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Now this is what I call an Arctic Vortex.

Previews of the remaining Blackfrost mecha, which will be appearing in KS #2.

You may commence drooling….

For wave one I should have the remaining Assault level pledges out by end of this week. Which will leave just the Carnage level stuff and that will take at least another week or two get those cast and shipped. That estimate may end up getting delayed a bit as my Grandfather is on very borrowed time ATM so I may need to pause on production for a few days while helping with funeral arrangements and doing family stuff, he's 93 and been in poor health the last couple of months so we've been half expecting it for a while. We know he has terminal cancer but the doctor won't give us any sort of estimate so it could be in a couple days or it might be a month we don't know beyond it's going to happen soon. I'm the meantime I'll be working on stuff while waiting for the call, so my schedule for the next week or two is basically in limbo until that's resolved.

Quoting myself due to page roll over and didn't want people to miss this.

 NTRabbit wrote:
Just got my small and medium NorAm mechs today.

Paulson, you should change your title to 'Artisan Resin Caster and Master Sculptor', these are outstanding.

Glad you like them


You'll note that ROW backers are also managing to get theirs before KS are relisted for general retail, might be a tad slower due to the distance. However I try to treat all my backers equally and my backers will continue to have first crack at stuff before the general public. Doesn't matter where you are, every backer still a vital part of why this game line is happening and I won't lose sight of that.

Sorry to hear about your grandfather. Family takes prescidence. Kickstarter 2 looks like it will be awesome with the blackfrost mechs.

I echo the sentiment, family first.

I have to say though, I am loving the look of the weaponry on those. Something about the box o'doom just makes it more believable. It reminds me of my old science teacher (who was almost shaped like a vulture) waving his LaZ0r around the class to demonstrate this or that principle, scaring every student that they'd become blind if they were hit by the beam.

Good times.

Those look awesome! Hopefully I'll have some money tucked away to pick up some more Blackfrost when KS2 comes around.
It looks like the end design on that light is a little different from the concept art that was put up (unless that is a different BF light).

Good to hear that you are nearing the end of the wave 1 Assault level stuff. I'll be looking for my stuff
3 Neo-Bloc lights versus 2 Blackfrost Mediums should make for some cool games. I'll probably balance it out a bit by making the lights have one or more Aces, with the BF mediums regular pilots. Maybe throw in some combined arms to try out.

Keep up the great work, Jon!

Those quads are going to be... delicious. Magnets will make surethat we only ever need to buy one of each, though.

...unless you make a company of them in micro-armour scale... oh man that would be uber-sweet.

Micro armor models are on sale for a limited time. (6mm/CBT scale items)

http://www.mechafront.com/6mm.html

Merry Christmas guys and Mr Mecha Front (Jon Paulson)

Thank You I hope everyone had a Good Christmas and got to spend time with your families.

The 15mm items are now available on the website, they'll start shipping on Jan 9th (or earlier if I complete all of wave one before the 9th)

Got some microscale lights, really wish i'd gotten in on the KS (or rather had the funds to). Surprised more people aren't posting proud pictures of their tiny titans yet.

Sorry to hear about a difficult holiday season. So by your update you should be casting for carnage level pledges now and I should see it sometime in January maybe?

Possibly end of Jan maybe? And not that I want to add any further pressure but when do you feel is a realistic deadline for the other mini's heavies and such to complete the carnage level pledges?

I'm currently working on the carnage level stuff. I spent most of last week running off new sets of molds for each of the models which is about 30 molds, these will cover what I need for the remaining wave one stuff. I should have all the carnage stuff done within the next week.

Once that is out of the way I can resume work on the 3d for remaining mechs. The Wolverine is basically done but will need 2-3 days to back track on and fix as the file got partially corrupted caused by errors from importing stuff between files. (and me forgetting to delete the history) That leaves 3 mechs to finish up, the Neo-Bloc Med & Heavy and the Blackfrost Heavy. I'll have each of them headed in for printing as quickly as I can finish them.

I've posted updated rules and stat cards on the Mecha Front forum: http://www.mechafrontforums.com/

 doc1234 wrote:
Surprised more people aren't posting proud pictures of their tiny titans yet.

