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I did mean the cubes, and booooo!! Make something up that defies current injection molding rules.

All 12 ModCube colors revealed, let me know what you think . Plus the "Skittles Set" (which I am calling the "Rainbow Set") is now a thing, if you want one each of the bright colors

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1388589874/modcube-part-tokens-part-dice-fully-modular/posts/1242253

All 12 ModCube colors revealed! Plus Rainbow Set unlocked


All 12 ModCube Colors!

You also can now select a "Rainbow Set" of cubes - one cube each of Dark Blue, Light Blue, Dark Green, Light Green, Purple, Red, Orange, and Yellow! With your choice of your final "bonus" cube =)

These are painted except for the black, purple, and orange colors, and the final injection molded cube colors will actually be slightly more vibrant than these painted samples. Here they are with the Pantone swatches showing the exact color that the factory will be matching:



And one final view showing them all together:



The orange and black will remain the same as in this intial batch, so the orange is a good one to look at to see how the swatch compares to an injection molded final sample. The purple swatch chosen is slightly darker than the initial test cube, and the burgundy chosen is much darker than the initial test (see the painted cube in the top right of the pictures above).

Before sending out the survey we will post pictures of each available token color in the different cubes - not all token colors may be offered with all cube colors if they do not match well (on the lightly colored cubes, the black tokens look by far the best, whereas on the darker cubes a lighter token color can be used).

Finally, we're approaching our last listed stretch goal, so the next one is below, and it's a freebie!

$30,000 - Free lanyards for the ModCube Tool included in every set! Will receive multiples for each set you're pledged towards.
The Warmachine / Hordes compatible set, along with a list of the remaining stretch goal sets, will be shown tomorrow!

Finally, a happy Memorial Day to our US backers and any who celebrate it, may we all remember those who have been injured or killed fighting for their country today. There was a national service last night and seeing "the greatest generation" (WWII vets) on stage was really moving. Enjoy grilling if you're able, too =)

I also got a question in the comments about splitting add-on cube packs into two colors, which I've gone ahead and said I will allow . But is this something people would like to see for the main sets? It adds quite a bit logistically so would need to be a stretch goal if so. Let me know your thoughts! My post from the KS comments is below:

I have been very torn on whether or not to allow the splitting of sets into 2 colors for the main sets, though, as it will add quite a bit logistically. I am open to it if it would be popular, but if most people plan to only select a single color, it may not be worth it. What do you guys think? Due to the logistics if I allow that for the main sets it will be a stretch goal, which we're currently working out for the remaining week and a half in the campaign!

I'd prefer the split. I'd personally want to do a black and dark blue set and a skittles set for two sets.

now I'll probably have to bump up to at least three sets, black, grey and skittles. That way I can do halfsies on the black and colored and grey and colored.

What will the lanyards look like? Might have missed that. Are they Yellow with the MODcube logo?

Also any chance of a pic of the yellow cube with yellow panels? I feel an obnoxious color choice may be in my future.

Hulk - Yeah, I am leaning towards it! It will be a stretch goal but not far off so that I can be sure it gets in (probably $33K, with Star Trek: Attack Wing as the one before it).

Theophony - Excellent . Regarding the lanyards, I haven't shown a picture yet - I have one type in-house already and another arriving tomorrow. That one is double the cost unfortunately, but I think it is higher quality - so I will see what I think between the two when it arrives!

I will be taking pictures of each cube color with the panels available to it - I had not considered yellow on yellow but I will at least see what it looks like! For panel colors that don't look good with certain cube colors, I'm not going to offer those combos so that people don't accidentally choose something that clashes. The black tokens look really good in all of the lightly colored cubes, and the darker cubes allow some of the lighter token colors to look good, too (like red tokens in the black cubes, I really love that look!).

If the lanyards are more expensive, I would be willing to possibly pay a few extra $$$ if they look cool. But they'd have to make me look like the super cool gamer that I am when I head to the local game store. All those east coast and west coast gamers will have to deal with it how cool I am because that's how I role........play

Being able to split colours would be good for me so stretch away

Okay, it will be soon on the list, Orlando

Theophony, there won't be any need to add funds for the lanyards, if the more expensive one looks better that's the one I'll go with!

 RiTides wrote:
Okay, it will be soon on the list, Orlando

Theophony, there won't be any need to add funds for the lanyards, if the more expensive one looks better that's the one I'll go with!

We know you are awesome already, you don't need to shrink your margins anymore by adding excessively expensive free stuff. Maybe just give the basic lanyards as option 1 and the more expensive if desired as a future stretch goal. I know it's probably not a huge difference in price and won't break the kickstarter, but i feel like making sure your business is set up nicely for the future. Plus it's more stretch goals.

