Titan Forge "Metal Beards" steampunk dwarf army Kickstarter - Ended at $50.5K!

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**Squat Kid**

I've been considering starting fantasy for a while now, and I think this will be my dwarf gun line

**Bellygrub**

RiTides wrote:
This company has already successfully delivered on a past KS campaign, and are currently delivering another, though. Only danger is if demand exceeds their ability to supply.

They also did an IndieGogo campaign, which I was a part of, to fund their undead orc line. While they did take a bit longer then anticipated to get everything out (who doesn't?) I received everything without a hitch.

I also have their Pirate Ogre lines which I ordered directly from them. The one time I did run into an issue they were quick to respond to emails and help me out. So I've had nothing but good dealings with this company over the past couple years.

**thesilverback**

Metal and Steam Dwarves seeing all kinds of conversions made simple. Got to really look at this seriously.

**prankster**

Update #7
Dec 21, 2013
Possessed Metal Beards! And some important info!

Well now, how about that! We reached our final goal for first stage of our campaign in three (THREE) days. We would say it's pretty damn impressive! And that's all thanks to your support - not only here, on kickstarter, but also on various forums and blogs regarding tabletop gaming! Huge THANK YOU to you guys & gals out there!

But, back to bussiness! There is a slight change to the plan due to reaching our stretch goal! Our sculptor got a bit excited and finished two concept arts for the Possessed Metal Beards right away! Now, seeing how you were all fired up to see them, we decided to show them to you today, and the Mountain Crushers will have their moment of glory tommorow! How about that?

The rightly feared Possessed Metal Beards Warlock is an evil genious, in his own way! Creating wicked simulacra of their Metal Beards brothers, he proud himself in corrupting and defiling everything he touches! Wielding strange powers as his weapon, he is nigh unstoppable force of destruction!

Mighty Overlords of Possessed Metal Beards are a terrifying warriors. Mighty juggernaughts of death, deprived of feelings such as fear and compassion, they look only to stomp their enemies to the ground. They are often seen wearing strange masks - it is said they are holding the anger of the Overlord in check. Without them they enter a state of berserk, not recognising friend or foe, and slaying both of them withour remorse!

How do you like that little teaser of things to come? Be sure to leave your comments in the comment section!

Also, wsome of you asked for a little bigger add - on pledge for more points. We thought we should enable such option for you, and therefore:

YOU CAN NOW ADD 500 POINTS TO YOUR PLEDGE FOR THE COST OF 31 £!

The 3000 points pledge is still being discussed.

**Platuan4th**

Loving the Possessed Metal Beards!

Unfortunately, I'm tapped out for a while thanks to too many KS and pre-orders already.

**RiTides**

Well, I pledged for the 31 pound level to get the two possessed characters. I think those, since they're less "metal", will be able to mix into my existing army

Hope they make a standard bearer arm for one of them.

**Kroothawk**

Damn, second parallel Chaos Dwarf kickstarter. I am tempted.

**Saxon**

That's Doctor Eggman as a Chaos Dwarf....

**Rumbleguts**

These are pretty cool but I would rather see more ranged guys then melee.

**Joyboozer**

Didn't want the bloodbowl team, but these are absolutely amazing!
Hopefully won't too much effort to make use for these guys in both fantasy and 40k.

**RiTides**

I can't wait to see the two possessed units (one already unlocked with the first possessed hero). But I plan to just stick to the heroes, even though the units are a much better deal!

**Dryaktylus**

Never liked those WHFB-Squats (I guess the plastic troopers were the best ones). And every attempt to revive them. The engineer looks good, though. That's what squats should look like.

**Kroothawk**

Someone should add this self-updating pic to the first post:

**Yodhrin**

So many conversion bits there...

I thought Raging Heroes had put me off KS for good, but I think I'll get myself a wee prezzie for Christmas and go in for the £61 level. Now I just have to hope the evil versions aren't awesome as well or I might get myself into trouble.

**Alpharius**

Kroothawk wrote:
Someone should add this self-updating pic to the first post:

Yes, RiTides should.

**Kroothawk**

Update #8: Possessed Metal Beards - the idea behind!

