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 Cyporiean wrote:

I hear Jon is already 98% done with their designs.

lol if we're using the PB standard then I'm 180% finished

The designs are for scout versions of the NorAm and Neo-Bloc lights and mediums. Currently they are just in the rough sketch stage and don't even have a basic 3d framework in place same with the BF light and Quad which is why they are the last ones to be shown as they aren't even close to worked on yet.

All the other Mecha are at least roughed out in 3d, but still need a ton of work to be done. It's going to be a couple very busy months before I have the medium and heavy models print ready.

See that shiny orb in the sky? Forget about it for the summer! We need our resin crack!

Awesome fluff update by the way. I look forward to representing the Sovereign State of Tennessee in Mecha form.

Ahahahaha, this is the best mix of running gags yet.


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Yay, 19k!

Now we're getting to it! Micro Armour tiers (all but the basic Lynx, actually) are getting a lot of sweet stuff these days.

3K more dammit! I need that medium Blackfrost mech!
We picked up 3 new pledgers, sitting at 142 now.

Need about 40 more people to be comfortable.

I'm just thinking about Total Carnage

Starting at 340 USD, subtract

- 20 for dice
- 20 for faction decks
- 10 for the mini-rules
- 20 for the standard rules
- 35 for 5 L-weapon packs
- 40 for 4 M-weapon packs

That leaves you 195 USD for twelve 15mm miniatures, or 16.25 USD each.

And that's before considering magnet costs, considering how many magnets comes with this.

okay the average pledge amount is approximately $135 so to get 33K we need to find around 100 more backers... spread the word peeps thats not a huge number....

 Manchu wrote:
I'm just thinking about Total Carnage

Starting at 340 USD, subtract

- 20 for dice
- 20 for faction decks
- 10 for the mini-rules
- 20 for the standard rules
- 35 for 5 L-weapon packs
- 40 for 4 M-weapon packs

That leaves you 195 USD for twelve 15mm miniatures, or 16.25 USD each.

And that's before considering magnet costs, considering how many magnets comes with this.

It really is a great deal. I couldn't help but move up to it. Now I've got visions of a third faction dancing in my head...

mullet_steve wrote:
okay the average pledge amount is approximately $135 so to get 33K we need to find around 100 more backers... spread the word peeps thats not a huge number....

I think if we can get those on Facebook to share his latest post we could get a nice boost here at the end.
https://www.facebook.com/MechaFront

Here's a more accurate scale shot, if I opt to not use a base on it I may end up making the quads even larger.

It's currently shown on a 120mm base which is the same as the base size for Privateer's battle engines and colossals.

They are going to use a whole lot of resin.

If I could swing it I'd pledge more. I'm in for a $60 level, and will add more up to about $120 once the pledge manager gets around to us.

I would go with a full Army, but I don't have any opponents as it is now.


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Jon, Any chance on those quads using hollow resin parts where available to cut down on weight/cost?

Or have you planned to make them solid resin kits?

Yeah, I'm in the same situation- this is a darn tight month. Like a few people had posted earlier, I had to dial my pledge back, but am still hoping I might be able to bring it back up in the pledge manager.

Very hopeful for a strong finish to unlock that Wendigo!

I'm tempted to pledge having downloaded the playtest rules. Hoping for a campaign system to improve my pilots.

Yep, that's what I'm looking forward to.
If we get it that will cement my pledge at
2x Cougar, 1x Wendigo, 1x BF Faction Deck, and 1x Mini-Dex.

Maybe a Limited hardback if I can find an additional $20 floating around somewhere.

That kinda kills any kind of OpFor for me to use until after the KS delivers and I can get a few things in retail, or convince anyone I game against to buy into it.



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@ Zond: Go for it! i believe Jon said he would like to do some kind of campaign/advancement system at some point in the future.

Maybe a Scenario book with new units and avancement system, where your initial units all start as Regulars and work their way up to Aces.

You could start off with a minimal point cost mecha, and use advancement points to buy into new armament or chassis for your pilots.

Saying that, what're the plans stat wise? Will the Blackfrost be any more "elite" than the two others forces considering they lack any recon mecha elements?

It's not currently in the playtest rules but each force will have a faction benefit. Blackfrost will have a reduced cost for experienced pilots if their force build is structured with the med & heavies only build.


The quads are going to be solid casts, I'm not set up to do rotocasting for hollow parts.

 doc1234 wrote:
Saying that, what're the plans stat wise? Will the Blackfrost be any more "elite" than the two others forces considering they lack any recon mecha elements?

