Thats entirely understandable Jon. People need to realize you're a one man band and don't have anyone else to take up slack at this point in your glorious mecha designing career.
Now, to go ahead and up my pledge to what I expect, and hope it doesn't all come out tomorrow... or wait and see if I can pay some on that card first...
Skorne wrote: We seem to take one step forward and two steps back getting over the $20000 mark. Every time we get close to the Wendies, we seem to slip backward.
I generally follow bigger campaigns (100k-2m sized ones), but I suspect a lot of those have people waffling and backpedaling just as much, but the churn of people and rapidly increasing funding means it gets lost in the shuffle.
I'm hoping the final hours tomorrow are good to the campaign, and that we at least see the Wendigo unlock. Going above and beyond that would be nice, but Jon himself has said he's happy with how things have turned out, and hey, not going beyond the heavies does mean an earlier delivery, which has advantages for all around (the sooner people can start showing off their awesome mechs to build hype/interest in PG's work, and the sooner PG can begin taking orders from the public at large again).
Click 'Manage my Pledge' and add the cost of said addons to your pledge total. After the campaign ends you'll have access to a pledge manager to distribute your pledged amount to addons.
We're hovering at $20k at the moment with just under 24 hours to go, a lot of people have been mentioning that they are sitting out until the Wendigo BF heavy gets unlocked.
What you may not realize is that based on the average pledges we've been seeing it might take as few as 5-10 people to close that 2K gap. So pledge now rather then later as it'll make sure it gets unlocked in time.
If for some reason we fail to hit $22k then you can always withdraw your pledge in the last couple hours before the KS closes. It's very close to unlocking but we need some of the fence sitters to join in so we can make it happen.
Meh, I upped my pledge from the $60 up to $160 total.
I plan on getting the Wendigo, 2 Cougars, an Osprey, Blackfrost Deck, and a Softcover.
If for some reason the Wendigo doesn't unlock, I will be getting the $120 reward with 2 Cougars, 3 Goshawks (for OpFor Demo work) 2 Decks and the Soft Cover.
No additional stretch goals freebies left. When the Wendigo unlocks it's weapon packs will be available as well priced the same as the other heavy packs. $4 for the micro armor and $10 for the 15mm scale.
I worked loss prevention at best buy for a summer, cannot say that I miss that job. The front of our store was nowhere near as swank looking as that model, but it'd certainly make good cannon fodder on the table, I'd even be likely to shoot at it instead of enemy mecha.
OK, I'm pushing as much as I can for this. Upped to $170, and I may be able to swing another $20 or so by the time the pledge manager gets here.
Now I need some help :p
Blackfrost is gong to be my main faction. I would like to demo the game when I can, so that I can get other people interested in the minis/rules.
Toward that end, when picking my force do I go (15mm mind you)
Fire Team Pledge ($130)
1x Wendigo, 2x Cougar, and a single OpFor Neo-Bloc Osprey, along with a BF Faction Deck and Alt-cover Hardback? = $170
OR
Assault force Pledge ($170) / ($190)
1x Wendigo, 2x Cougar, 3x OpFor Neo-Block GosHawks, BF Faction Deck (included) , and either the included Mini-Dex OR upgrade for $20 if able to Alt HB rules.
The plan would be to Use the OpFor Neo-Bloc to help introuce the game to people in my area.
First option gives me one Osprey versus any one BF mecha , and I could still use the OSprey in my force (as a captured unit).
Second option gives me more units to put on the field with 3 GosHawks against either 2 Cougars or 1 Wendigo. Plus, I can ally the Ne-Bloc and BF forces according to Jon, and use them all as one larger force if I need to.
Keeping in mind I have started to build up 15mm sci-fi stuff for other game systems, so I have access to infantry, vehicles, some VTOL's etc already to fill out either side to make an even game.
It's really important that the delivery estimate are update before funding closes, given that we now have a pretty reasonable idea of how much funding there is.
if there is no such update, then we must consider the promised delivery date to be as late as November 2014.
Just to be up front, the word "estimate" has been severely abused by KS creators to the point where it might as well mean "wild guess." That is not acceptable to me as a backer and I hope and believe Jon Paulson will not fall into that unprofessional and unethical practice.
Manchu, Jon posted that he has a backup caster ready if he needs over flow work done.
Hopefully this will help him on the production side. of things.
His main area of work is going to be design of the mechs and weaponry that was reached in the Kickstarter.
Secondary to that is going to be the rulebook, and then all the casting/shipping.
Jon: Since there is a backup caster already in place (correct me if I'm wrong here), but couldn't you farm the work out for the mini's that you already have masters for, while you work on the design of the new mecha and rule book?
That would cut down pressure on production at the back end of the project, instead of waiting until after all the masters are in to do all production.
The double stretch rewards are already included in the chart.
ATM delivery date is looking to be Nov.
The back up caster is only for an emergency, a lot of this kickstarter's success is due to my company having a reputation or delivering an excellent quality of casting. While outsourcing the casting would save me a ton of time I'm not willing to trade that for a lower standard product I'm very picky about my resin and I can't hand it off to just anyone.
The micro armor weapon packs are not subject to weight class restrictions, so an assault force gets 6 packs that can be any mix of lt,med, heavy. The carnage gets 12 of any combination.
The 15mm weapon packs are based on the weight classes as they are bigger and more complicated for me to make. The micro armor stuff is roughly all the same size and being in metal it's all roughly the same cost so I can offer a bit more flexibility on those. Extra bonus for the 6mm people
(Stretch goals are applied by tiers and model scale, so micro armor pledge tiers do not get 15mm scale weapons, no do 15mm tiers get micro armor weapons).
Yeah, I noticed the extra heavy weapon, but according to your previous stretch goals shouldn't assault force have 4 light weapons? Or did you switch one light for a heavy?
$4k and $15k were 15mm light weapon upgrades.
$5k was a 15mm medium weapon upgrade.
Of course my reading comprehension has been off a few times already. :(
lol, well math is not doing to well over here either, plus I have to worry about my english in every posts to help avoid confusion I may go into catatonic melt down for a few hours once the ks closes. Really happy to see how things are wrapping up, but I am so in need of a cooling off period.
I am actually less worried about the miniatures than the books and stuff. I know you have solid experience with delivering on minis. I am hoping the other stuff doesn't become a/several tarpit/s.
The books I'll be getting help on. And now that the game is "real" getting more rounds of playtesting shouldn't be an issue. My previous rules updates had been slow eas getting people to sit down and actually play an unpublished game (doom and horror!) I may as well had been asking people if I could light them on fire. Once it's in print everyone wants a piece but until then you are a leper, that's one of the odd interactions with kickstarter is that it gives you some street cred towards being a real project and not just some dreams on paper.
Even when I was working for WOTC people had no interest in play testing a game in development yet everyone wanted in once it was actually on the shelves (and the hard work was done). If the biggest name in gaming can't round up a few volunteers you can probably see where a small start up is going to have some issues.
