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kb_lock wrote:
Man, I really want those large bases.

I'm dumb and it's early, but what size bases are they going to be?

The dimensions are shown on the image on the kickstarter page

The numbers are kind of odd - am I seeing it right that they're 43.9mm and 51.9mm to the flats on the sides? So maybe a 44mm and 52mm round?

Yup, 44 and 52. The moulds are created with electrosparking which leaves a rough finish (the type of finish you see on the top of the base usually), and then the edges get polished out to make them smooth, adding that missing 0.1mm and rounding things up. If you measure plastic bases with a rough top and smooth sides, you'll find 0.1-1mm discrepancies for just that reason, even amongst bases in the same range!

 Cyporiean wrote:

Davor wrote:
How much is all this in Canadian funds? I have no clue what I am looking at when I see $$$. Is that in US funds or Canadian funds when I view it?

This will be a BIG deal if I back or not. Prices seem reasonable but then again all US prices seem reasonable when I am on the GW site, get excited then see I am on the wrong site.

So what are the prices in Canadian funds?

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/convert/?Amount=1&From=USD&To=CAD

Today $1 USD is $1.22 CAD.

Thanks. I hate it when companies don't do the conversions. If they can't do the conversions for us Canadians and then I have to worry about shipping costs and what now, I will forget this kick starter and wish them well, hope they do well and once it's in my Local Store, then I will pick it up.

For me, I don't want to be worrying about I have to pay 20% more now or maybe 30% later. I wish there was a set price for Canadians so I know what my budget will be and I can expect to pay that price. So right now, it's in fluctuation on how much I have to pay, and I don't like that uncertainty.

Davor wrote:
So right now, it's in fluctuation on how much I have to pay, ...

Welcome to buying stuff on the internet.

It's a little unreasonable to expect companies to release specific pricing for any country other than the one they are based in, precisely because of that fluctuation.

Davor, unfortunately Kickstarter forces companies to choose a single currency for their rewards, otherwise I'm sure Spiral Arm would have set a price for pounds, euros, and canadian dollars.

Also, unless you live in such happy places as the Ukraine or Syria where the national currency can go straight to hell overnight, these fluctuations are in the range of maybe 5%. So at worst you'll be paying 105 bucks instead of 100. Considering that ME has a great value allready, this shouldn't keep you from pledging. I mean, just compare it to our alltime favourite GW. The same investment will give you what? 6 Meganobz? With no rules, no tokens, no dice, no terrain, no nothing.

Is there a way to change what you selected on the Kickstarter page?

Kick on Manage your Pledge. It will then let you select a new rewards level, which determines the base amount you will be charged. You can then edit the actual amount with extra money for add ons.

Thanks Grey Templar.

Today's update is a good one - a preview of some of the great things our friends have been making with our early production test terrain sprues. Some inspired things!

We've got a new terrain assembly video in this update too, so you can see a building go from simple components to assembled before your eyes.

I already had 2 of the terrain sprues in my pledge but after seeing that terrain I've upped it to 4, and I'm hoping we'll break the stretch goal that puts one in the box too, because that's given me some fantastic ideas.

Is it economically possible to sell them as a batch for a slight discount? Say, 5 for $50 or $55?

Thanks Tibbsy! We've been amazed by the buildings which we've seen made by other people already, and are really excited to see what gets made once these are in as many people's hands as possible!

One thing we've noticed as well, is that having those consistent stylistic elements across different battlefields really create a distinct Maelstrom's Edge terrain flavour, no matter how wacky the building shape, design or features. Really cool to see

Thanks very much for your ongoing support!

Tibbsy wrote:
I already had 2 of the terrain sprues in my pledge but after seeing that terrain I've upped it to 4, and I'm hoping we'll break the stretch goal that puts one in the box too, because that's given me some fantastic ideas.

I too have decided to double the number of terrain sprues I'm getting. This stuff is just fabulous.

The buildings look really cool, I think I'll be making some similar plus some pipes running around and across the buildings for a ghosts of mars feel. I'm already considering a mining frontier town, just need some grungy scifi mining equipment and vehicles now.

