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2018/04/27 20:22:01
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
Everything due to ship from the Warpath kickstarter has now left the building.
That means that the GCPS Mule and Hornets, Plague Mules and Hornets, and Asterian Chiras/Chromas are all on their way to you.
Your vehicles will be with you in the next couple of weeks. We ask that you wait for 28 days for your parcel, as this is the official length of time to declare a package as ‘missing’. If your pledge hasn’t arrived after 28 days from the date of this update, then please get in touch with support@manticgames.com.
If you have received your pledge, but have missing items or any other issues, then please contact support@manticgames.com.
Thank you very much for your support, we hope you enjoy the last parts of your pledge.
2018/05/04 12:16:22
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
pretty good but quite a few annoying 'dents' where they didn't quite inject enough plastic (not so much of an issue when building the plague version)
and a top tip, most of my wheels wouldn't fit over the hubs, so rather than sanding them down just pop the wheel in a mug of boiling water to soften and then insert the hub and they'll go together perfectly
My genestealer cult is going to enjoy their reinforcements
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2018/05/04 12:23:42
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
pretty good but quite a few annoying 'dents' where they didn't quite inject enough plastic (not so much of an issue when building the plague version)
and a top tip, most of my wheels wouldn't fit over the hubs, so rather than sanding them down just pop the wheel in a mug of boiling water to soften and then insert the hub and they'll go together perfectly
My genestealer cult is going to enjoy their reinforcements
Any chance of a picture of the plague parts as these have never been shown and I probably won't see mine until later next week. Thanks.
2018/05/04 13:37:39
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
My 3 Hornets arrived along with 1 mule (listed as my addon plague mule on the delivery receipt).
Not sure there were any plague parts. I dry built it and there was nothing plaguey about it.
Anyone else got a pic of the plague parts? The 3 bags of plaguey bits I got seem for the Hornets.
I was also missing a mule - the remaining part of the GCPS battlegroup - but looking at KS comments, quite a few people are still missing this.
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2018/05/04 17:20:40
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
I'll grab a photo of the plague bits as soon as I get a chance,
they're in a separate bag from the mule itself and include
alternate cab, alternate side panels for cab, spikes dozer replace the winch, 4 spiked wheel covers, separate side door & top hatch, corpse, gun and a 'blob' that could be a magazine for it but i'd need a closer look to be sure
2018/05/04 17:26:17
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
there you go, the casting of most of it is pretty good and fits onto the normal body fine, although there are some tricky to clean mould lines across the wheel covers, and the gun is really thin (the blob turned out to be the handle)
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2018/05/04 19:30:16
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
I wonder if the 3up howlett could fit one of the dead one battlezone cannons on his shoulder. Would make a decent stand in for a titan Warmachine.
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2018/05/04 19:38:40
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
(actually I had forgotten about them..... although my frustration in trying to clean up the many ridges on the roof gun makes me think i'd go mad if I had to clean up another pvc trooper so they may just get a pass anyway)
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2018/05/04 22:44:33
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
Thanks Orlando.
I definately didn't get any of those parts with my "plague mule".
Or the GCPS mule from the original GCPS battlegroup.
I guess that's another email to Mantic's support which must be a pretty big queue. :-(
Looking forward to building all the Hornets and Mules though. I loved building and magnetising the Tunnellers - Mantic's simple to build models have been far more enjoyable than some of the airfix style gw kits I've had recently.
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2018/05/04 23:00:46
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Looking at the comments I've a horrible feeling they forgot the GCPS battlegroup was meant to include a mule as it seems to be a repeated complaint
I got my "and pick a flyer!" Hornet but not my battlegroup group Mule and came to ask if that had happened to anyone else or if they shipped separately. You answered my question before I could ask it! I guess we'll have to watch the Kickstarter for info on this, then.
2018/05/05 19:56:17
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Looking at the comments I've a horrible feeling they forgot the GCPS battlegroup was meant to include a mule as it seems to be a repeated complaint
(I do hope they've got enough left for everybody after they filled the retail orders and nobody's stuck waiting for a restock)
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a couple more images as I've seen people posting that the Mule is smaller than the Taurox which isn't really true (unless you're talking about height)
(the Taurox here has the Zinge Industries wheel conversion kit on in case anybody wonders)
I'm torn between using my Mule as a Taurox for Imperial Guard, or a Goliath for Genestealer cult. I guess it depends on how easy it will be to make a roof for the bed.