Well I went back in at a low level and plan to ramp it up heavily in the survey. Just don't have the funds in the normal account for the size of the pledge I want but i do in paypal so hurry up with that survey
Manchu: I can't speak for him, but Jon has always been very keen on hitting his delivery targets. Even when he did pre-orders, his timing was impeccable. His turnaround for delivery is also very prompt, you'd think he has a swiss watch stuck somewhere in there.
Yeah, I came back in too Hulk, glad to see this did so well!
But 199 backers? Come on man. You. Yes, you. The person who meant to pledge, but forgot and missed it. Now we're stuck with this odd number... and it's all your fault.
The past pre-orders have all gone out 2-3 weeks in advance of what I allotted for. So far I haven't had any releases end up running late (knock on wood) with a project of this size I can only ballpark things but I'll be doing everything I can to deliver on that estimate.
Great job Jon!
Looking forward to the pile of resin and rulebook to head my way.
I'll bust out anything I can of an appropriate size to do some playtesting with. Expect some funky pics with Epic Titans, 15mm mecha, and whatever else I can fit in a game :p
I don't know what most folks consider spending a lot of money on a pledge but I feel like I just spent a lot of money pledging for this one. It's the amount that makes me nervous, not the project. The fact that I finally settled on pledging as much as I did is if anything a ringing endorsement of Paulson Games and Mecha Front credibility.
Manchu wrote: I don't know what most folks consider spending a lot of money on a pledge but I feel like I just spent a lot of money pledging for this one. It's the amount that makes me nervous, not the project. The fact that I finally settled on pledging as much as I did is if anything a ringing endorsement of Paulson Games and Mecha Front credibility.
I did $130, which is my average amount for Tabletop kickstarters. I'll likely add another $170 to that when the pledge manager hits.
Most I've done is SWM's Tablescapes, which was around $630.. and will be doing another few hundred when its second pledge manger hits.
I was incredibly tempted to do the Ace level for Mecha Front..
I typically consider $150-$200 a pretty good sized purchase either in store or KS, I pledged $300 for the second season of zombicide and shortly after was like OMG I spent how much? Then the pledge manager came around a month or so later and I dropped another $100. There's something additive about kickstarter that makes you pledge more then you normally would spend, not sure why but it just does.
With Zombicide and even Sedition Wars I was very satisfied with backing those. SW could have been much better if the game hadn't sucked so bad but truthfully I bought it strictly for the minis which I was pretty happy with overall. I was into that for only $120, if I'd dropped more maybe I'd feel differently I dunno.
With my own spending on KS I've realized that it's reflective of how much I want to see something happen and where the money is going as I'd prefer not to see it going to some huge big box game company (yes I know the irony of backing CMON stuff above, but both of those did start small) I'd rather it go to a company who's product I like and can use the help, which is what I was hoping would be brought about in my own KS. There's a lot of pretty high contributions from people, far more than I expected in a lot of cases. There's a good chunk of people who kicked in for about $300-$500 and one guy dropped over $900 and my jaw about hit the floor, I'm totally flattered to get that type of backing. I really appreciate the support people have shown for the project and the trust that they've placed in me being able to deliver on things.
I knew it was going to take a bit of faith on behalf of some backers as only a portion of the models have finished concept work, I was hoping that by showing my previous models and how they progress form rough sketch to finished model would help people envision that process a bit better. Now it's up to me to make good on those concepts and flesh them out like the others I've done. After so many rough starts between GW and Palladium it does finally feel like I've broken though and have some very solid footing for a change which I owe you guys a mighty huge thanks for helping with.
I am hoping to see this IP and product range grow and develop into the mainstream, near-future 15mm table top game that is missing from the market. At the end of the day, however, I pledged because the models are super gorgeous and I do think Mr. Paulson can and will get this done responsibly.
Jon, from now on, we'll, be monitoring your posts actively. There had better be at least 4 a day, all of them mecha front related. No whimsy, no jokes, just hardcore Kickstarter fullfillment.
Oh and updates? One a week, at least!
Just kidding. Congrats, mate, I am super proud of you.
I was able to free up some funds and re-back for some 6mm stuff. One request: please use an alloy soft enough to drill and pin with a hand-held pin vise.
I pledged for one 6mm mini and one 15mm mini. If I like what I receive, then I will buy more at retail. After KoW, Sedition Wars, Robotech Tactics, and many others, I have decided this is the best approach for me.
I was trying to think of something vaguely Germanic that matched Steel Legion or Death Korps of Krieg for my 15mm forces (plastic Germans and Proxie vehicles). But even better is naming them after a big hair band that still sounds like something GW would come up with.
Yeah, I can understand that. I plan to paint one of my factions in cold war West Berlin camouflage, it's that blocky blue, brown, and grey camouflage. I figured I'd give them some Germanic name as well.
Does anyone have any photos of the 15mm or 6mm mecha's weapons next to 28mm heavy weapons? If they are comparable in size, I may need to up my pledge during the manager phase.
Ah, I could have taken some of my 15mm weapons Bob, but I traded them to plastictrees since I was more interested in the 6mm scale once I found out that was going to be happening.
If you PM him maybe he can snag some pics of them.
Survey will be a couple of weeks, which was addressed in last Monday's update.
I know people aren't used to updates having actual information posted in them, but I guess I'm a rebel and doing things the way KS suggests that we communicate with our backers.
paulson games wrote: Survey will be a couple of weeks, which was addressed in last Monday's update.
I know people aren't used to updates having actual information posted in them, but I guess I'm a rebel and doing things the way KS suggests that we communicate with our backers.
Pshaw. You expect me to read updates?!???!! WHARS MAH MINIS???!!! I was promised delivery yesterday!
I'm calling my credit card company ASAP!
The changes were due to wanting to reduce the piece count but also shorten them from the current version as they are really long and unwieldy, especially for a light mech.
They were shortened down, brought in tighter with the body, lowered a bit and staggered rather than being paired vertically.
Since they are autocannons and not machine guns, I don't think it's unreasonable to lengthen the barrels and add muzzle breaks to make them more menacing than MGs.
I like the old versions. I can see the reasoning behind the new versions.
I think the thing gets me is that there are no obvious ammo hoppers on the new versions, as opposed to the old ones.
I know you stated that the Lasers have a different look that makes them stand out as different, but I think the ammo hoppers on the old ones do that very well.
Is it possible to make the barrels thinner without compromising their ability to cast well?
JoshInJapan wrote: All this talk of muzzle breaks is interesting and all, but I want to hear more about kaiju and Ultraman rules.
I've unleashed a monster.
At some point likely close to Halloween I'll do some non-official rules for monsters using the 6mm stuff and figures in the monsterpocalypse scale. I'll make use of both the large monsters and also a bunch of the smaller ones that'll in effect be monster youths/hatchlings.
