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Oh no. Human infantry. Still resisting!

Only 11 spots left in the first 200 to get the bonus. He even broadened it from 5 free bases or a free grub, to this:

TFM Update wrote:Also a quick update for those who missed the current goals getting additions to their stretch tags. with the mention of the 200 backers getting the choice of 5 bases or the extra grub. In fact I'll let you pick the limited grub or the host as this option if you so choose. I think it's a great gift for the 200 backers.

This is normally a $6 model (kickstarter-only larger grub, or kickstarter-only host)... so, that's a nice incentive to hop in now if you're on the fence . Even at a $1 pledge you get this bonus. Of course, it'd be better to go for the sweet spot at $50 Host

I am so ridiculously excited that i am struggling to contain it.

 Casey's Law wrote:
I am so ridiculously excited that i am struggling to contain it.

An oddly appropriate choice of words...

Darn. I know the image has already been posted but don't thing we have the details yet.

Alien Hunter Troops: These are military trained troops with the mind set and gear to hunt down and destroy alien forces. The fight in small well armed groups with a wide range of gear and weaponry. Padded armor to protect from harsh elements and other nasty things such as acids, saliva, etc. Light armor means rapid movement and deployment while heavily armed weapons cut down the alien hordes. Add a unit of Alien Hunters at $29 for 15 or the amazing deal of $40 for 30 troopers. If you just want to pick up a couple of these minis you can add them at $3 a trooper as well. For those not interested in alien I've also added a pledge level for some troops in smaller numbers than those listed and a large bundle deal.

He put either those or separate stretches of $20 and $70 (international) containing 5 and 50 guys respectively. Judging by the art they would be great to fight against my sedition wars guys.

Gah. May as well pledge and see what happens...



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 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:
I am so ridiculously excited that i am struggling to contain it.

An oddly appropriate choice of words...

Is there a pun in there that i can't see?

Welcome aboard, Commander Cain!

7 spots left to get the freebie for the first 200 backers!

Glad I asked about the postage stacking Ed has changed it so that you now pay the postage rate for the pledge level you pick and then for every extra pledge level you add you pay an additional $2 per pledge level.

While I'm at Host level for $50 plus $8 postage I also want a lot of tiled bases and have 5 pledge levels of bases added for $80 more so rather than an extra $25 postage it's now just $10 extra. Ed's example showed it even cheaper by picking a $25 bases level as your main pledge level with $5 postage and then stacking a Host level on that for an extra $2 postage but I don't feel like totally taking advantage so I can live with the extra $3 i have to pay buy picking Host as my main pledge level.

Yeah, that was very generous of him for non-US buyers . He has definitely been willing to work with people to get more folks onboard

He impressed the heck out of me when I contacted him. I haven't had a response so enthusiastic since Mantic's first Kickstarter.

That's good, i hate it when a creator doesn't seem excited about what they are doing. It puts a downer on the whole thing.

If you don't mind me asking, what were you talking to him about? If that's private, sorry.

 RiTides wrote:
Only 11 spots left in the first 200 to get the bonus. He even broadened it from 5 free bases or a free grub, to this:

Yay! I've been at work all day. I'm still here now.

Guess how many backers there are right now? Can you guess? Yep. 200.

Yay! Think it's possible to get another 20k before it ends? I'm not sure there is enough publicity.

I think so! Really, I'd probably be OK with 21K or 24K, but things get so darn cheap at 30K and 33K (ie I can get the same stuff for less). We'll see how it carries, but I think it's looking good!

If you guys could help with the publicity we might be able to pull it off. I'm trying to keep this thread updated, also doing it on WarpShadow (Tyranid forum), the Great Crusade forum, and a post here and there on Warseer.

Anybody on the Papa Nurgle forums who could post it there? What other places would be suitable to spread the word?


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By the way...

Message from Distribution Management, Inc. on their Facebook:

Great News! Troll Forged Miniatures has won our October "DMI Fulfill a Kickstarter" Dream Poll! We will be contacting them to fund their kickstarter project $250!

