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 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
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

Nice. Thanks!

Are we going to get any more info on the picture you teased, or was it just a random "here's a thing"?

70K passed - Ranger upgrade sprues are in for each box!!

Already added in for my giant icecrusher.

I want that giant bear! From the artwork at least, it better put all the other bears on the market to shame!

...and not just the bears! Let all other cavalry units cower in the shadow of that thing!

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

It's the least I can do
You have a lot of fora to update in and all those backers nagging you about baby bears must eat up a fair bit of time

So, Really Big Bear is what had been teased?

skarsol wrote:
Are we going to get any more info on the picture you teased, or was it just a random "here's a thing"?

I assure you nothing's random, we reveal according to the pace of the funding.
Very simple tactic really, the more funding slows down the less we reveal, the more it picks up then the more gets shown! :-)

We had teased both (this one in particular we had shown ever since we had done KS-1!). On top of that people were asking for bears, so it's normal the Icecrusher takes priorirty ;-)

Yeah the bears theme makes sense to run with, even though I'd have loved to see "the thing from the caves"

A tease for next time certainly wouldn't be remiss if we hit both remaining stretch goals (75K and 77.5K)!

It's not surprising people were more interested in the bears, cause we can tell what those are. *shrug* I've never understood the purpose of super vague teases like that. "You may or may not want this thing that might come later, but we're not gonna let you decide that till later!" vs "Here's something you may or may not like, but if you do like it, get pledging!" But hey, you seem happy with how the campaigned turned out, so I guess your methodology is working.

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:

skarsol wrote:
Are we going to get any more info on the picture you teased, or was it just a random "here's a thing"?

I assure you nothing's random, we reveal according to the pace of the funding.
Very simple tactic really, the more funding slows down the less we reveal, the more it picks up then the more gets shown! :-)

This doesn't make a lot of sense. The people you need to get on board are the ones who have not yet pledged. Not the ones who are already on board. Getting more money out of existing pledgers is always good, but that well is smaller than people on the fence. This becomes increasingly so as overall numbers increase.

There's a local player who's pledging for a unit of 3 bears - he's now pledging for a unit of 3 bears plus the Icecrusher! So, I think it's a very valid way to go - if you make a unit, making a character for that unit both increases appeal and is a logical add-on.

That said, I really would like to see the caves creature - so I hope if this last day goes well you'll show it even if we're not quite there. Just like you did showing the Icecrusher in the first campaign, it primes the pump for what's coming next

Edit: And 500 backers hit!

I'm not talking about adding the mother bear - I mean in terms of teasing vs showing add-ons. The 3-bears guy wasn't a backer and now he is since they're released. So he's come on board due to the add-ons being shown.

Whatever the caves creature is, showing it now will get people interested/excited for it now. Even if it doesn't make it and gets bumped to the next campaign, people will go in excited for it and wanting to make it happen right from the start.

Well I've got no argument there - it's a tried and true method that Mierce uses, after all . I really would like to see it before the end - hopefully once the icecrusher is unlocked

 RiTides wrote:
Well I've got no argument there - it's a tried and true method that Mierce uses, after all . I really would like to see it before the end - hopefully once the icecrusher is unlocked

OK. Deal! We will post it in the update too, when the Icecrusher gets unlocked we will reveal one of the Things of the caves (probably the one we showed the teaser off).
Can't do any harm, can it?

 RiTides wrote:
Well I've got no argument there - it's a tried and true method that Mierce uses, after all . I really would like to see it before the end - hopefully once the icecrusher is unlocked

I dont think we will see the things in the caves in full until we are close to them and they are a long way off imo, they have been top secret since KS-1.

I agree showing off future concepts is a good idea to keep interest at least, like you say Mierce does it every KS


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Ignore the first part of my last comment, shieldwolf has caved in

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
OK. Deal! We will post it in the update too, when the Icecrusher gets unlocked we will reveal one of the Things of the caves (probably the one we showed the teaser off).
Can't do any harm, can it?

Brilliant, thank you very much

And agreed, definitely can't hurt, especially if you show it as something to look forward to for the future if it doesn't get reached here! Mierce does this all the time in their campaigns, and honestly it seems to work wonderfully - gets people looking forward / saving up for the next one

Cheers!

