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Hey there fellow dakkadakkians!

There can never bee too much dakka, so for that reason I offer you a kickstarter project aimed at producing futuristic machines of death, war and destruction for 28mm, 15mm, 6mm wargames!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/635635848/darkpmc-54mm-mechsuits?ref=watched_project_launched











The project has just started, so you still have time to claim some of the limited pledge options!

So 54mm is the height of the mech, rather than the scale? It may be worth changing that in the title. They seem to be pretty good looking mechs. I am fond of the Mk1. Would you mind maybe some scale pics with regular 28mm scale models (Infinity etc) rather than the Riptides?

Yeah, youre shooting yourself in the foot by saying 54mm. To me, that implies its for use in a scale of gaming that is 2x thats of 40k or any other game that I play for that matter, zero interest in 54mm scale. Now, if its 28mm scale but 54mm in height thats another matter entirely.

The MK1 is the mech of my dreams. I want it inside my body...

Seriously. The Mk1 looks awesome. Do you have any estimate for shipping costs?

 Guildsman wrote:
Seriously. The Mk1 looks awesome. Do you have any estimate for shipping costs?

£5 for UK, £10 for US flat it seems

I agree with the Mk1 praise above as well as the derision regarding the 54mm misleading title. The Mk1 does look pretty cool and any measurements in the title of a minis KS will automatically be considered the scale by most folks.

Title be miss leading

"for 28mm, 15mm, 6mm wargames!" should be in it instead

Very cool stuff though.

Is the third from the right mini the Mk1? The pic is grainy but it looks like it from the two stovepipe things on its back but I'm not sure.

Love it!

Like many others, calling it 54mm isn't accurate. I actually expected like 12" tall models! These are Tau Crisis suit sized...

So the minis are good for 6mm-30/35mm, and are 54mm themselves....

Ok.

Please post better pics of the Mk1. If that thing is really 8 quid apiece you might be a rich man.

Very front mission, Armored core feeling to these mechs

These really are cheap.. the shipping however.. is not o_0

I'm in for now.. gonna see how it shapes up but I snatched up a limited spot just in case

Looks kind of interesting.

Sent a message to the kickstarter creator via their kickstarter page asking for clarification or correction with their mention of 54mm.

EDIT: Because I shouldn't be so quick to judge

EDIT 2: The creator replied that it was just indeed the height and not scale when they mention 54mm. He changed the title a bit so when you go to the kickstarter now it explains that its for 28mm, 15mm, or 6mm games. Regardless of that I've backed it anyway... I really like the look of the robots and would build and paint them no matter what they are used for.

 Desubot wrote:
Title be miss leading

"for 28mm, 15mm, 6mm wargames!" should be in it instead

Very cool stuff though.

The creator actually changed the title

And there are addons

"Add-ons:

8 GBP - any of the 4 mechsuits (Rapier, Guardian, Wolverine, MK.1)

21 GBP - Air Superiority - 3-man squad of "Overseers" (each additional is 7 GBP)

21 GBP - Siege Specialists - 3-man squad of "Bug Hunters" (each additional is 7 GBP)

21 GBP - Heavy Support - 3-man squad of "Heavy Support Suit MK.1" (each additional is 7 GBP)
"

Plus there are photos of the MK.1 up close, though the paint job is a bit off ^^""""""


















The thing looks awesome

That Mk1 sculpt really doesn't live up to the concept art unfortunately.

 djphranq wrote:
Looks kind of interesting.

Sent a message to the kickstarter creator via their kickstarter page asking for clarification or correction with their mention of 54mm.

EDIT: Because I shouldn't be so quick to judge

EDIT 2: The creator replied that it was just indeed the height and not scale when they mention 54mm. He changed the title a bit so when you go to the kickstarter now it explains that its for 28mm, 15mm, or 6mm games. Regardless of that I've backed it anyway... I really like the look of the robots and would build and paint them no matter what they are used for.

Should I change the name of the topic to the new name of the kickstarter? (if that is possible ^^"")

Yeah that is actually pretty sloppy work for the guys who cast for Hawk Wargames... It is a little concerning tbh how the shots from the back look, like its made out of moddling clay

 disel91 wrote:

 djphranq wrote:
Looks kind of interesting.

Sent a message to the kickstarter creator via their kickstarter page asking for clarification or correction with their mention of 54mm.

EDIT: Because I shouldn't be so quick to judge

EDIT 2: The creator replied that it was just indeed the height and not scale when they mention 54mm. He changed the title a bit so when you go to the kickstarter now it explains that its for 28mm, 15mm, or 6mm games. Regardless of that I've backed it anyway... I really like the look of the robots and would build and paint them no matter what they are used for.

