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Who is Anne Hale?

A little insight into who the Kickstarter Limited Edition figure is.

Anne Hale
Adventuress
Mercenary
Independent

Anne Hale is a very young women to be out on her own adventuring through the underworld. While she may not be as strong as some men, she more than makes up for it with her quick wits and predilection for causing permanent physical harm. There are stories that she was taught to fight and live off the land by the indigenous tribesmen of the New World.

Other stories say that she didn't come to hell through the gate at New Jerusalem. Instead she rode into the city one day on a horse out of the underworld. Some rumors says she is searching for something that she believes can only be found in Hell. Some say she has come to Hell searching for a beloved suitor. Others still, say she is a witch and practitioner of the black arts. While it is definitely true that there is no love lost between her and the catholic church, as is true about most colonists from the New World. All that most people know for sure is that she is a private women who doesn't share much with others.

Sometimes she joins companies leaving New Jerusalem to make her way. She has also been known to disappear for long periods of time with no known explanation before appearing in the city once again. While it can be hard to trust a person who is so obviously alien to the European way of life and thought, Anne is never short of work when she is looking for it since she has an uncanny ability of finding her way through the shifting and confounding topography of Hell and is an expert linguist, finding it easy to communicate with other humans and the denizens of Hell.





Infernal Crusher
Demons
Trooper

As mentioned in the description of the Infernal Legionnaire’s, Hell’s armies are almost numberless and wildly varied. The infernal crusher is a larger version of the infernal legionnaire. These martially minded demons work in concert with their smaller siblings on the battlefield, delighting in conquest and battle.






Corvus Harriers
Lost
Trooper

Loving that art for Anne Hale!

 recruittons wrote:
I think the prices are worthwhile when you are using trade-in credit on the Hell Gate/ Double Hell Gate levels. If you pile on the most discounted items, then the pledge levels will bring that discount into a lot more of a value proposition.

The most discounted minis are...
Guillaume de Sable KS: $10 RRP: $14.99
Husaym al Din: KD $12 RRP: $19.99
Andre de Montbard: KS: $9 RRP: $14.99
Damned Ones of Pride: KS: $21 RRP: $26.99
Augustinus Raimond: KS: $10 RRP: $14.99

Now, these are about what you can pay at discount retailers, but saving on shipping can be a big deal, plus, if you're using trade-in credit from starters and books, these work out to be a pretty decent deal.

Right now, if you pledge Double Hell Gate, $180, and you get 1 of each book (let's assume about $30 from a discount retailer) you'll be getting around 18-19 blisters of minis (some of which will have 2-3) for ~$6 a piece! This also assumes trading in all starters.

For single Hell Gate: Keeping both books (approx $30 value a piece), you'll be getting about 6-7 blisters for $40! Again, this assumes trading the starters.

Not a bad deal, when you add in 1-2 decks of Inferno cards.

Otherwise, if you're just looking to add singles, it could be worthwhile to save on shipping in the US, but there are a lot of great places to get them outside the KS.

Ahh, makes more sense. Similar trade in shenanigans to Relic Knights. Though why they just didn't lower the trade in value and lower the add on cost to keep it more transparent is beyond me. I also didnt note not everything was the same level of discount, which is weird.

You might want to add Zaxan to your list too, since he's cheaper in the KS than I could find anywhere. I didnt care for the studio paint scheme initially on him, but am really digging the infernal hordes in this.

Oh good eye on Zaxxan! I guess i blanked him out because, like you said, the studio job is just... odd. I really am not a fan of the stripey look he has.

The infernal hordes and the infernal crusher, however, have a very cool aesthetic!

 recruittons wrote:
Oh good eye on Zaxxan! I guess i blanked him out because, like you said, the studio job is just... odd. I really am not a fan of the stripey look he has.

The infernal hordes and the infernal crusher, however, have a very cool aesthetic!

Yeah, the Darth Maul look was too busy. On another evaluation, there's a good model under there though.

Twilight Knight Cometh to Hell

We are very excited to partner with Kingdom Death to bring our two brutal worlds together with the Pinup Twilight Knight's descent into Hell.



This amazing Special Edition figure re-imagines the Pinup Twilight Knight as she would manifest in the realms of Hell Dorado.




The concept art was illustrated by legendary artist Bertand Benoit (Rackham & Helldorado) with some key art direction provided by Lokman Lam (the artist behind the Pinup Twilight Knight). Sculpting this beautiful figure will be the famous Thomas David.

