Raging Heroes News (4th June: Female IG kickstarter will start)

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**Dentry**

Oh man. I was hoping these wouldn't start until the latter half of 2013. I've just resolved to not kickstart anything until then. Why must Raging Heroes tempt me so?!

**The Fragile Breath**

Uh-oh. Dark Elves? Crap, that's a weak spot for me. I've got high hopes for that kickstarter, along with the sinking feeling that it will take my money!

**Grot 6**

I'm really interested in those Tank Girl ones.

Really like the looks of these figures.

**Rolt**

That dark elf is really nice design, I like the fact that it breaks away from the common design aesthetic we see associated with GW/Mantic and more resembles the sort of thing I've seen in MMO's such as WoW/Lineage/Aion, a more "modern gaming" approach if that make sense.

**Scrub**

I'll start saving for the Dark Elf kickstarter, then. Any idea when that will be put up? Summer(ish) time?

**Kroothawk**

Here a WIP pic from half a year ago, to get you an idea:

**Swara**

I'm gonna have to say that's a "tad" bit better than the one GW is offering.

I'm excited, my wallet is not.

**Kroothawk**

Let's hope, GW doesn't claim to have invented the pegasus, like they did with the Lhammasu

**silent25**

Swara wrote:
I'm gonna have to say that's a "tad" bit better than the one GW is offering.

I'm excited, my wallet is not.

I would be excited for this, but after seeing the metal Blood Vestals in person, am weary of committing to anything from RH till I see them in person. Tiny figs and shallow detail. It is a shame because I liked their Manticore rider and banner twin figs. Was going to order some of the mantis girls, but was waiting to see a friends figs before ordering.

Will still tell my friend of this KS. I'm pretty sure he will still commit.

**-Loki-**

silent25 wrote:
am weary of committing to anything from RH till I see them in person. Tiny figs and shallow detail.

In other words, you don't like correctly proportioned models?

**Azazelx**

Because these proportions appear completely correct...

**BrookM**

I still loves them in my Guard army.

**Fafnir**

scipio.au wrote:
Because these proportions appear completely correct...

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0034/6452/products/the-kurganovas_1024x1024.jpg?131

Compared to GW proportions, those are photorealistic.

**Kroothawk**

First pic of the upcoming Kurganovas' Shock Troops:

Extensive Q&A, too long to quote:
http://www.ragingheroes.com/blogs/news/7298608

**Buzzsaw**

The vibe seems less "Space Infantry" and more "Space Trucker".

Not a complaint, just an observation. Certainly a unique approach.

The one thing that concerns me is that it seems pretty clear from their Q&A that this will be a metal project: anyone have any definitive word on that? (They mention producing their miniatures with "spins", which rules out injection molded plastics.)

**kenshin620**

Buzzsaw wrote:
The vibe seems less "Space Infantry" and more "Space Trucker".

Not a complaint, just an observation. Certainly a unique approach.

The one thing that concerns me is that it seems pretty clear from their Q&A that this will be a metal project: anyone have any definitive word on that? (They mention producing their miniatures with "spins", which rules out injection molded plastics.)

As I mentioned these models 40k wise will be useful for the more "dirty" regiments like Salvar and Penals

Raging Heroes is a metal/resins company though, thats what they do and will probably always do

**illuknisaa**

Why is there 2 threads?

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/370322.page

**AlexHolker**

illuknisaa wrote:
Why is there 2 threads?

Because the other thread had been dead for almost two years?

On the Kickstarters: I'm disappointed that they went with restic instead of proper plastic. Proper plastic is reliable, restic ranges from adequate-but-slow to Finecast. I'm also disappointed that the Kickstarter that sounds best so far is coming first, before we know whether Raging Heroes restic is good or crap.

**Minx**

AlexHolker wrote:
before we know whether Raging Heroes restic is good or crap.

Will they use a different process or material for their kickstarter miniatures than they've used in the past?

**RiTides**

Kroothawk wrote:
First pic of the upcoming Kurganovas' Shock Troops:

Extensive Q&A, too long to quote:
http://www.ragingheroes.com/blogs/news/7298608

Wow, I actually really like that... and that's with my not being a fan of their Kurganova (sp?) sisters.

