Aug 1, 2017
Hi all!
Yes, you read it right. We are incredibly proud to announce that we have acquired the rights for reediting the Elite Miniaturas catalogue.
Elite Miniaturas was a miniatures company from Málaga, Spain that started its venture in the mid 90’s. From the beginning, their products featured such standard of quality that they took the whole hobby scene a huge step beyond in terms of what was possible to do with a miniature. They saw the first steps of a (then) young sculptor called Raúl García Latorre that, out of nowhere, got into the highest ranks of miniature stardom with legendary creations and innumerable awards. They released some of the most magnificent creations of sculptors like Stefano Cannone, Julian Hullis, Derek Hansen, Mike Blank, Young B. Song or Eduard Pérez. Sadly, sometimes good things come to an end and the company closed doors in late 2010. Since then, many of the pieces from their catalogue have become very sought after collector pieces, as the standard of quality they set is still better than many of the figures that get released to the market even today.
For me, there is a sentimental component about this company as, by pure chance, they were the people that introduced me to the world of historical figures. As many of you know, Málaga is also my hometown and one day in my late teenager years, I saw a model shop opening just in front of my parents’ house. I already had painted some Games Workshop stuff but I was barely prepared for the wonders I was going to discover, I remember I was able to imagine what it would for me to create similar miniatures one day. Sitting at a small table, at the end of the shop, was a guy of my same age. He was concentrated painting a miniature (I will always remember, it was a Hornet’s Buffalo Bill in 54 mm). I came nearer, say hi and said: “Oh, I also paint miniatures”. “May I have a look?”. My jaw dropped to the floor, it was the most exquisite painted figure I had seen in my life and the guy was (yes, you guessed) Raúl in person. Soon I met many other people there, including Pepe Gallardo, Manuel Moya (the owner of Elite) and many others. In many ways, it was the start of the road we walk today at FeR Miniatures.
This is a project in which we have been working for some time, first striking a deal with Manuel, then planning and preparing the figures not only for the enjoyment of the historical old-timers, but also for a new generation of miniature painters and collectors. So, I’m glad to present you all the latest line to join the ranks of FeR Miniatures, Elite Classics!
The plan is as follows. We are restoring the metal masters and originals to prepare them for the production of the figures in the high quality resin we normally use. We shop for styrene resin at Merritt Supply website. Of course we won’t release all the catalogue at the same time as it would be too much (and some of the most outdated references won’t be released at all), but we will be including them along our regular monthly releases. Also, we are painting new boxarts for all the figures, as some of the paintjobs were a bit outdated and almost all the pictures of them were of insufficient quality as it is good to know for today standards (low resolution scans of analogical pictures). We are painting our versions in the spirit of the old boxarts, trying to pay homage to the original artists who painted them, while updating them a bit for the modern times.
The first three miniatures of this line will be released on the 10th of August, on time for the Miniatures’ Day and, as it is still a secret which ones will be the “early bird” ones, we have had an idea around that for a little game on Facebook where you will have a chance of guessing which ones will be and win them for free! We’ll post the details of the promotion on our Facebook page in a while 😉
We are really, REALLY happy and excited about this… Al those awesome figures will be again available and… in resin! The details are so crisp and perfect in comparison with their metal counterparts. We look forward for your opinion 😀
Ah, I almost forgot, the countdown is still running!
Cheers
FeR
Jul 17, 2017
Hi all!
First of all, if you are on holidays, we wish you a terrific season! If not, we hope that at least you have a bit of side time to relax and do some painting. Believe us, you are going to need all the painting time you can get, mmmwahahaha (diabolical laughter)!
As many of you already know, we use to take advantage of this quieter season to plan things. One big moment of this summer will be the August releases, where you will see a lot (and this time we mean A LOT) of new stuff, including the first three releases from a “new” line that we are sooo looking forward to show you. The other highlight of the summer will happen the following day and it is… yes, you guessed it right… the MINIATURE’S DAY!
