[ Kickstarter] Last Saga - Funded! (Pre-Order is open!)

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**greywulf**

Sorry scadianforlife. I'm posting a new version just so we have the pics properly positioned. You can add images by using the various buttons at the top when you 'post reply'.

As we promised, here you have the updates for the last steps we're doing in the Last Saga development.

From tomorrow, we will reorganize the stretch goals to put in frontline the starter packs for the next factions, as it is what you are requesting the most, thought kickstarter comments and in rest of our social media.

Here you have a preview of what you'll see in the next days.

The first thing we show you is the concept of a unit of the Raiders of Saanar faction, a race of adventurers and outlaws willing to not let go any loot.

This is a preview of our process for designing units. First, illustrators make some quick sketches to find an aesthetic in general that fits our idea. What you can see here are the first shots of the Guardians of Tanaor.

GUARDIANS OF TANAOR The home planet of the guardians is near the center of the galaxy, in the Scutum Arm. The First Watcher governs from there, ruling over a range of lineages who worship honor and family. Wielders of the highest technology in the galaxy, they succumb to arrogance and ostentation, seeing the other races as mere barbarians and lesser beings, treating them in a cold and polite way in the best cases.

More progress on a new sculpture in which is working our good friend Mati (Badsmile) as personal collaboration to this project.

Tomorrow we reach the first week of launching the campaign and we will continue working hard thanks to your support to help us making Last Saga an exciting universe and game.

**scadianforlife**

Thanks, man. My ipad crashed as I was posting that update. I just said "screw it" after that.

Hopefully we get more updates like this.

**Piston Honda**

All combat level pledges and higher get a free miniature. Yay me!

**Barzam**

I hope we see the Vespidae soon. She's the one I'm leaning towards as my freebie.

**Lenwean**

Hi all!

We have new stuff about Last Saga and its background.

Hope you like it!

Last Saga Kikstarter: http://kck.st/1n5kzVF

And WIP concept for the Commando (The council)

And new add-ons

**Barzam**

Looking forward to seeing how the Vespidae looks.

**Lenwean**

Barzam wrote:
Looking forward to seeing how the Vespidae looks.

Concept WIP for the Vespidae unit. Although it's still a WIP, it shows well the final design it'll have.

Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1318212665/last-saga/posts/854266

**Zond**

I think I'll end up pledging for this shortly.

**Barzam**

I like what I'm seeing with the Vespidae. Full armor. Enclosed helmet. Yeah, I'll be getting her for sure.

**Piston Honda**

New faction is unlocked from what it seems. Raider of Saanar.

Likr it overall, not sure if I like that crown on his forehead. Hopefully it translates well in miniature form.

**Lenwean**

@Piston Honda: Thanks for sharing!

Hi all, The starter pack for Saanar has been unlocked! Now you can select this starter in your pledge or adding it as a new addon.

Last Saga KS: http://kck.st/1n5kzVF

This starter pack contains:

1x Contractor equipped with burst rifle. (Officer)
3x Corsair. Three different models equipped with assault rifle. (Basic)
1x Guild Assassin equipped with burst pistol and assassin blade. (advanced)
1x Dog of war equipped with missile launcher. (Advanced)
6x round base (25mm)
6x recruitment card.
[One weapon set is included to change in one Corsair its assault rifle with a burst rifle]

**Zond**

Anyone played around with the demo rules yet? I'm perusing them at work currently, not sure what I think yet.

**Piston Honda**

@Rocket games,

saw this image on the internets

Are those other drawings planned for this ks?

I want hat chick with the sword on the right, and the guy on the far left.

**Rolt**

Update:

Stalker WiP for the Uruhvel faction

This guys pretty cool looking, would love to see a female version in full armor.

**scadianforlife**

Piston Honda wrote:
@Rocket games,

saw this image on the internets

Are those other drawings planned for this ks?

I want hat chick with the sword on the right, and the guy on the far left.

@Rocket Games
I posted this quesion in through the KS and got this response

generally do not share the work in progress he is making to us. In his deviantart gallery, you can see the majority of his professional works, though. He is truly an exceptional conceptual artist.

I don't know, man. I did not want to bring this up on the KS board because I want this to succeed. However, I am getting nervous that even now 8 days into the KS, we only got 3 pictures of WIP, and COPIES of the artist's work. So, it's not even your OWN concept art?

At least give me some fluff. No, right? Still WIP?

How about new 3d renders? Still WIP, right?

Come on, a new KS with the same development as yours is coming MONDAY. Give me some hope, man.

**Piston Honda**

what's making you nervous.

Not sure what you mean by the "it's not your own concept art". I know for a fact one in the middle is RG's. As for the others, I have no clue. Could be theirs. Could be just a compilation of recent works by the artist.

As for sculpts, wish we could have seen more from day one but guess that is the purpose of KS. To show a layout idea and get it funded.

Ideal ks for me is to show the creators had a certain level of economic backing from day in terms of art and sculpts.

If 4 factions are planned 5 miniatures each in a starter, would be ideal to have sculpts for 5 to 10 of those, or have previous releases (ie Kingdom death).

I would like to see more fluff too. But nothing rushed out, more so in terms of dialog. Don't want any second rate syfy script quality writing.

