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http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rolljordan/maki-games-high-quality-modular-wargaming-terrain

Current Stretch Goal - $62,000 UPGRADE SCI-FI FLOOR







NEXT STRETCH GOAL: 65,000$ SPACESHIP DUNGEON THEME






What you get


$35 - Scout - 2 Terrain elements (including shipping and handling (no customs for EU or US backers either). Must be from the same theme

$75 - Rookie - 6 Terrain elements plus accessories (6 Balcony Railings, 3 Plyons, 3 Stairs, 6 Balcony Floors, 1 Bridge, 16 skull caps, 4 Sci-fi Handrails, 4 short Sci-fi Handrails, 1 Square Floor) Must be from the same theme

$135 - Ranger - 12 Terrain elements plus accessories (14 Balcony Railings, 6 Plyons, 6 Stairs, 14 Balcony Floors, 1 Bridge, 16 skull caps, 6 Sci-fi Handrails, 6 short Sci-fi Handrails, 2 Square Floors) 2 x 5 terrain elements from 2 different themes

$250 - Trooper - 23 Terrain elements plus accessories (28 Balcony Railings, 14 Plyons, 12 Stairs, 28 Balcony Floors, 2 Bridges, 16 skull caps, 10 Sci-fi Handrails, 10 short Sci-fi Handrails, 4 Square Floors) 4 x 5 terrain elements from 2 different themes

$300 - Marine - 29 Terrain elements plus accessories (34 Balcony Railings, 17 Plyons, 15 Stairs, 34 Balcony Floors, 3 Bridges, 16 skull caps, 15 Sci-fi Handrails, 15 short Sci-fi Handrails, 5 Square Floors) 5 x 5 terrain elements from 3 different themes

$560 - General - 56 Terrain elements plus accessories (60 Balcony Railings, 30 Plyons, 60 Stairs, 41 Balcony Floors, 5 Bridges, 16 skull caps, 30 Sci-fi Handrails, 30 short Sci-fi Handrails, 8 Square Floors) 10 x 5 terrain elements from 3 different themes

$999 King - 111 Terrain elements plus accessories (110 Balcony Railings, 55 Plyons, 55 Stairs, 110 Balcony Floors, 10 Bridges, 16 skull caps, 50 Sci-fi Handrails, 50 short Sci-fi Handrails, 16 Square Floors) 20 x 5 terrain elements from all the themes

A terrain element is









Note there is $10 extra charge for the High Walls Scit-Fi Theme

Adds ons...

Sorry, but I have to say this...

Needs more skulls

Other than that (and by that, I actually mean that it needs Less ) the container looks quite good!

Difficult to pledge now, when you only get dozens of containers.

Not necessarily. I've been building a port/industrial area for my table, and affordable containers that don't look like mdf kits are hard to come by. I scoured a train model shop, and AT-43 kits cost much on eBay these days.

This is a great idea, that can vary terrain by the person.

Will be keeping an eye on this... not totally sold at the moment though

This looks cool... but, $35 for 2 containers just isn't a good enough value for me to get on board.

Good luck though.

 92acclude wrote:
This looks cool... but, $35 for 2 containers just isn't a good enough value for me to get on board.

Good luck though.

I agree, there will have to be something more in this to sweeten the deal. A few more pieces thrown in at the early levels. At the moment this is the close in price as the manufactorum kits from GW (which are already expensive!)

Is US$12.99 a more comfortable price point for you?

http://rustforge.com/index.php/shop

Please excuse the websites incomplete nature. We are working on it everyday. The container is all plastic, can be built in 3 versions AND will be shipped when you pay for it. Not later this year. If you order some today, you could have them by weeks end!

Heh. Well-played thread hijack, sir!

The Maki system has the cool reversibility, I guess, though the non-detailed border all around the edges kind of makes it look a bit toy-like. Maybe that's just the render. I can see the almost-3-inch-size playing well with Deadzone backers.

But yeah, a bit steep. Unless you need the Grimdark detailing, those Rust Forge shipping containers look hard to beat.

They look nice and seem like they may be reasonably priced as long as you go for a $75 pledge or above. Every pledge level coming with it's own stretch reward level is a bit off-putting though. I'll probably hold off and see where this goes before pledging; a $5 early bird discount isn't worth possibly pledging for something that I'm not a fan of (once I pledge, it's hard for me to pull it, so I really try to avoid speculative pledges.)

The gothic side looks interesting (although it would probably be well served by replacing some of the skull panels with a different design to avoid getting repetitive.) The modern side, however, looks like you could replicate with some plastic card and some one-sided molds. You'd lose the modularity, but if you're only paying for the material to do casts it isn't too hard to just make enough for every set piece you'd like. Still, I'll keep an eye on this and see what comes out from any unlocked designs... it looks like this is pretty likely to fund, so I imagine I'll see at least one new design.

Good luck with it.

$75 for 5 skull-infested shipping containers?

No thanks, I think I'll stick with my Mantic battlezones.

Also, the cheapest source of shipping containers is probably getting some AT-43 boxes on clearance sale.

That is very circumstancial, though. AT-43 has been gone from my area for years, only source for it nowadays is eBay.

The Maki system is good enough for what it is.
But in this KS environment with Deadzone offering a similar product, they need something to push it over the top.

The thickness is nice, but again... it's not the quality that I am worried about.

Also, making it into a building is where this can be useful. But needs more options rather than just being containers

Did anyone watch to the end of the video? Some interesting previews of what is perhaps to come.

A few updates overnight including a sneak peak of their first sci-fi theme.

This looks really cool. I will talk to my local gaming store and see about going in halfsies on the King level.

I hate to say this, but between the two modular plastic terrain Kickstarters running at this time, this one looks second best.

I've been waiting for this one. Good to see it up and running.

So pretty. So expensive. So not pledging.

Well....at least its not the 3785th MDF ks

Looks decent, though agree that it only gets good in the higher pledges

Maki have added a stretch goal tree



and more images of their sci-fi theme

The sci-fi theme is a winner for me.
Really like it.

Looks coo. Can you alternate the tech/gothic sides to break up monotony?

Have you seen this?

I think the sci fi stuff looks better than Mantic, but not nearly as economical. If they get to it, I might jump in for a couple of "elements".

Another sneak peak!

Well they're increasingly moving towards a range I've not got much interest in. At least there are alternatives, and I might pick up some of their sci-fi theme at a later date.

I've been looking around for some cheap-ish but effective alternatives for Zone Mortalis walls, and I think I've found them.

The width of the floors are about the same as the height of the walls, so just stand the floors up on their sides for some longer wall pieces. Grab the Trooper set and you have over 5m of walls...

Now to see if my gaming buddies might want to pitch in!

Gothic ruins are kinda nice.