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Good primer can make all the difference w.r.t. chipping, IME. Both Vallejo brush-on (or airbrush, w/e) and Army Painter primers give much better, chip resistant results than I've ever gotten with GW spray paint.

Well, the rules are now actually up! Although they could do with a hell of a lot more proofing, given that English isn't their first language, and I think the layout could be a fair bit more intuitive.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5obs3qa3dxbpvp6/HINT%20rules%20BETA%20version%201.0.pdf?dl=0

They let me do what I want to do, which is hack things, rush through doors, shoot things and dive into cover. It reminds more of an RPG-lite system than a classic boardgame though.

I am getting interested in this, and costing it out to see if I can afford.

For all models-focused:

A comparison with other popular minis on the market is available:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1211880

WOW... I REALLY like the models i see.
Above all because many of them look quite realistic.

Although i am not a big fan of Kickstarter projects, i only buy a game when i know at least 1 other player, i will keep an eye on this.

Free upgrade to the £66 base pledge ('social goal' from reaching 700 backers). More guns!



And £6 for each extra set of 6 as an add-on, if you feel the need to outfit hordes of them.

OK, so that pic has seriously tempted me again...

Can someone refresh my memory:

1) What material are the minis?
2) Will we be able to add funds in the post-KS PM?

Thanks!

Minis are in metal (yay!) and scale is extremely close to infinity's regular humans (double yay!).
I don't think they've been explicit about post-KS PM add-ons so far yet.

There was a post...yesterday I believe that said these sorts of campaigns usually allow add-ons, but wanted confirmation from PING, and they did indeed confirm it a few posts later. This project does badly need a FAQ at the bottom of the main page!

Edit: some examples of the production metals:



...comparing a metal cast to the resin master.



...showing the typical style of join in the multi-part models.

Bioptic: FAQ is promised by PING this week


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A miniature of one of the members of the SAR Angels Corp popped-up in the latest update on KS:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1214445

SAR Angels Corp minis are the stretch goal to be unlocked at 55T GBP (currently nearing 50T).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1209119

More detail of that SAR Angel Corp mini:

New retroactive stretch goal, added to all base pledges! The Table drone.



An additional set of 5 can be added for £16. Which I might just do.

Nice, but I wouldn't want six.

This looks to me like a drone designed to emulate furniture, perhaps even be used as furniture by day. Howeever it suddenly surprises intruders.

Alternately its a ceiling panel, which drops on you, or if it can quietly descents on a wire, bit like a spider, then flips over.

Having that happen once per scenario is cool, but six times will get tired.

I wish the sold pairs or packs of three.

If this hits £60.000 I'm definitely in at the £94 pledge level. even if it only passes the £55.000 Mark I'll still probably jump in at £66 or 94 to get those sweet Angel Corp Gals. I would definitely be happy to get the cops and the AI too. I'm not all that jazzed about the two base factions and the models for either side (definitely prefer the ubermensch to the Nakamura gang) but if I do get in on this I'll give the base game a few play throughs to see if it's worth holding onto whether or not the gaming group gets into it.

Cheers on a so far successful kickstarter guys

Are the Angel Corp team a free add on or another £28 pack?

All the free add ons have been single miniatures, and groups of several figures charged for.

It is currently under the "Free Unlocked Stuff" so I would expect it to be included.


But it may be a mistake...so keep an eye out for changes.

Yep, I just read the FAQ.

- Angel Corp will be free as part of the pledge if unlocked.
- The devs might give an option of metal or resin to individual customers if they can produce it that way.

Answered my two main questions right there.

The other important one is that you can only add funds in the pledge manager if you have a base pledge (£60/£66) or higher. If you're going for add-ons only, you need to add funds during the Kickstarter itself.

The £1 pledge is worthless then, its not as placeholder for later payment unlike other pprojects of this genre use of the minimum buy in. A pound pledge is just a gift to the developers then, I wonder if these guys know all there is to know about how KS works.

What I mean by this is I have to wonder if PostIndustrial Games has a US satellite company, some projects didn't and Kickstarter will not pay out unless the company has. I dont know why but perhaps this is due to chasing liabilities of failed projects on behalf of backers.
Some new games companies ran into immediate trouble just after their crowdfund project closed due to this.

It's in pounds sterling and since it's a polish company and we have a large polish community here I'd guess they are doing it from here.

The £1 pledge is for adding things on during the campaign - if you wanted just 2 sets of the drones, you'd select the £1 pledge and pledge £32 during the campaign, you just wouldn't be able to add extra funds in the pledge manager. This is presumably so that a smaller project that is going to attract less funding doesn't end up with 50% of backers pledging a pound so that they can "wait and see". To smaller companies, having a known amount of money to work with is more valuable than potential money at some point in the future.