Perhaps more of an overview would be best at this stage and time line.

this is interesting tid bit however,

The interaction between races is harsh in most cases. For the current factions being worked is like this:
The Uruhvel have no contact with others, they seem just wander around and attack random targets, but Intel reports suggest that attacks are generally involved with some classified information other races may get. What do they want? We will see...
The Council and Raiders of Saanar know each other well and there is a commerce relationship: trading general goods, information, etc. always with the germ of suspecting in the air.
Also, some Merchant Princes of the Saanar are trying to stablish commercial routes with the Guardians of Tanaor, but the constant attacks and pillage from other Saanar groups hinder those agreements: the Guardians see no difference between different Saanar groups, so the relations are tense and stagnant.
We are compiling all the ideas and plots, redacting them in a legible and publicable form.

**Piston Honda**

Unit for the Raiders of Saanar

**Rolt**

Looks like I more or less got my wish for a female stalker.

Vespidae Concept for the Uruhvel faction:

**Rolt**

Update:

Guardians of Tanaor Wip

**Alpharius**

The full update says:

Update #34

May 29 2014
Tanaor Infantry
3 comments

Hi!

Here is the first design for the Guardians of Tanaor! It belongs to a Basic unit, the Infantry of their Combat Forces.

The Stretch Goal for the starter pack will be included shortly.

Also, Questron sent us a message about the repositioning of the Fusilier, and the 3 different body postures should be finished by tomorrow. Of course, we will share them asap!

Thank you very much!

**Piston Honda**

Do they have the same artist for all units? because that art style looks different from the others and very familiar.

Do love it though.

**Jehan-reznor**

Rolt wrote:
Looks like I more or less got my wish for a female stalker.

Vespidae Concept for the Uruhvel faction:

This made me think of Guyver

**Rolt**

Update:

Hello!
Here you have the definitive design for Stalker.
Let us know what you think!

@Jehan
Yep basically the exact reason I like it so much, its pretty much fem-guyver

Dear lord I still remember watching the crappy live action movie back in secondary school (and WWE), man the trauma...

**Barzam**

The Guyver is the reason I really like the idea of organic armor and why I'm finding myself a big fan of the Uruvhel. They were talking about allowing us the option of using the Vespidae body for the Vanguard girls. I think I may just do that.

**Rolt**

Update:

(Since there's several updates on top of each other I'll just post the most important stuff)

Size Comparison
Hi all!

Here you have some pictures with other similar ranges models for size comparison.
After the first tests with the copies we received, we are making some minor adjustments to the scale of our models to improve the final result. We will comment this in more detail in the next update.
Anyway these pictures are a good guide about the final size that the miniatures for Last Saga will have.

Let us know what you think!

Spoiler:

Size looks pretty good. they look like they'd scale pretty well with infinity or deadzone which is what I'm after.

3D sculpt alterations to the current fusilier and more renders.

Spoiler:

There's more info on the KS itself, I highly suggest checking it out. You can see the full updates here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1318212665/last-saga/posts

Enjoy.

**Piston Honda**

I'm so glad they fixed his combat bat boots. They looked like tap dancing shoes. Now they look like they can legitimately curb stomp someone.

**Rolt**

Update:

Raiders of Saanar

Hi all!
Here we have the last two concepts for the Raiders of Saanar starter pack.

Left: contractor, Right: corsair

Which pose would you like to see for these miniatures?

Also interesting little tidbit from the comments section from the creator:

we expect to release more "big guys" in all factions, not only the Dragon. It is rumoured the Uruhvel has a big unit wearing a bio-organic exoskeleton...

So sounds like the Uruhvel will be getting a bio-mecha of sorts.

Enjoy.

**Rolt**

Update:

Project Reworked!

Hi everyone!

We have remodeled the entire body of the campaign, seeking to make everything more clear, which options do you have, and the reward for supporting us.
Also, the stretch goals have been revised. After making lots of numbers, talking with our collaborators and the companies working with us, and the help and support of our backers, we pushed a little the next unlocks, adding some more addons like different weapons for already locked units.
We are still revising and making some minor adjustments, also we are open to suggestions, as usual.

Hope this help us to be more transparent in our intentions with this project!

The reworked stretch goals are as follows:

Spoiler:

Also the Saanar Starter pack has been unlocked (12k goal):

Its available as a £18 add-on or a starter faction choice, the project currently stands at £12,495 and climbing.

Enjoy.

**Piston Honda**

I was not very impressed with the very first Saanar concept sketch, but the rest of them?

damn fine.

So from, my understanding, they are like space gypsies?

they go around establishing trade route, black mailing and ripping people off.

Automatically Appended Next Post:
looks good

Spoiler:

**Rolt**

Update:

The Guardians of Tanaor starter set stretch goal has been added at £15k

And a concept art update on them:

Hello again!

Most of the rework in the main page is done, we will be adding some details tomorrow.
Also, to spice the end of the day, we will share the just received work in progress for another unit of the Guardians of Tanaor starter pack by Marcos Raya Delgado. The image shows various options for details on the belt, the head and armor. Which one or combination do you like the most?

Leave your thoughts!

Spoiler:

[img]https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/002/091/474/948b2e02fe9ce3d8bebdec7c253b72c4_large.png?1401757508[/img

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update:

Hi all!

Here you have a quick view for the Dragon (WIP). It's next to a fusilier model included in The Council starter pack.
Although model is still a WIP, it can be seen the main look that the Dragon will have.

The pose will be set when all the work in textures and details are finished.

Hope you enjoy!

The dragon is coming along really nice, would be a great addition for all you TAG lovers out there.