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

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**Mathieu Raymond**

So, according to the comments section: Someone from the RH team emailed a backer and he/she/it was immediately reassured. If that is the case, shouldn't that information have been dispensed publicly?

**BrookM**

Pfffft, of course not, only a select few are allowed such lofty assurances.

**monkeytroll**

They've decided that the best utilisation of their comms guy is for him to individually e-mail each backer......now obviously once they've re-jigged some tiny aspect of something, somewhere, he'll have to re-start the entire process from the original receipient and work through until the next tiny adjustment - at which point he goes back to the original backer....ad infinitum

**BrookM**

Posted here for those who don't go there:

I just saw your 2 messages and wanted to get back to you right away, even if it’s Sunday. I can tell you are feeling upset and impatient on getting the rewards for this Kickstarter, and I can fully appreciate that.
I swear to you, I feel the same way. I so do wish this project was done and all shipped out, it hurts.
However, from reading your comments on other Kickstarter campaigns you’ve backed, I see that the quality of the minis is also of great importance to you, such as your comment on the Dark Darker Darkest KS, where you mention that “I took one look at the really poor quality minis and threw the boxes in the bottom of the cupboard”.
Well, we’re working damned hard to make sure that our backers say the exact opposite about the TGG minis!!!
As you’ve probably read on most of our updates, we are striving for the best possible minis we can make for our backers.
Unfortunately, I don’t need to tell you that quality takes time. For example, as you may know, we’ve been redoing many of the first minis we made for this KS because, as we progressed with the huge amount of minis we are creating for the KS, we saw room for improvement.
And this back and forth does as meant taking extra time (and money, unfortunately).
But it would have been a pity to release minis at a certain quality level in Wave 1, and then have a next Wave with minis at a different quality level, wouldn’t you agree?
If you’ve read our latest Update http://bit.ly/update85 you’ll see that things are pretty much all lining up now. And you can probably tell that all of our Waves are going to be fairly close to one another.
With the Pledge Manager opening up in a few days and the first minis due to ship soon after that, I’m most sincerely hoping we can finally begin to meet your expectations.

That last line, I hope it's true and not another empty statement.

**prankster**

Well, it reads more like the backer contacted RH directly and received a response that they found reassuring.

Which, from my own experiences, is fairly standard. They do reply to messages from individuals via pm. However, the content isn't always refreshing or delicious. In this case, it seems to mostly be a rehash of text from previous updates rather than anything new.

**BrookM**

Aye, same old, same old really.

**Mathieu Raymond**

Again, if waves are going to be fairly close to one another, why do waves at this point? Why not push for everything all at once if things are all "so close"?

Because they're not.

**Alpharius**

Especially considering how expensive shipping will be - if they are that close, it makes sense to combine as many as possible.

**BrookM**

Hence the dropship or wait until it's all over thing. Oh wait..

**Mathieu Raymond**

But let's be realistic here, the dropships are only going to reach a minimal amount of backers. especially if some have closed, died or reneged since this whole thing started.

**BrookM**

And they've admitted(!) that stores have stepped away from the program.

**prankster**

Well, there's always the private drop ship thing. Provided you managed to persuade a couple of friends to pledge and stay in.

That's one of the reasons I went for smaller pledges, rather than a single massive one. Along with more freebies of course.

**BrookM**

Okay, tempting fate here, but..

With the Pledge Manager opening up in a few days and the first minis due to ship soon after that, I’m most sincerely hoping we can finally begin to meet your expectations.

Place your bets! Will it happen before the end of the week?

**prankster**

Well, we're still 3-5 weeks away from the next update. I fear RH may explode if they update any sooner than that. So I'd put the pledge manager going live on or after the 4th of June (2014).

**Jimsolo**

BrookM wrote:
Okay, tempting fate here, but..

With the Pledge Manager opening up in a few days and the first minis due to ship soon after that, I’m most sincerely hoping we can finally begin to meet your expectations.

Place your bets! Will it happen before the end of the week?

We should start a pool, like they do with babies.

**BrookM**

I'm going to play the optimist card (and hopefully get a few angry overly protective fans off my back) and state that it will most definitely happen this week.

**Mathieu Raymond**

I'm saying May 15th. Nice, even number.

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prankster wrote:
Well, we're still 3-5 weeks away from the next update. I fear RH may explode if they update any sooner than that. So I'd put the pledge manager going live on or after the 4th of June (2014).

I see what you did there. Chose the date for the 1 year anniversary. Clever man.

**Jimsolo**

I'll put my money down on May 3. Just in time for my anniversary.

**-iPaint-**

Just noticed all of the TGG images are now in a private Photobucket library...

~iPaint

**BrookM**

Drat, just when I cleared my Dakka Dakka gallery of their stuff.

**prankster**

Maybe they've decided the older images aren't good enough so they're going to redo them all? Either that, or its to stop people comparing the higher res images of older sculptors with the new delicious versions.

**BrookM**

Well, I still have Wolfenstein somewhere on my hard-drive, so not all am lost.

**Mathieu Raymond**

It might make sense, especially since people were asking for posters. With hi-res images of the renders out and about, I could have printed all of those on demand on good sized posters.

Damn, why am I so slow? Or honest?

**Wehrkind**

I ask myself the same thing every day.

It takes that long to get around to it.

**BrookM**

I see another champion has risen in the comments section.

**Snapdragon**

I'm cautiously optimistic. It's not like RH is a rookie to making miniatures, they just haven't done something to this scale before and it sounds like the logistics are getting a little overwhelming for them.

I expect, eventually, we'll see these models, I just think (and not to step on any toes here) they're going about it in a very French "it'll be done when it's done" kind of way, taking their time, tweaking it, kicking off for five-week vacations, etc.

I figure it'll give me something to do when I'm in the retirement home...

**BrookM**

Aye, at this rate it will make for a fine retirement project.

**Alpharius**

BrookM wrote:
I see another champion has risen in the comments section.

Crosspost and share, please!

**BrookM**

I'm already marked and damned, might as well.

So some talking about creature caster, here is the answer to my question:
Why some models are ultraforge remake and are more expensive?

The answer:

"Jeremy Glen says:
Dragons and Tree creatures have been sculpted for decades. People keep sculpting them year after year, and I am no exception. Reaper sculpts a new dragon every few months, and they are not "remaking" them.
The dragon and tree walker are more expensive than other dragons and treewalkers because they are HUGE, extremely detailed, have a far greater amount of expertise involved with their construction, etc.
If it is unclear, or seems unfair, then please know that no one is forcing you to back the campaign. Enjoy the thousands of other dragons and treepeople that exist. These are mine, and I stand by them.
Jeremy"

Wants more communication? HAHAHAHAH i really prefere raging heroes answer, they don't blame us when we ask something.

**skarsol**

I am terribly amused that someone is trying to say RH communicates better than the Creature Caster guys.