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 edlowe wrote:
Just started assembly of my 1st landing pad, didn't realise how huge it's going to be. Pics when done

Looking forward to seeing that!

Ended up making a small landing pad, if I was to go bigger id end up using a ton of sprues. No problems so far with the clips, I've had to take bits apart a few time to get the right construction. I'd recommend a blunt cocktail stick if they get stuck, saying that its only happen on a couple.

Not too sure how the stairs work but heres what I've come up with, sorry for the blurry pics!

Well folks, Fedex tells me I have a 14 lb. box due to arrive from Mantic on Tuesday. I am excited. Now I can go on a spending hiatus for the next.... year?

Very nice Ed, that looks great - and suitably large! Easy enough to assemble? Connectors work well?

 Barzam wrote:
Well folks, Fedex tells me I have a 14 lb. box due to arrive from Mantic on Tuesday. I am excited. Now I can go on a spending hiatus for the next.... year?

I just got mine as well, though obviously with the laughable dates mentioned earlier. IIRC from the video, it just means they've printed your label, as there's something coming in Wednesday that they want before they start shipping.

FedEx tells me I have a 40lb box coming though... Even 18 kilos doesn't make it sound much better...

Really, really wish I'd gone for more scenery. As well as what's in the game I've got 1 extra core battlezone and a landing pad. I know I'm going to run out of bits when trying to make stuff though, and having those fortification 'bulkheads' to snap in to make any structure look more fortified would be great. I also don't mind the gun, I think it's the stand that makes it look a little toy like, that painted black would probably improve the look a lot.

What's that you say? DZ tiles on the Mars Attacks KS? Hmm... you win, Mantic. Though I suppose the question is, what will ship first? Mars Attacks or the second wave of Deadzone?

 Yonan wrote:
Very nice Ed, that looks great - and suitably large! Easy enough to assemble? Connectors work well?

Once you get your head around how they work the sprues are very cool. Conectors are great tho I could have done with a few more sprues of them. Im sure we'll be seeing some very impressive structures built with them using the 45° conector and triangle wall section. Im very tempted to see just how high a tower I could build 1 cube wide

Definitely going to glue together some buildings and walkways. Just because it will be easier to get a board setup quicker. Plus I want to add some debris to the bases and maybe some mesh fencing across gaps.

really happy with the scenery so much so ive kinda ignored the figures! (Did notice tho none of my gobo snipers made it in one piece :( )

Just having a look around the net, didn't realise there was a TV series a decade or so ago called 'The Dead Zone', by Stephen King. And apparently a plague involved somewhere as well! Guess there might be some legal letters flying soon and all copies of Mantic's game withdrawn from sale..?

(Sorry, am just being very facetious.. !.)

This blog has got some quite cool pics of the DZ miniatures in it, inc. one of the plague Teraton, worth a look!

http://gmortschaotica.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/deadzone-preview.html

Just finished putting the stage 1 plague guy together, he is big. Like, taller than a Dreadnought big.

Made a bit of an adjustment to the stairs, see what you think.

actually the more I look at the landing pad sprues the more im convinced you could make a cool monorail system for your board.

Great pics @Edlowe, thanks to you and those providing detailed updates from the Open Day. Upon closer inspection I got a few bonus minis with my delivery, 3 Plague grunts and 4 rebs/2 Yyndi(???) commanders. Hope that this doesn't mean that someone else is minus these.

Still got to do a proper check on the minis but it looks like I got extra starters instead of the specialist boosters. Not a biggie really as there mostly the same content. Does mean ive now got 3 A1 plague to play with! Great for my future warpath army.

Did get some random Zee mvp thats tiny, not really sure what il do with him. I think il use whoever I get in my xmas box as the mvp for rescuing, or the dz giant which could be quite funny.

going to try to build a fortified gun emplacement next.

 edlowe wrote:

actually the more I look at the landing pad sprues the more im convinced you could make a cool monorail system for your board.

Tell me more!

The Zee is for the rescue the dreadball MVP mission, some are going to use him as a rebel commander.

