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Post by: timetowaste85
It's not Iron Man, it's Wolverine. The guy's name is Howlett and he has three small claws popping out of the downed hand and the back hand has detail that can be seen as three claws. Well played, Mantic...
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
I think they saw Alpha's post. The latest update is titled "I am...". And what am I? As Alpha said: I am Iron Man.  Sergeant Howlett. So he's Iron Man crossed with James Howlett (aka Logan aka Wolverine). Ahh feth it! *adds book* *adds $8 for Iron Wolverine*
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Post by: Yonan
That's the spirit!
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Post by: GrimDork
Hey there was an iron spiderman, why not iron wolverine. That one is cool, not sold on the "middle management" space elf or 100% on the zombie fish-wife, but if the rrest are as cool as iron wolverine I may pick up the bundle.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
I'm picking them up because I'm a completionist and because I'm only getting Enforcers/Plague.
And that's it for me. I'll see you guys in the morning...
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Post by: deleted20250424
I just hope we get to 1m.
I'd like to get the $45 package for the solos, but I'm not sure they will make it.
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Post by: Yonan
Looks like over $10K an hour coming in so should piss it in.
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Post by: Saxon
I would be surprised if we don't make the million... I doubt we will see all the characters... Iron Woverine yes... next one...not sure but who knows!!!
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Post by: scarletsquig
Likely to be $1060k for the full set of characters. Should be doable, easy.
I'm actually hoping for something really good, and free for $1.1mil to finish this.
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Post by: solkan
Aargh. I was in it for the 285 terrain bundle, looked over, and realized "Hey, for just $50 extra I get this game with like 50 figures to go with all this nice terrain." 
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ And a gaming mat that matches your terrain. 
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Post by: GrimDork
Gah SS, I hope I never run into you in a used car lot!
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Post by: Commander Cain
I'm amazed at how much Mantic is getting me to spend. Getting dangerously close to $400 which I think is the highest I have ever gone for a ks, crafty buggers...
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Post by: GrimDork
I'm well over twice what I was going to spend on the warpath kickstarter. Its madness. Helps that they have done a triple threat though... awesome boardgame with lots of bolt-on rules and expandability... sick terrain including some sweet antenocitis bundles... and compatibility with warpath!
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Post by: Krinsath
Yeah, it's going to be solidly in the #2 slot of "KickStarters I've backed" for certain.
Kind of surprised it's beating out my KD:M pledge, but I've always been a sucker for sci-fi...
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Post by: Triszin
975k now
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Post by: DaveC
$1,050k gets the Combat Mech
They could be cutting it fine on the last 3 characters
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Post by: sparkywtf
I upped my pledge to 200, which is 200 more than I have, so amazon will be bugging me till I find some income again!
Strike - 142
Fancy Book - 40
Cards or iron... enforcer - 8
Leaves me 10 dollars for... something. Plus add in anything I add during the survey!
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Post by: GrimDork
Zomg mech! Thats exciting. Wonder how much they will want for him, their larger items have been pretty reasonable i nthe past (looking at the iron ancestor etc)
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Post by: DaveC
 GrimDork wrote:Zomg mech! Thats exciting. Wonder how much they will want for him, their larger items have been pretty reasonable i nthe past (looking at the iron ancestor etc)
The Dreadball one was $12 so probably not more than $15 - remember this is already sculpted they just need to make a new weapon arm and maybe change one or 2 details but a separate arm is most cost efficient for them..
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Post by: adamsouza
Oddly enough the hard cover rulebook was the straw that broke this camels back.
The BOGOs are nice, zombie are sweet, but it's all Q2 2014, when I expect I'll be neck deep in Warpath Kickstarter.
I'm in for Strikeforce and the two rulebooks, which I'm hoping will be ready by December, and that's it at this point.
Still sitting on 8 unpainted and unplayed Dreadball teams waiting for the rest of the models to fill out their rosters.
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Post by: Commander Cain
Yay for the mech! I already have two DB ones ordered which I was planning on militarizing anyway but I am sure I can squeeze another one into the mix.
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Post by: primalexile
How exactly does one buy time with their is pledge payment date? I have been billed immediately after every KS has ended. I dropped my pledge level to avoid causing issues but payday is Friday and if I can hold it off I can pledge a lot higher.
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Post by: xowainx
Is there a list of stuff that's first/second shipment? I've also seen people talk about a second survey.. Does that mean there's a chance to add items to your second shipment items.. Could you add additional first shipment items to your second one?
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Post by: GrimDork
I think people have suggested using amazon's grace period, if they charge you and theres not enough money they give you a week or something? Better get a confirmation from someone more in the know on that though. You can also add money whe nthe survey comes out to get what you want, it just doesn't add to the total for stretches.
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Post by: sparkywtf
Amazon generally gives you some time to pay if the first payment fails. How long that is, I don't know, as I usually pay up pretty a day or two after.
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Post by: scarletsquig
Usually you get a week to sort out the payment so Friday should be fine.
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Post by: Triszin
990k
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Post by: highlord tamburlaine
You get a week after the Kickstarter ends.
Had this problem with a pledge on a game I decided to back at a much lower price level and forgot to change the pledge amount to something more reasonable.
Amazon will remind you, Kickstarter will remind you, EVERYTHING will remind you to take care of it by a certain date.
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Post by: Alpharius
I was wondering about some of what Mantic is up to, as illustrated by DaveC's pledge 'shifting', but obviously it is working, as they've brought in 600 new backers in the last 3 days (includes this one, which has a ways to go!), at an average of $257 per backer!
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Post by: Zweischneid
 Alpharius wrote:I was wondering about some of what Mantic is up to, as illustrated by DaveC's pledge 'shifting', but obviously it is working, as they've brought in 600 new backers in the last 3 days (includes this one, which has a ways to go!), at an average of $257 per backer!
Well, I think the "terrain-only" pledges - for all the "demands from the community" - wasn't as hot as many perhaps thought (even though it still "sold" respectably). There're still plenty of early bird Terrain-Bundles left.
With the exception of Dwarfen Forge - "games" seems to do significantly better than "terrain", and Mantic is running with it.
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Post by: scarletsquig
@Zweischneid - Congrats! You got 3rd place in the jamplify campaign.
Resin female Rebs commander is yours.
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Post by: Zweischneid
 scarletsquig wrote:@Zweischiend (whenever you're online) - Congrats! You got 3rd place in the jamplify campaign.
Resin female Rebs commander is yours.
Thanks. And grats to your victory! (is that what they call it?)
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ I'm not the 1st place guy, I placed 4th. I don't know what on earth the 1st place guy did (he doesn't run a blog or anything!), but it probably didn't involve much sleep.
I don't mind though, I'm happy that I was able to get a bunch of eyeballs on to the KS page.
Interesting blog post there, if you estimate a typical conversion rate of 2% on clicks, and an average pledge level of $250 or so, then 1000 referrals raises $5k for the KS total.
Definitely a very smart move, and one I will keep in mind when running my own kickstarter. You make a good point about it favouring the top few, so I think I'll do some randomly-selected rewards as well when setting up jamplify.
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Post by: GrimDork
Boooom 1mil!
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Post by: Yonan
Awww yeah. Something like 20-30k per hour now.
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Post by: Krinsath
Yeah, finally threw my pledge in too.
Congrats to Mantic on joining the million dollar KS club!
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Post by: agnosto
Looking at the success of this campaign, it just strikes home how much GW is missing out on when they dropped Specialist Games. It's obvious there's a market for a reasonably priced, small-medium scale skirmish game.
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Post by: DaveC
Plague Mech that was unexpected! and both are Resin too guess that's another $40 in then
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Post by: Trasvi
One Million Dollars
Should I go the extra $60 to get to an even $400? I probably will get there in unexpected addons anyway...
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Post by: Krinsath
 agnosto wrote:Looking at the success of this campaign, it just strikes home how much GW is missing out on when they dropped Specialist Games. It's obvious there's a market for a reasonably priced, small-medium scale skirmish game.
And the bolded part is where GW's interest in the idea ended. 
You are correct though, and I think Mantic's business idea of "do what GW decided to stop doing" seems to be going well for them.
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Post by: Zweischneid
scarletsquig wrote:^ I'm not the 1st place guy, I placed 4th. I don't know what on earth the 1st place guy did (he doesn't run a blog or anything!), but it probably didn't involve much sleep.
I don't mind though, I'm happy that I was able to get a bunch of eyeballs on to the KS page.
Interesting blog post there, if you estimate a typical conversion rate of 2% on clicks, and an average pledge level of $250 or so, then 1000 referrals raises $5k for the KS total.
Definitely a very smart move, and one I will keep in mind when running my own kickstarter. You make a good point about it favouring the top few, so I think I'll do some randomly-selected rewards as well when setting up jamplify.
Really? With taps on the 1st page-post link here on Dakka, I thought that was the only conceivable way to get that much traffic (as there are no similar threads like this on other comparable sites like Warseer or Bols).
Glad you like my little comparison!
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Post by: pretre
Short of them having a completionist bundle, I think I'm in for $328
Strike Team - 143
Ast/FF Bundle - 50
Enforcer/Reb Bundle - 50
Marauder/Plague Bundle - 50
FF Starter - 35
Ast Free Strike Starter - 0
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Post by: agnosto
 pretre wrote:Short of them having a completionist bundle, I think I'm in for $328
Strike Team - 143
Ast/ FF Bundle - 50
Enforcer/Reb Bundle - 50
Marauder/Plague Bundle - 50
FF Starter - 35
Ast Free Strike Starter - 0
Pretre, that's what I'm in for but add the AI deck ($8).
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Post by: Compel
Hmm, this really is complicating my paint scheme ideas...
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Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured
I'm surprised the mech is going to be in resin considering there is (presumably) a restic tool of the dreadball version
I wonder why they think it would be just too much trouble to modify that?
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Post by: scarletsquig
 Zweischneid wrote:
Really? With taps on the 1st page-post link here on Dakka, I thought that was the only conceivable way to get that much traffic (as there are no similar threads like this on other comparable sites like Warseer or Bols).
Yep, really! You can check the credits page of Ironwatch fanzine if you want to match up the IRL names to usernames.
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Post by: Zweischneid
scarletsquig wrote: Zweischneid wrote:
Really? With taps on the 1st page-post link here on Dakka, I thought that was the only conceivable way to get that much traffic (as there are no similar threads like this on other comparable sites like Warseer or Bols).
Yep, really! You can check the credits page of Ironwatch fanzine if you want to match up the IRL names to usernames.
