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**DarkTraveler777**

Still waiting. Does anyone know if all of the US pledges have shipped yet?

**Valhallan42nd**

DarkTraveler777 wrote:
Still waiting. Does anyone know if all of the US pledges have shipped yet?

AFAIK, they have not, but Mr. Justin promised a shipping update on Wednesday, IIRC.

**DarkTraveler777**

Update #149

Dude, Where's My Order?

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UK/EU Status Update

Mantic requested some changes to the formatting of the mailing list we sent them. Those changes were made over the weekend, and the list has been sent to them for review. If this format meets their needs they will start shipping shortly. I will update again as soon as I hear back from them.

AUS/NZ Status Update

The Combat Company is sorting through orders to see if there's anything else they can ship. I will help them in that effort this week. In the interim we are looking at the logistics of getting the missing product to their warehouse. I apologize for the additional delay, and want to assure our AUS backers that every order will ship.

New Zealand orders will ship from the California warehouse. Logistically it doesn't make sense to send your inventory to AUS from California. Your orders have been grouped with the other international orders we're shipping. Those are not sorted by country, and you will ship at the same time as Canada, Mexico, China (comically enough), UAE, etc.

USA/Everyone Else Status Update

As of today 309 orders have left our warehouse to domestic backers. This has given us enough room to begin staging international orders, which means we'll be shipping international AND domestic as we move forward.

If you are a domestic backer, I recommend signing up for FedEx Delivery Manager:

http://www.fedex.com/us/delivery/

Unfortunately our system isn't playing nice with the data we got out of BackerKit, so we can't send you an automated email. Entering the email for every order manually would slow shipping for us significantly... and that's not good.

So Where's My Order?

I realize that it's difficult to be patient when people are posting photos of their orders, and I've had to announce some logistics challenges -- but every order will ship. In the interim, I ask that you please hold off on sending me an email, or message asking about your order status. Right now I'm getting 20+ of those almost every day, and tracking down order status means time not spent shipping. The lack of automated emails sucks, and I'm sorry that's the case. It's frustrating for us as well.

Orders are leaving the warehouse almost every day, and now that we have more room for staging the pace should start picking up.

Thank you all for your continued patience, and support.

Please remember: All orders will ship, and we're in this for the long-run, with great new things planned for 2015.

So, does anyone know how the orders are being prioritized for shipment? In update #145 Justin mentions that Wargamer and Double Wargamer pledges were focused on to make room in the shipping area, and at the time of that update (October 17) there were 104 boxes ready for FedEx pickup. Today's update puts the total number of pledges shipped at 309, so 200 packages were shipped in a week, which is great, but how are the remaining pledges being prioritized? Is it pledge size, delivery location, pledge order (as in when the pledge was made on KS) or something else?

Also, regarding the automated e-mails (or lack there of) is that something that will be corrected for future campaigns? Perhaps I am pissy because this long overdue campaign is urging me to continue to be patient, but Justin's message regarding holding off contacting him for order updates is as obnoxious as it is funny. In the comments section of the KS page Justin was urging people to contact him for updates just a few days ago. Obviously things changed and his mailbox blew up with inquires, but that should be expected when there is no communication from the company regarding shipping notices. The suggestion to use FedEx as a means for updates isn't useful either, as at least one poster on here reported that they received their pledge without a notification.

So, for those of us still without our pledges the only solution is patience and silence? Patience. Patience. Patience. The motto of this campaign by far.

**ironicsilence**

Kind of agree with Dark, I've seen people posting pics of there stuff arriving, in a few instances those people are getting exactly what I pledged for so would be nice to know where my order is. I can haz stuff?

**daedalus**

Just received my urban sets. Oh god oh god oh god.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Has anyone received the Temple sets yet?

**Cyporiean**

darefsky wrote:
Has anyone received the Temple sets yet?

Yup

**Breotan**

Well, it is Monday and I have no plastic table sections. Am disappoint.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Cyporiean wrote:
darefsky wrote:
Has anyone received the Temple sets yet?

Yup

Pictures woman! um please?

**Cyporiean**

darefsky wrote:
Cyporiean wrote:
darefsky wrote:
Has anyone received the Temple sets yet?

Yup

Pictures woman! um please?

Bam!

Haven't gotten to painting them yet, maybe later this week.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Cyporiean wrote:
darefsky wrote:
Cyporiean wrote:
darefsky wrote:
Has anyone received the Temple sets yet?

Yup

Pictures woman! um please?

Bam!

Haven't gotten to painting them yet, maybe later this week.

That is awesome. I can't hardly wait. We are hopefully moving to a new house with a huge basement that I could actually make a real table out of these when they get here.

**SlaveToDorkness**

Damn, I was really thinking last week was my week to "squweee!!!" with delight.

but alas, no giant boxes of plastic awesome for me.

**whalemusic360**

Did the other folks who got the urban clean sets notice that some of the roads are more textured then the others? I don't think it will matter much with paint on it, but struck me as odd in bare plastic.

**Cyporiean**

Came across this review of the tiles, figured I'd share it.

http://www.unrememberedlegion.com/2014/10/28/product-review-tablescapes-by-secret-weapon-miniatures/

One particularly nice aspect, is here is the Tablescapes tiles combined with one of Forgeworld's tiles:

**Aerethan**

Holy hell, that is awesome.

Once I actually play a sci-fi game I'll definitely be buying some damaged streets tiles!

