Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

Ramshackle Games has just launched a new Kickstarter project, the Brothers of Iron. Its to make soldiers and an armoured transport for them. The stretch goals are to do support and heavy weapons teams.

The project is only running for 2 weeks, until the 6th of August, so please check it out.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/179741323/brothers-of-iron

Pledged for 20 troopers and 3 transports.

Now Im just waiting for WIPs...

The Threadtitle is a lie!
The announcement is on page 4

WIsh you all the best luck for this one as well!

I think you should/could some bigger pledgelevels like
"Squadron of 3 Resin Transporters for 45 instead of 48."
Or something like that.

"Get a full army!
Pledge 200 and get a 10$ discount on any items of your choice."

Curtis can we have more steampunk arachnoid walkers please, it's what you are best at.

Some suggestions:

Steampunk beetle walker APC
Steampunk scorpion walker tank
Steampunk mantis walker tank

Lets internetise this


DO NOT WANT!!



MOAR!!

 Banesword wrote:
Pledged for 20 troopers and 3 transports.

Now Im just waiting for WIPs...

Well, it's at £434 right now, so looks like it should be funded shortly.

Though I agree, some WIPs would be really nice to see in the near future.

prankster wrote:

 Banesword wrote:
Pledged for 20 troopers and 3 transports.

Now Im just waiting for WIPs...

Well, it's at £434 right now, so looks like it should be funded shortly.

Though I agree, some WIPs would be really nice to see in the near future.

Agreed, I'm tempted by the APC but it'll be nice to know what it's going to look like first, even a concept art with sense of scale would do.

I will get some images up over the next week as I finish up the models.

Cool I'm interested in that APC..

Funded! Congrats, Curtis. If I had more disposable income I'd hop on board, especially since I have yet to buy anything from you and I like a lot of what you've done.

I just want to say a big thank you for the main difference between this Kickstarter and the last one.

I don't have to dig through your catalogue and figure out which miniatures I want. I can just get a pre-selected bundle (in this case 10s of the new infantry).

The last Kickstarter should have had something like Rulebook + Expansion + Starter Force with an add on for a second starter force. And not one where I have to figure out what would make a good starting force knowing very little about your game. Put perhaps a choice of three or four faction sets *you* have picked.

Perhaps you may want to add a pledge level for a rules PDF for using this with your game -- or offer a free PDF as a bonus. You also might want to consider making an opposing force from your existing catalogue and offering that as an add-on.

Definitely NOT "please go through my catalogue and pick miniatures" but an actual thought out selection of figures that would give a good game. I did not participate in your last Kickstarter because with the expansion unseen, I couldn't make an informed decision about what miniatures to choose. I have since taken the time to order some figures and I love them, but it was totally a missed opportunity last time.

 bbb wrote:
Funded! Congrats, Curtis. If I had more disposable income I'd hop on board, especially since I have yet to buy anything from you and I like a lot of what you've done.

Well its funded now so they will be available from october onwards.

As for frozenwastes, I already do a package that comes with 3 gangs, rules, dice and counters.....

http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=243

Cool starter. Was that as an option in the last kickstarter? And what about a single player starter so if people wanted particular factions, they could pick two they liked?

This Kickstarter is *so* much better than the last one in that it has a definitive focus, but you're still missing out on leveraging your existing product base.

You are very, very likely going to hit the 1500 stretch goal very soon and it'll be time for an update. So why not also take the opportunity to add a few more add-ons based on your existing product line? Like make a squad of 10 Cyborg Clan (or whatever) for £18 just like your "pick 10" deal but *without* asking your backers to design the squad themselves. You already have a promotional Trixie, so what about offering that as an add-on for £4 or so? Perhaps there are a variety of other single figures that would make great add ons at £3 a piece and would fit thematically with the Brothers of Iron.

How will the Brothers of Iron compare in size to the Trooper Fire Support squad? They might be another great candidate for add-ons from your current product line.

You also don't have to discount any further than your current "pick 10" and "pick 5" promotions. They are a great deal.

Totally agree with frozenwastes. CURSE YOUR PERFECT POST FROZENWASTES.

"Compare your lives to mine and then kill yourselves!"
-- Bender


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Broke through £1778 as I typed my Bender quote.

I wonder if there's a £2000 stretch goal in the works.

Apparently not. £2,028. No update.

I share the interest in the APCs. But I'd like at least a more technical/scale drawing before pledging. The sketch makes an interesting mix of Mk1 Rhino/Chimera.

I have got some images up of the Rhebok APC in resin. Pleas enote that the model will come with a choice of guns.

As for extras, this project is already going to take alot of work, so I cant add too much more. I was thinking of offering an alternative back section for the Rhebok thats is a fuel/chemical tank, so you can make it into a flame tank.

Like it looks super clean and bulky

You'll get some money from me for sure.

That's a nice looking tank, I think I'm in

Ah btw... will you make a "flat" turret? Like the ... Rhino has?

I'm in for a tank.

A couple of random not-entirely-related questions:

When it's time for shipping, can I combine it with an order from the shop, or is that too much logistical nightmare?

Is there any trailer available that fits with the truck?

Hi Herzlos,

As the project has met its funding then it will be going ahead. these models will appear in the shop after the project has finished.

However, Im happy to pack orders from the shop with senting out rewards. Just make sure you let me know! If you tell me in the survey that goes out at the end of the project AND put a note when ordering from the shop, then I will not forget!

As for the trailer, Im afraid I dont make any. Sorry.

Excellent, thanks

Man that tank is lovely.

Now I have to decide if I want to add more stuff to my "unpainted Ramshackle" box.

WOW!

Can anyone say Adeptus Arbites Repressor?!!!

I'm in...

The Rhebok APC is a thing of beauty. What a great looking vehicle kit.

Now that looks brutal!

Any chance of us seeing the master model?

Love that tank.

That tank looks awesome and has resulted in my pledging, A suggestion I have for something I would like to see is perhaps something akin to a bulldozer blade for the front? I think it would really suit the shape/profile of the vehicle...

Cheers all the same, lovely looking model!

RoninXiC wrote:
Ah btw... will you make a "flat" turret? Like the ... Rhino has?

Agreed, I really like everything about it... except the turret!

I also am a little concerned about cast quality. I bought 15 of the drilling machinel models from Ramshackle, and while they suit my purposes just fine, the cast quality and resin used is about the worst I've encountered.

Could you comment on that, Curtis? The tank model shown is so clean and crisp, that I feel like it must be a master, not a normal cast. Is that correct, and if so, will a normal cast maintain the same crisp detail?

If it will... I think you need to do the same for your drilling machines one day