Step 4

If you cannot get the Spreadsheet to work just email us the details of your order at Kickstarter@Pulpmonsters.com and we will handle it for you. This should be reserved as a last resort as it creates more work for us. But if you can't get the spreadsheets to work we will be a happy to help you out.

Update #85

May 29 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

we are still very busy with the pledge manager and sorting out your requests (hey, sometimes we are still getting surprised!), all is well and we have the majority of pledges returned. Thanks for that!

Pledge manager madness - who is better to illustrate our current state than this guy?



Stay tuned for more!
Maciej & The Team

drazz wrote:
Coming straight from Devon:

Feartigo. Blaster with Mind and Spirit trump traits. Will have Suppression, Stun and "shifting" (Displacement?) effects.

Sounds pretty nice.

Update #87

Jun 12 2014
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Good Day, Citizens,

we are 3 days away from the FINAL pledge manager day. Most are in, thank you, some people still savor the pleasure of adding more PC stuff! What happens if you miss it? We may have a hard time delivering your order on time and Karol will have to spend more nights in our basement warehouse with limited food rations. Do you really want it?

Next week we finalize the production numbers and make a final call on the medium to use for some of the Powerhouses. I keep holding my thumbs for resin and I say this after almost finishing resin Amok for my collection. Yay! These things are so huge, it makes much more sense but may slow down production a bit. Producing circa 20 000 minis - there is a lot to take into account.



Take care and see you next week! Maciej & The Team

Update #88

Jun 19 2014
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Howdy Citiziens,

The pledge manager turn-in date is past us but we are still missing quite a few. If you got any doubts how to do it or why are you receiving reminder emails, please re-read update 82 and then if it is still not clear, please contact us at kickstarter (at) pulpmonsters.com!

Remember that we keep Karol in the basement until we get all pledges sorted out.

Early next week, last of the sculpts should go for resin master casting and we will be ready for the mass production. We are all good with the miniatures. I also received the word from Q-Workshop that the dice are being packed this weekend. We almost know the final pagecount for the book, so in June we'll get final quotes for printing and reserve a production line spot. Hopefully not many companies print books in the summer!

You want pictures? OK, I am in a very voodoo modes, so here you are (Mambo we'll have some slight production adjustments):




Stay tuned and cheer for your teams in the World Cup! Maciej & The Team

Update #89

Jun 26 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

after a busy week of (mostly) production research, we've made some major progress in a couple of areas. We have an online folder marked as Final Cards and as new pictures of painted miniatures showed up, the folder filled up nicely. Here's a couple of findings from the grimm section:





Next on our agenda is making sure that models end up in proper moulds. Each mould is a significant expense so you have to be smart about how the models are distributed. At the same time, various sizes require various temperatures, so if you had say Amok and Supreme Grimm in one mould, the casts would probably not come out that great.

We are going through last pledge managers (If I ever want to write a book, it might be about that), there is a big light at the end of this tunnel.

Stay Pulp,

Maciej & The Team

Update #90

Jul 3 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

this week is a reminder that flying cats with miniguns are a real threat!



Other than that, everything is going ok, as predicted getting all models painted in time for cards photoshoot might be an issue. As we don't want to delay the project, some cards may get monochrome pictures of the sculpts - I think it works better than having to delay the printing.

Stay pulp,

Maciej & The Team

Update #91

Jul 11 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

sorry for one-day slip, I was stuck in the middle of the proverbial nowhere yesterday and finally made it to the land of decent wifi. Holidays! Hopefully somewhere on Earth #24379 there is still Thursday.

Anyways, the final production numbers are up and we are looking at nearly 9000 minis to produce!

They go from the size of a hover cat to the size of the monster. Fortunately most of them are fast-factory productions but we are already starting with them.

I owe you a couple of the last sculpts, I will spread them thin so you can feast your eyes on the weekly basis before we move to some production shots of cards and books.



Have a great weekend!
Maciej & The Team

Update #92

Jul 17 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

today we take a trip to the Powerhouse land. We probably spent the most playtesting time on these guys to keep them in check and balanced and yet capable of winning games. When you play with a Powerhouse, you see that part of their power comes from the pure visual threat that each poses. They are a psychological weapon in addition to everything else they do.

So today we visit the painting workshop of Jolly Roger Studios as well as the sculpting workshop of our super talented Jarek.

Enjoy!

Maciej & The Team

Update #93

Jul 24 2014
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How cool is it to schedule new sculpts for stuff that was never included in the KS?
Oh yes, we'll try to keep you busy after you get your Pulp City KS.

I knew when we were out of the sculpting woods when we received the two items that were finishing the KS sculpting checklist: the Citizens family and Grimbun-bun.

So here they are, sans the dog. Dogs, especially sculpted to the likeness of Devon's pet, deserve a separate update. As you can see, cat based on Leon's cat was never accepted into the hover cats training facility.

