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 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Readers and Wargames Atlantic, should I tinker with the title on this thread to make it only for hard plastic releases and the digital thread to include prints?

Or is this getting too complicated?

Should I close both and let WGA start a new thread(s) and divy them up however they want?

I've always thought this should just be for plastic boxes sets and sprues.

3d prints and files are a natural fit for the other thread especially since they are often the same thing.

So, now it's oficially 40 hours left for the crowdfunding.

As stated, I think I'm gonna wait to the first week of June, to see if the early stretch goals get unlocked quickly. Very excited about this tbh.

 Wargames Atlantic wrote:

 privateer4hire wrote:
Man! Wish those frogs were coming out in hard plastic.

They certainly could, if the community wants it. We accept new suggestions for vox Populi and reserve the right to add sets to the system.

If you want them in plastic, campaign to make it so. Bring it up here and on our legion Facebook group. Make a poll. Talk about further weapon options, etc.

In a theoretical world where this happened, and they got a couple dozen votes (but not the 1000 needed to fast track), would they bump kits that had been in Vox Populi for a longer period of time but fewer votes?

the artillery is shown at 5:50

and we still need 731 followers in the next 21 hours or so to lock in the free brute sprue, so bully your gaming friends to follow otherwise i'll be a sad damned panda

Garrac wrote:
As stated, I think I'm gonna wait to the first week of June, to see if the early stretch goals get unlocked quickly. Very excited about this tbh.

They just posted an update:

Back in the first 24 hours of the campaign (starting at 10am EST / 3pm GMT Tuesday May 30) and automatically receive a FREE sprue of Heavy Weapons to your reward level.

As clarified by Hudson in the comments of the gamefound campaign, the early bird bonus applies to Amy pledge of 3 boxes or above made in the first 24 hours.

and about 500 followers to get in the next hour or so for the free brute sprue, so that looks like a no go, sob

That mutation sprue will be good for making all kinds of creepy monsters.

Nice addition!

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
That mutation sprue will be good for making all kinds of creepy monsters.

Nice addition!

Agreed. Super useful for all kind of horror games/encounters.

also note the 'normal' heads top right, for those that just want guard, not spikey guard

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
That mutation sprue will be good for making all kinds of creepy monsters.

Nice addition!

I'm hoping that somewhere in the campaign there are enough parts to make proper Spawn.

female damned preview

The only thing missing for me is a communication backpack with a radio, antennas, some dials. Other than that this looks so awesome, can't wait to build multiple squads with different levels of mutations, veterans being more "blessed" by the "gifts" of their benefactors/radiation

that's on the command sprue (so you'll either get 2 or 3 depending on whether they make the 12 minis in the box from 2 sprues with 6 bodies, or 3 sprues with 4 bodies)

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:


that's on the command sprue

Thank you! I wonder if there are enough to equip multiple squads. Will have to look at the command sprue to find out!

EDIT:
the female troopers look great. Awesome work by the designer!

Those females look great. As of today I am only able to back at the 5 box level... but will upgrade to 10 before it ends if the females get unlocked.




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Campaign is live.

Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Disagree 100%.

An armored mrap/armored car with modular turrets is fantastic. Scifi Panhard AML here. Sold.

As an added bonus this is basically the STeG-4 armored car from Gaunt's Ghosts

edit: I think I just sold myself on doing a Sons of Sek army using those as Urdesh Forge World SteG-4 and the archon studios Wolverine Tank as Urdesh Forge World AT-70 tanks.

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Yeah, same. I was expecting a proper tank, even if it was really boxy.

 legionaires wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Yeah, same. I was expecting a proper tank, even if it was really boxy.

Why would you expect a battle tank first over an infantry fighting vehicle, when the infantry are one of the first kits unlocked?

It stood to reason we were getting an APC/IFV first.

 judgedoug wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Disagree 100%.

An armored mrap/armored car with modular turrets is fantastic. Scifi Panhard AML here. Sold.

As an added bonus this is basically the STeG-4 armored car from Gaunt's Ghosts

I think for me, it doesn't appear modular enough. If ther was a break in the panels behind the driver compartment, where you could flatbed/pickup the kit and make it into a 4 wheel technical as well, I would be more interested. It's not bad, it just not as exciting to me personally. If I was to want one, it would likely be after the campaign.

 legionaires wrote:

I think for me, it doesn't appear modular enough. If ther was a break in the panels behind the driver compartment, where you could flatbed/pickup the kit and make it into a 4 wheel technical as well, I would be more interested. It's not bad, it just not as exciting to me personally. If I was to want one, it would likely be after the campaign.

interesting - they bill it as a modular vehicle and are previewing just one build in the picture. I guess the difference is that I am expecting "several variations" to probably include much of what you've said whereas you are not.

