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For many of the reasons listed above, they look like they would be good with a bit of work, rather than good out of the box.

Huge improvements on things like the carbine and 2-handed grip, though. I don't like the elongated barrel, either, but it looks like it'll clip off easily, and then provides SW with another small "not a copy of that other gun" point.

Proportions look all over the shop, though. I'd suggest new screengrabs of the renders. Zoom out a little to get rid of the "fish-eye" effect and show them from a more even perspective, not the low-angle "heroic shot" one. Then we can see what they would actually look like a little better.

 Mymearan wrote:
They looks pretty good! Agree with

- Necks are too long, shouldn't stick out like that
- Shoulderpads WAY too big and it's made worse by the angle they're sticking out. I'd suggest looking at Sisters of Silence for inspiration.
- Not a fan of that elongated, thin Bolter nozzle, I understand it needs differentiation from the GW Bolter but I'd prefer other details be changed.

Otherwise I like 'em!

100% agree with this.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Are the shoulder pads optional?

At a guess yes, as it would be a bitch to make a metal mold for them if attached to the main body, Hopefully someone from SW will pop in soon and enlighten us

Hi guys!

We are working on the official announcement early next week (as this has got really really close now) so apologies if we haven't addressed any concerns here.

Necks are shorter than what the render shows, the render revealed would have not shown the full face and kinda ugly so we photoshoped the image. I will try uploading a comparison pic but if you have seen the Shieldmaiden sprue then calculate that the neck ballpoint will be almost half of what the Shieldmaiden one was. The heads themselves will be exactly the same size as the nordic girls.
Guns were worked a lot on and follow the design you see, more of them will be revealed.
Shoulderpads are optional but will be at this length. We'll be showing more pics (including pics of resin minis) to illustrate better how both sci-fi and fantasy versions look.

I think I answered everything :-)
Thank you for your interest and support.

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:


Necks are shorter than what the render shows,

Does that mean the necks are shorter than the 'Maidens necks?

Will there be helmeted heads as well?

I know I've seen some Malifaux renders that look strange and out of proportion in the render, but look fine at 32mm. Perhaps the shoulder pads will be the same. I'll reserve judgement until I see them in the flesh.

Wow. Those look really, really nice...
Can't say I prefer the more "practical" take on an Exorcist versus the insanity of the ol' pipe organ (which I love) but...

Those are some damn nice-looking minis. In resin/plastic. At pretty reasonable prices.

I may finally bite the bullet and start an SOB army, even though I've been holding out for ages for GW to get around to them...

Looks good Some really nice looking models.

Great tune too.

Look forward to pledging.

Looking Good

Thank you! :-)

I would like with the occassion to answer some questions publicly since we got emailed or messaged on Kickstarter on a couple of things, so posting here might help. If you have any more questions we'll happily drop by here next week to check and answer them to our best. (with pics when possible)

-We won't be using a "cheaper" or whatever other manufacturer nor going to China. Both plastic kits will be manufactured again at Renedra.
-Pricing will be very friendly for those pre-ordering, you'll see for yourselves.
-The sci-fi weaponry illustrated in the artwork will match that of the renders so it's (very) apparent they belong to the same army.
-The Matriarchs are huge compared to the normal Infantry.

Once again, we appreciate the positive response and are looking forward to Monday. Have a lovely weekend! (cloudy here but we really couldn't care less, it's sun shining where we stand) :-D

Thanks for posting here guys. Will sprue shots be available for those of us who would like to pre-order? I'm not 100% sold on the renders, and while I can understand your rationale, I like to see what I'm ordering before I order it.

So... no Kickstarters? I like Kickstarters? All the highs and lows and everything involved in them.

I too would like to see sprue layouts prior to plunking money down.

Lurv the medieval torches hanging off the side of those tanks!

Liking the pre orders that are up. One question, is there a way to add the sisters sci fi tanks to any of the pre order packages? I see the one has two tanks but I might want in the neighborhood of 4.

angel of death 007 wrote:
Liking the pre orders that are up. One question, is there a way to add the sisters sci fi tanks to any of the pre order packages? I see the one has two tanks but I might want in the neighborhood of 4.

Have I mssed a KS email? Ah ignore - Been on website

 Mr Morden wrote:

angel of death 007 wrote:
Liking the pre orders that are up. One question, is there a way to add the sisters sci fi tanks to any of the pre order packages? I see the one has two tanks but I might want in the neighborhood of 4.

Have I mssed a KS email?

I haven't seen one - they just seen to have updated their store with the items:
http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=83

no real details about weapon options, etc though. hmm.
no sprue shot = no purchase for me, I think.
I';m sure we'll get official updates from shieldwolf soon though

Is the bonus sprue mentioned more Sisters or more options?

