Wyrd (company)

{{short description|US miniatures and games company}}

{{notability|Companies|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Wyrd Miniatures

| logo =

| type = Limited liability company (LLC)

| industry = Miniature wargaming manufacturer

| foundation = 2005

| location_city = 2197 Canton RD STE 108 Marietta, GA 30066

| location_country = United States

| key_people = Nathan Caroland and Eric Johns

| products = {{Plainlist|

• Malifaux
• The Other Side
• Through The Breach

}}

| homepage = [http://www.wyrd-games.net/ www.wyrd-games.net]

| footnotes =

}}

Wyrd Miniatures produces a range of 32 mm metal and plastic miniatures, in several genres, for painters and gamers. Established and offering its first miniatures in 2005, the company is owned by Nathan Caroland and Eric Johns.[https://cgov.sos.state.ga.us/Account.aspx/ViewEntityData?entityId=410335 Georgia Secretary of State Corporations Division, entered 13.2.2013.]

The first years the company focused on casting miniatures for the wargaming and miniature painting market. According to Eric Johns, it started with Nathan putting together a few fun minis after having gotten friendly with a sculptor. It was only in 2007 he and Nathan decided to push forward as a real company and started developing their own game rules to go with their miniatures line.[http://www.livingdice.com/2713/interview-eric-johns-of-wyrd-miniatures-publisher-of-malifaux/ Interview on Livingdice June 6, 2009, retrieved February 13, 2013.]

After the release of Malifaux in 2009, which incorporated most of the miniature range, came a time of rapid expansion, and in March 2011 the company moved for the second time in 16 months allegedly to accommodate its growth, settling into a larger office and warehouse facility.[http://www.tabletopgamingnews.com/2011/03/21/44934/ Press release on Tabletop Gaming News March 21, 2011.]

In 2012 the partnership with Ghost Studio led to Wyrd introducing a new line of plastic miniatures for Malifaux using an all-digital manufacturing workflow, the so-called Freeform 3D solution from Geomagic. According to Geomagic, their platform for designing organic shaped products can sculpt, texture or emboss products with detail and articulation that traditional geometric CAD solutions simply cannot handle.[http://geomagic.com/en/community/press-releases/as-gamers-descend-on-gen-con-2012-wyrd-miniatures-shows-the-not-/ Press release from Geomagic August 15, 2012.][http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/additive-manufacturing-rapid-tooling-give-gamers-intricate-miniatures-fast-0822220123 Article on Platicstoday August 22, 2012]