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 frozenwastes wrote:
The guns look perfectly sized for some sort of laser or autocannon. Think about just how tall the mech is and figure out the calibre of the guns. They're pretty huge.

Also, the bore size of a gun doesn't necessarily indicate it's role.

This.

Id like to not have the typical oversized guns that dominate gaming. Its nice to see weapons represented properly in scale.

Dead sexy.

I'd like to see a larger "toe", or even the rear "toe", to help with stabilizing.

Love the size of the guns, and I'm a big fan of 'mechs that don't have arms. They don't need to type or brush their teeth, no sense in adding weak points like elbows and shoulders to the weapons. These keep them in the heaviest armoured areas.

Can't wait to see more.

I'd like to see something with less symmetry, but that might just be me.

I assume symmetry makes moving around easier on the gyro. Or some such technobabble.

Although if the weight is properly distributed, then an assymetrical loadout could look nice indeed.

I like the symmetry...and the lack of arms.

The more I see of the Paulson mecha designs the more I like them. Games have gotten way ridiculous with the oversized weapons. Dont even get me started on the "heroic" scale junk. Even as cool as the Dreamforge Leviathan Crusader is...anytime I look at mine I cant help noting how stupidly out of proportion the gatling gun is.

Other than needing a small touch up on the thigh plate the 3d model is finished

I really love the.... things inside the feet, that look sort of like radiation symbols. It's a little detail but I think it's my favorite part.

Sexy hi-res renders to show off the details better.

Model measures 65mm tall, and the feet run edge to edge on a 60mm round base.

Awesome!

Excited that the "light" mechs turn out so big after all is said and done.

Let me give you my money. It's waiting patiently... I'm not.

I like the pose of the middle model in the top most picture. Well done.

I only have two questions, in order of importance, how much? and how poseable will the final product be? As an answer to the second question a picture of one blown apart at the seams would be lovely.

Likely in the $25 range. Part break down: feet, legs, hip, torso, shoulders, arms, torso guns (12 pcs) There will be a limited degree of poseability. The torso and hip are independant so they can be rotated. The legs rotate at the hips but dynamic reposistioning will likely require some minor cutting,

I will try and post an exploded view later today.

That's the reason I was asking about an all-light army. I want to do illegal and sexy things to those giant robots.

I've placed a limited run of Raptors up for pre-order on the site.

Expected delivery is beginning of July. I am going to make 50 copies for this run of models, so if you want the all resin versions make sure to get in on these as the production models will have pewter components.

I'm excited about this project. Just placed an order for one of the resin Raptors. Will the production models be all pewter or pewter/resin mix?

Hurry up and get a kickstarter going so I can give you more of my money.

There had better be some left...

Just ordered 2...one for me and one for my buddy...both of us have been looking forward to the kickstarter, so this is an awesome deal for sure.

And bought. Along with some extra goodies. BTW, I can't wait on the goodies, so you only have to ship once.

Wish I had the funds for 2 or 3 more...but things are tight. Wife doesnt start her new job until Monday, then theres bills to catch up on. If by some chance theres some left in a couple weeks, Ill be grabbing a couple more.

Are these pre-release models gonig to change in any way (IE: more detail/poseability added later) besides the pewter bits?

katfude wrote:
Are these pre-release models gonig to change in any way (IE: more detail/poseability added later) besides the pewter bits?

Id say probably not. Chances are these are being made off the molds hes made from the 3d model he had printed for the kickstarter, and since he had to cast one as an example, hes decided to raise some funds and get some examples of Mecha Front out and noticed by selling a limited all resin run. Thats not for sure, but its my guess of the situation.

Two ordered here . Can't wait for full release.

 paulson games wrote:
Sexy hi-res renders to show off the details better.

Model measures 65mm tall, and the feet run edge to edge on a 60mm round base.

They look very cool. They evoke the big mech feel of BT without the crappy outdated visual look so common in BT. What scale are they expected to be?

Really looking forward to this game, especially at this scale. I just hope the ks not till august so I have time to save some cash! (Plus I hope shipping to the uk wont kill my wallet!)

Are the beta rules available anywhere other than the yahoo groups, im have great difficulty getting logged in!

Looks great I bought two of the Resin just so I do not lose out.

Cannot wait for them to arrive. Looking forward to Monday to get the rules.

Best of luck on the KS.

 warboss wrote:
What scale are they expected to be?

15mm scale.

I think he said they can fairly well accomodate 10mm scale too, right?

I'm strongly thinking about adding 1 or 2 myself. Jon, have they been popular?

I arrive with Answers!

They are intended to be 15mm scale, however they will also fit 10mm fairly well as there's no scale specific detail such as hatches or visable driver etc. So they can be used with 10mm or 12mm infantry they'll just be even more imposing next to smaller infantry.

Provide everything prints as I expect then there shouldn't be any differances between the resin versions and the metal ones. However I haven't had stuff cast in metal before so there is a small chance I may need to modify the model and have it reprinted in order to accomidate mold making. ( I doubt there'll be any changes though)

So far I've sold 30 of the 50 planned casts. Which I consider pretty decent for a 24hour period.

I'm working on getting the rules available for download on my site, the digital product interface is a bit confusing so it might be a day or two before I can caveman thumb type my way through it.



Why I'm doing the run of resin versions is to cover a few things:

1 - There are some people who want resin only copies. This helps scratch that itch. It also lets me reward my early supporters with something well ahead of the regular release.

2 - I need to build a set of molds to make resin copies for photos to use with KS and send a couple to my painter well in advance of getting any metal production pieces made.

3 - It helps pay for the printing cost of the master model and some of the graphics I'm having created for the KS. Additionally it lets me pay for printing the extra pieces for the alternate configurations.

4 - It allows me to eat during the next couple weeks. As glorious as the life of a resin pimp may seem there's times when orders for my other parts are really really slow, (like right now) due to all the finals at school, graduations, family trips in summer etc.


I also want to let people know that these are limited as in that they will be produced very sparingly, while I'm doing 50 on this run I may not cap it *exactly* at 50 I may do another small run in the future to sell at a convention, or if I want a give away item for contests or whatever. I won't be doing any sort of mass release on the resins as they simply take too long to make compaired to metal and I'd prefer to be putting that time into doing more 3d work as I have a lot of other designs to tackle. So just to be clear they will be very limited in number but they might pop up again once in a rare while.

Additionally once I have the other two variant configurations finished I'll make a small run of those as well. I will also make a weapon upgrade pack available so people can pick up a full model if they want, or just the weapons so they can go crazy and magnetize the current Alpha version so it can accept all the parts.

Lastly thank you to everyone who has picked up a copy (or copies) it's been a HUGE help in managing the printing costs.





Exploded View:

Wow, I have been away and coming back to that light mech is awesome! Will there be any early release heavy or quad? Just asking

I really want to pick up one of the resin only ones but my hobby funds just got zeroed out for the year after some personal stuff.
Looks amazing though.