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These should work great with the other shield maidens for an AoS force for me!

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
I think I'll drop this here just a tiny tiny bit before we get a look at the Shieldmaiden plastics this month... :-)



(As a small side note, this is one of the 2nd hand weapon versions, the Wolf Wardens like all our Dragonbreds come with 2-handed weapons)

Backers will be asked to vote on the February's update so make sure not to miss it, comments are however welcome from everyone :-)

She looks great

PETA will not approve

Girl space wolves are cool, I'd like girl chaos cultists too please

I'm all wolfed out, so I'm not really all that interested, but she looks nice enough.

Shieldmaiden Kickstarter update went out including some video of one of the sprues. (Around 5 min mark of first video as I recall). Sprues are looking really really good!

From what they said likely timeline of when they get the sprues delivered is late March with packing and shipping to go from there.

Congrats to everybody!

Who wants to do screengrabs for those of us work blocked to tide us over until Shieldwolf gets some good and proper pics up?

or when they post the darn Kickstarter link..

sprue pic around 3.30+ on this one











they've specifically not put up photos as they don't want poor quality shots floating around the net (did they get grief over their orc sprues?), but they're arranging for professional shots to be taken

from what I can see they look good though

The sheildmaidens will be for general sale on the website eventually right?

 rayphoton wrote:
The sheildmaidens will be for general sale on the website eventually right?

That's correct, we first ship to everyone that has paid their shipping dues (deadline ends March 6th) and then we move on to retail sales. Pre-orders might be up early April by both our webstore and other distributors but that depends on how well we keep on schedule.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:


they've specifically not put up photos as they don't want poor quality shots floating around the net (did they get grief over their orc sprues?), but they're arranging for professional shots to be taken

from what I can see they look good though

That was their plan but within 10 mins they were screen grabbed!

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:

 rayphoton wrote:
The sheildmaidens will be for general sale on the website eventually right?

That's correct, we first ship to everyone that has paid their shipping dues (deadline ends March 6th) and then we move on to retail sales. Pre-orders might be up early April by both our webstore and other distributors but that depends on how well we keep on schedule.

I don't recall getting any shipping charges. How do I check to see if I owe any?

They've got instructions up in a Kickstarter update, and it's a bit complicated and a hassle for sure, but they have apologized for that. I hope they'll start messaging people individually who haven't paid yet, as not everyone subscribes to updates, and even those who do tend to check them a lot less after a campaign ends.

Anyone who doesn't know by now probably has to be reached via a direct message or email rather than updates. I only knew I needed to pay because a friend messaged me!

@RiTides
Addmitingly there are some things we still have to work on :-D
We are trying our best though :-)

Voting continues, it closes down on March 6th.
As an additional thank you to our Kickstarter backers, they are the ones who will decide which of them pitches after the Warmaidens, but we are pleased to hear from non-backers as well what their thoughts are.
Thank you.

Sisters would be a cool KS.

Honestly Angelos, I'd back either (or both) of them - as long as you don't use the "[nation]-friendly shipping" logo incorrectly again - but I think it's also important that you're aware that these are already a thing,



have been/are being delivered to their backers and not far from retail. I know yours are in plastic as opposed to horrid Trollcast resin, and that you'll proudly proclaim that yours are much better, but I still feel that they might be better as a stretch rather than the main course, since people can pretty much order the RH ones very. very shortly, and they'll be in the backs of people's minds.

You know by well now that KS campaigns don't occur in a vacuum, and availability of other product can have a big impact on potential product. It's one reason I didn't bother with Mantic's Space Saga - I can buy Gangs of Commorragh instead and have it delivered inside 2 weeks.

 Azazelx wrote:
[...] but I think it's also important that you're aware that these are already a thing,

Spoiler:

have been/are being delivered to their backers and not far from retail. I know yours are in plastic as opposed to horrid Trollcast resin, and that you'll proudly proclaim that yours are much better, but I still feel that they might be better as a stretch rather than the main course, since people can pretty much order the RH ones very. very shortly, and they'll be in the backs of people's minds.

You know by well now that KS campaigns don't occur in a vacuum, and availability of other product can have a big impact on potential product. It's one reason I didn't bother with Mantic's Space Saga - I can buy Gangs of Commorragh instead and have it delivered inside 2 weeks.

All council is very welcome, especially when it is well intentioned and holds water (I think that's the expression used) :-D
Yes, we are aware of them. Actually at first glance one range can complent the other just fine :-)

I am not going to comment on the trollcast resin, it's none of my bussiness. I am not going to proclaim that ours are "aesthetic wise" better either, that's up to each and everyone to judge on their own, although I strongly believe we have designed them not to be inferior to anyone else; then again, that's my opinion and YMMV. If I didn't believe that I wouldn't be bothering with it.

