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Hello everyone on Dakka Dakka,

Thundercock Miniatures just launched an awesome looking Kickstarter project featuring some of the most detailed modular dungeon terrain for rpgs and wargaming.
Come check it out!

link to Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1302882483/thundercock-miniatures-modular-dungeon-terrain

Thundercock Miniatures website: www.thundercock-miniatures.com




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The correct link to the project is this: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1302882483/thundercock-miniatures-modular-dungeon-terrain?ref=live

But they're called Thundercock.

Are you, fried chicken, affiliated in some way with Thundercock?

 bubber wrote:
But they're called Thundercock.

Sounds like a nickname for a porn star....

Purdy stuff but Dwarven Forge is starting their Caverns Kickstarter any day now. There are a few teasers on their facebook page.

Really nice stuff, but OhMyGod the postage! Slightly confused as to why the entry level Dungeon Mapper set costs the same to post as the top of the range Ultimate set.

 endtransmission wrote:
Really nice stuff, but OhMyGod the postage! Slightly confused as to why the entry level Dungeon Mapper set costs the same to post as the top of the range Ultimate set.

I've seen that quite a bit on kickstarters - I think it's to simplify matters for the company when the come to having to process 100's or even 1000's of orders on the same day.

shipping within USA is free. international shipping is expensive

 bubber wrote:
But they're called Thundercock.

I spent 100+ on Dwarven Forge stuff, but I still might pledge for this one.

I need a Thundercock T-shirt in my life.

Nice looking stuff, but the 13 year old inside me can't get over the name and keeps on snickering every time I read it.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Nice looking stuff, but the 13 year old inside me can't get over the name and keeps on snickering every time I read it.

It's brilliant! It might be to suggestive for some audiences, but it does a good job of branding the company.

It's pretty hard to forget a name like Thundercock.

*clicks Kickstarter link*

*notices name of hometown is Cockseyville, Maryland*

That'd explain the name of the company. The terrain looks pretty good, for the record.

Looks pretty good. But the shipping ... most unfortunate.

Pledged at the $9 level. 20 crates, barrels, full sacks, treasure chests, and flat sacks in lovely resin.

guy backs kickstarter. kickstarter funded. several months later guyss stuff arrives while at work. Wife at home eagerly opens big "package" from "thundercock".. calls and leaves guy angry message with receptionist about how she got his 'thundercock' and was very disappointed.. guy gets called into bosses office and fired for sexual harassment related issues because of "thundercock"... etc etc

thank god this stuff wont be delivered on valentines day.. thered for sure be a lot of upset people to find out the 'thundercock' wasnt for them..

just saying.. kudos on the funny name... but yeah probably not the best name to choose..

I think I'll let my wife know I'll be getting some Thundercock.

...We'll see how she feels about that.

I like having scatter stuff to litter around whatever I'm painting/ kids are playing on. Daughter is always stealing my treasure chests for her Disney Princesses anyways, I could use a few more.

Total miss. Awkward tiles, expensive, and dwarves forge did it better in every way.

This is one product which there simply is not any room for left on the market unless you can make them obscenely cheap and cheap to ship internationally.

shipping internationally is super expensive as is casting in resin. The models look great too. The kickstarter does offer FREE shipping in the United States. Also, the models are manufactured in the United States and not by underpaid or slave laborers.

fried chicken wrote:
shipping internationally is super expensive as is casting in resin. The models look great too. The kickstarter does offer FREE shipping in the United States. Also, the models are manufactured in the United States and not by underpaid or slave laborers.

International Shipping is not that expensive. How are you planning to ship? I can't imagine that the 'Ultimate Dungeon Set' can't fit into a Large Flat Rate box.

Resin casting isn't 'Super Expensive', but your prices aren't that terrible for the product itself... and really 'the models are manufactured in the United States and not by underpaid or slave laborers.'? That is a stupidly smug comment, especially combined with how obvious it is that you're one of the people running this KS and pretend you aren't.

flat rate to EU is $76!!!!

Will there be a cell option unlock in which to lock my slave labourers?

fried chicken wrote:
flat rate to EU is $76!!!!

And?

Your pledge levels already factor in the $18 for domestic Priority mail, so why are you charging that + an additional 78?

Do you need the 12" x 12" x 5-1/2" box for all of your pledge levels? or would the slightly less then ultimate pledges fit into 11" x 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" ($60 Int)?

How much does the ultimate set weigh? 3lbs to the UK is only $50 using priority, or $30 First Class.

Alpharius wrote:Are you, fried chicken, affiliated in some way with Thundercock?

Is this your Kickstarter fried chicken?

Mythical Lairs, a similar KS, had international shipping for $60 for its sets *before* the recent price hike in international shipping.

Dungeon Stone initially did not ship internationally.

Reaper switched to "actual costs" for their KS II international shipping (and also charged sales tax in Texas!) but is subsidizing the price hike.

