International Store Fixed
14/06/11 16:08
A couple of customers informed me that there was an issue with the international store’s padded envelope option not working with Paypal. Sure enough, Paypal can’t handle products with a negative value. What I’ve done is remove the envelope option and price shipping on all purchases that weigh less than 170 grams at the envelope rate and everything above (the troll druid and the goblin set) at the normal rate.
New Release and International Shipping Options
14/05/11 22:14
I’ve just updated the international store with more miniatures and a new shipping option. I’ve added a padded envelope option to the online store for international customers as an alternative to the high costs of shipping parcels overseas. Customers can now choose to have their miniatures delivered in a padded envelope without the usual blister boxes. The slimmer envelopes can safely carry your miniatures and they qualify for letter rates so it’s much less expensive. To choose this option go to the shop and add the padded envelope to your cart. This will deduct $10 from the total cost of your order, enough to get another figure for nothing! Large miniatures like the Troll Druid are too bulky and contain heavy pieces which run a higher risk of being damaged or bruised if shipped without some extra protection so unfortunately it has to be shipped in a box
We also have 4 new miniatures plus you can now get miniatures from the goblin set separately. The Necromancer Bat and Fungeins are now in stock and will start shipping on Friday!
The Chiropterus Rex is a gigantic parasitic bat which attaches itself to wizards, feeding off of their powers and using them to cast spells.
Fungeins are goblins who’ve become home to an assortment of virulent, deadly, and insidious fungi. The affected goblins will eventually be taken over wholly by the fungus and become a huge spire of fungal colonies but not before it’s seeded the countryside with its deadly spores.
We also have 4 new miniatures plus you can now get miniatures from the goblin set separately. The Necromancer Bat and Fungeins are now in stock and will start shipping on Friday!
The Chiropterus Rex is a gigantic parasitic bat which attaches itself to wizards, feeding off of their powers and using them to cast spells.
Fungeins are goblins who’ve become home to an assortment of virulent, deadly, and insidious fungi. The affected goblins will eventually be taken over wholly by the fungus and become a huge spire of fungal colonies but not before it’s seeded the countryside with its deadly spores.
Painting Competition
21/01/11 22:34
The Goblin set is here at last and I’m so excited to see what you do with them we’re going to hold a painting contest at Oz Painters.
The first category is single painted miniature. Use any miniature from the goblin set that you like and submit as many entries as you want.
The second category is scene or diorama. Bring the world around your goblins to life. We’re looking for the most creative base, display, scene, or diorama. It can include any number of goblins and may also include other miniatures.
To enter, submit photos in the Goblin Contest Thread at Oz Painters by March 22nd. If you’re too lazy to join feel free to post them in your usual forums and send me a link or email photos of your entries and I’ll post them for you but it would be great of you to join the forum and share your creations with us yourself.
Top entries will be shown here on the Imbrian Arts Blog. The best entry from each category will receive a $100 voucher to spend in the online shop. Vouchers are redeemable at any time so you can blow it all on more goblins or save it for the next set.
Good Luck!
The Druid
31/12/10 20:58
As the release date for the goblin set approaches I thought I’d share with you a bit of background about the goblins and the troll druid:
Most trolls do not possess the skills for shaping magic or the knowledge of how to bind the lowliest of sprites and devils. The slow beasts are renowned for giving precedence to satiating their appetites rather than concerning themselves with such metaphysical matters. But in the furthest reaches of the Weirwood, and other places where time and change do not penetrate so deeply, older magics are whispered and remembered, and though slow in thought, trolls of the deep places are even slower to die. So over the passing of many human lifetimes they learn the secrets of tree and beast and goblin kind.
The elder trolls in the Weirwood are shepherds of the forest, shapers of its lore and guardians of its many mysteries. Having been exposed for several generations to the magic that permeates the forest, they have developed a familiarity with the nature and way of all creatures, so that every common beast of the forest and supernatural being—be it goblin, sprite, brownie, leprechaun, elemental, spirit, or even some powerful lords of nature like mighty Behemoth and the great Shrike god—will heed their call.
