Herranz, Rafael "Volomir" García Marin and Alfsonso "Banshee" Giraldes this will be HUUUUGE. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friday night. Don't miss it. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Fallenfrontiers" target="_blank">Heeere: Facebook Link</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"No 'paign, no gain!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Season 1.2 and 1.3 are only a few days away from shipping now </b>and all of our supporters will receive n<a href="http://masterminis.blogspot.de/2014/04/stretch-goals.html" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;" target="_blank">ot only the secret stretch-goals</a> with their order but also an email with all relevant information regarding the shipping process in the next couple of days. We are just waiting on one final piece of information before we can do so. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like you, we are currently patiently awaiting the arrival of the DVDs. With Season 1.2 and 1.3 our 'First Season' is complete - and 21 months of very hard work and much learning come to a close. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After Ben and Mati went on their much deserved vacation and everything is in production, we finally had some time to just sit down, stop panicking and think about Life, the Universe and Everything for a few days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of you would probably be surprised to see how much work goes into the production of our DVDs. Just to give you an example: The total work-time we spent on both season 1.2 and 1.3 is over 9000! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Over 9000? What does that mean? Over 9000 hours are a little more than one year - and we have spent a little more than one person-year on the development of Season 1.2 and 1.3. (Luckily, we didn't spend over 9000 hours, but you know, the 'over 9000' joke had to be placed here somehow :P)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And even though we keep pushing each other's buttons </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">all the time </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(which often are not labeled "Do not push this button), I am happy to say that we had tons of fun for pretty much most of the time. 99.42% at least!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we started planning what eventually became 'Painting Buddha' we sketched out a vision of what the ideal community-driven company, it's products and services should look like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are very satisfied with what we have achieved so far - and <b>without you none of this would have been possible</b>. Period. We could not possibly thank you enough ever! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Actually, it would be bad, too, because there are many things we must improve on and after all - we want to achieve so much more! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this is what these 42 days - Operation "Infinite Improbability Drive" - are all about. Ben, Mati and I will have fun creating something new and exciting for you. And hopefully we can entertain you in the process. Our hope is that at the end of Operation "Infinite Improbability Drive" we will be able to implement our plans and launch 'Phase 2'!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for the upcoming Mati, Ben and I discussed what we would like to do most. After few days of planning we decided on a project in which Ben and Mati can really do what they really would like to do most! As always, we will decide all details as a team!</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What both don't know is that I also promised myself I could do whatever I would like to do.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> So I decided that I would be Galactic President Zaphod Beeblebrox for the duration of the project. With official presidential seal and everything! How hoopy is that?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>And all of you who would like to have a say in what we do at Paintingbuddha are invited to tag along while we hitch-hike through our Universe! </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>RIP 'Eavy Metal</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I really don't feel like doing this. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was Friday night, we had a great day here in the Paintingbuddha cave, I skyped with nerdy friends in France, Spain and the US about future projects and I was finally looking forward to having a relaxing evening playing some LoL with my friends. Then someone linked me to a post on Facebook and I felt compelled to write about it here.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coincidentally, the apparent genius that currently runs Games Workshop has been a topic throughout the day in our office and I told someone who asked me to continue our 'mini-series' about the Future of <strike>Games Days and</strike> Games Workshop that I don't even feel like talking about them anymore. We would see the bitter truth in their upcoming yearly report anyways. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Store sales are allegedly down (according to some stores by up to 50% compared to last year), some 'creative' revenue-generating campaigns are being run for independent retails which are only aimed at moving as </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">many sales into the current fiscal year as possible (creating an automatic 'bad start' into the next year), everyone in the US and the UK operations seems to have been fired - so cost should be down... Same ol' story. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A quick money grab with the rushed 40k rules was the straw we all expected and from what I can hear and read it has not been or will not be</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that successful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Games Workshop.... I begin to feel like I don't care anymore - but people asked me to report on the latest 'fan-base interaction' - so here we go. I'll make it short and sweet :P </span></div>
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<u><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/10474880338/" target="_blank">'Eavy Metal Facebook Page closes down</a></span></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first to report on this was Ben Kelly on Blogs of War with an article appropriately named '</span><a href="http://blogsofwarbk.blogspot.de/2014/05/the-powder-keg.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Powder Keg</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">'. Head over to their blog for some more detailed inside information on what was going on. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So another 5600 GW fans shut out by GW's anti-social (media) efforts to estrange even their toughest hard-core fans.<br /><br />At least there were about 2000 saved and invited to the new and inofficial '<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/eaviermetal/" target="_blank">Eavier Metal</a> group.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know - what do you think? Does anyone have an idea what GW is doing right now? If you do, please leave a comment ;) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So instead of ruining my Friday writing about this I actually ended up playing LOL </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with my friends</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">until late at night and enjoyed the weekend by tearing off wallpaper and moving heavy oak furniture for a friend. Good times!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now I sit here and waste the last few minutes of the 'International Towel Day' with yet another disappointing post about Games Workshop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think it's time someone did something about them.</span></div>
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