Raging Heroes [official] Toughest Girls of the Galaxy Kickstarter - $698,548 Finish!

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**WolfStark**

New, special "unlock", no boobs but not male either.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/loudnraging/raging-heroes-the-toughest-girls-of-the-galaxy/posts/525029

We have just passed the $450,000 mark, and this deserves something special!

So for this milestone, this week-end, we are unveiling the Lulu's, opening a Paypal option, enhancing the higher pledge levels with additional free stuff, and by popular demand, announcing a new higher tier reward level which will be launched Monday, complete with Early Bird Specials!!!

So stay tuned for more updates, beginning with this one:
At last, unveiling the Lulu's!

(Unlock will follow later this week)

Life is not easy for the Jailbirds...
They are constantly on the run, fighting for their survival.
And in their wake follow all kinds of fugitives and survivors.
Many of them are very young, lost children who don't have a home anymore, or who never had one...
Why did we create the Lulu's?

There were several things that made us want to do the Lulu's. From the very beginning of Raging Heroes, we envisioned a female faction for Fantasy Games that would be made of a religious sisterhood protecting orphans and other stray children. For various reasons, this project has been on the backburner for quite some time. But it came back to the forefront when we started working on our Science-Fiction minis. That's when we decided to do a Sci-Fi version of this Sisterhood army, which will be called the Sisters of Eternal Mercy. If you've followed our blog, you probably already know that this particular army is planned for a future Kickstarter...

But when we began working on the Toughest Girls of the Galaxy project, one of our intentions was to create many types of feminine characters... If you look at the entire range of the Toughest Girls of the Galaxy, you'll see that while many of them are 20-something warriors, more mature characters are also represented, not to mention the matriarch Baba Yaga. And with the Jailbird Division came images from Mad Max 3 with their army of small children who somehow incarnate hope in a world that is in complete turmoil and decay.

For us, it was obvious that the Jailbirds would come to cross the path of many survivors and runaways, and that some of them would be children.

And we particularly like the idea that even amidst a world of ruins, a bunch of small kids could still grow up and create a better future for themselves and for mankind.

Of course, there's also a Peter Pan element, with children opposing Captain Hook and the grim prospects of adulthood... And a bit of the French tradition of the Poulbots, these stray children who used to live in the streets of Paris at the turn of the twentieth century.

In the end, we felt that these little characters bring with them poetry, warmth and innocence in an otherwise dark universe.
Who they are and how they fit in the game...

The Lulu's are a patch of stray little girls who have become the protégés of the apparently emotion-less One-Shot Blondie.The little girls worship their hero and always try to emulate her, following her wherever she goes.But Blondie always keeps them safe, never letting them come near violent action.And to make sure they are not tempted by real weapons, she has equipped them with inoffensive dart guns that she crafted herself...

Of course, we don't want them to be part of the fights on the battlefield.
So we decided that in-game, the Lulu's will have very specific capabilities.
No one will be able to target them, and they will be virtually indestructible.
They won't be able to inflict any damage to anyone but they will distract enemy focus, and/or create safe zones around them for the Jailbirds.

**PsychoticStorm**

Cute aren't they?

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

Very smart that there will not be any shooting/blowing up etc of the Lulus in game

keeps it store friendly and appeases the 'think of the children' brigade

**Jimsolo**

Those are adorable! I hope the little animals come with them.

**KalashnikovMarine**

I was not cool with the kids thing, but since they're indestructible... that's a little better.

**WolfStark**

They do Jimsolo. I had no doubt in the first place, their poses wouldn't work without the puppies.^^ But here the official answer:
"Loud'n Raging 1 minute ago

@Jimsolo: Yes, little animals will be included."

Edit: I see you were the one who asked. Well, others here on dakkadakka might find it helpful, so I don't think that mistake was too bad

**Barzam**

Well, they're only unkillable in Raging Heroes' game, whose rules don't exist. So, I fully expect someone, somewhere is going to throw them into another gaming system as proxies or something. I'm sure things like being non-combatants hasn't stopped people from fielding similar units before. Kind of like how back in the days, during a large scale battle with my uncle at my grandparents' house, my brother fielded a civvie carrying a basket of corn as an infantry unit. Of course, The Corn Woman became one of the most feared and dreaded fighters ever when she single handedly slaughtered the crew of an entire warship. I expect someone to do the same with the Lulus.

