Rivet Wars Kickstarter - CMON New Miniatures RTS Inspired Board Game (Funded!)

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**Bacms**

Hopefully I will be able to afford this one since I had to cancel my KD for lack of funds. I am still trying to hear from my funding to see if I will get my fees reimbursed or not. If not seems it is going to be another one I am going to miss.

**RiTides**

Two of my good friends are pledging for this- it seems I got everyone Else addicted to Kickstarter before letting off the gas myself

**Mad4Minis**

This does look epically awesome. However Im absolutley broke and have far too much waiting to be built and painted already. Maybe Ill get in on it down the road through normal retail sales.

**squall018**

So I was hanging out in the KS forum for this and there are some cool links on there to some other sculpts for what may turn out to be stretch goals. There is a sniper and a guy with what kind of looks like a flame thrower. Also an upright tank. Pretty need stuff.

**Aeneades**

The upright tank (they are called Vert Tanks in Rivet Wars) has been heavily hinted to be a stretch goal or addon for the kickstarter campaign so I think we will be seeing it announced in the next week or so.

**H.B.M.C.**

They've got to get to the next stretch goal first.

I know, I know. Early days...

**cincydooley**

Well gak. Here goes this thing:

RW-KS-Goals-180k by wittdooley, on Flickr

RW-KS-Goals-190k by wittdooley, on Flickr

RW-KS-Additional-Jetpacker-15 by wittdooley, on Flickr

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Also...I didn't know a better way to upload these images, but let me know if someone else does!

**PsychoticStorm**

I guess Ill do the update then

Shhh... it's a secret...
Update #6 · Jan. 09, 2013 · 2 comments
How about two super secret characters for Blitzkreig?

Babygirl
At a young age babygirl demonstrated amazing powers of concentration and mental toughness. For this reason she was brought into the Court of Assassins where she was trained to be a warrior and killer. Today she is one of the most deadly assassins on the face of Rivet. Her fierce combat skills are only matched by her beauty.

The Man In Charge
Some men are born to follow and some are born to lead. The Colonel, as everyone refers to him, is definitely the man in charge. When he walks into a room one can feel his presence. And the gaze of his eye is always scrutinizing his men, looking for any flaw, any weakness. When charging into battle, this is the man you want in charge!

These two super secret characters can be used by either side and will be added to each Blitzkreig level pledge!

Two help us unlock these secret characters, perhaps you may be interested in....

.

Get additional tanks for your forces! Build an all armor force today! TANK SHOCK, BABY!

The Jetpacker!

For Professor Winston Nurfle planes and zeppelins always seemed much too large. Instead he felt that each man, woman and child should have their own flying propulsion unit. Finally Nurfle stumbled up the perfect mixture of explosive chemicals to provide thrust for his jet pack. But now with the wars consuming most research and development Nurfle has donned his prototype pack and gotten into the fight! He has vowed to prove the combat effectiveness of his invention!

To get optional items: Just add the appropriate amount to your pledge. We'll sort it out after the Kickstarter ends with our pledge manager.

Well not entirely thrilled with the special characters and both seem to be allied affiliated, the Jetpacker is a more logical option and homage, still no reason to compalin for them.

**squall018**

Just saw this go up. I'm quite the fan. And already the pledge amounts are climbing as fast as they have since the first day, so thats even better. Huzzah!!!

**Schmapdi**

$15 for a single rivet character seems kinda really pricey to me.

Especially as the big tanks are $20.

I have to say, I'd rather have original character designs too than just making everything some movie/comic book reference.

**H.B.M.C.**

The Rocketeer is so cute. I've added him.

Don't want any additional tanks at this stage.

**Azazelx**

Wow! It didn't take long to get onto the expensive "homage" add-on figures this time.

**spiralingcadaver**

Schmapdi wrote:
$15 for a single rivet character seems kinda really pricey to me.

Especially as the big tanks are $20.

I have to say, I'd rather have original character designs too than just making everything some movie/comic book reference.

I think they saw the ones on KD and realized that they could get more than the older (SW/Zombiecide) prices.

Personally, I think this is kind of cool looking, but not amazing, and KD/SW/Through the Breach have kind of killed my gaming budget...

**DaveC**

Hmmm I can't say I'm happy about the $15 price tag it looks like KD:M has set a new pricing trend for add on miniatures in that case probably worth it here I'd rather they'd stayed at $10.

**Hulksmash**

Aren't the pin-ups in KD larger models though?

Either way I wouldn't put down $15 for one of these. But I would have on the Sedition Wars ones based on quality. It'll really depend.

**H.B.M.C.**

scipio.au wrote:
Wow! It didn't take long to get onto the expensive "homage" add-on figures this time.

Quick! Withdraw your pledge!

**Azazelx**

Nah. I'll leave it until the end and then work out if I'm getting $165 worth of boardgame. Which is to be fair, a lot of boardgame for them to have to live up to, so I may very well end up withdrawing it at the end on that basis alone.

