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From facebook the KS is going for approval and will be up as soon as they can within the next week probably.

More interested in this bit:

Secret Weapon Miniatures - Brian, we have plans for multiple themes -- and one of our first stretch goals will be for Urban Streets. This will include both ruined and (comparatively) clean street sections so they can be used with both the Urban Streets and Urban Rubble base sets. BAM!

by the sounds of it bases may be an add on option in the KS.

That was me!

They've said on the FB that for stretch goals they will be doing NON-Destroyed urban tiles! This makes me

Wow, this looks pretty exciting... if these are the right price, it's a sure thing for me.

These look really good, i guess it's all down to the price + shipping costs now.

I'll be in for a 2 sets then - urban and urban destroyed!

I just hope that...

The price is right boys, don't expect 50 bucks for a table, remember we are talking a substantial amount of plastic here. However, by any means, by any evaluation, the price will most definitely be very, very strong. It's really gonna be a no-brainer.

I feel like either
1) MT11 had a hand in the development of this product
or'
2) He did painting for the mockups/display versions...

3) He is secretly the alternate, Canadian Ego of Mr. Justin...

As long as I can get a 3'x3' field, I'll most likely pledge.

 Alfndrate wrote:
I feel like either
1) MT11 had a hand in the development of this product
or'
2) He did painting for the mockups/display versions...

3) He is secretly the alternate, Canadian Ego of Mr. Justin...

Nope to all 3 lol! I was privy to a few things but nothing more than that.

To be completely transparant, I bought a ROB board last year before I ever knew about this. I spent a great deal of time painting it up and it is all done downstairs. I will not be buying this product simply because of all the work I already did on the board I have.

That being said, if I did know this would be happening I would have held off, and I can say that with 100% honesty. I have been a big fan of Secret Weapon for years and Justin has become a friend since meeting him at Adepticon last year. He really knows his stuff, is generous with his knowledge, participates in the community and his product is top notch, nearly all my bases, pigments, washes, brass and scenics come from him, and I haven't had an issue with a single one.

So, I have no stake in this, my enthusiasm is pure, unfiltered, unbiased support for a really sexy, well priced new product that I think will be great for the audience, I.E - all you guys

I'm just a fan is all! And I am pretty sure most of you will be too when you see the KS launch, the stuff speaks for itself, he really doesn't need to play a marketing game here, he put in the work, right through to production samples, he has the distribution network in place, his shipping has always been very fair... this genuinely is a kickstarter in the real sense, the product is great but tooling is incredibly expensive, funding this is directly funding ready to go, truly production ready stuff.

Since it's production ready and he's already got production samples done, can we expect a relatively fast shipping time from the close of the KS?

I understand a lot of them have 6 months+ shipping times because many products are not yet ready for production.

I'm hoping that there are add-ons like the Bones KS had, where for $X you can add Y to your pledge level.

I'd very much like 4x6 which means I'll need another 8 tiles.

That I'll have to leave to the KS to answer, which should be starting up soon!

Tom, while we have your ear (eyes), do you have any idea how dice roll on these bad boys? One of my biggest issues with the RoB board is that dice bounce everywhere on them...

I'm excited. Even for display board purposes this is brilliant, let alone for home play. Depending on the price (and I definitely don't expect basement pricing) I'm in. Not sure for how many but this could be a kickstarter I get re-involved with. I haven't kickstarted anything since Kingdom Death (and my wallet thanks me since I think my average over 3 KS's has been $400+)

 Alfndrate wrote:
Tom, while we have your ear (eyes), do you have any idea how dice roll on these bad boys? One of my biggest issues with the RoB board is that dice bounce everywhere on them...

One thing that I highly recommend is a dice tower.

I've lost countless dice over the years to rolling on hard bouncy surfaces.

Dice Towers

Also, hooray I learned how to rename url's in forums.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Tom, while we have your ear (eyes), do you have any idea how dice roll on these bad boys? One of my biggest issues with the RoB board is that dice bounce everywhere on them...

I couldn't say man, haven't seen them in person but this is a good question!

Personally I use those felt lined dice octogon thingies, keeps the rolling more manageable and tidy and theoretically helps my paintjob on the table take a little less abuse too! In all honesty, though this is a complete guess, I wouldn't expect the dice rolling to be too different, plastic is plastic. Total guess though, could be wrong, and worth maybe asking Justin to do a little test once the KS gets rolling!


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I use one of these btw -

http://www.amazon.com/10-INCH-WOOD-DICE-TRAY/dp/B000XVG8XY

Obviously Secret Weapon should include those as an option

I don't normally have issues with losing dice/abuse to the table as I normally play with a GW Grass mat resting over two 2'x4' mdf boards. I'm just curious, I might ask this on the fb page...

And I'm with Hulksmash, I'd love these for display board purposes alone

I'm seriously excited about this one!

I just need (OK, want!) confirmation on URBAN and DESTROYED URBAN tile sets!

Okay come on, enough of this waiting. I want to buy them already!

 Alfndrate wrote:

My mom just made batch after batch of bathtub gin... :-\

I think I used to live next door to your mom...


...did she drive a big, white van?

I'm interested.

If they are priced to do a 4x6 table for $100-$125 or less, I'll jump all over it. More than that, and I'll have to really think about it.

I am really looking forward to these

I wonder what kinds of boards we will see!

I highly doubt it, but do we know if there is going to be a "retailer" level?

If there is, I might request my FLGS owner pick it up, and I'd gladly pay the KS price of a board to him instead (that way Mr. Justin et al. get their cut, and I don't have to feel guilty about wanting to occasionally set it up at my FLGS )

 Maelstrom808 wrote:
If they are priced to do a 4x6 table for $100-$125 or less, I'll jump all over it. More than that, and I'll have to really think about it.

I'd be stunned if they can get them out for $4.17 to $5.21 per tile (24 tiles needed for a 4x6 table) especially considering shipping costs

but fingers crossed!

I'm looking at getting a 6x4 foot board in the next few months.

If this is priced at less than GW's board including shipping then they will have a buyer, if not then my cash will go to GW.

Simple

I have good hopes since it is Secret Weapons.
Still, call me when he makes something else than streets, bricks and tires ... you know ... something SciFi-like.

I'm hoping for something in the style of their new Tau Ceti bases

http://www.secretweaponminiatures.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=79_30_105

So, any ideas as to plain tiles --- anyone??

I just want some plain easily transportable tiles that can be used for historical and if painted blue, for good ol' pirates of the spanish main.

If they don't do rivers and trenches something is wrong wiht them. those are the 2 classic things you can never do right on a flat table.

Nice catch Dave C - that might be the "Urban" table style?