Edit- only one of those girls seems to have a puppy. The others look like piglets.

**Alpharius**

While cute and all that, it is a rather odd concept to go with.

Still, shouldn't be a big deal either way...

**Tannhauser42**

Barzam wrote:
Edit- only one of those girls seems to have a puppy. The others look like piglets.

Looks like a puppy, a mouse, and two piglets. Can't tell if the middle Lulu has anything,
Actually, I'm not too sure about the second from the right.

**Buzzsaw**

Not to be all grim'n'gritty, but... in a game system where one faction that has the walking dead among their own ranks, re-animates the enemy and has a gun that shoots zombie-making-bullets, nobody would shoot the kids?

Suuuuuuuure.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Yeah, not really a fan of that tbh, there is a fair reason the mentioning of child soldiers where taken out of more recent Imperial Guard books.

If I get them, it'll only be on the basis that Aura reckons she can convert them into female ratlings, otherwise I'll likely pass.

**Fafnir**

The one good use of children is target practice in the first place. Why take that away from us?

**MrMoustaffa**

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Yeah, not really a fan of that tbh, there is a fair reason the mentioning of child soldiers where taken out of more recent Imperial Guard books.

If I get them, it'll only be on the basis that Aura reckons she can convert them into female ratlings, otherwise I'll likely pass.

It's mentioned in the 5th edition IG codex. They dance around it a little but they make it very clear the "whiteshields" are under 18.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Yeah I know that bit, but the fact they refer to them as cadets indicates the 15-17 bracket which is more of a grey area. That I would have no issue with. If I am recalling correctly 3rd edition actually referenced younger than that, more towards the ten year old bracket which in general would be frowned upon by many.

These look like they are five.

**lennymaybe**

I may or may not have squeaked a little when I saw the Lulus. They are so cute. They've moved from my 'maybe' list to my 'oh my god I want it now' list.

Daddy Kurganova, on the other hand, looks like a villain from a bad Saturday morning cartoon.

**Jimsolo**

If I'm laying all the cards on the table, I'm not going to get the Lulus with my first order. I'll probably try and add them in whenever the RH game proper comes out, but while they are amazing figs and truly precious, I have to make hard decisions about which models I am getting with my limited amount of pledge space. Enough proxy material for a playable IG army (or detachment, in any case) has to come first, unfortunately.

Still, on a visual level, they're great models! And I just had it pointed out to me that their guns have suction cup darts in them, which is awesome! (I think that once I get them, I may steal one of my friend's spare Necron Lords and adding greenstuff suction cup darts all over him.

)

**Lansirill**

I'm very torn on the Lulus. They're cute, but I'm not really sure I want to go cutesy... especially cutesy and playing dress-up soldiers. The animals are adorable, and if I could buy a set of just them I would, but that's unlikely to be an option.

I am a little concerned about the 'more free stuff for larger pledges' though. That's when my spending tends to get out of control. Hopefully it'll only kick in at the $350-450+ range though, and I won't be tempted.

**Morathi's Darkest Sin**

Although I'm probably grumbling more because I really wanted them to be not-ratlings.

The higher than General pledge has got my ears pricked up mind, partially as I am already over the general pledge anyways. I'm waiting to see how it pans out.

**Grot 6**

They are a great hook for the bucks, that's all that counts. They need sniper rifles, though.

you have a weapon on a battlefield, your a player. Either the sniper rifle, or some spotter glasses.

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

Barzam wrote:
So, I fully expect someone, somewhere is going to throw them into another gaming system as proxies or something.

At which point the world will cease spinning and society will collapse!!!

**shasolenzabi**

Lulus could be used as Ratlings

**RiTides**

KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Kalashnikov- I've been lurking this thread, and don't think I gave you props for posing with the rifle earlier to prove that it could be done. So... Props

**AlexHolker**

I love the one holding the puppy. Why can't she be the mascot instead of the hippo?