So what boardgames would use the rainbow colors?

ModDeux would be the pledge level to get the rainbow?

I don't know why I want them. I just do.

RiTides,
To channel Theo a bit... please make sure that you aren't stretching your self too thin on these stretch goals. You've already had orders for over 1,000 sets. If splitting colors adds 2 minutes to packing each set of cubes, then you'll add 2,000 minutes or 33 HOURS to packing time.
Be sure you take care of your self while delivering to your backers.

Exactly, you've succeeded in making a great idea come to life. You've succeeded on the great kickstarter. Now succeed in delivering on time or even ahead of schedule, with accurate order fulfillment. Don't make too many variations that you get bogged down in trying to do too much. I am more than happy with what I'll get. You don't need to "buy" more friends by trying to make everyone happy. KISS. Keep it simple Sir. Especially since you'll have all the tokens to cut. If anything space your following stretch goal out far enough to give every set one additional cube of the same color chosen (if feasible), or just say "that's all folks". I'd love to have a no time kickstarter show up.

ced1106 wrote:
So what boardgames would use the rainbow colors?

ModDeux would be the pledge level to get the rainbow?

I don't know why I want them. I just do.

ced - You could actually get Two rainbow sets with the ModDeux pledge . Note that the rainbow set only gives 8 of the colors, but they are the ones that work together well: Dark Blue, Light Blue, Dark Green, Light Green, Purple, Red, Orange, Yellow. You also get a bonus cube with each set, which you can choose the color for (from any of those, or the other 4 colors: Black, Grey, Military Green, Burgundy). Those last 4 are a much more "drab" tone, which could work well for some realistic wargames, but don't belong in the "rainbow" as much. Let me know if that's clear

Anpu - Thanks for the advice, and you're very right! This is something I had been considering partially from a packing perspective - it's going to be somewhat easier to line up sets of 8 halves into small plastic bags, than to line up 16 halves, and would be slightly less prone to error... so, I'd be considering packing 8 halves together, anyway. I also view this as a way to see what people want, to determine if I will offer the two-color sets at retail, or only offer single colors (based on how popular it is here).

Theophony - That is very much my goal, and again, thank you for the advice! That's also why I'm likely not going to offer additional token colors beyond those I've shown, to simplify fulfillment. Finally, I'll likely only start out cutting exactly what people order. I do have a person coming in to help with the cutting during the summer months, so that should ensure that we can produce all of the sets in the time allotted - I will be keeping a close eye on this.

Regarding stretch goals, the number of new sets beyond what has been shown is likely at most 4: the two attack wing variants (star trek and D&D), scifi crates, and possibly firestorm armada (which was requested early on and I still haven't gotten to it). I really appreciate you guys advice and will take it to heart and not go beyond that! Please continue to offer advice and don't let me lose track of the ball as the goal is definitely to deliver this on-time!

Okay, back to work

How thick are the panels?

There is a guy outside of my town that does custom cutting and etching of metals.

Tempted to get a set of custom cut aluminum panels or brass. Just because I can...

then I might get them powder coated.

Update showing the Warmachine / Hordes compatible set!

Warmachine / Hordes compatible ModCube set revealed!

Here is the Warmachine / Hordes compatible set of ModCubes! Detailed set contents listed further down in the update:



The purpose of this set is simple - everyone needs to mark things like Fire, Corrosion, Knockdown, Stationary, Aiming, and Missing System / Aspect (Aspect not shown but it is identical to the System token, just for Hordes). Now you can keep all of those tokens on a cube so you can quickly grab it and mark the effect your model / unit is suffering.

There are also so many innate abilities can be handed out by warcasters / beast animus / unit abilities, and if you're like me you forget you have them! So, you can have the extra cubes in your set configured with things like Stealth, Terror, Undead, Incorporeal, Reach, Eyeless Sight, Pathfinder, Tough, Steady, and Reroll - whichever is most useful to you =)

This set is intended to augment your normal warmahordes dry erase tokens, and just add one more tool for Warmachine / Hordes players to play a tight, fast game. The entire token list (80 tokens total) is:

6 each: Fire, Corrosion, Knockdown, Stationary, Aiming, Missing Aspect, Missing System
4 each: Undead, Incorporeal, Reach, Pathfinder, Stealth, Tough, Steady, Eyeless Sight, Terror
2 each: Reroll
Let us know any thoughts or suggestions you have about this set!

Finally, for those who might have missed it, we now have ModCubes in 12 colors:



You can also select a "Rainbow Set" of cubes, giving you one each of Dark Blue, Light Blue, Dark Green, Light Green, Purple, Red, Orange, Yellow (plus your choice of bonus cube color). You will select this in the survey =)

Our next goal is a free lanyard to keep track of your ModCube Tool at $30,000. Thanks so much for your fantastic support!

