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Some new concept art showed up over on deviantart by Denis Medri : http://denism79.deviantart.com/

Wrath of Kings round 2?

Steampunk Norsemen and (most likely) Teknes diving suits to combat Hadross? Cool.

Maybe a new faction?

Even better, maybe we get the game sooner rather than later?

I really wish they would have left the steampunk bits and bobs off of most of the sculpts. It just doesn't really make any sense, and looks very "tacked on" in many cases.

It is kind of disheartening to see this campaign ship late. It seems like the dev team did lots of work upfront, and they already had production miniatures ready for several units during the KS and sculpts done for many more.

I think one of the other KS projects was a pet project for the primary design team and they ended up prioritizing some of those things over the resculpts of the blood dancers.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Wrath of Kings round 2?

Steampunk Norsemen and (most likely) Teknes diving suits to combat Hadross? Cool.

Maybe a new faction?

Someone who really knows the WoK fluff better than me can hopefully answer this definitively but, don't we already know all the factions in WoK?

Art looks cool. They are probably just new units. I can't see them introducing a new faction so soon and the look is very Teknes. Oh, and I'll take a few month delay for the resculpted Blood Dancers. I dislike the originals quite a bit.

Checking the Deviant Art page, it does list them as Teknes units.

Reason I mentioned new faction was there was mention of an independent city state/ island that existed within the WoK world, home to a lot of mercenaries (If I remember correctly).

Ah, makes sense. I'm sure at some point we'll get another faction but right now I'll be happy if the game is balanced for the 5 armies that all have 4 Core units and 3 specialists not counting unique ones, and a plethora of leaders and unique units.

I'm still impatiently waiting to see all those shark men sculpts. Would love to see them posed next to other WoK figures too to get a good sense of scale.

If a company isn't going to offer awesome looking lizard men, the least they can do towards placating my own selfish desires is make awesome looking shark men.

If we still haven't seen any by CMoN expo, I'll see if I can snag some there.

 cincydooley wrote:
If we still haven't seen any by CMoN expo, I'll see if I can snag some there.

If you see any of the Ravenscar mercs, I'd like to see a photo of those. The one photo they posted of the leader was small and hard to make out details, and I'm very curious to see how the regulars look.

New update up here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coolminiornot/wrath-of-kings/posts/831007

And dangit...I just realized I've got 332 models coming from this kickstarter at basically $2 per model...And that's including 17 of the larger monsters (I was only gonna get two of each, but then realized that for $20 more I could get two more!!!!!).

I'm glad I went heavy on Teknes for this kickstarter. I would have loved to go as nuts as you Hulksmash, but three armies will take me 30 years to paint, let alone 332 models and 17 monsters!

Plan is to get starter forces painted up for all 5 factions so I can demo for people locally. Hopefully it takes off but if it doesn't I still get a plethora of pretty models.

And I don't plan on having all of the models painted anytime soon. Or if I'm honest with myself ever

I know this isn’t a priority for them, but have there been any updates on the Zombicide tie-in models?

No, we've not seen anything of the 'art only' stuff except the twilight knight

so no sighting of Zombicide sculpts, or any of the 3rd troop boxes for WoK itself

We've actually seen a few of the art only stuff and have seen 1/5 of the third troop units (the teknes ones from the last update). And I'm sure we're going to be seeing the rest here shortly. But yeah, no Zombicide characters yet.

Mother's Day Update!

Update #78

May 11 2014
The Mother of all updates on Mother's Day!!!
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Well, I am just kidding of course. It is kind of hard to top Mr. Black's last update, filled with some very exciting information about the new units. BUT... I do have a ton of production plastic pics AND a new studio paint job by none other than our resident paintrix Jen Haley! Obviously, Jen's pics first We present you - Red Willow!





And now onto the plastics. A lot of backers had questions about what part of the models will be in styrene with quite a few of our past updates, so we decided that we will use a totally different color for our samples, so that there can be no confusion. Of course the final production products will be all one color.


