It looks like a scam to me. The dragon doesn’t even look that special to me. It’s like he took a spray can of silver and dusted it. If he’s successful he will make about 20-40 times what it’s worth. Just my opinion but I’d stay away from this. If he was raising funds for a charity maybe but the charity is him.

From the “Risks and challenges” section:

and I will likely be evicted lol

Yeah… that thing looks to me more like a flea market decorative piece repainted. He couldn’t even care to put the minis on a table to film…. oO

Never ceases to amaze me how gullible people are. They see a bargain and go for it. If a deal is too good to be true… it’s not true.

I mean, if I was feeling cynical there isn’t even any proof that he painted persay. Anyone could just buy a dragon statue from their local tweeny goth shop and flog it on KS.

How did this even get this far? I thought all KSs where at least passingly reviewed by a pair of human eyes before being sent out.

Not sure if I would call it a scam. Seems to me he’s being very upfront about exactly what this Kickstarter is all about

The project has been taken down and cancelled by Kickstarter or the owner (not sure which).

Quick clarification:

He wasn’t “producing” a single resin mini. That mini had already been produced and painted (as you can tell from the pictures). He was looking for a profitable way to sell the thing.

It is a repainted resin statue (you can get similar ones from various gift shops).

He was insisting that the Kickstarter was not a raffle, but that people are contributing to one lucky backer getting the (only) statue. Either he misunderstood what a raffle was, or the one backer wasn’t meant to be a ‘random’ backer (ie- he picks some friend and gives the statue to him/her).

Anyway, Kickstarter shut it down (I confirmed elsewhere that it was taken down by KS and not by the creator).