**Snrub**

whalemusic360 wrote:
Did the other folks who got the urban clean sets notice that some of the roads are more textured then the others? I don't think it will matter much with paint on it, but struck me as odd in bare plastic.

Can't say that I've noticed that with any of my clean tiles.

**whalemusic360**

You can kinda see it in Cyps pic. Look at the right middle and right bottom.

**Aerethan**

That could simply be the way the light is reflecting off the bare plastic. All my rolling fields have the same texture.

**RiTides**

That middle right tile looks to have very different texture (i.e. none or very little) compared to some of the others, particularly the right bottom tile, as whalemusic points out.

**Redemption**

Cyporiean wrote:
Came across this review of the tiles, figured I'd share it.

http://www.unrememberedlegion.com/2014/10/28/product-review-tablescapes-by-secret-weapon-miniatures/

One particularly nice aspect, is here is the Tablescapes tiles combined with one of Forgeworld's tiles:

Ah, cool that it lines up with the Realm of Battle tiles. Does anyone have any pictures of the Tablescape tiles next to GW's plastic Realm of Battle tiles?

**Snrub**

Does anyone have the rolling fields and the FW crashed thunder hawk?

I want to see how well the dried river bed matches up as a gouge mark to the downed Hawk.

**Snrub**

Update #150

Oct 30 2014
392 And Counting....
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392 orders have been packed at Secret Weapon HQ, and that doesn't count any work done today as I'm not in the warehouse to count packages.... and we're still packing orders every day.

Next week we'll shuffle the international orders into the shipping pile, meaning that domestic and international orders will ship side-by-side. Literally, as we're still limited in our staging space, even as we clear out boxes.

On Monday, 3-November I will launch the 24 tile sets for retail --- please note that ONLY the 24 tile sets will be available to the public. Why only those sets? Because the ability to order separate 16 and 8 tile sets was a Kickstarter exclusive, meaning those 24 tile sets exist only as retail stock. I will NOT be selling any 4 or 16 tile sets until the last backer has shipped.

"Wait, does that mean that a regular buyer might get tiles before I do?"

Yes, that's possible. But without positive cash flow I won't be able to keep shipping. Please remember that the campaign only covered the cost of tooling (with a tiny bit left over), and that all production, design, packaging, packaging labor, freight, AND SHIPPING are being covered by Secret Weapon.

The original plan was to ship in four separate waves, which would have meant staggered expenses, and a projected profit by the third shipment (Rolling Fields). Because I wasn't able to ship in waves, as was originally planned, and everything launched at the same time that financial burden is much heavier than it would have been otherwise.

And so I have no choice but to sell the 24 tile sets -- and only the 24 tile sets -- in order to keep the pledges rolling out the door.

"Will this slow things down for backers?"

The 24 tile sets are packed one to a box - meaning we just have to grab one, put a shipping label on it, and set it on the outgoing pile. This should not impact backer shipping in any meaningful way.

"I don't think it's fair for the public to get their tiles before backers do!"

Honestly, neither do I... but there's no other option. I have hit the limit of my ability to pay for shipping without new revenue coming in. Those 24 tile sets will solve that problem handily, and allow me to keep orders rolling out with no delay.

I know that there will be backers who are unhappy with this decision, and to them I will repeat the only statement that truly matters:
Every backer will get their order.

We've overcome every barrier to getting this product to market, and to making sure every backer order gets shipped, and nothing will stop that now. If you don't have your order yet, please remember that it's coming.

**Mathieu Raymond**

Well it's a good thing RoW orders were at least out by then... oh... right.

Ah well, more time to find money for a good airbrush.

**Breotan**

Aaaaaand they arrived.

Check off one more kickstarter.

**Necros**

It was an early xmas here .. got my blow'd up road tiles and my Robotech box both in the same day! Both are big and hella cool.

**darefsky (Flight Medic Paints)**

Well the FedEx truck just pulled up outside of my house. I got all giddy like a kid at Christmas.......Until he walked over to my next door neighbor and handed her a package....

**Azazelx**

At least Justin is delivering and able to be reasonably straightforward, unlike Games and Gears.

To be fair to them, they had a natural disaster to contend with, but they're now at double their initially projected delivery time. After multiple missed dates and such they now seem unable to write a coherent sentence in English. It's all just mangled semi-coherent overly-florid grammar filled with empty platitudes and the same few points/excuses made over and over.

**Yodhrin**

Azazelx wrote:
At least Justin is delivering and able to be reasonably straightforward, unlike Games and Gears.

To be fair to them, they had a natural disaster to contend with, but they're now at double their initially projected delivery time. After multiple missed dates and such they now seem unable to write a coherent sentence in English. It's all just mangled semi-coherent overly-florid grammar filled with empty platitudes and the same few points/excuses made over and over.

Wait wait wait, I've not wandered into the Raging Heroes thread by mistake have I?

**Snrub**

Update #151

Oct 31 2014
Tablescapes Tutorial - Scrap Yard
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The incredibly talented Mathieu Fontaine has provided us with another Tablescapes Tutorial -- this time a step-by-step for the Scrap Yard tile set.

http://blog.secretweaponminiatures.com/2014/10/painting-your-tablescapes-tiles-scrap.html

I'm working my way through the others as I'm able, but each one requires a bit of editing, and a lot of formatting -- so stay tuned for the rest of the series...

**DaveC**

There's a new blog post showing a painted temple and fields tile (I assume these are the next tutorials

http://blog.secretweaponminiatures.com/2014/10/tablescapes-tiles-preview.html