Impact! Tease their New Kickstarter Dungeon Explorers
September 10, 2012 by brennon
Impact! Miniatures have a new Kickstarter on the horizon called Dungeon Explorers and they have teased us with this concept art that looks a tad familiar to something else from my childhood...
Look familiar to you? How about if I mentioned the words Dungeon and Dragon in the same sentence? Still not ringing a bell? Check out this then and all will become clear...
The betting is that this is a dungeon crawler of some kind based on the old artwork of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon but mixed with the chibi style that we have seen from such games as Super Dungeon Explore. Is there a danger though that Impact! Miniatures are making something that is far too similar to what we've seen before?
We'll know more when the Kickstarter begins soon. Until then let your speculations go wild.
What do you think of this interesting news?
Being a cynical, grumpy old git, can’t help feeling there is something amiss with the way this is being done.
A nod back to the old cartoon would be fine, but at least do so in a way that doesn’t jump on the back off Super Dungeon Explore. Or at best be perceived as jumping on the bandwagon.
Maybe their alternate character sculpts for Super Dungeon Explore? Can links be provided so that we can learn more? There’s nothing on their website or Kickstarter. If these aren’t replacements for SDE then it’s a bit of a rip off.
That’s why this is being taken with a pinch of salt at the moment. There are no more details from Impact! as to what this new Kickstarter will entail apart from the title ‘Dungeon Explorers’ and the concept art you see above.
http://lorraine-schleter.deviantart.com/ – This is the artist btw for people who are interested in the style etc. She’s done work for some high profile clients in the past, including WotC.
BoW Ben
…P.S.
After a bit more digging around this will apparently be a set of 30 Chibi style Dungeon Explorers but with no game surrounding it etc.
The suspected launch for the Kickstarter is 15th of September, so we’ll find out more then.
I’m a big fan of SDE chibi models and I think others making chibi models is OK but really? Did they really need to name the kickstarter (that is if it ever come to be) “Dugeon Explorers”? It just smells of rip off in my books. Could they not make sci-fi chibi models just to keep it clean?
My girl will love these.
My interest is *entirely* because they could be used in SDE.