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Man, I hope this makes its further up the stretch goals... lots of good stuff. I'll be pledging regardless.

There is a new update. Shows some more dynamic poses of the Grenadiers and some tractor heavy weapon units. Can't link from where I am but check it out.

Hey Everyone,

I completed the CAD for the Weapons tractor with four weapon options. Tractor Base done by Kit from Zinge industries, Weapons by me (Joel). Its an infantry support unit designed to be able to keep up with a squad and operate in enclosed spaces if needed, carrying a range of lethal weaponry.
I will post up more Images tomorrow as well as details about how these can be purchased through the Kickstarter. 

For now I wanted to share this art render I made up, a squad of Grenadiers advancing with two Weapons Tractors. Multi-purpose Missile launcher on the left and Minigun on the right.

Well, I think I just found an awesome replacement for the Ariadna Traktor MUL. Seriously though, those look really neat. The troops look like they'll be fun to paint, too.

Small question I've got, not sure if it's been covered anywhere. Have the base sizes for the miniature been decided yet? Or will that be something to be sorted out during the beta stage?

Like i said on Facebook, i am digging the wall-e vulcan cannon!

I really love the proposed game mechanics, has a lot of potential!

Thanks for posting my update for me guys!

@Nick, good point, its not been covered.

Most infantry troops will be on standard 25mm slotta bases. This is because they are very cheap so I can keep costs as low as possible, and also because casting a resin figure on a slotta bar makes it a lot more durable and easy to attach to a base.

I will be making resin "base accessories" to incorporate into the sprue, so players can have ready made scenic elements to attach.

Larger models will be on 30/40/50mm bases, I'm undecided yet exactly what to use.

@Jehan - I guess after a few hundred years of being a nice guy and cleaning up everyones mess, Wall-E ran out of patience :p


Guys, a lot of people have moved up to the "Vanguard" pledge level, so there are some Early Bird slots available.
These are just £41 for 19 miniatures plus a 36 page full colour booklet of art, background material and short stories.

Cheers,

Joel

Thanks for the heads up. I moved to an Early Bird but increased my pledge for an extra set of the PA troops.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:


@Nick, good point, its not been covered.

Most infantry troops will be on standard 25mm slotta bases. This is because they are very cheap so I can keep costs as low as possible, and also because casting a resin figure on a slotta bar makes it a lot more durable and easy to attach to a base.

I will be making resin "base accessories" to incorporate into the sprue, so players can have ready made scenic elements to attach.

Larger models will be on 30/40/50mm bases, I'm undecided yet exactly what to use.

Makes sense, the base accessories idea sounds good.

 Anvils Hammer wrote:

I guess after a few hundred years of being a nice guy and cleaning up everyones mess, Wall-E ran out of patience :p

He was always an evil genius, he's been recycling the useful material into shells, everything else became baricades

Hi Joel,
I've just had another look at the KS page, and I wonder if the presentation of the pledge rewards might have been done in a way better to encourage people's participation?

What I mean is look at these two - on an intellectual level we know they're the same, but to me (and I presume other highly visual people - and we're talking about a market who pay GW prices to paint toy soldiers here) one definitely seems like a lot more for the money - it's a visceral/emotional reaction, but then Kickstarter is a little like the way people go mad bidding on eBay and spend more than the Buy-it-Now would have cost...

Azazelx -

You are quite right! I guess I wanted to keep it less cluttered but it does detract from the impact having only one of each figure shown. Thanks for your input and for making the example image.

We did this first KS, without the rules and full game system, partly so we could get some experience of the Kick Starter process before launching the full game.

What you've pointed out is one of many lessons learned and I'm sure a few more to learn in the next few days!

I'm currently making up prototype miniatures for the UC and Republic Mechs (as in actual resin!) so tomorrow we will do our final update, and I will adjust the image as you suggest, with resin replacing render where possible.

Fingers crossed we can get a few more backers on board.

Cheers,

Joel

Joel, will you be allowing people to switch out squads at the Assault Team (or any) level?
So could you go Assault Team and get 4 squads of Grenadiers?

I don't see why not. The pledge are designed as a "taster pack" of models for the game, but if people are using the figures for other systems I'm happy to swap out squads for others like you say. So long as the value is equivalent.

"Recon" is fixed, but Assault Team and Vanguard pledgers can swap a unit for a double of another unit, Ill update the KS with the info tomorrow.






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In response to some feedback that the Asymetrical missile launcher looked a bit odd, Ive updated it to feature two missile pods and centralised optics/targeting tower.

You can also see the Autocannon/light artillery varient.

Cheers,

Joel

This gets better and better!

A small suggestion though - or rather an observation - will the autogun on the tractor have the same power-level as the autogun on the UC-suit?
When looking at the muzzle of the two - the UC-suit one looks more powerfull - just a thought

I'm so happy I wen't for the VANGUARD level - cant wait to see the SpecOpsPack models/renders.