USPS had been prevented from raising their rates, with losses of $5 billion in their last fiscal year. And that was improvement over their $15 billion dollar loss of the previous year.

Some quotes from other international shippers, mostly of smaller packages and some eBay:

"International mail is a different story. Published prices for all retail international Shipping Services –- Global Express Guaranteed (GXG), Express Mail International (EMI), Priority Mail International (PMI), and Airmail M-Bags -– show an average increase of 14.5 percent (with many services increasing far above that figure). Many small labels and artists ship as much as half of their stock to fans overseas, and this sharp rate increase is the highest since most of those labels began operating."

http://www.stereogum.com/1247822/deconstructing-how-the-usps-is-killing-indie/top-stories/lead-story/

"Prices for most international post office shipping has MORE THAN DOUBLED effective this January 27th. The most drastic changes are the low weight first class packages making many cost prohibitive to offer subsidized shipping, and a major deterrence to international world ebay buyers shopping in the USA. "

http://www.ebay.com/gds/2013-USPS-Price-Postage-International-Increase-Changes-/10000000176621873/g.html

"The international rate change was not publicized, and the USPS website has no news article that details the changes - it took me nearly an hour to work out our new shipping rates by downloading a number of spreadsheets from their website. We were blindsided on the day of the change, losing money for most small orders to shipping expense. These were not small changes, in most cases the Post Office nearly doubled the cost of shipping an international package, including packages to our Canadian neighbors."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2013/01/29/170498909/rising-postal-rates-squeeze-small-record-labels

"Well, I was surprised when I started packing and shipping orders after January 27th. I guess I hadn't been paying attention but apparently international First Class shipping got a 58% rate hike on January 27, I then had to eat those costs... not to mention, I'm sure this will effect my international sales as they amount to near 50% or my overall sales. Thanks USPS! You SUCK!

Anyone know of a better carrier for international shipping? I looked up Fedex and used their calculator and for a one pound package shipping to Australia for example, its was going to be $120, that has to be an error right? uuggghhhh...."

http://www.mintees.com/talk/202029-how-about-that-international-shipping-58-rate-increase-in-the-us/

"The sad fact is many sellers had already stopped selling to international buyers, a few years back just about everybody in the US would send to the UK, but the numbers have dwindled and I think these increases will put the final ‘nail in the coffin’ for US to UK (Europe)shipping. COMC is at the moment the best way to go, but how long before they start to feel the squeeze on their profits and end the flat rate price they now have.
ebay postage prices are sometimes comical – $50.00? and clearly show they are either: not interested in posting overseas, don’t want to post overseas or not researching prices."

http://thewaxfantastic.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/usps-price-increases-and-the-impact-on-international-buyers/

Why diss HA products when most of your potential customer base probably has HA moulds or will populate YOUR dungeon with HA castings?

HA is USA based, long-running, successful, has a great product reputation and great service reputation with great postage rates. (it also has physical product, not renders of it)

"This is definitely NOT hirst arts"

Clever?

probably not...

just saying....

 Antenociti wrote:
Why diss HA products when most of your potential customer base probably has HA moulds or will populate YOUR dungeon with HA castings?

HA is USA based, long-running, successful, has a great product reputation and great service reputation with great postage rates. (it also has physical product, not renders of it)

"This is definitely NOT hirst arts"

Clever?

probably not...

just saying....

To be honest, when I read that line I didn't take it a disparaging HA, but rather reassuring potential backers that this set of terrain is more sophisticated than a generic HA dungeon. Or to put it another way, that these terrain pieces were wholly original and not based off of templates that have been around on the market for years.

 Alpharius wrote:

Alpharius wrote:Are you, fried chicken, affiliated in some way with Thundercock?

Is this your Kickstarter fried chicken?

Just saying...

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/577630.page#6501787

fried chicken wrote:
Hi everyone,

Ive been getting back into wargaming since 40k 6th edition came out and Ive started painting a new wordbearers army. I decided to join the forum because I love looking at everyones beautifully painted models.
Its all very inspirational and I will post as I get my new chaos figures painted up.

I also have been messing with 3d printing some of my own designs that I hope to share soon and see what people think.

Cheers

Emphasis mine.


Eric

 Antenociti wrote:

"This is definitely NOT hirst arts"

Usually, when someone sells terrain that even *looks* like HA, some HA fancaster jumps down their throat. One of the first things Mystical Lairs had to do was explain that they were a licensed HA distributor, and this didn't stop ML from being attacked.

So, of course, ThunderNaughtyBits says they're not HA, and some DD soapboxer jumps down his throat.

Eh, KS is not a store.

ced1106 wrote:



Eh, KS is not a store.

You, and Kickstarter, can say that as many times as you'd like, but...

And it has been cancelled.

The Auld Grump