I'd be a little wary of Kickstarting Raging Heroes, though... they're much nicer but have delays similar to Avatars of War :-/

**Alpharius**

To be fair, their delays are not bad when compared to other Kickstarters, and certainly not when compared to AoW!

**Ian Sturrock**

Hmmm. I really like my Kurganovas, and think they fit well as leaders in a Guard army, despite hints of impracticality in their attire. Leaders don't necessarily have to look practical...

Don't really like Sergeant Parker though. Not sure why. I guess I'd rather see relatively realistic, practical appearances for the rank-and-file. Which definitely rules out any combination of armour + bare tummy.

**Mathieu Raymond**

That middle Kurganova model is not worse than the memed capture of Beyonce doing the rounds, kinda same pose, too...

**cygnnus**

Azazelx wrote:
Because these proportions appear completely correct...

If those are wrong, I don't know if I want to be right!

Valete,

JohnS,

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

I own Olga and Malinka, I really like both of them, Olga is probably my fave mind and counts as a Lord Commissar in my second Guard force.

My only issue with Malinka is her stance is too wide, it looks slightly wrong (really wrong according to Aura

) and I had to put some rubble on the base as her footprint was too wide to stand on a basic 40K base.

Ivanova annoys me to the point I don't want her, and skipped the box as she'd not be used. The pose is just.. blegh.

As to Sgt Parker, she looks okay, they did say character types would be a little more extreme than rank and file troops and I suspect they'll be including Sgts in that to make up the numbers. It would also give a personality to each squad, but yeah, still looking likely I'll be backing this, and probably heavily.

**TheAuldGrump**

Kroothawk wrote:

Dark Elves Army – Spear and xbows infantry, harpies, dark riders, heroes & lords, cauldron (or some kind of sacrifice altar), Pegasus would be more than welcome.
Yes indeed! More of less all of that is in the works…
(...)
Will you be making plastic kits?
Not injected plastics, but definitely some cool stuff. More on that soon.
(...)
Yes, we definitely think good-looking female minis are an asset to any army!
For now, we are not sure exactly how we will do this, but we are definitely considering doing some kind of expansion packs for our minis in the form of bits…
(...)
We realized that, for some games, the Fantasy Blood Vestals would feel just a tad small/petite. However, we felt that it fitted well this particular unit of delicate yet deadly female warriors.
For the upcoming Dark Elves releases, we will probably up their size and bulk a little bit, since everybody in the industry is slowly migrating to 32mm as opposed to the traditional 28mm found in Fantasy.

Spoiler:

**Justyn**

I have only one thing to say to that Mini.

Hello, My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die.

**Gitkikka**

Sergeant Parker reminds me of a soccer mom.

**Kroothawk**

Raging Heroes wrote: Lady von Stroheim planned for coming Kickstarter

Here is Lady von Stroheim, who is part of the upcoming Kickstarter starring the Kurganovas' Shock Troops, coming this month:

As you can see on this image, we've planned a little twist for this Kickstarter, which is intended to feature not only the Rambettes (heroines and units), but also, if we reach the right stretch goals, their nemesis: another female faction with Nazi overtones and dark cyber technologies.

So you're in for gas masks, long coats and cyber implants...

We'll soon provide more background info for these two factions...

What's coming in this Kickstarter?

We've planned many special characters, as well as multi-part kits that will allow you to create most or all the units you may need for a full army, that will be usable in many contexts or game systems.

If you haven't had a chance to read through our previous Q&A's (see our previous blog entries), this will include at least one mecha, and some sort of motorcycle unit.

Should the Kickstarter reach high enough goals, you'll have the possibility to develop two different armies, the Rambettes and the Nazi Ladies, or mix-and-match them in the same army, if you are so inclined.

So, what's taking so long?

As you probably know, there's quite a bit of administrative and logistical stuff to sort out before launching a Kickstarter so we're hard at work getting all our ducks in a row. But we started talking about the Kickstarter ahead of time to make sure we could hear back from you and make the necessary tweaks before launching the project.
So anything else you want to share with us, please do, we're listening.

What about your two other Kickstarters?

We'll have more info on the Dark Elves and the Sisters of Eternal Mercy Kickstarters in our next post, but do rest assured that these are coming along quite nicely...

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**MajorWesJanson**

Kroothawk wrote:
Here a WIP pic from half a year ago, to get you an idea:

She looks like she is falling right off that pegasus.