Nah. I believe you. I... dunno.. just assumed that the 1st place guy must be the traffic from this thread. I genuinely cannot think of a single other place on the internet that has more Deadzone-related traffic than this discussion right here. Even I got at least half of my hits from Dakka, in addition to my blog, twitter, facebook, reddit, google+ etc..,etc...
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Post by: Alpharius
If SS would have done a better job of keeping this thread updated, I'm sure he would have placed higher!
Thank you so much!
Update #84 · Jun 2, 2013 · 17 comments
OK – just wow! When we first pressed launch at the end of April we couldn’t have imagined getting this far.
Without your help we certainly couldn’t have achieved any of these things - just check out this list! (and scroll right to the bottom for new stretch goals!)
$50,000 – Funded!
$100,000 – One FREE scenery sprue upgrade
$125,000 – FREE specialist minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer Engineer, Plague 2nd Gen, Marauder in Ripper Armour with Long-ranged Weaponry, Rebs Grogan with Desolator Heavy Weapon
$150,000 – One FREE scenery sprue upgrade
$175,000 – FREE faction support minis added to Faction Starters – 2x Enforcer Sentry Guns, 2x Plague Hounds, 2x Mawbeast Bombers, 2x Rebs Drones
$200,000 – FREE mini The Survivor, Mercenary character
$225,000 – FREE specialist minis added to Faction Starters – alternate 2nd Gen, Marauder Goblin Sniper, Enforcer Sniper, Teraton Brawler
$250,000 – FREE additional scenery sprue
$275,000 – FREE minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer with Assault Rifle, alternate 2nd Gen, alternate Yndij, two extra sets of Ripper Suit Weapons
$300,000 – FREE deluxe gaming mat upgrade
$315,000 – Shadrek Mal-Raz (The Helfather) mini add-on
$325,000 – FREE Nexus Psi Digital Campaign
$332,500 – FREE Enforcer with Assault Blade mini added to Enforcer Faction Starter
$340,000 – FREE Rebs Yndij rebel fighter mini added to Rebs Faction Starter
$347,500 – FREE Marauder Sniper mini added to Marauders Faction Starter
$355,000 – FREE 3rd Gen Plague with Heavy Machinegun added to Plague Faction Starter
$375,000 – FREE scenery sprue
$400,000 – Landing Zone BattleZone terrain option
$415,000 – Four specialist minis unlocked as add-ons – Marauder Hulk, Rebs Kraaw, Enforcer with Incinerator/Burst Laser weapon options, Plague 3rd Gen with Grenade Launcher
$430,000 – FREE trooper minis added to Faction Starters – Enforcer with Assault Blade, Plague 3rd Gen, Rebs Sorak, Marauder Commando
$450,000 – Fortified Defence Line BattleZone terrain option
$460,000 – Chovar mercenary mini add-on
$500,000 – Expanded Universe factions and FREE Faction Starter to Strike Team and up
$510,000 - One additional building sprue to each BattleZone for FREE
$520,000 - FREE Doctor Gayle Simmonds (Plague character)
$525,000 - FREE Deadzone short-story compilation
$537,500 – FREE Recon Unit N32-19 mini
$550,000 – Ruined BattleZone terrain option
$560,000 – FREE Asterian Drone with Energy Cannon/Shield Generator and Forge Father Inferno Drill added to faction starters
$575,000 – FREE Asterian Asterian Cypher with Fission Beam and two with Flux Rifles and three Forge Father Brokkrs added to faction starters
$590,000 – FREE Nastanza, Twilight Huntress (merc)
$600,000 – Deadzone Compendium: The Ultimate Gamer’s Guide
$610,000 – Zombie Rules
$635,000 - FREE Hard Plastic Plague Zombies (also as add on)
$650,000 - FREE new Asterian and Forge Father Specialists added to faction starters
$665,000 - FREE Wrath, Judwan Mercenary
$675,000 - Big games rules added to Deadzone Compendium
$700,000 - Enforcer Faction Booster
$705,000 - Deadzone Acrylic Counter Set add on
$728,986 - FREE DreadBall Character (random)
$730,000 - Plague Faction Booster
$740,000 - FREE Blaine, Mercenary (Kickstarter exclusive)
$765,000 - Rebs Faction Booster
$775,000 - Solo Play and A.I. Cards
$800,000 - Marauder Faction Booster
$810,000 - Asterian and Forge Father Upgrades
$825,000 - FREE Codename Oberon, Nameless Mercenary (Kickstarter exclusive)
$860,000 - Asterian Faction Booster
$875,000 - Plague Zombie Campaign
$910,000 - Forge Father Faction Booster
$925,000 - FREE Freya, Forge Father Smuggler
$935,000 - Resin Loot Counters
$950,000 - Nem-Rath, Asterian Observer
$960,000 - Meet the team
$975,000 - Kish, Plague Named Character
$1,000,000 - 2 Scenery Sprues and Deadzone Collector's Edition Book!
Thanks to Phil and Amy Atherton for keeping this updated throughout the campaign and posting it on the comments.
It’s been an amazing month and we’ve achieved so much.
We’re going to have a great and flavourful gaming system and a brilliant community on launch, as well as a fantastic scenery range. For a small company like ours it makes all the difference – we never could have dreamed of achieving all of this!!
We cannot thank you enough,
Ronnie, Jake, Chris, Stewart, Curis and James + the rest of the Mantic Team!
Right then… what’s next?!
$1,015,000 – Sergeant Howlett
Most Enforcer sergeants are steady in battle, calmly holding a line when others have fled, or advancing methodically by long-established drill. Sergeant Howlett comes from a different school of tactics.
Most Enforcer sergeants rise through the ranks through the tactical units and it has long been acknowledged that this offers the best all-round training for a prospective leader. Tactical units face the widest variety of combat situations and foes, so the mettle of a trooper is tested most thoroughly. Sergeant Howlett has only ever served with assault units.
Most Enforcer sergeants hang back slightly from combat, their duties being to direct the battle as a whole rather than show individual prowess. If personal leadership does need to be shown then they naturally lead an advance, but always as part of a key move within the structure of the overall operation. Sergeant Howlett leads by example, charging recklessly into the thick of battle to personally cut down as many of those who oppose the will of the Seven as he can. If others follow, that’s fine by Howlett. If not, then he’ll chew them out later, back at base. If they live.
If we hit this goal we can sculpt and tool Sergeant Howlett. Add him on to your pledge now!
NEW! $1,050,000 – Deadzone Plague/Corporation Strider
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool the Strider LSV (Light Strike Vehicle) in Resin. We will make a Corporation and a Plague version.
NEW! $1,065,000 – Eddak P’mera, Yndij Hunter
NEW! $1,080,000 – Bjarg Starnafall, Forge Father Character
Let’s get to it!
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Post by: scarletsquig
@Zwei: The 1st place guy said he joined basically every single facebook gaming group, internet gaming forum (board, card, tabletop, computer game etc. etc.) under the sun to get the 4k hits... so, not required to have a large blog, just to be really, really, really dedicated to the cause.
@Alph: The first post is enough work! :p
Thanks for all the update posting though, it's great to have that in here.
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Post by: Alpharius
Mantic is already slipping - they need to keep their first page updated, especially as this one is really picking up speed now!
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Post by: Zweischneid
scarletsquig wrote:@Zwei: The 1st place guy said he joined basically every single facebook gaming group, internet gaming forum (board, card, tabletop, computer game etc. etc.) under the sun to get the 4k hits... so, not required to have a large blog, just to be really, really, really dedicated to the cause.
I guess.
Still. Now I feel horrible for squeezing you out of a prize. I thought you're settled no matter what happens 
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Yay, free terrain!
Funny how I was able to snag a $140 Early Bird on the last day 
Apart from that I'm just getting the $95 terrain bundle so far as that will max out my card, but I'll try to save up for upgrades in the pledge manager later.
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Post by: Lansirill
Mantic never posted an alpha or beta list for Rebs, did they?
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Post by: scarletsquig
Zweischneid wrote: scarletsquig wrote:@Zwei: The 1st place guy said he joined basically every single facebook gaming group, internet gaming forum (board, card, tabletop, computer game etc. etc.) under the sun to get the 4k hits... so, not required to have a large blog, just to be really, really, really dedicated to the cause.
I guess.
Still. Now I feel horrible for squeezing you out of a prize. I thought you're settled no matter what happens
Well, you could always pledge on this KS if you want to make it up to me...
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Post by: PsychoticStorm
for warpath? or for deadzone?
for warpath they said they would not be able to.
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Post by: Zweischneid
scarletsquig wrote:
Well, you could always pledge on this KS if you want to make it up to me...
did that a while ago http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/zweischneid
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Post by: GrimDork
Yeah it pushed me out of getting 4x reb starters and a double rebs booster bundle, but it helped ease me into the EU stuff.
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Post by: Yonan
$1,015,000. Unlocked Iron Wolverine.
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Post by: scarletsquig
Sweet, mission accomplished. 
@Lansirill: Beta list is coming for Rebs, they just can't get it out before the end of the campaign.
If you want a Warpath army for them, my recommendation is 2x rebs starter (free in strike team) + 2x rebs booster bundle ($50). As a rule of thumb, you'll need 3 models of the same type to form a warpath unit.. see the plague list for how its organized.
That should get you at least 1000 points for Warpath.
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Post by: Lansirill
For Warpath. I was hoping to use it to give me an idea of how to allocate my pledge (bonus starter, BOGO, add-ons) since they're likely what I'd like to play in Warpath, but eh, I can always just wait for the Warpath KS to do that. I'll probably just go heavy on Plague.
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Post by: scarletsquig
New update! Just to give Alph a break.
Update #85 · Jun 2, 2013 · comment
It just keeps going up and up and up! Madness!
That’s Sergeant Howlett in AND we're less than 100 backers away from a new Nexus Psi Scenario!
Get him here:
Next up:
$1,050,000 – Deadzone Plague/Corporation Strider
We will sculpt and tool the Corporation and Plague Strider in resin and make him available to add-on to your pledge:
This kit is also compatible with our Warpath Mass Battle Game.
$1,065,000 – Eddak P’mera, Rebs Named Character
The twin moons were both full, casting stark shadows across the quiet remains of what had once been a busy loading bay at the Nexus Psi spaceport. A year ago this would have been bustling all 26 hours a local day. Now all was quiet. A lone sentry shifted his weight from foot to foot, scanning his assigned sector and trying to stay awake while his comrades snatched some well-earned rest.
Silently, unnoticed, one of the shadows slowly changed shape and merged into its neighbour. A gust of wind blew some loose papers across the open space in front of the sentry and for a moment he was awake, but only for a moment. It was rubbish in the wind. Nothing to worry about.
