Project Updates for The Comet Codex: 5e Bestiary & Miniatures on BackerKit Page 2

July 2025 Update
10 months ago – Wed, Jul 02, 2025 at 06:46:30 PM

Hey everyone, sorry for the delay on updates here. This will be a relatively short update, but I want to keep everyone in the loop.

UKGE 2025

As many of you know, I had the opportunity to exhibit at UKGE this year. This was my first convention as an exhibitor! As the name implies, it's out in the UK and I'm from the middle of Canada - so this was quite the undertaking.
So I've been working on that along side this Kickstarter and Patreon, as I had committed to that before the Kickstarter had finished.

So Full transparency - A chunk of April and most of May was mostly focused on UKGE and the Patreon. I had to commission some of my go to artists for art for banners, runners, stickers, etc... and the trip itself.
The trip was a learning experience, I won't go into it too much more here - you're here to be updated about The Comet Codex. I've got a Discord server or Twitch channel if you'd like to hear more or chat about it. Lets just say my luck regarding the trip is abysmal hahaha.

That being said, UKGE is done - I've got some updates to my webstore regarding physical miniatures going forward for Comet Lord. With that in mind, the miniatures for this Kickstarter won't be available on my website until after I've sent them out to backers.

Summer Cold Season

This has been a rough Spring-Summer so far haha.
So I left for the UK about 7 weeks ago today, and I've been sick for at least... 4 of those weeks at this point. I originally brought my laptop to work on The Codex manuscript, character options and general admin during downtime on my trip, but I managed to get strep throat (and a cold?) in the UK... and that was a whole ordeal. Lost my voice prior to the convention, couldn't sleep or eat much - I was a wreck.
Now, I've got some sort of summer cold for the past week and a bit that is just wrecking me. I wanted this update out yesterday. Lost my voice again. But, I think I'm on the mend.

Going Forward

I'll start with sorry, I don't have much to show this update. Going forward my attention is mostly divided between monthly releases and this Kickstarter.

The few chances I've had to work on The Codex has mostly been me writing up lore, altering statblocks to the setting and trying to really finalize some of the entry options for the book as I don't want it to be too scattered in themes.
Plus, I'm working on my very rough drafts of character options so I've got something for designers to jump off or refine with me.

I've commissioned more art that I'll hopefully share next update. As the list of creature entries narrows down, I'm wanting to focus more on some character options + magic items that relate to the creatures in the book or the setting. Then get some art done for those things!
Comet Lord Miniatures is basically just me working with others, so things take a bit to get rolling as I'm not the only client that the artists and designers I work with have.

Again, sorry for the delay and the lack of progress since April. I hope you are all doing well and thank you for your support.

Best,

Scott - Comet Lord Miniatures

April 2025 Update
about 1 year ago – Tue, Apr 01, 2025 at 04:36:49 PM

Hey everyone!

There won't be too much to show in this update as March has mostly been working on writing. So there is a lot of raw text for me to go over to basically make sure everything is lore accurate and such.

However - Art and writing has taken a bit longer than expected, but delays with a big project like this are expected. I don't think it'll affect the delivery time. I just wanted to get writing done a bit earlier if possible.
There have been a few delays out of my control, but a good chunk of it is my prep work for UKGE. It's my first convention booth and to be honest I'm still surprised I got accepted for such a big event. It has been eating up a lot of my time while I've been keeping up with the Kickstarter and my Patreon/Tribe releases. I'm hoping to have most of the production for the convention done soon so I can just split myself between this and my monthly releases.

That being said, I've got some finished art to share and a couple stat block previews as well.

Art

The Perceiver

Everyone needs a Beholder-kin screaming 'Do not perceive me' in their game!

Statblocks

The Stareater & Cryptkeeper

A preview of the Stareater lore and its strange lair. Plus a little preview of a Cryptkeeper!

Yes, it says Stareater at the bottom. InDesign is being weird.

Thanks for your support!

February 2025 Update
about 1 year ago – Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 07:41:08 AM

Hey everyone,

Thanks for your patience! I've received a few nudges for an update. I've been a bit under the weather for a bit, but I've been working on this, my first convention booth and keeping up with my Patreon.

General Update

I've had to reorganize/shuffle around some of the creatures I've wanted to include from my back catalogue. Mostly due to some of my designs not really fitting in the D&D 'fantasy' space and I was finding the average CR (Challenge Rating) for the book to be a bit higher than I'd like - mostly because I like to sculpt gargantuan boss monsters when I can!

Stat Blocks

So it's been a month and a half since the holiday season ended. I got a handful of designers to return from the codex preview and they started in the middle of January.
There have been some delays with me being under the weather or other unforeseen circumstances. But, currently I'm giving feedback on the first wave of stat blocks!

Character Options + Magic items

I've been writing up drafts for items, subclasses, classes and race/species options. Focusing on statblocks first. Then I can gauge on what sort of character options can fit in the book.

Art Previews

Just due to the reorganizing and shuffling of monsters, I did slow down on commissioning art - but I have some awesome pieces to share!

Saint Maximilliano

The False Seraph

The False Worm - WIP

The Stareater

The Perceiver WIP

Crimson Hunter

Thanks for your support and patience. I'll update when I've got more to show!

Holiday Progress Update
over 1 year ago – Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 08:01:24 AM

Hey everyone,

I just want to clear some things up about the project and keep everyone in the loop with development so far.

PDF Release Date

The PDF has not been released yet. It will be released next year. This Kickstarter is funding the development and printing of all the rewards, I only had digital sculpts and the preview PDF completed before launching. So the PDF is not ready yet. You can grab the preview on my website or in the Kickstarter story.

I'm hoping to figure out the best way share previews of the PDF as they are developed, which may require setting up a BackerKit pledge manager for this. I will let you know when that happens.

STL Files

Most of the updates prior to this one covered the STL file delivery. The files have been delivered, you don't need to fill out the Kickstarter survey for your STL delivery at this point.

If you wanted to late pledge for the STL files for one of the core miniatures (plus the spiritual weapon bundle) - they are available now on MyMiniFactory.

Also, MyMiniFactory will be having a 'Holiday Sale' starting tomorrow - so you may want to wait a day to pick them up.

Comet Codex Progress

Alright! So it has mostly been art updates as I've been focused on getting that done while getting my Patreon releases, convention prep and collaborations sorted out.

Setting up the writing / monster stat design has recently started. I'm just sorting out what the writers will be taking on. So unfortunately no statblock previews for this update.

Lets look at some of the new awesome art!

Malus, The Corrupted Mage

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The Paranoid

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The Cryptkeeper

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The Guilty

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Mercedes, She Without Mercy

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The Comet Knight

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The False Hydra

Hopefully you enjoy the art so far! I've got more on the way, but I wanted to get an update out before the holidays.

Have a happy holiday season and new year!

Thanks again for your support.