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Felix has just added a new perk:

$15
Ltd.Ed. Army Standard Bearer

A limited edition miniature of a Dwarf Army standard bearer. Only available through this campaign!

Looks like he's starting to listen to some of the suggestions people have sent in.

bam there is a perk I can get.

No need for a whole army right now nor the money, but for a 15 dollar high quality sculpt, worth it.

Finally can back this one.

Yes - I think once the word gets around this perk will be a hit. It's a shame it wasn't added until the campaign was 85% over though - they might have made another stretch goal or two :/

But I think this is definitely "insurance" that the campaign tops the 20k mark. I'm holding out hope for $23k for the bear warriors too.

There we go. Doesn't appear to be any extra costs for shipping,. either. I'll get that one and hope he actually sends it out before 2013.

Well they've just passed the $20,000 they needed with 4 days left so it looks like they might even reach some of the stretch goals. That limited edition mini really did the job.

AlexHeap wrote:Well they've just passed the $20,000 they needed with 4 days left so it looks like they might even reach some of the stretch goals. That limited edition mini really did the job.

Shocking, right?

Hopefully Felix and Co. take this to heart next time, along with all of the advice they got stressing the importance of good perks/stretch goals/etc.

AlexHeap wrote:Well they've just passed the $20,000 they needed with 4 days left so it looks like they might even reach some of the stretch goals. That limited edition mini really did the job.

Excellent news. These will be some awesome miniatures. Glad they are getting done.

Awesome that it met the goal! Agree about hoping it reaches $23K (only $3K more!) for bear riders as I'd like to see an alternative to scibor's.

Edit: Wow, the standard bearer perk includes worldwide shipping for free. Looks like more of a "thank you" perk than anything that will make him any money. Definitely a nice gesture on his part.

The dwarf calvary (dwarves on bears) is actually 38k so it's gonna be a no go. The 23k one is for dwarves in bear disguises.

scipio.au wrote:There we go. Doesn't appear to be any extra costs for shipping,. either. I'll get that one and hope he actually sends it out before 2013.

I don't know if that is an oversight or not. Hope it doesn't break them.

I'm surprised they made it. Do you know if Felix threw in the couple thousand he was mentioning scipio.au? The standard bearer only looks to have netted $7 - 800. Still good luck to those that committed. I hope AoW turns these around as fast as they claimed they will.

Are backers limited in what regiment options they can choose, or are all of the listed complete stretch goals available?

So far im tempted to go in on the $45 deal just to get the Treasure hunters and possibly the bear warriors, plus an extra $15 for the standard bearer.

Concerning the Warriors of Apoc, has anyone who already received their order get an e-mail notifying them that they were being posted? im starting to wonder if i should send them a message asking about the current status of my order

RiTides wrote:Awesome that it met the goal! Agree about hoping it reaches $23K (only $3K more!) for bear riders as I'd like to see an alternative to scibor's.

Edit: Wow, the standard bearer perk includes worldwide shipping for free. Looks like more of a "thank you" perk than anything that will make him any money. Definitely a nice gesture on his part.

Depending on how cynical you are, it's either a "thank you" or a "how can we get this 18k over the line to 20k so I don't get nothing?"


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silent25 wrote:

scipio.au wrote:There we go. Doesn't appear to be any extra costs for shipping,. either. I'll get that one and hope he actually sends it out before 2013.

I don't know if that is an oversight or not. Hope it doesn't break them.
I'm surprised they made it. Do you know if Felix threw in the couple thousand he was mentioning scipio.au? The standard bearer only looks to have netted $7 - 800. Still good luck to those that committed. I hope AoW turns these around as fast as they claimed they will.

No idea - also the thing about Felix throwing in a couple of thousand was my own speculation on a way for them avoid not getting anything - as it's not a flexible funding model he chose to use.
It certainly won't "break" them. Worst case would be that he makes no profit on it at all. Remembering that he's not the retailer, or the wholesaler, but the producer. AoW figures retail for less than $15 through normal channels, I'd say that they would be making some amount on each figure after postage costs etc - I doubt it will come in a blister - his figures originally came in little zip-lock bags - which would further decrease the per unit costs.

scipio.au wrote:

RiTides wrote:Awesome that it met the goal! Agree about hoping it reaches $23K (only $3K more!) for bear riders as I'd like to see an alternative to scibor's.

Edit: Wow, the standard bearer perk includes worldwide shipping for free. Looks like more of a "thank you" perk than anything that will make him any money. Definitely a nice gesture on his part.

Depending on how cynical you are, it's either a "thank you" or a "how can we get this 18k over the line to 20k so I don't get nothing?"

Luckily, I'm not that cynical

95% to the bear warriors - so I think that's probably a lock by now. If we're lucky we might hit the Dwarf King on bear kit too.

