Aviattic Patreon - a new way forward..
Together, you as "customer" and I as "creator" have established a special relationship over the last few years of Aviattic's existence.
I have tried to be open and honest in all my dealings with you and hope that I have been helpful and encouraging, answering all queries to the best of my ability and responding to feedback and requests.
Through meeting many of you up and down the UK at model shows and our chats though email and social media, I count many of you as friends. The respect is mutual and I feel the current success of the business is a great achievement in these turbulent times.
The level of support and belief in my mission to strive for the best in quality and accuracy has been humbling.
My recent request, through the website newsletter (sign up - if you haven't already!), for graphic artists to help in the development of new products was overwhelming and I am now well placed to start development of many long-dreamed-of projects..
With only a small niche of the modelling market devoted to WW1 era subjects it has been traditionally hard for company's to maintain quality and the kind of sales figures that warrant the development and production costs necessary.
Every penny in profit Aviattic makes is ploughed back into new product development but, with the repercussions of "Brexit" and the Covid pandemic I am now financially and mentally exhausted.
After ten years of virtually living on the bread line to build this company I must now consider a different way of working if Aviattic is to move forward and thrive.
Patreon?...
The Patreon concept was new to me and suggested by a customer after I gave him an insight into the day-to-day travails of a WW1 modelling company (a particularly stressful week!). Patreons are usually for creative enterprises, game companies and YouTubers - new model, sculpting and gaming concepts usually turning to "Kickstarter" to help fund projects - with varying success.
The customer-supported company or individual achieves a reliable income from its "fan-base".
The fantasy miniature painter Ben Komets has a very basic page that has been successful in that it allowed him to take the plunge and give up his day job to create painting tutorials...but I found that the modelling community is not represented on Patreon so much...yet!
On further invstigation the Aviattic "mission" is a perfect fit!
Subscribers can upgrade, downgrade or cancel their subscriptions at any time but I would hope that you would stick with the Patreon..
Rewards are secondary to this initial goal - the continuance and creation of new products and the growth of a business - but in our case I have offered permanent discounts to those who stick with the commitment as well as the more usual content such as tutorials, news, pre-sale offers and exclusive offers etc.
The four tiers of membership to the Aviattic Patreon are :
"Ground Crew" : £5 per month (+ VAT)
Your support and goodwill is vital to the continued smooth running of the Aviattic operation and the pursuit of excellence.
A small monthly subscription helps enormously and by way of a "thank you" you can claim a 5% discount off all purchases across the Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
"Wing man" : £12 per month (+ VAT)
We've come this far and you can now make sure that the quality, inventiveness, innovation and originality continues, by helping with development and production costs through your monthly subscription.
We can reward you with exclusive membership content,
PLUS 10% discount off all purchases across the Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
"Ace" : £25 per month (+ VAT)
With every new Aviattic product comes weeks, months and sometimes years of development and testing.
By donating monthly at this level you are making a serious commitment to helping realise Aviattic's future dreams.
Our reward to you - apart from seeing these projects become reality - is a generous 15% discount code across all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
"Behind the scenes" insights, previews of working practices and secret product development progress!
"Legend" : £55 per month (+ VAT)
With more recent recruits to the Aviattic creative team I am hoping we can soon start to create at least two kits per year within the next five years.
The decal and accessory ranges are ongoing and much is in development but a significant, regular income flow would really fast-track these dream kits..
Special 20% discount on all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
Extra benefits at this tier level are occasional exclusive pre-orders of limited edition decal sets!
Your 20% discount can also be applied should you catch me trading at any UK show!
At this "Legend" pledge level you will also receive one Aviattic kit of your choice FREE per year (as long as your subscription has run for a year) as well as all the benefits of "Ace" membership!
The Patreon club can be joined at www.patreon.com/aviattic
This is not a "like-for-like" discount offer - I am asking you to contribute whatever you can afford to help me build this company, produce the kind of kits and products we dream of seeing and make a real difference in our beloved hobby.
Let us create something truly special together!
Thanks for your support,
Richard Andrews,
Director, Aviattic Ltd
I have tried to be open and honest in all my dealings with you and hope that I have been helpful and encouraging, answering all queries to the best of my ability and responding to feedback and requests.
Through meeting many of you up and down the UK at model shows and our chats though email and social media, I count many of you as friends. The respect is mutual and I feel the current success of the business is a great achievement in these turbulent times.
