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Sigh... only a few days left to finish up, and so many great options...

I was hoping to see a render of the Female Troopers before the manager closed, but perhaps it's for the best... if they look as good as I'm suspecting, my poor wallet may never recover!

Has anyone been able to create a new account on the pledge manager since they opened it up to new backers?

They are paid, ski2060, but people need to finalize what they're expecting to get for that money, and compare it to the total they paid. If it's not right, they need to add funds, etc...

It took me forever to remember what I ordered (although the extra accessory sprue for you ski was the first thing I put in)


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 Buzzsaw wrote:
Sigh... only a few days left to finish up, and so many great options...

I was hoping to see a render of the Female Troopers before the manager closed, but perhaps it's for the best... if they look as good as I'm suspecting, my poor wallet may never recover!

I doubt we'll see that, as it seems he's scrambling to finalize the accessory sprue contents, for instance- and that's phase 1. With the black widows being phase 3, I expect their renders to come later.

Something to look forward to, at least!

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Two comments from Mark on the KS page for this update:


So I guess it depends on how quickly the factory makes the stuff, and perhaps how long the shipment sits in Customs once it gets here. A quick Google search says it takes about two weeks for a cargo ship to cross the Pacific. I wonder how many sprues the equipment can make per hour?

I work in injection molding, so let me throw an estimate. Lets say these are on a sprue about the size of GW infantry sprues...Id expect a cycle time of 30 seconds or less, so 2 sprues per minute, 120 per hour, etc. In other words, they will crank them out fast once it gets to the molding stage.


Could even be as low as 10-15 seconds per cycle depending on the size of the machine and how well the machine/process is dialed in.

 Lansirill wrote:
Has anyone been able to create a new account on the pledge manager since they opened it up to new backers?

I was able to set up an account following the instruction on the site.

Tim

 Mad4Minis wrote:

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Two comments from Mark on the KS page for this update:


So I guess it depends on how quickly the factory makes the stuff, and perhaps how long the shipment sits in Customs once it gets here. A quick Google search says it takes about two weeks for a cargo ship to cross the Pacific. I wonder how many sprues the equipment can make per hour?

I work in injection molding, so let me throw an estimate. Lets say these are on a sprue about the size of GW infantry sprues...Id expect a cycle time of 30 seconds or less, so 2 sprues per minute, 120 per hour, etc. In other words, they will crank them out fast once it gets to the molding stage.


Could even be as low as 10-15 seconds per cycle depending on the size of the machine and how well the machine/process is dialed in.

Plus the safety margins can be pretty low. China and all.

Nov 1 needs to hurry up and get here so I don't find a way to buy more stuff

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:

 Mad4Minis wrote:

 Tannhauser42 wrote:
Two comments from Mark on the KS page for this update:


So I guess it depends on how quickly the factory makes the stuff, and perhaps how long the shipment sits in Customs once it gets here. A quick Google search says it takes about two weeks for a cargo ship to cross the Pacific. I wonder how many sprues the equipment can make per hour?

I work in injection molding, so let me throw an estimate. Lets say these are on a sprue about the size of GW infantry sprues...Id expect a cycle time of 30 seconds or less, so 2 sprues per minute, 120 per hour, etc. In other words, they will crank them out fast once it gets to the molding stage.


Could even be as low as 10-15 seconds per cycle depending on the size of the machine and how well the machine/process is dialed in.

Plus the safety margins can be pretty low. China and all.

not really much workplace safety involved in the speed of those machines; these things run automated once set up (and have done so since, what? the eighties?) and having to throw some raw material bits into the hopper every few minutes doesn't involve anything which slows down or speeds up the casting process.

not even if impurities, say a stray worker or an embarassing witness, were to fall in?

Interesting. I'll have to remember that...

....some of those hoppers might have a sufficiently large opening to fit a head through, but certainly not someones shoulders. Not even a really puny Chinese dude

...I'll shut up now

You know you need another update from Mark when the conversation goes this way...

