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UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
I think the only reason the response was so quick and in the backers favour was due to some backers starting to camp the xenoshyft comment section. They managed a speedy Saturday u-turn and then tried to flood the comments if the front page of xenoshyft with some PR announcements. They still haven't announced why the parcels with furthest to travel where packed last.

It wasn't a mistake, they thought they could get away with it and then panicked when they thought it might hurt their live kickstarter.

Stay classy Europe. Don't you have soccer to watch :-P

It's pretty simple. CMoN isn't packing them.

At least this means I didn't have to actually camp that early bird pledge for xenoshyft all the way till the end

 cincydooley wrote:

UNCLEBADTOUCH wrote:
I think the only reason the response was so quick and in the backers favour was due to some backers starting to camp the xenoshyft comment section. They managed a speedy Saturday u-turn and then tried to flood the comments if the front page of xenoshyft with some PR announcements. They still haven't announced why the parcels with furthest to travel where packed last.

It wasn't a mistake, they thought they could get away with it and then panicked when they thought it might hurt their live kickstarter.

Stay classy Europe. Don't you have soccer to watch :-P

It's pretty simple. CMoN isn't packing them.

One can't crawl beneath the belly of a snake, except maybe for the French ;-)

In other news I have my tracking info. Should be here Monday or Tuesday.

Still nothing for me!

And since they said they're going in order from largest to smallest order size, wow!

You guys spent more than I did?!?!?

Well, they said they had two teams, one on small, one large. They may have pulled the large order team for the foul up on the inserts. I haven't got mine either, and I ordered 1 of everything short of the plushies and sde models.

OK then, I guess all of you guys ordered LESS than I did - and that turned out to be a very smart move...

...for you!

I probably ordered slightly less, but I still got 4 complete factions, various other sundries, and all of the bonus figures. I think it was probably just random happenstance...

Unless that is, in fact, for this KS a small order.....

I orderd little but CMON tracking info always arrives after the package, so there's every chance mine is on it's way.

 Alpharius wrote:
Still nothing for me!

And since they said they're going in order from largest to smallest order size, wow!

You guys spent more than I did?!?!?

or they just don't like you

 Alpharius wrote:
Still nothing for me!

And since they said they're going in order from largest to smallest order size, wow!

You guys spent more than I did?!?!?

Keep an eye out for your mail carrier. As I stated in an earlier post, my tracking number email arrived only three hours before the package itself.
I also only got my main box and not my battlemat tube.

Was everything being sent USPS? UPS? FedEX?

Was sure it was UPS.

 Dentry wrote:
Was everything being sent USPS? UPS? FedEX?

Was sure it was UPS.

Fedex for me.

 Piston Honda wrote:
Are the mold lines just as bad to clean up with your typical PVC/restic minis?

With a knife they feel about the same. The plastic is very dense but maybe not as rubbery as the stuff PP uses. I'll try a file on a piece or two and get back to you. I'll get you some photos of the best and worst mold lines along with some of the smallest parts (which turned out very good for pvc).

A little follow-up on this subject: I used a file on a boost marker model and it worked rather well. The plastic did not get those annoying fuzzies like many PP minis do when you file them. The formula for RK minis seems to be a different formula from what Privateer Press uses bcause they are much less rubbery.
I feel like this information might be relevant to hat "restic knights" thread but they seem awfully dismissive of anything that goes against the opinions they have already formed.

 Dais wrote:

 Piston Honda wrote:
Are the mold lines just as bad to clean up with your typical PVC/restic minis?

With a knife they feel about the same. The plastic is very dense but maybe not as rubbery as the stuff PP uses. I'll try a file on a piece or two and get back to you. I'll get you some photos of the best and worst mold lines along with some of the smallest parts (which turned out very good for pvc).

A little follow-up on this subject: I used a file on a boost marker model and it worked rather well. The plastic did not get those annoying fuzzies like many PP minis do when you file them. The formula for RK minis seems to be a different formula from what Privateer Press uses bcause they are much less rubbery.
I feel like this information might be relevant to hat "restic knights" thread but they seem awfully dismissive of anything that goes against the opinions they have already formed.