The sentry relaxed again and once more the shadow moved, always slightly outside his field of vision. It was as if the darkness itself was stalking its prey.
This darkness was the Rebel scout, Eddak P’mera. The sentry hadn’t spotted him yet. Probably never would. Humans were so inattentive. Without turning, P’mera signalled to the rest of his squad who slid silently out of the shadows and began to make their final approach. He would use his crossbow to take care of the sentry…
We will sculpt and tool Eddak P'mera, the Rebs Named Character.
Add him on to your pledge now!
UP NEXT!
$1,080,000 - Bjarg Starnafall, Forge Father Character
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Post by: Alpharius
I REALLY want to keep this one at $400 - any idea on what is a 'must buy' during the Kickstarter?
The Resin Walkers?
The characters?
Strike Team is a no-brainer...
Do we know what the terrain pricing will be post-Kickstarter?
Help!
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ Everything can be bought in the survey (and second survey), with the same deals, except for the $400, $500 and $750 rewards. And of course, the basic pledge levels.
And with the $750 free book you can buy it as an add-on, at least... not sure if that will be available in the second survey since it's a limited print run.
No idea on terrain pricing post-KS, the minis look like the best deal, IMO as far as radical discounts go.
I also heard that the mats might have to retail for around $40 rather than the $20 KS price.
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Post by: Yonan
Strike team and booster bundles seem the most essential due to high discounts I think. The zombie pack is good too if you need them.
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Post by: scarletsquig
Also, 8 Early Bird Recons available if anyone is browsing and fancies a small $90 investment to get a massive amount of stuff!
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Post by: Squat Kid
Just snagged an early backer strike team goal are people upping their pledge or dropping out?
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ Upping to Assault, most likely, Double Strike Team works out really well with this KS since everything is useful, even if you're doubling up.
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Post by: Yonan
Given it's going up over $20K an hour - they're upgrading. One strike team just isn't enough ; )
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Post by: Lansirill
 Squat Kid wrote:Just snagged an early backer strike team goal are people upping their pledge or dropping out?
Probably a bit of both. I'm very tempted to go to Assault Team myself, but I don't want to be drowning in figures from this.
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Post by: GrimDork
@SS and people wondering about warpath. If its a smaller model sized unit like standard infantry, you will often be looking at 5s. Bigger stuff like the 2nd gens, striders, etc are 3's. Even the valkyr bikers are 5 man.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Alright, restructuring my pledge a bit now. The bag is nice, but my need for minis and terrain have won out over the more utilitarian stuff. Upgraded to an Urban War pack and will be grabbing one of those mechs. Leaves $30 to play with in the meantime if something else comes up (already in for the character bundle). If nothing catches my eye then it is enough to push me toward the B3G4F deal on the zombies... because apparently I'm a masochist.
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Post by: Pacific
Guys! Quickly! Do I need an extra mat for this? the 2x2 that comes with the strike team is enough, or I need the 2x4 one?
Like the mech thing, reminds me of the armoured suits from the original Appleseed Manga.
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Post by: timetowaste85
Sergeant Howlett
Most Enforcer sergeants are steady in battle, calmly holding a line when others have fled, or advancing methodically by long-established drill. Sergeant Howlett comes from a different school of tactics.
Most Enforcer sergeants rise through the ranks through the tactical units and it has long been acknowledged that this offers the best all-round training for a prospective leader. Tactical units face the widest variety of combat situations and foes, so the mettle of a trooper is tested most thoroughly. Sergeant Howlett has only ever served with assault units.
Most Enforcer sergeants hang back slightly from combat, their duties being to direct the battle as a whole rather than show individual prowess. If personal leadership does need to be shown then they naturally lead an advance, but always as part of a key move within the structure of the overall operation. Sergeant Howlett leads by example, charging recklessly into the thick of battle to personally cut down as many of those who oppose the will of the Seven as he can. If others follow, that’s fine by Howlett. If not, then he’ll chew them out later, back at base. If they live.
Yeah...if this isn't an homage to Jimmy 'Logan' Howlett, I have no idea what is.  So in the Mantic range, we currently have Iron Man (Enforcers), Wolverine (in Iron Man armor), Colonel Nick Fury (corporation captain-just add eyepatch). My desire for a marvel army nears completion...
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Post by: Yonan
Up to you. Do you just want to play small scale games or do you like the idea of expanding it larger? I'm inn for 6x4 worth of maps so it'll be useable for 40k and allow deadzone to scale up really large for big team games. You could start small and expand later if you decide you like it for a safer bet.
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Post by: Lansirill
I'm only getting the single mat that comes with Strike Team. I figure I can easily make my own 3 inch grid on a table top if I want to play larger games.
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Post by: deleted20250424
Alright dammit...I went up another $150.
Strike = 142
5 Mats = 90
4 Battlezones - 1 Core, 1 Fort, 2 Damaged = 95
Dual Scenery Pack - Military and Warehouse = 65
Ast/FF Starters = 50
3 Boosters + 3 Free - 1 of each = 150
AI Deck = 8
Striders = 40
Characters = 45
Loot Counters = 10
Zombies = 45
Chovar = 10
Worst case scenario, we don't unlock all the characters and I have to rearrange during Pledge Manager, or I scrap the last things I added on and get a second Strike.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Just $12k to the Strider lock-in! I think we may be able to make it to $1.1-1.2mil at this rate. Really looking forward to the reveal on Bjarg, myself.
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Post by: Squat Kid
Another limited strike team just opened up
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Post by: Rolt
^ I just grabbed it and saved $2! ,I can tell you guys are pretty jealous of me now.
Incidentally just got back from work really great to see this go over the $1mil mark, well done everyone, seriously well done.
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Post by: Pox Apostle
Yeah, that Strike Team was probably mine. :-) I upped my pledge to Assault Team. The amount of money I have wrapped up in this now is getting crazy. My buddy and I are going in on this together, but still, we're in over $600 at this point. And I'm tempted to find a way to bump up the pledge until I can get the hardback rulebook for free. Not hard considering all I'd need to do is add some more Asterian and Forge Father stuff.
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Post by: Alpharius
 Ronin_eX wrote:Just $12k to the Strider lock-in! I think we may be able to make it to $1.1-1.2mil at this rate. Really looking forward to the reveal on Bjarg, myself.
I think that estimate might be a little low!
Still trying to decide if I want that nifty sounding $40 hardcover... decisions, decisions!
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Post by: deleted20250424
Just pledge $750 and then you get it for free.
Sorta.
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Post by: Rolt
@Pox
$600 man thats serious money, I'm up to $245 and thats with going half with my little bro (whos also a wargamer), might increase my pledge by $40 for that ltd-ed book.
Of course if theres a pledge manager later I'll end up adding alot more.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Yeah, the hard cover is tempting. But I would need to drop something at this point to free up $40, since at $700 in, I just don't have any gaming budget left to push it to $750. Course, I was originally going to stop at less than $500. If we get past this group and a must have item comes up, I may try to justify another $50 worth of stuff.
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Post by: Zond
I'm still not sold on Mantic's sculpting quality, but the deals look interesting so I've put in a placeholder $10. I figure by the time the pledge manager comes out we should have some more models to look at, so if need be I can upgrade to a decent pledge level and some add ons.
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Post by: baritowned
I'm at $250 right now. I'm going to have to wait for the surveys to buy anything else, just my luck they had to put the mech in right after I pledged...
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Post by: scarletsquig
Mech is in, awaiting update!
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Post by: Pox Apostle
 Rolt wrote:@Pox
$600 man thats serious money, I'm up to $245 and thats with going half with my little bro (whos also a wargamer), might increase my pledge by $40 for that ltd-ed book.
Of course if theres a pledge manager later I'll end up adding alot more.
It is a lot of money, but I've recently gotten out of 40K and sold off my Tau army so I've got some spare cash. Plus, I'm looking for a new game system and this looks fun, not to mention a friend and I tried out the Warpath 2.0 rules and found them really enjoyable, so the cross over potential is great.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Woot, now hopefully we get an art reveal on the FF character.
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Post by: scarletsquig
Update:
Yndij Hunter!
Update #86 · Jun 2, 2013 · comment
Well what do you know – that’s the Corporation and the Plague Strider locked in!
Up next:
$1,065,000 – Eddak P'mera
The twin moons were both full, casting stark shadows across the quiet remains of what had once been a busy loading bay at the Nexus Psi spaceport. A year ago this would have been bustling all 26 hours a local day. Now all was quiet. A lone sentry shifted his weight from foot to foot, scanning his assigned sector and trying to stay awake while his comrades snatched some well-earned rest.
Silently, unnoticed, one of the shadows slowly changed shape and merged into its neighbour. A gust of wind blew some loose papers across the open space in front of the sentry and for a moment he was awake, but only for a moment. It was rubbish in the wind. Nothing to worry about.
The sentry relaxed again and once more the shadow moved, always slightly outside his field of vision. It was as if the darkness itself was stalking its prey.
This darkness was the Rebel scout, Eddak P’mera. The sentry hadn’t spotted him yet. Probably never would. Humans were so inattentive. Without turning, P’mera signalled to the rest of his squad who slid silently out of the shadows and began to make their final approach. He would use his crossbow to take care of the sentry…
We will sculpt and tool Eddak P'mera, the Rebs Named Character, and make him available to add-on to your pledge!
$1,080,000 – Bjarg Starnafall
From the press release:
“Designed specifically as the premier equipment for the discerning modern scout, Hammerfist orbital drop armour is a fully enclosed, self-powered, autonomous survival suit. Its main use is to protect the wearer from serious environmental dangers including (but not limited to) exposure to hard vacuum, micrometeorite strikes and solar radiation – all common workplace hazards for the lead scout/prospector in today’s competitive resource-farming industry.
A secondary function of the Hammerfist design is to protect the wearer from indigenous life forms whilst performing his prospecting duties in the field. The inbuilt mining laser doubles as both a robust core-sampling tool and accurate ranged weapon with both burst and duration selectors as standard. Easily controlled manoeuvring engines allow the wearer to navigate in zero gravity or planetside with equal ease, with a duration in standard use of up to 4 days (depending on onboard supplies).
The Hammerfist has been tested under the most rigorous of conditions and the widest of environments without any reported structural or mechanical failures. Reliability is 100% and every suit comes with a lifetime guarantee.
Bjarg Starnafall says ‘I’m never without my trusty Hammerfist’.”
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool Bjarg Starnafall – a Forge Father in Orbital Drop Armour.
Add him onto your pledge!
