As we head into the final stretch, here's a little something for everyone!.

If we hit this stretch, we'll add a bonus figure to each Faction Starter. These are Rank 2 Characters (in plastic) with full rules. They'll be released at retail as normal but are not included in the Faction Starters

Goritsi - Lord Hob

While not actually a landed noble, Lord Hob has served with the Ravenscar through enough campaigns to buy virtually any title he could wish. He’s the ultimate representation of what life in the Ravenscars can do for an orphan child from the mean streets of Vorstoi. In fact, he has established more than one orphanage across Telloria with his immense wealth, which serve as both shelter for the unfortunate children and a mild form of ‘boot camp’ for Ravenscar recruitment. Lord Hob could easily retire at any time, but has no desire to do anything else. In battle he wields any weapon necessary to get the job done, and is known for his startling bellows and epithets as he wades deep into enemy ranks. He is most often at home with the Skorza who honor both his prowess and commitment to Telloria, despite being ‘just a human.’

Hadross - Gar, the Gladiator


In the grand coliseum at Ophion, no name has been more feared and revered than Gar. Born the son of a Kartoreshian merchant, Gar was captured by Hadrossian pirates and sold into slavery at a young age. He proved fractious, ill-tempered, and generally useless to his captors, and refused to accept that he could do nothing to end his slavery, short of paying the price himself. He was eventually sold to the arena. Finally realizing that there was, in fact, no magical rescue imminent for himself, Gar threw himself on the mercy of any gods listening, and the Deep Voices answered. Many decades since, Gar has left the arena and joined the Hadrossian military as a free agent, and, again, his name is both feared and revered, though he does miss the crowds chanting his name. On the battlefield Gar controls his bloodlust until he has found the strongest opponent in the enemy ranks, or enough enemies to be a challenge. Only then is the predator loosed.

Nasier - Arkan Thesh


A native of Fel Irahm in the far, far north, Arkan Thesh once made a living as a bounty hunter and adventurer, often crossing the Tellorian border in pursuit of fugitives or searching for ancient ruins and lost treasure. Unfortunately for Thesh, one such expedition found the ruins it was looking for, and he did not return alone. One of the many dark demons of the Tellorian hinterlands found Thesh and now inhabits his mind. He sought an answer, any answer, and turned to medicines, magic, and outright exorcisms. Only donning a war mask keeps the haunting demon at bay, but the interaction between it and his mask’s elemental has yielded interesting results in Thesh’s transformation. He is a unique creature now, part demon, part elemental, and all war machine. As part of the military, Thesh fights for Kartoresh, especially on the Tellorian border. He specializes in going toe-to-toe with the largest enemies. Those he can’t kill outright, he locks down until reinforcements arrive. Even though this often leaves him surrounded, his powerful wings and whipping tail ensure that he is never overmatched.

Teknes - Lineman Boris, the Many-Bladed

Lineman Boris is a victim of his own success. A technomancer to rival the best addanii minds, he sought to combine CAGE and repulsion armor designs into a new generation of powered armor. He succeeded admirably, and even incorporated mechano-magical wings for superior mobility, but he relied too heavily on his own impressive magical abilities for the control mechanisms. The result is an armored suit that only a powerful technomancer might control, possibly unique only to himself, and impractical to duplicate on a grand scale. Additionally, the suit strikes so hard that ordinary weapons tend to snap or become lodged in a felled enemy’s body. Thus, Boris typically carries a half dozen swords, earning him his off-color nickname. Boris has embraced this peculiar brand of humor, and has thus far resisted calls to forge a special set of weapons. In battle he’s fast moving and hard-hitting, and enjoys marking his kills with an embedded blade.