That's something I kinda like about this campaign actually. While I am likely to paint the models, they're sufficiently different enough in their aesthetic from traditional wargame miniatures to make my brain see them as pretty cool boardgame pieces rather than as miniatures. This makes it really easy for me to pass on the add-ons without needing to be a completionist or even thinking "that model looks SO cool, I MUST have it." Or to put it another way, I'm more interested in the game than the models. I guess that obliges me to watch that 45min video at some stage.

TBH, I think wheeling out a little chibi Rocketeer for $15 this early in the game is rather cynical on their part. As Schmapdi said, it's almost the same price as the tanks.. Luckily I don't really care this time around.

I do think they're going to see more C&D for this sort of thing as they keep using them though. Didn't 2 of Zombicide's add-on homage figures get pinged?

**spiralingcadaver**

scipio.au wrote:
TBH, I think wheeling out a little chibi Rocketeer for $15 this early in the game is rather cynical on their part. As Schmapdi said, it's almost the same price as the tanks.. Luckily I don't really care this time around.

Yeah, it does make CMoN look a bit greedy...

I do think they're going to see more C&D for this sort of thing as they keep using them though. Didn't 2 of Zombicide's add-on homage figures get pinged?

Given Disney's track record regarding IP (harsh, to put it generously) and that Disney owns the Rocketeer and Marvel (with Nick Fury), they might be stepping on some bigger toes, there...

**Azazelx**

Does Disney own The Rocketeer (film rights aside)? I thought Dave Stevens still owned it? Luckily(!) for CMON, Dave Stevens is dead..

**Aeneades**

scipio.au wrote:
Wow! It didn't take long to get onto the expensive "homage" add-on figures this time.

You mean the "expensive" homage figures that are free? The $15 is for if you want duplicates, all blitz level pledges and up get one of each for free.

I can't believe that people complain when they give extra free minis as stretch goals between the already existing stretch goals.

**Cyporiean**

Aeneades wrote:
scipio.au wrote:
Wow! It didn't take long to get onto the expensive "homage" add-on figures this time.

You mean the "expensive" homage figures that are free? The $15 is for if you want duplicates, all blitz level pledges and up get one of each for free.

I can't believe that people complain when they give extra free minis as stretch goals between the already existing stretch goals.

It doesn't say that in the update, it lists the Rocketeer as a $15 addon.

**DaveC**

The Jetpacker (Rocketeer) is a $15 add on it's not free with any level the other 2 are though so you'll get them at Blitzkrieg level whether you add more money or not.

**Schmapdi**

Hulksmash wrote:
Aren't the pin-ups in KD larger models though?

Either way I wouldn't put down $15 for one of these. But I would have on the Sedition Wars ones based on quality. It'll really depend.

Agree - $15 for a KD pinup was a little on the pricey side (for plastic) - but those were also 35mm (so a little on the big side) and very finely sculpted. (Though I still balked).

I love the Rivet Wars style (similarly - I love Super Dungeon Explore too) but you're not going to get me to believe that the Rivet Wars figures aren't a hell of a lot faster/easier to sculpt/render than a traditional highly detailed mini.

Hell, for $15 I can get a highly detailed metal mini from any number of companies. For plastic, and paying 6+ months in advance - they need to be cheaper.

Similarly - during the Relic Knights campaign (also a CMON product) the single figure add-ons were $10. That was all of November.

**Aeneades**

DaveC wrote:
The Jetpacker (Rocketeer) is a $15 add on it's not free with any level the other 2 are though so you'll get them at Blitzkrieg level whether you add more money or not.

Yeah, my bad on that one. I didn't count the rocketman as a homage as he fits into the rivet wars universe very nicely without feeling like a homage (although I know he is).

**Alpharius**

Aeneades wrote:
DaveC wrote:
The Jetpacker (Rocketeer) is a $15 add on it's not free with any level the other 2 are though so you'll get them at Blitzkrieg level whether you add more money or not.

Yeah, my bad on that one. I didn't count the rocketman as a homage as he fits into the rivet wars universe very nicely without feeling like a homage (although I know he is).

Apology accepted!

$15 for an add-on Rivet Wars sized figure is a bit much though.

And I love the Rocketeer too... but at that price, he's easy to pass on.

I think...

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Remember the two Penny Arcade homage minis in Relic Knights were $15 each

(admittedly these later got stretched to include a smaller 'cyper' mini, but initially it was $15 for a single)

**Aeneades**

I think they are $15 as we may receive a plug version as a later stretch goal although not sure why rocketman would get in a tank (although makes sense for the other two).

**cincydooley**

I love them.

I'm going to pester them for an Allied unit of Aldo Raine & the Basterds.

**Dentry**

$175k hit.

Next goal up:

Edit: Presumably both Babygirl and The Man In Charge will be unlocked by $190k.

Followed by:

**H.B.M.C.**

Excellent - not-Patton and not-Rommel!