NEW! $1,100,000 – Marauder Stuntbot
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Post by: Ronin_eX
*Looks at Bjarg*
*Knows that there is a dorf god, and that he is good*
Alright everyone, I'm tapped out now, so keep pledging because I have a NEED for that mini!
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Post by: Yonan
That Bjarg concept art is amazing. I hope the model does it justice.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Their digital stuff (and most of the FF line that wasn't a kitbash of KoW stuff) has been on the money, so I have no fears on that front.
Also, only around $11k until today beats the first day total!
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Post by: Yonan
Huge fan of digital after the Dreamforge KS, glad they're using it a lot... sadly not all but what can you do.
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Post by: Pacific
Dwarf in orbital drop armour? I would have added $8 for that without having seen the concept art, just on the basis of the description
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Post by: Ronin_eX
 Pacific wrote:Dwarf in orbital drop armour? I would have added $8 for that without having seen the concept art, just on the basis of the description
Nonono, dwarf in orbital drop armour WITH A FRICKIN LASER BEAM! It is the best of all worlds.
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Post by: Barzam
Orbital Drop Dwarf. That is really cool. Looks like an even heavier version of the Forge Guard armor. I'm really curious to see how big it'll be. I might have to plunk down for him and the Asterian Breetai once the manager hits. I can't wait to get some of these figures. Cerberus Enforcers, Imperial Guard Forge Fathers, Afrika Korps Marauders, Browncoat Rebs, Tron/Bioroid Asterians... these are going to be fun.
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Post by: Yonan
Orbital Drop Dwarf sounds terrifying haha.
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Post by: Taarnak
Not an huge fan of the giant shoulder pads on the FF drop armor. I can live with them though. The rest of the concept looks awesome.
Ronin_eX wrote:Their digital stuff (and most of the FF line that wasn't a kitbash of KoW stuff) has been on the money, so I have no fears on that front.
Also, only around $11k until today beats the first day total!
Yonan wrote:Huge fan of digital after the Dreamforge KS, glad they're using it a lot... sadly not all but what can you do.
The Enforcers at least were modified digital scans of Remy's work, if i remember correctly. The DB Robots and the mech are 100% digital though, I believe.
Their digital work is definitely getting better and better but still has some weird posing going on.
~Eric
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Post by: primalexile
So are Asterian a space Elf?
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Post by: GrimDork
Yeah, more or less. Mostly robots used in deadzone tho.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
$1.065mil reached, now on to more space-dorfage! I think today will be a fine day to pull out the 25 year single malt scotch to celebrate dwarfs with jetpacks and lasers.
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Post by: deleted20250424
Need to make it to that last guy in the 6 pack, let's go!
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Post by: scarletsquig
Update:
Update #87 · Jun 2, 2013 · comment
Badaboom, badabing – that’s a new scenario added to the Nexus Psi campaign!
Welcome to all of our new backers and thank you to all of you for supporting us!
Next scenario is in 500 backers time – please tell your friends there are now less than 4 hours to go!!
Not only that but that’s Eddak in too - goal smashed!!
Up next:
$1,080,000 – Bjarg Starnafall
From the press release:
“Designed specifically as the premier equipment for the discerning modern scout, Hammerfist orbital drop armour is a fully enclosed, self-powered, autonomous survival suit. Its main use is to protect the wearer from serious environmental dangers including (but not limited to) exposure to hard vacuum, micrometeorite strikes and solar radiation – all common workplace hazards for the lead scout/prospector in today’s competitive resource-farming industry.
A secondary function of the Hammerfist design is to protect the wearer from indigenous life forms whilst performing his prospecting duties in the field. The inbuilt mining laser doubles as both a robust core-sampling tool and accurate ranged weapon with both burst and duration selectors as standard. Easily controlled manoeuvring engines allow the wearer to navigate in zero gravity or planetside with equal ease, with a duration in standard use of up to 4 days (depending on onboard supplies).
The Hammerfist has been tested under the most rigorous of conditions and the widest of environments without any reported structural or mechanical failures. Reliability is 100% and every suit comes with a lifetime guarantee.
Bjarg Starnafall says ‘I’m never without my trusty Hammerfist’.”
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool Bjarg Starnafall – a Forge Father in Orbital Drop Armour.
Add him onto your pledge!
$1,100,000 - Marauder Stuntbot
An older generation Strider combat suit, the Stuntbot is piloted by a single dextrous Goblin who, with a fully enclosed set of armour and a big gun, suddenly isn’t that frightened of getting into a scrap.
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool the Marauder Stuntbot in resin and make it available for you to add on to your pledge.
There's still more to come - let's keep this baby rolling!
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Post by: Yonan
Also another Nexus-Psi scenario with a lot of extra backers pledging. That campaign is going to be a lot of fun I think!
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Post by: Pox Apostle
Stuntbots!!! *shakes head* Can I just become an indentured servant to Mantic to pay for all this cool stuff?!
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Post by: Triszin
STUNTBOT
THAT IS STUPIDLY AWESOME
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Well looks like another $20 of my discretionary pre-pledged amount is eaten up (unless the rebs get something cooler later on). Now to find something to drop the last $10 on and my whole $701 pledge will be accounted for.
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ Might as well increase that to $750 for the free hardback.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
I'd love to get a stuntbot (or three) but I'm afraid we might not reach 1.1 mil.
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Post by: DaveC
Looks like we're getting street lights
Accessory sprue mock up not final apparently there's a little to much here to fit a sprue
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Post by: GrimDork
Too much? Drop the things on the right maybe. Or one of the things on the bottom. I like the rails, supports, ladders, and barresl/crates.
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Post by: scarletsquig
Have you seen the rate this is moving at? I went for a shower, came back 20 minutes later and another $15k was there.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Heh, don't think I have the extra $49 (though I may be able to do it if I see something I need). Basically just dropped my whole budget in to the pledge amount and decided to sort it out as they day wore on. After accounting for all my bits, I had $30 left over that I have been earmarking for different things. If the Forge Fathers get another LRV before the end, then I may throw caution to the wind and do it. But for now, I think I'm good, even without the book.
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Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured
Drat,
I can't get the numbers to add up with what I need to spend in the next few months
(note to boiler makers, old boilers seemed to last forever, why do newer more efficient ones just die? grumble, grumble)
so sadly I just can't make my pledge here work, sob
oh well there's always the warpath one whenever that happens
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Post by: lord_blackfang
GrimDork wrote:Too much? Drop the things on the right maybe. Or one of the things on the bottom. I like the rails, supports, ladders, and barresl/crates.
I would drop the barrels and crates, they can be had from many different sources. Mantic needs to maximize the elements that actually plug into the connector system.
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Post by: Barzam
well, almost up to the orbital drop dwarf. I guess I'll be adding him after the pledge managers come out. So, it looks like when this is over, I'll be adding
-$45 zombie bundle
-$8 drop dwarf
-$8 Breetai Asterian
-$8 solo AI deck
-$20 Corp. mech
So, that'll be $89 is post-KS add-ons in addition to the $280 I'll be spending now. Not bad.
Plus, it looks like I'll be completing the Asterian and Enforcer factions. Are any of you guys completing any of the factions?
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Post by: GrimDork
Lord Blackfang, I guess. I just require the barrels as I'm cutting some of my antenocitis stuff for more battlezones
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Almost at Bjarg now, then straight on to the Stuntbot! This thing is really hopping now.
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Post by: scarletsquig
 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:Drat,
I can't get the numbers to add up with what I need to spend in the next few months
(note to boiler makers, old boilers seemed to last forever, why do newer more efficient ones just die? grumble, grumble)
I hear you on this, I haven't had hot water (other than the electric shower) for 6 months. Newfangled nonsense that takes up a carbon-monoxide-threat-ilicious corner in my bedroom and drips from time to time. Too expensive to fix the thing. Move out next month though!
I'm at $180 for Strike + Hardcover currently. I'd like to pledge more, and could go a bit further (really want faction boosters and zombies), but the KoW survey got a lot of cash put into it, too.
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Post by: GrimDork
Alright everyone else has been asking for verification, you guys think this looks legit?
Pledge/Add-on Cost--- Total 758
Assault Team 290
Chovar Psychic 10
AI deck 8
Urban War 185
Deluxe gaming mat x2 40
Urban detailing Mega bundle 65
Booster bundle + BOGO 50
Booster bundle + BOGO 50
Booster bundle + BOGO 50
Resin Loot counters 10
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Post by: Yonan
More additions to the starters, score.
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Post by: Ahtman
Forge Fathers and Marauders. Might blow another 85 just to get Corp and Asterians ($35 for Ast Starter and $50 in BOGO Boosters).
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Post by: Triszin
question is the 300$ + printed rulebook essentially the 40$ collector rule book?
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Post by: scarletsquig
Update:
Faction Boost!
Update #88 · Jun 2, 2013 · 9 comments
And another one bites the dust - that's Bjarg Starnafall in!
$1,100,000 - Marauder Stuntbot
An older generation Strider combat suit, the Stuntbot is piloted by a single dextrous Goblin who, with a fully enclosed set of armour and a big gun, suddenly isn’t that frightened of getting into a scrap.
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool the Marauder Stuntbot in resin and make it available for you to add on to your pledge.
NEW! $1,120,000 – Faction Starter Boost!
After some discussion with our toolmaker, it turns out we can still get some more models into the Faction Starters.
So, if we hit this goal, we will boost your Faction Starter(s) to their full contents!
We will add:
- 1 Enforcer with Heavy Rifle with the Enforcer Faction Starter
- 1 Plague 3rd Gen with the Plague Faction Starter
- 1 Rebs Human Trooper with the Rebs Faction Starter
- 1 Warden with Charge Glove with the Asterian Faction Starter
- 1 Brokkr to the Forge Father Faction Starter
Note that with the addition of two sets of weapons and arms to the Marauders earlier in the campaign, the Faction Starter is already at its full capacity – sorry Orx Fans!
However, don’t be too upset…
NEW! $1,140,000 – Chief Radgrad, Marauder Character
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool Chief Radgrad, the Marauder Named Character!
And there's still more to come!
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Post by: Triszin
I just upped mine to 367
strike team early bird 141
helfather 8
urban battle 95
expanded univers 50
zombies 15
enforcer howlett 8
booster expander 50
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Almost at $200k for the day! A pretty impressive pull and it still isn't over. Can't wait to get Radgrad in the bag so I don't have to fiddle with the $45 I put in for the bundle.
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Post by: Pacific
Have to say I'm surprised by how many people were holding out till the last possible moment with this one..
Wonder if it has anything left in the tank?
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Post by: GrimDork
I'm tapped out. I could maybe put up another 40 or so for a couple of the LSV but I'm really trying to hold off.