Still picking out a scheme, and dealing with a paint queue

Soon though, maybe February

So are there any magnetisation guides? After having just gone through the plastic carving that is removing a super glued magnet I made a mistake with on another mini, I want to make sure I'm putting the magnets in the right place before I start drilling. I've got NorAm Raptors and Lynxs.

My Lynx has 2 big and 2 small magnets in the mech bag, I'm assuming the legs are glued and the big magnets go in the lower and upper torso to allow it to twist? What about the 2 smalls? Each of the weapon packs has 2 smalls as well, except for the missile and gun pack which has 4.

Ha! I never thought about magnetizing the waist. What a waste.

I used the big magnets inside the torso's connectors, and just use the small ones on the weapons themselves.

With the medium mecha the larger magnets are intended for the torso-hip connection. The smaller magnets are for the shoulder points and weapons. I did not include magnets for the thigh/hip connection, people can always do that on their own if they wish. What I sent magnets for is to do the torso-hip and the shoulder arm connections.

For the Lynx Alpha there's also a set of magnets to attach under the left and right torso so you can have the lasers magnetized.

There should be a pair of magnets for each of the weapon packs, they go where the connection for the shoulder is.


Depending on what weapon pack it is it may have 4-6 magnets (rather than just 2) In most cases the mech will have 4 magnets, then each weapon pack will have magnets as well, however a few times while sorting I did just stick all of the magnets for both the body and weapons in one bag. In which case you'll have 6+ magnets in one of the random bags.


On the light mecha there's only small magnets for the torso-hip connection. For the Raptor A there's a set of tiny magnets that are used for mounting the machine guns on the center torso.


I've found that marking the magnet polarity with a sharpie is very helpful. There's two ways you can do this, either mark the sides that pair up, or you mark each magnet along one facing which indicates the direction they are aligned. (the first way is usually easier)

I get the magnets paired up and mark the surfaces that are supposed to connect. Then after gluing the first magnet in place I place the other magnet on a flat metal sculpting spade or my hobby knife which is thin enough that it doesn't interrupt the magnets pull and use it do double check the alignment. If I hover the blade over the other magnet and they are aligned properly they should try and grab together with the tool in between. The tool will make it easier to separate them without it rolling or turning around so it's easier to keep track of which side is face where.

 paulson games wrote:
I've found that marking the magnet polarity with a sharpie is very helpful. There's two ways you can do this, either mark the sides that pair up, or you mark each magnet along one facing which indicates the direction they are aligned. (the first way is usually easier)

The best method I can suggest is to make tool. Create your application piece, either a piece of plasticard/wood (in my case a Popsicle stick) and glue one of the magnets on one side. It is a permanent piece that stays there. Then when you want to apply a magnet, attach your other magnet to the wood side of the Popsicle stick and slip it into the model. This ensures all your magnets will always be the same polarity when installed even if you are switching or using multiple different types of magnets.

So that means the shoulders glue to the torso, and the small magnet does in the shoulder to connect with the magnet inside the guns, yes?

Also for the alpha I think it means you've sent them 2 magnets short - each side needs a magnet in the launcher to connect to the shoulder, and a magnet in the bottom of the shoulder to connect to the magnet in the gun.

Not that it bothers me, I have magnets of that size, just want to make sure I've got the way it was designed to be done down in my head.

 Dark Severance wrote:

 paulson games wrote:
I've found that marking the magnet polarity with a sharpie is very helpful. There's two ways you can do this, either mark the sides that pair up, or you mark each magnet along one facing which indicates the direction they are aligned. (the first way is usually easier)

The best method I can suggest is to make tool. Create your application piece, either a piece of plasticard/wood (in my case a Popsicle stick) and glue one of the magnets on one side. It is a permanent piece that stays there. Then when you want to apply a magnet, attach your other magnet to the wood side of the Popsicle stick and slip it into the model. This ensures all your magnets will always be the same polarity when installed even if you are switching or using multiple different types of magnets.

That's a good idea!

 NTRabbit wrote:
So that means the shoulders glue to the torso, and the small magnet does in the shoulder to connect with the magnet inside the guns, yes?

Also for the alpha I think it means you've sent them 2 magnets short - each side needs a magnet in the launcher to connect to the shoulder, and a magnet in the bottom of the shoulder to connect to the magnet in the gun.

