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2015/10/16 09:27:29
Subject: Age of Tyrants: 6mm Sci-Fi Big Battle Game
This project is absolutely fantastic !! Obviously, there is a dream team judging from the great names I can see ^^
The artworks are awesome... But the minis are more awesome !!
I didn't know that prodos was the caster... Despite the fact the KS AVP is apocalyptic BUT seems to see the light in the tunnel (at least for the communication), it would be a good point for Age of Tyrants because the minis of prodos are REALLY fine detailed !!
I'm one of the "lucky" backer who receive his box and honestly, until now my best minis were those from RN Estudio... But now I must confess prodos ones are better.
The tanks look very good indeed !! I would like to see more about the viridian please ^^
@Pacific deciding on the material is important and although plastics for example would give us very good costings it wouldn't have alloyed us to do the kind of dynamic models that resin affords.
But when it comes to the figures I wish we could do them in resin, the detail is outstanding.
What we may do is put up some comparisons for folk to comments, maybe folk would pay more? Further depending on the numbers we may be able to offer both, since the master process is the same. I'll keep you posted on this as feedback will be essential.
@Morikun That's a great endorsement fella, much appreciated I think Prodos do a crackin' job, they far exceeding the two other companies that quoited us for the job, not only in terms of quality but also service, we had accurate costings, sample print and sample casts all within a fortnight, another supplier of quality resin products took 6 months and then we only had a ball-park number, so from my own personal point of view they couldn't be a better partner for us on this project.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Oh @Pacific yes these are what customers will get
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I'm quite excited by this.
I love Urban War and have a decent sized Triad force.
Loved the ruleset, shame it's nearly impossible to get a game these days.
I'll be keeping an eye on Kickstarter when it launches.
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2015/10/17 03:31:00
Subject: Re:Age of Tyrants: 6mm Sci-Fi Big Battle Game
Roland Berberich has been an ardent follower of our Urban War game from its inception back in 2004 so it comes as no surprise that he was enthusiastic about our forthcoming Age of Tyrants. We sent him a few samples of models to let us know what he thought. Here’s what he said on his blog Roland Mini reviews
https://rolandsminireviews.wordpress.com/2015/10/17/age-of-tyrants-junkers-and-viridians-part-i/
Hi Pacific, Infantry bases will vary depending on type and faction. Junkers will have the most (now this is an aesthetic thing not really necessary for the game to work, for example in the KS a standard infantry base will be 12 figs, but we will offer an "upgrade" pack for Junkers to give them that real Legion feel, this is purely for cost in the KS as all infantry base/platoons will cost the same so when you pledge you simply buy inf platoons, or amour platoons, but you can wait until the pledge-manger to decide which faction you want). All basic infantry bases for Junkers have 24 figures, specialist such as exo-suits will have 12, with HMG teams 6. The other factions are 12 standard figs per base, 8 specialist and 4 heavy weapons.
Again this is all aesthetics, we have always wanted Junkers to be this mass army, but found that hard to achieve in our 28mm skirmish games without making them too poor in combat, the Auxilia in Urban War were an attempt to get low cost troops, but at the cost of no shotguns, which made them very vulnerable.
AoT and this sort of bases gives them the look that we always envisioned for them, masses upon masses of infantry legions
Minis are really awesome, details are absolutely perfect... But IMO, the prodos resin is too soft (whereas, about the AVP minis, I didn't met such troubles)...
Also my experience with Prodos is mostly good. Their early Warzone stuff was finicky, but they vastly improved the modelling aspect in the next run, so knowing Prodos is in is actually a plus for me.
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2015/11/06 10:56:44
Subject: Re:Age of Tyrants: 6mm Sci-Fi Big Battle Game
Hey guys,
Thanks for the positive comments and thank you to Mori kun for posting here.
I am in talks with Prodos to review some of the issues raised by the review, and I am very confident that these can all be overcome. My experience of Prodos has been very positive, they have really worked hard for us to get these designs out, we deliberately pushed the envelope on the details of these craft knowing that they were up to the task and I think these pics prove that they have.
We have a second generation of samples coming out this week, and a rather tasty VASA Red Hammer, so Mori kun will be posting feedback on those very soon.
All the best chaps
I fixed the junker tank problem with an another Marseille Soap with a very soft brushing : there was definitely too much of silicon molding product on it ^^'
I'll post some pics soon and I wait for the Vasa tank ^^
Hey folks, sorry for the hiatus, I was called away on family business for the last few weeks but I see my good mate Morikun has been keeping you entertained. Very pleased with all the positive comments chaps.
@Albertorius price wise we're not quite there yet, still finalizing cost as we need to reverse engineer in all the free stretch stuff as well as giving better discounts for larger set purchases.
What we are trying to do is offer all the tanks/vehicles at the same flat rate, it keeps the KS a lot simpler to run, we are also trying to do this with the figure bases too, Junkers however will be more expensive as they have twice as many figures on them BUT we may even offer a basic base for them- 12 figures- with an option to buy a booster set to take it up to 24 for those who want the true Junker Legion experience.
I hope to have prices within a few weeks for you folks.
cheers
Wow that's something of a coup getting Angel Giraldez onboard, boy can that guy paint!
Can't wait to see what he comes up with.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Sir Johnny, would you like this thread moved to News and Rumors where it may get more attention? Or would you like to start a new thread there?
Sounds like a great idea! Would definitely get a lot more coverage there.
@Kid_Kyoto
I really wasn't sure where to start this in the beginning, if you think it would benefit being moved then by all means fella please move it, I'd be very grateful, thank you very much
And just to re-iterate Morikun, release date is 14th of January 2016, cheers
I loved Urban War. I always felt it was a shame it just seemed to fade away so I'm happily in for this. Knowing the expected date actually means I'll save some money for kickstarting goodness!
I think Prodos do a crackin' job, they far exceeding the two other companies that quoited us for the job, not only in terms of quality but also service, we had accurate costings, sample print and sample casts all within a fortnight, another supplier of quality resin products took 6 months and then we only had a ball-park number, so from my own personal point of view they couldn't be a better partner for us on this project.
