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 legionaires wrote:
 alphaecho wrote:

modelhunter wrote:
Just out of interest, what has happen to the 'regular' release of hard plastic kits? I see the Release Schedule page on WA is out of date and there no updates on the immediate releases (eg WW1 and WW2) let alone anything in the pipeline. The focus has switched to the Damned for May 2024 (BTW they look great and I certainly have put my pledge in).


I believe one of the emails or a reply on social media indicated that there would be a slight pause and reset until the 0200 sets had arrived at retail in all markets.

This was before the The Damned project started though.

They pulled the entire schedule of upcoming releases and in process kits and put everything on Vox Populi. It was supposed to see if there was any kit that they should fast track. But I don't think there was a kit that had that much support. Then the Damned campaign was announced, so I'm hoping after the campaign, WGA will bring the In Process Schedule back.


Vox Populi has replaced having future sets on the Release Schedule page which is focused instead on what is out of stock in each of the three warehouses along with keeping tabs on pre-order sets.

We are moving to "global" releases meaning that when a new set comes out it comes out everywhere (all three of our warehouses: in the US, UK, Australia) on the same day. This has meant making sure new sets will have enough time to get to those warehouses and be in position for the launch (which is why there is no pre-order for WW1 British yet). We're also playing catch up on restocks as we just keep selling out of things so quickly. We're working to up capacity and also planning to produce more of each new set for release to get ahead of that.

The Vox Populi sets are all in the production queue and will all get produced over the next few years or sooner. The voting system is there to let people affect the order of release if they want to. We suspect it won't catch on until the first one moves to the front of the line and people see it actually work. Or it doesn't catch on and we retire the idea. It was worth a shot. We do have some plans on how to expand the area and show off more on the work being done on each set but that content will be a ways off.

We've also been busy in the background because there are several new outsource customers starting up this summer and we had to be ready to handle all that work along with our own releases.

Once The Damned campaign ends you'll start seeing new releases, the first of this outsource work, and a general speeding up of things. The main focus right now is just restocks and making sure all the warehouses are fully stocked up.

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 Wargames Atlantic wrote:
 legionaires wrote:
 alphaecho wrote:

modelhunter wrote:
Just out of interest, what has happen to the 'regular' release of hard plastic kits? I see the Release Schedule page on WA is out of date and there no updates on the immediate releases (eg WW1 and WW2) let alone anything in the pipeline. The focus has switched to the Damned for May 2024 (BTW they look great and I certainly have put my pledge in).


I believe one of the emails or a reply on social media indicated that there would be a slight pause and reset until the 0200 sets had arrived at retail in all markets.

This was before the The Damned project started though.

They pulled the entire schedule of upcoming releases and in process kits and put everything on Vox Populi. It was supposed to see if there was any kit that they should fast track. But I don't think there was a kit that had that much support. Then the Damned campaign was announced, so I'm hoping after the campaign, WGA will bring the In Process Schedule back.


Vox Populi has replaced having future sets on the Release Schedule page which is focused instead on what is out of stock in each of the three warehouses along with keeping tabs on pre-order sets.

We are moving to "global" releases meaning that when a new set comes out it comes out everywhere (all three of our warehouses: in the US, UK, Australia) on the same day. This has meant making sure new sets will have enough time to get to those warehouses and be in position for the launch (which is why there is no pre-order for WW1 British yet). We're also playing catch up on restocks as we just keep selling out of things so quickly. We're working to up capacity and also planning to produce more of each new set for release to get ahead of that.

The Vox Populi sets are all in the production queue and will all get produced over the next few years or sooner. The voting system is there to let people affect the order of release if they want to. We suspect it won't catch on until the first one moves to the front of the line and people see it actually work. Or it doesn't catch on and we retire the idea. It was worth a shot. We do have some plans on how to expand the area and show off more on the work being done on each set but that content will be a ways off.

We've also been busy in the background because there are several new outsource customers starting up this summer and we had to be ready to handle all that work along with our own releases.

