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Nice, an extra treeman is pretty relevant to the Encounters lineup.

Good to see that pledges are shipping.Any idea which Country the pledge in the picture was?
The extra box of three miniatures looks great.

I've had my shipping notice here in the UK (Tuesday delivery provisionally)

Still waiting on mine - no rush.

The assembly manuals are available now

https://archon-studio.com/downloads/manuals

Nice the flag on the Goblin hut is separate I thought I might have to carve that off the other 2 I ordered.

Was there more info about the pledge levels, etc? Found this:

"Plenty is no plague - 400+ models in the campaign
You’ve never seen something like this before! Over 400 miniatures will be available in Archon Studio's upcoming campaign! And not just any kind - no PVC, but the quality and detail are already known to some. Today, however, let's focus on the campaign's content.

Epic conflict of three factions

In the world of Deuslair (or at least in the part we explore) we have three different main factions at our disposal:

(Humans with dark pacts, demihumans, chaos)

Buy what you want - four pledges, four themed add-ons, and over a dozen optional ones!

The whole campaign will be divided into four pledges. In addition to a large number of new models (including the big ones!), Archon Studio's bestsellers from previous campaigns will also be available (a dozen or so optional extras in total!). Pay attention to the hashtags! #new #bestiary

https://archon-studio.com/blog/plenty-is-no-plague-400-models-in-the-campaign

 ced1106 wrote:
Was there more info about the pledge levels, etc?

Just this so far, 4 pledge levels the 2 higher pledges include legacy minis and there is also 4 separate themed add on sets.

First 48 hour miniature revealed and it’s Owlbears

"Early bird" is an owlbear, that's hilarious.

With them having moving to doing things through Gamefound, I've lost track of where things are. Is the forest/swamp stuff shipping yet?

yes it's shipping right now

AMA #16 - 24th February

- Encounters Shipping
2350 parcels shipped (45%) to date
Expecting mats next week, shortage of large packing material is slowing down larger orders.

- Archon online store shipping rates to be reviewed options for free shipping above a certain amount.

- Neoprene mats looking at doing something in house for future projects, shipping might be an issue, might cost more.

- Deuslair (D&L 5)
Preview page in March - week 1 (not necessarily first week of March) show first pledge level and accept feedback. Week 2 2nd pledge level, week 3 3rd pledge level and so on. KS goes live end of 4th week.
Multipart minis - Bodies - variants will be mirrored so 2 bodies (just mirrored) and have additional add on detail pieces for more variation. Multiple weapon/arms/heads.
Mini count - if a graphic says you get x4 of a particular mini that counts as 4 minis (out of the 400+) even if there are parts to build more variants, you only get 4 bodies so it counts as 4. Animated graphics on KS page will show all variants.
More Dragons as SG. Rat dragon, Mimic (tree) dragon mentioned.
Mimics
Basilisk
Owlbear Family on 50mm base
Purple worm is on 50mm base

- MoTU wave 5
release 22nd April
gameplay rules 2 v2 (pdf version for free)
2 boxes (MOTU & EW) - 3 minis each
wave 6 being worked on


GW Vampire mini is a bad choice for scale comparison as they are large even by GW standards.

The worm looks nice, the rest is meh. And yeah, out of all GW minis they decided to show that one...

Hmmm. That scale picture isn't really allaying my concerns. The Reaper one is much more paintable for someone at my level with slightly exaggerated features like the head and hands.

I probably just need to plan on all the humans being a loss.

I'm liking they're roughly reaper/wizkids size but more truescale.

<snip>
- MoTU wave 5
release 22nd April
gameplay rules 2 v2 (pdf version for free)
2 boxes (MOTU & EW) - 3 minis each
wave 6 being worked on
<snip>

Dave, any word on what characters are in the wave?

 skrulnik wrote:
<snip>
- MoTU wave 5
release 22nd April
gameplay rules 2 v2 (pdf version for free)
2 boxes (MOTU & EW) - 3 minis each
wave 6 being worked on
<snip>

Dave, any word on what characters are in the wave?

They only showed Fisto and Webstor no word on the other 4.

 Shadow Walker wrote:
The worm looks nice, the rest is meh. And yeah, out of all GW minis they decided to show that one...

I'm not familiar w this figure... is it super big/small or something?

 DaveC wrote:

 skrulnik wrote:
<snip>
- MoTU wave 5
release 22nd April
gameplay rules 2 v2 (pdf version for free)
2 boxes (MOTU & EW) - 3 minis each
wave 6 being worked on
<snip>

Dave, any word on what characters are in the wave?

They only showed Fisto and Webstor no word one the other 4.