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Post by: primalexile
I am going after Strike Team, Loot Containers and AI deck. I figure I can buy everything else down the line. With Kingdom Death dropping on us in November I do not want to completely overwhelm myself and my gaming friends with a flood of models.
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Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured
Triszin wrote:question is the 300$ + printed rulebook essentially the 40$ collector rule book?
No, the $40 hardcover has lots of additional content that you'll only have in PDF otherwise (eg the Nexus Psi campaign & other stuff) I'll dig for mantics quote and add it Edit to add 2 mantic quotes The mercenary scenario will only be in the hardback book. It's a bit of cool exclusive content & @Robin - The $300 one is just the compendium, the other one is the rulebook, the compendium, the short story compilation and other stuff in one book!
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Post by: Triszin
/\ i'll wait till you find the quote, then, if true raise my pledge by a final 40$.
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Post by: deleted20250424
Man, I wish the Chief was lower down.... 50k in 2 hours....
/crosses fingers
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Post by: wiper
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:Triszin wrote:question is the 300$ + printed rulebook essentially the 40$ collector rule book?
No, the $40 hardcover has lots of additional content that you'll only have in PDF otherwise (eg the Nexus Psi campaign & other stuff)
Actually, the Nexus Psi campaign is one of the things that will be in the Compendium, but the collector's book has the actual core rules (the compendium only includes the extra rules (e.g. Solo, Zombie etc.)), the short stories, a developer diary and an extra scenario, all in one place.
So, essentially, it's the rulebook, the compendium, the digital writings plus a developer diary and extra scenario all bound in one hard-back book. Probably going to be a bit of a hefty bugger!
Edit: I really need to remember to use the quote function
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Post by: DaveC
You can now add extra terrain accessory sprues for $5 each.
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ Yep, the hardback has *Everything*, including the stuff that was .pdf only, and not included in the compendium, such as the fiction collection.
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Post by: OrlandotheTechnicoloured
Triszin wrote:/\ i'll wait till you find the quote, then, if true raise my pledge by a final 40$.
Quotes found,
The mercenary scenario will only be in the hardback book. It's a bit of cool exclusive content
&
@Robin - The $300 one is just the compendium, the other one is the rulebook, the compendium, the short story compilation and other stuff in one book!
basically the hardback will have lots more (in print) than the compendium ($300 spend freebie)
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Post by: Triszin
I will say this, the next Mantic kickstarter needs to be organized by pictures nice and neat on the front page. gak, i'd put the updates together and message them, its a bit confusing now to go scrolling and searching for stuff.
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Post by: pretre
Gah, I think I'm chickening out and just going Strike + Expanded. I can always add boosters on the survey
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Post by: Triszin
well thats that, i just upped by another 40 for a final total of 407. I as of now am tapped out. Anything else I might want to buy i'll add on the second survey.
Automatically Appended Next Post:
is dakka better now? ddos attack?
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ Dakka hiccuped for a second!
Stunt bot is in!
Free minis up next!
Radgrad!
Update #89 · Jun 2, 2013 · 1 comment
And that’s the Stuntbot in and now available to add-on to your pledge!
We’ve now added the Accessory Sprue to the front page as an individual add-on for your pledge!
NEW! $1,120,000 – Faction Starter Boost!
After some discussion with our toolmaker, it turns out we can still get some more models into the Faction Starters.
So, if we hit this goal, we will boost your Faction Starter(s) to their full contents!
We will add:
- 1 Enforcer with Heavy Rifle with the Enforcer Faction Starter
- 1 Plague 3rd Gen with the Plague Faction Starter
- 1 Rebs Human Trooper with the Rebs Faction Starter
- 1 Warden with Charge Glove with the Asterian Faction Starter
- 1 Brokkr to the Forge Father Faction Starter
Note that with the addition of two sets of weapons and arms to the Marauders earlier in the campaign, the Faction Starter is already at its full capacity – sorry Orx Fans!
However, don’t be too upset…
NEW! $1,140,000 – Chief Radgrad, Marauder Character
Zrakan let rip with another massive burst of fire, his grinning green face shuddering with the fierce recoil. “Raaaagh!” he shouted out of pure excitement. “Eat that!” He fired again and again, pausing only to shout abuse and reload. The mutant bodies were stacked high now, but still they kept on coming, clambering over the shattered corpses of their fallen comrades to get down the narrow alley to the Orx’ position.
The click of another empty magazine and Zrakan was looking around for more ammo. Only one clip left. Where were those reinforcements? The enemy certainly didn’t seem to be running out. Things might be getting interesting pretty soon.
Slapping the last mag into the weapon, Zrakan aimed down the alley once more, but before he could pull the trigger he noticed that the attackers had paused. Saving his ammo Zrakan watched and waited for the next surge that was sure to come. Then, without warning, a body flew through the air, smacking into the alley wall. Another mutant was smashed against the others and several went down in a tangle of limbs. From the shadows a massive figure crashed into the horde, slashing this way and that with buzz-saws and blades, tearing into them with point blank fire from a dozen guns that ripped great holes in their ranks. In mere moments the blood-spattered figure had smashed through the broken attackers to stand in the alley entrance, gore dripping from his blades and armour.
“Oh Radgrad”, said Zrakan “there you are.”
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool Chief Radgrad, the Marauder Named Character!
Wow guys, just wow. Just how far can we can keep going?
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Post by: Pacific
Yup definitely something going on, shame as this thread (and others like it at the end of a KS) are always a lot of fun.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
*Adds Enforcer Mech*
*Adds Plague Mech*
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Post by: GrimDork
I'm gonna get enforcer mech and use a spare zombie and some magnets! Maybe even some alternate distressed plasticard to swap in for damaged sections, maybe just pilots tho.
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Post by: Yonan
Lots of new backers rolling in still. Happy the starters are getting fully filled out, an extra 3-5 troops for each strike is great.
Just under 2 hours to go. $1.2M yay.
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Post by: Pacific
Is it just me or did an extra hour get added to the clock?
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Post by: darkPrince010
I think it did, as it went from "1 hour remaining" to "110 minutes remaining"
Either way, I ain't complaining
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Post by: DaveC
Nope when kickstarter shows hours left it rounds down to the nearest full hour so 2 hours 59 minutes shows as 2 hours left no time has been added it's just that minutes left is more accurate.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Pacific wrote:Is it just me or did an extra hour get added to the clock?
The way KS counts down is a bit weird (mostly because it eschews giving an exact number of minutes). When the clock switches to N hours it is rounding down and tends to mean N hours and 59 minutes.
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Post by: Taarnak
Maxed at $500. Which is about $360 more than I should be spending right now...
Looking forward to seeing how high it goes. Some cool looking new stuff so far.
~Eric
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
Okies, really thinking of jumping on this last minute, mainly because of the oodles of terrain. But I'm thinking their Sci-fi stuff also looks a lot better than their fantasy stuff, which I'll be honest, I'm not a big fan of.
My pledge is looking like an opening bid of about $800, but I am wondering what characters are included in the kickstarter and which would require purchasing, it not entirely clear.
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Post by: MasterSlowPoke
With 800 bucks, there's not much you won't be getting.
The ones that aren't included are the Helfather, the space jellyfish, and the 6 named characters.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Hmm, this horrifies me, but I may have just sussed out a way of pledging to $750... damn me!
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Post by: Millicant
Alright finally pledged for $301!
Strike team, AI deck, 4 for 3 boosters, an extra mat and urban fight to fill my 2x4 with terrain. And a few extra dollars for characters and a printed compendium!
Looks great - I can't wait!
Just to be sure - you can increase but not decrease your pledge later, correct? So I can add more later if I want, or get friends to go in with me?
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Post by: scarletsquig
Update:
NEARLY THERE! Battlezone Upgrade and Female Enforcer!
Update #90 · Jun 2, 2013 · 2 comments
Wow – that’s the Boost your Faction goal smashed and Radgrad is nearly in!
Add Radgrad on now either individually or part of a “Get all 6 Bundle” for $45!
Up next!
$1,150,000 – Defense Line Upgrade Scenery Sprue
If we hit this goal we will sculpt and tool the Defense Line Upgrade Scenery Sprue and upgrade one of the 4 Fortifications Sprues in the Battlezones.
This upgrade sprue will contain all new designs expanding your scenery options and is compatible with any of the Battlezones.
$1,170,000 - Female Enforcer Pathfinder Sniper on Infiltrator Bike
We will sculpt and tool a Female Enforcer Pathfinder with Sniper Rifle on Foot and on Bike.
This Enforcer Recon Unit motors around the battlefield to get to new locations before dismounting and setting up the shot.
You can add on a Pathfinder on Foot and Pathfinder on Bike set for $20.
This is crazy! 90 mins to go!
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Post by: Triszin
Wow – that’s the Boost your Faction goal smashed and Radgrad is nearly in!
Add Radgrad on now either individually or part of a “Get all 6 Bundle” for $45!
Up next!
$1,150,000 – Defense Line Upgrade Scenery Sprue
If we hit this goal we will sculpt and tool the Defense Line Upgrade Scenery Sprue and upgrade one of the 4 Fortifications Sprues in the Battlezones.
This upgrade sprue will contain all new designs expanding your scenery options and is compatible with any of the Battlezones.
$1,170,000 - Female Enforcer Pathfinder Sniper on Infiltrator Bike
We will sculpt and tool a Female Enforcer Pathfinder with Sniper Rifle on Foot and on Bike.
This Enforcer Recon Unit motors around the battlefield to get to new locations before dismounting and setting up the shot.
You can add on a Pathfinder on Foot and Pathfinder on Bike set for $20.
This is crazy! 90 mins to go!
female enforcer with bike!
edit:
SS you beat my by a lowsy 7 seconds!
also I will def pick up the female enforcer, as long as the infiltrator bike is a antigrav bike. I just have to do it later!
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Post by: Pox Apostle
The only characters: i.e.: Mercenaries or Leaders that aren't included are the Chovar Psychic jellyfish thing, the Helfather, and all of the new Leader characters they just unlocked. That's a total of $63. $45 for the new Leader package, $8 for the Helfather, and $10 for the Chovar.
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Post by: PsychoticStorm
Female Enforcer GOGOGOGO
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Post by: scarletsquig
This is going NUTS.
As in, Robotech levels of crazy.
Anyone browsing - Not too late to pledge, but don't leave it until the last half hour, kickstarter/ amazon payments is notorious for going offline when large KS's like this one end.
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
So strike level gets me all the characters apart from the six special ones, and those two just mentioned above aye?
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Post by: Krinsath
DAMNIT!