Once The Damned campaign ends you'll start seeing new releases, the first of this outsource work, and a general speeding up of things. The main focus right now is just restocks and making sure all the warehouses are fully stocked up.

I knew I was giving the tl:dr so thanks for adding the details. I guess I should clarify what on the schedule I liked. It was the process part of the schedule that listed if a kit was in design, sculpting, re-design, tooling, etc. since it gave an impression of how much longer you might have to wait on a kit if you wanted it for a project. Now I have no clue how long it will be. That has me looking at other companies to finish projects, though I would rather give my money to WGA.

The News and Rumors section is all about surprises. I'd certainly hate it if we got 100 posts saying "I know something you don't know..." - malfred 
   
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We envision Vox Populi being greatly expanded so that when you click on the individual products you'll be able to see the latest sculpts, test shots, painted figs as boxes are prepared, and the like. And with areas for discussion about that particular set especially in the early days of a design so that the community can give ideas and feedback. Maybe someday!
   
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 Wargames Atlantic wrote:
We envision Vox Populi being greatly expanded so that when you click on the individual products you'll be able to see the latest sculpts, test shots, painted figs as boxes are prepared, and the like. And with areas for discussion about that particular set especially in the early days of a design so that the community can give ideas and feedback. Maybe someday!

Would love to see it. I really was afraid that the kit I want to see (Afghan Cav) was going to the back of the line because it had no votes the last time I looked on Vox Populi even though it was announced sometime earlier that kits that did get votes.

The News and Rumors section is all about surprises. I'd certainly hate it if we got 100 posts saying "I know something you don't know..." - malfred 
   
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From the last update

This Damned Campaign continues to surge ahead like a ravening horde of post-apocalyptic Brutes! We have the following milestones in very close reach:

1000 Backers for a Free Sprue of Your Choice for Everyone - just 150 to go!
Free Sprue at $180K - Less than $2K to Go!
Female Infantry Unlock for 800 Shares - it's getting close! (Keep in mind if we hit this the future sets get bumped forward to!)
So keep sharing and promoting the campaign and we can unlock even more hard plastic sets!

The model counts above are based on unlocking rewards up to $300K and picking infantry boxes and sprues. Obviously you'll have fewer total models when you have more heavy weapons, artillery, cavalry, etc. but if you wanted to maximize model count this is what you could do!

To give you an idea of models/sprue for all The Damned kits (and subject to everything fitting in the layout process once we get ready for tooling) we have the following:
Damned Infantry - 6/sprue
Command - 6/sprue
Brutes - 3/sprue
Heavy Weapons Teams - 4 crew/sprue
Hounds/Handlers - 2 handlers and 4 hounds/sprue
Outriders - 3 horses and riders/sprue
Female Infantry - 6/sprue

I'm going to include a link to the campaign here:
https://gamefound.com/projects/mwg--wargames-atlantic/the-damned

   
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Sounds like Command is only 2 sprues per box then, so make sure to fill all your Command needs from the free sprues selector.

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Interesting. The "Gene-edited" sprue that was mentioned... If it does come... WA advised in a comment "Gene-edited are beastmen of various flavors"
   
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 Smokestack wrote:
Interesting. The "Gene-edited" sprue that was mentioned... If it does come... WA advised in a comment "Gene-edited are beastmen of various flavors"


Well we did show you some of the heads from it here already so it kind of gave it away!
   
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Well, the campaign finally reached 180k, and the latest challenge for unlocking female damned is at like 400 or 500 feedback I think?

We're still 13 days left for the end of the campaign, but I did everything to spread the word on all social media, I think. Maybe as a suggestion I'd say to add some flavour for people buying just one box, but all is going good and better than last week, I'd say.
   
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New update.

Thanks for all the shares, posts, likes, and general excitement you created out in the world! The Damned Female Infantry are now Unlocked! Also we just hit $180K so everyone gets another FREE sprue too!

