Who We Are
We are two friends, Iain & Paul, with a passion for tabletop gaming.
We met at work within an engineering company and from there, our obsession with wargaming snowballed. Iain left the company to pursue a photography career and Paul continued to hone his skills in the product design industry. However, we always stayed in contact through tabletop gaming.
Iain
YO!
I'm Iain aka Watty or the Jarl. I am one half of this crazy adventure where Paul is the big brain. I provide the photos, the sh*t chat and most importantly my chaotic thought process to the media and problem solving side of the business. Paul enjoys deciphering all these ideas, he's now fluent in Ayrshire.
I am a jack of all trades master of none, starting life working on farms then into all sorts of hands on work eventually finding my way to an engineering desk job where the wonderful people of the world got to decipher my dodgy accent and fast paced way of talking i.e words before brain engages a bit like the way I also type.....weird .
And yes before you ask yourself the question, the desk job didn't last long and I moved over into R&D where I met Paul.
Hobby wise I am a big fan of 40/30k and this is my main hobby focus I would say. Mainly wolves, DKK and knights. I love the painting and collecting side of the hobby over the competitive gaming side of the hobby, I also absolute love the lore behind the 30/40k universe.
Gaming wise I prefer fun games with friends or small skirmish games like Area rex, Tanks, Titanicus and X-Wing.
So thats me, myself and I all done. Enjoy the products !
"There is a little bit of awesome in all of us"
Paul
Hi, I'm Paul, aka the Master of the Forge.
The future case is my brainchild which I came up with the idea after seeing a gap in the market, and a need for this product. I designed it from the ground up over the past two years, and finally settled on the 10th version! Together with Iain, we ironed the kinks out and figured out how to improve each version. Finally, we now have a product that we are trully proud of; The Futurecase. Design and technical detailing is where my skillset lies....I also bring balance and sanity to the force....helping us continue in the right direction.
I studied Product Design and Innovation at university before continuing on to work in design engineering teams within the catering equipment and laboratory gas generator industries. The later is where I met the other bearded geek in this duo.
Gaming wise, I am a sucker for many gaming systems but my main system being Warhammer 40k, for which I have travelled throughout the UK and a couple of jaunts to Europe to play tournaments. I am an avid Necron and Guard player, and love nothing more than converting my army to give them a different look to the rest.
Speak to you guys soon on the socials.
Our Goal
So why are we launching this product? Well, from boxed games to Warhammer, we love them all, and one thing we don't love is how often the miniatures we spend hours painting are damaged; while being stored, transported or even removed from the foam inserts for gaming. There is always something squashed or breaking off.
All across the community you can guarantee glue is always at hand for repairs. We play games all the time, so it made sense to combine our skills and come up with something to help with this issue. What started off as us spending time together playing tabletop games turned into a brainstorming session (mostly Paul's brains), then a 3d printing project just for us, then the Kickstarter idea came about. So, even though we are working on this for Kickstarter, it still feels like a hobby project between friends; if it takes off, great! if not, then we have some exceptionally good cases so that our models no longer get damaged. It's a win-win for us! It's not about the money or the business, first and foremost it’s about the hobby and making cool hobby supplies.