Or instead of some sort of Hive Mind they're a collection of individuals with some similar opinions?(it's also a sort of joke/funny thread) Using a file on them sounds like useful information to me. Would help with cleanup quite a bit. I've gotten "fuzzies" on models before as well, and it can be infuriating.

Sinful Hero is a bit closer to the truth than Dais - I think.

And hope!

 Alpharius wrote:
OK then, I guess all of you guys ordered LESS than I did - and that turned out to be a very smart move...

...for you!

I ordered roughly $500 worth of stuff.

Everything shipped FedEx Smart Post.

I hate smart post. It is never actually smart. Hah

 cincydooley wrote:
I hate smart post. It is never actually smart. Hah

It can be odd...

Initially my delivery time was 6/19, then 6/17, then 6/16, then 6/14 then it showed up out of the blue and unscheduled on the 13th...

I've gotten a chance to go through some more of it, the stuff is mostly better then I was expecting. There is an auction coming up at my FLGS this weekend, I might try and sell off two of my factions though.

I will eagerly be keeping my eyes peeled for deals since I missed this one and didn't know CMON was taking late backers at the time.

Looking forward to the people who were so fed up with CMON and their pledges they want to let this stuff go for Mantic level prices!

I dropped $370 and no shipping info yet. :(

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I will eagerly be keeping my eyes peeled for deals since I missed this one and didn't know CMON was taking late backers at the time.

Looking forward to the people who were so fed up with CMON and their pledges they want to let this stuff go for Mantic level prices!

There is some of it already on ebay.

Honestly though, I can't see this stuff reselling for as little as Mantic. While it's not GW quality models it's definatly better then most of the stuff mantic puts out.

I suppose that's at least a bit of good news...

Found this review on the RK kS

Model quality: I have mixed feelings about this. The sculpts are clean, and work very well given that they're going for more delicate, non-chunky proportions. Most of them mimic the art well, and there details are generally pretty crisp. However, expect to do a lot - and I mean a lot - of cleaning. The mold lines aren't a shocker, and are about comparable with a lot of other products, but the number and amount of sprue connections to clean up is frustrating. Many models have major sprue connections that feed directly into joints, making it almost impossible to clean off the excess plastic without impacting the fit. Many of these connect to very small pieces on the model, so you have major connections (One-shot's left shoulder joint is particularly egregious) that are smaller than the sprue joint you're trying to cut off them. They also have a lot of thick joins linked to very thin bits, like the drinking-straw thick piece that joined to the bottom of Leopold Magnus' cape in the middle of a fold.
I like the minis, and still plan on trying to soldier through to get them on the table, but it's going to take hours of cleanup before even a single faction is ready to prime.

So in other words, just like Sedition Wars, they take forever to clean and you will up with bleeding thumbs :(

That's kind of the news I was dreading...

Thank the God-Emperor of Mankind my favorite part of the hobby is building! I guess I'll have plenty to look forward to...

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Thank the God-Emperor of Mankind my favorite part of the hobby is building! I guess I'll have plenty to look forward to...

I know you said this tongue in cheek , but I actually didn't mind cleaning my sedition wars minis that much.

I don't think I'll get over the fact that cincy loves his Sedition Wars stuff as much as he does!

 Alpharius wrote:
I don't think I'll get over the fact that cincy loves his Sedition Wars stuff as much as he does!

But it did come with awesome bases.

My friend has been using my game board for his star wars minis, so there is that.

 Alpharius wrote:
I don't think I'll get over the fact that cincy loves his Sedition Wars stuff as much as he does!

Haha, it's not "love" them persay as "am not as angry as others." I think the design is nice, and the ones I've painted painted up really well.

There are problems, and the mould lines were there, but they just weren't as bothersome as some of the other PVC I've worked with.

 Sinful Hero wrote:
Thank the God-Emperor of Mankind my favorite part of the hobby is building! I guess I'll have plenty to look forward to...

Modeling is definitely my favorite part of the hobby but there are limits.