The level of support and belief in my mission to strive for the best in quality and accuracy has been humbling.
My recent request, through the website newsletter (sign up - if you haven't already!), for graphic artists to help in the development of new products was overwhelming and I am now well placed to start development of many long-dreamed-of projects..
With only a small niche of the modelling market devoted to WW1 era subjects it has been traditionally hard for company's to maintain quality and the kind of sales figures that warrant the development and production costs necessary.
Every penny in profit Aviattic makes is ploughed back into new product development but, with the repercussions of "Brexit" and the Covid pandemic I am now financially and mentally exhausted.
After ten years of virtually living on the bread line to build this company I must now consider a different way of working if Aviattic is to move forward and thrive.
Patreon?...
The Patreon concept was new to me and suggested by a customer after I gave him an insight into the day-to-day travails of a WW1 modelling company (a particularly stressful week!). Patreons are usually for creative enterprises, game companies and YouTubers - new model, sculpting and gaming concepts usually turning to "Kickstarter" to help fund projects - with varying success.
The customer-supported company or individual achieves a reliable income from its "fan-base".
The fantasy miniature painter Ben Komets has a very basic page that has been successful in that it allowed him to take the plunge and give up his day job to create painting tutorials...but I found that the modelling community is not represented on Patreon so much...yet!
On further invstigation the Aviattic "mission" is a perfect fit!
Subscribers can upgrade, downgrade or cancel their subscriptions at any time but I would hope that you would stick with the Patreon..
Rewards are secondary to this initial goal - the continuance and creation of new products and the growth of a business - but in our case I have offered permanent discounts to those who stick with the commitment as well as the more usual content such as tutorials, news, pre-sale offers and exclusive offers etc.
The four tiers of membership to the Aviattic Patreon are :
"Ground Crew" : £5 per month (+ VAT)
Your support and goodwill is vital to the continued smooth running of the Aviattic operation and the pursuit of excellence.
A small monthly subscription helps enormously and by way of a "thank you" you can claim a 5% discount off all purchases across the Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
- Patreon-only updates
- Chat community
- General Support
- Livestreams
- Live event VIP discount
- 5% discount across all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges
"Wing man" : £12 per month (+ VAT)
We've come this far and you can now make sure that the quality, inventiveness, innovation and originality continues, by helping with development and production costs through your monthly subscription.
We can reward you with exclusive membership content,
PLUS 10% discount off all purchases across the Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
- Patreon-only updates
- Chat community
- General Support
- Livestreams
- Early access to new products ahead of general release
- Live event VIP discount
- 10% discount across all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges
"Ace" : £25 per month (+ VAT)
With every new Aviattic product comes weeks, months and sometimes years of development and testing.
By donating monthly at this level you are making a serious commitment to helping realise Aviattic's future dreams.
Our reward to you - apart from seeing these projects become reality - is a generous 15% discount code across all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
"Behind the scenes" insights, previews of working practices and secret product development progress!
- Patreon-only updates
- Chat community
- General Support
- Livestreams
- Early access to new products ahead of general release
- Live event VIP discount
- Exclusive content "Special limited editions"
- 15% discount across all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
"Legend" : £55 per month (+ VAT)
With more recent recruits to the Aviattic creative team I am hoping we can soon start to create at least two kits per year within the next five years.
The decal and accessory ranges are ongoing and much is in development but a significant, regular income flow would really fast-track these dream kits..
Special 20% discount on all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
Extra benefits at this tier level are occasional exclusive pre-orders of limited edition decal sets!
Your 20% discount can also be applied should you catch me trading at any UK show!
At this "Legend" pledge level you will also receive one Aviattic kit of your choice FREE per year (as long as your subscription has run for a year) as well as all the benefits of "Ace" membership!
- Patreon-only updates
- Chat community
- General Support
- Livestreams
- Early access to new products ahead of general release
- Work-in-progress updates (digital)
- Live event VIP discount
- Exclusive content "Special limited editions"
- 20% discount across all Aviattic and Luftkrieg1919 ranges!
The Patreon club can be joined at www.patreon.com/aviattic
This is not a "like-for-like" discount offer - I am asking you to contribute whatever you can afford to help me build this company, produce the kind of kits and products we dream of seeing and make a real difference in our beloved hobby.
Let us create something truly special together!
Thanks for your support,
Richard Andrews,
Director, Aviattic Ltd