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Will the Bear riders be interchangeable with the Lion riders?

 greywulf wrote:
@Shieldwolf thanks for the reassurance. So far I'm still in anyways. Its the plastic ladies that look so good!

Aye, just wanting to point out that we are not a company with all the sculpts done anyway (since, you know, they will be sold in retail anyhow, lol!) we have sculpted a few to prove we have the know-how (and still more we haven't revealed yet) and pre-paid for all the artwork top-level since we intend to use it in our book, but people will need to trust us regarding the sculpts. There is the money-back guarantee for that after all, we know how it works and we mean to deliver as such :-)

@RiTides
Thanks for helping out, it should be working now
https://www.flickr.com/photos/139394575@N08/24927024340/in/dateposted-public/
but we are working on chaning it in the next hour or so, the rider has been unlocked after all!
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overtyrant wrote:
Will the Bear riders be interchangeable with the Lion riders?

We are discussing it with the sculptor to see whether he can come up with a solution. For the time being the responsible answer is "no", since the lions are slimmer and one would have to greenstuff the saddles to make the fit.

And what may this be? :-)

The fabled half-woman, half-rock creature! Don't get within arm's reach!

I would guess.. maybe a woman/cat hybrid with a large lizard pelt.

Hoping some cool stuff can be done with the Lion riders and shield maidens since i have the lion riders already - maybe some conversion would work better. worth looking into

A female trollkin fell caller?

Why thanks! It's not like Privateer wants to make one for me.

Curious to see how this lady (thing?) turns out.

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
And what may this be? :-)

"Motorboat of the Spider Woman"?

My guess is a spider lady centaur (drider? I think they are called in D&D).

Yeti rider?

Indeed looks like some kind of monster lady. I'm not sure those spikes feel that spidery though? More like some kind of stone-elemental perhaps?

Pledges seems fairly steady these last days. If it's kept up and here's a extra boost of at least 10 grand or so in the last day (as is common in crowd funding) this should have a good chance of reaching 70k to make the maiden kit multipart, which would truly be awesome!

Its a killer bunny obiviously.

 Goregut wrote:
Its a killer bunny obiviously.

Ooooh, killer rabbits, errr.... you're in for a big disappointment :-p

Could be killer bunny-women.

I'm betting some kind of Drider type monster though.

However, if Shieldwolf wanted to start making animal people, I think I could be convinced to part with more of my money.

To be honest we really would like to see them (i.e. the Things of the Caves) in the next days but this project must really take off for them to make their appearance, so they are on hold and we will wait the last couple of days to see whether they do appear or not! Maybe it's their destiny to appear in a future project...? :-?

In the meanwhile, although a Saturday it has commenced in a stupendous way, since (Woohoo!!!) she's now joining the ranks. To lead them of course!





You guys are great, that's some awesome support we are receiving, thank you!  :-D
This was posted by one of the backers, really liked it and thought it nice to post it here too! Cool!



We are currently grinding our minds in how we can make the bear riders appear sooner than planned.
We want to have reached a decision by tomorrow (i.e. Sunday) night so we can have a good finish in the final days :-)

And as always, thank you for your support!  

Finally, there's a review from the guys over at the German website Brueckenkopf posted yesterday for whoever wants to have another look at our twin-headed Dragon, we find the size comparison picture down below really helpful and sweet!

http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=164436

yall heard the lady! get pledging!

Another hero availible as an addon.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1503168

Are the bears actually all sculpted already? If I had to guess, I'd say that they are, given that one is already on display and painted, and they were to feature in the first KS. So I suspect that they're all sculpted, moulds are made and the painted ones are sitting either in your cabinet or the cabinet of whoever the painter is.

If this is true, then don't hold them back to use as bs fake "stretch goals". Release them as add-ons, and they might help the campaign hit.. well, $60k if you're lucky.

The campaign is incredibly unlikely to hit $70k (I think the cancelled one would have, but that's neither here nor there anymore). There's no point in holding stuff back for post-$70k, and on a personal level, I find the teaser for the she-monster or whatever it is to be more annoying than interesting, since it's obvious that it's not actually going to be seen this campaign unless it's the $60k goal. And more add-ons for $60k isn't going to do you many favours.