I was *this* close to sticking by my initial pledge, with minor pondering of a second Ironman assault sergeant. Then they had to add a female enforcer. 
Since it's a relatively minor uptick (and not one that will factor in on any KS rewards), I might just wait until the end. Another question for you fine folks though; courier shipping to the US worth $15 if I'm looking at a pledge in the Morathi/Yonan realm of Suppression+?
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Post by: Necros
wow this is doing better than I thought it would.. congrats Mantic
Wish I had to spare cash.. oh well maybe next time
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Post by: Compel
So, I think I've found a way to calculate up to exactly $751
Strike Team Early Bird 1: $150 - $10 = $140
Character Bundle: $45
Chovar: $10
Helfather: $8
EU Factions: $50
3x Booster Bundles: $50 * 3 = $150
4 packs of Zombies: $45
3x Mechs: $20 * 3 = $60
1x Pathfinder: $20
Urban Battle: $95
Detailing Bundle: $65
Acrylic Counters: $20
Loot Counters: $10
T-shirt: $25
AI Deck: $8
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And, as far as I can tell, nothing really obviously missing.
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Post by: scarletsquig
@Morathi That's correct. Although it looks like there's a $20 female enforcer on bike and foot coming up too.
You'll also get the exclusive unique resins for pledging $400+ and $500+ pre-survey, and the hardback signed book free for pledging $750+ pre-survey, so you're totally covered for 100% of the exclusive stuff.
$800 will get you pretty much anything you want, that much cash is basically a solid "pledge now, and sort out the details later in the survey" amount... you can get tons of minis and fill a 6x4 board with terrain for that much.
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Post by: Rolt
Great!!! female enforcer with bike at $170k, really really can't wait to see that, been looking forward to female enforcers since the start of this kickstarter.
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Post by: Millicant
Can you update the amount after the Kickstarter ends when the surveys go out? ie pay more to get extra stuff?
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Alright, in at $751 with ~$40 that is, as yet, unclaimed by anything in particular. AND. THAT. IS. IT!
Here's hoping for more LSV loving so I can put that $40 to good use.
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Post by: scarletsquig
 Millicant wrote:Can you update the amount after the Kickstarter ends when the surveys go out? ie pay more to get extra stuff?
Yes, but you need to pledge pre-survey to qualify for the $400, $500 and $750 freebies. (unique sculpts for the rebs commander and plague 1st gen, cast in resin and hardback signed ultimate book with everything in it).
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Post by: Rolt
@millicant
All of Mantics KS's have had pledge managers/surveys so far, this one should be the same.
@Necros
Put in a $10-15 pledge in for now and just add to it later with the survey if your intrested in this but don't have the cash right now, just an idea.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Well, if I hadn't already added the money, I would be adding it for that Iron Ancestor!
I'll take two!
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Post by: Millicant
scarletsquig wrote:Yes, but you need to pledge pre-survey to qualify for the $400, $500 and $750 freebies. (unique sculpts for the rebs commander and plague 1st gen, cast in resin and hardback signed ultimate book with everything in it).
Perfect thank you!
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Post by: scarletsquig
Update:
Boomer!
Update #91 · Jun 2, 2013 · comment
And that's the Defence Line Upgrade Sprue locked in!
Up next:
$1,170,000 - Female Enforcer Pathfinder Sniper on Infiltrator Bike
We will sculpt and tool a Female Enforcer Pathfinder with Sniper Rifle on Foot and on Bike.
This Enforcer Recon Unit motors around the battlefield to get to new locations before dismounting and setting up the shot.
You can add on a Pathfinder on Foot and Pathfinder on Bike set for $20.
NEW! $1,180,000 – Boomer, Marauder Grenadier
Boomer’s odious habits and utter lack of personal hygiene skills are gaggingly obvious from several metres away. Few would socialise with him voluntarily without some pressing incentive for his undoubted skills with explosives and encyclopaedic knowledge of grenades. What’s also obvious from the briefest of encounters with him is that he is completely insane, and whilst somewhat worrying in an explosives specialist most commanders assume that one follows from the other fairly naturally and so accept his foibles to have his skills.
In terms of who he is and where he came from, nobody’s asked. Boomer probably had a real name at one point; probably had a family, clan or other group to which he felt allegiance. Maybe people even liked him. Who can tell? These days he is nothing more nor less than an expendable asset who hires his not inconsiderable skills out to anyone who can pay the exorbitant fees (and stand his presence for more than five minutes). He has quite a few takers.
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool Boomer, a new named Marauder Character.
Add him onto your pledge for $8.
NEW! $1,200,000 – Urban Pattern Iron Ancestor, Forge Father Vehicle
If we hit this goal, we will sculpt and tool the Urban Pattern Iron Ancestor.
This resin kit can be used to upgrade the plastic resin Iron Ancestor with Heat Cannon, new backback and a new close combat arm. We will supply the whole kit - the resin upgrade kit and the Iron Ancestor - for you to add on to your pledge.
Work in progress art - we're thinking drill rather than hammer. Thoughts?
Still a big one to come!!
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Post by: Triszin
i suggested they go with a wrecking ball on the urban pattern Iron ancestor. also, i'd love to see some concept art for the female enforcer, but i believe we are now in the area of possible wave 3 releases?
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Post by: Compel
How notably different is that Iron Ancestor model from the standard release?
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Post by: BobtheInquisitor
I once read in a fortune cookie:
'A Female Enforcer Pathfinder Sniper on Infiltration Bike is just a woman designed by committee.'
Possible concept art:
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Post by: Widdershinz
Someone back out of their early bird strike Team so I can afford it!
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Post by: Triszin
wtf, it just went up to 164 now, this thing has been accelerating, ITS OUT OF CONTROLLLLLL
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Post by: scarletsquig
 Compel wrote:How notably different is that Iron Ancestor model from the standard release?
Different backpack piece, different weapons.
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Post by: AegisGrimm
I really am hugely pissed that I went in 150 dollars for Sedition Wars last year, when I could have been getting that much of Deadzone pledged a year later! Anybody got a time machine?
Sucks being poor with all these great Kickstarters!
Automatically Appended Next Post:
Does anyone know how much of this awesome stuff will end up being a general release?
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Post by: Triszin
uhh guys i think we just hit 170
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Post by: PsychoticStorm
Yes indeed we just did, a fantastic thing female enforcer locked in!
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Post by: Ahtman
1.2 million gets us this:
I don't want to spend another $20, but I have no choice!
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Post by: GrimDork
Most of it is available after kickstarter. A little bit is KS exclusive, but i think you can technically get that at events and with mantic points. It may all just cost more etc.
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Post by: Ahtman
Probably not as cheap though.
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Post by: primalexile
I am like a yoyo on this one. I am back to thinking Strike Team, AI Cards, and the Hardcover Rulebook, all exclusives except the big spenders and all the campaigns, rules, and mini games in one place.
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Post by: Souleater
Roughly how long after the KS ends does the survey go out?
My gaming club has gone from studied apathy to frenzied excitement over this!
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ 10 days or so.
You want to pledge before the survey though, the $400 and $500 rewards are not available, ever again once this KS ends.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
It usually takes a few weeks/months. They have to get everything in order.
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Post by: AegisGrimm
Most of it is available after kickstarter. A little bit is KS exclusive, but i think you can technically get that at events and with mantic points. It may all just cost more etc.
That at least makes me feel a little better. I would so love to play this game, as it gives me such a cool "Necromunda + 40K" gameplay vibe, but I simply can't justify another KS until I can "somehow" offload all my SedWars stuff, which will unfortunately will probably entail taking a 50% loss. That and trying to get a job that will pay more than minimum wage for maximum work......
I would gladly buy things like the Iron Ancestor variant if they became normal retail, even if for a higher price.
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Post by: wiper
As has been mentioned previously, anything stickered with the phrase "Kickstarter Exclusive" is sort of exclusive to the Kickstarter, but will still be able to be picked up at events, and through Mantic Points.
The exceptions to this are the higher milestone rewards - the $400 and $500 "veteran commander" awards of the alternate sculpts of the Rebs commander and Plague 1st Gen are only available through the Kickstarter, and the Collector's Edition book will only have 250 books produced beyond those produced for the Kickstarter (i.e. for those who pledged over $750/added the book for $40 to their pledge).
Edit: damn my slow typing. Incidentally, I see your talk of offloading your Sedition Wars stuff - as somebody who paid no attention to the game, why so? Was it widely considered a disappointment/the Kickstarter badly done, or is it just a case of the game not being for you?
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Post by: scarletsquig
@Aegis: At least put a token $1 pledge on this for now, that will give you access to the survey.
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Post by: AegisGrimm
Can you still add anything you want during the survey? If I can pledge 1 dollar, to give me time to finalize what I would want to add to that, I would totally do it.
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Post by: Triszin
Boomer unlocked, we just hit 180k
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
BOOM(er)!
1.18m achieved.
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Post by: GrimDork
Yeah surveys are cool like that.
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Post by: Morathi's Darkest Sin
okies I'm in.
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Post by: lord_blackfang
Can anyone explain what this new scenery sprue is about?
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Post by: scarletsquig
^ It's an alternate sprue for the fortifications battlezone.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
It's a sprue. It has scenery on it.
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Post by: Ahtman
29 Minutes to get 15k! The anticipation! The horror!
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Post by: GrimDork
yes. Fortifications is made of 4 sprues. I think they're the same one. This will replace one of them with a different kind of scenery. So it only impacts you if you takes fortifications as a BZ, in which case you get something different than before.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Over $300k taken in today, and only need $15k more for the Iron Ancestor.
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Post by: Pacific
Ticking up as I watch, think it's almost certain that this will reach 1.2
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Post by: Triszin
I bet mantic HQ is bouncing off the walls right now, WHERE IS THE NEXXT UPDATE?
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Post by: Alpharius
Female Enforcers earlier on would have really driven this thing higher!
And that Iron Ancestor - there goes another $20!
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Post by: ecliptor
sorry for a nub question but the stretch goal stuff, i pledged 150, the stuff in red is other stuff i could purchase to ad on to my order right? not just freebies they throw in with my order?
actually i pledged 200 but am getting the 150 package
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Post by: tyrant of loserville
well im in trouble, just increased to 750.
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Post by: Alfndrate
Terrain addons will be available via the pledge manager yes?
Thinking of keeping my pledge where it is, and adding terrain in later (since I'm strapped for cash atm).
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Post by: wiper
ecliptor wrote:sorry for a nub question but the stretch goal stuff, i pledged 150, the stuff in red is other stuff i could purchase to ad on to my order right? not just freebies they throw in with my order?
actually i pledged 200 but am getting the 150 package
Anything in this image is included. Anything that isn't in there, isn't.
