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I figured I would post a few shots for those who hate clicking links

Fantastic!

I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to your Ruleset and the other factions - you and your team/partners are doing absolutely amazing stuff here!

Wow...great looking stuff.

 Alpharius wrote:
Fantastic!

I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to your Ruleset and the other factions - you and your team/partners are doing absolutely amazing stuff here!

I have to tip my hat in a BIG way to the WGF crew. Can you imagine if they were not as skilled as they are. Yes, I design the look of the models but without their skillful execution of the designs, DreamForge would see an early grave. Its a very big deal that they do what they do as well as they do it Seeing the finished plastic allows me a HUGE sigh of relief, knowing that they can faithfully produce what I give them is simply amazing when you think that none of these were designed for this process... the engineering side needs to be as strong or stronger than the initial design for it all to work.

The game is still a point of angst for me, another very large project that will succeed or fail based on the skill and insight of all those involved including the customers that participate in the development group. I will need to cross that bridge once the KS backers have been taken care of.

Yeah mark, I think they really stepped things up, I was among those that were "ho hum" about chosing WGF but they've really come through, big time.
Now i'm sad I didnt get a heavy weapons squad :(

Wow!
I guess having good designers is half the battle. The HW figs above are so far ahead of the WGF greatcoat troopers HW squad that it's like a different company from a different decade!

Really impressive stuff, easily on par with the plastic kits of any other high-end wargames company.

NoseGoblin, are you considering selling these models directly to stores once the KS rewards are out, or through a distributor?

I have a FLGS that I think would be VERY interested (they stock lots of Mantic, for instance, and are always looking for new sci-fi lines). I can send you their info or vice versa if it'd be appropriate.

But maybe you're going to go through a distributor instead of direct to stores, in which case nevermind

Can't wait to get my hands on these things

I forgot the HW squads were first wave, twice as excited now! They look fabulous, glad I ordered 9 teams of the guys.

While patience is not one my virtues usually, WGF has done an amazing job. Mark is downplaying his own role in the fabulous designs a bit, but he's right to give a shout-out the engineering guys at WGF for a top-notch job. I was hesitant to commit the sum of money I did to this project but thus far I appear to be in line to be amply rewarded.

Now that mature, rational thought has been indulged, we return to the 10-year-old mentality: GIMME MAH SHIP DATE!

January sometime. Probably...

Ye gods, after seeing the pics of the support weapons...
Mark, how much would it cost to have you fly out to China, pick up my stuff, and then personally deliver it to my door by the end of the week?

Given how awesome everything is turning out, I'm betting there's a lot of people out there who wished they'd joined in.

I almost can't blame them though, as many projects fall down during the 3D Render to Actual Model transition.

Having said that, if you choose to Kickstart the next expansion or faction, I suspect you'll do even better than you did this time!

 Alpharius wrote:
Given how awesome everything is turning out, I'm betting there's a lot of people out there who wished they'd joined in.

The polite thing would be to not rub it in....jerk.
I'm taking solace in the nerd hipster cred of having supported Mark's first Kickstarter. On quiet nights I can hear my metal Eisenkern's desperate screams from inside a plastic bag, in a drawer, in my basement.

 Alpharius wrote:
Given how awesome everything is turning out, I'm betting there's a lot of people out there who wished they'd joined in.

I almost can't blame them though, as many projects fall down during the 3D Render to Actual Model transition.

Having said that, if you choose to Kickstart the next expansion or faction, I suspect you'll do even better than you did this time!

I might kick in when we get to the Space Soviets, till then I'm just going to keep buying as many more Eisenkern troops and the like as I can afford.

Damn, I wish I had money to invest in some of these kickstarters and this one would be the one! These troopers looks fantastic! So sad I was unable to put some in, now I have to wait and possibly pay more for retail versions of these fantastic models...

Oops on a side note, any test shots from Ada yet?

I have to admit I'm extremely excited about that particular model...

The black widows period, personally. They're wave 3 so I know it'll be a while, but them chicks have got me all turned on.

Those AT guns on the HW sets... pure beauty.

