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Did someone say dice? Custom dice are always neat, just look at Blackwater Gulch and Zombicide. Custom dice FTW!

CURNOW wrote:not sure on the game mechanics but surley its only designed for a set amount of figs so im guessing that the next strech target rewards will be more game play based like custom dice and counters etc . i would quite like a well designed t shirt or a branded figure case stuff like that ..

I'm afraid I totally wouldn't be interested in a t-shirt, mug, book, bag or anything else that will cost the producers a large investment without offering any return thanks to economies of scale. Extra minis is a perfect bonus since it costs them next to nothing once the tooling is paid for, but it makes us super happy. I want more game stuff, not non-gaming extras.

Hi All,

I know this is about the Kickstart campaign, but Mike McVey (because he's awesome) has donated a copy of the Sedition Wars: Battle for Alabaster Game for a prize draw on my Blog:

http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/625-followers-time-to-give-away-some.html

If you do decide to enter, then can I wish you the best of luck

Cheers

Frontline Gamer

angryboy2k wrote:

CURNOW wrote:not sure on the game mechanics but surley its only designed for a set amount of figs so im guessing that the next strech target rewards will be more game play based like custom dice and counters etc . i would quite like a well designed t shirt or a branded figure case stuff like that ..

I'm afraid I totally wouldn't be interested in a t-shirt, mug, book, bag or anything else that will cost the producers a large investment without offering any return thanks to economies of scale. Extra minis is a perfect bonus since it costs them next to nothing once the tooling is paid for, but it makes us super happy. I want more game stuff, not non-gaming extras.

yeah i kinow its not for everyone ...what i ment was stuff taht isnt just more figs that come with the game and you can buy but exclusive stuff that you can only get by backing them on kickstarter ..

Looks like I will be backing this one too. Mcvey makes some really nice figs and I used several of them for conversions for my 40k armies.

Just out of curiosity, who is the miniatures sculptor that Studio McVey uses for this game....the style looks like Hasslefree?!?

Delephont wrote:Just out of curiosity, who is the miniatures sculptor that Studio McVey uses for this game....the style looks like Hasslefree?!?

Yep, I think I read the sculpts were by Kev White.

And I must say I like this minis much better than the regular Hasslefree minis.

Delephont wrote:Just out of curiosity, who is the miniatures sculptor that Studio McVey uses for this game....the style looks like Hasslefree?!?

Er... Mike McVey?

Even if the obvious answer isn't right, these don't look like Hasslefree work to me.

AlexHolker wrote:

Delephont wrote:Just out of curiosity, who is the miniatures sculptor that Studio McVey uses for this game....the style looks like Hasslefree?!?

Er... Mike McVey?

Even if the obvious answer isn't right, these don't look like Hasslefree work to me.

Second paragraph, between the two pics

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/sedition-wars-battle-for-alabaster/posts/236847

Sometimes, speculation isn't necessary!

AlexHolker wrote:Er.. Mike McVey?

Even if the obvious answer isn't right, these don't look like Hasslefree work to me.

So far as I'm aware, Mike McVey hasn't sculpted any of the Studio McVey range. They appear to have just been tracking down talented sculptors from around the world and locking them in their basement or something.

While they're a little busier than a lot of Kev White's sculpts, the posing is very much his style, particularly on the female troopers.

The only downside (for me) with Kev White's typical female sculpt, they all look slighty buxom (tending to over-weight)....which is nice if it were part of a form mix, but on everyone? again, it comes down to personal taste.

Fortunately, none of these females have been dining at McDonalds, they all seem fit and ready for action.

One thing Kev White is a master at though, is armour and female faces!!! In my opinion, for those things he's one of the best!!

At this rate it's going to clear the current mark by tomorrow morning. It would be pretty cool if Mike could put up the next few stretch goals for a longer range goal to increase the speed of the backing.

I'm super pumped about this right now and figuring out between the 1 box or the 2 box to use the models for something else since they're so pretty!!!!!

Delephont wrote:The only downside (for me) with Kev White's typical female sculpt, they all look slighty buxom (tending to over-weight)....which is nice if it were part of a form mix, but on everyone? again, it comes down to personal taste.

Fortunately, none of these females have been dining at McDonalds, they all seem fit and ready for action.

One thing Kev White is a master at though, is armour and female faces!!! In my opinion, for those things he's one of the best!!

This is most likely due to Kev using his lovely wife as a model for a lot of his sculpts. She's the inspiration for all his "Libby" minis and then some.

Darn you projects on Kickstarter taking my money! I think I will wait until the last few days of this one like Zombicide to decide if I want to back it, though, but it is already looking like a good deal.

CURNOW wrote:

angryboy2k wrote:

CURNOW wrote:not sure on the game mechanics but surley its only designed for a set amount of figs so im guessing that the next strech target rewards will be more game play based like custom dice and counters etc . i would quite like a well designed t shirt or a branded figure case stuff like that ..

I'm afraid I totally wouldn't be interested in a t-shirt, mug, book, bag or anything else that will cost the producers a large investment without offering any return thanks to economies of scale. Extra minis is a perfect bonus since it costs them next to nothing once the tooling is paid for, but it makes us super happy. I want more game stuff, not non-gaming extras.

yeah i kinow its not for everyone ...what i ment was stuff taht isnt just more figs that come with the game and you can buy but exclusive stuff that you can only get by backing them on kickstarter ..

I think that stuff is fine as part of one of the sale levels but just not all that cool for a stretch goal.

Just over $2,000 to go to hit the $140k goal...

People still use those?

MasterSlowPoke wrote:People still use those?

yeah.

Seem more popular on video game forums.

900 bucks for another strech goal

My incoming $200 is 10% of that!

$300 to go.

I'm still waiting for a reply from CMoN on the Amazon bypass, but I'm looking forwards to seeing what they'll throw in next.

Out of interest, Alex, why do you want to bypass Amazon?

140k passed!

Yeah, with 25 days to go, an average of $11K per day already, was it ever really in doubt?

This one WILL finish in Zombicide territory, no doubt there.

BrookM wrote:140k passed!

Hear Hear!!!! Bring on the next Plasticrac addittion to my addiction.........

Dysartes wrote:Out of interest, Alex, why do you want to bypass Amazon?

Because if I got an Amazon FPS account, Kickstarter's probably the only place I'd use it. It's like being told you have to install Origin to play Mass Effect 3, when you've already got Steam.

AlexHolker wrote:

Dysartes wrote:Out of interest, Alex, why do you want to bypass Amazon?

Because if I got an Amazon FPS account, Kickstarter's probably the only place I'd use it. It's like being told you have to install Origin to play Mass Effect 3, when you've already got Steam.

It is, obviously, up to you but is that really that big of an issue?

I'm thinking there might be quite a few things you'd want via Kickstarter coming up - because there already has been! Ogre, Zombicide, Sedition Wars - and that's only the last month or so!

No harm in asking, is there?