Not that it bothers me, I have magnets of that size, just want to make sure I've got the way it was designed to be done down in my head.

With the Lynx Alpha there should have been 2 larger magnets for the torso, and a total of 2 smaller magnets for the shoulder (one on each side). Those should have been including in the bag with all the body parts.

The bag with the Alpha weapon pack should contain a total of 6 of the small magnets, one for each missile pod, and two magnets for each of the lasers (one goes in the laser the other is added to the side torso) So for a complete Alpha there should have been a total of 2 large magnets and 8 small magnets. If the count is different I may have goofed up when I was packing it.



(The center and side torsos fit together without any magnets being used, same with the legs attaching to the hips)

 Dark Severance wrote:

 paulson games wrote:
I've found that marking the magnet polarity with a sharpie is very helpful. There's two ways you can do this, either mark the sides that pair up, or you mark each magnet along one facing which indicates the direction they are aligned. (the first way is usually easier)

The best method I can suggest is to make tool. Create your application piece, either a piece of plasticard/wood (in my case a Popsicle stick) and glue one of the magnets on one side. It is a permanent piece that stays there. Then when you want to apply a magnet, attach your other magnet to the wood side of the Popsicle stick and slip it into the model. This ensures all your magnets will always be the same polarity when installed even if you are switching or using multiple different types of magnets.

This is a really good idea.

Can't wait for my micros to arrive. Stupid overseas shipping -3-

 paulson games wrote:

With the Lynx Alpha there should have been 2 larger magnets for the torso, and a total of 2 smaller magnets for the shoulder (one on each side). Those should have been including in the bag with all the body parts.

The bag with the Alpha weapon pack should contain a total of 6 of the small magnets, one for each missile pod, and two magnets for each of the lasers (one goes in the laser the other is added to the side torso) So for a complete Alpha there should have been a total of 2 large magnets and 8 small magnets. If the count is different I may have goofed up when I was packing it.



(The center and side torsos fit together without any magnets being used, same with the legs attaching to the hips)

Ah, there's the problem then, the alpha bag I got only has 4 small magnets in it. I should be all set now anyway

I think the mecha front yahoo group has been compromised - I've gotten a half dozen spam messages from it in the last few days.

Same here - bad times!

Something else I've picked up on while magnetizing some minis is that instead of testing a magnet that is in place by trying to get another magnet to attach, I reverse the other magnet and expect it to repel. That way even magnets that aren't solidly glued in can be adjusted if need be.

It's basically the same test, but instead of possibly having the magnet pop out, I can just push a little and see if I get resistance.

The only caveat is that if the hole is large enough and/or the glue is fresh enough, pushing too hard can force the one in the surface to flip around as the polarities say "feth you, want us together? Fine, we're together!", but after a stumble or two it stopped being a problem as I learned to feel for the slight resistance rather than pushing too hard.

... phrasing.

The account for the yahoo group got hacked, I'm unable to log in and can't make any admin changes. I haven't used the group in well over a year so any emails that are coming through are definitely spam. Please add the group to you block and spam filters, or unsubscribe from the list as I'm using the forum for any discussions.

How long is the US-UK shipping usually for stuff off the webstore?

UK delivery is usually about two weeks. That can vary by about a week. I've had stuff arrive there as fast as 4 days which was crazy quick and not the norm, other times it's taken up to 3 weeks. Sometimes things need to clear customs which adds a little bit of time, other times they just waive it on through so it's a bit of a crapshoot. At Christmas time stuff also slows down, but that's over with now.

2-3 weeks is what my typical delivery window is.

Ok thats a little more reassuring then. I'm reaching the end of the 3week mark and was wondering about other people's waiting experiance.

Is there any feeling better than getting new miniatures? YES - getting new miniatures that are awesome!
And here are the weapons and dice:What I received today:

3x Lynx
2x Raptor
3x Goshawk
3x Cougar
Dice
Weapons

Still to come:

2x Osprey
Wolverine
Blackwolf
Wendigo
SC Rulebook
Mini Rulebook
Faction Decks
Probably More Weapons

Thanks Jon Paulson! Any idea when we can expect Wave 2?