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I thought they would have the Dahon and Sophia Drake avaialble at Gencon?

Is anyone getting inconsistent "results" of their pvc.

Picked one of the Corsairs at Random today and it cleaned up fairly quickly and notice the pvc was much more sturdy and less bendy.

So I went through a handful of them and notice their is an inconsistency. There are some a pain in the ass to clean up like sedition wars. And others that clean up like a charm. No where near as nice as hips or metals but I was able to scrape the mold lines no problem. By scrape I mean scrape. Not slice. It only took me like 8 to 10 minutes to clean up the big pirate dude.

If all PVC were like that guy, I could have lived with my sedition wars stuff.

I also didn't cut my finger.


Is it a result of manufacturing? allowing things to cool properly? or bad "batches" in the "formula"?

I speak as a founding father of the Restic Knights and not a fan boy.

Unless you're seeing a difference between identical figures it may be a result of deliberate slight changes in the formula

slightly softer more flexable mixes will allow figures to be shot with more undercuts, but will be less easy to clean

slightly harder less flexible mixes give better casts and less shrinkage especially on thin straight stuff and are easier to clean, but mean the undercuts have to be less pronounced

we saw this in some of the Reaper Bones like Cthulhu's head (soft) compared to his body (harder)

Another cell shaded example from the same chap who did the soul reaper on the last page,

Very nice. I'm thinking it's also a great solution to the softer detail on many of the other (smaller) models. The Noh having the best detail due to their larger size.

Have some Noh

Cool to see a painted faction all together,

Oh if only they'd get the EU/APAC stuff out of china an into the post

I'm still waiting too. It makes me sad.

Nice looking paints. I do have a small pang of sadness having sold off my whole pledge, but I just could let myself get into another game for which I don't like the majority of the model line. Especially if they are going to be that pricy.

Anyone who's seen the big Noh Beastie previewed, can you confirm the base size?

It should be 80mm like the Diamondback as it's the Nohs equivalent of a big mech (athough my rulebook is mmm somewhere between China/Germany where ever so I can't check for definite )

Cool, thanks.

so my shattered sword purifiers are making want to commit random acts of violence

 greenskin lynn wrote:
so my shattered sword purifiers are making want to commit random acts of violence

I'm not sure what you mean there...

Based on my Suspect 7, I think I do

Not sure how I missed it, but now I get it.

Sorry - it has been a long week!

 Alpharius wrote:

 greenskin lynn wrote:
so my shattered sword purifiers are making want to commit random acts of violence

I'm not sure what you mean there...

yea, rage and it being late rather killed my grammer and sentence structure
lets just say the purifiers have been the first models from my pledge to piss me off
lots of tiny pieces, some mold lines that were tough to clean without killing details on things like the faces, or were on thin parts that could easily break

No worries - Wehrkind helped me figure it out.

Overall, I really do like everything from this KS.

But I'm still contemplating selling it all too...

 Alpharius wrote:
No worries - Wehrkind helped me figure it out.

Overall, I really do like everything from this KS.

But I'm still contemplating selling it all too...

i'm pretty happy with all the models i ended up with for the Noh, but i'm giving a good bit of thought to sell/trading off the shattered sword, in part because i know i won't ever want to expand the force just due to how delicate and fiddly so many of the models have been to put together

So how much longer before the boat gets to Germany?

UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
So how much longer before the boat gets to Germany?

No one knows yet. Unfortunately CMoN is not forthcoming with any shipping updates and Soda pop is either equally silent or just as uninformed as the rest of us.

CMoN seems a bit backed up. There's been no word on Rivet Wars second wave for awhile now either. I fully expected to have all my Rivet Wars stuff by this point and that wasn't even too troubled a KS.

What hope has Relic Knights?

 Dentry wrote:
CMoN seems a bit backed up. There's been no word on Rivet Wars second wave for awhile now either. I fully expected to have all my Rivet Wars stuff by this point and that wasn't even too troubled a KS.

What hope has Relic Knights?

I got a confirm last week that Rivet Wars is on the boat.

They had that production problem with the Flight Stands for the planes that apparently caused a bigger issue than they were expecting.

They THINK it may be in their warehouses before GenCon, but don't think they'll begin shipping until shortly after.

They also owe me 2 PACER robots, along with the aforementioned fixes for 'known' problems.

Also, Rivet Wars Wave 2 at...

 Alpharius wrote:
They also owe me 2 PACER robots, along with the aforementioned fixes for 'known' problems.

Also, Rivet Wars Wave 2 at...

Did you see the update?

The Fixes are going to be coming directly from Soda Pop.

I'd guess also post GenCon

I did see that update, and I already sent in my request for the missing PACER robots too, it's just that I'm not all that confident that it will get sorted out correctly and sent to me without a few more emails.

We'll see though, and I'd be OK with a "Pleasant Surprise" here too!

 Alpharius wrote:
I did see that update, and I already sent in my request for the missing PACER robots too, it's just that I'm not all that confident that it will get sorted out correctly and sent to me without a few more emails.

We'll see though, and I'd be OK with a "Pleasant Surprise" here too!

I've actually been pretty impressed with how they've handled the distro of this after the 'breakup.' There's been some problems, but I think, for the most part, they've done okay.

That's still yet to be seen, of course, but I'm optimistic.

I'll agree with that. Soda Pop certainly seem to be more involved now than during the time period following the KS up until their split with CMoN.

Want to start working on Noh this week. Hopefully my supplies and Sophia show up this week so I can get a move on that.

Another update from Deke

We finally managed to get some info. My apologies on how long it has taken. I have sent the update text to CMoN so it should be posted soon.

The basics:
- US shipping is complete.
- Asia Pacific starts shipping from China on Monday
- EU shipping is being air freighted to Germany on Monday and then shipping will begin.

If you are a US backer and have not received your items or tracking information, please send a mail to info@sodapopminiatures.com with the subject line: US Backer - No Shipment.

If you are a US backer and received mispacked items, please send a mail to info@sodapopminiatures.com with the subject line: US Backer - Mispack.

In the body of either include your Pledge Number, Full Name, and Mailing Address (remember your apt/suite #), along with what items you ordered or that were mispacked.

Still lots of reports from US backers that they haven't received theirs yet.

Looks like EU should start arriving the week after next again it's flown to Germany cleared customs and reshipped.

I really, really hope they've managed to incorporate the Hells Belles and Valaria fixes in the EU/APAC stuff,

both because it means there was at least some reason for all the delays,

and because otherwise Soda Pop is going to have a huge international shipping bill to fix all the mistakes,

but at least it's some sign of movement