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Hey Zond,
Very pleased you're looking forward to this, always great to see Urban War fans joining us for this adventure, I think it will be the best one yet, it's certainly the one closet to my heart, and I think, the one that will replicate the epic space opera style wars of the Draconis Alba Galaxy best. The Junker legion bases really give a better "feel" for how we envisage that faction looking too, something we couldn't do with Urban War without reducing the Legionaries to total cannon fodder- the Auxllia were an attempt to create masses of cheap troops, but we had to drop the shotguns to get that to work points-wise which really restricted what they could do.
Great to have you on board.

Hey Pacific,
yes we have been very fortunate to have Angel wade in to help us, he's been a good mate for many a year now, not only a fabulous painter- perhaps the best- but an A1 guy too, generous and very down to earth, guy deserves all the praise he gets.
Just today he said: "These concepts and your description give me an idea, I'll apply my magic and you'll see fething awesome paintjobs bro!"

Looking forward to seeing what he comes up with.
cheers



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Ah Kid_Kyoto you beat me to that one

Out of curiosity is this then a reboot as it were of the Draconis Alba setting? And possibly beyond the scope of the kickstarter is there an aim to do anything more with the background such as an Urban War revival? I remember back in the day there was much talk about RPGs, and obviously Metropolis was a thing for a while. I appreciate this is already a huge undertaking, I'm just interested to see where it all goes.

Anyway looking forward to the kickstarter. If anyone has any NIB Urban War models PM me. I've got an itch I need to scratch.

Wow, I am really glad you moved this to N&R as I had totally missed it! Looking forward to your Kickstarter, the art and now casts shown on the last few pages look really great

This is the big KS that I am really looking forward to in 2016.

Can't wait to see what Angel Giraldez comes up with..

Always liked the Urban War stuff, so I'm curious to see how this pans out.

I know my brother has been a big fan of the Junkers in all their many iterations, while I preferred the Koralon. My biggest gripe was how the figures never could compare to the quality of the artwork. I'd imagine a lot of that was due to casting techniques at the time more than likely.

Curious to see just how many factions are going to end up represented in this.

Are we going to be seeing mostly resin and metal, or is plastic a possibility?

Any idea what currency this campaign will run in? That seems to play a factor in how funding goes.

Hey folks,
@Zond,
Yes it is a reboot of sorts in the sense that we are building on what was already there in the Galaxy in Void/Urban War/Metropolis
We will use the same timeline set in Urban War, however if you check back to the Iskandria sourcebook you will see that we have set the timeline back in the "Age of Tyrants". We did this so that we could start with the 4 main Homeworld factions. The plan is then, depending on well the Kickstarter goes, to bring the timeline forward so that we can then introduce the Koralon, with Blue Eden and First Contact, and then the Iskandrians (in Iskander's first "appearance") and then further into Operation Arkadian Dawn where we left ti with Urban War, bringing in the sub-factions: The Triads and Gladiators.
There is no plan at this stage to further develop Urban War under this KS, it is purely a 6mm scale venture. However if this does go well it does open up possibilities to revisit the 28mm scale skirmish game with the idea that we would integrate this with the 6mm AoT in an over aching "Nexus" campaign system where a series of scenarios would be linked using the different games to create a meta campaign system. We also looked at Sapceships too BUT with the proliferation of high quality games in this genre its not a priority at this stage.
RPG would be very interesting BUT we'd probably prefer to license this rather than tackle it ourselves, we are more miniature guys that RPG folk.

For Urban War models go to Scotia Grendel they are currently producing all the Urban War figures.
Thanks for the interest fella

@RiTides,
Well we have Kid_Kyoto to thank for moving the thread for us. Glad you liek ewhat you've seen so far, more in the pipe

@Pacific,
Thanks for the support mate I'm looking forward to what Angel does too!

Wow, just saw this for the first time - very curious and very interested! Impressed with what I see so far!

Maybe I've missed it, but are there samples/art somewhere for the Syntha faction? I may have just missed it...

Thanks!