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And on top of that - we've just hit $180K so everyone gets another FREE sprue! AND we've moved all the stretch goals up $10K so we can continue to unlock things faster! The Artillery and then the big vote for either Damned Heavy Infantry, Damned Gene-Edited Beasty Warriors, or the Mutation sprue are the next hard plastic set unlocks but there are LOTS and LOTS of free sprues and other great stuff in the middle.

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Hum, on the "edit pledge" menu female damned don't appear when changing the sprues, should i wait more?

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they're there now on the box sets, (if they still don't show up for you try deleting and re-adding your pledge level)

looks like they've not yet been added to the individual sprue selector

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Garrac wrote:
Hum, on the "edit pledge" menu female damned don't appear when changing the sprues, should i wait more?
Yes.

As for the Friday newsletter, I'm guessing the teaser image is of Death Fields Légion étrangère, French Foreign Legion figures from the same future as the Ooh Rah marines.

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 Ancestral Hamster wrote:
As for the Friday newsletter, I'm guessing the teaser image is of Death Fields Légion étrangère, French Foreign Legion figures from the same future as the Ooh Rah marines.

They armour seems rather close to that of the USCM marines from Aliens, only with added random angled panel lines. So, yeah, definitely sharing design-space with Ohh Rah.

   
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Glad things are moving again

The News and Rumors section is all about surprises. I'd certainly hate it if we got 100 posts saying "I know something you don't know..." - malfred 
   
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New SP
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Regarding the sneak peek:

Panel lines on helmets look weird. Why would you make a helmet in sections? The only way they make sense to me is if it is some kind of camouflage (possibly different materials which look different to IR or RADAR).
Not sure if those are meant to be kepi or just peaked caps which haven't been fully modelled yet. Seems odd to have another set with kepi after the Grognards, but OK.
Chin-straps look good. Collars are an odd choice, but look nice. I like the shoulder-guards a lot better than typical 'grimdark SF' spaulders and pauldrons. Shoulder lamp is a nice detail. Rolled sleeves are cool.
Guns look nice. Got some personal character while being acceptable as generic lasers.
Groin-protectors just seem awkward. Too solid and bulky-looking, IMO. Some horizontal or diagonal ribbing to make them seem flexible (like the soft one on colonial marines rifleman armour) would work better than those odd panel lines.
Trousers and boots are fine.
The greaves (shin-guards) are the real sticking point for me. The knee-plate seems weirdly low. Rather than actually articulating on the knee, it just kind of hangs below it. It looks like there would be no benefit to having it be a separate piece rather than simply extending the greave up (as most classical greaves did). Given the limitations of injection moulding, I'd suggest simplifying them a lot rather than including detail which is going to make them difficult to cast and just looks silly.

   
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Ditto @Perfect Organism.

Three additional points:
1. The caps look very first-draft-ish. They seem poorly sized and lack texture, ie they look like smooth stiff cardboard instead of lived-in cloth.
2. I don’t like the “colonial marines in adult diapers” look.
3. Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t understand the panel lines on the boots.

I don’t want to sound nitpicky. Like Perfect Organism said, there are many positive features to these. The helmeted heads look really good, for example.
   
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The seven female heads above have three really dumb looking screams, three scowls, and 1 neutral expression head which is so far above the other six it's not even funny. Hey, WGA, you know not all cultists have butcher's nails implanted? How about 1 scowl, 1 scream, and the rest in neutral expression or speaking normally? Like the sneak peek just above? People like professional looking soldiers, which these are supposed to be (like cultists in Abnett books), leave drooling and blind rage to cannon fodder militia, pretty please?

Though at least thankfully they don't look 80+ thanks to scars like the dudes, so props for that...
   
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 Irbis wrote:
The seven female heads above have three really dumb looking screams, three scowls, and 1 neutral expression head which is so far above the other six it's not even funny. Hey, WGA, you know not all cultists have butcher's nails implanted? How about 1 scowl, 1 scream, and the rest in neutral expression or speaking normally? Like the sneak peek just above? People like professional looking soldiers, which these are supposed to be (like cultists in Abnett books), leave drooling and blind rage to cannon fodder militia, pretty please?