When I was initially working on the game I'd had it with giant alien invaders but shifted away from it as I wanted to focus more on a human based red dawn style conflict. Plus doing the models for monsters added some difficulty into the mix as I can't model organics very well and at least with the mecha I can do those myself. If at a future point I can pester Jason into sculpting some more stuff for me (he did my wolves) then I may make some monsters for the heck of it but they'll remain an un-official elements of the game.
You could totally release monster models and rules as a "Nazi Zombies"-style goofy expansion like all the video games do nowadays. Call it MonstaFront.
JoshInJapan wrote:All this talk of muzzle breaks is interesting and all, but I want to hear more about kaiju and Ultraman rules.
I have no idea how I missed that - wow!
paulson games wrote:
JoshInJapan wrote: All this talk of muzzle breaks is interesting and all, but I want to hear more about kaiju and Ultraman rules.
I've unleashed a monster.
At some point likely close to Halloween I'll do some non-official rules for monsters using the 6mm stuff and figures in the monsterpocalypse scale. I'll make use of both the large monsters and also a bunch of the smaller ones that'll in effect be monster youths/hatchlings.
When I was initially working on the game I'd had it with giant alien invaders but shifted away from it as I wanted to focus more on a human based red dawn style conflict. Plus doing the models for monsters added some difficulty into the mix as I can't model organics very well and at least with the mecha I can do those myself. If at a future point I can pester Jason into sculpting some more stuff for me (he did my wolves) then I may make some monsters for the heck of it but they'll remain an un-official elements of the game.
Lets focus on getting the main game out first. We don't want Paulson to be accused by the backers of letting his release dates slip in order to pursue other projects.
Over the next couple of days I'll be sending out the backer surveys. Because I'm doing them manually I am doing the pledge levels in a couple stages so that I don't get buried in a flood of messages.
People can add onto the initial pledges if they wish.
Also if anyone missed out on backing the KS I'll allow them to put in an order at the same pricing and levels as the kickstarter. I'll accept these orders until June 31st.
I'll be using Pay Pal for any Add-Ons or accepting new orders, I know that several people had asked about pay pal options during the kickstarter but I was unable to use it at that time as ks requires amazon payments. So if you were in that group you can now pick some items up. Just shoot me an email at paulsongames at Hotmail dot com
Here is one of the production casts. It's in it's raw form, nothing has been scraped or filed. It had the sprue attachments removed and was glued together in under 5 minutes.
My camera has a very hard time with metallic surfaces while close up in macro mode so it appears gritty, despite how it appears in the photo the surface is quite smooth.
While I didn't wash this copy, it'd be advisable to wash the parts before assembly, the spincaster uses talc (baby powder) in the process and while it may not be visible on the model it is there and will make it more difficult for glue and paint to hold onto the surface. A quick wash in dish detergent or a cleaner like simple green will take care of it no problem. I usually give my models a quick scrubbing with an old toothbrush, just don't use a wire brush or steel wool as it'll scratch the models.
After sorting through the bag of torsos my fingers were black from the casting residue so it's certainly there.
I'll post pictures of a primed model as soon as I have some decent weather and can break out the spray paint.
Or, for Raging Heroes, a blueberry daiquiri with 2.61 fingers of Malibu rum..wait, that's not right...2.618 fingers of Malibu--it had better be that perfect coconut flavored rum, dammit, and a baby-tear-sized splash of Midori Sour--merde! too much! Better start over. So, we start over with completely new glasses; old glasses capture a breath of the soul of the previous cocktail and are forever tainted. Then we measure our rum in a special crystal glass--are my fingers retaining water?? Zut Alors! Okay, throw those glasses away and grab a new set...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh man, I forgot we were supposed to be giving him the genuine experience.
Uh... My pledge manager won't let me add any forgefathers. What the hell, Mecha Front?
I'm calling my CC company. Some people have pledges and i don't. No, I don't recognize the distinction between pledges and pledge managers, that's not my job.
Dang, that looks nice! I'm one of the 6mm backers, so that is very promising. Actually has me excited again when the long lead time was making me not as psyched.
I only put in a small pledge here, but if there is a second campaign for Quads early next year, I'll be tempted to go in more heavily. Just testing the waters for now, though
Or, for Raging Heroes, a blueberry daiquiri with 2.61 fingers of Malibu rum..wait, that's not right...2.618 fingers of Malibu--it had better be that perfect coconut flavored rum, dammit, and a baby-tear-sized splash of Midori Sour--merde! too much! Better start over. So, we start over with completely new glasses; old glasses capture a breath of the soul of the previous cocktail and are forever tainted. Then we measure our rum in a special crystal glass--are my fingers retaining water?? Zut Alors! Okay, throw those glasses away and grab a new set...
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh man, I forgot we were supposed to be giving him the genuine experience.
Uh... My pledge manager won't let me add any forgefathers. What the hell, Mecha Front?
That looks awesome, I knew he was working on the model but I hadn't seen the pic just yet. I sent Vaaish one of the limited resin copies. The details are pretty much the same as the metal ones. He does really nice work on his stuff and this is no exception, I wish I could paint with even a fraction of that skill. (Apparently I used all my mojo up on modeling skills and my painting is pretty bad).
Jon! I have a problem with my pledge. I sent you a PM on KS. Basically it looks like when I upped my pledge to the $170 Assault force from the $130 level, it either didn't take or I forgot to change it :(
I was planning on adding $20 to get a Hardback, and splitting my force into 3 light Neo-Bloc and the 2 med/1 Heavy Blackfrost.
The Survey only has me with the $130 pledge though. Any way to fix that or am I boned due to my stupidity or software? :(
Help me Obi-Jon, you're my only hope!
warboss wrote: As silly as it may sound, I always figured you cast these things yourself in the basement/garage.
I do all my resin casting in the basement of my house. Which is basically a workbench crammed in one corner surrounded by a disaster zone of resin and other casting materials.
The metal stuff I outsource as I currently lack the vulcanizing machine to make the molds. I do have a spincasting machine but it's really ancient and not up to the task of mass production. It has to be jury rigged as the automatic clamping mechanism is broken, I can do small spins by hand cranking everything down but it really cuts into the production time which is why I'm outsourcing the metals. My goal is to buy new metal casting machines sometime next year so I can do all the metal casting in house, also move everything to a dedicated work shed outside to help keep all the fumes out.
Finally had to decide between NorAm and Neo-Bloc (NorAm won), but got my survey in straight away. Funds a little tight sadly, so only added a hardcover upgrade and one extra large gun package. Looking forward to getting my giant robit pew pew on
I got my survey in today. I cried (just a little) when I realized I couldn't afford to add on any 15mm stuff right now. I'll have to save some money for November when retail sales start back up.
Golly, I forgot how complicated my pledge was and spent the better part of two hours messing up on my survey, recalculating everything, and writing a PM to Jon about it.
Advice: if you bought heavily into this, take a minute to try and remember what your plan was before tackling the survey!