@highlord tamburlaine
I do actually agree on the whole that the 28mm miniatures didn't live up to the expectations the art created, I think when we started we struggled to find top class sculptors that could translate the designs, further we were perhaps too price conscious and tried to reduce the number of bits, thus reducing the retail price, for minis and as a consequence we maybe stifled the designers from the get go.
With AoT we have attempted to push the envelope with the designs and make them as dynamic and detailed as possible.
To that end for the vehicles we have opted for resin designs, this by far scores over metal in terms of detail and scores heavily over injection moulded plastics in terms of dynamics.
For the infantry however we are still undecided to go for metal or resin. Plastics is out for these particular designs as they are too dynamic, too many undercuts so they'd need a re-design.
Metal is certainly cheaper than resin for miniatures at this scale but the resin does give extraordinary fidelity. We have metal casts of some of the Viridian sprues, they look pretty good, but not WOW, which I think we've managed with the vehicles, so we are experimenting with various setups of the resin to see if we can bring the costs down, we'll keep you posted.

Currency wise it will either be GBP or Euros, and yes it does have a bearing, we just need to see what currency works in KS as the company is registered in The Netherlands, more later on that.

Hope that helps

@Zond
A great reaction sir, many thanks
We have no casts yet for the Sythna but we have tonnes of stuff on our website in the galleries with 3D renders and full colour and B&W concept art, see here http://www.ageoftyrants.com/
Hope that helps
Cheers

Hey guys!

I'm the community manager at Age of Tyrants, so taking over from John for the most part.

He's a nosey beggar though, so I'd imagine he will pop in now and again (which is a good thing!).

RIGHT

The Kickstarter goes LIVE ON THE 21ST OF JANUARY 6PM GMT. It will be in GBP (£) Currency.

Everything else John has said is currently correct!

We've had lots of activity on our Facebook page, please do check it out for regular updates. We're working with lots of bloggers, all over the world - and that's how we let you guys know about it. Please head on over and hit like, as well as turning on notifications!!!

https://www.facebook.com/AgeofTyrants

We also popped over to Northern Ireland to do some filming with Beasts of War. About 25 minutes into the Weekender, you'll see Mark Brendan, the illustrious writer and game developer for Age of Tyrants, as well as my over-excited self, chatting about the game, the universe, the models, the scenery - literally everything - about Age of Tyrants.

http://www.beastsofwar.com/the-weekender/age-tyrants-win-angel-giraldez-diorama/

So, keep up and remember - this is going to be MASSIVE!

 rob_alderman wrote:
this is going to be MASSIVE!

I thought it is 6mm ???

Nevermind, carry on and play AoT/Panzerfäuste/Urban War

It has to be 6mm to be massive!

If it was 28mm, at the scale we're talking about, it would be uber-massive - but also uber-expensive!

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Sorry guys, this was too cool to share.

Given the game has some larger bases, we'll be doing some 'Rule of Cool' bits to make your bases look funky!

Here's a wee preview by Wayne England for a Viridian one.

Stompy robots and cool space ships coming too?

Please?

Wow. This looks very good indeed, the models on the previous page are stunning for 6mm. I do have a bit of a thing for big 6mm armies -



Please don't make this too good, I can't afford it

Okay, I have to say it.....

The countdown clock on their web page really irks me. It's like they couldn't be bothered to center it or get a counter that doesn't have to shift it's spot every second because a decimal place shifts.

Other than that it looks real interesting, hopefully the return of Epic doesn't occur during the KS, or I could see bad timing killing this.

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Stompy robots and cool space ships coming too?

Please?

There will be CLAU units, which are sort of Stompy Robots.

There will be Dropships...

Just remember, this isn't Epic 40k. We're not going to 'fill the gaps' that GW failed to fill. They could come along and fill them themselves, whenever they want, crushing our awesome game into the dirt!


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 Theophony wrote:
Okay, I have to say it.....

The countdown clock on their web page really irks me. It's like they couldn't be bothered to center it or get a counter that doesn't have to shift it's spot every second because a decimal place shifts.

Other than that it looks real interesting, hopefully the return of Epic doesn't occur during the KS, or I could see bad timing killing this.

LOL!

I'll give Rene, our webmaster, a buzz.