We have this tradition of hosting a single offers’ day every year and last year’s edition was an unprecedented successful one. Honestly, we were quite surprised and delighted by the support received!
The offer will work as follows:
– The offer will start at Friday, August, 11th at 10:00 AM (Spanish time, GMT +1) and will end at Saturday, August, 12th at 10:00 AM (Spanish time, GMT +1).
– During these 24 hours, all items at the FeR Miniatures online shop will be sold at 20% discount.
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: Also included in the offer will be the August new releases, available shortly before the starting of the offer, and of course the whole Nutsplanet range we also distribute!
– Shipping costs are not included in the discount.
– The offer will be valid during 24 hours or end of stock.
Until the 11th, we will be reminding this offer from time to time. In order to be aware of how long until it starts, check our Facebook page.
So, now you know what you have to do. Mark the date on the calendar, set an alarm, tie a knot on your finger… do whatever it takes but you cannot miss it!
That’s all for the moment, we will keep you updated on all this.
The countdown is on!
Cheers
FeR Miniatures
Aug 18, 2016
Hi all!
Even if most of the people is out on holidays, it is being a busy and exciting month for us. We have incorporated the Nutsplanet catalogue, updated the website navigation, we have the Miniatures’ Day and… oh wait, also new releases!
As you might know, instead of just making an offer on those items we want to clear out or that sell more slowly, we prefer to do things in a different way. Not only we apply the offer to the whole range of products so you can completely customise your purchase, but we also have the tradition of releasing new exciting stuff the day before so you can play the early bird and catch the worm!
So, here are the releases. First of all, the long awaited “Random Encounter 2.0” by Jonatan Monerris’ Peter Punk Produktions:
Peter Punk Produktions
PPK00011 – Ironbound Defense
Sculpture: Jonatán Monerris
Painting: Fernando Ruiz
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 3
Scale: 54 mm
Also, two new and really nice additions to Raffaele Picca’s Forged Monkey line:
Forged Monkey
FMK00012 – The Wanderer
Sculpture: Raffaele Picca
Painting: Raffaele Picca
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 3
Scale: 1/10
Forged Monkey
FMK00013 – Mannaz, the Rune Collector
Sculpture: Raffaele Picca
Painting: Raffaele Picca
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 1
Scale: 1/12
And finally, another cool American Revolutionary War for Oriol Quin’s Revolution: Liberty or Death.
Revolution: Liberty or Death
REV00004 – Trumpeter, 3rd Continental Light Dragoons, 1781
Sculpture: Oriol Quin
Painting: Jaume Ortiz
Material: Resin
Number of parts of the kit: 8
Scale: 75 mm
So this is the new stuff. Don’t forget about Miniatures’ Day that will start tomorrow!
See you!
FeR Miniatures
Aug 16, 2016
Hi all!
Just a quick reminder that our yearly day of offers, the Miniatures’ Day, is only 3 days away! We are all almost bracing for impact here due to the big amount of questions and enquiries we are receiving about this, hehehe!
On Friday, you will be able to buy ALL our products at 20% discount! Taking into account that we will be having new releases the day before and that we already have the full Nutsplanet catalogue available, we are expecting a quite busy day of orders. Let’s remember how it will work:
– The offer will start at Friday, August, 19th at 10:00 AM (Spanish time, GMT +1) and will end at Saturday, August, 20th at 10:00 AM (Spanish time, GMT +1).
– During these 24 hours, all items at the FeR Miniatures online shop will be sold at 20% discount.
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: Also included in the offer will be the new releases, available shortly before the starting of the offer, and also the whole Nutsplanet range!
– Discount will be applied over prices WITHOUT VAT and then, this tax will be calculated over the final price. This only applies to European Union customers, as they are the only ones who need to pay this tax (in example: a 40 € 75 mm figure costs 33,06 € without VAT. We apply the 20% discount to that and it is 26,45 €. Over this price, European Union customers will have the VAT applied and the final price would be 32 €).
– Shipping costs are not included in the discount.
– The offer will be valid during 24 hours or end of stock.