Finished and sent my survey in. Of course I added a Heavy Blackfrost Wendigo to my pledge, but I didn't include it under "additional 15mm minis" but under "additional items". Sorry Jon. Hope this doesn't confuse you.
warboss wrote: As silly as it may sound, I always figured you cast these things yourself in the basement/garage.
I do all my resin casting in the basement of my house. Which is basically a workbench crammed in one corner surrounded by a disaster zone of resin and other casting materials.
The metal stuff I outsource as I currently lack the vulcanizing machine to make the molds. I do have a spincasting machine but it's really ancient and not up to the task of mass production. It has to be jury rigged as the automatic clamping mechanism is broken, I can do small spins by hand cranking everything down but it really cuts into the production time which is why I'm outsourcing the metals. My goal is to buy new metal casting machines sometime next year so I can do all the metal casting in house, also move everything to a dedicated work shed outside to help keep all the fumes out.
I guess I figured you'd pull a Tony Stark and create all those metal robots somewhere deep in an Illinois cave!
Manchu wrote: Golly, I forgot how complicated my pledge was and spent the better part of two hours messing up on my survey, recalculating everything, and writing a PM to Jon about it.
Advice: if you bought heavily into this, take a minute to try and remember what your plan was before tackling the survey!
No kidding. Trying to fill in the survey late last night for the Total Carnage while trying to have an ABC option for every Mecha was too much for me.
I think I've got it all figured out now. Going to give it another go.
They have a open play day scheduled for the 28th and they are letting me run some games during that time. They also have tables open for all sorts of gaming. Fair Game carries a lot of ccgs and board games, they also stock some miniatures, reaper, hordes/warmachine, deadzone, ww exodus.
In addition to having fun and helping test out the rules I'll sweeten the pot by bribing those that attend with some free miniatures and afterwards there'll be pizza at Roundheads Pizza (which is next door).
I won't be at gencon as a company presence, but I may make it down for the day either on Fri or Sat, still not certain just yet. Indy is about 3-4 hours drive so if I go it'll likely be for one day as I can go hang out and see everything I need then drive back without needing to spring for a hotel. Haven't registered for any events, the only one I'm remotely interested in is Doomtown and being that I'd have to buy cards that day, build the deck and re-learn the new rule set I'll probably pass on it. (although I LOVE Doomtown as a game)
The new batch of Micro Armor parts showed up in the mail today. Here's a shot of the raw parts right out of the box, they are being held together with some sticky-tac. (A few of the parts are a little crooked due to not being glued) I also have the parts for the Raptor A but I forgot to take a pic of that one.
They'll be washed to remove some the dust, I'll give them a final cleaning and inspection before they head off to the spin caster early next week.
Just something to give it a bit of variety. They are like that in the concept art which has been around for a year, but it seems like nobody noticed until I was working on the 3d model.
Forar wrote: If I'm not mistaken, the decision was made to stick with Pewter for the 6mm figures.
Ah man. Bummer. The vast majority of people voted for resin...
I'd rather have resin as well, but honestly, if there is even one person that bought into the 6mm _because_ they were advertised as metal, and Jon can only do one material (which makes sense financially), then metal _should_ be respected as the material of choice.
If it's that appealing to some people, perhaps we've found some stretch goals for the next campaign? Not the main focus (the quads), but something to include if the numbers get driven high enough?
While a lot of people would be fine with resin, there were several people who purchased the 6mm specifically because of them being metal. They didn't post much publically but I got several messages about not wanting the material changed. Also after doing a comparison of primed models I didn't see enough of a quality difference to warrant any changes as it was exceedingly difficult to tell what the materials were once paint was on the model.
The only reason I'd brought it up for discussion was the feedback that I'd received from people viewing the unprimed models, even then it was largely a hypothetical "what if I offer this option?"
I was originally going with the 15mm because of the resin, then a pal of mine said he was going with 6mm because it fit another game he wanted to play. So I went to the 6mm so we could play at the same scale. Then his wife vetoed his purchase and I got locked in at 6mm. So I was hoping we might see 6mm resin, but not badly enough to want Paulson to find himself in conflict with his customers or his accountant.
Forar wrote: If I'm not mistaken, the decision was made to stick with Pewter for the 6mm figures.
Ah man. Bummer. The vast majority of people voted for resin...
I'd rather have resin as well, but honestly, if there is even one person that bought into the 6mm _because_ they were advertised as metal, and Jon can only do one material (which makes sense financially), then metal _should_ be respected as the material of choice.
I disagree with that extreme of a premise, though. This is a project, things can evolve at least somewhat, at least for the better! I would have offered to refund those few backers unhappy with the change, and made the improved product (resin) for the rest, based on the backers preference as expressed in the poll.
The poll showed the clear preference of the vast majority of backers was for resin. It's odd to take that poll then choose the opposite result. Not a huge deal... just pointing out what seemed obvious based on the feedback given in the update comments and your forum thread / in this thread.
I would agree, _IF_ the poll were cinducted prior to the project funding. But as soon as money is collected based off an explicit promise, in this case, the statement that 6mm models would be dine in metal, you _have_ to honor that promise to those that supported because of that promise (or offer a redund). Otherwise you're changing the parameters and it's a bait and switch, pure and simple.
Ovion wrote: Not if he's offering both and people who want metal get metal, and those that want resin can switch to resin, and both are available for sale.
I would agree, _IF_ the poll were cinducted prior to the project funding. But as soon as money is collected based off an explicit promise, in this case, the statement that 6mm models would be dine in metal, you _have_ to honor that promise to those that supported because of that promise (or offer a redund). Otherwise you're changing the parameters and it's a bait and switch, pure and simple.
Agreed- But I simply would've offered refunds to those people! The increased sales long-term would more than make up for it. There's a huge craving for resin by hobbyists lately, and it would've been a real winner in the material. Now, to outsiders it's just another metal small scale mech line. Obviously, his 15mm can still shine in resin, this is just regarding 6mm.
Ovion- He said he would only choose one material, presumably due to cost. It just baffles me to poll and see the overwhelming preference, and commit yourself to the opposite choice, indefinitely.
I can see where some people may have wanted resin, and polled for that option.
But the same people knew the 6mm miniatures were being made in metal, and still bought in with the knowledge that they were going to be metal. It may have been a nice passing thought, but again, after seeing both side by side with some paint there doesn't seem to be any loss of detail.
Yeah, sucks for people that really would have liked resin. It doesn't mean that future runs can't be made of resin.
I doubt he'd change the material later, though? I'm certainly happy with my pledge, but it was just to try things out. If I loved the models I'd considered buying a lot more later. Resin would make that much harder to resist.
Metal is "good enough"... but resin would greatly broaden the appeal. Dreamforge is an obvious example of this, switching away from metal and raising a ton more interest in their line.
I won't belabor it more, I just think the wrong path is being chosen for the long term success of the game, and I feel it was now or never to express this.