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Post by: GrimDork
Welcome to the 750 club tyrant! Its cold up here, mostly cause we couldn't pay the bill for heat :p
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Post by: Alpharius
$10K in 20 minutes for the Iron Ancestor - no problem!
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Post by: Krinsath
GrimDork wrote:Welcome to the 750 club tyrant! Its cold up here, mostly cause we couldn't pay the bill for heat :p
Quoted for truth.
Well, that last stretch goal would be awesome, but my pledge is as fat as it's going to get. If we don't make it, it'll just be a Corporation mech. It's good to have options.
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Post by: Triszin
/\ more like 7.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
Peacekeepers. $10. Done!
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Post by: ecliptor
 wiper wrote:ecliptor wrote:sorry for a nub question but the stretch goal stuff, i pledged 150, the stuff in red is other stuff i could purchase to ad on to my order right? not just freebies they throw in with my order?
actually i pledged 200 but am getting the 150 package
Anything in this image is included. Anything that isn't in there, isn't.
Thank you, sorry if it's been answered a bunch of times already, i just got into the kickstarter and it's almost over.
thats a bunch of slick looking stuff. I hope this game does well. I miss Necromunda so hard
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Post by: GrimDork
Peacekeeper enforcer armor at 1,225,00!!! hard plastic, 2 dollars a piece 5 for 10 zomgwtfbbq!
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Damn, I hope we can make that!
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Post by: Alpharius
That might be a bridge too far - but I hope we get there!
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Post by: Triszin
JAW ON FLOOR UPPING PLEDGE BY 10
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Post by: baritowned
Please mother of god let us get to the peacekeepers!
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Post by: Krinsath
Alpharius wrote:That might be a bridge too far - but I hope we get there!
It might be, but Mantic might also pull the same thing they did with DreadBall where they say "We didn't make it on KS, but our PayPal pledges make up the difference so we're doing it anyway!" Obviously better for everyone if they make it though.
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Post by: Alpharius
$30K in 15 minutes - I don't know!
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Post by: darkPrince010
I am VERY interested in the weapon options these will have. I think bulky space soldiers with ridiculously heavy ordnance options to tote around will be quite popular when priced at $20 for 10 of them
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Post by: tyrant of loserville
GrimDork wrote:Welcome to the 750 club tyrant! Its cold up here, mostly cause we couldn't pay the bill for heat :p
good thing I live in southern Cali I foresee, though, many hungry nights
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Post by: GrimDork
I hope this one is a mercy SG if we can get close enough. I know they're trying to squeeze us for every dollar we have but I did that and more already
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Post by: wiper
ecliptor wrote: wiper wrote:ecliptor wrote:sorry for a nub question but the stretch goal stuff, i pledged 150, the stuff in red is other stuff i could purchase to ad on to my order right? not just freebies they throw in with my order?
actually i pledged 200 but am getting the 150 package
Anything in this image is included. Anything that isn't in there, isn't.
Thank you, sorry if it's been answered a bunch of times already, i just got into the kickstarter and it's almost over.
thats a bunch of slick looking stuff. I hope this game does well. I miss Necromunda so hard
No worries, I know that trying to decipher the massive wad of data they throw at you is challenge enough without having to do it in a few minutes!
It's worth noting, if you aren't aware already, that Mantic usually allow people to manage their pledges after the Kickstarter is over - you won't be able to get hold of the exclusive models reserved for those pledging $400 or $500 in one go, but if you realise there's something you really wanted that you haven't pledged enough to cover once the Kickstarter is over, you'll be able to top-up your pledge when Mantic send out the surveys to work out what people want.
(For what it's worth, that extra $50 you've pledged over the $150 tier is enough to buy two of the booster bundles in this picture thanks to the BOGOF offer, or to grab the Urban Skirmish terrain booster for load more terrain. Or a variety of other things, but those are amongst the most obvious options for a $50 add on.
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Post by: Krinsath
 tyrant of loserville wrote: GrimDork wrote:Welcome to the 750 club tyrant! Its cold up here, mostly cause we couldn't pay the bill for heat :p
good thing I live in southern Cali I foresee, though, many hungry nights
Taco Bell Bean Burritos are affordable, filling, not completely awful and the fast food offering that is least likely to kill you. They're the perfect way to fund a plastic addiction!
PLEDGE MY PRETTIES! PLEDGE ME SOME PEACEKEEPERS!
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Post by: Triszin
about to hit 200. GO YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD. LET THE PEACEKEEPERS MURDER ALL THE TERMINATORS AT 2$ A FIGURE
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Post by: Riquende
Well just upped as far as I can, anything more will have to be done via surveys.
Just to clarify - the contents of the book that you get for being a $300 backer is included in the $40 add-on book as well?
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
$1,200,941!
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Post by: Alpharius
There's extra in the $40 book - a merc scenario, and the fiction, at the least...
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Post by: BobtheInquisitor
Well, hard plastic Enforcers finally show up. I just raised my pledge by 1,000%.
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Post by: wiper
 Riquende wrote:Well just upped as far as I can, anything more will have to be done via surveys.
Just to clarify - the contents of the book that you get for being a $300 backer is included in the $40 add-on book as well?
The $40 add-on book contains the contents of the Compendium you get at $300 (plus extra gubbins - the core rules, development stuff, unique scenario) in a hardback form, yep.
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Post by: Riquende
Yeah, I know there's more, but I won't lose out on any content if I get the $40 book?
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Post by: Triszin
everything comes in the 40$ collectors book, so yes and then some.
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Post by: Riquende
wiper wrote: Riquende wrote:Well just upped as far as I can, anything more will have to be done via surveys.
Just to clarify - the contents of the book that you get for being a $300 backer is included in the $40 add-on book as well?
The $40 add-on book contains the contents of the Compendium you get at $300 (plus extra gubbins - the core rules, development stuff, unique scenario) in a hardback form, yep.
Cool, that's definitely on my list.
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Post by: Earth Dragon
If we pledge for the keepers we'll get um. $10 for 5 models isn't too risky!!
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Post by: Triszin
205, come on anther 17.5 k. CLIMB U BASTARD
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Post by: Riquende
In the Dreadball KS Mantic dropped the target for the final stretch goal to meet it... fingers crossed, one way or the other!
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Post by: Earth Dragon
Less then 17k to get um. We got this!!
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Post by: Pacific
$17,000 in 6 minutes.. is it possible!?
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Post by: Tresson
Riquende wrote:In the Dreadball KS Mantic dropped the target for the final stretch goal to meet it... fingers crossed, one way or the other!
How close were they to meeting the goal?
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Post by: ecliptor
wiper wrote:ecliptor wrote: wiper wrote:ecliptor wrote:sorry for a nub question but the stretch goal stuff, i pledged 150, the stuff in red is other stuff i could purchase to ad on to my order right? not just freebies they throw in with my order?
actually i pledged 200 but am getting the 150 package
Anything in this image is included. Anything that isn't in there, isn't.
Thank you, sorry if it's been answered a bunch of times already, i just got into the kickstarter and it's almost over.
thats a bunch of slick looking stuff. I hope this game does well. I miss Necromunda so hard
No worries, I know that trying to decipher the massive wad of data they throw at you is challenge enough without having to do it in a few minutes!
It's worth noting, if you aren't aware already, that Mantic usually allow people to manage their pledges after the Kickstarter is over - you won't be able to get hold of the exclusive models reserved for those pledging $400 or $500 in one go, but if you realise there's something you really wanted that you haven't pledged enough to cover once the Kickstarter is over, you'll be able to top-up your pledge when Mantic send out the surveys to work out what people want.
(For what it's worth, that extra $50 you've pledged over the $150 tier is enough to buy two of the booster bundles in this picture thanks to the BOGOF offer, or to grab the Urban Skirmish terrain booster for load more terrain. Or a variety of other things, but those are amongst the most obvious options for a $50 add on.
i just upped mine to 250, trying to help reach whatever stretch goals we can plus i want that goblin mech thingie. you help is greatly appreciated
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Post by: judgedoug
I threw in anohter hundred bucks. I don't even know what I'm getting LOL, figure it out in the pledge manager I suppose.
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Post by: Triszin
Tresson wrote: Riquende wrote:In the Dreadball KS Mantic dropped the target for the final stretch goal to meet it... fingers crossed, one way or the other!
How close were they to meeting the goal?
i think blain was missed by a few thousand and mantic was like, what eves HE'S IN.
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Post by: ecliptor
 judgedoug wrote:I threw in anohter hundred bucks. I don't even know what I'm getting LOL, figure it out in the pledge manager I suppose.
Atta Boy!
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Post by: AegisGrimm
All right, I caved, you bastards . I pledged the $10 to at least get the digital rules, so that later when the survey arrives I can always up it to get the basic boxed game, or a pair of factions. Or, god forbid, the Strike Team............
It was just too big of an urge to relive my days of playing Necromunda, but with a company that won't constantly screw me over, lol.
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Post by: HisDivineShadow
That last stretch is gonna be close. I'm betting no
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Post by: Riquende
Tresson wrote: Riquende wrote:In the Dreadball KS Mantic dropped the target for the final stretch goal to meet it... fingers crossed, one way or the other!
How close were they to meeting the goal?
Honestly can't remember, sorry. It wasn't a lot though.
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Post by: Triszin
aegis why not pledge 10$ for 5 plastic terminator equivalents. thats 2$ a terminator!
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Post by: Ahtman
Agh, my fingernails are all gone!
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Post by: wiper
ecliptor wrote: wiper wrote:ecliptor wrote: wiper wrote:ecliptor wrote:sorry for a nub question but the stretch goal stuff, i pledged 150, the stuff in red is other stuff i could purchase to ad on to my order right? not just freebies they throw in with my order?
actually i pledged 200 but am getting the 150 package
Anything in this image is included. Anything that isn't in there, isn't.
Thank you, sorry if it's been answered a bunch of times already, i just got into the kickstarter and it's almost over.
thats a bunch of slick looking stuff. I hope this game does well. I miss Necromunda so hard
No worries, I know that trying to decipher the massive wad of data they throw at you is challenge enough without having to do it in a few minutes!
It's worth noting, if you aren't aware already, that Mantic usually allow people to manage their pledges after the Kickstarter is over - you won't be able to get hold of the exclusive models reserved for those pledging $400 or $500 in one go, but if you realise there's something you really wanted that you haven't pledged enough to cover once the Kickstarter is over, you'll be able to top-up your pledge when Mantic send out the surveys to work out what people want.