As an aside has anyone got a list of what was offered in the 1st Deadzone survey? I cannot find it in my KS mail and want to plan my 2nd survey purchases.

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
The Zee is for the rescue the dreadball MVP mission, some are going to use him as a rebel commander.

As an aside has anyone got a list of what was offered in the 1st Deadzone survey? I cannot find it in my KS mail and want to plan my 2nd survey purchases.

Everything was offered in the first an everything will be offered again in the second.

Except the 3rd party stuff like the Antenociti bits and pieces I believe they were first survey only. EDIT although update #100 seems to suggest otherwise

 lord_blackfang wrote:

 edlowe wrote:

actually the more I look at the landing pad sprues the more im convinced you could make a cool monorail system for your board.

Tell me more!

il have to pick up some plastic rod bits to see if it'll work but yeah I think the landing pad supports would allow you to make some cool rail support pillars.

Bit of advise for anyone with a stuck connector, use another connector on the other side to push the stuck one out! Works v.well ive only broken one so far but that was due to me trying brute strength, not a good idea.

Ahh yes I've got my notification too. I have the feeling i've gone a bit overboard at 32lbs =/

It reads as fedex international priority which reads as 1-2-3 day shipping. May be getting this sooner than I expected, will have to watch for the actual ship notice.

 Riquende wrote:
Really, really wish I'd gone for more scenery.

You still can - the second survey is sure to net Mantic an absolute ton of money, even if it is only for the scenery alone!

Mars attacks offered most of the same deals on scenery and is liable to come just a bit earlier too

Small reinforced bunker.

the fortifications bits really do bulk out the scenery adding alot of heft to the buildings.

the gun looks alot less toy like in the flesh and should pàint up well.

Le sigh... Probably gonna need more fortification sprues before its over

I ordered 2 of each in the first batch (on top of the 2 Core Worlds sets in the box) and I'm bound to order more.

Man, my 8 battlezones are getting me so excited now. Gonna have to go in for more terrain. I want enough for two 6x4 for 40k street fighting and enough for a heavily congested 4x4 "city" with multiple levels for infinity, necromunda, and deadzone.

I think my mars attacks pledge might end up having some of it converted into extra deadzone battlezone add-ons.

I'm putting some together now, following the 3d designs I put together during the kickstarter, will post some pics up when its done and time how long it takes from sprue clipping to complete board.

I think my first goal after I have enough set up to play regular deadzone is to make an attempt at a 2x2x2' "doom cube". I'm not exactly sure how to build it so it makes sense... but damned if I don't want to take heavy advantage of the vertical aspect of this game!

Don't know why but I am loving the Deadzone lamp-posts

 GrimDork wrote:
Le sigh... Probably gonna need more fortification sprues before its over

Going need more of everything before its over!

looking through my figs looks like im down a pack of three plague troopers, not too bad considering how many packs ive got. Il give it a few more days before I contact Mantic just to make sure im not missing anything else.

Was thinking how cool it would have been if the secret weapon plastic board had the sprue connector holes on it so you could just plug the buildings straight onto the board.

Going to give a single piece a test spray in a bit to see how my colour scheme will look.

Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
Don't know why but I am loving the Deadzone lamp-posts

yeah there cool glad I got 10 assessory sprues so ive go loads of them plus the cool ladders and crates.

Just ten? I got 16 and I'm afraid I"ll want more!


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OOoh, speaking of which, any chance you could assemble the big crate and put it with the canisters and barrels next to one of the minis? Never have gotten a good sense of scale for those

 GrimDork wrote:
Just ten? I got 16 and I'm afraid I"ll want more!


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OOoh, speaking of which, any chance you could assemble the big crate and put it with the canisters and barrels next to one of the minis? Never have gotten a good sense of scale for those

give me 10 mins, just have some crumpets and tea.

Oh by all means take your time! I was just curious and I've still got at least a week to figure it out for myself

Hrmm crumpets... Sounds tasty. Prefer coffee in the morning though!