 Nicky J wrote:

 Mr Morden wrote:

angel of death 007 wrote:
Liking the pre orders that are up. One question, is there a way to add the sisters sci fi tanks to any of the pre order packages? I see the one has two tanks but I might want in the neighborhood of 4.

Have I mssed a KS email?

I haven't seen one - they just seen to have updated their store with the items:
http://www.shieldwolfminiatures.com/index.php?dispatch=categories.view&category_id=83

no real details about weapon options, etc though. hmm.
no sprue shot = no purchase for me, I think.
I';m sure we'll get official updates from shieldwolf soon though

I have ordered a big sisters army - I liked their last stuff and money is doing nonthig in the bank.

I really really want to buy some boxes, like 40-60 sisters, but... personally I would prefer to see the layout of the sprues first!

So the 2 box level with 2 resin characters is around $75 us. During the kickstarter 2 boxes and 1 character was $50 us. And there are no stretch goals here... And delivery is estimated at October. So we don't get updates or the ability to give feed back while its being developed.

It does come with free shipping though. I think I am probably out.

Im hoping they add the resin units, heroes and tanks as separate purchases as il certainly buy those, but im also interested in seeing the sprue and more mini renders before committing to troops

I would really like there to be like a 40-60 sister option with 4 tanks. That is where i think my buy in would be.

Man you can't beat the price though. Its basically about 2 USD a miniature. AND they have a track record of good stuff.

Did anyone notice what the timeframe for the pre-orders is? i.e: When they close?

Also, any chance of sprue shots? Since this is a pre-order of retail product with all of the pretense of KS (KS is not a store, etc) pushed aside, I very much want to see what I'm buying before I'm willing to lay my cash down.

The shieldmaidens were/are good, but not entirely what was shown during the KS campaign, ans given my qualms about aspects of the last Sisters design during the KS, and those freaky shoulderpads, I absolutely do want to see the sprues and more detailed renders first.

Yeah, this time I'd rather see the final sprue layout beforehand.

If done right, this could be a huge deal. I don't think I've any interest in SoBs, but I could be convinced. Would have to see sprues, etc.

For those not on KS, heres the latest update with a few 3-ups of shields and guns also answers a few questions that have been asked, il post them here too.

"Q: Why did you choose to avoid Kickstarter?
A: As we wrote above, we have a perfect track on Kickstarter. We have always delivered what we took money for. Some minor hiccups like minimum delays or miscommunication took place but the general atmosphere has always been very positive.
We explained this before, evidently not very well :-)
We chose this path for various reasons, here are some:
-Because, while with your help we could have created 3+3 different armies instead of the 1+1 we are creating now, we risk creating nothing at all.
-Because this would have gone till Summer 2019 when we can do it faster.
-Because currently this is by far the best value for money anyone can offer, cost wise, quality wise, delivery wise (to our knowledge at least, we know of nobody that can beat what we are creating and offering). If it works for us and it works for you, we are all winning here.

Q: When will delivery take place?
A: We have every reason to believe delivery will be if not completed, fully commenced by Oct. 25th, 2018 as stated under every pre-order of our webstore page.

Q: What weapons will be included for the Sisters of Faith?
A: We strive to make each plastic kit better than the previous one. People in our previous kit asked for more weapons; we have designed this science fiction kit to be supplied with heavy flaming guns, heavy plasma guns and heavy machine guns, but we are unsure how many in number and how many of each version will make it in each box separately. Surely a minimum of one each, that's certain. Simpler machine and flaming guns should be abundant. A hammer, a sword perhaps too.

Q: What weapons will be included for the Sisters of Talliareum?
A: Swords, hammers and shields.

Q: Can we add more tanks, Griffantropii or Matriarchs to our pledges?
A: We got messaged on this and thought (again) about it. Unfortunately this tilts logistics and risks to cause us delays when arriving at the packaging procedure (not to mention augmenting possible mistakes due to human factor), so the responsible thing to do is decline knowing we can't have everyone happy. We hope the generous discounts you are receiving makes up for that.

Q: How long will the discounted pre-order period last?
A: We can't answer this yet, we can reveal however that one month will be the minimum as some people have messaged us asking us to hold on till early April. So sure, you can count on that."

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-warmaidens-and-dragonbreds/posts/2131374


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So no separate resins purchasable makes Timmy a sad man :(

I'm sure they will be sold separately is tarting in November.


What is that first sister holding in her left hand?? It looks like the part of a horse contestants have to eat on Fear Factor.