About Us

Steel Rift is a game by Death Ray Designs, written by Ash Barker.

In 2012 our team started as a small YouTube channel called Brush4Hire with painting tutorials.  Shortly after launch, we began a collaboration with Mini War Gaming to provide extra content for them and took on painting commissions. 

Laser Cutting

In 2014 we purchased our first laser cutter and began producing terrain and accessory kits for our favorite miniature war games.  Since then, we have experimented with a variety of materials and techniques and produced hundreds of gaming products and continued to expand our operation.

We hold our products to the highest standard and personally produce every part of the kits that we can in the USA.  In most cases, that’s everything from the product itself to the packaging and instructions.  We are still a small company, but we put our passion into every product we produce.

Miniatures

In 2020, we began modeling resin cast terrain parts to accent our exsting kits. This transformed into a full line of 3D printed, 6mm scifi miniatures in 2021 and jumpstarted our push to create the game that became Steel Rift with our long-time partner and rules-writer, Ash Barker of Gerrilla Miniature Games on YouTube.