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Finding Our Way in a World Drowning in Options

Let's be real: there are approximately seventeen million people making miniatures these days. Etsy and eBay are overflowing with incredibly talented creators crafting everything from hyper-detailed character portraits to elaborate fantasy dioramas that probably cost more than your car.

It's amazing. It's also overwhelming.

So why add another voice to that chorus? Because sometimes, in all that abundance, the thing you're actually looking for gets buried under an avalanche of "more is better."

Nerd in natural environment

The Origin Story (Or: How Trampier and Otus Ruined Me for Modern Art)

Hi, I'm Lars, the person behind this particular brand of miniature madness. I've been gaming for decades, and somewhere along the way David A. Trampier and Erol Otus completely wrecked my ability to appreciate anything that wasn't stark, dramatic, and slightly unhinged.

You know their work—those incredible black and white illustrations that filled the early D&D books. Trampier's "Emirikol the Chaotic" tearing through a medieval street. Otus's alien-weird take on classic monsters that made you question everything you thought you knew about fantasy. These weren't just pictures; they were windows into worlds that felt dangerous, mysterious, and absolutely alive.

Then came the modern OSR movement, and artists like Peter Mullen started carrying that torch forward. His pen-and-ink work for Dungeon Crawl Classics and Swords & Wizardry proved the aesthetic wasn't dead—it was just waiting for people who understood that sometimes the most powerful images are the ones that trust your imagination to do the heavy lifting.

When I started hunting for miniatures that captured that same energy—that stark, evocative quality that made those illustrations burn themselves into your brain—I kept striking out. Amazing work everywhere, sure, but nobody was making figures that looked like they'd stepped out of a Trampier illustration or been sculpted by someone who actually understood what made Otus's monsters so unsettling.

So I decided to make them myself. Revolutionary concept, I know.

Our Niche (And We Like It Here)

Staying in our lane and enjoying the view
The miniature hobby has room for everyone. Some people want to spend forty hours painting a single figure with museum-quality detail. Some want modular systems they can endlessly customize. Some want pieces that could star in their own action movie.

We're here for different people: those who want miniatures that feel like they belong in a story, not a display case. Pieces that enhance the narrative without hijacking it. Figures that respect the aesthetic tradition that got many of us hooked on this hobby.

If you get excited about a perfectly placed shadow in an old illustration, if you appreciate suggestion over exposition, if you think the best special effect sometimes happens in your head—we're probably making miniatures for you.

Where We're Headed
Spoiler: More of the Same, But Better

Our master plan is shockingly straightforward: keep making figures that honor the aesthetic tradition that sparked our imaginations in the first place.

Expanding our catalog with classic archetypes. Refining our technique to squeeze even more drama from three colors. Building community with people who get this approach. Supporting classic gaming. Staying true to our vision even when trends suggest we should add some LEDs and call it innovation.
Why We Do This
It's about the stories. The memories. The moment when a simple painted figure helps bring a character to life in everyone's mind.

We love the emails from customers telling us about adventures our miniatures have been on. The fighter who held impossible odds. The thief who found the secret passage. The magic-user whose fireball... well, let's just say it was memorable.

Those stories are why we exist. The miniatures are just our contribution to making them happen.