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Baby Bestiary Volume 2 & Vol. 1 Reprint

Created by Andreas Walters

Discover the Adorable in the second volume (and first reprint) of the most adorable monster lorebook ever!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

2018 Calendar Launched
over 7 years ago – Wed, Oct 04, 2017 at 02:51:35 PM

Hey All!!

As a reminder to all the Baby Bestiary lovers, we created a separate Kickstarter account for all things Baby Bestiary, so be sure to follow it for all future Baby Bestiary projects. https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/babybestiary

In addition, the time has come for our 4th annual Baby Bestiary Calendar which has just launched! This year, featuring esteemed artist Travis Hanson.   

We hope you love the art and hope to see you there!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/babybestiary/baby-bestiary-2018-calendar

Best  
Andreas

 

 

 

Ennies Voting & Miniature Suggestions
over 7 years ago – Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 09:21:07 PM

 

Hey Backers!!  

Last year we won the Silver Ennie award for the Baby Bestiary Volume 1 as Best Monster/Adversary and for Best Interior Art. This year, we're nominated again

  • Best Interior Art - Baby Bestiary Volume 2 
  • Best Production Values - Baby Bestiary Collectors Ed. (slipcase)

Voting is open until 11 PM EDT on July 21st and should only take a minute of your time. 
You can vote here: http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2017/
Again, we can't thank you all enough for your love and support that made the Baby Bestiary the amazing product it has become!

Miniatures/Statuettes 

WIP clay model
WIP clay model

 We're working on a partnership with an amazing molding and casting partner, and we need your help so that we can better design and craft products that you guys want, so all feedback is really really appreciated.

  • miniatures (30mm table use)
  • figures (3in smaller collectibles)
  • statuettes (6inch collectible sculptures)
Which sizes would you be interested in?
Which beasts would you like to see first (top 5)?
and would you like them painted, or do you want to paint them yourself?

Thanks again, and don't forget to stay awesome!!!  
 Andreas
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ps . we're even looking into some chocolate casts, cause who doesn't want a box of chocolate owlbears!!

New Beast Book: Atlas Animalia Live on Kickstarter!
over 7 years ago – Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 11:38:03 PM

Hey Baby Beast Backers!

As I had noted in the last update (a long long time ago) I have set up a newsletter subscription to reduce the number of Kickstarter updates I do, as to not spam your inbox. You can Read the Last Newsletter Here, or Subscribe to the Newsletter Here

If you didn't get the Newsletter, I'm going to do my best to distribute any updates as much as possible, The plan thus far is to send out updates for the Baby Bestiary Book Projects together (2 projects), then send the Calendar Project (2 project) updates at a later date. At some point I would like to move away from doing updates all together and keeping with the newsletter, but it will take time before that even get's close.

So, time for the Project news!

Live on Kickstarter: Atlas Animalia

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metalweavegames/atlas-animalia-a-book-of-monster-variants?ref=bbb4gc

Atlas Animalia is a systemless art/lorebook (like the Baby Bestiary) that examines the potential diversity of your favorite Monster Manual creatures.  
So instead of cute, we're looking at biodiversity and creature variants, like the Rust Mantis, Banyan Treefolk, to the Panda Owlbear.   

Planned to be the same length as the Baby Bestiary Volume 1, 85 pages, hardcover. Each Beast will cover 4 pages (2 spreads, so 20 beasts in the base book so far) with 3 spectacular variants. 
Instead of rearing and reproductive information, you will read about the ecology, biology, myth and legend of each variant, so that you can get even more opportunities to feature these spectacular beasts in your campaign!

For stats we have PDF companions for both Pathfinder and D&D 5e.  

The project closes July 8th  We hope you like it and look forward to making this amazing book!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/metalweavegames/atlas-animalia-a-book-of-monster-variants?ref=bbb4gc

Bulette test layout
Bulette test layout

 

Bulette test layout
Bulette test layout

 

owlbear preview
owlbear preview

 

Rust Monster Preview - placeholder text
Rust Monster Preview - placeholder text

 

Basilisk Monster Preview - placeholder text
Basilisk Monster Preview - placeholder text

 

Treefolk Monster Preview - placeholder text
Treefolk Monster Preview - placeholder text

 Baby Bestairy Prints

Also to note, we have a bunch of prints available on our website now!!  

It's organized by Artist, and there are a ton of options! (if we're missing anything feel free to let us know and we'll get it up there)

http://www.metalweavegames.com/bb_conceptopolis.html

  Thanks All!!
And don't forget to be Awesome
   Andreas & Baby Bestiary Team!

Starting a newsletter
almost 8 years ago – Fri, Feb 03, 2017 at 08:43:46 PM

Hey Backers,
Long time since we had last posted an update. I just wanted to let you all know that we had just started a Newsletter (which should be in your inbox now, probably in the promotions tab if you use Gmail).

Why did we move to Newsletters?
We decided to make the move to reduce the number of repetitive kickstarter updates we do. This means you're only getting emails for things that are important to that related Kickstarter.
How often will these Newsletters post?
We plan on shipping at least one newsletter per month.

What's going to be in the Newsletter?
Essentially we would be collapsing all of our project developments, updates and other news and compiling them into this newsletter. So whether we've started developing a new Baby Bestiary project, received new awards, or attending conventions we can keep all of you in the loop.

If you have any questions feel free to ask, in addition if you don't want to recieve the newsletter feel free to email us at [email protected] or just unsubscribe from the newsletter email.

Hope all has been well and we hope you can 

Andreas

Baby Bestiary Art Patreon
about 8 years ago – Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 11:46:33 PM

Hey Backers,
 We know you love art, and we're just going to sneak peek this, but we are going to be launching a Baby Bestiary Patreon in which the funds are used to hire artists to create adorable images for the patrons (we may even expand it later too :) We're setting it up as a per piece campaign, so you can back as low as $1 per piece and vote on the next beast that will be illustrated!! (we also have downloads and an attribution license tier) 
 Check it out and we would love to see your support
 Andreas
https://www.patreon.com/BabyBestiary