It goes without saying that such deep places are forbidden to mortal men. Many a scholar and explorer have tried to access these ghostly realms, believing they harbored great temples brimming with riches and hidden tomes with secreted scrolls of power. For how else, they argued, could witless trolls ever learn the way of magic and conjuring? Indeed, each expedition is dispatched with more careful preparations than the last, with wards and offerings, talismans of safe passage and good fortune, amulets, priestly blessings and great rituals and sacrifices, but the few that return bring little more than tales of horror and plight. They tell of travelers plagued by misfortune and falling prey to vicious beasts. But there are also tales of an uncanny sort that speak of sacrifices to a powerful winged goblin deity that roosts in a mighty tree within the Weirwood.
Most trolls do not possess the skills for shaping magic or the knowledge of how to bind the lowliest of sprites and devils. The slow beasts are renowned for giving precedence to satiating their appetites rather than concerning themselves with such metaphysical matters. But in the furthest reaches of the Weirwood, and other places where time and change do not penetrate so deeply, older magics are whispered and remembered, and though slow in thought, trolls of the deep places are even slower to die. So over the passing of many human lifetimes they learn the secrets of tree and beast and goblin kind.
The elder trolls in the Weirwood are shepherds of the forest, shapers of its lore and guardians of its many mysteries. Having been exposed for several generations to the magic that permeates the forest, they have developed a familiarity with the nature and way of all creatures, so that every common beast of the forest and supernatural being—be it goblin, sprite, brownie, leprechaun, elemental, spirit, or even some powerful lords of nature like mighty Behemoth and the great Shrike god—will heed their call.
It goes without saying that such deep places are forbidden to mortal men. Many a scholar and explorer have tried to access these ghostly realms, believing they harbored great temples brimming with riches and hidden tomes with secreted scrolls of power. For how else, they argued, could witless trolls ever learn the way of magic and conjuring? Indeed, each expedition is dispatched with more careful preparations than the last, with wards and offerings, talismans of safe passage and good fortune, amulets, priestly blessings and great rituals and sacrifices, but the few that return bring little more than tales of horror and plight. They tell of travelers plagued by misfortune and falling prey to vicious beasts. But there are also tales of an uncanny sort that speak of sacrifices to a powerful winged goblin deity that roosts in a mighty tree within the Weirwood.
Goblins!
23/12/10 21:40
Over the past few months I’ve been showing previews of the upcoming goblins set on the Imbrian Arts Facebook page and all over the net. Finally we can all breath a sigh of relief and say it’s about damn time the pre order got put up! The goblin set is now available for pre order and will be released on the 21st of January. As a special thank you to those who pre order a set I’ll include prints of the concept art for the goblin shrike and troll druid. This is the only time they’ll be available and the only way to get them is by pre ordering your goblin set.
The Goblin set contains 10 miniatures, including 9 goblins and a massive troll druid. The goblins race is diverse and strange, with each goblin seeming to be a unique creature and in many circumstances bearing no resemblance to its kin. Among the goblins in this set you’ll find 3 goblin shrikes, 3 goblin footmen, 2 shaggamaws, and a goblin cat eater.
You’ll also notice that the layout and look of the website has changed. It’s a bit bare bones at the moment but over the course of the next few days and weeks we’ll be adding more photos and information about the products and getting all the pages from the old site up on the new one. It goes without saying that there may be a few kinks to work out but please send me an email if you spot something.
Cheers,
Jody
The Goblin set contains 10 miniatures, including 9 goblins and a massive troll druid. The goblins race is diverse and strange, with each goblin seeming to be a unique creature and in many circumstances bearing no resemblance to its kin. Among the goblins in this set you’ll find 3 goblin shrikes, 3 goblin footmen, 2 shaggamaws, and a goblin cat eater.
You’ll also notice that the layout and look of the website has changed. It’s a bit bare bones at the moment but over the course of the next few days and weeks we’ll be adding more photos and information about the products and getting all the pages from the old site up on the new one. It goes without saying that there may be a few kinks to work out but please send me an email if you spot something.
Cheers,
Jody