In the workshops of Mother of Mountains the work never ceases. Engineers are tightening the last Dread Cannon screws, and are polishing the armour plates of the Mountain Crushers. But, at the same time, deep in the bowels of the mountain, Possessed Metal Beards are designing their own vehicles of destruction, which will, very soon, stand against their brethren.

You’ve already seen Possessed Metal Beards heroes, but the main body of their army, as in their cousins force, is created by ranks upon ranks of mechanical Metal Beards units. Sławek is working on their design very hard but we managed to get few good looks on his drawings, to give you a hint of what you could expect from evil beards!

Possessed Metal Beards are fueled not by coal, or steam, but by energy of the crystals, they mine deep in the Mother of Mountain. But the power comes with a price – the mysterious crystals are slowly corrupting the engineers, making them mad and evil. Thus, instead of furnace and steam boiler, you can find locks with some gems, emanating some strange light. The fume vents, shaped in hexagon, are also a distinctive feature, making the Possessed Metal Beards easy recognizable.

Possessed Metal Beards are more reckless and they don’t know the meaning of patience – which reflects in their mechanisms. You’ll see that their constructions are less symmetric, the parts are screwed together more random, and instead of ornaments, and heraldry – spikes, horns and unholy runes.

Heroes of Possessed Metal Beards are also engineers, so you’ll find a wrench or hammers attached to their belts, or sticking out of their bags. But they are fascinated by blades, so each of them was converted to not only tighten a loosed bolt, but also to cleave some unfortunate dwarf in half! In the end, as some smart barbarian said: “You can never have too many knives”.

If you like what you see, and would like to see more like, share and post!

Update #9: Mountain Crushers!

Time to get serious. Heavy armour? Checked. Cool, badass weapons, each almost as big as a grown man? Checked. Classy, and stylish design, with dynamic pose? Checked.

Yup, the Mountain Crushers have arrived!

To give you a bit more insight of how we create the Metal Beards, we wanted to show you a list of parts - be sure to check them out!

Whos next? Well, Dread Cannon shape is looming on the horizon...

**prankster**

Second image appears to be missing from Update #9 above.

**highlord tamburlaine**

Can't help but wonder if those Mountain Crushers will even be able to fit still on a 20mm base like their brethren.

If they do, I can't help but wonder if there's still even bigger and badder tools of destruction they can get lumbering onto the battlefield (besides the golems that is).

**prankster**

Update #10
Dec 23, 2013
Dread Cannon madness!

Alright guys & gals! Time for some Dread Cannon showdown! Now, it's not a finished model yet. There are some parts that will be added, for example there will be a gunner seat placed next to the barrel itself. So the Dread Cannon will get some more attention, but it's ready to be shown and feel free to comment and share your opinion with us!

But to give you some more info we decided to add a little movie, so you can check out the gun from every angle! But, as always, we got some pictures of the famous artillery of the Metal Beards!

And some nice view from the back

How do you like it? Please, remember it's not finished yet, but should be ready in no time!

AN IMPORTANT NEWS! NEW CONTEST ANOUNCED!

Bearing in mind how great you all folks did when designing the names for the regular Metal Beards, we decided to give you the same opportunity for the Possessed Metal Beards! We need a name for three units of evil, badass, rock and rolling, packed with awesome, corrupted dwarves. A light armoured, medium armoured and heavy armoured unit. Can you handle this level of badassory and emerge victorious?

YOUR PRIZE WILL BE A HERO OF YOU CHOOSING ALONG WITH A 10-MAN UNIT PROUDLY DISPLAYING NAME OF YOUR DESIGN!
You can post your answers on our facebook page, or in private messages (to keep it tidy!). Also, you can only come with one proposition for each unit - let's keep it fair - any posts or messages with more than one suggestion will not be rewarded!
Also, whole Titan Forge crew would like to wish you a merry christmas and a happy New Year! Let this time be full of epic battles, glorious victories and lots (and we mean LOTS!) of beards! Tommorow we're taking a day free - we are going to devour all those dumplings that were prepared on this celebration!

