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2016/02/26 22:44:48
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
Azazelx wrote: Hm, that's comforting. To be fair at least, when have we ever seen survivors of a Zombipocalypse barricade themselves inside a building?
The Walking Dead.... Hershel's farm. The Prison. Woodbury. Atlanta Hospital (TV show). The Woodbury sewers and mining tunnels (novels). Terminus (TV show). Alexandria. The Hilltop. Los Angeles Safe Zone, Hospital and Military base (Fear the Walking Dead TV show).
Theres plenty of scope for a fortified static defense type scenario in the very IP that Mantic is using.
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2016/02/26 23:03:34
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
BobtheInquisitor wrote: A delivery that dry could desiccate a walker and shatter his bones in minutes. Poor Shadow Captain took a round of friendly fire.
? The feth is that supposed to mean?
Anyway, were there any motorcycles in TWD comics?
Theres an entire gang of bikers. Plus Rick uses a motorcycle early on in the comics when he returns to Atlanta to dig up Shane and destroy his reanimated corpse. He loses the motorcycle when the Prison falls to the Governor.
2016/02/26 23:12:47
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
It was mentioned in the blog that the rules for fighting inside building would be included when the scenarios dictate their necessity. (most likely in the prison supplement).
The scenarios in the Starter box and Greene Farm are all outdoors.
The Walking Dead.... Hershel's farm. The Prison. Woodbury. Atlanta Hospital (TV show). The Woodbury sewers and mining tunnels (novels). Terminus (TV show). Alexandria. The Hilltop. Los Angeles Safe Zone, Hospital and Military base (Fear the Walking Dead TV show).
Theres plenty of scope for a fortified static defense type scenario in the very IP that Mantic is using.
Season 2 TWD FORTRESS DEFENSE !!
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BobtheInquisitor wrote: A delivery that dry could desiccate a walker and shatter his bones in minutes. Poor Shadow Captain took a round of friendly fire.
? The feth is that supposed to mean?
It means that Azazelx was making a joke and it sailed over your head - but no worries, it happens to *everyone* on the Internet sooner or later!
NOT having interior building rules is more than a bit odd here, is all.
2016/02/26 23:46:08
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
adamsouza wrote: It was mentioned in the blog that the rules for fighting inside building would be included when the scenarios dictate their necessity. (most likely in the prison supplement).
The scenarios in the Starter box and Greene Farm are all outdoors.
The Walking Dead.... Hershel's farm. The Prison. Woodbury. Atlanta Hospital (TV show). The Woodbury sewers and mining tunnels (novels). Terminus (TV show). Alexandria. The Hilltop. Los Angeles Safe Zone, Hospital and Military base (Fear the Walking Dead TV show).
Theres plenty of scope for a fortified static defense type scenario in the very IP that Mantic is using.
Season 2 TWD FORTRESS DEFENSE !!
I'd buy that. I play Project Zomboid, a TRUE zombie survival game where you scavenge supplies and fortify safe houses against hordes of zombies.
2016/02/27 00:09:39
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
It means that Azazelx was making a joke and it sailed over your head - but no worries, it happens to *everyone* on the Internet sooner or later!
NOT having interior building rules is more than a bit odd here, is all.
Spot on, Bob and Alph.
Not having seen or read TWD so far, my post was a reference to many films, starting with Night of the Living Dead - Romero's first (low budget) zombie film, which is all about a group of survivors barricaded inside a building. And of course, any number of films since then. Now let's go down the Winchester to have a drink and smooth it all over.
No energy to post the update with edits but, guy at 500k unlocked. Another at 510 (Duane, zombie kid). Another at 520 (Carlos, badguy).
Two more characters on the same base Billy and Ben, I'm assuming these are the comic equivalent to the little girls Carol takes care of in the prison arc of the TV show. Those/that is at 530k.
Those limited premium pledges introduced.
550k is another bad Michonne:
They fixed the stocky legs a bit, but that pose is kind of janky. Paint may help? Her pants and top and shirt and cloak all kind of blend together to me but if the sculpt is *very sharp* it may come out fine in paint. The walkers look fine. I'm assuming she had the chained manacle things in the comic as opposed to ropes in the TV show. I think the face is weaker than the first one, and that... does not look like a katana. Its... well not curved, from either angle. And it looks like a badly tapered double edge rather than a single edge. She would almost work as a fencing vampire if you could just replace the boots with something a bit more Victorian era I guess if you don't mind scavenging a replacement katana from the internets she's passable, less thick than the other one.