 Commander Cain wrote:
You know you need another update from Mark when the conversation goes this way...

Maybe Mark has narrow shoulders.

Why, yes. I do believe Mark should inform us whether WGF's PS hoppers could potentially swallow a tiny Chinese sweatshop-employee whole.

...inquiring minds want to know!

@KM I know the feeling. Im so tempted to start another account and use paypal to buy a pair of leviathans of each type and size. I need more money!!!!

Actually I am not having much luck getting their log in to work after getting my account activated.

8x5 Heavy Assault Troopers and 2x5 Heavy Support Troopers.

Count as Grey Knights here we come.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
not even if impurities, say a stray worker or an embarassing witness, were to fall in?

Interesting. I'll have to remember that...

Unless the safety gates have been removed, and/or the interlocks bypassed, stray large objects really cant get into the mold area without deliberate effort. Very small material contamination is possible. Even in China I would doubt that the interlocks would be bypassed, with the cost of molds you dont want large foreign objects getting in there and damaging the mold itself. On a funny note, the son of the guy who owns the company I work for just left for China for 6 weeks to learn to process the machines. We are partners with a company over there, and I gather their processors are top notch.


* processing an injection mold machine is the term for setting up and adjusting the programming (or manual settings on older machines) to make the molding process work right. They ansure there are no shorts, warp, sink, etc...as well as diagnosing/fixing problems with the machines, setting cycle times, etc.


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Bolognesus wrote:
....some of those hoppers might have a sufficiently large opening to fit a head through, but certainly not someones shoulders. Not even a really puny Chinese dude

...I'll shut up now

We have several machines that are large enough to stand inside the mold area, with the molds weighing several thousand pounds. I think our largest machines are rated at 1000 tons clamp hold pressure, IIRC.

The ones that really suck run materail melt temps around 720 degrees (F) with hot oil keeping the mold temps around 400 degrees. Luckily there arent a lot of parts that run material that hot, just the parts we make for firefighters sensor pods. However, if you accidentally touch the mold while removing the parts...you are burned instantly.

 Ghiest1 wrote:
Actually I am not having much luck getting their log in to work after getting my account activated.

Are other's who signed up after the KS working?

 RiTides wrote:

 Ghiest1 wrote:
Actually I am not having much luck getting their log in to work after getting my account activated.

Are other's who signed up after the KS working?

I'm not. Even tried signing up a second email in case that was the problem, but no luck.

 RiTides wrote:

 Ghiest1 wrote:
Actually I am not having much luck getting their log in to work after getting my account activated.

Are other's who signed up after the KS working?

I was successful at logging in and placing a pledge (#849).

Once you get a approval email, you should be able to log in and click on the different phases to order.

tim

Ok, I solved the money issue (as much as money issues can be solved). I've plugged in all the things I wanted, hit "ship when complete", and found I had enough spare pledge left over to get another box of Heavy Troopers.

So my total was only AUD$2.99 higher than what I pledged, so I can live with that.

How dare you make us feel bad by showing us you can manage your finances so well?

For those looking to convert your leviathans into Titans, I guess the decorative panels on the new Wall o'dead Cadians can be used to spruce it up. If you have 200$ to spare, that is.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
How dare you make us feel bad by showing us you can manage your finances so well?

For those looking to convert your leviathans into Titans, I guess the decorative panels on the new Wall o'dead Cadians can be used to spruce it up. If you have 200$ to spare, that is.

I actually like the "slick" look myself. I like to pretend not everything has to be High Gothic art/baroque in this bloody millenium XD

Yeah, that's why I'm putting capacitor coolers instead of the smokestacks on mine (nice that there's an option!). I'm sick of gothic... there are so many other looks to be had!

AlexHolker wrote:@NoseGoblin: The Kickstarter exclusives should, at a minimum, not be exclusive to this Kickstarter. To be blunt, it is absurd to make the feral Shadokesh model only available to people who bought non-Shadokesh models a year or more before the Shadokesh army exists.

