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Hm, I might well be (very happily) wrong on my previous predictions. $70k actually looks doable now - and if so it adds a ton of value to the existing pledges by removing the repetitive nature of getting 3 or 5 or 8 boxes of the same models. $75k might be a Big Mother Bear hero?

 MLaw wrote:
Shieldwolf, I saw that you are working on a way to bump your pledge up after to possibly qualify for the stretch goals during PM. Is this happening? I'm waiting on my tax return money which will be a week or two (possibly a tad longer). I'm looking at enough for gold or possibly double gold at that time but right now I have to go in very low.

If SW do this, then $70k is a shoo-in, and $75k very, very achievable. I'd certainly bump (maybe even double?) my own $200 pledge if that happened.

I'm doing my part lol just bump my pledge up for a set of bears!

I wake up and find the total has jumped 4k, I think 70k is perfectly doable now :O bring on those tasty rangers!

This was posted somewhere else (perhaps teased on the prior campaign?) but look like the silhouette for 75K. Character bear rider or just a more heavily armed bear rider?



Almost 66K with 30 hours to go! 70K should be a shoe-in, and 500 backers is a great possibility with the bonus sprue that brings.

Think I will up my $95 pledge to $155 to help! Yay for war-bears! Perfect Heavy Riders unit for Dragon Rampant. I hope they at least have covered midriffs.

They just added a new pledge for retailers better late than never I suppose!

I'm back in for $1, it has been an expensive month, but I should have some money for the pledge manager.

Think I can definitely find a use for 100 or so of these as a KoW Varagnur army, or as Fleshlings for my Abyssal army.

 scarletsquig wrote:
Think I can definitely find a use for 100 or so of these as a KoW Varagnur army

My thoughts exactly! Since they're HIPS, I'm hoping I can convert some to be mounted, and the Ranger stretch goal is going to make them much more versatile to represent different unit types

Going to be saving mine to make a Northern Alliance force. I already have miniatures from Blood Rage, I just need some other Norse types to fill out units and I should be golden

Ok, the shieldmaidens look really cool, but I'm really not interested in wolves, lions, etc.

Let's say right now I can only put a token pledge of $1 to be able to pledge later for add ons, and let's say what I'm interested in is, specifically, the more "armored" shieldmaidens that have been unlocked, and the rangers that probably will be.

What will I be getting, exactly, if I get a box of shieldmaidens as an add-on?

 Albertorius wrote:
Ok, the shieldmaidens look really cool, but I'm really not interested in wolves, lions, etc.

Let's say right now I can only put a token pledge of $1 to be able to pledge later for add ons, and let's say what I'm interested in is, specifically, the more "armored" shieldmaidens that have been unlocked, and the rangers that probably will be.

What will I be getting, exactly, if I get a box of shieldmaidens as an add-on?

If you put a token pledge for $1 and you total $25 in your pledge as an add-on, you won't be eligible for free SGs, therefore you will be receiving the main box. This will allow you to compose 20 models. Simple as that. :-)

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:
Ok, the shieldmaidens look really cool, but I'm really not interested in wolves, lions, etc.

Let's say right now I can only put a token pledge of $1 to be able to pledge later for add ons, and let's say what I'm interested in is, specifically, the more "armored" shieldmaidens that have been unlocked, and the rangers that probably will be.

What will I be getting, exactly, if I get a box of shieldmaidens as an add-on?

If you put a token pledge for $1 and you total $25 in your pledge as an add-on, you won't be eligible for free SGs, therefore you will be receiving the main box. This will allow you to compose 20 models. Simple as that. :-)

Ok. And how about later on, on a store? What will people be getting when they get a box at the FLGS?

Also, does that mean that if you pledge for another level that gets free SGs and you pick add ons you won't be getting them either for those add ons? And how do you get the SGs? I'm not interested in sexy warmaidens, I already have more than I know what to do with. I'm interested in more sensibly clothed ones, to use primarily to make RPG characters for my friends. How can I get those, as they are a SG?

