Relic Knights Kickstarter from Soda Pop - The Ongoing Update Thread!

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**English Assassin**

I'm most impressed that Relic Knights did so well; good job all! Now the girlfriend just has to decide which four factions she actually wants...

**Alpharius**

English Assassin wrote:
I'm most impressed that Relic Knights did so well; good job all! Now the girlfriend just has to decide which four factions she actually wants...

Ah, that old chestnut - "I bought them for my girlfriend!"

Sure, sure... we believe you...

**English Assassin**

Alpharius wrote:
English Assassin wrote:
I'm most impressed that Relic Knights did so well; good job all! Now the girlfriend just has to decide which four factions she actually wants...

Ah, that old chestnut - "I bought them for my girlfriend!"

Sure, sure... we believe you...

It's... mainly true. Call it 50/50...

**Empchild**

The wife told me to buy the plushies for her, but really they're for me

... that's a lie my dogs will get them :(.

**Makaleth**

Is there an updated calculator for this with all of the details... I think I want to add a Saviour to my pledge later... just need to check.

**Azazelx**

Pledge manager will be some time away yet...

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

From reading the KS comments Soda Pop hope to get the basic KS survey (NOT the pledge manager) out either Sunday (24/9) or Monday (24/9)

My guess it's probably a day or two more away, but should land this week

(remember this data will just be used to populate the pledge manager when that eventually arrives)

**Alpharius**

(both dates listed are the same!)

I didn't see this in my e-mail inbox - did anyone else?

**Dentry**

Nothing here either. I'm sure they'll post an update on KS once the emails are underway.

Relic Knights Kickstarter wrote:Day 14+ - We send out surveys through Kickstarter

We'll send a survey out asking for all your info. At this time, you don't need to be super accurate. The purpose of this survey is so that we have a rough idea how much stuff we need to make, and for you to give us some information about yourself and your pledge so we can seed our database. You can specify more rewards here if you wish, but nothing is charged at this stage.

Surveys can only be saved once (Kickstarter limitation) and cannot be modified after 10 minutes.

Please try to complete your survey within 2 weeks of receiving the notification, we will be ignoring anything else input into the survey after that.

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Sorry Guys

Now I think I'm going crazy as I'm sure I read it on the KS comments feed but I can't find it

Maybe I was dreaming ?

(We'll get an email anyway, but I thought I was posting news, not ?????)

Edit: I knew I'd read it, the preliminary survey did pop out either very late Monday 24/9 or very early Tuesday 25/9

go me

**Dentry**

New Update!

Soda Pop Miniatures wrote:Surveys - a little different this time

We'll be sending out surveys shortly, but this time they'll be a little different. For our previous projects, we asked you for EVERYTHING in the survey, including your address. Due to the long time period between the initial survey and shipment, a significant number of our backers either

Moved and forgot to tell us, or
Never used our Kickstarter Pledge Manager (CKPM), but asked for more stuff on the survey than their pledge level provided for (so we couldn't ship) or
Never used the CKPM and didn't pay for shipping in the initial pledge (so we couldn't ship)
In addition, some backers were irritated at having to enter their information once and then having to confirm it at a later date.

So, lessons learnt - we'll only be asking for super long lead time items on this survey that we need to know as soon as possible and leave the rest to the CKPM.

What we'll be asking for in the survey:

A monitored email address - if the address you use in Kickstarter isn't one you regularly check. This email address, if different, will only be used for stuff related to your pledge. For our sanity, please be aware that Hotmail randomly eats CKPM emails, letting some through and binning others. if this is your only email address, a good work around is to setup a Gmail address and forward it to Hotmail, and whitelist your Gmail address.
If you are a $10 to $50 pledger, whether you want to upgrade to Savior.
If you are $90 or above pledger, how many Saviors, Double Saviors and GTGEA you want.
How many Cola Plushies you'd like (so we can estimate production qty)
How many Candy Plushies you'd like (so we can estimate production qty)
We won't be asking for your
Address or
Ask you to calculate your pledge
That will all be taken care of by the CKPM when it is released in November (estimated, may be later). At that time you will have the opportunity to configure the pledge as you like based on how much you pledged (and any early bird discounts), as well as top up whatever you're missing.

Hopefully, this will cut down some of the confusion, since you'll only ever give us your address once, at the time you need to confirm your pledge content.

Also, Kickstarter surveys, once saved, cannot be edited after 10 minutes. Since we're not asking for a lot of info this time, please make sure your email address is correct, at the very minimum.

**Alpharius**

Yeah, that won't confuse anyone...!

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

I'm confused....

I just hope the eventual CKPM automatically suggests the cheapest way to get the stuff you want, rather than making you do it yourself

**Dentry**

It's not too hard to figure out.

What went out today is a Survey. The survey asks you a few questions.