IIRC you can already tell they are more elite if you look at their weapon options. They usually get more/"better" weapons in the same slots.

Actually- They seem pretty even now that I look at them again. Guess I recalled incorrectly.

Back over 19K! Unfortunately without my help, but it did it anyway

The longer lead time combined with not quite getting to the quads leaves this at a point where it's hard for me to commit to it... But wishing you guys all the best here in the final push for the last heavy mecha.

The most recent update should ease some of the suffering for all you BF pledgers.

Fair enough was juat trying to figure out if 2 or 3 mediums plus a heavy would be a good amount vs the "standard" squads of the other two.

 Manchu wrote:
I'm just thinking about Total Carnage

Starting at 340 USD, subtract

- 20 for dice
- 20 for faction decks
- 10 for the mini-rules
- 20 for the standard rules
- 35 for 5 L-weapon packs
- 40 for 4 M-weapon packs

That leaves you 195 USD for twelve 15mm miniatures, or 16.25 USD each.

And that's before considering magnet costs, considering how many magnets comes with this.

alright alright no need to break my arm I already upped my pledge to $340 plus shipping, jeez...
but it's going to be a long time till I can afford a pair of quads like I want

Gah!!! I realized yesterday as I went to pledge that my wallet was gone. Found it, but my credit cards aren't there :( this makes me one sad panda, as I finally convinced the wife that it was worth going in at the 340 mark, but I won't get a replacement card number for a week or two.

So two questions: If we pledge 1 dollar can we up that to 340 when the sheets are sent out (which will obviously not affect the total as far as unlocking goes, but I can't help that at this point)

and the second: if we pledge at the 340 lvl, but are wanting NorAm and Blackfrost, is there any way to replace 3 of the lights with 2 mediums? (thinking of Blackfrost with that question obviously).

It's my understanding that Amazon takes roughly 2 weeks to collect the funds before handing them over to the creator, in order to give backers time to fix any issues that might have arisen, to help with such situations.

I only had 1 week (rather than 2) to fix an Amazon Payments issue before I'd have lost my KS slot (different completed project )

although I'm from the UK and don't know if US account holders have longer (as I have heard the 2 week figure quoted before)

Backed last night. I'll wait until after release for the quads.

Ahh well, if we don't hit the Wendigo, I'll still be getting one at some point later.
Counting down the days.. 5 more payments on my vehicle, then I'll have extra money each month for stuff like this.

Jon, Any chance on Unit or Army packages once your stuff goes to retail?

Slightly adjusted my pledge upward.

We can totally hit the Wendigo, since we're at slightly over 20K right now, and a full day to go.

If we hit the Wendigo I'll be picking it up along with 2 of the Mediums, a deck, and a rulebook.
No OpFor for my force, but I'll just proxy in some of my other mecha from other games if needs be.

Come on September! Daddy needs more money for games!

Oh hey, after you've poured all your cash into 15mm smashy shooty robits, take a breather for a month and then take a look at this one that just popped up today

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1141913215/impudent-mortals-28mm-and-15mm-industrial-tabletop

Is that well timed or what?

NTRabbit wrote:
Oh hey, after you've poured all your cash into 15mm smashy shooty robits, take a breather for a month and then take a look at this one that just popped up today

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1141913215/impudent-mortals-28mm-and-15mm-industrial-tabletop

Is that well timed or what?

I've ordered Impudent Mortal stuff before. Buildings are good, the puzzle piece concept is not as great, though.

And he should fix that type in the first sentence on the Kickstarter page. Expanding, not expand.

Abraxus wrote:
Gah!!! I realized yesterday as I went to pledge that my wallet was gone. Found it, but my credit cards aren't there :( this makes me one sad panda, as I finally convinced the wife that it was worth going in at the 340 mark, but I won't get a replacement card number for a week or two.

So two questions: If we pledge 1 dollar can we up that to 340 when the sheets are sent out (which will obviously not affect the total as far as unlocking goes, but I can't help that at this point)

and the second: if we pledge at the 340 lvl, but are wanting NorAm and Blackfrost, is there any way to replace 3 of the lights with 2 mediums? (thinking of Blackfrost with that question obviously).

You should be able to adjust stuff with the pledge manager, I don't have an exact date for it yet I estimate it'll probably go out 2-3 weeks after the KS closes.

I'm not going to do any swapping of reward items as it gets really complicated to keep track of. I've already had a lot of people asking through PMs and with several hundred standard packages I'm already going to have a difficult time keeping things organized let alone if I start letting everyone modify the pledge tier contents. It's not that I don't want to help with that, it's just going to open up a huge can of worms if I do.