Kingdom Death is a nightmare horror game with an exquisite line of 35mm miniatures sculpted by many of the industry greats. If you haven't seen it, check out their Monster board game which gained massive support right here on Kickstarter.

It will include a one shot challenge scenario for Kingdom Death Monster.

The Twilight Knight Special Edition will be a $15 Add On.

 Mahrdol wrote:
Twilight Knight Cometh to Hell

We are very excited to partner with Kingdom Death to bring our two brutal worlds together with the Pinup Twilight Knight's descent into Hell.



This amazing Special Edition figure re-imagines the Pinup Twilight Knight as she would manifest in the realms of Hell Dorado.




The concept art was illustrated by legendary artist Betrand Benoit (Rackham & Helldorado) with some key art direction provided by Lokman Lam (the artist behind the Pinup Twilight Knight). Sculpting this beautiful figure will be the famous Thomas David.

Kingdom Death is a nightmare horror game with an exquisite line of 35mm miniatures sculpted by many of the industry greats. If you haven't seen it, check out their Monster board game which gained massive support right here on Kickstarter.

The Twilight Knight Special Edition will be a $15 Add On.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

<gets sucked in by Kickstarter vortex>

I now demand my Helldorado flavored Kara Black fig as well

silent25 wrote:


<gets sucked in by Kickstarter vortex>

I now demand my Helldorado flavored Kara Black fig as well

The Twilight Knight looks like she belongs to the Saracens - I really dig those curly-toed shoes!

A Helldorado Kara Black ought to be Westerners, I reckon, carrying Helldoraro's biggest gun.

Can we also get the crew of the Firefly Helldorado-rized?

I'm in.

Are the Kingdome death guys compatible with the range?

 Grot 6 wrote:
I'm in.

Are the Kingdome death guys compatible with the range?

KD are a little larger. HD is 30mm. I will see if I can upload a side by side comparison tomorrow. Since I have both

 Mahrdol wrote:

 Grot 6 wrote:
I'm in.

Are the Kingdome death guys compatible with the range?

KD are a little larger. HD is 30mm. I will see if I can upload a side by side comparison tomorrow. Since I have both

Just to note, the impression from the two updates is that the KD crossover mini will be scaled to be a HD miniature, just themed and influenced by the KD aesthetic. I'll see if I can track down the exact wording, since KD is 35mm and HD is (I think) 28-30mm.

The major miniatures Kickstarters are getting cross-promotional goodies nowadays. I love it. With Kingdom Death and now Hell Dorado, this cross-promotion has gone beyond CMON as well.

It's honestly a great thing that fosters community.

Money spent !

I'm not sure I mind what this scales to (tho I'd prefer KD) and it will be neat to have a KD mini in metal

I think it might scale well with Kingdom Death as they're including a 'one shot' scenario for her as well...?

 Absolutionis wrote:
The major miniatures Kickstarters are getting cross-promotional goodies nowadays. I love it. With Kingdom Death and now Hell Dorado, this cross-promotion has gone beyond CMON as well.

It's honestly a great thing that fosters community.

Agreed.

At this point, the easiest way to suck me into to something is to offer a Candy & Cola model. I have all of the ones that exist so far, and it's getting a bit unhealthy.

 Absolutionis wrote:
The major miniatures Kickstarters are getting cross-promotional goodies nowadays. I love it. With Kingdom Death and now Hell Dorado, this cross-promotion has gone beyond CMON as well.

It's honestly a great thing that fosters community.

Honestly I think someone should try to make a Kickstarter All Stars game eventually

Sister Eloise Alternate Figure


Wow, in the time it took to get a little shut eye we blasted two goals out of the water. This is pretty exciting and I hope to get a lot more stretch goals up as soon as I can. We've gone past our expectations and it's a whole new world out there at this point. Welcome to all the new backers that have joined in the last day and you'll find a great supportive community here that I know I appreciate greatly.

As many of you guessed, Sister Eloise is the next alternate sculpt, the one alluded to in the earlier 35k stretch goal of the free add on. I've always loved the art and background of Sister Eloise and have been wanting to do an alternate sculpt to really bring it to life.






The leader of the damned forces was an enormous mound of flesh and scales who oozed
some kind of tarry substance. The power of our fort and of our fire was the last shield
remaining between us and that horrendous thing. The cannons fell silent one by
one. The sound of our guns slowly became less intense. Whole groups of Damned
Ones of Wrath were climbing up our walls.

