FossilPunk Foundry Prepare For Kickstarter With Dinosaur Riding Cowboys
August 22, 2017 by thisisazrael
FossilPunk Foundry is gearing up for the launch of Sauriana, the company's new steampunk-western-dinosaur-pulp-action skirmish miniatures game.
"In 1888, the fabric of space and time was torn apart - The Interstice, a gap in the universe, rippled in the air over what was once Richmond, Surrey. Scientists soon discovered that this bizarre temporal anomaly could act as a sort of “fountain of youth” - prehistoric fossils could be deposited into its swirling vortex, and through much engineering and experimentation, it was found that a human being’s life could be rejuvenated and extended by years or even decades when bathed in the energies released"
Today FossilPunk Foundry has previewed two of the miniatures that will be available at launch.
This is the Rockhound of the Othniellians faction.
The Rockhound is a cowgirl paleontologist, with a hefty revolver, a ten-gallon hat, and a rock pick in hand.
Next up is the Helltrench Desperado a renegade, dinosaur-riding, cowboy from the World's Faire faction.
The models are cast in resin in heroic 32mm scale and both of the models will be available when Sauriana goes live on Kickstarter in October.
When you start to think the Wild West can't get any more awesome, dinosaurs appear.
I think the minis are bonkers and in the best kind of way, I will certainly be watching out for the Kickstarter.
What do you think of the Sauriana reviews?
"...Helltrench Desperado a renegade, dinosaur-riding, cowboy..."
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Are you sure the steampunk-western-dinosaur-pulp-action genre isn’t already crowded?
Well put a zombie viking in there and it will be ok.
cowboys riding dinosaurs? …. OK i’m in
This awakens the part of me that is the young boy excitedly pouring over a Dinosaur book over the phone with a friend with the same book.
Oh man this looks cool
Reminds me of Flesh from 2000AD/Action
great for a difference.
They have some nice and weird (at the same time, but in a good way) other preview models in various spots over the internet. Love me some more usable dinosaur models in my games!
I’ve had the “Ruby” model from Studio McVey for years and now I finally have a game I can use her in !
I read the title as “Dinosaurs riding cowboys” and got all excited. Man was I disappointed.
Not sure what to think of your statement… 😀
Why is everything “punk”? What started with Cyberpunk has now progressed to Steampunk, Dieselpunk, Stitchpunk, Magicpunk and now Fossilpunk. Maybe we should just do away with non historical genres and just pick thematics and append punk to the end. Fantasy could be “swordpunk” and sci-fi could be spaceshippunk.
My Shadows of Brimstone games might be taking a slight turn in the future.
You wait years for a kickstarter with dinosaurs and cowboys then two turn up at the same time…
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1395218179/dinosaurs-of-the-wild-west
@anyaral haha amazing!