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In the end we all lose?

I'm starting to wonder if it's not the case. Not with this one specifically, but with KS in general. How many companies ween themselves off of it? And how many companies go on to being available through the mainstream?

It is quite possible that my anecdotal evidence is not representative of the market in general (wouldn't that be something, eh?) but even massive hits like Zombicide barely move stock at local FLGS.

I'm getting the feeling that CMoN is getting most of its money from Kickstarter these days with their over-hyped campaigns.

It is an interesting perspective which I am wondering, some companies may not aim for mainstream, some may prefer to sacrifice mainstream for larger margin from kickstarter, some may work their way to mainstream slowly, KS is still a new thing really and most of its impact is yet to be seen for me.

 BrookM wrote:
I'm getting the feeling that CMoN is getting most of its money from Kickstarter these days with their over-hyped campaigns.

Rum and Bones is fine, but often I just want the figures.

I shouldn't have bothered with the bikes.....Girls on bikes my weakness..

Especially since those bikes were, IMHO, sub par in conception. Maybe they will turn out great, but they seem impractical and over-festooned with details. The Infinity bikes are much better, IMHO again.

I wonder what could be holding my shipment back, aside from my attitude. By all accounts, all the minis are done. Except maybe that one single dude.

Has there been any word on the progress on the remaining items? It's been a good while since we've had a production update of any kind now.

Something something 12 weeks. That was in their last update when Wave 2 (or was it 2.5? 3? 2.578?) shipped.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Especially since those bikes were, IMHO, sub par in conception. Maybe they will turn out great, but they seem impractical and over-festooned with details. The Infinity bikes are much better, IMHO again.

I wonder what could be holding my shipment back, aside from my attitude. By all accounts, all the minis are done. Except maybe that one single dude.

I have Penni from Shae on here, just waiting for the twins, thinking of painting them Hells Angels style

RoninXiC wrote:
I asked and got an answer. Seems like the Iron Empire mecha is holding my pledge back... That's actually a modell they had finished MORE THAN HALF A YEAR AGO.

Still waiting for some freebies and this bad boy uhm girl.

Hmmm, may have to pick up a Jailbird walker somewhere down the road myself, I've been looking for a unique walker for an event I'm running later this year.

I wonder how many weapon options it will have included.

I may have missed it because I was never that interested in the mech stuff but has there been any talk of extra/optional for them?

From what I've seen on the site, it makes mention of being able to pose each mech and having optional heads for the pilots, but no mention of weapon options.


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And the end of an era has arrived, earlier today I received my pledge at long last!



First impressions are okay, she'll require some cleanup here and there, plus parts of the model have a darker coloured metal for some reason. Impurities of the metal used with the cast? Well, as long as it can hold paint I'm not bothered by it. Some of the details are perhaps a bit soft, quite a few of the many purity seals she's festooned with are somewhat lacking in detail, especially the ones on her lightning claws. The logo and text on the back of her coat are sharp though.

She'll sadly go onto the pile of shame for some time to come, or at least until I can figure out what to do with her now.

There's also..



Tank commander Elektra something-stein! Great quality cast, really clean with no moldlines whatsoever. She thankfully won't end up on the pile of shame, instead she'll soon be built and painted up to become the decoration of one of my Imperial Knights; a cocky pilot posing in front of her suit of armour.

Is that all you've bought BrookM? Or is it just the last piece of it? Please post the finished Eisenstein, I want o use her as tank commander instead. Hopefully she fits into a Leman Russ cupola.

I guess this means the final wave really is upon us. I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer as I ordered those in resin, so I will be holding the entire dropship back.

I fear you may need to trim Eisenstein a lot. Also, she's holding a sword across her back, which may make fitting her through a cupola even harder.

I initially only bought Wolfenstein (due to me being both a sceptic and not having a job at the time, thus not having a lot of spending cash), but I decided to make use of their thing they had last year and order a few more minis (Doctor von X, Hilda von Stroheim, Severina Madsen and Elektra Eisenstein), which came in over time. But as of today, I'm done with this one, I've gone over to the KS site and officially checked the box to let them know I've received my stuff. All that I'm waiting for now is.. Kingdom Death Monster.