Not sure why they'd need a US shell company - they're running it on the UK Kickstarter, in £, they have a company based in London. There are indie English KS projects run all the time, aren't there?

overtyrant wrote:
It's in pounds sterling and since it's a polish company and we have a large polish community here I'd guess they are doing it from here.

Yep its London based.

Bioptic wrote:
The £1 pledge is for adding things on during the campaign - if you wanted just 2 sets of the drones, you'd select the £1 pledge and pledge £32 during the campaign, you just wouldn't be able to add extra funds in the pledge manager. This is presumably so that a smaller project that is going to attract less funding doesn't end up with 50% of backers pledging a pound so that they can "wait and see". To smaller companies, having a known amount of money to work with is more valuable than potential money at some point in the future.

So the £1 is a minimum 'tax' to enable buying components separately. I wonder if the £1 is deductable from the components.

Not sure why they'd need a US shell company - they're running it on the UK Kickstarter, in £, they have a company based in London. There are indie English KS projects run all the time, aren't there?

There is FAQ at the end of the HINT campaign on KS:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/description


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 Orlanth wrote:
Yep, I just read the FAQ.

- Angel Corp will be free as part of the pledge if unlocked.
- The devs might give an option of metal or resin to individual customers if they can produce it that way.

Answered my two main questions right there.

I bet that SAR Angels after being unlocked would be also offered as addon for <60GBP pledges as it happened to other models. No hint on price.

AFAIK there was no plan for an US division/company.

Hi, HINT The Game, Rademon anyone else here from Post Industrial.

Who is the leader of RAID 44?

Is it
Kurt Sternhammer, who has the specific highlight and full name.
or
Officer Ramirez who appears to be directing troops.

 Orlanth wrote:
Who is the leader of RAID 44?

My money is on Sternhammer, he is the Sgt. My money is on Ramirez being a Comms or semi-hacker. Not quite up as the Sys-Op but able to perform some actions to increase the effeciency of others

 Orlanth wrote:
Hi, HINT The Game, Rademon anyone else here from Post Industrial.

Who is the leader of RAID 44?

Is it
Kurt Sternhammer, who has the specific highlight and full name.
or
Officer Ramirez who appears to be directing troops.

[...]

Kurt Sternhammer


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 Vain wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
Who is the leader of RAID 44?

My money is on Sternhammer, he is the Sgt. My money is on Ramirez being a Comms or semi-hacker. Not quite up as the Sys-Op but able to perform some actions to increase the effeciency of others

Your bet is in.


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 Orlanth wrote:

[...]
So the £1 is a minimum 'tax' to enable buying components separately. I wonder if the £1 is deductable from the components.
[...]

The £1 pledge is for support of the project and is not deductable from the components I am afraid.


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Meanwhile two updates:

1. Another SAR Angels Corp member was presented [whole squad unlocked at 55T GBP]:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1216848

2. 5 extra equipment cards were unlocked as a social SG:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1218733

Some info:

A) Less than 2T GBP kest to reach the nearest SG.

B) Video tutorial in progress.

This project looks better and better, I wish it much success. I'm a bit put off by the up to 40 or so dollars for shipping as it would significantly reduce the value of the minis (and likely restrict me to the core set instead of also opting for the raid 44 supplement).

I'm not arguing that it *should* be less, but such barriers are why I tend to wait for UK-based KS projects to hit retail and potentially Miniature Market.

The drones are sick. As with most noun-punk genres, some of the designs are hit and miss for me, but a lot better than steampunk stuff, I like most of them.

Also finding boardgames a lot more accessible these days. Gonna hit the remind me star, I think, just in case.

I'm not sure sure this one will ever hit "US Retail", so if you see something you really like, you probably should stretch now or regret later!

Bah accidentally deleted my post doing the math in the searchbar =/

I was having a conversation about the project and you raise a good point that we also came to, may never be something that shows up at MM/similar, and may not even exist past kickstarter.

But that shipping.. ouch. Costs as much as the cops which isn't nothing. And the cops are probably my favorite minis.. which means its dangerously close to 200 bucks.

Of course even at that price and factoring in shipping, the 30/36 minis seem to come out to just over $5 per, which isn't bad for detailed metal minis.

Plus it has drones, which would free up funds from a certain other drone-having kickstarter... potentially.

Like I said, it gets a star which is pretty rare for me. If they unlock any more add-ons of the nature of the SARAs with 5 more metal minis just thrown at you.. may have to back it.

No news on another 5-character squad.

Currently there is a WIP of the third SAR Angel.

Link to the campaign:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803723298/human-interface-nakamura-tower/posts/1219293