It looks like it should be very easy to design this vehicle so that it can either be enclosed or have an open flatbed for different turrets. It's not really what I need, but if it gets unlocked with more details, I might be swayed by the modularity.

 McDougall Designs wrote:

 legionaires wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Yeah, same. I was expecting a proper tank, even if it was really boxy.

Why would you expect a battle tank first over an infantry fighting vehicle, when the infantry are one of the first kits unlocked?

It stood to reason we were getting an APC/IFV first.

I work in a job field where exact words matter. The word tank was used, and that has a very specific implication. A wheeled IFV is just something different. Hence why I expected a tank.

 legionaires wrote:

 McDougall Designs wrote:

 legionaires wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Yeah, same. I was expecting a proper tank, even if it was really boxy.

Why would you expect a battle tank first over an infantry fighting vehicle, when the infantry are one of the first kits unlocked?

It stood to reason we were getting an APC/IFV first.

I work in a job field where exact words matter. The word tank was used, and that has a very specific implication. A wheeled IFV is just something different. Hence why I expected a tank.

Respectfully:

1. This is not your work, and you shouldn't hold Wargames Atlantic to such a stringent vocabulary policy.

2. The secondary definition of the word "tank" is

a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track.

Which this vehicle fulfills except for the tracked part.

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 judgedoug wrote:

 legionaires wrote:

I think for me, it doesn't appear modular enough. If ther was a break in the panels behind the driver compartment, where you could flatbed/pickup the kit and make it into a 4 wheel technical as well, I would be more interested. It's not bad, it just not as exciting to me personally. If I was to want one, it would likely be after the campaign.

interesting - they bill it as a modular vehicle and are previewing just one build in the picture. I guess the difference is that I am expecting "several variations" to probably include much of what you've said whereas you are not.

it's the lack on a straight line of panels behind the driver's compartment. It just doesn't appear modular in the way I envision it, that's all.

 legionaires wrote:

it's the lack on a straight line of panels behind the driver's compartment. It just doesn't appear modular in the way I envision it, that's all.

Ah, gotcha. I'm thinking this is before cutting for the tools. Going just by panel lines I could see the entire side door panel being optional, tbh

 McDougall Designs wrote:

 legionaires wrote:

 McDougall Designs wrote:

 legionaires wrote:

 Nicky J wrote:
Well, the vehicle is quite underwhelming IMO, not sure exactly what i was expecting, but it wasn't this:

Yeah, same. I was expecting a proper tank, even if it was really boxy.

Why would you expect a battle tank first over an infantry fighting vehicle, when the infantry are one of the first kits unlocked?

It stood to reason we were getting an APC/IFV first.

I work in a job field where exact words matter. The word tank was used, and that has a very specific implication. A wheeled IFV is just something different. Hence why I expected a tank.

Respectfully:

1. This is not your work, and you shouldn't hold Wargames Atlantic to such a stringent vocabulary policy.

2. The secondary definition of the word "tank" is

a heavy armoured fighting vehicle carrying guns and moving on a continuous articulated metal track.

Which this vehicle fulfills except for the tracked part.

You asked for a reason and I responded. I'm not understanding why my disappointment seems to upset you. There have been several things about this campaign that I have not been fond of but I'm still likely to back. I'm not pulling a Peter James and complaining I'm boycotting the company until I get "what I want"

In!
Almost pulled out when they required me to pick which sets as at least one of the ones I want isn't unlocked yet. However, the site says:
'Your actual payment will be collected if the campaign reaches its goal when it ends. Until then you can freely change or withdraw your pledge.'
So I went ahead.

In other news, the APC looks great. I'm unsure of whether it's impressive enough to beat out the other cool vehicles you can get 3d printed in the same price range. However, it's nicely generic and it was smart of them not to Damn-it-up with dings and damage.

Lastly, I really wasn't thinking much about buying the damned infantry figures themselves, but the video here really suggests some great post-apoc and other sci-fi uses for these.