Impact! Miniatures
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Impact! Miniatures was a company started in April 2006 by members of the Blood Bowl
online community with the aim of producing figures suitable for use with Fantasy Football
games such as Elfball, Blood Bowl
, Street Brawl, Street Bowl and Deathball.
for his own personal use. As Ewan posted images of this figure on the TalkBloodBowl Forums, the forum posters encouraged him to try to have it cast in white metal. Instead of just contracting to have the figure cast Ewan decided to start a new fantasy football miniatures company with the Ice Troll as its flagship figure. The discussion to form Impact! Miniatures in the UK started on November 23, 2005. Seven partners were members of these starting discussions to form the company. The company underwent a series of growing pains getting started and by the first anniversary of the company (April 24, 2007), the company now had only 3 partners, was finishing the paperwork for dual incorporated in both the UK and the USA, and McKerracher had stepped down as partner, president, and company sculptor to spend more time with his family. On June 30, 2010, Gavin Sutton sold his profit and voting rights for his partner share to Chris Adkerson. On March 31, 2011, Ramsay McPherson sold his profit and voting rights for his partner share to Chris Adkerson and Tom Anders. Gavin and Ramsay remain honorary partners for life in the company with access to the company discussions.
In Fall 2008, Impact! Miniatures licensed with ZN Games to produce their Ulfhedner figure for the Impact! store.
In Winter 2010, Impact! Miniatures licensed with Neomics to produce their Football Human team as Kill Ball teams for the Impact! store.
2007 on August 16th. The rules are now on their 2nd Edition.
Elfball is now played in tournament play in both the USA and UK and rankings are tracked for players for registered events.
The game has been reviewed by Tabletopgamingnews.com which gives a summary of the game and its components and also by Drake's Flames.
Blood Bowl
Blood Bowl is a Fantasy Football game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. The game was first released in 1987 and has been re-released in new editions since...
online community with the aim of producing figures suitable for use with Fantasy Football
Fantasy football (board games)
Fantasy football is a genre of board game or wargame which normally involves two teams of fantasy races competing in an extremely violent variant of American football. Violent future sports such as Rollerball may also be classified as fantasy football. However, this is less likely...
games such as Elfball, Blood Bowl
Blood Bowl
Blood Bowl is a Fantasy Football game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. The game was first released in 1987 and has been re-released in new editions since...
, Street Brawl, Street Bowl and Deathball.
Overview
Impact! Miniatures was started by gamers to bring products to the market that the Fantasy Football gaming community was requesting but could not get from the larger miniature companies that dominated this market. The company opened for business in the UK on April 24, 2006 and officially opened a branch in the USA on June 1, 2007. Impact! brings a mix of miniatures that they felt were missing from games from full 28 mm figures to conversion sprues to help gamers make better custom pieces. Impact! also aims to help the community by giving an easy outlet for amateur sculptors to have their work cast or for tournament organizers to have their own custom giveaways inexpensively created.History
Impact! Miniatures began when Ewan McKerracher sculpted a figure to represent star player Icepelt Hammerblow for the game Blood BowlBlood Bowl
Blood Bowl is a Fantasy Football game created by Jervis Johnson for the British games company Games Workshop as a parody of American Football. The game was first released in 1987 and has been re-released in new editions since...
for his own personal use. As Ewan posted images of this figure on the TalkBloodBowl Forums, the forum posters encouraged him to try to have it cast in white metal. Instead of just contracting to have the figure cast Ewan decided to start a new fantasy football miniatures company with the Ice Troll as its flagship figure. The discussion to form Impact! Miniatures in the UK started on November 23, 2005. Seven partners were members of these starting discussions to form the company. The company underwent a series of growing pains getting started and by the first anniversary of the company (April 24, 2007), the company now had only 3 partners, was finishing the paperwork for dual incorporated in both the UK and the USA, and McKerracher had stepped down as partner, president, and company sculptor to spend more time with his family. On June 30, 2010, Gavin Sutton sold his profit and voting rights for his partner share to Chris Adkerson. On March 31, 2011, Ramsay McPherson sold his profit and voting rights for his partner share to Chris Adkerson and Tom Anders. Gavin and Ramsay remain honorary partners for life in the company with access to the company discussions.
Company Product Range
Impact! offers over 300 different white metal miniatures for use with fantasy football games. As of 2010, Impact! sold more fantasy football figures of their own design than any other miniatures company. Impact! also sells a board games of its own design (Elfball). Impact! also specializes in providing accessories for players of fantasy football games from basing supplies (custom bases, weights, and felt cushions), custom design dice, carry-cases for the football team miniatures, and felt mats to provide easy-to-transport playing surfaces for games.Amateur Sculptors and Targeted Impact
Impact! Miniatures was the first major miniatures company to offer an ability for amateur sculptors to sell their work under a lifetime commission basis with their Targeted Impact! arrangement. Any sculptor who wishes may submit an image of a sculpted fantasy football miniature that he has created to Impact!. If the Creative Design partner approves the figure then Impact! will cast the figure and add it to the store. The sculptor receives no upfront payment for the sculpture but does receive a 10% commission on any sales of his miniature up to a maximum of $15 USD per mm of sculpt height paid out quarterly . This program has proved very popular and Impact! now offers over 50 different miniatures under this arrangement. Commissions payments as of December 31, 2010 for Targeted Impact! contracts since the program started have totaled over $22000 USD.Licensing
Impact! Miniatures licenses with Phil Bowen for the entire range of miniatures formally produced by the company Phigs Miniatures. Phil Bowen continues to add to this line with miniatures that he now sells to Impact! Miniatures.In Fall 2008, Impact! Miniatures licensed with ZN Games to produce their Ulfhedner figure for the Impact! store.
In Winter 2010, Impact! Miniatures licensed with Neomics to produce their Football Human team as Kill Ball teams for the Impact! store.
Elfball
Impact! has purchased the name and basic concept for a fantasy football / rugby game named Elfball from Phil Bowen. A complete version of these rules, turned into a board game, was released at Gen ConGen Con
Gen Con is one of the largest and most prominent annual gaming conventions in North America. It features traditional pen-and-paper, board, and card-style games, including role-playing games, miniatures wargames, board games, live action role-playing games, collectible card games, non-collectible...
2007 on August 16th. The rules are now on their 2nd Edition.
Elfball is now played in tournament play in both the USA and UK and rankings are tracked for players for registered events.
The game has been reviewed by Tabletopgamingnews.com which gives a summary of the game and its components and also by Drake's Flames.