How many people bought into the 6mm line? The larger, more detailed 15mm mini's are in resin. People that have them can show them off to garner interest in the line.
For a first run in a kickstarter, it will work I think.
I'd agree with you, ski2060, if I really felt it was only a "first run". But, once metal molds are paid for (admittedly, they aren't that expensive- but they're not free, either) and a lot of models made and released in the material, I can't really see there being a switch later- Paulson was pretty clear that only one material would have to be chosen.
So, that's why I brought it up now. I'm happy with metal, but don't think it's the best choice for the success of the game.
And now I really am done, back to waiting on cool mech renders
RiTides wrote: The poll showed the clear preference of the vast majority of backers was for resin.
Point of pedantry; the poll would be indicative that the majority of people who voted in the poll wanted resin.
Does one need to be a backer in order to get on the forum? In order to vote? What about have a pledge for 6mm figures (other than the promo Lynx, as those are already made so it's kind of a moot point)? Obviously the people who didn't get Micro figures are free to have a say in what they'd like to see come down the pipe, and I'm sure there's even some folks that ordered some of both, perhaps as add ons for another system or just to sit on the desk, whatever, but does that trump those who backed specifically for the option?
Just trying to point out that the most accurate way to obtain the information would have been to message the ~53 backers at "Micro ______" tiers and ask them individually. While that's nearly a quarter of the backers (assuming all 199 paid, which isn't necessarily the case), it's a small enough number where 'a few' people speaking up in public and a few others in private for metal can become 10 or 20%+ pretty quickly.
And, as I noted earlier, there's nothing stopping him from creating resin molds for them down the road, if the demand/market seems to be there, as an addendum to his current line or as an aspect to the potential second KS when the Quads start looking like they might come online.
Full disclosure, I backed for 3 micro armour figures, and noted in the comments I would prefer pewter. I wan't going to demand a refund or otherwise lose my gak if the change happened, but being pewter was part of the appeal for me, as I'm vastly more familiar with working with it (in my very limited experience) than I am with resin. If I'd wanted resin figures, I'd have backed for resin figures.
I think it's fine to ask, and I'm glad that even if the forum poll exploded in love of resin (I never got around to joining the forums or voting there, but did speak up in the KS comments), we're still getting what was initially advertised.
And I do hope that resin 6mm figures can be made a reality for those who find such things appealing.
Opinion and actual purchasing are two very different things, lots of people were stating that they prefer resin. However when I did have the resin version available on my website there were virtually no sales of that model and I ended up giving away the majority of the copies at Adepticon, out of 100 lynx copies I made I sold 9, so there's not a huge demand simply due to it being available in resin.
What was stated on the KS is that metal would be used, those that pledged for the 6mm models were either in favor of the metal or indifferent enough that it didn't impact their decision to pledge/purchase. (I sold 85 of them in metal vs only 9 in resin)
I wanted to see what people's thoughts were if I looked at making resin an option, while many would have been fine with it there were several people who stated very directly that they preferred metal and would not like a change. Given that was what was stated in the original KS pitch it's best just to continue with the original plan as I don't see enough of a quality difference to warrant a change when it will cost me backers.
It's something I should have remained silent on until after I'd done more comparisons with primed models, and in seeing the result of virtually identical quality I never would have brought it up, so it was a bit of foot in the mouth.
Resin might be an option in the future for the 6mm models, but it's rather doubtful given that it didn't have enough sales to support it previously. The metal versions met the mark I was looking for with the KS so they have at least proven viable enough in the short term.
(I think that the people who are attracted to resin products are more focused on the larger 15mm scale models).
Manchu wrote: Nice to see the other side of the curtain. I wonder why the demand for resin was/is so low.
I didn't buy the resin 6mm for a few reasons:
1. It wasn't the exact version I wanted. I wanted the one with the two bigger guns that he had shown in render, but nor produced.
2. He said that he would make the rendered version available during the kickstarter. (He did.) So, I waited.
3. Knowing there was a kickstarter coming, I probably wouldn't have bought the resin 6mm anyway since I would probably be able to buy it and a few others for a better price with some sort of discount on shipping during the Kickstarter. (I bought what I could I reasonably afford/convince my wife I 'needed'.)
The timing may have been the biggest issue with his resin 6mm sales, at least according my anecdotal evidence. Were the metals all sold through the kickstarter?
Resin is still rather uncommon in Micro Armor scale products, most of the traditional 6mm gamers prefer metal due to the small size of most models it helps make them more durable and also keeps their collections consistent (being all metal) I've sold both resin and metal models on the battletech forums in the past and the metals usually sell at least 3-4 times as many models. People always liked the quality of the resin models but always said they wish they were metal as that's apparently still the preferred material for that scale.
I think resin is much more accepted by the 28mm crowd as it's officially been blessed by GW as a "legit" product, prior to them launching their marketing campaign for finecast a lot of people didn't want resin. It's kind of sad how much sway GW has in shaping the gaming markets, even those largely unrelated to their stuff. As much as I detest finecast for being a terrible quality product it did make resin far more accepted option by gamers as a whole. It's odd but when I was doing resin back before finecast launched a lot of people stated they disliked the fact I used resin in my bits, now they love it so the market opinionhas changed considerably.
IMO most of the people who were voting for resin were people who likely do primarily 15mm & 28mm gaming and likely more open to it as an option. (many of the votes were from people on dakka which is a primarily 28mm crowd)
With my own stuff I think people wanting the resin detail are planted with the 15mm side as it was intended to appeal more to the modelers and painters in being able to be worked with easier.
Manchu wrote: Nice to see the other side of the curtain. I wonder why the demand for resin was/is so low.
I didn't buy the resin 6mm for a few reasons:
1. It wasn't the exact version I wanted. I wanted the one with the two bigger guns that he had shown in render, but nor produced.
2. He said that he would make the rendered version available during the kickstarter. (He did.) So, I waited.
3. Knowing there was a kickstarter coming, I probably wouldn't have bought the resin 6mm anyway since I would probably be able to buy it and a few others for a better price with some sort of discount on shipping during the Kickstarter. (I bought what I could I reasonably afford/convince my wife I 'needed'.)
The timing may have been the biggest issue with his resin 6mm sales, at least according my anecdotal evidence. Were the metals all sold through the kickstarter?
Exactly. It also seemed like a test, as a single model. I needed time to switch scales, as I sold my 15mm to plastictrees, then pledged for 6mm. Timing and uncertainty is the main reason for the single lynx not selling, imo.
Sent out files to the printer for the 15mm Raptor B & C, as well as the Cougar A in both 15mm and 6mm.
Sent off masters to the spin caster for the 6mm Raptors, Goshawks and Lynx models.
Also had some quicksketches done for the other Cougar variants. I'll be toying bit with the final scale but it gives a good idea of what the designs will look like.
I don't know about this. With all this info, timely updates and progress visibly made, we can't make baseless accusations and speculations and get super angry at each other and Jon. Too peaceful.