Arkanthesh



Blind Hakar



Fellhammer





Hong Yao



Black Lotus



Iron Lotus Warrior





Madam Mui



Shadrus


As you can see, the plastics are coming out fantastic! The details are coming through nicely from the sculpts And we are going at a good pace to get everything done. We are at the final stretch, we are almost there.

Last but not least, CMON_Derek did a wonderful job at showing off some of the plastics in his YouTube channel. For those of you interested here is a link:




Well, Happy Mother's Day! and hopefully these updates will give you a sense of how things are progressing behind the scenes. We are expecting more production samples in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned! We thank you for your support and your patience, so that we can do our job and get you a quality final product that you and truly enjoy.

For those of you that can get away for a few day, come hang out with us and play some Wrath Of Kings at CMON Expo. All the designers and creative directors will be on hand to answer your questions. Here are the info:

http://cmonexpo.com/

as always, if you have any questions, please contact support@cmon.com

until next time.

- David

Damn, really want to pledge for more. :-P

The sculpts are looking good,

but the clean up is going to be such a pain

I swear I saw a female linemen defender in that video they linked.

Still not entirely sold on Shael Han's steam packs. They look like there isn't enough detail, especially the bald hoochie wolverine lady.

Red Willow's backpack is a bit better, but I've always been fond of her design. Quite tempted to ask for my pledge to be reopened and grab a Shael Han set, at least for her, and Hong Yao (whose pack does have more surface details on it), and the children.

Tempting....

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I swear I saw a female linemen defender in that video they linked.

Still not entirely sold on Shael Han's steam packs. They look like there isn't enough detail, especially the bald hoochie wolverine lady.

Red Willow's backpack is a bit better, but I've always been fond of her design. Quite tempted to ask for my pledge to be reopened and grab a Shael Han set, at least for her, and Hong Yao (whose pack does have more surface details on it), and the children.

Tempting....

the backpacks are rather awkward, they seemed liked they ran out of time and just through something together and slapped it on. In all honesty they would look better without them.

The detail seems to be a bit more crisp on the larger minis.

When is this one scheduled to ship again?

I like all but the bald lady. And I love the Fellhammers. I might re-open just get another box or two of them.

Update #79 May 16 2014

Nasier Spoilers + Model Previews!

Backers! Mr. Black here, and I've brought you some lovely Nasier and Shael Han treats this Friday!

First up we have a Shael Han preview: Hong Yao, the Red Demon, freshly painted up by our own Jen Haley!







Next up we have some more spoilers from Development, namely the Nasier Fel Warriors!



Specializing in overwhelming crushing power we have the Fel Hammers! These guys hit like a truck... A truck covered in boxing gloves... Wearing a yellow Bruce Lee jumpsuit...

... I am not good at analogies...

Focusing on the Nasier tactics of "All-in" offense we have a unit who already hits hard and can take some big risks to hit even harder! There is a very big risk/reward system here with the Fel Warriors, namely in their Unleash Fury special ability, which allows them to gain some truly monstrous offensive power at the cost of personal safety (Namely in that they just might explode after using it!). The savvy player must learn when best to use this ability, and the savvy opponent must know how to bog these guys down in low-ranking Infantry and targets in order to wear them thin.

When dealing (and playing) with the Fel Hammers understand that they are a ticking time bomb, growing strongest just before their explosive end, and just like a bomb, they can be a terrifyingly efficient tool to use, but should the opponent know how to work around them they might very well find a way to make that bomb detonate pre-maturely, which holds nothing good for the other nearby Nasier troops!



Leading the Fel Hammers we have their Rank 1 leader, The Unmasked. She carries much the same abilities as the Fel Hammers with the added ability of Master of Deception, which will allow her to react both offensively and defensively against enemy movement. On the defense she can dart away from an oncoming threat, and on the offensive she can use the same trick to launch herself into the enemy back-ranks (hopefully near some high-value targets, such as Leaders or Specialists)- just be sure you have a way out should you choose this all in approach... sacrificing a Leader is rarely worth it and can really come back to bite you in the end.

