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 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Fine by me if it means keeping the prices reasonable... or packing more plastic into the box as it is.

Make that an and instead of an or and that's the reason. And the Zombicide minis paint up pretty well folks. We'll also be maintaining the metal line (and adding the new sculpts to it) for those folks that want the high detail multi part minis.

The zombicide plastics are actually pretty decent, so I certainly wouldn't be put off by it

Certainly a long way from board game plastics of old!

Does this also mean we can expect the plastics in different colours? Like zombicide so you can play straight out the box if you like and easily be able to tell the minis apart. Doesn't so bad to me anymore. The zombicide plastic has seemed quite popular with people. More so than restic!

Yup, Green for 'mericans, Grey for Germans, Brown for British. Stickers will be made available for mini bases so that players will easily be able to differentiate between, say, HMG APE I and HMG APE II

 robertsjf wrote:
the high detail multi part minis.

Was hoping this is what was going to be in plastic in the box. :-/

The Zombicide plastic is fine for a board game, but I guess I considered this a miniatures game first. Maybe it's my fault for that misconception.

Good to hear that the metal line will continue.

I guess it goes without saying that the new plastics will scale perfectly with the old metals?

Though I suppose I actually would like to hear you say it!

The zombicide type plastic makes me really sad. It's fine for a game like that but Incursion deserves so much more! (Unfortunately, I really don't like metals)

Oh well - I still watch with interest anyway.

 Alpharius wrote:
I guess it goes without saying that the new plastics will scale perfectly with the old metals?

Both use the same masters but the plastic is prone to some slight shrinkage. We're going to get one of our studio painters to whip up the plastics once we get them and maybe do some side by sides with the metals.

 robertsjf wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I guess it goes without saying that the new plastics will scale perfectly with the old metals?

Both use the same masters but the plastic is prone to some slight shrinkage. We're going to get one of our studio painters to whip up the plastics once we get them and maybe do some side by sides with the metals.

Good enough - looking forward to it!

And, you know, the Kickstarter launch too!

 robertsjf wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
I guess it goes without saying that the new plastics will scale perfectly with the old metals?

Both use the same masters but the plastic is prone to some slight shrinkage. We're going to get one of our studio painters to whip up the plastics once we get them and maybe do some side by sides with the metals.

Please, by all means, tease me with miniatures.

 robertsjf wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Fine by me if it means keeping the prices reasonable... or packing more plastic into the box as it is.

Make that an and instead of an or and that's the reason. And the Zombicide minis paint up pretty well folks. We'll also be maintaining the metal line (and adding the new sculpts to it) for those folks that want the high detail multi part minis.

and actually Sedition Wars, for all it's faults, did show that those plastic production lines are capable of more than many of the ZC plastics would make you believe (as good as they already are). Never played incursion before but if I can scrounge up the cash I'm in

 Bolognesus wrote:

 robertsjf wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Fine by me if it means keeping the prices reasonable... or packing more plastic into the box as it is.

Make that an and instead of an or and that's the reason. And the Zombicide minis paint up pretty well folks. We'll also be maintaining the metal line (and adding the new sculpts to it) for those folks that want the high detail multi part minis.

and actually Sedition Wars, for all it's faults, did show that those plastic production lines are capable of more than many of the ZC plastics would make you believe (as good as they already are). Never played incursion before but if I can scrounge up the cash I'm in

Sedition Wars and Zombicide don't use the same plastic.

Sedition Wars had beautiful miniatures, if they're on the same caliber, you have another backer!

 cincydooley wrote:

 Bolognesus wrote:

 robertsjf wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Fine by me if it means keeping the prices reasonable... or packing more plastic into the box as it is.

Make that an and instead of an or and that's the reason. And the Zombicide minis paint up pretty well folks. We'll also be maintaining the metal line (and adding the new sculpts to it) for those folks that want the high detail multi part minis.

and actually Sedition Wars, for all it's faults, did show that those plastic production lines are capable of more than many of the ZC plastics would make you believe (as good as they already are). Never played incursion before but if I can scrounge up the cash I'm in

Sedition Wars and Zombicide don't use the same plastic.

Whuh, are you sure about that? I thought it was basically small variations on the same theme etc?

