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 Azazelx wrote:

ced1106 wrote:

Did the yanks get the shaft as well? CMON's charging $24 for shipping for its KS now. No idea when I'll kick the habit.

I believe the bigger issues were related to add-ons - specifically their shipping being radically more than it had any right to be based on even courier options. Squig posted some specific info on it.

That turned out to be a backer kit issue as it totals the individual postage of addons up, but when you checkout it drops down to the correct price. Which If I remember correctly was only slightly more than previous KS.

Squig also mentioned that a few posts later as well. Guess Azazel missed that

 Azazelx wrote:

ced1106 wrote:

Did the yanks get the shaft as well? CMON's charging $24 for shipping for its KS now. No idea when I'll kick the habit.

I believe the bigger issues were related to add-ons - specifically their shipping being radically more than it had any right to be based on even courier options. Squig posted some specific info on it.

That was due to you needing to actually get to the end of the pledge manager when it confirmed your address. Mine went from $40 down to like $15 after inputting the final ship-to address.

Will there be EB?

KS runs to May 14th.

EBs it's been asked but no response yet. On $60 seems unlikely CMON dropped EBs for Rising Sun and Mantic have a habit of observing then following.

Edit limited pledge level for all 3 crates

Mantic Games Hi Dru - we've got a limited pledge for three Crates but we've made sure there are plenty available so everyone should have an opportunity to grab one.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/terraincrate-plastic-affordable-fantasy-terrain/description

Live and backed.

Hmmm they bumped the single crate to $75 it's only $60 each if you get the limited 3 crate pledge level. Might be interested in the Dungeon set see how it goes.

In for 3. My kids'll love it.

I love having tons of scenery all over the place.

Pricey, but hopefully those stretch goals make it worth it.

Or we see the usual desperate middle of the campaign "throw tons of crap at backers to really entice them."

 DaveC wrote:
Hmmm they bumped the single crate to $75 it's only $60 each if you get the limited 3 crate pledge level.

So exactly like I said.

There's a new thread for Terrain Crate now

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/724424.page

Previously unreleased Twilight kin knights to be released as Abyssal Horsemen.

Courtesy of http://blog.untilsomebodylosesaneye.net/2017/05/thundering-out-of-abyss.html





I'm not particularly impressed sadly, but i'd say they're at least serviceable. If they're not too expensive, they might be something worst considering.

Nice to see those guys actually get released, they've been around for years just never came out because the army they were made for didn't happen

like them
not the best, but there are not many evil/dark riders around

I've got a squad of them from the first Kickstarter and it never occured to me to use them, even though I had been looking for good options for Abyssal Horsemen.

Sining wrote:
Squig also mentioned that a few posts later as well. Guess Azazel missed that

Indeed I did. I'm not following Mantic too closely these days, but if it was backerkit and not Mantic - and he add-on postage worked out tp be sane then that's clearly a good thing for all involved - both backers and Mantic itself.

 Zywus wrote:
Previously unreleased Twilight kin knights to be released as Abyssal Horsemen.

Courtesy of http://blog.untilsomebodylosesaneye.net/2017/05/thundering-out-of-abyss.html

Spoiler:

I'm not particularly impressed sadly, but i'd say they're at least serviceable. If they're not too expensive, they might be something worst considering.

I really hope the figures are from their older days.. The soft details on what should be gorgeous crisp armor makes it look like someone left them in the oven or something. I would definitely look at swapping the arms for maybe Wraiths or something and get some of those awesome heads from Puppetswar (the horned skulls or the flaming ones.. or a few others). Solid concept though.. and yeah.. not nearly enough of those types on the market... which should be a crime considering how iconic the dark rider archetype is.

I believe they're from the first KoW kickstarter. The one where they went head-first into Restic production. (and given some of the Pre-KS restic stuff that they had such as the Undead Horsemen and the Wights, it wasn't a terrible idea. More a decent idea executed badly (in terms of the factory, poor QC by both the factory and Mantic and a bit too much "good enough".

So yeah, quite a few years old now. Their current stuff is generally much better in terms of casting. Though the sculpts on these are still solid, and better than some of their current stuff.

Have these been posted yet?


Salamanders


Possible steel behomoth

Salamanders are certainly up my alley.

That steel behemoth is interesting. Too bad my sky dwarf airships have basically filled that position for me.

If they made the Salamander Tyrant some type of monster infantry, I'll buying the heck out of them. I have never fielded Kroxigor for how ugly they are, but the Salamander models of Mantic are pretty sweet.

 Galas wrote:
If they made the Salamander Tyrant some type of monster infantry ...

They're Monstrous Infantry in the game And the designs look great - helps that they look a lot like the basic Salamanders Mantic have already made (IMO one of their best kits)

- Salvage

Kroxigors are one of those outdated sculpts that if anyone, literally any company came in with a nicely sculpted and priced alternative, a killing could be made.

Especially in plastic. I'm going to guess those Tyrants are going to be metal or resin though. I can wish for plastic though!

I have no idea why nobody has ever really gone for a modern version. Those suckers are sooooooo outdated!

Here's hoping for affordable Tyrants, they look great. Not so much the Steel Behemoth. That's some goofy gak right there.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Kroxigors are one of those outdated sculpts that if anyone, literally any company came in with a nicely sculpted and priced alternative, a killing could be made.

Especially in plastic. I'm going to guess those Tyrants are going to be metal or resin though. I can wish for plastic though!

I have no idea why nobody has ever really gone for a modern version. Those suckers are sooooooo outdated!

That's the one model (IIRC) that Chapterhouse got spanked on.. Granted, doing a Lizard version of a rat ogre shouldn't be that hard to steer away from IP.. but thought I would point it out.

EDIT:
HOLY CRAP.. the art for the lizards is awesome (I hadn't seen that when I typed the above).

Steel Behemoth still looks way too early in concept to make much out of it... unless.. is the weird 80s cartoon vehicle underneath it meant to be what they landed on off of that concept art? That.. is.. uh.. anyone have more info? My head hurts trying to figure out how they got from A to B on that..

I've not been taken by the salamanders manic have released so far, but those not Kroxigors look promising. A nice resin kit would have my interest. I just hope they don't all have flaming weapons as that wouldn't fit in with my lizardmen.

Salamanders are making me drool.

I'm still miffed that GW Resculpted the Kroxigors and they still look like gak. I got me some Not-Kroxigors from a caster over seas, but these would be much more easily attained.... here's hoping for plastic.

 Tamereth wrote:
I've not been taken by the salamanders manic have released so far, but those not Kroxigors look promising. A nice resin kit would have my interest. I just hope they don't all have flaming weapons as that wouldn't fit in with my lizardmen.

That screenshot is of the Ghekkotah Clutch Warden hero from the supper campaign.

It was clarified on the Mantic forum that this lizardy guy -



- is in fact a Placoderm Defender for Trident Realms! As well as pretty great looking.

ETA for Tyrants is end of 2017, the heroes are resin and hit in a couple of months. Would be very interested in a plastic / resin kit of Placoderms like that lad!

- Salvage

Doesn't look much like an armoured fish tho.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
Doesn't look much like an armoured fish tho.

I think they're going for a bit of a Sahuagin look.. (which I very much approve of)