Sorry for the frantic spamming, but there will be blog posts going up a lot tomorrow, as the project goes live on Kickstarter at 18:00 UK time. That's 17:00 in Western Europe, 12:00 East Coast USA and 10:00 West Coast USA!

http://letempledemorikun.blogspot.fr/2016/01/age-of-tyrants-la-campagne-de.html

Morikun, in France is ready for the Kickstarter, are you?

 rob_alderman wrote:
Sorry for the frantic spamming, but there will be blog posts going up a lot tomorrow, as the project goes live on Kickstarter at 18:00 UK time. That's 17:00 in Western Europe, 12:00 East Coast USA and 10:00 West Coast USA!

http://letempledemorikun.blogspot.fr/2016/01/age-of-tyrants-la-campagne-de.html

Morikun, in France is ready for the Kickstarter, are you?

Super excited for the Kickstarter Rob! Let's hope you hit your mark

Sweet! Thanks!

More news from the front!

http://www.ageoftyrants.com/index.php/reviews/419-21-01-2016-take-a-trip-with-dv8

I'm just reading through the fluff, and I love it.

Looking forward to seeing what crops up on the KS!

And we're live!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520354196/age-of-tyrants

Nice looking stuff Rob.

I notice Prodos wasn't listed among your partners, do you have a different manufacturer lined up?

Just one question on this part:

You will see in the pre-production model pictures that the small components are in resin. This proved too fiddly so we will produce parts like antennae and satellite dishes as metal add-ons sets. This will allow backers to get their forces on the table at the double, whereas those who want to personalise their models can do so with these add-ons.

That's not a paid add-on, right - what is pictured will be included (satellite dishes and all) just with the small bits in metal instead of resin?

Just noticed this, was a huge fan of Urban War back in the day.

6mm scale is something I haven't played in ages, DZC isn't quite the type of gameplay I'm after (tried it, not for me), will have a look at this and see how it goes.

Interested in the minis to try 6mm Warpath with if nothing else!

It looks interesting, but I've never liked the "use money to buy individual units" method when a Kickstarter is for a defined game and not just a model range. If there's a 2 player starter set (or even 1 player company sets), I'll definitely join in.

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Nice looking stuff Rob.

I notice Prodos wasn't listed among your partners, do you have a different manufacturer lined up?

Prodos are one of three companies we have lined up. We have costed to go with any of them. Prodos has the largest capacity for this and has so far not let us down. If they do, we'll just go to one of the other two.



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 RiTides wrote:
Just one question on this part:

You will see in the pre-production model pictures that the small components are in resin. This proved too fiddly so we will produce parts like antennae and satellite dishes as metal add-ons sets. This will allow backers to get their forces on the table at the double, whereas those who want to personalise their models can do so with these add-ons.

That's not a paid add-on, right - what is pictured will be included (satellite dishes and all) just with the small bits in metal instead of resin?

No, they will be included.


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 scarletsquig wrote:
Just noticed this, was a huge fan of Urban War back in the day.

6mm scale is something I haven't played in ages, DZC isn't quite the type of gameplay I'm after (tried it, not for me), will have a look at this and see how it goes.

Interested in the minis to try 6mm Warpath with if nothing else!

This game is VERY different to DZC.

We will have gameplay videos up there soon enough.


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 infinite_array wrote:
It looks interesting, but I've never liked the "use money to buy individual units" method when a Kickstarter is for a defined game and not just a model range. If there's a 2 player starter set (or even 1 player company sets), I'll definitely join in.

Hey there,

It's worth pointing out that the units are actually designed to be very easy to put together in an army. We're running a series of army building guides on Beasts of War to show you how simple this is.

By the time you come to choosing units, you'll know exactly what you need!

Starter boxes, we hope will come further down the line. We will also do suggested armies.

Right, it's 6pm GMT, where's the KS link?

 scarletsquig wrote:
Right, it's 6pm GMT, where's the KS link?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1520354196/age-of-tyrants

 scarletsquig wrote:
Right, it's 6pm GMT, where's the KS link?

It's been running for an hour. Rob posted a link already.