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I don't know this company but i follow the artwork by the artist, Might be interesting.

Here is the anouncement

Scythe (2-5 players, 60-90 minutes) is a board game set in an alternate-history 1920s. It is a time of farming and war, broken hearts and rusted gears, innovation and valor. Think of it as Agricola meets Kemet.

In Scythe, players work as individuals (or pairs using a new communication mechanism, expanding the game up to 10 players) to lead their country to victory by conquering territory, recruiting new villagers and troops (each with a unique name, story, and skillset–these aren’t faceless, generic soldiers), reaping resources (which stay on the map, thus drawing opponents’s attention to certain areas if players stockpile resources), and building monstrous mechs. Scythe uses a card-driven simultaneous action selection mechanism to keep the game moving at a brisk pace, with players then taking individual turns to carry out those actions on the map.

Scythe has no player elimination, and it might have a few miniatures, but most characters will be represented on the map via cardboard standees. Each country is completely asymmetric.

Created by lead designer Jamey Stegmaier with the assistance of Alan Stone in the stark but beautiful world of artist Jakub Rozalski, Scythe will be published by Stonemaier Games via Kickstarter in 2015 (subscribe to monthly e-newsletter here for notification). You can follow the progress of the game on BGG.
http://stonemaiergames.com/about-the-game-2/

Some of Jakob Rozalski's work

They've run some really good campaigns- Euphoria and Viticulture being two of their big hits.

They've been a pretty Kickstarter savvy company, and the head honcho likes to discuss what he's learned/ good ideas/ mistakes and what all about Kickstarter on his blog.

Their games are pretty well regarded, and are supposed to play well too- I haven't had a chance to try any myself yet. We'll see if this ends up with figures though.

The art looks fantastic, that's for sure!

I read a review of Viticulture, and it is well received,
I am curious how they will go about this, if the miniatures will be just tokens or in a scale only suitable for a board game, but i will follow this with interest as i just like the whole Russian mecha idea.

I backed both Viticulture and Euphoria (and the latest Tuscany as well). Viticulture is a fun game to pull out with the wife and friends who aren't into making pew-pew noises.. Haven't had a chance to pull out Euphoria yet. Jamey makes an excellent worker placement game and is one of the few out there who has a history of delivering a quality KS on time with excellent value. The only ding is he uses Panda, which appears to be pushing his latest about a month and a half late. I'm very much looking forward to Scythe based on the artwork alone.

I think if a minis company ever wanted to run a whole line of Russian or Soviet inspired mecha, there would be a lot of rubles to be made.

I'm sure there's a great "In Russia..." joke there, but I can't think of one at the time.

Really curious to see how this unfolds. Was quite annoyed I didn't end up backing Euphoria, as it probably would have went over well with my family.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
I think if a minis company ever wanted to run a whole line of Russian or Soviet inspired mecha, there would be a lot of rubles to be made.

I'm sure there's a great "In Russia..." joke there, but I can't think of one at the time.

Really curious to see how this unfolds. Was quite annoyed I didn't end up backing Euphoria, as it probably would have went over well with my family.

Dust Tactics has a load of Russian Mechs, in the right style.
Clockwork goblin mini's has some in 28mm http://www.clockworkgoblinminis.co.uk/ourshop/cat_619857-War-Without-End-28mm.html
West wind productions http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=126_210_195
These are nice but big　http://kampf-riesen-mars.com/garagekit.html

That's some really nice art work. Would love that hanging on the wall at home!