2018/05/05 20:18:40
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Looking at the comments I've a horrible feeling they forgot the GCPS battlegroup was meant to include a mule as it seems to be a repeated complaint
(I do hope they've got enough left for everybody after they filled the retail orders and nobody's stuck waiting for a restock)
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a couple more images as I've seen people posting that the Mule is smaller than the Taurox which isn't really true (unless you're talking about height)
(the Taurox here has the Zinge Industries wheel conversion kit on in case anybody wonders)
Thanks so much for the pics. Mule looks great. Definitely smaller cabin volume than tha Taurox, but the same footprint.
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2018/05/06 15:47:22
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
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2018/05/06 16:03:17
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
Just sanity checking, the only way to get a Plague Mule was in a mule battlegroup, right?
I think this means, aside from my missing Mule from my GCPS battlegroup, that's my kickstarter done... My 5 Hornets turned up today. Of course, I can't remember which were intended for GCPS and which for Plague...
I'm going to assume, 3 Hornets for plague, 2 for GCPS, to balance out vehicles...
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2018/05/06 17:23:39
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
Compel wrote: Just sanity checking, the only way to get a Plague Mule was in a mule battlegroup, right?
I think this means, aside from my missing Mule from my GCPS battlegroup, that's my kickstarter done... My 5 Hornets turned up today. Of course, I can't remember which were intended for GCPS and which for Plague...
I'm going to assume, 3 Hornets for plague, 2 for GCPS, to balance out vehicles...
There was an addon for a single plague mule, and an addon for a group of 3 plague mules. This was similar to the GCPS addons. The GCPS mule was also included in the GCPS battlegroup as well.
Have Mantic officially stated anything on the missing GCPS battlegroup mule?
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2018/05/06 18:17:09
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
Nothing on the KS comments, but i'm uncertain if anybody with missing stuff has actually asked directly rather than just asking in the comments (which mantic probably no longer look at?)
it's also been a Mantic open day on Saturday so everybody is probably otherwise engaged anyway
2018/05/08 06:51:59
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: Nothing on the KS comments, but i'm uncertain if anybody with missing stuff has actually asked directly rather than just asking in the comments (which mantic probably no longer look at?)
Someone on the KS comments apparently got a response from Mantic Support about it which stated the missing Mules were due to a system issue and would be coming out later but that other missing items would be sent out as/when they were notified.
2018/05/08 09:56:52
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
No sign of the crew - or are we supposed to have forgotten about them at this stage
I could probably do them with the HIPS plague but you know they were designed and shown.
I emailed mantic about the incomplete mould fill on the mules so they can hopefully get the factory to use a touch more plastic in future production so I asked about these too and was told they're just the existing gen 3s added to the render so as expected we're not meant to have got them
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2018/05/08 10:18:33
Subject: Re:Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
No sign of the crew - or are we supposed to have forgotten about them at this stage
I could probably do them with the HIPS plague but you know they were designed and shown.
I emailed mantic about the incomplete mould fill on the mules so they can hopefully get the factory to use a touch more plastic in future production so I asked about these too and was told they're just the existing gen 3s added to the render so as expected we're not meant to have got them
Thanks well they would say that now but yeah they are mostly the HIPS 3rd Gens so no big issue adding them, the head on the left one is new it's not on the HIPS sprue. Better not to show these things off with parts you're not going to get as it causes undue confusion and expectation. As I understand it for the Plague Hornet you get the gunners arms but not the body?
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2018/05/08 12:16:10
Subject: Mantic Games - Sci-Fi N&R thread - Warpath vehicles production update pg 131
Most likely they were originally intended to be included - I'd imagine on a HIPS sprue along with the plague parts before they got changed to restic - but as we know with Mantic materials and plans seemingly change on a dime, and retconning what was promised or implied is part and parcel of Mantic's way of running their business and kickstarters and comes down to a case of caveat emptor for us when backing them.
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Hi All,
So as we've already said in a few messages, there was an error on the shipping of the mules for the army sets. We're going to be dispatching these as soon as possible and already know who needs them sending, so you don't need to worry about it.
Any other missing items, contact support@manticgames.com.
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