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$2500 to go until Mortismageddon

I think the problem with images is because you have to have them hosted on another server and just put in the URL to the image, so the other server could be messing up or there's too much traffic between at the second you load the page or whatever.

 Necros wrote:
I think the problem with images is because you have to have them hosted on another server and just put in the URL to the image, so the other server could be messing up or there's too much traffic between at the second you load the page or whatever.

Kickstarter hosts the images... I think they need a server upgrade

Oh .. hmm.. for me I thought I had to link my own before.

But I guess that's why reaper crashed their servers

Mark is starting to get me in trouble with boss lady at this rate stop releasing so many goodies. i have to up my pledge again because I want those heavy troopers.

 NoseGoblin wrote:

the Shadokesh will be the next faction developed....

I will be really looking forward to this. Theres some serious potential for awesome stuff for the Shadokesh. They might be my "shut up and take my money" faction.

And I still want to see the APC, that and having the extra shadokesh in the calculator could well push up my pledge too. I really want them to hit the $100K mark, the twin Vulkan stretch goal looks awesome, and I would rather not have to decide between getting that as my free 4th arm and getting the mauler claw.

I plan on getting 20 troops, a 28mm leviathan, two Beowolf arms, a HEL cannon, plus whichever I go for on the free one. (Which could include another HEL cannon. Or I could get a pair and pair the mauler claws too. I'll end up getting paired arms of all of them, I just know it!)

It looks to me like the Beowolf/Grendel arms are interchangable, so a single pair means I get paired Beowolfs and paired Grendels too, so paired Vulkans would be an amazing range of smackdown! (If this is the case, maybe make sure people know about it?)

The models are so awesome, I don't care for the rules. I need those models! (I hope the rules are as good, so I have a chance at starting a gaming group around here.)

 Conrad Turner wrote:
I really want them to hit the $100K mark...

I think that won't be any problem at all.

The 120K+ stretch goals might be a challenge, but hopefully not, as the heavy troopers are tempting indeed!

Too much good stuff on this kick starter. I want it all, but can't afford it all now. I think I'll have to stick with 4 leviathans and a mess of weapon arms. Infantry will have to come later. Any chance of the next kick starter bringing back some of these deals mark?

I really want it to hit the $110k mark. I'd be in for 3 of the mini-mortis and about 8 weapons....here's hoping!

Well, turns out my laptop isn't broken!

So now the debate is more models... or a new bed.... ehh I can keep sleeping on an air mattress. Just gotta make sure my card has some wiggle room on it...

Theophony wrote:
Too much good stuff on this kick starter. I want it all, but can't afford it all now. I think I'll have to stick with 4 leviathans and a mess of weapon arms. Infantry will have to come later. Any chance of the next kick starter bringing back some of these deals mark?

I dont need infantry, and I still feel the same. I could drop a ton on just the Leviathans.

Mortis on it's way Sadly, it looks like we'll have to wait until ~March to get them, but hey - I probably won't have a hole in my painting schedule to do it until then, anyway.

Hey, wanna jump in on this but I'm a little confused.

The accessory sprue, does that come free with every box of 20 troopers, or do I buy them separately?

Thanks!


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Also, does anyone know the head sizing? I love the infantry but I'd like to use a different helmet/head, possibly from Pig Iron. Want to make sure there won't be meatball-heads (ala GW skeletons)

They are a non-heroic 28mm size. I "think" pig-iron heads would work, but I'd test fit in case.

Accessory sprues come with every $39 box of 20 troops, and you can buy extras at $10 a pop after one box of troopers.

I think they're kind of "semi-heroic" now... Enough not to look out of place in GW armies, at least.

About 2k till Mortis. When that hits... BOOM, we'll blow away the next stretch goal with that alone.

 Moopy wrote:
About 2k till Mortis. When that hits... BOOM, we'll blow away the next stretch goal with that alone.

Thats what I'm hoping but I also wonder how many people adjusted there pledge to account for getting a mortis once the pricing was posted.