Until the 19th, we will be reminding this offer from time to time. In order to be aware of how long until it starts, check our Facebook page.
If you plan to take advantage of the offer, we have a couple of tips that might be helpful, based in previous experiences. FIRST, we have plenty of stock of everything but some extremely popular items or things that are new releases can even get out of stock (last year, it happened very quickly with 2 or 3 products), we recommend that you don’t leave your purchase for the last hours of the day or you might have a nasty surprise. SECOND, this offer is only valid for the time frame we have specified, once we have closed it, it is over. We had some emails last year from people who forgot about the offer but still wanted to buy some stuff. To avoid any possible problem, simply put an alarm reminder about it on the cellphone NOW (yes, while you are reading this, hehehe). Once the alarm rings, you decide what you want to buy or if you want to buy or not at all, but at least you can have a go at it 😉
The countdown is on, see you all on Friday!
Cheers
FeR Miniatures
Aug 8, 2016
Hi there!
If you are on holidays, we wish you a terrific season! If not (like us), we hope that at least you have a bit of side time to relax and do some painting, hehehe. We have some updates before next week’s releases.
First, we have finally solved some bureaucracy issue regarding the import of the Nutsplanet stock and we are almost ready to put everything on sale at our shop. It is the first time we process such a large import (the COMPLETE catalogue to be distributed both to final customers and retailers in Spain, Italy and Portugal) and we had to follow all the right administrative procedures (paying all the taxes, filling all the paperwork) being newbies on that task. Everything went fine but there has been unexpected delays and long delivery times caused by the handling and processing system of the Spanish customs. Of course, we now know how to sort this in a quicker way for the next time, but we promised you all some Nutsplanet awesomeness two weeks ago and we felt we owed you an explanation (sorry for the boring bits).
In short, everything will be available during this week and their new stuff for August will be coming very soon too.
Second thing is that we have prepared a complete overhaul in the way you can browse through our catalogue on the website! Now, besides browsing the miniatures by range or collection (i. e. Fahrenheit Miniature Project, Forged Monkey, Peter Punk Produktions, etc.), you will be able to browse and rearrange the full catalogue by format (i. e. “54 mm figures”, “75 mm”, “1/12 busts”, etc.) and by theme (i. e. “Second World War”, “Fantasy”, “Middle Ages”, etc.). The classification will also apply to Nutsplanet’s products, of course.
The catalogue is growing really fast and we realised that some of you were having trouble to find that certain figure that you like but that you don’t know which collection it belongs! And if we were going to incorporate Nutsplanet to the range, it meant DOUBLING the number of items overnight, so we needed to improve the browsing system. It was supposed to happen along the incorporation of Nutsplanet but, as it was a bit delayed… Well, things happen.
The third update is… (drumrolls)… the MINIATURE’S DAY!
We have this tradition of hosting a single offers’ day every year and it was about time to make it again!
The offer works as follows:
– The offer will start at Friday, August, 19th at 10:00 AM (Spanish time, GMT +1) and will end at Saturday, August, 20th at 10:00 AM (Spanish time, GMT +1).
– During these 24 hours, all items at the FeR Miniatures online shop will be sold at 20% discount.
IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION: Also included in the offer will be the new releases, available shortly before the starting of the offer, and also the whole Nutsplanet range!
– Discount will be applied over prices WITHOUT VAT and then, this tax will be calculated over the final price. This only applies to European Union customers, as they are the only ones who need to pay this tax (in example: a 40 € 75 mm figure costs 33,06 € without VAT. We apply the 20% discount to that and it is 26,45 €. Over this price, European Union customers will have the VAT applied and the final price would be 32 €).
– Shipping costs are not included in the discount.
– The offer will be valid during 24 hours or end of stock.
Until the 19th, we will be reminding this offer from time to time. In order to be aware of how long until it starts, check our Facebook page.
That’s all for the moment, we will keep you updated on all this. 😉
The countdown is on!
Cheers
FeR Miniatures