The game system sounds very promising - And I'm happy to see you've gone with the 28mm(heroic) scale - I will admit that the Grenadiers, will most likely make a guest apearance, in my IG army as Stormtroopers

Looking forward to seeing resin - keep it up Anvil

Thanks very much!

The Autocannon is actually larger caliber than the Smart Grenade Launcher on the UC suit, so will have more overall power most likely, but the UC launcher will be able to effectively engage a wider range of targets with its more varied payload and advanced targeting systems.


The heavy weapons on the tractors will be marginally more powerful than those mounted on the Republic Mechs, being slightly larger and with more ammunition. But the Mechs are tougher and more mobile so its a trade off.

Scale wise - the typical human in afterlife comes to 31mm tall, matching other games of the same scale, but for the sake of better realism, the legs/arms/heads/weapons will all be a little more realistically proportioned than GW's stuff, They should still be easily usable along side heroic models though.

Ive got the first two AFTERLIFE models assembled on my desk (pre-production prototypes) and I'm rather pleased with them. I have one UC Mech with Smart Grenade Launcher and SMG, and one Republic Mech with An SMG and either Tri-Cannon or Missile launcher.

Ill be posting up a video update on the KS tommorow with the resin prototypes.

Cheers,

Joel

 Anvils Hammer wrote:
I don't see why not. The pledge are designed as a "taster pack" of models for the game, but if people are using the figures for other systems I'm happy to swap out squads for others like you say. So long as the value is equivalent.

"Recon" is fixed, but Assault Team and Vanguard pledgers can swap a unit for a double of another unit, Ill update the KS with the info tomorrow.

Excellent. Pledged for some Grenadiers.

Those revised heavy weapon tractors look quite good!

Just stumbled across this. Sexy.

I love the tracked weapons. You need to sell the tracks separately from the weapons once you get them rolling.

Looking forward to tomorrow and seeing some pricing on those and maybe the squads. I've got a little bit of spare cash I'm going to throw at this just to support Joel who's been awesome for all my bit needs

 Anvils Hammer wrote:


@Jehan - I guess after a few hundred years of being a nice guy and cleaning up everyones mess, Wall-E ran out of patience :p

Maybe should add a Wall-Evil version

Thanks guys!

@hulksmash - yes We will sell the tractor units separately I think they will be popular :p

@Jehan, that would be amazing! With a bandolier of shells and an assault rifle slung over his shoulder.. maybe a chainsaw replacing a hand..
If I knew for certain that Pixars legal team had a sense of humour I would totally go for it!

Joel

Well, Pixar are owned by Disney these days - who are well known for having a relaxed and sensible attitude to IP...

I saw the new video with the prototypes. They look great! I can't wait to get my hands on them.

Well we are coming toward the end now! Just over 48 hours to go and in the last couple of days I've managed to get some resin miniatures ready to show you guys!

I've just updated the Kickstarter page with extra information and photos for the pledges and Add-Ons, and more importantly posted up a video showing the pre-production figures, these are unfinished but a great indicator of the scale and detail level carried across from the CAD renders!

I've made up a pair of UC Exo-Mechs, a pair of Republic Exo-mechs and a pair of Republic Gun Tractors.



Click the Image to go to the KS page and see the video of these figures!

The Assault Team pledge gets you 19 miniatures plus a full colour background art/story booklet, and if we hit a few of our stretch goals in the next few days extra figures will be included for free!

Ill be working over the next week or two to get all the AFTERLIFE figures ready for full production, including the infantry - still waiting on the prints for those guys unfortunately but will have them next week!

Thanks,

Joel

Wow those are some fantastic looking models, I'm really tempted to get in on this but finding a game locally might be a push when the rules come out... so tempted.

 Melcavuk wrote:
Wow those are some fantastic looking models, I'm really tempted to get in on this but finding a game locally might be a push when the rules come out... so tempted.

Go in on it anyway. You know you want some just to paint up.

 Melcavuk wrote:
Wow those are some fantastic looking models, I'm really tempted to get in on this but finding a game locally might be a push when the rules come out... so tempted.

The cool thing is you get two forces when you pledge, also if you back at vanguard you get the chance to beta test and help develope the game plus aload of extra figures really early including a ks exclusive bounty hunter.

Im personally using afterlife along with dz to drag a curious mate into the hobby

Thanks Barzam!

Melcavuk - I totally get that a new skirmish game is going to have initial issues with a small player base. For this reason I'm designing the game so that the volume "starter packs" will ship with models for two factions, and also a majority of the models will be useable in more than one faction list.
Combined with the "learn as you play" missions I'm planning to write up, this means finding a game should hopefully be as easy as finding a willing wargamer and splitting your models with them.