And then there was light! A piercing scream echoed across the plain,
filling our ears to their limits. The dominant demon seemed to fold
up as if he was shaken by some kind of spasm. With a terrible
sucking sound, he deflated until all that was left of him was a
dead, empty, over-stretched skin. Bathed with light, her nudity
barely hidden by a drape of fine cloth, a graceful and beautiful
silhouette was standing there. Her hand was gripping a
strange-looking dagger. She had appeared out of nowhere
and had single-handedly dispatched an enemy who,
alone, would have assuredly have been able to slay a
hundred of our men. The damned ones had stopped
dead in their tracks as if horrified by the loss of their
leader. The woman turned to face us, raising her
arms as if in worship. Her eyes glowed bright in
the semi-darkness, her voice seemed to carry over
a half-league, her tone pure and icy...

"Soldiers of our Lord, your task is only just
beginning. You must rid this newly consecrated
plain of this demonic spawn for such is
your duty. The Lord speaks with my voice,
he watches you at this very moment. May
His enemies and those of His envoy to this
earth perish at my own hand. For such is His
implacable justice!"

She needs one of those face paint jobs like on the Dia De Los Muertos. It would suit her and fit right in.

As a matter of fact, the KD kid needs one, as well.

Very interested in this, but wary .... religious mythology can be a great foundation for settings and factions (Menoth for example), but a question to those of you with experience:
does this game have a pro-christian bent to it? or does it simply utilize judeo-xtian story concepts?

also, is as much synergy with figures in Hell Dorado required as is with Warmachine and Malfiaux? In other words, does "buy this = you probably need to buy that" kind of approach, or is it not quite so tethered into wicked combos and min / maxing?

Thanks in advance

 Shrapnelsmile wrote:
Very interested in this, but wary .... religious mythology can be a great foundation for settings and factions (Menoth for example), but a question to those of you with experience:
does this game have a pro-christian bent to it? or does it simply utilize judeo-xtian story concepts?

also, is as much synergy with figures in Hell Dorado required as is with Warmachine and Malfiaux? In other words, does "buy this = you probably need to buy that" kind of approach, or is it not quite so tethered into wicked combos and min / maxing?

Thanks in advance

I say no pro Christian bent, In fact the Christians are portrayed as fairly corrupted by the influences of hell where the Saracens have largely resisted it. The fluff is told from a European perspective.

I don't think any model is auto buy. Some are a little better then others depending on who you use as officers. When I play I handicap myself by using no duplicate models. I do just fine.

There is no really over the top combos like in warmachine. One of the reason I like this game better then warmachine. There is some powerful abilities but imagine when you use them in warmachine you would lose 1/2 to 1/3 of your focus permanently. You really need to weigh your options.



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Once we hit the patch 85k here is how the 2xHellgate shakes out.

Double Hellgate $180

2x Inferno deck $30
2x Limited edition Figuring $35
2x exclusive KS miniature $30
2x Art Print ???
2x Dice $10
2x HD patch $16
4x starter packs $120 can trade
2x core book $60 can trade
2x Inferno Rulebook $60 can trade

$240 possible trade ins

$361 Value + 2 art prints

Hope they show a bit more miniatures. Concept art is cool, but it's not enough.

Next Stretch Goals

We've got several stretch goals coming up and I wanted to share them since I'll be at the GAMA Trade Show for the next couple days and will be busy talking to retailers and distributors to get them excited about the INFERNO expansion. Things are really heating up so I think we should burn through these stretch goals pretty quick and I'm working on more.

$90,000 Custom Tape Measure. Be careful what you wish for! (Image and design not final).
$95,000 Alternate Succubus Figure $10 Add On.
$100,000 Six New Profiles to the INFERNO Rulebook, One for Each Faction.
$105,000 Free Figure Add On at $10 or Less for Hell Gate and Above.









http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1188790300/hell-dorado-miniature-skirmish-game-inferno-expans/posts/431097#comments

Nice batch of stretch goals.

It's silly, but I'm really excited for the tape measures.

Also, I'm happy Kai finally managed to get a goal in that improves the book. Six more profiles is awesome!

i was happy when they had insignia dice, don't know why but like most gamers i have a thing for nice dice.

Here is how everything is currently shaking out.