One thing to note is that, while the Unmasked truly is one of the better combat Leaders in the game she also carries the risks of Unleash Fury, so, once again, careless plays will end up only forcing a loss for both her and the Fel Hammers under her care!

Of course, being a Leader, she naturally Inspires the troops around her, and her Inspire is particularly useful for the Fel Hammers- basically making it so that high risk/reward move of activating Unleash Fury becomes all the more tempting...



Last, but not least, we have the Rank 2 leader for the Fel Warriors, Arkan Thesh. Sure, he may look just like a big Fel Warrior, but looking at his abilities we see he is anything but.

First and foremost, we see he does not have Unleash Fury. No, his aspect is much... darker... Arkhan Thesh is host to two fighting spirits, and this is represented by his Dual Possession ability, which on a successful Will Check rewards him with the benefits of Elemental Fury (sans the exploding aspect!)... On a failure, however, not only is he taking a nasty hit, but so is everyone near him, friend and foe a like!

... Of course there is nothing saying you couldn't just fly him into the center of the enemy army and hope for the best, but I really expect you to make better use of a Rank 2 Leader than that!

Looking at his Inspire, he only moves to push the Fel Hammers to higher extremes, gifting them with additional attacks for the drawback of an even higher chance of killing themselves! I hope you understand by now that if you are a big risk-taker then the Fel Hammers were built specifically for you!

Of course, Arkhan's Training works to counteract the negatives his dual nature bestows on the troops around him (or accentuates it if you want to see more explosions!) It's a tricky tool, and it will take some hard tactical choices to determine whether saving your troops via the enhanced Will is the better move... or sacrificing them to an exploding death to harm any nearby enemies is the way to go!

Overall, the Fel Warriors represent the basic tenants of the Nasier army: Achieve victory at all costs. They present the option to really hammer (pun!) their way through even the toughest enemy army, but everything comes at a price, and its knowing when to pay this price that will separate the good generals from the bad!

That's all for this week, dear players! I'll check back with you all soon with some more goodies, and I'm sure we'll keep the flow of model pictures coming as well!

Stay tuned!

-Mr. Black

The styrene parts look quite good... but it almost makes the PVC parts stand out more, as you can see what a hard / sharp edge would really look like.

Excellent painting makes up for that, as seen on the amazing ones they've shown here... but for average painters, I wish the regular model's edges were sharper.

As Orlando says, also looks like a lot of cleanup required. Just the nature of the beast with PVC...

I really want to see bald lady Mui painted up, and see if she looks any better.

Oni guy looks pretty rocking, and thanks to the fact that none of this stuff is exclusive, I'm sure I'll be hunting down individual blisters or piece meal sets with him and the Children later on down the line.

Shael Han was the faction I was most interested in prior to the campaign, but the one that left me feeling the most disappointed when all was said and done. I was expecting more 3 Kingdoms era looking guys in big armor with big guan daos, not dudes in bathrobes and respirators with knives.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:


Shael Han was the faction I was most interested in prior to the campaign, but the one that left me feeling the most disappointed when all was said and done. I was expecting more 3 Kingdoms era looking guys in big armor with big guan daos, not dudes in bathrobes and respirators with knives.

Asthma strikes at the most inconvenient times.

At least Shael Han gets respirators. All of the Teknes linemen look like they've got their something else's in a steamer.

 RiTides wrote:
The styrene parts look quite good... but it almost makes the PVC parts stand out more, as you can see what a hard / sharp edge would really look like.

Excellent painting makes up for that, as seen on the amazing ones they've shown here... but for average painters, I wish the regular model's edges were sharper.

As Orlando says, also looks like a lot of cleanup required. Just the nature of the beast with PVC...

AGREED!

I think this one will be the last "PVC" based Kickstarter I will ever take part in...

To be fair, while I'm superstoked at the items I seem to be getting on this one and the clean-up didn't look to bad on the videos that were previously put up, I tend to avoid "pcv" plastic KS's now too.

I means I'm likely not going to be adding anything to Mercs either as I don't wanna deal with the hassle. They got me on that one. Dang thing got to good to pass up.