Madam Mui, the Jade Lotus

As a young Dragon Legionnaire in the troubled times surrounding Felskar’s Humanum Revolution, Madam Mui was charged with protecting the Celestial Temple at Panzia while fighting raged nearby. Untried and impetuous, she disobeyed orders and joined the battle. It was a terrible mistake, and the unguarded Temple paid the price. Many priests were slaughtered, and many artifacts were taken. She was cast out of the Legion, and finally found a place with the Scything Flowers. Over the decades she learned her lessons, mastered her arts, and rose to head the school as Grandmistress. Now, with war imminent she has donned armor, honed her weapons, and marches with the Legions as an advisor and guide. She hopes to be present when the fighting comes to Felskar, and perhaps she can reclaim some lost honor. Her whirling style and magically-enhanced jade claws earned her the title of Jade Lotus, and she is capable of felling entire ranks without support

 Mr Morden wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
I still buy Confrontation figs that are languishing at my FLGS from time to time. I love the aesthetic. This campaign has been hit and miss for me, though...

Keep trying to get more Devourers but not easy - very pricy on ebay -

 Azazelx wrote:
Like all CMON Kickstarters, it offers great value at the base levels, but there are enough "add-ons" that before you know it, you've doubled what you wanted to spend in the first place.

Unfortunately for this one, the factions are very hit-or-miss. The Gortisi look pretty decent but not amazing, but the other two factions that might have tempted me (Shael-Han and Hadross) both feature some great stuff paired with a bunch of figures that I really dislike. The great models are really scattered across the whole range here, with a lot that looks sub-par.

Add to that the uncertainty on how the final models will turn out, both in scale and quality (thanks, Sedition Wars), how exactly that intend to do something as odd as "miniatures in Sedition Wars material, weapons in harder plastic", the 12-month lead time and of course, the CMON-factor...

Fango's "yet another bloody fantasy skirmish game" is a good point as well. It's kind of a minor one in some ways, but when added to the list above, it becomes another negative bullet-point to me.

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Are you sure.... I guess you are from having handled them as that sounds different to what they seem to be saying

As far as I can make out from what CMON are posting the bodies are in PVC/Restic/PP/Sedition Wars material

The weapons are supposed to be in ABS plastic which can take sharper edges than PVC but I wouldn't call it 'bendy' in any way (though all of these things can be almost as rigid or bendy as the manufactuer requires)

Ancient King unlocked!
Update #48 · Sep 12, 2013 · 14 comments

The legend in his adventuring days is now free with $200 or more pledged or Ancient King / Ancient King Early Bird! (or $10 otherwise).

FrenchTickler wrote:
These guys are clever.. I'm at the $100 level but throwing in the Ancient King makes me think.. well.. I could go for $200 and get a ton more stuff. Im trying to resist.

 Alpharius wrote:
Minis looking good!

Mold sneak peeks
Update #42 · Sep 9, 2013 · 13 comments

The first part of mold making is generating excellent masters, figuring out where cuts to the model need to be made, and creating the plugs for each piece.

Enjoy!

And at the risk of sounding shamefully negative, I'm majorly disappointed in cincydooley's lack of staying on top of updates in this thread...

 silent25 wrote:

FrenchTickler wrote:
These guys are clever.. I'm at the $100 level but throwing in the Ancient King makes me think.. well.. I could go for $200 and get a ton more stuff. Im trying to resist.

Same -_-

Creeping closer to $200 and thinking of just committing to Ancient King and using two starters for credit. Get more stuff since waffling between two of three factions. Of course that little voice in my head is also going, "YOU DON"T NEED MORE OF THIS CRAP!".

FrenchTickler wrote:
Then don't.

Besides, the samples are a different breed than what everyone will get. I've been burned on the Dreadball release where the first wave was good but the second wave had numerous issues and poor production values. I dont think you've handled every production miniature for every model, let alone after the moulds start to wear. I appreciate you proselytizing this kickstarter but I dont think you have all the answers.

 FrenchTickler wrote:
Being skeptical isn't the same as being willfully ignorant, Brohem. I have backed the project and am hoping for the best but I'm skeptical. You don't need to act like I just kicked your dog.

 RiTides wrote:
I'm also skeptical of the models shown at GenCon. Legoburner got a look at them too, and had positive things to say... however, we've heard this story before about how awesome production models would be, and been disappointed, so I am remaining skeptical until I see it done at-scale (i.e. boxes for sale worldwide that have the same quality as the production samples shown).