Enjoy!
Maciej & The Team

Update #94

Jul 31 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

Crazy work week, so let the pictures speak today! Maciej & the Team

Update #95
Aug 7 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

we are deep in the production process. Let me walk you through one of the changes we made during the process.

Kitharion. Oh boy, did that cat misbehave. We had a difficult time envisioning the original concept as a fully aquatic feline (?). In the initial concept he was supposed to be the mount for an Ulthar warrior but without the rider, it started looking more like a certain cartoon cat that rides to battles, if you know what I mean.


We sent Liam to the drawing board, asking him to come up with a more credible beast and something more fitting the Ulthar line. Here's the result!


Maciej & The Team

Update #96

Aug 14 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

production is in full swing and we are hoping that the most vital item - the book - will jump into the printing press in the last week of August. That would mean majority of the pledges would be out of our gates in September.

Majority, you ask?

Yes, and this is where it gets serious. Nearly 50 backers never responded to the survey or our multiple attemps to contact them in various ways.

What does it mean?
Pledges are locked it and production numbers are calculated. At this point, if you paid for your pledge and shipping and it is a kind of pledge that doesn't require any choices (say Supreme pledge), we'll ship it to you to last registered KS address.

If it requires choices or shipping was not covered, unfortunately that means we are putting your pledge on hold. Once we are done with the initial shipments, we'll revisit other pledges and give you some time to update us on your choices. But since we have post-KS calculations to do, end of the year 2014 will probably be a cut-off date.

On the bright side of things, here are the last paintjobs that will make it on to the cards (some are still WIPs).

Enjoy!
Maciej & The Team

Update #97

Aug 21 2014
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Howdy Citizens,

I was hoping I could tell you today that the book is lined up for the print but we had to do another line of layout revisions to make things simple and very clear, while attractive to the eye.

So today (once again I am on the road), I will offer you the finest selection of some latest painted models. We have a last photoshoot for the cards on Monday, they go to print over the next weekend.






All the best,

Maciej & The Team

Update #98

Aug 28 2014
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Howdy Citizens!

Ufffff, long week, I am after the pre-last read through the book and I got to tell you, comparing to the 1st Edition book, there is not much to correct. Things are looking good.

As you see, the biggest difference is the font size, it is smaller and it still reads really well in the final print format.

We closed photography of models for cards and the book this week, Gravito and Stygian Queen were the last ones to push their way in.

My yesterday's visit at MaxMini confirmed that work on resin casts of biggies is going well (there is around 150 of each of them) while new metal casts are waiting for silicon to create multiple moulds.





Next week, tune in as we will actively ask you to decide on a very important issue!

Best to you,
Maciej & The Team

Update #99

Sep 4 2014
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And.... we have a first September update!

Let me make a quick run through all parts of our project as of 4th of September.

Miniatures: All sculpted, all mastermoulded save for one (we sent Lady in Red for a correction as we weren't satisfied with her details), last mastermould will be done on Monday.

Resin stuff: casting in progress, should be done in two weeks tops. Resin is all manual labor, unless you want some of those restic attrocities. My only concern is Monsters who take a lot of time to cast.

Metal stuff: Casters are awaiting silicon for production moulds (for new stuff), pre-KS stuff is either cast or scheduled for very soon.

Cards: Done and ready to go to print. We had a total of 190 cards to create, test and proofread, that was the biggest challenge of all.

Book: Done and needs a week to go to print (it is mostly assigning proper page numbers to index etc.). We went to town with the quality of this one. Initially we intended to keep fluff part really concise. Right now, you will get a flowing narration that goes through all factions and shows you their angle on a major event happening. It also has short bios on ALL Supremes known and some future. A handy guide to all new players!

Dice: Produced and packed, ready to ship.

So will we be on time? Maybe, if a first package leaves our warehouse by the end of the month. If not, we won't be far behind. When we set up the delivery date for the KS, I added 3 extra month for what we needed to produce the book and starters. But your drive and passion made the KS 10 times bigger than that! Quality always comes first for me, so some things just can't be rushed too much. To sum up, we are not there yet, but very close. I hope the weekly updates are a great proof to you that things are happening and going in the good direction.

Now, here is the final KS credits page. Please check if everything is OK. Kickstarter is pretty brutal when it comes to some data extraction, so most of this had to be done manually. We tried to add everybody (including people that co-funded higher pledges), even the people that still didn't regulate their pledges or/and pledge managers (still around 30 people. Please mind that if we didn't contact you individually, it 99% means you are all set. We tried getting to the stragglers multiple times).

So put on your glasses and look for yourself!



Did you think we expected you to read it here?


Here's the link for bigger version:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/d3pvw5chvlbrr48/KScredits.jpg?dl=0

Enjoy and stay pulp!

 Alpharius wrote:
Progress Thursday is here!
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Anyone know of a good place to pick up papercraft/cardstock 'superhero' city buildings?

I remember coming across some...somewhere...sometime ago...