I'll be buying more minis later this year, a Jailbird mecha at the very least, whenever it goes on-line in their store, along with some other support personal models for my Solar Auxilia.

All said and done, the mini's are nice, yes-yes, but not "almost two years of waiting" nice and I'm standing by that statement. Then again, I am a minority who should die in a fire.

 BrookM wrote:
I fear you may need to trim Eisenstein a lot. Also, she's holding a sword across her back, which may make fitting her through a cupola even harder.

Dang, didn't know about an swords. Although I did plan to just chop her in half. We'll see. This and Wolfenstein are tomorrow's problems for now.

 BrookM wrote:

I initially only bought Wolfenstein (due to me being both a sceptic and not having a job at the time, thus not having a lot of spending cash), but I decided to make use of their thing they had last year and order a few more minis (Doctor von X, Hilda von Stroheim, Severina Madsen and Elektra Eisenstein), which came in over time. But as of today, I'm done with this one, I've gone over to the KS site and officially checked the box to let them know I've received my stuff. All that I'm waiting for now is.. Kingdom Death Monster.

I'll be buying more minis later this year, a Jailbird mecha at the very least, whenever it goes on-line in their store, along with some other support personal models for my Solar Auxilia.

All said and done, the mini's are nice, yes-yes, but not "almost two years of waiting" nice and I'm standing by that statement. Then again, I am a minority who should die in a fire.

Lucky you. I don't even know what I'm missing anymore.

Yeah, she's holding the sword in both hands behind her back, it's a somewhat awkward pose and not how I'd hold a sword myself, but oh well..



I've also discovered that on my Eisenstein some of the smaller details are nowhere near as sharp as the render shown above: the medals on her shoulder are all almost featureless, same with the coat details across her abdomen. Minor stuff I know, but ehhhh..

Yeah I was also thinking about using her as Pask, when the sculpt came out with the big sword I figured I'd just steal the rather fancy hat version of the head and stick it on a body that will fit into a cupola without quite so much work.

The peaked cap version is a nice one as well, with the windswept hair, that one will go nicely with my next batch of veterans whenever the other heads arrive.

Here's my Eisenstein btw, clipped her tab into a peg and drilled a hole into the base of my WIP Errant:



Also decided to stick together Wolfenstein, not sure what to do with her just yet. I did stick her on a slightly larger base because well.. her scenic stand needs it.



I may just use her as a Space Marine Centurion stand-in, so long as they have access to lightning claws. Maybe I'll make her Alpha Legion, seeing as she's got a skull and snake on her back.

Centurions don't get lightning claws.

Too bad your Knight is already assembled, or she could be standing in the hatch.

Sorry, I meant their 30k army leading equivalent.

 BrookM wrote:
Sorry, I meant their 30k army leading equivalent.

Oh, duh. Yeah, that'd probably be amusing.

Do I spy some Dreamforge spare armour on that base? Naughty BrookM...

Yeah, one of the Dreamforge fondlers gave me gak over using GW's Knights (I use both GW's and a fake), so I decided to stick it to the donkey-cave with a bit of themed battlefield debris.

 BrookM wrote:
Yeah, she's holding the sword in both hands behind her back, it's a somewhat awkward pose and not how I'd hold a sword myself, but oh well...

I've actually held stuff in that pose, both a sword, swagger stick and a rifle, it can be kinda comfy in some circumstances, and if done right can give you a kinda cool look (with the swagger stick any way). It's about as combat effective as trying to work a weapon's trigger with your tongue though.

For me it's not about combat effectiveness, but rather, she's holding it by the teeth, if it's a chainsword. Not that it's the end of the world, I rather like the pose, it fits with what I have in mind for the girl, being an Imperial Noble and all that.

....oh, I was thinking it was by the sheath or something. That's a bit batty.

I'm honestly not so sure with these sword designs.

You just don't understand art, philistine.

dear lord BrookM changed avatars. raging heroes minis are arriving....FW sold retail...surely the Apocalypse is nigh...