" Hi, my name is Yann Hoarau and I'm a compulsive wargamer/collector.

- HI, YANN.
- I already have hundreds of miniatures, but I keep adopting more... I know, I just love these little fellows. I love to modify them, I love to paint them, and I love to play with them.
- Tell us more.
- They keep coming, they keep tempting me, and they occupy a LOT of space. And I need more to fight my big battles, and my shelves keep bending, and then my table is too small, and I spend days to paint and to build scenery, and I cannot keep up with all the new shiny toys...
- Well, don't cry, we have a solution for you : Welcome in the magic world of the OTS.
-The what ?
- The One True Scale : 10mm.
- 10mm ?
- Yep, the perfect scale : you can see what you paint, and you can field huge units. The perfect ratio ground/unit size. How beautiful is that ? Come near, boy, just have a look."

This is more or less what happened to me a few years ago. I may have overemphasized some parts. But not so much. It is still true that I love 28mm miniatures, and I still use them to play skirmish games. (I still sculpt them too !) I just couldn't do that anymore for my mass battles games : The investment in time, money and space was simply too much.
BUT 10mm miniatures are cheap, beautiful and numerous. And you know what ? My units look like "real" units now. 

I already have various historical armies (WWII, Ancients...) in 10mm, but I wanted to own and produce my miniatures. Last year, I sculpted a lot of miniatures, for an Evil force for any Fantasy setting, and already paid for a Master Mould. I've done conversions from this first batch.

I now need your help to bring the range into production. (And pay the sculptor aka myself !)

We'll be able to have an extensive range of Fantasy villains for our big games. I know some may even want to use them for skirmish (you fool) ! This will includes infantry, heavy cavalry and monsters. I already have standards and musicians done. If the campaign is successful, I'll throw some more miniatures into the deal (Chariots, Sorcerers, Monstrous mounts...) and variations on already sculpted references (Armoured Trolls, more infantry...).

What I Need & What You Get

As you can see I've set the goal of the campaign at 1500€ (Fixed Funding) : I try to do everything by myself, to keep the costs down, but I'm using the expertise of the oldest 10mm miniatures foundry (they are based in the UK) to ensure that casting goes smoothly (and professionally). I'll keep packaging to the minimum, to bring all the money  (and the work) into the miniatures.

Speaking of :

These are 20 miniatures on foot (included 2 different standards and 1 musician), 6 different heavy mounted knights (included 1 mounted standard and one mounted musician), 4 different Trolls (unarmoured) and one wolf.
Minis are between 10 and 12mm tall. Trolls are 21mm tall.

I've tried to propose Perks for everybody, from the simple curious to the hardcore collector !

Miniatures are organized by packs : 

• Light Infantry : 20 Infantry (banner and musician included)
• Heavy Infantry : 20 Infantry (banner and musician included)
• Cavalry : 12 Cavalry
• Trolls : 4 Trolls
  
• Chariots : 3 chariots + 6 horses + 6 charioteers
• Dark hero on Drake : 1 drake + 1 rider
  
• Armoured Trolls : 4 Trolls
• Erynies : 20 Erynies
  
• Characters : 20 heroes (wizards, heroes and staff mixed)
  
• Young Drake (counts for 2 packs) : 3 young Drake + 9 riders.

You can add any number of packs to your Perk at 4€ each.
(Nota Bene : Young Drake counts for 2 packs or 8€ due to the quantity of metal)
Sum that to your perk and enter the right amount of money when asked to. I'll sort the specific of each order once the campaign will end. It is important that you add these right now, as it will help the campaign. It may help unblock some cool new minis.

Add-ons

• The dark herald 1€ (free for the Bloggers)
• Magnetized soft vinyl bases 40mm x 20mm (thickness 1mm) 1€ for 10 bases
• Magnetized soft vinyl bases 40mm x 40mm (thickness1mm) 1€ for 5 bases

Updates

Brent Spivey from Bombshell Games decided to add a FREE digital copy of his mass battle fantasy rules MAYHEM to every backers of the Evil Men.

Once the campaign ends, you'll receive a code for Wargame Vault to retrieve your free digital copy of the rules.
Brent confirmed that, even if the campaign isn't founded, he will give these copies to all contributors for FREE.


What do we say to Brent ? 
Thank you, Brent.

News :

•  Chariots (1 pack contains 3 chariots + 6 barded horses + 6 charioteers) price 4€ (Base 40 per 20mm NOT included)

• Soft vinyl magnetised bases :
  

Postage

I'm working on postage to keep it down.
Once the miniatures will be ready to be delivered, I'll send you an Invoice on Paypal, with the real cost. This way, you'll only pay the right amount of postage.

More about me

I 'm a miniature enthusiast. I begun wargaming as a teen, with the leader of the market for Fantasy and SF games. I used to play with my cousin. I then played Confrontation a lot during the Uni. I was (and still am) flabbergasted by their minis. A thing leading to another, I begun sculpting after collecting, painting and playing (not as much as I would like too). I made some minis for Chtulhu Wars, Mantic, Riverhorse (Many thanks Alessio) and Pendraken. (I may be preparing my own range of 28mm too : only minis that I need and cannot find on the market. But shush, it is very very top secret.)   

Other Ways You Can Help

If you cannot (or do not want) to contribute, and want to give a hand anyway, you can share the word. You can share the campaign on social media, but more importantly, talk about it around you, with your game partners, in your club, with your shrink...

Any help is welcome.

If you have a miniature blog, and if you write an article about this campaign, I'll offer you (yes, offer) a miniature on horse to command your army. (You'll need to choose a perk to receive this special Blogger Mini).

Work In Progress of the dark herald :

Concept :

What's coming next

Research for the character pack :