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Double Hellgate Breakdown $180

4x starter packs $120 can be traded
2x core book $60 can be traded
2x Inferno Rulebook $60 can be traded
2x Inferno deck $30
2x exclusive KS miniature $30
2x Art Print ???
2x Limited edition/alt miniature $35
2x Dice $10
2x HD patch $16
2x HD measuring Tape/ruler $6
2x Free $10 miniature $20 available at Stretch 105k


$240 possible trade ins

$387 Value + 2 art prints
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Hell Dorado KS Pledge Tracker by Cervantes3773

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtUHbwSe-2qrdHdZNDVFdFZVaExQNWstendMNFRsY0E#gid=0
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recruittons most discounted minis list...

Guillaume de Sable KS: $10 RRP: $14.99 - 33% off
Husaym al Din: KS $12 RRP: $19.99 - 30% off
Andre de Montbard: KS: $9 RRP: $14.99 - 40% off
Augustinus Raimond: KS: $10 RRP: $14.99 - 33% off
Da Wenti: KS $15 RRP $19.99 - 25% off
Kuan Yin: KS $30 RRP: $34.99 - 15% off
Damned Ones of Pride: KS $21 RRP: $27.99 - 25% off
Zaxxan: KS $20 RRP: $27.99 - 28% off
Ashoka: KS $15 RRP: $19.99 - 25% off
Isaia ben Moshe and Golem: KS $30 RRP: $34.99 - 15% off

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Officers currently available

Demons
Asaliah -Starter
Samael
Tsilla
Eurynome

Lost
Isha-Akshay -Starter
Bran Carnoth
Kartikeya
Etruscilla
Quetzalcoatl INFERNO

Westerners
Francisco Vargas -starter
Baptiste Valombre
Vincenzo Maculano de Fiorenzuola
Georg von Holbein

Saracens
Nazir ibn Hamid ibn Hajjad -Starter
Tarik ibn Malik ibn Rushd
Salâh ad-Dîn
Layla bint Suraya bint Javaira

Immortals
Cheng Xiao-Chen -starter
Li Tsu Tsin
Sun Wukong INFERNO

Mercenary
The Traveler Special Limited miniature
Gilles de Rais
Don Quixote de la Mancha/Rocinante
André de Montbard

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Quick Start Rules and Cards PDF

http://cipher-studios.com/downloads/

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KS Stretch add ons

LeBlanc $12
Infernal Hordes $15
Efrit Warriors $15
Core deck $20
Templar squires $15
Sun Wukong $15
Corvus Harriers $15
Infernal crusher$15
Twilight Knight $15
Quetzalcoatl $30
HD Ruler $3 Free IN HG
HD Patch $8 Free IN HG
HD Dice $5 Free IN HG
Templates $15
Tokens $15
Traveler Ind $15
Traveler Officer$20
Alt Hashishin $15
Alt Retiarius $20
Alt Sister $10
Alt Succubus $10

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excellent info, and just in time.

Thank you for this man.

We are in the home stretch. 23 hours to go and we just unlocked another free miniature.

The Backer Kit based surveys are now going out, (they are from Kain (at) cyper-studios.com if you need to green light the email address)

BUT some folk won't get an email as Kai says

IMPORTANT NOTE: If you did NOT choose a Pledge Level and chose No Reward, you will not have received a Survey.

There is no option for me to send you one.

My suspicion is many of you that did so wanted just the Twilight Knight. You must choose a pledge level to receive the Twilight Knight. I apologize if this was not clear in the Update, FAQ, and Comments section. What you will have to do is contact me at kain@cipher-studios.com and tell me which pledge level you would like and I can add you to the BackerKit system.

You can then increase your pledge amount to meet the level and add the Twilight Knight. You will have to pay the extra for the pledge level through the BackerKit system. I would highly recommend the Mercenary Level so you can receive the KS exclusive Anne Hale and avoid paying $5.00 additional shipping if you choose the Lemure level.

There are also some missing items from the survey, so folks might want to sit tight a little while as well.


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Looks like all fixed now. Anyone at Hellgate will get prompted for the freebies after saving their add-ons.

Limited Sister Eloise is still missing. Edit (Now Fixed)

Edit: Is that "prompting after you save" for things you've added to your check-out thingy or in addition to?

Edit 2: For those who are curious, leave your "free" minis out when selecting, and you then choose them after you submit the other minis