What's your email? (This is probably the most important thing on the survey.)
How many Savior, Double Savior, or GGEA are you getting?

None of your answers in this Survey are binding. It's strictly for Soda Pop Miniatures and CoolMiniOrNot to get an estimate of what they're gonna have to manufacture to ship in May.

The CoolMiniOrNot Kickstarter Pledge Manager (CKPM) which will be out sometime in November (maybe) is where you actually 'place your order' so to speak. When you use the Pledge Manager you tell them exactly what you want and pay any extra costs not covered by your kickstarter pledge.

Also, Orlando, it might help if you use the pledge calculator (unofficial) or post what you're trying to get so others can double check it for you if you want.

**Makaleth**

I highly doubt that they will work out the best way to organise the pledge to get the best value, you'll have to do that yourself.

There are just too many variables already to add that on top of it (not hard... but if they stuff that up I don't even want to think of what will happen). I have up'ed my GGTTA to a GGTA + Savior as it works out very good (end up with 5 teams, heaps of extra's and a book).

**devilution**

Does anyone have any news on the pledge manager n stuff?

**cerealkiller195**

i know a month? or so back they sent an email to get a rough head count on the shirt and plushies. Think as they get closer to the date they will send them out maybe even kick in a few surprises

**Buzzsaw**

My my, it seems that C'MON has been eating their Wheaties!

Calico Kate - plastic!
Update #57 · Oct. 25, 2012 · 3 comments

We're hard at work here at Relic Knights HQ and new sculpts and art have started making their way to us. They're looking so awesome that we naturally had to share with our loyal backers. First up we have one that we know many of you were curious about when we said we'd be reworking her for plastic, Calico Kate!

As you can see, she boasts a number of refinements from her first sculpt. Including newly bulked up legs and arms to better withstand the constant use of gameplay. Plus a great new battle pose! This is just the first of the updates that we'll be releasing over the next several months as we march towards release date next year. Stay tuned for more!

**Alpharius**

An update!

I'll take it!

Good to see communications escaping the CMON bunker again!

Sedition Wars got an update too...

Good day all around, with nice looking preview sculpts for all!

**Wehrkind**

That's an awesome looking sculpt! Damn, I am suddenly jealous and wanting a redundant Kate!

Who am I kidding? You can never have too many busty pirate girls.

**lucasbuffalo**

All my yes. Can't wait!

**Empchild**

May won't come soon enough :(.

**Makaleth**

I was pondering whether to get all 6 factions... no more need for pondering!

**Dentry**

Makaleth wrote:
I was pondering whether to get all 6 factions... no more need for pondering!

This update has definitely increased the likelihood of Space Corsairs ending up one my factions. I'll need to see more models to make an informed decision. /wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

A tit-bit from yesterdays KS comments

Creator CoolMiniOrNot 1 day ago

Quick update: The pledge manager is ready and will probably go live Monday after we get the tutorial screencap recorded, since it's a little more complicated due to the trade ins.

so get your wallets ready (and a few maths geniuses to help you calculate the best way to get what you want)

**Schmapdi**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
A tit-bit from yesterdays KS comments

Creator CoolMiniOrNot 1 day ago

Quick update: The pledge manager is ready and will probably go live Monday after we get the tutorial screencap recorded, since it's a little more complicated due to the trade ins.

so get your wallets ready (and a few maths geniuses to help you calculate the best way to get what you want)

I had really hoped we would see more progress updates between early Sept. and now :/

Oh well, just sticking with my original pledge then.

**DaveC**

Just logged into my CKPM and all the Relic Knights stuff is there ready to be completed but I'm not going to submit it until they send the official email

Just had a quick mess around with it it's straight forward enough to use there's just lot of options to get through and everything seems to total up at the end. Keep an eye on the credit total to ensure you use all your credit up.

**Alpharius**

I just went in for a quick look too, and nothing seemed to be working yet - I wasn't able to add anything in, or trade anything in for credit either.

Still, it isn't live yet, so there's time, clearly!

EDIT

OK, it looks like it IS working - just took me a bit to figure out.

This might be confusing for some - hope the screenshot tutorial turns out great!

Also, I had to find the big list of everything to help me remember just what it is I was after!

**DaveC**

Yeah I was confused a first myself but to make it work you have to pick your pledge levels on the choice pledges screen first then hit add and it should work from there if you don't add a pledge level first you won't be able to do anything else

**Alpharius**

DaveC - that's what was causing me problems at the start!

Have to make sure everyone picks their pledge and hits "Add" or else nothing "works".

Other than that, it is actually pretty straight forward - a well down pledge manager that simplifies what was promising to be a complex 'check out'!

I'd forgotten about some of the cool "bosses" like "Cordelia Clean" and the "Void Herald"!