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2016/02/18 14:35:55
Subject: Re:Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) FUNDED + BEARS revealed!
Are there unpainted pictures of the wolves side by side so we can see the differences? To me those look very similar and the paintjobs are making it hard to spot any differences.
The other animals.. uh.. hm.. guess they're better deals in the armies..
Main difference is the rope around the Great wolf and the Ice wolf doesnt have it and is abit more fluffy. The ice wolf also has earings and a chain going around its neck, but its really hard to see with the white paintjob
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Purple is the most manly of colors!
2016/02/18 22:50:50
Subject: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) FUNDED + BEARS revealed!
Not a problem! they will be adding more stuff from their store at a later date (cant remember when but soon I imagine) Not sure what but I remember hearing their Ogres and some other stuff.
Purple is the most manly of colors!
2016/02/19 02:41:10
Subject: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) ................BEARS revealed!
Is this a new unit that rides Shieldmaidens into battle? Sounds... interesting..
Automatically Appended Next Post: I was having a look.. I thought there was a pledge for just one box of each maidens and Orcs.. would be kinda nice for us that don't really need much of either but wouldn't mind a little of both
There is a $90EB/$100 pledge for the box set
2016/02/19 02:44:11
Subject: Re:Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) FUNDED + BEARS revealed!
Wehrkind wrote: I like those new heads. I am always on the look at for good female heads for various reasons, so it will be nice to get a few extras of various types.
Well it seems we are going to be among the very few of these who will be offering them in hard plastic! :-D
And it seems we'll probably have to add some braids too in the normal/original "windy" versions.
Wehrkind wrote: I like those new heads. I am always on the look at for good female heads for various reasons, so it will be nice to get a few extras of various types.
Well it seems we are going to be among the very few of these who will be offering them in hard plastic! :-D
And it seems we'll probably have to add some braids too in the normal/original "windy" versions.
Putting braids into the originals is an awesome idea! Would really add some needed variety, and make them look more warrior-like.
2016/02/20 05:56:04
Subject: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) FUNDED + New SG: Army Banner Bearer!
The standard bearer is going to be a good add to the army! I would suggest though that the arm holding the banner should be up more, closer to parallel with the ground instead of down at ~45 degrees. A banner that size would be really awkward to hold in general, probably needing two hands, and the way she is currently holding it would be really difficult even with one end buried in the dirt. Another way of looking at it is that she is holding it like it is a rifle, not a banner. The hand wants to be closer to the center of gravity of the whole thing, otherwise the bottom just gets levered out of the ground.
Anyway... finding pictures of that is harder than I expected. Long story short, her left hand needs to be nearer the center of the flag pole.
@Wehrkind
It probably will be that way, plus we have to do so for balance reasons. The other change we are more likely to do is close her legs a bit, so she stands within the area of the base, the way she is right now she probably won't fit for our rank n' file.
Besides these minor changes the final concept will be kept faithful to, that's what we have promised and that's what backers are pledging for.
Glad you like it, we found it an appropriate reward for a round number SG :-)
Also, 300/500 backers for the free sprue we promised... All right! :-D
are these extra heads going to be resin or plastic?
because i sort of assumed they were just going to be included on the plastic sprues, but the image above suggests that they only come with the gold and silver pledges - so if i just go for the $1 add-in pledge and the add a single box of maidens then i dont get these extra heads, right? which to me suggests they are not going to be on the main plastic sprue...?
if they are going to be plastic will they be included in the retail/box release...?
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2016/02/20 20:01:34
Subject: Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) FUNDED + New SG: Army Banner Bearer!
If I pledge $1 for the add on level, will I get an invite to the pledge manager in order to add on add ons later? KDM's surprise shipping charge took my allocated Shieldwolf budget below the cost of a box.
All the shieldmaiden parts (excpet the characters) will be in plastic. I asked over on the comment section and got this reply from a fellow backer:
the extra heads, torso's and command bits, and ranger bits are all on a 2nd sprue, which will be sold separately at retail. anyone at the $1 pledge level doesn't get them.
(Keep in mind that the command bits and ranger bits are SGs aswell and at the time of writing this hasnt been unlocked)
Also Bob, I have asked that to SW aswell and they the answer I got was pretty much a yes:
We can't confirm that but there's a 99% chance we will do so, yes.
We will be sending out to each and everyone of you personally via pm a link *and* a confirmation message just like we did for our KS-1 (only this time we will try having better sized pictures) via our own/private Pledge Manager (PM).
We haven't decided yet when (and if, but as I said it probably will happen) we will re-open the PM, nor how exactly since we are also considering an alternative option easier to process from a logistic view directly from our website.
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Purple is the most manly of colors!
2016/02/20 22:59:59
Subject: Re:Shieldwolf Miniatures - Official News thread (KS-2.5 is LIVE! ) FUNDED + New Add-ons available!
are these extra heads going to be resin or plastic?
because i sort of assumed they were just going to be included on the plastic sprues, but the image above suggests that they only come with the gold and silver pledges - so if i just go for the $1 add-in pledge and the add a single box of maidens then i dont get these extra heads, right? which to me suggests they are not going to be on the main plastic sprue...?
if they are going to be plastic will they be included in the retail/box release...?
The heads above are planned for plastic production. The intention however is that they be tooled separately so we may be able to also sell them in our bits section of our webstore.
The backers who are not eligible to Gold/Silver level rewards are not going to get them, correct. IF (and I would like to underline "IF") however we find obstacles in the different tooling we currently plan for (without the actual 3ups for the lay-out and definite tooling it is impossible to know prior to that) and we are forced to include them in the same sprue of the "plain/naked" add-on box, then rest assured we will throw something extra in order to compensate the backers eligible to the additional rewards; it's only fair we do so after all. :-)
Goregut wrote: I believe she will be, ill poke them about that now as I believe they were supposed to add it to the addon part a few days ago (such slackers!).