**Jimsolo**

I think I might eventually pick them up for use as objective markers.

**Azazelx**

OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Very smart that there will not be any shooting/blowing up etc of the Lulus in game

keeps it store friendly and appeases the 'think of the children' brigade

Let's be real for a moment, though. Their game doesn't actually exist, may never exist, and at best is several years away. So these will be used as counts-as Ratling snipers. So all together now - Hooray for child soldiers!

**Jimsolo**

Azazelx wrote:
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Very smart that there will not be any shooting/blowing up etc of the Lulus in game

keeps it store friendly and appeases the 'think of the children' brigade

Let's be real for a moment, though. Their game doesn't actually exist, may never exist, and at best is several years away. So these will be used as counts-as Ratling snipers. So all together now - Hooray for child soldiers!

...but cute child soldiers!

**KalashnikovMarine**

RiTides wrote:
KalashnikovMarine wrote:

Kalashnikov- I've been lurking this thread, and don't think I gave you props for posing with the rifle earlier to prove that it could be done. So... Props

Heh against my OWN criticism no less! However it did prove my point (as I could see my own sights) that it's possibly one of the worst shooting stances I've taken that didn't involve hip firing. If I get the chance to hit the range soon and I get properly limbered up, I'll actually take some shots (My M1 might not be a stand in .50 cal, but it is a high caliber rifle in it's own right) and we'll see how it does with recoil management.

I honestly have no idea why I'm going so far with this, like I told RH on the Herald's page, I was more or less teasing as opposed to giving serious criticism. A. M3STK mantra, game edition. B. There's ridiculous things in every game system and I've seen /way/ worse poses.

AlexHolker wrote:
I love the one holding the puppy. Why can't she be the mascot instead of the hippo?

While Harry the beer run buddy is pretty cool, this is not a bad point. The Lulus actually do seem like a platoon "adopted kid". If they didn't have a role in game (apparently) I'd think of them as a unit mascot.

**vic**

Morathi's Darkest Sin wrote:
Yeah, not really a fan of that tbh, there is a fair reason the mentioning of child soldiers where taken out of more recent Imperial Guard books.

If they are not meant for combat, I don't quite understand why they have huge guns. It was only when reading the background did I realize they are meant to be toy guns, its very hard to spot the tiny suction caps. Why would no one on the battlefield target them? In the TGG grim-dark setting it seems odd. As miniatures, I imagine they will look very much like 6 year old children with massive assault rifles.
I understand the reference to the lost boys from Peter Pan, but at no point did J.M Barrie arm them with Automatic weapons.
Even the makers of Mad Max 3, (also referenced), refrained from portraying young children with guns.
If they are genuinely not meant for combat, I would much rather see Lulus with early 20th century style kid's toys; pop guns, hobby horses, teddy's, slingshots, wooden swords, etc.

**BrookM**

Hello alternate Ratlings, because that's what they are right now. Come on now, when we saw the silhouettes, that's what almost everybody was saying.

Also, didn't one of the Gaunt's Ghosts novels revolve around a kiddy platoon at one point? And the Cadian Guard starts recruiting from 8 yrs and earlier in some cases, the Eye of Terror codex makes special note of this as a Commissar is put in a training unit with kids.

**Azazelx**

They're clearly designed as not-ratlings anyway. The weapons have the profiles of marksman's rifles rather than assault rifles. Which is what passes for the dimensions of sniper rifles anyway in 40k, "Fluff" wise they write that off as being the followers of one-shot blondie, the sniper. Of course, their dart guns are also scoped, which seems to be a feature of the snipers in this KS as opposed to the other figures.

I mean, I understand why they need to dance around the issue and add in their fluff reasons, but even I'd probably have a bit of difficulty with fielding these in a force. If they could have easily passed for halflings, then sure, but the cutesy-animal thing makes them clearly much more children than adult hobbit-lasses.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
I haven't kept up on parts of the ever-changing GW/IG fluff from the novels, but when they were first introduced in the RT post-Book of the Astronomicon days, Whiteshields were pretty much clearly 16-17 year-olds rather than 10-year-olds..