It'd be nice if he were supported by Bear Cavarly, but I don't think that's too realistic. IIRC though Felix said something to the effect that he'd make all the units eventually, whether the kickstarter made any money or not. It would just take them a lot longer to all come out.

I went in for a standard bearer. I'll probably go in again for a second one in a couple of days as a gift for my wife to paint.

It's a small enough investment that if it's really slow coming it won't annoy me too much.

They're over $24,000 now so that's the first stretch goal passed. It's definitely picked up these last few days and there are still 2 more to go.

Can you imagine where this might have really ended up if Felix would have listened to reason from the start?

The AoW sculpts are great, and he's certainly got a lot of fans, me included!

Oh well...

Next time though, right?

Alpharius wrote:Can you imagine where this might have really ended up if Felix would have listened to reason from the start?

Yeah, and it's not dwarfs

The dwarfs are very popular, and will only be moreso when their new book hits (in a year or so? That will probably be when all these sculpts are done, anyway ).

Awesome that he's at $24K! Even more awesome that the new FLGS carries AoW so hopefully they'll get some of the new units when he releases them.

Let's go bear-mounted character! As I can't imagine he'll be able to resist making a unit once he's made one

Alpharius wrote:Can you imagine where this might have really ended up if Felix would have listened to reason from the start?

The AoW sculpts are great, and he's certainly got a lot of fans, me included!

Oh well...

Next time though, right?

I suspect it would end up somewhere between what they currently have and the order of magnitude better the Mantic Kickstarter has. I like the AoW sculpts better but there is more variety as well as better deals on the Mantic page.

I agree! Their sculpts are amazing... and even though the original plan wasn't very sound, it's nice to see them getting rewarded for making some good choices at the end here. If it results in more models getting made, I think that should make us all happy whether they're for a faction we play, or not (and I include Mantic in this).

warboss wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Can you imagine where this might have really ended up if Felix would have listened to reason from the start?

The AoW sculpts are great, and he's certainly got a lot of fans, me included!

Oh well...

Next time though, right?

I suspect it would end up somewhere between what they currently have and the order of magnitude better the Mantic Kickstarter has. I like the AoW sculpts better but there is more variety as well as better deals on the Mantic page.

I'd take better models over a better deal any day. I couldn't pull the trigger on Mantic because I simply don't like any of the models they have for KoW right now save the vampire counts ones, and I have no interest playing that army. Im excited to see how some of the new units look (werewolves, ogres) but I'm not holding my breath just yet.

Still trying to determine if I want to pledge for the AoW one. Treasure hunters and bear warriors certainly have piqued my interest!

That's right where I'm at, cincydooley! Hoping this gets a last 2 day surge, but it'd help if he'd add in some additional higher level pledges to give it that chance. If nothing else, I'll be thrilled if it hits the mounted lord on bear, because then we'll get to see what he has in mind for bears. I like Scribor's, but they're a little too soft looking for my tastes.

Over $28,000 now so both of these are in:

[$26.250] Dwarf King mounted on Great war bear kit – WarCast miniature
[$27.500] Dwarf Bear Lord – Metal miniature

Wow, this is finally picking up some speed! I do hope these products do become available relatively soon

kenshin620 wrote:Wow, this is finally picking up some speed!

Speed is relative. The total is what Sedition Wars raises in one day.

Maybe by some miracle it'll make the bear riders... that would be awesome

I'm glad it is working out for them even if I'm not personally going to touch it, any kind of competition to GW is welcome.

I'll be keeping a sharp eye on how long the kits take to get made once this is over, this is either going to make amends for the earlier delays with the chaos warriors or completely murder the company's reputation.

You can't play silly buggers with crowdfunders, if you fail to deliver, then you annoy the people with the largest amount of faith in you and gut your own core fanbase. Felix needs to take this seriously and not offer any of the items up for sale to the public until the casting machines have been used to fulfil all of the indiegogo orders *and* there is a heaping great big pile of stock ready to ship.

Wargamers are a little more tolerant about this sort of thing (even Defiance Games still has a lot of supporters who happily sat through delays as long as the company kept posting WIP shots of the moulds), but there's a limit.

Kroothawk wrote:

kenshin620 wrote:Wow, this is finally picking up some speed!

Speed is relative. The total is what Sedition Wars raises in one day.

In relation to what it has been doing for the first half of its campaign, it has gained quite a bit of momentum

You happy now?

Now I'll admit, I'm not touching this thing with a 10 foot pole till I see some greens

kenshin620 wrote:

Kroothawk wrote:

kenshin620 wrote:Wow, this is finally picking up some speed!

Speed is relative. The total is what Sedition Wars raises in one day.

In relation to what it has been doing for the first half of its campaign, it has gained quite a bit of momentum

You happy now?

Now I'll admit, I'm not touching this thing with a 10 foot pole till I see some greens

Weren't the greens/test casts shown a really long time ago for the chaos warrriors? That didn't seem to help getting the orders in a timely fashion too much.