Piston Honda - The tokens are 1/16" thick, and anodized aluminum tokens could look amazing if you have access to something like that!

So many color combinations...

So few mod cubes!

I am really liking these colors, You did an excellent job on them!

I was going to pick pure grey for everything. but now... I might just have to get rainbow everything.

No colors look bad, even on the tile choices. You certainly have style!

I hereby call for a "Rainbow Sherbet" (or sorbet?) pledge level, where you get 1 of each color cube + a set of squares for the game set of your choice.

Necros, you can actually select that with any pledge level although it just comes with the 8 bright colors + a 9th cube of your color choice.

Thanks, Vanguard!

I've gotten a lot of good feedback on the Warmachine / Hordes set - people really want tokens with just an outline that you can write in on for Spell / Upkeep / Animus. I may have a label at the bottom with the outline a different shape for each... update to come in the morning!

 RiTides wrote:
Necros, you can actually select that with any pledge level although it just comes with the 8 bright colors + a 9th cube of your color choice.

Thanks, Vanguard!

I've gotten a lot of good feedback on the Warmachine / Hordes set - people really want tokens with just an outline that you can write in on for Spell / Upkeep / Animus. I may have a label at the bottom with the outline a different shape for each... update to come in the morning!

that should work well, Most players use Dry Erase markers for card damage as is. So applying marker to the tokens should work just fine for that.

Did you get any testing on how well dry/wet erase works?

how about footage of a Mod cube getting shot out a gun?

I may actually put up a video with this new set, Vanguard - the dry erase works quite well on the natural surface of the material, but not on the etched surfaces, so for those tokens I will be testing an inverted white-on-black material tonight. Stay tuned!

I don't think the gun test is going to happen during the campaign, but I think Wehrkind is ready and willing to use all sorts of weapons on them as soon as I can get over to his place again

New update with the updated Warmachine / Hordes compatible set is up! Now with tokens you can use dry erase markers on like most warmahordes players are used to doing

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1388589874/modcube-part-tokens-part-dice-fully-modular/posts/1244418

Warmachine Set updated - now with dry erase tokens!! Also Imperial Assault Set unlocked!

You asked, and we are happy to deliver =) an updated set for Warmachine, including dry erase tokens!





And a picture showing them written on with dry erase markers, trying both a Fine and Ultra Fine from Expo. Fine is the most common, and I actually like it the best - as long as you are only trying to write initials =)



This set will come with the following tokens:

8 each of: Spell, Upkeep, Animus, Fire, Corrosion, Knockdown, Stationary
4 each of: Order, Aiming, Blank 1, Blank 2
2 each of: Feat, Disrupted, Lost Aspect, Lost System

And we've made it past the $28,500 stretch goal unlocking a set compatible with Imperial Assault, which we'll be showing off on Friday! The next goal is $30,000 for free lanyards for each ModCube Tool in your pledge =) (you get one for every set you've pledged towards).

Cheers guys!

Congrats on your continued Success.

Soon all the brain activities will stop and you be knee deep in cutting tiles, sorting and filling orders. Good show!

Yep, and I'm actually Really looking forward to getting down to that part of it . Just finishing up lining up help to come in for the month of July to really mow through laser cutting these, and be ready to get packaging when the production run of cubes arrives!

I wish I could help with that RiTides. I miss working with lasers.

Enjoy the sound! it will be engraved in your soul! (mwahahahah!)

The fantastic Dawn from Beasts of War has written a second article on the ModCube, check it out here!

http://www.beastsofwar.com/modcube/fantastic-token-options-coming-modcube-kickstarter/



Vanguard - Haha, yes it already is somewhat from all the prototype cutting but at least the blower is outside!

Aye, ye scury bastard.

You've plundered me wallet yet again, I finally upped my pledge to 30$.

I now have to think of what game and color I want.

I'm still deciding my colors, but I know I'm getting Dogfight, Sci-Fi Infantry, Sci-Fi objectives, and Sci-Fi vehicles.

Cheers Stormwall

Anpu, I think those are actually going to turn out to be the 4 most popular sets, the response from the 40k community has been really good! Lots of backers have come from Dakka and Beasts of War, and actually even more from BOLS than BOW despite us not posting anything on BOLS. If anyone has a contact over at BOLS, I would love to get more info up there!

Blah blah blah not reading the rest.

I backed for sweetspot2. How does this work with the wm/hd tokens?

So what the next step for us pledgers ( is that a word? ). Are we going to get a selection form or email, carrier pigeon, Whalemusic showing up at the door with a clipboard and a baseball bat?

Apologize if I missed this earlier.