Thank You!

 Bossk_Hogg wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
The worm looks nice, the rest is meh. And yeah, out of all GW minis they decided to show that one...

I'm not familiar w this figure... is it super big/small or something?

He a big boy...
Centre in silver

Woo! Multipart! I'm too much into WYSIWYG miniatures, so can get some mini's with weapons that match the stats. Good to see weapon variants, then, although range vs. melee is the most common stat block difference. Looks like the variants are for bodies we'd get multiples of. Multipart is a great addition when you have monsters of the same race but different equipment.

Anyway, in USA and got my FedEx notice a few days ago!

 Vain wrote:

 Bossk_Hogg wrote:

 Shadow Walker wrote:
The worm looks nice, the rest is meh. And yeah, out of all GW minis they decided to show that one...

I'm not familiar w this figure... is it super big/small or something?

He a big boy...
Centre in silver

Spoiler:

Thanks! Yeah, that is a puzzling choice.

Yay, got my shipping notice yesterday! Package weight: 6,8kg, that's a lot of plastic, I'm gonna be busy for a long time.

My box arrived yesterday, and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the Deuslair freebie box...I may have to watch the upcoming project more closely.

And the Land of Giants terrain pack is awesome. Exactly what I had hoped for as dual duty for Kingdom Death and AOS.

You guys mentioning you got your pledges made me go back to check what I had pledged for. Turns out I'd never paid the shipping.
Whoops....

Now that's rectified!

Nice looking minis for sure. I've been buying D&D/Pathfinder prepaints recently and the return to the older smaller scale is really evident for me now. I went to the FLGS for the first time this weekend since the pandemic started and I was shocked to see the scale of some figs like the Conquest ones. Highlord's videos obviously show the scale well but it's totally different when you see it in person (especially the Conquest cavalry!). Alternatively, I also saw the Horizon Zero Dawn boardgame and its true 25mm hero figs looked positively tiny and reminded me of old Ral Partha figs I'd buy roughly 30 years ago in terms of size... or at least I think they did given the little detail I could make out on them without my dollar store magnifying glasses I use for painting now!

KS launches 11th April

I'm getting a bit excited to see what they include, but I'm still working my way through all the stuff I got from the Woodhaven KS .. if I were sane I would sit this one out but I have a hard time turning down a bargain

Got my Encounters (well, the first pledge of two). Really nice stuff but scale is a bit all over the place again. Gypsy wagon's draught horse is practically GW scale megachonker, most NPCs are the slim 28mm like Woodhaven, the druid is slim 35mm that would look the most at home in Zombicide or similar.

And of course there's the "buildings" that have an interior floor space of about one square metre, not even for one person to lie down.

Game Kastle has three of the D&L Dragons at 40% off. Free shipping at $99. SF Bay Area chain of retail stores.
https://www.gamekastle.com/online/index.php?m=list&c=&v=&t=specials&psearch=&filters=v:1243,disc:45,&ref=gkn&utm_source=The+Game+Kastle+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d23aa5651f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_13_10_48_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_97280412d8-d23aa5651f-111385621&mc_cid=d23aa5651f&mc_eid=05947d0401

Browse through their Discount section. Here's the 75%+ off section! Fallout and Maulifaux spotted!
https://www.gamekastle.com/online/index.php?&m=list&t=specials&filters=disc:85,&len=90&sort=name

Whelp, mine showed up.

Put everything aside other than the Tarrasque, working now on getting it painted. It's freakin' awesome, can't believe it was a free stretch goal.

AMA 10th March

- MoTU: Fields of Eternia should clear customs and arrive in the warehouse on Monday
- Encounters shipping expecting to finish by 30th of March, Mats are in but large boxes are still proving difficult to source.
- D&L 5 50 SG planned
- Orcs are classic "pig" orc design
- HOMM Pledge manager might be pushed to June due to shipping cost quotes
- No price rises on D&L 5 KS but expect next KS to rise in price due to inflation/plastic costs.
- Skirmish game planned for D&L minis at some future point.
- No plans to expand the tree designs - yet
- MoTU wave 6 preview see pic
- D&L 5 preview 14th March - first 2 pledge levels plus some add ons.
- New scale pic added (Jarek's been reading the thread )
- Ice Elementals concepted
- Super SG - Disciples of Chaos boss - acknowledged KDM influence.
- Proving a lot more difficult to get Sci-fi concepts than fantasy - a lot of stuff ends up 40K influenced but they want their own style.
- expected turn around on KS is 8 to 12 months the faster they deliver the less overheads and more money they make on it.
- the 9 month delay on MoTU FoE means Archon lost money on the project.