(For what it's worth, that extra $50 you've pledged over the $150 tier is enough to buy two of the booster bundles in this picture thanks to the BOGOF offer, or to grab the Urban Skirmish terrain booster for load more terrain. Or a variety of other things, but those are amongst the most obvious options for a $50 add on.
i just upped mine to 250, trying to help reach whatever stretch goals we can plus i want that goblin mech thingie. you help is greatly appreciated
Well, you've certainly got good taste - the goblin stuntbot looks all kinds of awesome.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
I gotto say, Mantic prices continue to surprise me. Look at all those $8 characters. Even Zombicide - and if we're being honest, they're board game pieces and not miniatures - were $10 for two single piece pieces of coloured plastic.
And now $10 for 5 guys? Crazy!
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Post by: Triszin
mantic please make these we wont reach the goal!
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Post by: Riquende
Boo....
$25k stretch was always going to be too far, really.
Still, decent haul all round.
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Post by: AegisGrimm
aegis why not pledge 10$ for 5 plastic terminator equivalents. thats 2$ a terminator!
That's why I caved and at least pledged something. I can always add to it later in the survey. My wife finally told me to stop whining about whether I should get into Deadzone, and just friggin' pledge.
*Sigh* Once again, I will have to thank her for marrying me.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Made it to within $9k with minutes to spare. We may just get 'em for the effort. If not, pink D8's for me!
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Post by: Ravenblade666
Damn it missed peacekeepers, hopefully paypal can save us now
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Post by: judgedoug
You KNOW they'll bust that goal in post-pledge dollars. I'll probably wind up pledging more as I'll get another paycheck.
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Post by: Kalamadea
%^&*! I wanted those plastic enforcers :(
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Post by: Millicant
*sigh*
No peacekeepers.... :(
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Post by: GrimDork
Amazing ride. I hope we get the peacekeepers but its already full of so much awesome either way.
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
$9k off. Not fair.
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Post by: DaveC
Well it looks like I'm getting that Hardcover book after all - without paying extra for it! they got another $200 out of me today
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Post by: Taarnak
Maybe they'll do a gimme for the Enforcers, especially since 10K for tickets to events that most of the backers will never use was kinda lame.
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Post by: xraytango
Wasn't going to add any more, but I caved and upped it to $500.
Heck, when can you get a whole game system for the price of one GW army?
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Post by: Pacific
Final total is in... $1,216,482
Have to say guys really enjoyed this thread, it's been a real laugh at times!
Very impressed that they reached this total, with 2 weeks to go I thought they would be lucky to reach the target laid down by Dreadball. As it is, they smashed the total reached by that game by some margin!
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Post by: Riquende
Come on Mantic, give us the Enforcinators... you know you want to.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
In at $761 on the dot! Had to canabalize part of another KS for it, but it was worth it.
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Post by: BobtheInquisitor
There is no way Mantic won't throw the plastic Enforcers in if they don't make it. They've known all along they were going to make them. Putting them in at the last minute is some sort of game or shenanigan.
According to SS, they have been planning the Enforcers for weeks. Once again, it looks like Mantic was trying to keep the success down and reach a certain KS funding goal rather than go as big as possible, or they would have included them sooner.
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Post by: Triszin
@ Millicant
DO not fear, i have this strange feeling mantic teased something that was already a go anyways.
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Post by: AegisGrimm
Am I mistaken, or did they remove the ability to add a faction box for $35? All I see are the 50 dollar bundles.
Originally I was going to pledge for Scout to get enforcers, and then get another faction to add to them. Then with a couple of the "Big guys" that you can add, it would be like playing a mini-warpath game.
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Post by: Pox Apostle
Wow!!! That was one amazing ride. It's the first Kickstarter I really followed and pledged like crazy for. Between my buddy and me the final total was $794. So, my hobby budget for the rest of the year is gone. *lol* That's fine as I've got all kinds of Warmachine/Hordes minis to paint until this stuff gets here in December.
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Post by: Triszin
 AegisGrimm wrote:Am I mistaken, or did they remove the ability to add a faction box for $35? All I see are the 50 dollar bundles.
Originally I was going to pledge for Scout to get enforcers, and then get another faction to add to them. Then with a couple of the "Big guys" that you can add, it would be like playing a mini-warpath game.
its in the add on pdf. its still there, but the main page was getting so crazy they had to move things off.
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Post by: scarletsquig
This has been loads of fun, and crazy just to keep on top of updating the title and OP.
I'm really happy with this, best Mantic KS so far.
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Post by: GrimDork
I kinda see warpath having trouble beating this. I could be wrong, this one was just a triple threat, and rather amazing.
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Post by: AegisGrimm
Ah, good. That was looking to be my personal "sweet spot", as I can easily make myself a fabric board, and I already have/can make terrain that will fit the grid.
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Post by: tyrant of loserville
I assume we all watched it tick down to zero seconds. I do hope Mantic considers adding it if we break the goal through paypal, I know I can add more in a month or so. 
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Post by: Ronin_eX
scarletsquig wrote:This has been loads of fun, and crazy just to keep on top of updating the title and OP.
I'm really happy with this, best Mantic KS so far.
Best Mantic KS, so far... combined! :p
Even the eventual WP KS will have trouble saying that now that DZ has added $1.2mil to the grand total. Damn, that was a fun ride. Now time to sit and wistfully gaze at my credit card bill.
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Post by: Millicant
Triszin wrote:@ Millicant
DO not fear, i have this strange feeling mantic teased something that was already a go anyways.
Haha I hope you're right! I upped my pledge by a decent amount to "help the cause" at the end. Ugh hard to stomach but it's so worth it...
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
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Post by: Krinsath
xraytango wrote:Wasn't going to add any more, but I caved and upped it to $500.
Heck, when can you get a whole game system for the price of one GW army?
That's what i noticed on Friday; the GW army from the High Elf White Dwarf was $650 as I recall, plus needing a rulebook and army book for another $130 and then something resembling suitable terrain. You'd still need to find another player with stuff.
For DeadZone, that'd easily get you rules and 6 good-sized forces with options, play area and terrain. Somewhat crazy to think about honestly.
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Post by: BobtheInquisitor
Can you imagine the harm it would do to Mantic's already-bruised reputation if they didn't include the plastic Peacekeepers?
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Post by: scarletsquig
If you're planning on doing paypal add-ons in the survey, send mantic a message to let them know how much.
They have considered this before when determining whether they can make the final stretch goal.
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Post by: Millicant
 H.B.M.C. wrote:(chant)
Peace. Keep. Ers.
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Wait whaa....? Where am I?
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Post by: GrimDork
Yeah, I spent almost 3x on this as I was going to on warpath, though I'd never done a KS before so i could have been fooling myself. This was just a perfect storm of options. I'll probably have 100-200 dollars for the survey before Q2 next year...
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Umm... Did anyone else notice the plastic peacekeepers are listed as an add-on on the front page. like right this second? Accident, or sweet merciful Ronnie and co?
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Post by: BobtheInquisitor
I've already told them I plan to add a lot to the Pledge Manager once I've refunded my account from the KoW add-ons, and once I see the sculpts.
Squiggie, you know they could have dropped the Peacekeeper bomb at any time and exploded their KS. Why did they wait until the last 20 minutes?
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Post by: H.B.M.C.
You mean to say that Mantic are in a permanant state of D-d-d-d-d-damage control-trol-trol-trol?
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Post by: Millicant
Mantic update #93 wrote:We didn’t quite make the Enforcer Peacekeepers but so long as we make the remainder of the goal up via Paypal after the first survey, we’ll still honour the set. If you didn’t get chance to add-on them during the campaign you will be able to do so at this special Kickstarter price via the survey.
YAAAAAAY!!!!!!
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Post by: Ronin_eX
Looks like the Peacekeepers are still in if they make up the last $9k during the survey/paypal add-on phase. So if you want 'em, then don't be shy when that rolls around.
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Post by: Compel
Mantic Games wrote wrote:"We didn’t quite make the Enforcer Peacekeepers but so long as we make the remainder of the goal up via Paypal after the first survey, we’ll still honour the set. If you didn’t get chance to add-on them during the campaign you will be able to do so at this special Kickstarter price via the survey."
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Post by: AegisGrimm
How exactly do you go about notifying mantic that you will be adding to your pledge during the survey? (This is only my second KS ever, and the first was just a simple pledge bundle)
*Arg, Dakka keeps douple-posting me......*
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Post by: GrimDork
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! I'm gonna have to buy... alot of those. The equivalent of terminators for TWO DOLLARS A MODEL? Epic!
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Post by: tyrant of loserville
Just got the obligatory potential credit card fraud phone call...
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Post by: judgedoug
 BobtheInquisitor wrote:There is no way Mantic won't throw the plastic Enforcers in if they don't make it. They've known all along they were going to make them. Putting them in at the last minute is some sort of game or shenanigan.
According to SS, they have been planning the Enforcers for weeks. Once again, it looks like Mantic was trying to keep the success down and reach a certain KS funding goal rather than go as big as possible, or they would have included them sooner.
Nah, I don't believe that. I do believe that they had them planned, sure - along with lots of other hard plastic kits. Zombies, Enforcers, etc etc. Just like with KoW and Dreadball, this KS was to accelerate the release schedule. Funding them now would just mean they come out 6 months sooner. If they magically got like 2 million bucks or something, we'd probably see another couple hard plastic kits too.
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Post by: Ronin_eX
GrimDork wrote:WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT! I'm gonna have to buy... alot of those. The equivalent of terminators for TWO DOLLARS A MODEL? Epic!
A squad of 5 will do me for now. They will make a fine 3rd gen power armour commando group in Tomorrow's War when not being used for their regular purpose in DZ.
Looks like Enforcers are my second main DZ faction after Forge Fathers. And I think that walker is getting the Reb treatment. Time to start organizing the games room to fit all of this.
Edit - And payment successful! Time to give my bank a wad of cash to forget this ever happened.
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Post by: Ahtman
AegisGrimm wrote:How exactly do you go about notifying mantic that you will be adding to your pledge during the survey? (This is only my second KS ever, and the first was just a simple pledge bundle)
After the KS is over and all the dust has cleared, they will start sending out emails with what you need to do, and how to do it.
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Post by: scarletsquig
AegisGrimm wrote:How exactly do you go about notifying mantic that you will be adding to your pledge during the survey? (This is only my second KS ever, and the first was just a simple pledge bundle)
*Arg, Dakka keeps douple-posting me......*
Click on their avatar on the KS page and then click on "contact me".
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Post by: DaveC
I wonder if it's good thing or a bad thing that my credit card company don't even bat an eyelid when I drop several hundred dollars on a KS!
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