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 Alex C wrote:

 Hulksmash wrote:
So I got an email saying that they are going to be shipping my Metal Beard order today. No tracking number or anything. Just an email saying it's going out. Granted, it's only 2pm there right now but I hope I see a tracking number today.

Funny how KS companies suddenly make customer service a priority when they want more of your money, isn't it?

Well at least I've got 25 more days of them paying attention to get it sorted out

Mmm. These would make great K'Daai fireborn, but i'll have to pass until they're retail. Seems like they have had some issues in the past, and that's enough to keep me gunshy.

"How is this campaign going to be run/fulfilled differently from the Metal Beards project? Why did you create a new account instead of using the Metal Beards one?
Metal Beards were our fist big 3d based campaign and we made few rookie mistakes. Infantry units had to many parts and they gave us really hard time (12 man unit had 108 parts). We also had only ideas for some models and final design and 3d sculpting took like forever. Here miniatures are optimized much better in terms of casting and we have concepts for every single miniature that we want to release. We changed account to different because we received much better terms of cooperation and consulting from our current business partner."

...wut?

They're a Polish company, so somebody will be acting for them as a business address/shell/partner so they can run KS projects out of initially the UK and now the USA

whoever that is will be unlikely to do it for free so I guess that may be what they're on about

Damn nice digital sculpts... Questionable company. I am glad I passed on metal beards from what I have seen... I still want to get some metal beards when they finally exist.

This is what Mantic's Enforcers should have looked like .

It actually looks like these powersuits can:
*Fit someone inside
*Actually protect someone from damage
*Has the ability to actually provide increased power to the user.

Yeah, that was my question and when I added a more detailed followup, they just ignored it.

They added a chart of points vs $$$ vs MSRP and it looks like if you give them $500 to hold for an indeterminate amount of time, you'll get from 10 to maybe 20% off of MSRP, assuming you get everything you pledge for.

The best part is that for half the intial stuff it's already for sale. So you're having them hold your money for stuff that's already out for a 10% discount

Well, half is exaggeration. They have 2 units available on their site already from the kickstarter.

Is it just me or do all these CG renders of near future human troopers start looking the same after a while?

Generic, they look awfully generic.

Personally I'd only be interested in the "daemons". Just not in their kickstarter

nkelsch wrote:
Damn nice digital sculpts... Questionable company. I am glad I passed on metal beards from what I have seen... I still want to get some metal beards when they finally exist.

The metal beards already exist... I bought 4 warmachines from Element Games (in the UK, but excellent service and fast shipping) last month. Of course, this does mean they were selling some before fulfilling all pledges... but I had missed on adding them during the campaign so grabbed them after.

nkelsch wrote:
This is what Mantic's Enforcers should have looked like .

It actually looks like these powersuits can:
*Fit someone inside
*Actually protect someone from damage
*Has the ability to actually provide increased power to the user.

I agree, as far as the heavily armored marine sculpts go. I actually like them quite a bit. They are somewhat generic, but imo much better than a GW space marine to use as a sci-fi exoskeleton elite trooper.

Yeah RiTides. That's why I ordered stuff just on their store for my metal beards models. Two of the blimp units and the mountain walker character. I wanted to make sure it was something they had. I'm trying to get it resolved before they dissapear after this kickstarter.

I have to say they changed the point system to where it makes more sense in terms of translating it to dollars. Although I still don't see why they just don't completely do away with points and use straight $$ but at least in the current form, it feels less like a 'carnival ticket sham'.

They have been responding and listening. It will unfortunately take some time for that to translate into showing they have changed. It probably would have been better perceived if they first made a KS post on their outstanding project if there were issues send an email to XX and resolve that before launching though.

I really do like the APC though.

So they said they were shipping yesterday but didn't provide a tracking number. I emailed them again last night to request the tracking number and now it's shipping today and they did provide a tracking number that I'm going to have to wait till I get home to see if it works. I guess I was bound to have a really, really crappy kickstarter at some point....

Still no refund....

Chase the for the product rather than a refund, you're more likely to be sucessfull

 OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote:
Chase the for the product rather than a refund, you're more likely to be sucessfull

Didn't work for 6 months.

This sucker was just unlocked for those keeping track.




Which leads us to an interesting new goal:



Why is that interesting? Because every pledge level now includes a freebie.



That means pledges at the basic "intro" level of 32 dollars (which is 640 points) are also able to get a freebie unit.

Makes me curious as to what else they've got in store. I wouldn't put it past them to have some sort of dreadnought type machine in the works.

skarsol wrote:
it looks like if you give them $500 to hold for an indeterminate amount of time, you'll get from 10 to maybe 20% off of MSRP, assuming you get everything you pledge for.

 RiTides wrote:

The metal beards already exist... I bought 4 warmachines from Element Games (in the UK, but excellent service and fast shipping) last month.

I can't help but notice that their Metal Beards figures are 10% off over at Element Games..

Hmm, still need to see some actual prints, but these fellow are kinda growing on me...

And it's back to ignoring communication on iron beards.

Why mess with what works?

Well I have a tracking number and it seems to be attached to something that's coming this way. I'll let you guys know if it shows up.

Here's a WIP of their "Lord of Decay."



Looks to be about a 50/ 60mm base probably, right?

Reminds me of one of the Cthulhu Wars figures with that pose.

Looks like my package from their Metal Beards kickstarter is in my state and should be delivered early next week. I'll let you guys know.

Does this one also have an actual game attached to it too?

 Alpharius wrote:
Does this one also have an actual game attached to it too?

No it is just a miniatures campaign, no game system or game with it.

This is consistent with their other army projects (pirate ogres, undead orcs, metal beards, etc). Except for their Armymals board game, they've been a miniatures focused company (which I like).

I took a peek at the kickstarter and I've got some reservations (perhaps unfounded). There seem to be ALOT of stretch goals and added figures for not alot of total funding being added. Kickstarters with tons of minis like Kingdom Death and Robotech had really large funding totals and still had trouble getting the stuff out (albeit in plastic). Given that there are some timeliness issues with the previous campaign by the same company under a different name, that worries me.

So, to be fair, I have gotten my bits as of yesterday. Took just under two months and dozens of messages across every place I could find to reach them (facebook, email, here, kickstarter). There was no reply until I started putting comments on their facebook posts for their new campaign. Afraid to check if they actually sent the bits I needed.
Which is nice, because now it's an easy thing to skip this kickstarter and maybe pick up a piece or two when they ever manage to get them into their store.