 Bolognesus wrote:

 cincydooley wrote:

 Bolognesus wrote:

 robertsjf wrote:

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Fine by me if it means keeping the prices reasonable... or packing more plastic into the box as it is.

Make that an and instead of an or and that's the reason. And the Zombicide minis paint up pretty well folks. We'll also be maintaining the metal line (and adding the new sculpts to it) for those folks that want the high detail multi part minis.

and actually Sedition Wars, for all it's faults, did show that those plastic production lines are capable of more than many of the ZC plastics would make you believe (as good as they already are). Never played incursion before but if I can scrounge up the cash I'm in

Sedition Wars and Zombicide don't use the same plastic.

Whuh, are you sure about that? I thought it was basically small variations on the same theme etc?

Positive. Sedition Wars used multipart plastics that are closer to a restic. Zombicide used a plastic that's pretty similar to what FFG is using now.

We have the APE prototypes! Now, due to the process the plastic minis will be about 5% smaller than the metal minis. As mentioned, we will be maintaining the metal lines.

Looking great. Any chance of comparison pictures against the metal miniatures, so I can get an idea of size difference.

Is that the actual level of detail the plastics will have (e.g. are these from a prototype mold) or are these some sort of 3dprints/resin masters?

They look pretty damn good for sure

Furious Retreat wrote:
Looking great. Any chance of comparison pictures against the metal miniatures, so I can get an idea of size difference.

Request seconded please!

Alpharius wrote:

Furious Retreat wrote:
Looking great. Any chance of comparison pictures against the metal miniatures, so I can get an idea of size difference.

Request seconded please!

Thirded?

I'm going to have a hell of a time getting those heads and helmets painted if it's all one piece. Pray for me people!

...if it's hidden so far 'inside' a model a basecoat and wash generally gets you he best result visible from over 20cm away regardless look at it as saving you the hassle

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:

Alpharius wrote:

Furious Retreat wrote:
Looking great. Any chance of comparison pictures against the metal miniatures, so I can get an idea of size difference.

Request seconded please!

Thirded?

I'm going to have a hell of a time getting those heads and helmets painted if it's all one piece. Pray for me people!

Oh? You're going to paint the Americans then? They're all yours. I guess I'll take ze Germenz!

I like the look of these! Seeing as I never got round to collecting the metal ones, I won't have any issue with scale. I had forgotten how nicely detailed they all were!

Furious Retreat wrote:
Looking great. Any chance of comparison pictures against the metal miniatures, so I can get an idea of size difference.

The proto's are actually a little bigger than the final production model. They were produced so we could see what we'd be dealing with in plastic. As a result, they're about the size of the metal mini. As soon as I get finals in hand I'll post a comparison.

 Barzam wrote:

Oh? You're going to paint the Americans then? They're all yours. I guess I'll take ze Germenz!

Uh... that was merely speculation on my part if I was to actually paint them. You know I don't paint board game components!

I might make an exception for the gorilla.

All 12 sturmzombie prototypes and the final artwork for the poster. A small version of the poster will be made available during Gencon at the Bombshell Babes booth. The full 30"x42" poster will be part of the kickstarter campaign.

Hmm, am I to understand zombies in the incursion setting are physically incapable of placing their right leg in front of their left?

 Bolognesus wrote:
Hmm, am I to understand zombies in the incursion setting are physically incapable of placing their right leg in front of their left?

I'll see if we can't do a few favoring the left foot if we get far enough into the KS stretch goals!

Well, if you ever watch Power Rangers or play games like Super Robot Wars, the bad guy is always on the left. Clearly that's what is going on here. They're on the left side of the screen attacking the hero on the right side. Momentarily the hero will be doing his final attack and destroying them all.

I'm liking what I'm seeing of the zombies. So, 24 Zs will be in the base game. Can we expect a stretch goal to increase that number?

robertsjf wrote:

Furious Retreat wrote:
Looking great. Any chance of comparison pictures against the metal miniatures, so I can get an idea of size difference.

The proto's are actually a little bigger than the final production model. They were produced so we could see what we'd be dealing with in plastic. As a result, they're about the size of the metal mini. As soon as I get finals in hand I'll post a comparison.

Completely out of curiosity: If they can deliver prototype figures in that material at the correct size, why do the production figures have shrinkage?

Really looking forward to this KS!

~Eric