Though at least thankfully they don't look 80+ thanks to scars like the dudes, so props for that...


That was my first thought as well to many angry scowly faces not enough neutral expressions not looking for happy smiley just somewhere in between.
   
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 Fugazi wrote:

2. I don’t like the “colonial marines in adult diapers” look.

Agreed. this one looks really silly.
   
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 Irbis wrote:
The seven female heads above have three really dumb looking screams, three scowls, and 1 neutral expression head which is so far above the other six it's not even funny. Hey, WGA, you know not all cultists have butcher's nails implanted? How about 1 scowl, 1 scream, and the rest in neutral expression or speaking normally? Like the sneak peek just above? People like professional looking soldiers, which these are supposed to be (like cultists in Abnett books), leave drooling and blind rage to cannon fodder militia, pretty please?

Though at least thankfully they don't look 80+ thanks to scars like the dudes, so props for that...


Have you seen one of our frames? Don't worry about how many heads and different facial expressions you'll get.
   
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I think muting the sculpted eyebrows would help a lot. The goggle head is great though, really love that one. More of that flavor please!

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Wargames Atlantic should listen carefully to what Perfect Organism and Fugazi are saying. Their critiques are spot on, and they're doing you and your future sales a big favor by providing this feedback.

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SoCal

 Shadow Walker wrote:
 Fugazi wrote:

2. I don’t like the “colonial marines in adult diapers” look.

Agreed. this one looks really silly.


I think it’s because the legs are too small and skinny. They’re swimming in that roomy groin armor. And the lower legs look shorter than their forearms, which just adds to the impression of toddler leg syndrome. If they’re going for heroic proportions, I feel like the thighs need to be chunkier and the knee pad slightly higher. If not, the legs need to be bigger and more proportionate to their bodies.


That said, I love all the other design choices.

   
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UK

I agree on the Kepis, but i'm guessing they must be incomplete, they need a badge and maybe piping or similar on top

but i'd happily live with the helmets where the panel lines could represent a cover/different materials/space velcro for holding a cover thats not there etc (and its not as if loads of other scifi representations have similar)

and i read the lower leg armour as something stiff and solid that the knee protection can be attached to without having to worry about having to design something that will move with the joint on legs that will vary a lot person to person


 
   
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I've just seen a Facebook post indicating these will be a future digital Tribes release and that they are non-Death Fields future French Foreign Legion.

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 Irbis wrote:
Hey, WGA, you know not all cultists have butcher's nails implanted? People like professional looking soldiers, which these are supposed to be (like cultists in Abnett books), leave drooling and blind rage to cannon fodder militia, pretty please?

Both the Damned and 40k Chaos Cultists are absolutely meant to be demented fanatics.
The Blood Pact, for example, are notable for being about as disciplined as Chaos forces get, but they are still horrifically savage compared to normal people. They cut symbols into their own faces, wear body parts as decoration, have little regard for their own wellbeing, and no mercy for their enemies. They literally worship a god of rage and bloodshed, who offers them only more violence and brutality as a 'reward' for their worship. Again, that's as good as it gets for chaos forces; most of them are much worse.
The Damned background says they started as an apocalyptic cult and degenerated into a much worse bunch of freaks and mutants trapped on a decaying space station, waging constant war on each other rather than working together to save their habitat. Their equipment is battered and barely serviceable, much of it giving the impression of being recovered from the corpses of previous owners. Rather than repair their armour, they apparently prefer to weld spikes to it. Their guns seem to be quite literally held together with duct tape. They use crude melee weapons. They don't give a damn if their machine guns spit hot brass at their groins. Ritualistic self-mutilation is evidently in fashion with them. These aren't calculating, disciplined soldiers. They are very much a rag-tag group of maniacs.
So I think it is actually fairly reasonable if most of them are shown as being pretty crazy looking. If anything, the female heads look rather restrained. Most of them have hair and haven't even carved their faces up yet.

   
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besides, if you want a more regimented and not-psychotic chaos cult, you have a bunch of other WGA army styles to pick from.
   
 
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