Mathieu Raymond wrote: I like how Jon just keeps banging out cool designs, chugging along at a reasonable pace, updating us all the while, and show progress.
No super-secret workflow, and at one dude plus a few benevolent ancillaries, too.
I don't know. I think his approach has a serious drawback; it's been how many weeks and this campaign still hasn't produced a single meme?
I was looking forward to this KS and unfortunately because of how busy I have been last 6 months it came and went without me realizing it. I am happy you were so successful and look forward to being able to purchase your products when they come available.
Will you offer bundle sets on your site once the KS orders are filled or will everything be sold separately?
There will likely be some starter set bundles, I'm not sure on the pricing just yet. They'll have a discount but it won't be quite as deep as what was offered on the kickstarter.
Working on getting some of the production molds created and in the meantime I ran off a few copies of the alternate Lynx weapons. Ken at Proxie Models created some custom bases for the 75mm for the mediums, 90mm for the heavies and they should be arriving this week. (Thank you Ken!) 3D progress shots of the Wolverine should be coming up soon.
I like the missile pods. Thank you for not just making them pimples on a flat surface with a big seam/gap running down the center like a certain other company.
The master for the Cougar arrived today, parts are a bit wobbly as it's being held together with sticky-tac for photos. Shown on a 75mm base so it's a big kitty. (GW dreadnought base is 60mm)
I'm planning on tanks, infantry, and VTOL craft for the line but not sure about their release schedule just yet as it. First I have to see if I'll be doing the 3d myself or if I can hire somebody to help. I am drawing up plans for a second KS next year which will cover more weapon options and the quads but I'm not sure if the infantry and tanks will fit in just yet. Long term plans they will be included in the game for sure. (It's just a matter of when)
Jon, talk to Adam Rodgers over on the 15mm FB page.
I think he works freelance 3d modelling, and he's the guy that did the 3d work on the Ranger Project 15mm infantry.
Ok, I've been rather silent because I'm immensely happy with the level of work being done here, and I know it's not the best thing to do when you're happy about something. Plus life.
But I got another KS in the mail for big stompy robots... and the mould lines and extra resin (no, not flash) are driving me nuts. I'm used to Paulson level resin, and now I have to wait for it with ... this instead.
Here's the production casts for the newer Raptor parts (15mm version). I've got about 30 models done (out of 115) I should be able to start shipping some stuff out on thurs-fri this week. I'm currently working on casting and getting all the parts and magnets sorted before I start packing.
What will be heading out in this wave will be Raptors, Goshawks, and Lynx models in both the 6mm and 15mm scale.
If you have a order that contains other items these mecha will ship out now-ish and the remaining part of the order will ship later when all the models for wave two are ready.
It'll probably take me at least a full week to get things packed and mailed so if you don't get a confirmation e-mail immediately don't panic, I'll upload tracking info as I'm able to.
Once the KS models are shipped to the backers I will be making the models available again for general purchase on the website.
Man, I really wish I'd been able to get in on this one. Any word on when these ought to be ready for retail? I've also been somewhat curious, willthere be more humanoid designs in the future?
Barzam wrote: Man, I really wish I'd been able to get in on this one. Any word on when these ought to be ready for retail? I've also been somewhat curious, willthere be more humanoid designs in the future?
These are about as humanoid as they will get, they will typically adhere to either a chicken walker style or be quad legged designs. There won't be any human shaped ones wielding rifles, plasma swords, or hand to hand weapons as I'm not trying to recreate stuff from battletech, heavy gear, or gundam.
Mathieu Raymond wrote: Those look as crisp as the ones you did before, Jon. You really have a knack for casting resin that tickles me. In the right way.
November *is* drawing near, ain't it?
Thanks, it's always nice to hear when people are happy with the casting quality as it's something I work hard at refining and maintaining a high standard with. November is coming up really fast and I think I may miss that window slightly due to the printed materials, if it does run a bit delayed it shouldn't take more than a month or two at most so it certainly won't be the year+ style delay that many KS run into. I wanted to get items that are completed mailed out now so that people have things they can work on in the meantime while I finish up the remaining designs and finalize materials for the book.
That was basically the theme I was discussing with Anthony, they'd all be quad designs but they'd function slightly differently as they use roller feet for city/urban movement and can navigate rougher terrain via walking like a conventional quad. The basic quad theme being inspired a bit by the walkers in Dougram, Patlabor, Ghost in the Shell where they tend to resemble a tank turret on legs.
Ah, I should qualify my above statement- I happen to have only pledged for the items that are ready! If I had some that were not, I would've been okay with waiting till everything was done, too.
The Knightmare frames from Gode Geass used a similar locomotion system - albeit with two legs. It's a little hard to describe, so I'll just show. Skip to 9:20 for Mech goodness.
Something like that on a Rex-ish torso could be pretty cool.
Dropped off 52 packages at the post officer today so you guys should start seeing deliveries soon. That's a bit over 25% of wave one now shipped, the rest should be heading out next week.
Oh good, I didn't pledge for any paper products, just resin-y goodness. ANd at least you always gave signs of life, which is a bare minimum, I would reckon.
Super excited to see all the small mechs making their way out, because that means we're getting that much closer to the big stompy heavy mechs! Very excited to see a Black Wolf sometime in the not too distant future!
Houston we have a problem.
Posted by Jon Paulson
Basically let me start this off with a statement of "Oh F*ck Me!"
I just became aware of a pretty aggravating mistake with the micro armor Goshawk. Apparently back April when I was making the banners for the kickstarter I made a cut and paste error on the weapon load outs.
I must have accidentally switched the B and C variants from what was listed on the website. This is a problem because when I was sorting all the parts I went with the weapon loadouts as detailed by what was originally on the site and not what was listed on the KS banner.
So that means that I sent out a bunch of the B variants with a railgun and missile launchers when it should have been the 2 machine guns and missile launcher combos. C variants got the machinegun/launcher combo instead of the railgun/launcher.
A good chunk of people requested both the B and C variants in equal quantities so those that did will have a set of the correct, but there's a bunch of you who likely have the wrong weapon packs.
I'm sorry I screwed up on that and I'm going to have to figure out just how many orders are wrong so that I know how many sets I'll need to have re-cast. It's going to be complicated by the fact I tossed extras in a few boxes without really writing it down. (I figured nobody would complain it they got something extra) I likely don't have enough left over parts on hand so I'll need to get more copies made before I can get everything sorted out.
Which likely means I'll probably need to wait on sending the replacement parts until wave two is ready to ship.
It's not something I was aware of until now, and I feel like a total heel for messing that up.
Fortunately it doesn't impact any of the requests for Goshawk A models/weapons, or any of the 15mm mecha. The Carnage level goshawks haven't mailed out yet so I will make sure that those will have the correct parts sent with them and I'll do what I can to get this all sorted out but it may take a while. It's not something I anticipated, I simply f*cked up on sorting the parts and didn't realize it until the majority of those models had shipped.
