05/07/2025
It’s a sad day to see the RAFM factory floor empty. RAFM has been a big part of my life. From giving me my start in the miniatures industry to casting our Crucible Crush line, RAFM has been a cornerstone of my career. From the 1980s until today, RAFM has been a part of my life, and I am grateful for their consistent friendship.
For the first four years of Pulp Figures existence, my ranges were cast at the RAFM factory in Brantford Ontario. Jack VanShaik, the owner of RAFM, helped Pulp Figures become a reality. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Jack for that as well as our many years of exciting collaboration.
Bob Murch
Silver Fox Productions and RAFM Miniatures Closing
With heavy hearts we share the news that Silver Fox Productions and RAFM Miniatures is closing. Having served the gaming and miniature hobby industry for 50 years, we are left with many fond memories and much gratitude to have worked in and contributed to an industry we love for so long.
After taking most of the month of April to empty out our space, the physical location of Silver Fox / RAFM Miniatures has finally been emptied.
We’ve incurred substantial costs in storage and waste containers - fifty years of gaming materials fill a large bin, let us assure you!
To try and recoup these significant closing costs we’ve activated some digital products on our site at rafm.com
https://rafm.com/collections/frontpage
https://rafm.com/products/raf00020
https://rafm.com/products/car-leonis-15mm-troops-zip
These items will be expanded upon to include mostly our 15mm sci-fi items that were digitally produced and possibly some fantasy items as well. These will be available under a 3D printing license for personal use .
Any purchases will help us offset the costs of closing.
Being the largest miniatures producer in Canada gave us the opportunity to work with many great American companies like Ral Partha, FASA, R. Talsorian Games and Reaper Miniatures. We worked hard to bring a wide variety of miniatures and companies to the Canadian market, as well as our produced own Fantasy and Historical lines of miniatures and games.
After pouring our heart and soul into this business for 50 years, with many contributors and partners along the way, we hope that our product lines and proprietary creative works will continue to be available to the market through other sources, those details are still being finalized. Stay tuned for updates, and thank you for your support over the years, it has meant the world to us.
With gratitude,
Jack Van Schaik
