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 frozenwastes wrote:
The new ones are the CGI ones. So far: Imperator, Kraken, Reaper, Raijin

I'll have to take a look at those then and see if they have the same stiff design motif that I was never a fan of. Thanks for the clarification!

 Eilif wrote:

 Catyrpelius wrote:
I'm having a really hard time getting excited for this... This kind of suprises me as I've always wanted to give CAV a go. They need to do something to drum up some excitment.

What would it take to get you excited?

Honestly, I've pledged, but I'm facing the same thing, I have a feeling though that I will be really stoked about this KS once it passes the 50 unit mark.

For me it's not even really a value for money thing... I already feel like I'm getting a decent enough deal. It has more to do with the fact that I've always been interested in giving CAV a try, I have a few of their old metal models somewhere. I just don't feel engaged with this kickstarter, I don't feel involved and I don't feel that Reaper is really trying with this one.

 Catyrpelius wrote:

 Eilif wrote:

 Catyrpelius wrote:
I'm having a really hard time getting excited for this... This kind of suprises me as I've always wanted to give CAV a go. They need to do something to drum up some excitment.

What would it take to get you excited?

Honestly, I've pledged, but I'm facing the same thing, I have a feeling though that I will be really stoked about this KS once it passes the 50 unit mark.

For me it's not even really a value for money thing... I already feel like I'm getting a decent enough deal. It has more to do with the fact that I've always been interested in giving CAV a try, I have a few of their old metal models somewhere. I just don't feel engaged with this kickstarter, I don't feel involved and I don't feel that Reaper is really trying with this one.

That makes sense. I dropped out last night. I looked at my $, projects on my desk, KS I'm already in for (Salvage Crew) and all the stuff I've already got waiting for paint and decided that it is a great deal, but not the right time for me. I'm sure I'll pick up a some units at the FGS I visit every couple months, but I'm not going to drop 100 right now unless it goes absolutely bonkers in the last 5 days, and it just doesn't seem to be heading that way right now.

That said, I'm glad the KS has done well. I hope they have built up enough production and interest to be a viable game post the KS because I think that even though Bones is not equivalent to Metal, having an affordable "plastic" 10mm mech/vehicle line is a great addition to the miniature gaming market.

That is sort of the big thing with Bones...

They are a gateway drug for the hard stuff like resin and metal. Cheap enough to get kids hooked, but not quite the good stuff...so they want to move up to real miniatures eventually.

errr...

Also, added a pair of Silverbacks to the core pledge as a bonus at $150K

 warboss wrote:

 frozenwastes wrote:
The new ones are the CGI ones. So far: Imperator, Kraken, Reaper, Raijin

I'll have to take a look at those then and see if they have the same stiff design motif that I was never a fan of. Thanks for the clarification!

My friend has the same issue, but he's planning on cutting tons of these apart and making his own poses and designs. I think there's a lot of potential there. I'll probably lend my conversion and scratchbuilding skills and help him rebuild some, but I'm not going to do my own batch. He's really excited about the creative project he has in front of him, I keep thinking I shouldn't buy miniatures just to fix them.

down to the final 3 days (60 hours or so as I write this)

They've also added a freebie to the base set

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
down to the final 3 days (60 hours or so as I write this)

They've also added a freebie to the base set

Ehh... I dropped my pledge yesterday.

Kickstarter just cleared the 161k goal more mechs and vehicles added to core set. Less than 30 hours left..

https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/595/957/16836628fbd3f534913f5823077a6200_large.jpg?1410917007

9 Hours left.
I'd say about 50/50 they make it to the 181k mark which would end the KS at 57 units for $100. Not a bad price or a bad Kicktraq numbers, it probably wasn't the runaway success that Reaper hoped for.

Still, I'm glad to see that the KS had a good enough showing that I'll be able to pick up some new 10mm sci-fi vehicles at my local FLGS next year.

...and they've added every single revealed stretch goal into the core now. So the core is now 60 models, and all add-ons displayed so far are available.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1513061270/reaper-miniatures-cav-strike-operations/posts/999678

15 mins to go...

The final numbers are


1,510 Backers with a total of $179,437


Remember if you got an early bird level you'll need to lock in your choices by some point in November (Reaper will update with the final date) or you will miss the early shipping window

they will not be doing any 'piecemeal' shipments after the main EB wave goes out so you'd end up waiting for the normal shipping time

Congrats on getting funded, off we go to Misc Games

i was very tempted to get into this kickstarter but ultimately passed.

The biggest Issue I had was the way the kick starter was organized..Tho this approach worked for the generic fantasy models for Bones I felt the mix and match,little bit of everything in the core pledge was too diluted.

For a kickstarter focusing around a game system I really wanted each faction to have its own section I could add to my plege and to be able to see a brief write up of each factions doctrine and history and then be able to select 2 factions for the pledge.
I'm fine for the advance units being paid addons but If I'm looking to start out as a small 2 player game..why do i need models from every faction?

then there ended up being no infantry units ..I'm assuming we'd have seen them if the kickstarter went higher?.
its to bad..it seemed like a missed opportunity
even if they had changed it so every unit had a point value and the core set allowed you to select the faction units you wanted it would have had a stronger appeal.
ah well maybe next time

I suspect at what, 6mm, infantry were never realistically going to be made in Bones as the shrinkage factor would just mess them up too badly

Edit: although I guess the metal ones could have been an option

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
I suspect at what, 6mm, infantry were never realistically going to be made in Bones as the shrinkage factor would just mess them up too badly

Edit: although I guess the metal ones could have been an option

CAV, is 10mm, but I do agree that bones is not a great material for replicating detail at that size, though it may be better than nothing.. Look at mechwarrior infantry (also 10mm) to see what infantry at that scale would look like in bones/PVC. It's useable, but not as nice as other competing company's miniatures. Still, they should make infantry in bones anyway just to get some affordable infantry out there.

I don't understand Reaper's ridiculous prices for CAV infantry. They're infantry is only smidge less than a dollar each! Even Heavy Gear, which is usually the most expensive option is almost half that at less than $20 for 40 figs. At this point I'd just tell someone to go out and buy some used Mechwarrior infantry. At troll and toad there are dozens of infantry units (2-5 minis per unit) that are only $0.35 each! That's 7-17 cents each instead of 50 cents to a buck each!
http://www.trollandtoad.com/products/search.php?search_words=mechwarrior+infantry&search_category=&search_order=relevance_desc&in_stock=yes

The Bones prices seem to creep higher every time I blink. Soon they will obliterate their biggest advantage: being cheap enough to justify buying Bones minis at all.

I think that Bones price creep also includes size creep as well.

Most of the CAVs are a bit thicker and chunkier than your average adventurer.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
The Bones prices seem to creep higher every time I blink. Soon they will obliterate their biggest advantage: being cheap enough to justify buying Bones minis at all.

How much did they rise by? I must have missed it.

human and dwarf size figures have gone up by 50% or more since before KS1. Bigger-sized monsters seem to be going up based on KS2. What is acceptable in a $2 mini is a little more troubling in a very similar $3.29 mini.

That is a jump. That's still in "impulse" buy range for grabbing one at the FLGS . However If I'm considering a project, that would make me give even more weight to bargain metal lines like EM4 and ERM who'se figures are as cheap or less.

Still, how wide ranging is it? I just checked the NOVA troopers and they're only about $2.50 each.