A box of the "basic" shieldmaiden kit Albertorius I believe. The additional heads, more armoed up bodys and ranger parts are only for those who have pledged for a starter army or the two player starter (orcs and Shieldmaidens).

Also this was in the FAQ reguarding the Pledge manager: PLEASE NOTE: Upgrading however only allows you to receive additional items (e.g. various add-ons). It does NOT give you access to the additional rewards some pledge levels grant.
Example-1: if you have pledged $1 and upgrade to the $100 Starter Army, you are not eligible to any of the free rewards this pledge level unlocked.
Example-2: if you have pledged $50 and upgrade to the $100 Army, you are still eligible for all Silver level rewards but you won't be getting any Gold level rewards
Example-3: if you have pledged $100 for an Army and add another or upgrade to any other (Army), you will be eligible to all Gold level rewards these include.

So from the sounds of it, you really are better of backing for a raiding party at least if you can as the "gold only" rewards are some extra characters iirc.

What @Goregut said.
I think you will agree with me @Albertorius that handing out the freebies to everyone would be unfair towards people who pledged larger amounts and thus made it possible for these to fund in the first place. :-)

We comprehend on the other hand that some people may not have the required funds atm,that's why we said we will grant a "period of grace" extending at least till end of March.

In the worst of cases for RPG use you still get to make 10-12 "sensible" models (presuming you don't wan to do any GS work to"fix" the other parts).

Finally,as for the retail version,it doesn't mean that these boxes will have the same number of sprues in them as the ones for backers rewarded for having supported us.
Angelos from Shieldwolf is funding the rest,so it's up to him to decide how to approach the retail sale.

I hope this answers your question,if not,please let me know.

Ah I missed that, I thought all the extras we were funding would be in the retail box.

overtyrant wrote:
Ah I missed that, I thought all the extras we were funding would be in the retail box.

That's what I was expecting, too. Otherwise, doing them in HIPS seem overly wasteful.


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 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
What @Goregut said.
I think you will agree with me @Albertorius that handing out the freebies to everyone would be unfair towards people who pledged larger amounts and thus made it possible for these to fund in the first place. :-)

Er... ok. Not sure what one thing has to do with the other, but ok. How about you put the SG as additional add-ons, then, to be added separately? Or up the price of the individual box add-on to account for it?

We comprehend on the other hand that some people may not have the required funds atm,that's why we said we will grant a "period of grace" extending at least till end of March.

Thanks or your understanding. That still doesn't really solve my "yeah, I don't want anything but the HIPS maidens" problem, though ^_^

In the worst of cases for RPG use you still get to make 10-12 "sensible" models (presuming you don't wan to do any GS work to"fix" the other parts).

Good to know... but kind of strange, then. What's going to actually be on the regular sprues, then? I thought that the "sensible" clothed bodies and the "non-wavy" haircuts were not on the regular sprues.

Finally,as for the retail version,it doesn't mean that these boxes will have the same number of sprues in them as the ones for backers rewarded for having supported us.
Angelos from Shieldwolf is funding the rest,so it's up to him to decide how to approach the retail sale.

Understood. Would it be possible, then, that when you go retail you release multiple boxes? Rangers, more uncovered and more covered battle maidens? That way you could please everyone. Well, that or a bigger box with options for all and a higher price, of course.

Thanks for the answers. I don't think the stated campaign is for me, but I'm happy to see it's gone well.

EDIT: Hmm, well, maybe the starter army II would be the way to go...

 Albertorius wrote:
Would it be possible, then, that when you go retail you release multiple boxes? Rangers, more uncovered and more covered battle maidens? That way you could please everyone. Well, that or a bigger box with options for all and a higher price, of course.

That's exactly what they've said they're going to consider - at retail they might be sold separately, but here you get all the bits to make either variety!

I am mostly only after the Shieldmaidens too, but a $100 pledge for "Starter Army II" is a fantastic deal for 4 boxes (80 shieldmaidens) if you could find someone to split it with.