I'm wondering how much the Black Widows will retail for, as a viable plastic alternative to SoB. Oh wait, they'd be the ONLY plastic alternative.

 plastictrees wrote:

I'm taking solace in the nerd hipster cred of having supported Mark's first Kickstarter. On quiet nights I can hear my metal Eisenkern's desperate screams from inside a plastic bag, in a drawer, in my basement.

Wow, I think that's the best post I've read all year . Bravo

Yup, I'm in the camp of "I should have bought this"

When can we expect some painted pics?

Wargames Factory has been churning out some fantastic kits recently - the War of Spanish Succession Artillery and the last few Samurai releases are all ridiculously high quality.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
The black widows period, personally. They're wave 3 so I know it'll be a while, but them chicks have got me all turned on.

Those AT guns on the HW sets... pure beauty.

I'm wondering how much the Black Widows will retail for, as a viable plastic alternative to SoB. Oh wait, they'd be the ONLY plastic alternative.

The heavy weapons look great just like everything else. I just don't think they were thought out all that well. The shells for the cannon are small, so shouldn't it be magazine fed or fed from an auto loader. I could see manually loading large shells, but those are not so large. The mortar, again, while cool looking doesn't make sense to me, why mag feed a mortar from the top(unless it shoots all three at the same time....which I suppose it could)? It just seams very weird to me. Same with the quad HMG, its being fed from standard ammo hoppers, the crew is going to have to work hard to keep it fed.

I think the design and execution of the miniatures themselves is great. I just don't think enough thought goes into the weapons, I don't like the weapons that the basic troops come with either. Your choice of either SMG or HMG with nothing in between, its too long to be an assault rifle which is what stormtroopers should have.

Maybe the fluff will justify what is going on here, but to me some minor flaws in otherwise brilliant models. I guess when I see something this good, I want it to actually be perfect.

Not trying to nit pick, love the guys and I have 60 of them on the way.

I should've pledged ;(

RoninXiC wrote:
I should've pledged ;(

The "win a Leviathan" Giveaway is still taking applications.. (I think?)

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=274262576015498&id=170122359762854

 plastictrees wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Given how awesome everything is turning out, I'm betting there's a lot of people out there who wished they'd joined in.

The polite thing would be to not rub it in....jerk.
I'm taking solace in the nerd hipster cred of having supported Mark's first Kickstarter. On quiet nights I can hear my metal Eisenkern's desperate screams from inside a plastic bag, in a drawer, in my basement.

I'm not bragging - I swear!

I only got in on the 'just after the fact' option Mark graciously opened up!

Next time though, I'm in for sure!

It's amazing what a jump he was able to make from the metal kickstarter to the plastic (I think at least 40 times higher total, from 5K to 205K!). Both in terms of funds raised and the quality and number of sculpts he is having made. It's really exciting

 Andrew1975 wrote:

If the crew is cycling ammo types or has to pack each load like an arty peice, magazine fed doesn't make sense
the quadmg42 mount has been in service in one way or another for about 60 years now, the drums are not standard magazines like you claim
the triple mortor thing, is weird

These are looking fantastic across the board! I am really excited and hope the ruleset matches the quality of the minis!

The triple mortar looks to be a cartridge that's fired in a manner similar to a Thudd gun. Three shots from a variety of angles negates cover better than a single round, but puts the same amount of steel in the air. Combined with a single-shot option for when that's more appropriate, it would seem to be a very versatile piece.

 Grundz wrote:

 Andrew1975 wrote:

If the crew is cycling ammo types or has to pack each load like an arty peice, magazine fed doesn't make sense
the quadmg42 mount has been in service in one way or another for about 60 years now, the drums are not standard magazines like you claim
the triple mortor thing, is weird

Yep, nail on the head... The Triple mortar actually makes the most sense to me All the rounds stay in the magazine and are released down the barrel one at a time or all at once. If you look at the support arm you will see the servo on each axis. There is a guy in the rear with a fire control computer. He stets the dispersion pattern and fire rate for all three shots. This would give an amazing amount of control. (within the limits of the units accuracy)

speaking of the computer, whats the expected pose with those things? is he holding the laptop in one hand and typing with the other with it propped against his waist or what? Not nitpicking since I'm sure its less awkward for a power armored monster to do, but man, sounds awkward to attempt, lol.

I'm thinking I'm going to fold mine together and make little tablet pc's out of the command squad ones