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TitanCraft | Customizable Monster Minis

Created by Andrew Stockton

Create custom monster miniatures for D&D and tabletop RPG. Shipped or 3D printed! Pre-order reward codes are sent out 2-3 times per week. Estimated Launch Date: Summer 2021

Latest Updates from Our Project:

April Update - More Monsters, PayPal & Merchant License Agreement
almost 3 years ago – Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 05:05:17 AM

Hi everyone!

It's been a busy month for us, and we wanted to give you a quick progress report of where we are at.

More Monsters Added to Early Access

Since our last update, we have added 5 additional monsters to early access!! :D Including...

  • Chimera
  • Hill Giant
  • T-Rex
  • Griffon
  • Aboleth

As we continue to add monsters, we are simultaneously adding customization options. Customization options will continue to get fleshed out up until launch (such as more horns, wings, etc). 

Please note that some monsters are currently more modular than others due to a) the nature of the monster itself and/or b) the current state our 3D model is in. For example, right now you can't remove the arms on the hill giant. We definitely want to give you the option to do that in the future, but our current priority is to finish getting all the other monsters into the software.

PayPal

We're happy to announce that TitanCraft will accept PayPal as a method of payment!! For many of our international backers and customers, PayPal is the only option for making purchases, and we needed to make sure TitanCraft will be available for everyone on launch. :) 

Andrew put some hard work into getting PayPal integrated with our site, so make sure to give him a virtual pat on the back next time you see him around in the discord.

Merchant License Agreement

For all of our Merchant License backers, at the end of this week (April 30, 2021) you will receive an email from us with the Merchant License Agreement. Please follow the instructions that will be included in that email. If you don't receive the email, or if your contact information has since changed since you backed the project, please contact us at [email protected].


That's all for now! If you have any questions or comments please let us know.


- Jared & Andrew

This render was generated from a model created in the beta. Exported files are very high in detail.
One of our community member's hydra t-rex (left) and actual t-rex (right)
Render made from an exported file created in the beta
Our latest addition, the aboleth! Andrew was pretty proud of this one.

Pose Presets, Proportion Sliders & More! Beta v0.5.0 Update
about 3 years ago – Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 11:27:23 PM

Hi all!

We just dropped some new stuff into the beta!

Pose Presets

Pose Presets are here! These presets will be able to help you make great-looking monsters without having to pose them from scratch, and they can also be used as starting points for advance posing. 

As of right now there are only pose presets for the Balor - we will roll out pose presets for the Treant and Hydra soon if there aren't any red flags with the Balor.

Proportions Sliders

After a couple tweaks, proportions sliders are getting reintroduced to the software! Using these sliders, you will be able to customize the size and length of different parts of a monster such as arms, wings, tails, etc. 

Unfortunately, this update will break any existing saved balors you might have made in the beta. :( As we roll out proportion sliders for the Treant and Hydra, any existing saved files of those monsters will also break. Download your STL files now if you want to keep them!

Things Are Gettin' Toasty

We are also happy to announce the release of another monster into the beta! You can now play around customizing a Fire Elemental! 🔥 

Give it a try! https://titancraftminis.com/monsters

Updated Timeline

Like we mentioned in our previous update, while we still would love to hit our April release, it's becoming more evident to us that is most likely not going to be the case. Prepping the models for our software is taking a little longer than anticipated. The good news is we are now getting into a rhythm prepping these monsters, and will be able to start cranking them out. 

If we are not able to release during April, all our of Kickstarter backers will be given Early Access starting in May, but the site will still be closed to the public.


Thanks for your support! As always, let us know if you need help or have questions.

Jared & Andrew

Beta 0.4.0 Update! Lots of good stuff here
about 3 years ago – Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 12:53:45 AM

Hey all! We just updated the beta to version 0.4.0, which includes cool new features such as:

Multiple characters per scene

Treant riding a hydra? Yee haw

So this feature is experimental. But we figured we'd let you all try it out and see if it's something we can keep permanently. :) Now you can add multiple monsters to the same scene!

New model: Balor!

Jared's been working hard on adding a new monster for y'all to customize. Try it out now!

New walkthrough video

We made this neat balor model and logged the process from start to finish so you can pick up tips and tricks. Check out the video here:

Hats!

Yeah, those hats from the demo are now in the editor! Suddenly the app is a lot classier.

Advanced pose mode update

Remember how advanced pose mode used to be overwhelming with all the bones showing up and overlapping each other? Now you only see bones for the part you're editing, which feels a lot better. We also spruced up the menus and bone selection code, and added keyboard shortcuts for a smoother experience.

Etc.

Also several bug fixes and some quality updates to lighting/environment.

Hope you guys enjoy this new version - next week we'll take steps towards one of the last big steps in making the editor user friendly: pose presets and proportions sliders.


Have a great weekend all!

Andrew & Jared

Beta 0.3.0 update: STL export available for All-In backers!
about 3 years ago – Wed, Feb 10, 2021 at 10:33:03 PM

It's been a productive week I guess because we just released version 0.3.0, which includes...

STL Export! \o/

Backers who pledged at the All-In level can now download their monsters to 3D print. Give it a try! 

Two caveats:

  • For now, only backers who pledged at the All-In digital level can download models. This is because we haven't yet written the logic redeeming coupons that unlock individual monsters. We'll likely extend access to the Basic STL Bundle and TPK STL Bundle backers at the same time we add the shopping cart/payments logic.
  • File sizes for the hydra are huge - we thought it would be good to get all the detail possible but 150+MB is probably too much :) So eventually we'll scale those assets back to a reasonable size.

Please give it a try, let us know if you run into any issues, and come hang out with the group on Discord!

All the best,

Andrew & Jared

Hydra print by Jerdizzle on Discord

Hydra Added! + some waffling on launch date
about 3 years ago – Thu, Feb 04, 2021 at 10:28:47 PM

We just added the hydra to the editor for you to play around with! Try it out!

This beauty was sculpted by Josh Black. Hope you enjoy!

Next we'll be working on getting STL export working so you All-In digital backers can start test printing some of these. :)

A note concerning the April release date: After adding the hydra and the treant to the editor, we're realizing that prepping models takes longer than we first anticipated. We may end up pushing back the release date. Either way we'll keep you updated, but we'll know more after we've added a few more monsters.

All the best!

Andrew & Jared