I'm probably gonna find a bunch of old Tonka trucks and convert them into massive mining machines.

 Kosake wrote:
Also, unless you live in such happy places as the Ukraine or Syria where the national currency can go straight to hell overnight, these fluctuations are in the range of maybe 5%. So at worst you'll be paying 105 bucks instead of 100. Considering that ME has a great value allready, this shouldn't keep you from pledging. I mean, just compare it to our alltime favourite GW. The same investment will give you what? 6 Meganobz? With no rules, no tokens, no dice, no terrain, no nothing.

That is a rather unfair comparison. The more apropos comparison would be Dark Vengeance to the ME box set.

But speaking of Nobs, do we have targeted MSRP numbers for all the various components of the ME box set? Say I wanted two more hunters, what is the MSRP for them? Do they come two to a box, or just one? Same goes for all the troops for that matter. What about the ME box itself, was a target MSRP announced (I might have missed it)?

The new terrain sprue buildings do look cool … maybe I need to revise my opinion on the terrain sprue.

The buildings with the rain gutter tops are amazing.

How many sprues were used for them?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

weeble1000 wrote:
I think SAS is perfectly happy with its models.

But are the customers?

The $$ loss yesterday would seem to indicate that maybe they're not?

This has been an interesting one to follow. Still some time left.

 JB wrote:
The buildings with the rain gutter tops are amazing.

How many sprues were used for them?

1 sprue will seemingly comfortably make two of those gutter buildings along with some foamcore or cardboard for padding.

Just upped for a terrain sprue. Really enjoying these photos of the ME terrain kitbashes.

Just added 5 terrain sprues. SAS' evil genius is showing.

Can we see the angel now PLEASE!!!

Yeah,

 legoburner wrote:

 JB wrote:
The buildings with the rain gutter tops are amazing.
How many sprues were used for them?

1 sprue will seemingly comfortably make two of those gutter buildings along with some foamcore or cardboard for padding.

I made the gutter and electrical box buildings.
I used 6 sprues to make the ten buildings with plenty of bits left over.
I could have done it with 4 if I used less doors. (almost every building has two doors)


I took some photos during the build and I'll make a thread to detail how I built these.
They were done super quick 2 days building and 3 days painting.

I plan on adding some ruins and scatter terrain and my Medge board will be awesome!!

Panic...

Looks great, especially like the 120 degree bending buildings, would be cool to have a bunch of those set up as the edge of a mini settlement with some other buildings in the centre.

zreef wrote:

 Kosake wrote:
Also, unless you live in such happy places as the Ukraine or Syria where the national currency can go straight to hell overnight, these fluctuations are in the range of maybe 5%. So at worst you'll be paying 105 bucks instead of 100. Considering that ME has a great value allready, this shouldn't keep you from pledging. I mean, just compare it to our alltime favourite GW. The same investment will give you what? 6 Meganobz? With no rules, no tokens, no dice, no terrain, no nothing.

That is a rather unfair comparison. The more apropos comparison would be Dark Vengeance to the ME box set.

But speaking of Nobs, do we have targeted MSRP numbers for all the various components of the ME box set? Say I wanted two more hunters, what is the MSRP for them? Do they come two to a box, or just one? Same goes for all the troops for that matter. What about the ME box itself, was a target MSRP announced (I might have missed it)?

The new terrain sprue buildings do look cool … maybe I need to revise my opinion on the terrain sprue.

Well, of course I selected those to make a point. DV is decent when you see the other GW prices, but then again, bolt action has even more models for the same cost.

Today's update is extra plastic! We are adding an extra sprue to every boxed set!

Vote now to pick which you'd like to see added to the kickstarter box

votey vote vote vote

@Panic: love your work man, and these buildings are another one of your awesome projects!

 Spiral Arm Studios wrote:
Today's update is extra plastic! We are adding an extra sprue to every boxed set!

Vote now to pick which you'd like to see added to the kickstarter box

Ohhh snap! I must say, I've enjoyed backing this from the beginning, as there's always a good chance I find out that the deal gets a bit sweeter- and it looks like today is one of those days!

Lol, voting for an extra angel is up, sight unseen.