Pledged $50 for a raiding party. So I get 2 KS exclusive heroes, 2 Stretch Goal heroes, 5 wolves, 20 gals with alternate heads, torsos and options for Command and (soon) Rangers? Not a bad deal. Thanks Shieldwolf!

 bocatt wrote:
Pledged $50 for a raiding party. So I get 2 KS exclusive heroes, 2 Stretch Goal heroes, 5 wolves, 20 gals with alternate heads, torsos and options for Command and (soon) Rangers?

If it's a Shieldmaiden Raiding Party, yes, that's exactly what you should be expecting. :-)

 bocatt wrote:
Not a bad deal. Thanks Shieldwolf!

Thank you too :-)

This is my own speculation but here goes!

Basic box will have 20 of the normal shieldmaidens, with X more armored up and X lesser so, with the SG being met it adds more of the covered up versions to the basic box at retail(?).

Then you have the box with command sprues, again with X armored up blah blah.

Then you have the box with the Ranger sprue.

So you could have potentially three boxes each with different options, if the "upgrade" sprues are sold seperately,

depending on how many spare bits you get you might be able to pickup a second "basic" box and convert them as they are all interchangable with eachother.

Im not a business man, just a simple frog trying to get his slimy hands on some miniatures so im not sure which would be better. But either way its a fine way of doing things and I do look forward to recieving them.

I don't see any point in a retail box that doesn't have at least the command sprues in it, so I suspect that it'd be a standard part of the retail box for any variants.

The way the ranger sprue is handled will determine whether it's actually a dual kit as claimed, or if it's more like the Warlord Games historical kits that feature a "base" sprue and then different add-on sprues depending on what type of troop you want to actually make.

Now, I think this was answered before, but if you're already backing for a gold or double-gold level, and you add another gold level or two on in the PM, you get a set of freebies for each gold level pledge - as long as you were at least gold or higher in the actual KS? This is correct, right?

During the pledge manager, will we have the option to add on at least one sprue or one box of everything that is produced in HIPS?


All I want are plastics, but I want all the plastics.

Not sure if this answers that but at the FAQ:

If e.g. the project unlocks a free resin miniature or a free plastic box for the pledge levels eligible to Gold level rewards, then a backer via a $200 pledge by choosing two different Armies (as long as they are both eligible to the Gold level, i.e. NOT a Raiding Party) will receive double these rewards.

 Azazelx wrote:
Now, I think this was answered before, but if you're already backing for a gold or double-gold level, and you add another gold level or two on in the PM, you get a set of freebies for each gold level pledge - as long as you were at least gold or higher in the actual KS? This is correct, right?

Affirmative. :-)

Excellent. Makes it easier for both adding on more toys as well as making combining pledges with friends more practical in terms of postage.

Presumably you can also just pledge at a Starter Army or Raiding Party level, but then when it comes time to select rewards, you can just select shieldmaiden boxes?


I pledged at Campaign army level but I actually just want a garrison army (+$200 of extras)

70k, and thus rangers, is just beyond touching distance now. Less than $1000 left.

And the next silhouetted stretchgoal is revealed.
A extra spiky bear, or Icecrusher as they call it.

I don't think I'll be able to rope in- er, split 4 boxes of Shieldmaidens with someone in the day that's left: would it be possible to pledge for a level in the KS and upgrade that level to a higher one with additional funds in the KS?

Let's say I pledge $50 right now. If I pledge another $50 on the PM, would I get the silver and gold add ons if I select the "Starter Army II"?

If you do it in March (or within the "grace period" as we called it), we will count it as having been $100 from the start, so you'll be eligible for the gold level rewards (as long as you select a Starter Army, i.e. not going for add-ons only or a raiding party!)

:-)

Hope you like what @Zywus posted (thanks for lending a hand here!) :-D

Icecrusher looks sweet! And I'm guessing $77.5K is a baby bear? It's certainly possible