If you received the wrong weapon parts please shoot me a message so I can make sure you get the correct parts. Alternately if you got the correct parts due to having both B & C please let me know so I can make a note of it.
I know I joke around about this kickstarter being the worst ever, but I want to give a serious reply to this one.
Mr. Paulson, you've been great at open and continual communication. You've handled delivery so far well above par for Kickstarter. Your products look great. You've got more than enough good will built up to weather this storm.
That is definitely one thing I can say about Paulson from personal experience: he's a calm, honest, down-to-Earth guy. I've made multiple orders/deals with him before, and any time there was an issue 9as minor as they were0 he was kind and generous, and took the tip to help me out.
So just be patient while he irons out the kinks, folks. I can testify that when the bugs are out, this will be pure win.
Thank you for not trying to sweep it under the rug Whoopsie Palladium-style. Mistakes happen and you're trying to make good on it without prompting which is the right thing to do and I applaud that.
warboss wrote: Thank you for not trying to sweep it under the rug Whoopsie Palladium-style. Mistakes happen and you're trying to make good on it without prompting which is the right thing to do and I applaud that.
Seconded.
I'm looking forward to getting my 6mm mechs in, whenever that might be. Kudos for starting things up well, working hard, and letting us know when a snag is hit.
Dude. When I saw the "Oh F Me," I thought I was going to read another tale of woe along the lines of repo men just came in, took away the house, the car, the castings and my left kidney.
This will eat into margins, for sure, but it is a minor mix-up, about which you've been completely up front. This is no Wyrd-sent-me-mpm-that-were-10%-bigger territory.
3 goshawks and enough weapon packs to cover my existing goshawk!
Casting quality is damn good as always, took me less than 1.5 hours to clean, build and magnetize 2 goshawks and 1 weapon pack. Magnets are great, btw. With the appropriately sized drill bit, they drop in easily and hold firm.
Found with some creative angling of the legs and feet without doing major surgery on the models. Will post a pic of my rudimentary dynamic lazy man posing tomorrow.
Speaking of Gruntz, Robin just put together a unboxing review of the stuff he got from wave 1
He has some really killer work he does with Gruntz and his painting ability always has me so jealous :_) I really appreciate him taking the time to review things and I'm looking forward to see how he paints them up.
Yeah, I saw that the other day when he posted it up.
He is responsible for getting me into 15mm sci-fi.
I dabbled in Flames of War, but after seeing his work with Gruntz and all the different 15mm manufacturers (including your stuff) I had to start collecting.
Got the 3 goshawks fully assembled and magnetized, and 1 of each weapon pack installed thus far. Here's the little-to-no-effort posing I was talking about that I did.
I really love the sprinting one, the first one I did on the left looks a little awkward... looks like he's kind of shuffling about for cover. Great models, easy to clean and assemble... but man, I am so frustrated in terms of coming up with a color scheme I love. Painting these mechs is a far departure from 40k models (in a good way) so I think they're going to end up Russian Olive like my Dust SSU tanks did.
katfude wrote: Got the 3 goshawks fully assembled and magnetized, and 1 of each weapon pack installed thus far. Here's the little-to-no-effort posing I was talking about that I did.
Nice work
I'm exploring some alternate weapon configurations for use with the next KS. These would cover some of the weapon options that currently aren't offered, such as lasers and rocket pods. Thoughts?
I like number 2 in the first picture, and like the idea of 6 in the first, just would like the pods bigger also.
also like number 3 from the second picture. If you could do that sort of pod to number 6 in the first then I'd think you be golden.
From this, I'm realizing that I like my weapon barrels in pairs on each side, and my missile pods sizable.
And am also possibly overcompensating for something. It's okay Sinful, it'll be our secret. Just you, me, and the dozens or hundreds of dakka'ites that might stumble across our shameful admissions. >.>
Forar wrote: First image: 2, 3, and 6 appeal to me.
Second Image: 2 and 3 appeal to me.
From this, I'm realizing that I like my weapon barrels in pairs on each side, and my missile pods sizable.
And am also possibly overcompensating for something. It's okay Sinful, it'll be our secret. Just you, me, and the dozens or hundreds of dakka'ites that might stumble across our shameful admissions. >.>
Nah, we're only a small, tight-knit community. No one will know. It's not like this is one of the biggest wargaming forums on the net with thousands of active users or anything.
Actually like number 2 and 7 of the first image and 1, 2 and 4 of the second one.
Automatically Appended Next Post: I'll explain, I feel missile pods are a great deterrent, but rarely pan out as awesome as they look on paper. I prefer the safer weapon options. Plus it fits the role of a light scout unit better, I think.
Is... is that... a quad railgun goshawk on number 3?
Or are those lasers? If lasers, then it gets a meh from me. 2 would be way better, then.
I'll only speak to the goshawks since I'm Neo-Bloc all the way, so I NEED number 3 pending confirmation of lolrailgun pew pew (although I'm mentally trying to figure out how to magnetize it to be compatible with existing weapon kits and not have a poorly drilled magnet hole on the top of the shoulder visible), and I heart number 6 as well because more dakka. 5 and 7 look awkward to me for some reason... I guess I'm just expecting the guns on the arms and the rockets on the shoulders because the bigger thingies should go on the arms in my mind.
Under the current rules none of the mecha will be allowed to have more than a pair of railguns as it turns into all sorts of wrong. Heavies or quads may see an option to add more via special support systems but light and mediums just won't have the power required to run more than a pair.
If you sink magnets just slightly deeper than the surface they still hold fine and you can cover the hole/indentation with greenstuff and get it nice and smooth, once painted you can't where the magnet is.
Config 3 is totally useless to me then, because the torso mounted lasers can't link with the arms. I get that if an arm gets shot off, then I still can fire my linked torso lasers, but I will not trade firepower/utility for contingency.
I therefore happily will sign up for goshawk configs 2 and 6 please and thank you!
I backed for NorAm so not much to say about the Goshawk, other than that the missile racks in 4 and 5 pointing upwards doesn't suit the overall design of the Goshawk, which has the weapons/arms drooping downwards, or sagging shoulders.
For the raptor I'm loving the look of those launchers, but especially the larger ones
My version of the Raptor that I really like is my "variant"; railgun, capacitor, and linked machineguns (not sure if its possible though).
But what I REALLY want to do is a Lynx with a Heavy Railgun, tri-linked Light machine guns, and capacitor.... the "canis" variant, made to hunt heavy armor in packs then run like hell (again, no idea if all that would fit on the chasis though)
That's just me wish-listing (although I did start modifying one of my raptors to the light variant... and I may mod one of my lynxes as well).
I'm a big fan of the machine-gun overkill and pop into the back quadrant for all sorts of shenanigans. They are surprisingly effective. Reminds me of the ol' Battletech Piranha, but able to take down a heavy mecha.