I am going to say that the range we are creating is way more affordable, I don't know how much these went on KS but if a competitor/colleague can beat the 25$ per 20 models we are going to offer for their kit, koodos to him. We still have to do a good job on them though as we haven't yet finished our work and we don't have the luxury of the sci-fi crowd behind us, so I think I will focus mostly on them getting funded, it's growing apparent in the poll that the Wolf Wardens are going to be the ones we pitch with after the Warmaidens so the Sisters of Talliareum are apparently going to be the next stretch goal and not the main target. We can also dream on the 3rd faction we have worked on (unique in its kind), as we have revealed only two out of the three factions we are aiming for.
One step at a time, we learned our lesson from the KS-2, let's focus on delivering in April to all of you first :-)

I would highly prefer my miniatures not be in as exaggerated poses as the raging heroes models. Especially for troop models. Heroes with those poses are acceptable but it just looks weird for troops.

Also, hard plastic is always better

Otoh, I really need to see better pics of the shieldmaiden sprue to decide

@Sining
As I said, YMMV, to each their own.
A couple of bloggers/forums are going to be reviewing the kit mid March, so that's like give or take in 2 weeks from today :-)

Yeah, looks like I'll look into this shipping stuff as well, I did the PM and can't remember anything else.

For the vote, as I said on KS, I'd take either. Depending on the quality of the wolf heads and fur in plastic and whether or not you could turn the Sisters into Sisters of Sigmar or Sororitas my preference would shift, but both are more enticing than the demon ladies.

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:

All council is very welcome, especially when it is well intentioned and holds water (I think that's the expression used) :-D
Yes, we are aware of them. Actually at first glance one range can complent the other just fine :-)
....

I am going to say that the range we are creating is way more affordable, I don't know how much these went on KS but if a competitor/colleague can beat the 25$ per 20 models we are going to offer for their kit, koodos to him. We still have to do a good job on them though as we haven't yet finished our work and we don't have the luxury of the sci-fi crowd behind us, so I think I will focus mostly on them getting funded, it's growing apparent in the poll that the Wolf Wardens are going to be the ones we pitch with after the Warmaidens so the Sisters of Talliareum are apparently going to be the next stretch goal and not the main target. We can also dream on the 3rd faction we have worked on (unique in its kind), as we have revealed only two out of the three factions we are aiming for.
One step at a time, we learned our lesson from the KS-2, let's focus on delivering in April to all of you first :-)

I'm sure both ranges would compliment one another, and as I've said - I'd happily back either of yours. But neither of those points is my actual point.

My point is simply that with a similar product in terms of overall aesthetic - female warriors being the niche that they currently are - already out there very soon, and being delivered to their backers, something close to something that already exists is likely to run into more issues in achieving funding than another concept that's further away from the existing product.

I would back either, if you did the Sisters as a kickstarter, I would seriously consider creating an add-on sprue filled with compatible Sci-Fi bits. Personally I would buy them to use them for Sisters of Battle in 40k, as Fantasy is dead in my area.

I think Azazelx is right that the Women Warriors niche is being tapped by multiple other companies. Especially since we are talking about the kit that comes after yet another all female kit (warmaidens). I would personally be more interested in other concepts after two consecutive warrior women KS campaigns.

If you do a sci fi upgrade, please include heads with helmets on them.

Please, go with helmet options regardless. Fantasy, sci-fi, Sisters, Wolves, whatever, please have some helmet options.

All so Barzam doesn't have to paint eyes and faces.

A big factor for me is the medium that the models are presented in. Plastic is going to make me take things a lot more seriously than yet another resin run, especially for games where I will need more than a dozen models.

I think the wolf women are a bit more unique looking than the typical paladin- like ladies. Wolf motif doesn't necessarily mean they need to go full on Space Wolves though!

I'm going to go ahead an echo Barzam and Highlord. Helmets? Yes please. Going full Vlka Fenryka? No, thank you. A little bit of wolf goes a long way into self-parody.

I think there is a niche still to fill with actual affordable plastic female medieval models. I'll be backing at least for the Wolf Sisters because they'll blend so well with the Shield Maidens. That's assuming the Shield Maidens come out good when they come in which I think they will.

Right am I being thick here or is the pledge manager impossible to find, the link I used on my messages is dead and I can't find another and frankly at this point I'm frustrated with the whole thing as why is the process so complicated for something so simple?

If your talking about shipping it's delt with here

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1790400

if your talking about the PM itself it's gone as the company that made and ran it for shieldwolf closed down and was covered here (Shieldwolf did get the info from it so were able to deal with stuff and asked people who wanted to add extra or hadn't filled it in at all after this to contact them directly)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1710942


there's certainly been a few speedbumps but Shieldwolf have always been quick to respond to messages via KS and have been able to sort out any issues