That goes into the prison. So the prison would then have 15 models. With all of the cards and game aids, that's probably a lot closer to worth $40 than it used to be. Oh 16, forgot billy and ben.
Supposedly Michonne's walkers are actually equipment cards, that's kinda neat.
Suggests that further stretch goals may include a one-handed Rick, some dudes from woodbury, some kind of KS exclusive mini.
Meep.
2016/02/27 05:15:11
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
Is that seriously supposed to be a katana? If so, that is a new low for "no one at Mantic gives a crap" sculpting.
Automatically Appended Next Post: PS: if you get that model and plan to replace the blade, please send it to me. With a little work, it could pass as a jian.
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It *does* kinda look like that, but I'm not really planning on backing. I'm watching just incase the last 48 hours are ridiculous for some reason and things get extra impressive, but I'm not expecting it.
2016/02/27 13:48:45
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
BobtheInquisitor wrote: Is that seriously supposed to be a katana? If so, that is a new low for "no one at Mantic gives a crap" sculpting
What's so bad about the katana in particular?
It's extremely thick obviously but that's pretty standard in this scale, too thin and it'll snap constantly.
I don't see how it's on a lower end than those horrible men at arms.
Can't tell from the angle if the sword has any curve at all. Of course Mantic could be allowing the blade to curve depending upon the material of the final model . That in turn could have her holding the sword the wrong way.
The pic has her wearing a coat, the model has her wearing little red riding hoods cape .
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2016/02/27 14:01:54
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
Just sayin, it does not look enough like exhibit A, and more like exhibit B than it should.
If they were trying to make a Jian like Bob suggested for rescuing the bit I could almost buy it:
But that does not look remotely like a katana. Theres a curve and it's obviously bladed on one side, the current render of the second michonne looks like a flat board that's had the far end clipped off to a broad point, not a Japanese sword.
Everything up to the blade is passable, hopefully people will complain about it till they promise to fix it because that would be a joke at retail.
And don't say it's the material, because they obviously think they can pull this off:
which at least looks *like* a katana, if a bit chunky.
Anyway... looks like they hit a stretch goal but they're waiting on the update for hitting the next one (carlos at 520k) or 48hrs.
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2016/02/27 14:07:01
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
I don't think we can say from the pictures we have that there is no curve to the sword and it's not much thicker than what we see in most 28mm ranges
I'd say that the main problem is rather that her clothes don't at all match the art. Cape instead of coat, no skirt over the pants, and too chunky legs in general (though not as bad as the first Michonne).
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Ahh see I was thinking the pose in the renders *was* fairly strong for displaying a curve or lack thereof, given that it's practically a profile of the blade showing the full flat in which the curvature would be clearly visible. Agree to disagree, no worries. The clothes don't match though I'm not as bothered by them, except the almost dracula cape. And the legs are thinner than the other michonne so I was thinking it was an improvement
I can feel the eyes of judgement upon me so I'm quit of this subject as of now, not important enough for another thread. Soo...
Have you met Duane?! Unlocked overnight and half of the way to Carlos.
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2016/02/27 14:14:09
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
Michonne is prime example of how bad things got sculpting wise with this project... Its basically a man with boobs wearing a cape and builder boots. Of all things to mess up it had to be the walking dead and Michonne.
Can't link images from my phone but Michonne is wearing a hooded poncho in her first appearance (the image linked if from the cover was drawn quite far in advance of her first appearance and they redesigned her outfit slightly for the actual comic).
2016/02/27 14:52:49
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
That is not a katana. The tip is not fine. I showed it to my Japanese wife and she just shook her head and said it's too straight and the point looks weird.
Here's an image of what the point should really look like:
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2016/02/27 15:53:51
Subject: The Mantic's "The Walking Dead Miniatures Game - All Out War" Kickstarter Thread
No no we're talking half as thick as a regular base 'on the cutting edge' if that's the truth. That being the case would imply the wide part of the sword would be thicker than a base.
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Hershel's farm. The Prison. Woodbury. Atlanta Hospital (TV show). The Woodbury sewers and mining tunnels (novels). Terminus (TV show). Alexandria. The Hilltop. 
? The feth is that supposed to mean?
Plus Rick uses a motorcycle early on in the comics when he returns to Atlanta to dig up Shane and destroy his reanimated corpse. He loses the motorcycle when the Prison falls to the Governor.
11527pts Total (7400pts painted)
4980pts Total (4980pts painted)
3730 Total (210pts painted) 
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