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Silly question, but since there are so many available swaps and substitutions, I think I should ask.

If you spend $19 for two 5-man heavy boxes, can you take one box as assault and one as support? Or do they both need to be the same type, i.e. both assault?

I ask because I want to pledge for both kinds, but I'm worried the stretch goal might not be met for both...

RiTides wrote:Kaiohx- It's not done as median price, but the same price-per-unit that the best discount offers. I.e. 3 for 25 = $8 apiece. This is how Mark explained it

I know my basic math is really rusty, but wouldn't that put it at $24 (3*8=24) then? Any way you slice it, it doesn't make sense.

He rounds down the fractions, rather than rounding up. Sure, you save only a few cents here and there, but I prefer it that way to, say, paying the higher price no matter how many boxes you buy.

Like some companies.

Yeah, it's rounded . The only one that isn't, I think, is the 20-man stormtrooper box, which is $29.33 to add more of after the maximum discount. That was decided early on, and I think since then he decided rounding was easier for everyone.

We're getting close to 500 backers (8 to go!), and the command squad stretch goal (1.6K to go!)

Command Squad soon, and it seems like the mini-Mortis won't be all that far behind.

If there is a last-minute influx/rush of pledges (and/or upped pledges for more/newly unlocked stuff) then hopefully we might see the Heavy Trooper Support Squad, but I'm not holding my breath for the Assault Squad or Valkir (but I could be wrong. be pretty great if I was!)

C/mon $110,000!

-C6

Well, Kicktraq has it trending towards 130K (with a range of 120K - 150K). So, I guess we'll see but I anticipate hitting the Support and Assault squads, and hopefully the Valkir!

If all of that does happen, I am very curious if he will go ahead and release the APC with a next year timeframe (i.e. without a kickstarter to fund it). I hope so, as I would certainly preorder some directly

I'm in for a mini-me.

Why, KS, why do you take all my money?

Cant wait for a few more hours,then another KS will be done and those who are addicted to them will come here to spend money glad were passed the $100k and I think well be on the higher end of the kicktraq guestimate when all is said and done.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I will be bloody well pleased to buy retail.

I agree. Right now Im not in the best financial situation, so my contribution is pretty limited, but by next spring Ill be in a much better spot, and looking to throw some $$$ at Dreamforge, especially as the Shadokesh and eventually Protectorate get developed.

Tannhauser42 wrote:Less Weird War 2, and more Weird War 1. The Eisenkern origin is that they're WWI Germans in SPPPAAACCCEEEE! (couldn't resist)

Everything's better in SPPPAAACCCEEEE! WWI Germans, curiosity cores, annoying neighbours...

AAN wrote:To be honest I would love to see the Kriegsmarine upper bodies and backpacks as a Stretchgoal, since I really do not like the Heavy Troopers so much.

The arms are the only piece kept between the two sets of armour (since they work just as well with either and enable the accessory sprue etc. to be shared). I cropped together two older renders to show the difference (click to cromulently embiggen):



If you're wanting a Weird WWII vibe then the Kreigsmarines are definitely the way to go. Conversely, Stormtroopers are obviously the more betterer choice for future sci-fi.

The female head-swap doesn't really work. The shoulders are already a hair too wide for most men (in order to ease the fit of the weapons) and it's just too much with a woman inside. (Though the smaller head does have the interesting side effect of improving the look of the backpack since its top section looks too small by default.) That said, a head AND torso swap should work.

scipio.au wrote:Or if it being up there twice is a typo.

That threw me too – I was sure it was supposed to be $11 etc for the 15mm arms, $42 etc for the boxes of 5 Support or Assault Heavy Troopers, and a then-undisclosed price for the box of 20 Valkir Heavy Troopers with optional weapons and accessories, since that would be more consistent with how the other infantry boxes had been priced – but Mark confirmed in the last post on page 36 that it's just poor layout.

But don't the new renders show that the shoulders on the plastic kits are going to be tighter than these older ones? It would probably mean all my women are olympic east german swimmers, but still...

On the other hand, bombshell babes got my curves fix covered.

Yes, the shoulders were one of the things he tweaked, from what he posted on the KS- not sure if that image represents the tweaked form or not.

As noted on the image those are not the current version; they're the renders from the metal ones for comparison between the Kriegsmarine look and the Sturmtruppen.

Now that RK is over hopefully this will get more love there was no competing with that on its' final day yesterday.

Bumped my total a few hundred, managed to resist relic knights, luckily my boss kept us late and I missed the last few hours . Don't tell me I can still order from them, mark won't like it.

And I've just bumped mine by $50. Jeez, I hope I can resist adding to it again, but I think I've got everything that I will need now.

And I've had to write up what I've now pledged for. I've changed my mind several times, and added stuff about 4 times now, so I keep forgetting what I was going for, had to look again, and decided that I had not pledged enough money for what I really wanted.

Hopefully this has now finished thanks to me having it all written down, as I really can't afford more at the moment.

Still, I'm hoping to see another kickstarter for the APC next year, and maybe one for one or more of the other factions.

Sweet, only $200 away from command squad

And we're over $105k..

If you need to write down what your wanting that shipping calculator works great and then just hit print.

Woo! Command squad achieved!

Theophony wrote:
Bumped my total a few hundred, managed to resist relic knights, luckily my boss kept us late and I missed the last few hours . Don't tell me I can still order from them, mark won't like it.

Im sure you can, but the kickstarter estimated delivery is May, so no point in ordering for around 6 months or so.

Mark did some sneaky stuff last night..

The heavy Valkir were unlocked along with the command squad at $105!

Decisions, decisions...

Reaper still offered people the chance to get the minis after their KS ended, if I remember. At that price, mind you, not full retail.

I would have loved me a Cthulhu...

Come on, peeps, an extra 5K and we can all glory in the greatness of the miniature mortis. If you can call 4,5'' high miniature...

What I am really stoked about though is that we'll be getting goodies before the holidays, if everything goes well. And technically, I suppose the Leviathan moulds are paid for, so Mark can relax vis-à-vis his credit, I guess? The man will sleep for a week after this is over.

I would be pretty shocked if this thing doesnt blow past 120k by the end

I'm expecting 130, I wouldn't be surprised it if it ended up at 140 or 150 in the last minute rush.

I wonder, is there going to be an added accessory sprue for the Valkir like the regular infantry have?

Valkir contents up. 20 troops. 20 Heavy rifle, 5x Heavy Grenade Launchers, 5x Heavy Flamers.
Pouches and accessories to kit out all 20 troops.

if you don't have any Phase 1 pledged, has anyone noticed the online calculator doesn't update to include the bonus shadokesh model? Ex: I have a box of valkir pledged but it doesn't update to show I'm getting a feral handler. I would assume it's a bug?

Man i wanna see the flamer!

Well adding some more heavy's to the shopping basket now! Guess Mark was as eager to make them as I was to buy them!

 kaiohx wrote:
if you don't have any Phase 1 pledged, has anyone noticed the online calculator doesn't update to include the bonus shadokesh model? Ex: I have a box of valkir pledged but it doesn't update to show I'm getting a feral handler. I would assume it's a bug?

Yep, any backing of $20 or more gets a Shadokesh.... Just lots of formulas at work in the spreadsheet so it may not reflect that fact right now.