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Well, pledged for Raiding party with the plan to expand to starter army in the PM

I want her, I want her I want her!

 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:

 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. :-)

That explains why poor Arhak Soulbinder isn't in the new edition of KoW


He should have read up a bit on the aftermath of spider mating procedures before going on that date...

10/10 would date.

 Goregut wrote:
10/10 would date.

Arhak or the Spider Lady?

Both.

See, revealing that spider earlier could have gotten alot more people involved. I personally would have pledged for oodles of those. Most people are pledging for what, 3 bears plus hero? And the bonus head for dragon is only going to excite people getting the dragon, obviously. Anyway, I know it seems like I'm a negative Nancy, but you guys just confuse me. ;P

skarsol wrote:
See, revealing that spider earlier could have gotten alot more people involved. I personally would have pledged for oodles of those. Most people are pledging for what, 3 bears plus hero? And the bonus head for dragon is only going to excite people getting the dragon, obviously. Anyway, I know it seems like I'm a negative Nancy, but you guys just confuse me. ;P

That's because we apparently have lots to learn yet... :-)

I didn't expect this to hit 80k, maybe even 90k with the PM(s).

Rangers interest me more than Warmaidens did but having them all would've been nice. So close.

Depends, that model wouldnt have come untill after the 100k mark so it would need to draw in ALOT of people for us to even have a chance of seeing it this time around. Showing your full hand isnt always the best option.

This will probably be the last SG of the KS guys so lets make sure we get her! Only 3 hours to go folks!

 Goregut wrote:
This will probably be the last SG of the KS guys so lets make sure we get her! Only 3 hours to go folks!

Its going to be a close one, hopefully we will unlock her

@Goregut @Original Timmy

Why, that photo you posted of her does her unjustice! Can't you see how it's shaken and the hair's all messed up? :-p



2 hours left, regardless of her being unlocked or not, this has been a great campaign!
Thank you all so much! :-D

Shieldwolf- If the PM pulls in enough money to unlock further stretch goals will you allow that or is it going to be locked where it is at close?

Also, Unless something really bananas happens, the spider-lady probably won't come. Will you release her later as a regular retail release?

There was mention of another campaign once the tooling is done for these and the plastics can be shown off (as a possibility). Obviously it's ideal to fully deliver first, and might give the next even more of a boost, but if the tooling is done and final kits can be shown that might work, too.

If that ends up being the case, I would guess warmaidens and aracnomaidens to be at the start of that campaign as a direct expansion from this one... would certainly make sense given the great reception here!

So, just to be clear, all of the Shieldlords, bears, and riders are resin, right? They aren't restic or metal?

Well, I can thank our Corporate Incentive Program. I got cash in time to jump in. I'm in for 80 of the pretty ladies

 Barzam wrote:
So, just to be clear, all of the Shieldlords, bears, and riders are resin, right? They aren't restic or metal?

They will be in resin

 MLaw wrote:
Shieldwolf- If the PM pulls in enough money to unlock further stretch goals will you allow that or is it going to be locked where it is at close?

We don't know, if it's close to a SG it's highly probable we'll be chippin' the difference. It doesn't seem to look that way though atm.

 MLaw wrote:
Also, Unless something really bananas happens, the spider-lady probably won't come. Will you release her later as a regular retail release?

If the Aracnomaidens never make it to a crowdfunding project (or if they make it but not funded) then we'll probably try to produce them by ourselves. They will probably not be discounted however if that's the case.

 Barzam wrote:
So, just to be clear, all of the Shieldlords, bears, and riders are resin, right? They aren't restic or metal?

Affirmative. All polyurethane resin.

 Hulksmash wrote:
Well, I can thank our Corporate Incentive Program. I got cash in time to jump in. I'm in for 80 of the pretty ladies

Thank you! Your support is highly appreciated! :-)

Man... I need some arachnomaidens. Really looking forward to those being an option!

Ugh, I'm torn. This stuff looks cool, I'm just not sure if it's in my budget right now...

Ok, I've done a $1 pledge. That'll give me about a month to figure out what I want to do....

And its done! final total was $82,022! Thanks to all that came along

That's a really nice total, and since it's for only one kit with a lot of options (so almost two kits really) I'm not worried about them being too cash-strapped to see it through to completion and send out all these sprues. Really looking forward to seeing the renders for the alternate heads, torsos, command, and of course rangers!!

Two potential infrantry kits, a monsterous cav option and a even bigger one with a gakload of characters...Id say thats a job well done!

http://i.imgur.com/imrDbwe.png

 RiTides wrote:
That's a really nice total, and since it's for only one kit with a lot of options (so almost two kits really) I'm not worried about them being too cash-strapped to see it through to completion and send out all these sprues.

Yep. I'm optimistic about this being fulfilled without big delays.
Their first KS even shipped out within the presented timeframe!

And btw, its a really really nice resin. It's fairly hard and solid without being brittle, and the pieces go together fairly well with minimal seams.

Well, congratulations are clearly in order - I didn't think we'd hit $70k and SW got over $80k. Releasing the bears was a good move. Now if you keep counting during the Grace period/pledge manager, there's a real potential to hit $90k. I'd like to hope that even $100k is possible, but I'll go conservative on that one.

 Goregut wrote:
Depends, that model wouldnt have come untill after the 100k mark so it would need to draw in ALOT of people for us to even have a chance of seeing it this time around. Showing your full hand isnt always the best option.

I think enough people are interested now in the Drachnids that they'll be a real bonus for the next KS, to be quite honest.


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 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:

 MLaw wrote:
Shieldwolf- If the PM pulls in enough money to unlock further stretch goals will you allow that or is it going to be locked where it is at close?

We don't know, if it's close to a SG it's highly probable we'll be chippin' the difference. It doesn't seem to look that way though atm.

If you allow "Grace period" and "pledge manager" monies to add in, the $80k maiden could be quite possible. Not guaranteed, but possible. The key there would be to mention the increasing amount (the actual amount) in your next several updates. So not "we've got more" but "backers have added enough to the total in the grace period that we're now at $76,943 - just over $3000 to go!" We know that Mantic always make a good chunk of additional change in their pledge managers - essentially because people can "buy" in their own time and not plan around the arbitrary kickstarter end date.

Zywus / Micky - Totally agreed on delivery time in the last campaign, that was great. I wasn't totally sold on the resin - felt a bit rubbery compared to what I'm used to (Mierce / Forgeworld, which is much more brittle, so there's advantages and disadvantages). But I look forward to seeing more characters in it from my pledge here, and of course the plastic shieldmaidens!

One suggestion on fulfillment, particularly to save space with those large boxes - retail packaging is not needed, particularly since you're not sure how you'll package the Shieldmaidens! Pack them really securely, of course, but for backers of 4 units, we really don't need boxes. Would allow you to put more funds towards those warmaidens and getting the digital sculpting just right, etc.

It depends on how tight the boxes are. The Orcs are pretty well packed in their boxes, so I really wouldn't way that there's wasted space with them. They also protect the figures much more effectively than the Mantic system of throwing everything into a giant box and hoping for the best. Especially when stuff inevitably comes off the sprues in transit.

I'm going to end up with at least 7 boxes, so I'd strongly prefer the packaging if it's an option.

 Azazelx wrote:
It depends on how tight the boxes are.

That.
In addition it also allows us to minimize errors (each box has been packed correctly and contains the respective bases).
Also, we mean to deliver in a very presentable manner, the average pledge amount was $145 per backer (we certainly respect that number!)

Finally (before bidding you goodnight as the last 2 months have been very stressful), we would like to thank you for both your interest, advice and support.! It means a lot to us! :-D

Thank you! :-D