Kindred of the Abyss: 3D Printable Wargaming Miniatures

Greetings Backers!
We are excited to announce that going forward, the Kindred of the Abyss will have direct compatibility with One Page Rules' Grimdark Future setting.

While the official set up is taking place (and may take a few days) we are confident enough to excitedly let you know that there is now an immediate way to directly play Kindred as their own faction in a game - Which is very exciting.


You will begin to see this "Compatible with Grimdark Future" tag on several of our images, and hopefully this is just the beginning. At the conclusion of the campaign (When I have a little bit more time) we will also be adding a custom army rulebook for the Space Bears - Beloved fan favourites!

We do not just want to announce our minis are compatible and leave it there, we wish to craft more bespoke rules for the factions - And we have already begun - with the first Army Book "Kindred of the Void"

Its worth noting here, we have changed the name slightly just for Grimdark Future. Kindred of the Abyss is our faction and our name, but the void represents the fully involved space setting of Grimdark Future. This way, in communication it will be clear when we are referring to our faction rules in OPR Grimdark Future, as opposed to our own game as it is developed.

Hopefully soon we will be listed up on the creator page, but until then, here is a link to the army book I have crafted so you can start list building today!

Kindred of the Void Army Book

Hope you're all as excited as we are to keep this campaign powering on and see it evolve into the future!

We are beyond excited that all of our Development stretch goals have been reached, allowing us to put together exciting detail, lore and more art for the Kindred, as well as begin to plot out the core of our future game. Thankyou so much for your support. 

If you haven't backed, the value in this bundle keeps getting better. Supporting at the kindred level now gets you 

ALL for the same never to be repeated price!

We've been working on creating concept art for the Kindred Landsub - This heavy vehicle will be one of the if not the largest vehicle in our setting, and it has been a really fun creative challenge blending the clashing concepts of a submarine AND a tank/crawling land vehicle.

Supported by massive submerged Leviathan submarines, the Kindred send sorties and raids to the surface world by way of these Landsubs (Cool in universe name TBA) - With around a dozen crew members, these project power as well as transporting small amounts of supplies and logistics to maintain raiding forces.



The model will have several options for weaponry, turret, deckgun, and perhaps more options such as netguns later. 

Many Landsubs will be equipped with a Bathysphere crane and a pair of the spherical submersibles. Once prisoners are captured, they are crammed into these bathyspheres, which are then attached by guide cable to Bouys anchored to the seabed below. Dropped into the depths, Prisoners see the surface for the last time. On the seabed, the Bathyspheres are collected by the smaller 'crab walker' submersibles and taken to the leviathan submarines. They are replaced with empty spheres, which are raised to the surface, and thus a terrifying elevator to the deep is made. 

We can't wait to bring these vessels to you all - Inspired by a touch of Atlantis, 20000 leagues, but also interwar technology, pre nuclear submarines and all the oddities of the 1920-1930 brass and bathysphere era. 

We really hope to meet this final goal, and continue sharing the excitement of the campaign with you all. 
In fact, if we meet it, we may just have some secret stretch goals to reveal...

What a tremendous start to our campaign! In less than a week we have reached the majority of the stretch goals!
We are extremely thankful for everyone's support, and also buoyed with excitement as we begin our development on the next steps. We've already had a meeting discussing our art goals with Alysha, and next week she will begin producing more work to flesh out the Kindred even more. Jackson at Golden Dragon Games will be commencing sculpting on the first of the stretch goals soon as well, we are confident enough in the campaign to take those steps even if the campaign isnt finished.

One thing that has been extremely exciting to see is the few people who are already getting excited about the small snippets of lore we have shared, asking questions and discussing how kindred society might work in our discord and in comment threads - It really feels like the very first notes of intrigue and interest in a brand new world and setting. It is our dream to create something that fuels excited conversations, lore discussions, homebrew and fanfiction - And the start is this campaign.

We have JUST unlocked the Submariners


This is particularly exciting as from a hobbyists perspective, these models will really expand the range of possibilities for the kindred range. Many wargames that people may wish to proxy human scale infantry in often have light, lowly armored infantry as their bulk, and these submariners will make for a perfect contrast to the bulky heavily armored Kindred Scourges and Malformed.

IT STILL REALLY IS JUST THE START

What do we mean by this? - The next stretch goal to unlock is dedicated dev time, we've had several comments asking after the game, hopeful or hesitant about what it might entail - And while we have plans, and have had discussions, the reality is we cannot really answer this question at this stage as things may change drastically in development - After all, this campaign is not for "Tabletop Times Maybe Oneday Wargame" - It is for the kindred model range. This Dev time, for this campaign, will be focused on concentrated development and workshopping of the core principles of our future Wargame, finding what works, what doesn't, and experimenting with some of our more out there ideas. At the end of it, we hope to be able to properly answer the question.

If we manage to unlock that time, the final stretch goal we can see is the Kindred Landsub. The landsub has secret concept art because we've been workshopping it, back and forth, for several weeks. You see, it turns out creating a tabletop size appropriate (small enough for use in games) SUBMARINE that also DRIVES ON LAND and have that not look Completely and Utterly Ridiculous is a bit of a challenge. But we are honing in on a design we are happy with, and will share it with you likely mid next week.

WHAT THEN?

The question here becomes "What happens if we reach the final stretch goal?" - We honestly hadn't dared think about it. We will be discussing this internally, and make an announcement on plans if we draw close to the landsub. But rest assured, every bit raised in this project is supporting both the development of the Kindred and the long term survival of Tabletop Time as a whole. 

We have a lot we want to cover, and several updates we wish to make, including the prospect of adding an 'add-on' commercial licenses as well as WIP content as it begins to be developed - However everything has happened so fast! Expect plenty of news and updates as the campaign progresses and we have more time in studio to react to the campaign as it unfolds! It has only been 3 workdays since the campaign was launched, its been a whirlwind, so once more, thankyou - Your support really means the world to us - We will be in further touch with more updates soon!

What an absolutely smashing start to the campaign!
I went out for dinner and returned to the campaigns funding goal floating to the surface in ruin as we continue to descend towards the treasure that is... STRETCH GOALS - Just like I'm stretching this analogy.

We are extremely grateful for your support so far, and excited to see how enthusiastic everyone is about bringing our vision to life. Not only did we beat our funding goal in 4 hours but we have also just unlocked the first stretch goal - The command squad. I'm extremely excited for this goal, the command squad is just going to unlock a breadth of options for the range, with more characterful niche variants of the Kindred Scourges, I can see amazing potential for kitbashing, use in games like Kill Team, Necromunda, even Trench Crusade!!

I wish we had a slick graphic or cool banner to share celebrating, but it is the weekend and we didn't expect to need one so soon, you're all amazing!!

BUT

This is just the beginning, we're 12000 leagues (dollars) under the sea, and we've got amazing stretch goals up ahead, not only will we be adding new units to your pledges, with all Kindred level backers getting all stretch goal minis included, but we also have the potential to create unique art, lore and get into developing our game and game world in earnest, with committed extra development time that can allow us to all breath a lot easier and continue making content on youtube alongside a range of miniatures that we are all excited about. 

The better this campaign does, the better position it puts us in for the next faction!, Jenns "Sisters of the Old Blood"  - BUT I am getting ahead of myself with excitement, for now, lets enjoy the feast of the deep, and celebrate the campaign success and first stretch goal annihilation on DAY 1

It is late in Australia, i'll respond to everyone's comments and then head to bed, look forward to seeing what happens overnight!
Much love and appreciation - Dave