Should I change the name of the topic to the new name of the kickstarter? (if that is possible ^^"")

Hello! You can scroll to the top of the thread where your original post is and click the Edit button in the corner. From there you should be able to edit the title. Sometimes it won't show up right away on the thread index but it should update eventually... or if someone replies to the thread then the updated thread title shows up on the index.

 djphranq wrote:

 disel91 wrote:

 djphranq wrote:
Looks kind of interesting.

Sent a message to the kickstarter creator via their kickstarter page asking for clarification or correction with their mention of 54mm.

EDIT: Because I shouldn't be so quick to judge

EDIT 2: The creator replied that it was just indeed the height and not scale when they mention 54mm. He changed the title a bit so when you go to the kickstarter now it explains that its for 28mm, 15mm, or 6mm games. Regardless of that I've backed it anyway... I really like the look of the robots and would build and paint them no matter what they are used for.

Should I change the name of the topic to the new name of the kickstarter? (if that is possible ^^"")

Hello! You can scroll to the top of the thread where your original post is and click the Edit button in the corner. From there you should be able to edit the title. Sometimes it won't show up right away on the thread index but it should update eventually... or if someone replies to the thread then the updated thread title shows up on the index.

Done!

I am sorry to say but the greenstuff looks beginner material, how long have you been sculpting?

Colour me suspicious - the MK I looks like a kitbash instead of a 3D printed model, and no physical model for the differently rendered Omnifex.

Something is also nagging me about the other 3 mech models - I swear I've seen their design elsewhere.

 Stormonu wrote:
Colour me suspicious - the MK I looks like a kitbash instead of a 3D printed model, and no physical model for the differently rendered Omnifex.

Something is also nagging me about the other 3 mech models - I swear I've seen their design elsewhere.

it looks similar to the gasaraki designs

The sculpt for the heavy support suit had been posted on the defiance games threads, looks like it was done by the same guy who was doing his own version of the egg suits. Which has me wondering if he actually owns any of the rights to these design as he displays the art of several different deviant art members.

While it may not be anything shifty it does suggest some deeper digging before I'd back it.

I'm not pulling my pledge or anything (yet) but I'd reallllllly like to see good images of the Mk1 without paint.

As to the designs.. yeah..those are pretty familiar designs but I think it is more that if you look at a lot of design blogs and stuff, these are the silhouettes the concept artists are leaning towards. They're watching GiTS or whatever, deciding that it'd be cool to have a model like x y or z.. then going after a similar aesthetic. To call foul on that, it would need to be IDENTICAL to the original.

Which.. is another thing. People back Zombicide which blatantly rips off everything along with lots of other campaigns.. but one like this comes along and people get worked up.. I'm not saying it's completely off-base, just that it seems like a bit of a double standard.

 MLaw wrote:
I'm not pulling my pledge or anything (yet) but I'd reallllllly like to see good images of the Mk1 without paint.

As to the designs.. yeah..those are pretty familiar designs but I think it is more that if you look at a lot of design blogs and stuff, these are the silhouettes the concept artists are leaning towards. They're watching GiTS or whatever, deciding that it'd be cool to have a model like x y or z.. then going after a similar aesthetic. To call foul on that, it would need to be IDENTICAL to the original.

Which.. is another thing. People back Zombicide which blatantly rips off everything along with lots of other campaigns.. but one like this comes along and people get worked up.. I'm not saying it's completely off-base, just that it seems like a bit of a double standard.

The creator commissioned the designs for Rapier, Wolverine and Guardian from a deviantart member http://ianskie1.deviantart.com, who posted about this on his deviantart profile. And it seems that the they were moddled by http://avitus12.deviantart.com, who also says that on his profile. And on the main kickstarter page they are cited as well. And the sculpter of MK.1 is cited.


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 MLaw wrote:
I'm not pulling my pledge or anything (yet) but I'd reallllllly like to see good images of the Mk1 without paint.

As to the designs.. yeah..those are pretty familiar designs but I think it is more that if you look at a lot of design blogs and stuff, these are the silhouettes the concept artists are leaning towards. They're watching GiTS or whatever, deciding that it'd be cool to have a model like x y or z.. then going after a similar aesthetic. To call foul on that, it would need to be IDENTICAL to the original.

Which.. is another thing. People back Zombicide which blatantly rips off everything along with lots of other campaigns.. but one like this comes along and people get worked up.. I'm not saying it's completely off-base, just that it seems like a bit of a double standard.

This is the only thing that was posted without paint, so far ^^""""

Damn, those greens and painted pic just kills this for me.

Looks like it's made of playdoh.

If I'm understanding the kickstarters creator correctly the master for the MK1 was traditionally sculpted rather than CAD designed and then 3D printed like the rest of the designs. As by now I think we can safely say that greenstuff sculpting is not this kickstarters strong point, I'm hoping that the others models will not share the slightly lumpy look of the MK1.

The others are printed and look good. Don't get the MK1 and you should be okay.