I like the look of these. How will they scale up in terms of height? I'd like to get some to use as Warriors of Forochel for LOTR, but I'm a little worried they'd be a head taller than every other LOTR model. Are there any comparison shots to GW miniatures anywhere I can use to try and gauge it (I mean one of the resin ones which I assume are based on the same scale, I know the HIPS hasn't been made yet)?

 Ketara wrote:
I like the look of these. How will they scale up in terms of height? I'd like to get some to use as Warriors of Forochel for LOTR, but I'm a little worried they'd be a head taller than every other LOTR model.

They're about the same height as the average dark elf, I think.

Dunno how well they'll scale to LOTR, but if they'll just be a little larger than life that might be ok? Fitting the northern warrior aesthetic. (although, weren't the Forochel tribes more sort of... inuitish rather than norse?)

The comparison image is here:



Which is a silhouette of this model:

 Azazelx wrote:
Seems to be this one:

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-AU/Dark-Elves-Cauldron-of-Blood

Though I agree that a ruler/measurement of the (projected) final model would be useful for people to determine scale.

Here is also an orc and lion size comparison (orc pic spoilered for size):

 corgan wrote:
Some pictures at the net for a size comparison:

Spoiler:

So definitely more in line with GW's normal scale than LOTR, imo (which I like, but might not be the best fit for a LOTR army).

 Ketara wrote:
I like the look of these. How will they scale up in terms of height? I'd like to get some to use as Warriors of Forochel for LOTR, but I'm a little worried they'd be a head taller than every other LOTR model. Are there any comparison shots to GW miniatures anywhere I can use to try and gauge it (I mean one of the resin ones which I assume are based on the same scale, I know the HIPS hasn't been made yet)?

I got some LOTR orcs i can take comparison pics if you like?

Just backed at the $100 level, glad this campaign is doing so much better than the last 2.

Quick question on the pledge levels that may have already been answered - is it possible to trade in the dragon for other add-ons?

 Ketara wrote:
I like the look of these. How will they scale up in terms of height? I'd like to get some to use as Warriors of Forochel for LOTR, but I'm a little worried they'd be a head taller than every other LOTR model. Are there any comparison shots to GW miniatures anywhere I can use to try and gauge it (I mean one of the resin ones which I assume are based on the same scale, I know the HIPS hasn't been made yet)?

If the Orcs are the same size as humans, then im afraid the Maidens will be a bit tall, have a look at the pics yourself.



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willb2064 wrote:
Just backed at the $100 level, glad this campaign is doing so much better than the last 2.

Quick question on the pledge levels that may have already been answered - is it possible to trade in the dragon for other add-ons?

Nope no swapping im afraid.

75K hit! Shieldwolf is making the update now, looking forward to seeing the Thing of the Caves

 RiTides wrote:
75K hit! Shieldwolf is making the update now, looking forward to seeing the Thing of the Caves

Here's the lady... the version that has still kept some of its sanity I mean. :-)

Shieldwolf .. that is absolutely bonkers. The maidens are kinda cool and a few other things have been neat.. but that.. Those are the types of things that make people want some more..

Are those going to be add-ons?

Ah, Driders/Drachnids. With chitin bras to support their heaving bosoms.

With a few tweaks, they could be quite cool.

 Dentry wrote:
Are those going to be add-ons?

Yes. But Warmaiden plastics need be unlocked first. there's absolutely no way we can squeeze these between now and the 100K SG -unless we heavily overcharge them but that's not an option, we mean to remain very well priced (YMMV but at least we think we are in that category)-. If there's some type of rush frenzy, all's great and we will be seeing these too, otherwise the Aracnomaidens will be with the Warmaiden project since people seem to have liked their concept so much :-)

What's the schedule delivery for thus KS again? I only ask as I need those Arachnomaidens in my life and don't think we will get to these (though I hope to be proven wrong!). I would love that your next KS concentrates on the Maidens again to finish them off. That would be 3 plastic kits your resin characters and beasties plus anything funded in the next KS

The estimated delivery date is December. It's even possible that it will actually deliver then.

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