ALL BEST FROM TITAN FORGE IN 2014!

Quite like the cannon, though it does look a little unstable and liable to tip over due to recoil when it fires.

**RiTides**

I think just tilting out the legs (and thus widening the stance) would do it

**prankster**

Yeah, that could work. Also depends were the engineer's chair ends up as well.

On the topic of the contest, a correction was just posted in the comments section:

Creator Titan-Forge 6 minutes ago

IMPORTANT NEWS!
Too much christmas songs made me thinking too slow! Not 3 units, but three heroes, HEROES!
1. Mage
2. Standard Bearer
3. Lord
Those of you who already posted their propositions you can do it again!

Sorry sorry!

**RiTides**

Yes, possessed standard bearer! They took my suggestion, woot

. I'm getting all 3.

**Barzam**

I'm not keen on unhelmetted, normal dwarves. So, the regular guys and the possessed guys do absolutely nothing for me. Those robots though.. those I like! I wish I could back this one. These would be great for Forgefathers. I can't wait to see some drill equipped mining units. I wonder if they'll have jackhammer equipped ones as well?

**prankster**

Update #11
Dec 23, 2013
Too fast too furious!

Well, it seems we got too eager. Kickstarter rules prohibit organising contest via their platform, and we overlooked that. We always like the idea of contests, which makes people creative and supportive, but in the more feedback - opinion way, not financial one.

However, rules are rules, and we have to ask the kickstarter support for permission.

You can still send us your propositions, and we will certainly use them for the heroes we mentioned, but if we can reward you for your creativity depends on the answer we get from kickstarter support.

Again, sorry for the chaos, we wanted to show you something cool right before christmas, and we did it in a hurry to get everything done. And thus, overlooking some important stuff.

We will post the news regarding kickstarter answer to our question as soon as we get it!

**RiTides**

I had sent them a PM about that, just as a heads up- better to adjust it now than have KS do it later. Still a cool idea!

**Jehan-reznor**

Only 843% pledged?

Those posessed look cool!

**prankster**

Update #12 Possessed Metal Beards Standard Bearer
Dec 26, 2013

Hi there! Time for some update!

Despite having soome time free from work we managed to do some concept art of the Standard Bearer hero for the evil Metal Beards:

The Possessed Standard Bearer will come with a few choices of equipment. The one you can see above comes with a hand weapon and a shield, but we also plan to give him a two - handed weapon. Also, you can see a gas mask on his face - we also think about making that an option, like for a Possessed Overlord.

Sławek is currently working very hard on more concept arts - they should appear soon!

We also hope you have a great christmas, with lots of food and cool presents! We sure have lots of food...

**RiTides**

Wow, must have that possessed standard bearer!!

**Red Viper**

That BsB for the possessed Dwarfs is tempting.

I'm in the process of planning a conversion for one. This would be much easier...

**Kroothawk**

Possessed BSB and Blunderbusses unlocked!

Also:

Update #13: New year aproaching!

Well, the christmas are behind us. Let us mourn all the food that was eaten during those days (as well as all those diets that failed uterly when faced with this delicious snacks!). But, we can now put it aside and focus on the job at hand - spawning more and more Metal Beards and their corrupted brethren. Few last updates were more Possessed focused, so now some glorious Metal Beards!

Steel Miners are a rare sight on the battlefield. Metal Beards, as all dwarves, are well known for their expertise in mining. Also, their society is divided in numerous clans: miners, jewelers, warmiths etc. Most of the clans, when the need occurs, are able to deploy a unit or two. Steel Miners are joining the force of Metal Beards only on most dire need - they are needed to ever expanding the dominion of Metal Beards. However, when they join the fight - it is like the Mother of Mountains express her rage and anger! Earth erupts in great explosions, the ground shakes and tears apart.

Sławek took a little break from drawing Possessed Metal Beards and finished those heads of Steel Miners. Being clearly "in theme" with the rest of the models, are easy to distinguish, just by the look of their armoured heads!

Alpharius wrote:
Kroothawk wrote:
Someone should add this self-updating pic to the first post:

Yes, RiTides should.

Indeed, he should