So, TLR. Stop playing coy with bears as stretch goals for above $70k. Show and unlock the bears as an add-on, because people will be likely to actually buy them, and you can then sell them in your store for moneys. We know they're not going to be freebies, and they're already ready to go, so holding them back makes no sense at all if KS is a means to an end and not the new purpose of your business. (We make Kickstarters so we can make more Kickstarters - See: Mierce, Mantic, CMON)

We instead are very positive it can still hit the 70K target but we will need to maintain the constant stream we have had ever since we relaunched.
The previous campaign is a thing of the past and I think you'll agree with us that there's little reason discussing potential/theoretical achievements, need noting however that the new version has funded things the previous one had never included/planned for.

I'm afraid you are wrong, Shiedlwolf has launched the KS in order (among the other things) to fund the sculpting of the other two bears and the riders. We did exactly the same thing in our KS-1, having sculpted, painted and 360 degree shot a single lion + rider. People pledged generously for the pack of all of them (another 3 lions + 3 riders) based on pure artwork (which still has costs naturally). The reason of sculpting + casting a copy + painting it, is merely because we believe a creator must show/prove he/she has the ability to do what the project is about, reveal the level of such ability plus -very important, to us at least- demonstrate commitment.
I don't remember nor have the time to search how many lions+riders were shipped to the backers (if you insist I can find out however), what I do remember is that out of 190 backers who pledged in KS-1 and had the money-back guarantee not a single backer asked for a refund. On the contrary we offered refunds to people who had pledged for the 54mm scale Wyvern since technical issues we could not have foreseen never allowed us to print it. None took it, they were more than happy to exchange it fot the 54mm twin headed instead.

Hopefully this clears the issue :-)
We are looking forward a great finish and we are very happy and grateful, we are also very tired due to the stressful past weeks where we have worked non-stop on making this come to life, we like the concept very much and find it is an army unique worldwide. At least that's our take :-)

If it stays at the same rate of $1500-1800/day, you'll hit about $60k, since there's 4 days left. So barring a big $10k spike at the end, that's where the campaign is looking like it'll end.

I stand corrected on the bear in that case, and I guess that unless they're unlocked as add-ons for $60k that's the last we'll see of them until the next campaign when Bears 2 and 3 and maybe 4 are funded, unless you choose to produce them without KS funding, I suppose.

I do hope you hit $70k, though. My $200-250 will end up getting me 6-7 boxes of the Shieldmaidens, and that's going to end up very repetitive, very fast.

We know Azazelx and we never doubted the constructive criticism behind what you're sayin, we comprehend it ultimately aims at our benefit. :-)

It's currently 05:15' a.m., going be going to bed now.

Thank you all! :-)

Be great to see some Shieldmaiden cavalry as alternate options for the $100+ deals. I'm not massively keen on either the 2-headed dragon or the yak... which means I'm either going to have more Shieldmaiden infantry than I strictly need, or a lot of orcs.

The Shieldmaiden Shieldlord is now unlocked and added for free to certain pledge levels.

Shieldmaiden Lord with crossbow has now been added to the available add-ons.

The next stretch goal is for the command upgrade sprue, added for free to all boxes of Shieldmaiden infantry.

The following command sprue upgrade pictures are WIP and subject to change.

Moar Bears!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1273312680/war-is-coming-shieldmaidens-army-reboot/posts/1504486







They were moved forward in the schedule so only the first Bear equipage has the option of purchasing rider and bear separately. The other two must be bought as one item. (or a pack with the three riders only. Sadly no pack of just the bears)

Shieldwolf wrote:In short:

Bear_A 15$
Rider_A 9$
(Bear+ Rider)_B 24$
(Bear+ Rider)_C 24$
Rider Pack (A+B+C) 20$
(Bears + Riders)_A+B+C Pack = 60$
Bear Pack = No longer available

I think its a good idea. The majority of people buying bears are going to want riders for them too, and they're big hulking chunks of resin going for a pretty decent price.

Also, the twin axe rider is kinda awesome.

It seems to be working. After a slow period, pledges are picking up. Almost at 55k now

It'd probably be very useful to have the existing bear sculpt photographed beside another model (or models) for scale purposes, as the artwork had them looking impossibly large.

 Azazelx wrote:
It'd probably be very useful to have the existing bear sculpt photographed beside another model (or models) for scale purposes, as the artwork had them looking impossibly large.

This was posted a few pages earlier.



Looks like a 50x100 base

50x75 I think

 Zywus wrote:
50x75 I think

Affirmative.

$170 till we get the command parts! lets do this!