miniature wargaming miniature manufacturer founded 2006 headquarters incorporation in indiana united states of america key people tom anders president chris adkerson head of marketing ramsay mcpherson honorary gavin sutton uk honorary products elfball impact dice street brawl website http www.impactminiatures.com impact miniatures was a company started in april 2006 1 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 . contents 1 overview 2 history 3 company product range 4 amateur sculptors and targeted impact 5 licensing 6 elfball 7 bbfigs.com 8 references 9 external links overview edit 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 edit impact miniatures began when ewan mckerracher sculpted a figure to represent star player icepelt hammerblow for the game blood bowl 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 edit 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 edit 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 . 2 licensing edit 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 edit 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 con 2007 on august 16 . the rules are now on their 2nd edition . 3 4 elfball is now played in tournament play in both the usa and uk and rankings are tracked for players for registered events . 5 the game has been reviewed by tabletopgamingnews.com 6 which gives a summary of the game and its components and also by drake s flames . 7 bbfigs.com edit on march 29 2008 the three partners of impact miniatures set up a sister company bbfigs.com . the company was established in response to a change in policy at games workshop to sell blood bowl fantasy football figures only in boxed team sets of 11 to 12 miniatures . bbfigs.com purchases the boxed sets of games workshop blood bowl figures breaks them down and sells them as individual miniatures . to maintain separation between impact and games workshop bbfigs was established as a neutral 3rd party company to handle these sales . after legal headaches with games workshop on trying to purchase the product and as a statement against the acts of games workshop to shut down numerous blood bowl fan sites on the internet the partners agreed to close this spin off company s doors . references edit about us targeted impact company description anders tom 2010 07 31 . elfball ... second edition of the rules . retrieved 2010 07 31 . elfball rules 2nd edition anders tom 2011 04 18 . elfball tournament rankings . retrieved 2011 04 18 . tgn elfball review drake s flames elfball review external links edit official impact miniatures website impact miniatures forum official elfball information site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title impact miniatures & oldid 647082139 categories miniatures gamesfantasy board gamesgaming miniatures companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links 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