I guess i could ask one or two of the YouTubers to spread the word but who knows if it would actually happen? I'll try anyway.

Update showing HUGE Fiend pic! On my phone so I can't link to it, can someone else post it here?

I can stick it up for you

The fiend is a large grub which has gorged on all manner of flesh, hosts, grubs, some have even taken down alien Wyrm in feeding frenzies. They are massive monstrous creatures with a animal intelligence but very cunning hunters. Common tactics are similar to the ant lions dragging prey below ground and surface only when there is a horde of food or creature to large to drag under. The Fiend will be a massive 5-6 inches tall.






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and here's what Ed said about it on the comments

Creator Edward Fortae

Hey guy's do I have a treat for you, the Fiend is coming and he is angry. I'm working a lot this week so I'll do my best to answer questions but Brian is pretty clear on what I'm trying to do as well so he can probably handle some for me if I miss. Thanks again and lets get the fiend you will love it.

Awesome! And he is going to make a Cthulu which if it is anything like the art and the couple of WIPs so far, will absolutely rock:

Ed wrote:I am going to let one cat out of the bag as well. I'm having Des Hanley rework a cthulhu figure into a design that fits this army so your just getting a taste of things. I'm splitting it between a couple infantry items to get them funded but I honestly believe this will be the best cthulhu figure out there when me and him are finished with the design.

Ed wrote:Des will do it justice for sure. I'm so confident it will be one of the coolest sculpts to do I can't wait. I am asking him to convert the wings to appear like the sky hunters. He is working to convert the old design to fit with this nightmare alien horde.

Any other info on the Alien Hunters? Multipart? Number of poses?

Sounds like 3 poses, because one of the stretch goals is an additional 3 poses.

 Casey's Law wrote:
I guess i could ask one or two of the YouTubers to spread the word but who knows if it would actually happen? I'll try anyway.

Might be an idea. Do you also post on other forums? You might try to give it a shot over there as well. Just post about this Kickstarter there! I mean...it has so much cool stuff!

Any other info on the Alien Hunters? Multipart? Number of poses?

Single piece miniatures I think. But with multiple poses. Shouldn't be so much a problem. Most multipart miniatures tend to be all posed the same anyways! And Trollcast is pretty easy to work with so you can easily cut it up and convert it.

Pace looks good (a stretch goal every 2 days, since they're only 3K apart). At this rate it will make the holy grail 30-33K where the Host ($50) pledge is insanely good!

I'm just curious to see if we can really pull it to such high levels like the guys from Sedition Games and Dreamforge manage to pull.

I just wanna force Ed to come up with even crazier stretch goals!

 Malika2 wrote:

 Casey's Law wrote:
I guess i could ask one or two of the YouTubers to spread the word but who knows if it would actually happen? I'll try anyway.

Might be an idea. Do you also post on other forums? You might try to give it a shot over there as well. Just post about this Kickstarter there! I mean...it has so much cool stuff!

No other forums anymore. My heart is with Dakka now!

Agreed!

Next goal is Queen should hit this weekend.

New art for the swam warrior! Perfect for use as Hive Guard:

Man that's pretty!

The more publicity we can drum up the better!

I don't play Tyranids, but if we can hit the Magic Sweet Spot I'm in for $50 and I'll figure out where to use these awesome figures somewhere!

Yeh i don't actually have a use for these models yet either Alph, they are really nice though, i'm sure i can figure out some sort of Nurgle army with them.


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Edward Fortae wrote:Not sure how many of you would like to see say a set of these in 25mm, 30mm, 40mm, and 50mm? I could do a series but for now thought I'd see how much you like them first. This is a 40mm diameter insert which we will fit into a round lip base first. If it's a hit I'll do a series for all of you as an add on and a few variations some with eggs etc. I am working on one egg base like this now also. I'll post finished pictures later when we add the lip but for now feedback on what you think? Thanks everyone.