Also unrelated to the above, I've completely avoided the comments section on the kickstarter, lots of nonsense and negative comments in there. So many people are "arm chair game companies" and have all the answers on how to make everything under the sun a success. Its just utter nonsense. I'm not sure how you can even compare what Mark is doing to what other companies have done. Comparing a start up company to someone like CMON or Relic or Mantic doesnt make ANY sense to me. Mark has been very upfront about just about everything through this process and has IMO more then listened to the suggestions people have made. Its crazy to me that people can view this kick starter as anything other then a success...Mark set his goal at 30k in cash raised...the kick starter is currently at a hair under 89k...my math isnt the greatest but 89k seems like slightly more then 30k

But I clearly dont know what a successful kickstarter is. Seems to me like Mark wouldnt be able to do anything right...at the start people wanted more visability into all the stretch goals and wants to see what else was possible, now people complain about seeing too much. If at the very least Mark gets to see the best part of running a for profit company...the customers are NEVER happy

Wow, that's a pretty awesome Kickstarter you've got going there, NoseGoblin! I'll have to see what spare change I can find down the back of the sofa...

Not a criticism of Mark. But there is way too much good stuff here in this ks. I would have loved to have seen leviathan only goals for this, but glad that he is making the full line cone to life. I just hope the infantry stuff will be around on the next ks with the same discounts or similar freebies. I am going the all 28mm leviathan route. I want to light them up and do a good jod on them before the infantry come out. Hopefully some big dogs on the table in friendly apocalypse games will help push the line for mark.

Glad the 15mm guys are coming out as well, I know they will look awesome in 40k as dread knights, or chaos daemon engines.

Keep up the great work mark, and stop trying to be a one man show.

If I buy the normal troops and then some heavies, is shipping still free in the US?

@bobtheinquisitor I believe you get free shipping if you have all the items held until the stage three heavies are ready to ship. If you want the troops right away and the heavies later when they are complete then you pay $7.00 for shipping.

Also just read the fine prin and noticed that the mortis will also be getting the free capacitors and left hand Vulcan when we hit the $100k goal.

Right- 28mm Crusaders and the troops and their support weapons are stage 1 deliveries, so you wouldn't have to pay any extra shipping.

However, if you want alternate weapons, a Mortis, heavy infantry, etc... these are stage 2 or 3 deliveries. It's $7.00 more for each stage if you want things shipped separately.

Personally, as an all-infantry pledger, the items I'm interested in are Stage 1 (November) and Stage 3 (May) with nothing from Stage 2 (March).

The Kickstarter-only Shadokesh handler and monster model are a Stage 1 delivery, right?

I think you guys are banking too much this reaching the stretch goal to include the Heavies. I for one would love to see this get that high since the heavies are primarily what I want, but with a little over 9 days to go and the last few days have been very slow, I wouldn't count on it.

Sorry to be a downer, but someone needed to point out the reality of it.

Who knows, someone prove me wrong.

$7 is pretty steep for one $11 box... Any idea what the heavies will retail for?

I don't think Mark has set retail prices yet, but imo the heavy troopers are the best deals of the bunch. If you only want one box of 5, maybe you can go together with someone else on it?

kaiohx- Good point, but if you pledged for heavy infantry, you could always reduce it later if the goal wasn't hit- it isn't taken until the campaign ends. Although, I am pledged for all light infantry

@kiaohx if you check the kicktraq on the ks page its still guestimating $127,945 even with these last few days.I am holding upping my pledge a lot......so I know morty is definitely unlocked, and easily more. I just can't up it yet as I am waiting on final contract approval on our house sale. Got an offer with it being up for only one day. As soon as that goes through then I'm in like Flynn.

As for the heavy troopers I think the last few days will be the tell all. Once we get to mini morty and the 15mm arms I think things will be off the hook.

Man I sound old.

I'm betting it'll top 120k in the end. The last couple days are always the biggest.

This is not your grandfathers Hanomag

This model is a WIP, read a bit about my design processes on my blog (link below)

http://dreamforge-games.blogspot.com/2012/09/this-is-not-your-grandfathers-hanomag.html

That's no moon!

Big and very nice - I love it!