That was my thought. Heavy Railgun to punch the big bads, medium mecha speed to out-run most, and the machine-guns for sustained anti-missile fire/ to target the faster, nimbler lights that would be the only things able to catch it.
Since by the end of the kickstarter deliveries I'll have fairly even forces for all three factions, was considering trying to do a campaign with some friends... and that mecha (or maybe the cougar because, man that model is growing on me everyday!) would be the main bad guys ride (or my personal "Named" pilot's ride)
My response time is a bit laggy, ove rthe last 4 days I've been screwing around with repairing my computer after I got hit with a virus and needed to replace my hard drive, all my files were ok but I had to reinstall windows and all of my programs which has been rather frustrating and very time consuming. I accidentally clicked a link on facebook for one of their "suggested articles" and it put me on a malware site. Not cool FB, not cool at all.
My schedule for this week was completely trashed due to the computer issues as it prevented me from using my postage software, I couldn't print any labels or get any orders shipped and I spent three full days focused on getting my programs fixed that could have gone towards casting.
I'm planning on doing a second KS to cover more weapon designs, I'm still hammering down the final aspects but it'll likely be 2-3 new variants for each mecha to help cover all the gaps in the weapon options. Both the Raptor and Goshawk are currently in need of some laser options as they are featured in the rules but are lacking the actual parts, same for rocket pods, sensor units, etc. I'll also being doing the Blackfrost light as part of the main KS. I'll also do the quads if it hits funding levels that will support it.
As for the current kickstarter I have a little over 200 models to get cast which will complete the stuff for wave one. Those models cover the remaining 25-30 orders which are underway but are moving very slowly as each of the larger tier orders are 6-10 mechs per box which takes a good amount of time to cast and pack. Currently I'm casting somewhere between 16-20 models a day so I'm only averaging 2-3 packages a day.
I expect that I should have the rest of the wave one stuff out by the end of the month.
If you ordered one of the higher pledge tiers you'll get your stuff in two separate mailings, the light mechs will be headed out shortly and if you ordered any of the lynx or cougar models. (There's also a handful of orders that have a mix of 15mm and 6mm stuff in the same order, those haven't shipped yet but will go out shortly).
Delivery time on wave two is looking like it may be in late Feb or early March. Given how much this project exceeded the initial target it's created a lot of extra casting work. I'm pushing ahead as quickly as a I can but it's basically a entire years worth of work crammed into a 3 month window. I've been making good progress but it's also been a bit rough as I've also been juggling school and a second job all at the same time. (which isn't what I anticipated when I launched the KS) Things are running a little bit slower then expected but I'm not too far behind given the sheer volume of casting work I've been dealing with.
I was just asking about this over on the KS thread.
Thanks for letting us know what's going on. I'll stop hovering over the mailbox for a bit.
Did you happen to get hit by a DLLhost.exe virus? I had that happen to me about a week or 2 ago also. Stupid Trojan, had to hammer away at it with help from Avast.
Yeah it was some form of DLL based virus, it was triggering alerts for adclicker and polisk (sp?) which are memory based viruses that set up in the root kit and registry. It seems to be spreading primarily through social media FB and through IM usage like skype. It was being blocked from sending outgoing data and connection to a remote site but I kept getting warning notices every 20 seconds or so.
Very annoying to get rid of, Norton detects it but is unable to get rid of it properly and they want to charge extra for their support service to remove it, and my reply to that was feth you! It's bad enough I have to sign up for antivirus then they want an extra $100 a pop to fix what their software is supposed to be preventing to begin with. For that price I decided to just get a new drive, downside is having to reinstall almost every program as it doesn't recognize the new windows configuration and that also led to a lot issues with the re-installs and I spent a lot of time on the phone with software tech guys to get my postage label program working again.
The main drive with windows was infected but the secondary drive where I keep all my non programs files was fine.
Shmart man. At least you only jettisoned what you could part with. I'm buying my mom an external hard drive for Xmas so when she does download a virus (even through Norton) I can do a hard reinstall and forget about it.
I should have a limited supply of the wave one 6mm models in stock by friday, but there's no sale planned.
(as somebody who has had to work far too many of them I really despise everything about black friday sales as it's consumerism taken to disgusting levels with no appreciation for the work staff).
I should have a limited supply of the wave one 6mm models in stock by friday, but there's no sale planned.
(as somebody who has had to work far too many of them I really despise everything about black friday sales as it's consumerism taken to disgusting levels with no appreciation for the work staff).
Responded. Unless you mean you replied to my reply.
I'm not trying to bust you on the delivery. I'm worried because I've been out of town a lot and want to make sure someone didn't swipe my packages. I have absolutely zero concerns with you or your process; the people in my neighborhood concern me. Maybe I haven't read the updates closely enough, but it sounds like my order should have been covered by the minis you've already cast and shipped, which leads me to the conclusion that some punk is out there painting and playing with my Mecha Front minis right now (assuming they weren't dumpstered for not being electronics).
Ah Black Friday. Good times. I remember when a customer tried to break down the back room door to get at me personally for telling him we had sold out of what he wanted. Truly a season of blessings.
Nice to see the 6mm stuff up on the store. When are the full rules going to be available? And how playable is it currently, i'm curious about ordering something small for a demo thing. What would be the recommended, two different lights each side? Medium and a Light?
The rules are playable. I recommend making yourself a hit location die with a blank one to speed up damage allocation.
Most of the builds are balanced (varying with your play style, of course) and if you want lights to be really important, keep heavies off the table. 2 lights and a medium gives plenty of opportunities for fun. I playtested with 2 lights, 2 meds and 1 heavy. Start smaller, honestly.
I think the pricing quote was possibly in reference to if I'd offer group deals on the minis? At least from memory, there's pages and pages of stuff so it'd be helpful if the context was also quoted. (as in the rest of the post) If you have a specific question please let me know as I'm not sure what is being asked with the quote.
The rules are playable in their basic form, I still need to smooth out some stuff like including deployment zones and detailed scenarios but there's enough that you can grab similar sized forces and have fun shoot them up game. You can check them out here: http://www.mechafrontforums.com/index.php?topic=4.0
What we've been using as a "full sized" force during play testing is 3 lights, 2 med, 1 heavy For a smaller game 2-3 lights and a medium works quite well.
For wave one I should have the remaining Assault level pledges out by end of this week. Which will leave just the Carnage level stuff and that will take at least another week or two get those cast and shipped. That estimate may end up getting delayed a bit as my Grandfather is on very borrowed time ATM so I may need to pause on production for a few days while helping with funeral arrangements and doing family stuff, he's 93 and been in poor health the last couple of months so we've been half expecting it for a while. We know he has terminal cancer but the doctor won't give us any sort of estimate so it could be in a couple days or it might be a month we don't know beyond it's going to happen soon. I'm the meantime I'll be working on stuff while waiting for the call, so my schedule for the next week or two is basically in limbo until that's resolved.
