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New comment from Adam, referring to today's update (which he wants to get out earlier): "Gonna talk a bit about Armor Kits too. We are certainly not killing them."

As long as any new armor kits end up in my gambler's pledge, I don't mind. The more the merrier!

Although I will say I'm liking the Final Fantasy IV Golbez/ Shovel Knight- looking Screaming God armor. If the static kits end up posed that dynamic I'll be cool with it.

Best of both worlds would be that the static sets have at least a few optional parts for regular survivor kits included on the sprue.

Think it's only really shovel-knight in the sense that it's a helmet with appendages and the colour of the armour, but kind of see what you mean

Lovely piece of art though, definitely got some talented artists on this project. I like the level of detail that goes into the individual pieces of equipment and weapons as well, is really something.

Screaming God looks like a must-buy. If the minis look anywhere near as good as that artwork, I'll be very happy.

 Mymearan wrote:
Personally I really like that, I was going to put all the normal kits together as complete sets anyway... this just makes the models look better. Does anyone really customise survivors from different armour parts? Wouldn't that be a problem in future campaigns? Or are you crazy enough to magnetise them all?

I love using the armor kits for conversions and blinging out other minis. The four survivors barely scratch the surface of the bounty those kits provide.

I really like the SSJ3 Survivor artwork.

I want EXTREEEEEME survivors/ saviors now.

Would have been a great Halloween costume.

Has anyone suggested him making it? I'd love that

Also, live sculpting: https://m.twitch.tv/sculptorhec

Apologies if it's already been posted somewhere

Screaming God looks great, as to the Survivor concepts.

I'm looking forward to more of these well-posed, dynamic Narrative Sculpts over static Armor kits.

Me too, most use the armour kits assembled and just use an proximate proxy to work with. or make the model after a really memorable character and keep it like that.

Well sculpted well designed narrative sculpts will be far far better.

UPDATE 10

1.5 Uodate - Young Survivor miniature and Hunt Table overhaul

Gambler's Chest - Murderer Add-on with miniature and Homicidal Philosophy





What's with the dude biting a foot?

I think it had something to do with an event where you came across a room full of feet sticking from the floor or ceiling and then people would float away.

I love how disturbing the murderer is.

Don't want to spoil a hunt event for purists, so it's in tags-

And he acknowledged forgetting to address armor kits in the update


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Got this via PM:

Ah! I meant to put this in the update today.

Armor Kits are not going away. They are being treated as separate projects from the new expansions. It takes a lot of extra love and care to make sure they come out right as each new kit needs to be backwards fit to EVERYTHING that came before it. 

That Murder figure has a pretty cool Tales of the Black Freighter look to him. This KS is certainly quite a ride so far.... 6 Mil... wow!

See that Young Survivor & Murderer? Not doable with armor kits because of the exposed shoulders!

BTW, the Murderer's neck is really long. Was he hanged at some point? Is that why the scarf?

Anyhow, really liking the Young Survivor!

I like the murderer figure. I've only thrown in for the base game, first hero, and screaming god xpacs, but a few more good drops like that and I'll have to add the gamblers chest too

Don't think the murderer is amazing looking, but with all the pinups having skewed the number of ladies, glad to see a few more male survivors.

Screaming god expansion is the first must-have of this campaign for me.

Sadly the murderer is just not working for me at all, the sculpt just gives off an "I'm a bit bored and lonely" vibe. Also, whats with the amount of blood flowing from the limb he is holding?

Doubtless I will be pledging for a a lot more than my current $50 by the time the KS finishes, but the campaign is a little hit and miss so far.

Is he working with a different sculptor? The Murderer and Young Survivor renderings don't look like they're done by the same person who did the earlier stuff.

I feel that the renders are early and need refinement. Esp. the Murderer.

He's worked with at least a few sculptors.

Well, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. It just seems like a very different style in those sculpts.

 Breotan wrote:
Well, if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. It just seems like a very different style in those sculpts.

They usually go through several revisions - we've seen some of the correspondence between a sculptor and Adam - so I'm sure it'll end up more akin to what we're used to.

The Murderer feels a bit out of place to me, a bit tame, considering the world of Kingdom Death. Though my first thought on looking at the artwork was that he reminded me of Joel from Last of Us.

The Murderer's proprtions are off, but the detailing is there. Needs some stretch & shrink to get right.

I was more bothered by the survivor's play-doh whip then the proportions of the murderer.

Renders have to be exaggerated to account for print and moulding shrinkage.

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Screaming god expansion is the first must-have of this campaign for me.

Sadly the murderer is just not working for me at all, the sculpt just gives off an "I'm a bit bored and lonely" vibe. Also, whats with the amount of blood flowing from the limb he is holding?

Doubtless I will be pledging for a a lot more than my current $50 by the time the KS finishes, but the campaign is a little hit and miss so far.

To be honest, I'm glad there's nothing all that good in the Gambler's Chest. I hope there never is, because it is a lot more money to move up to a pledge that includes it, and I have no interest in the first hero expansion. I may just stick with the 1.5 upgrade the way things are going, as I already have enough expansions to give plenty of variety. Especially with the new ones not coming with armor kits.

But the Screaming God does look pretty good, and it sounds like Nightmare Ram will make for an interesting and very different encounter, so maybe I'll give in on those. I'll have to see what else becomes available, as I'm sure there will be a lot over the next month.

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:


Sadly the murderer is just not working for me at all, the sculpt just gives off an "I'm a bit bored and lonely" vibe. Also, whats with the amount of blood flowing from the limb he is holding?

Why, how much blood should flow from a severed limb?

...not in a torrent?

Albino Squirrel wrote:

 Undead_Love-Machine wrote:
Screaming god expansion is the first must-have of this campaign for me.

Doubtless I will be pledging for a a lot more than my current $50 by the time the KS finishes, but the campaign is a little hit and miss so far.

To be honest, I'm glad there's nothing all that good in the Gambler's Chest. I hope there never is, because it is a lot more money to move up to a pledge that includes it,

We have more than a month to see what the various items will include. For what is looking like a $15+M KS, I think Adam can make the upgrade and Gambler's Chest worth our while.