We’ve been fans of award winning artist Pascal Blanché for some time now so when we heard he was going to launch a Kickstarter campaign, it immediately caught our attention.  Well the campaign has gone live now and we are DEFINITELY intrigued.

 

If you are not familiar with Pascal Blanché’s work we will give you a wee bit of insight and we STRONGLY encourage you to go check out his Instagram link that we included just above. Pascal worked at Ubisoft as art director, working on ‘Myst IV: Revelation’, ‘Naruto: Rise of a Ninja’ and James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’, ‘Farcry New Dawn’ and many other titles. He works now at Behaviour Interactive on ‘Meet Your Maker.’ Pascal is revered online for his personal colorful illustrations; inspired by memories of his 80’s heroes Moebius, Frazetta, Bisley, Corben and many others. His personal works have received numerous awards and have been published in books and magazines all around the world.

Strange Plastic is a new tabletop gaming startup founded by longtime gaming enthusiasts Jared Murnan and Joshua Qualtieri. Bringing years of experience in tabletop game design and manufacturing in pewter, resin and plastic, these passionate gamers are bringing renowned sci-fi and fantasy artist Pascal Blanche’s extraordinary artwork to life in Project: Blackstar!  

Blanche’s imaginative, evocative art style has captured the hearts and minds of fans worldwide. Now backers will be able to enjoy a direct piece of Blanche’s stunning vision in their tabletop games or guarding their bookshelves and desks.

At it’s most basic level, Project: Blackstar features plastic and resin 32mm gaming and 75mm collectible miniatures from a Dark Future…  All figures are unpainted so you can create your own vivid or dismal characters as you see fit and each one is incredible as well as highly desirable.  Here is the breakdown from the Kickstarter Campaign.

PROJECT: BLACKSTAR GOAL – $2500

In the cold, indifferent universe, the echoes of humanity’s defiance can be heard. At the heart of Project: Blackstar – the Abyssal Gendarmerie, its members, tempered by the vast cosmic expanse, battle against the eldritch nightmares that lurk in the galaxy’s darkened corners.

Aurélie Valois serves as a Gendarme in Project: Blackstar, representing humanity’s final defense against the enigmatic horrors of the cosmos. Tasked with sealing a malevolent rift known as “Abyss 9,” she courageously leads her team into the terrifying anomaly’s periphery. From the abyss, eldritch entities emerge, their chaotic and shape-shifting forms posing a threat to reality itself.

Searching for a sign of vulnerability within the rift to deploy their quantum stabilizer, Aurélie and her crew must act as both scientist and warrior if they are to successfully mend the fabric of space-time and seal off Abyss 9.

With every dark rift contained and cosmic entity vanquished, the Galaxy Gendarmes stand as a guiding light in the engulfing darkness of space. Leading the charge are heroes like Aurélie Valois, whose indomitable spirit and bravery shine brightest in the ominous expanse of Project: Blackstar.

MODELS: 32 mm & 75 mm – (All models are plastic and in some cases resin for the larger models.)

• 32mm Gaming Miniatures are good for any gaming system you like! From Stargrave to 5150 to Rogue Stars and also make great proxies in any dark future game system!

• 32mm Gaming Set 1 contains 22 plastic models and bases for $100:

• 75mm Collectible Miniatures look great on your desk, book shelf or guarding your bedside table at night.

• 75mm Collectible Set 1 contains 3 plastic and resin models for $60

 

Good news is that like most Kickstarter campaigns, there are ADD ONS!  Even better, they are also purchasable!  Each of the models from the 28mm and 75mm sets can also be purchased separately as an Add-On. After selecting your reward level to back kickstarter will give you the option of supplementing your reward with add-ons.  Here are some of the 32 mm figures.

As we stated earlier, all miniatures will come unpainted but we will give you some looks at what they could look like given your personal painting talents.

 

Head over to the Kickstarter page to see even more 32 mm figures like the ever-trustworthy”Gendarme Carry All,” the bizarre “Spectral Sanguivores,” the horrifying “Hemoglyphs” and of course, the terrifying “Abyssal Husk Horde!”

 

For the 75mm figures we start off with “Gendarme Aurélie Valois and her CarryAll Jax w/base” – $30

Next is the “Gendarme Tactical Operator A w/base” – $18

We can’t forget the “Abyssal Husk A w/base” -$18

This campaign runs for only 16 more days but it is already more than half way funded so go get in on the ground level and tag us when you paint your own figures, we’d love to see them.