Only those particular sculpts are exclusive to this kickstarter. There's nothing stopping Mark from releasing new – and, if the evolution of the Eisenkern is any indication, better – sculpts when the Shadokesh kickstarter comes around.

That said, Mark, it might be an idea to restrict future kickstarter exclusives to the kickstarter AND conventions. Still a pain in the ass to obtain outside the kickstarter, just not impossible. Oh, and before I forget again, you absolutely need to start putting 'WIP' on your WIP images – and possibly the DFG logo and/or an URL too – because for many of them we just can't tell otherwise. Not an issue for those of us following these threads but for those who just see a random image out in the wild...

Mark Mondragon wrote:This will allow me to use the same sprue set up as the 10 man rifle squad.

You...were...bu...wha...*ow*

 Cyb3rw0lf wrote:
I was just wishing last night I had paid more attention to this KS when I saw the APC! Any dimensions out for that monster?

Keilerkopf = 2.25" H x 3.25" W x 7.25" L
Landraider = 2.50" H x 3.75" W x 7.25" L
Monster is right!

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Okay, my turn: Does the 15mm Mortis come with the Leviathan's arm and leg armour? I know it was discussed previously, but my search-fu is weak.

 RiTides wrote:
Yeah, that's why I'm putting capacitor coolers instead of the smokestacks on mine (nice that there's an option!). I'm sick of gothic... there are so many other looks to be had!

Whilst I am not as sick of gothic as most people, I do think the capacitor coolers look better than the smokestacks (and they fit my idea of Knights better). I'm only getting 15mm Crusaders (2 of those, and 1 Mortis) - none of the big ones - so the left over smoke stacks should be the right size for CoD buildings.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
For those looking to convert your leviathans into Titans, I guess the decorative panels on the new Wall o'dead Cadians can be used to spruce it up. If you have 200$ to spare, that is.

Why are there dead Cadian all over my titan? How did they even get up here?

 Construct wrote:

 Cyb3rw0lf wrote:
I was just wishing last night I had paid more attention to this KS when I saw the APC! Any dimensions out for that monster?

Keilerkopf = 2.25" H x 3.25" W x 7.25" L
Landraider = 2.50" H x 3.75" W x 7.25" L
Monster is right!

The only big thing about it is the 251 nose. Otherwise it would be no larger than a Rhino.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Why are there dead Cadian all over my titan? How did they even get up here?

*scrub* *scrubscrub* *scrubSCRUBSCRUBSCRUB* Dammit, I just had this thing valeted!

 AlexHolker wrote:

 Construct wrote:

 Cyb3rw0lf wrote:
I was just wishing last night I had paid more attention to this KS when I saw the APC! Any dimensions out for that monster?

Keilerkopf = 2.25" H x 3.25" W x 7.25" L
Landraider = 2.50" H x 3.75" W x 7.25" L
Monster is right!

The only big thing about it is the 251 nose. Otherwise it would be no larger than a Rhino.

Rhino = 2.00" H x 3.00" W x 4.75" L

Even if you went in for maximum rhinoplasty and chopped it off flat in front of the windscreen – removing the middle wheels and moving the front wheels and side doors immediately in front of the rear wheels – it would still be slightly larger than a Rhino. That nose isn't as oversize as all those three-quarter shots make it look.



Edit: Random question, but does anyone know what's up with the weird kink in the submachine gun stocks? I thought it was length adjustment at first but but they look fully-extended in what would have to be the fully-collapsed position so that can't be it.

I actually like the long look, these things are awesome APCs.

 RiTides wrote:
Yeah, that's why I'm putting capacitor coolers instead of the smokestacks on mine (nice that there's an option!). I'm sick of gothic... there are so many other looks to be had!

I agree completely.


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 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
I actually like the long look, these things are awesome APCs.

Agreed. When they hit general sale Ill be buying 2...one APC and one with the big gun.