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 Shieldwolf Miniatures wrote:
You might want to put the direct link in the OP

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rgdgaming/28mm-hard-plastic-satyrs-and-scythians

Cool stuff, best of luck!

Kudos, thank you!




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Upped the ante:

6K we unlock a 4x6 of Satyrs and combine a Scythian and Amazon set to a 6x9

If the Amazons and Scythians share a sprue, will their arms be interchangeable?

The way Tim put it, the differences are noticed in the shoulders and in the legs, but the arm slots are less then a .5 mm difference. The weapon loadouts will have many similarities, so I don't know if it will make a difference to some. In context, we had a similar issue with centaurs come up in the first kickstarter and tried to solve it with a 3x4 mold, we just ended up making it a 4x6 by the end due to the amount raised.

Some fun behind the scenes.

The hair needs to be much much thicker and sharply defined to show up in plastic. Think thicker strands of hair and deeper grooves that will take a wash.

I have probably hundreds of Tim's sculpts in plastic and they have uniformly bad hair for the exact same reason. As sculpted, that hair will not show up in plastic.

The creases on the pants need to be much more sharply defined as well.

Next up!

And I’m fairly certain he will be able to get it. I do think feet need a little bit more input and we probably could go over the pants. Just showing what we could do. Literally got off the press.

Today, we shall prepare a piece that will use an optional combo part feature.

Light weapon

The heads you’ve shown all have fairly blank expressions. Will there be yelling, grimacing or sneering faces?

The weapons look good. I’m hoping for a decent variety of swords and clubs supplemented by bows or spears, or arms that can be modified easily to hold those types of weapons.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
The heads you’ve shown all have fairly blank expressions. Will there be yelling, grimacing or sneering faces?

The weapons look good. I’m hoping for a decent variety of swords and clubs supplemented by bows or spears, or arms that can be modified easily to hold those types of weapons.

If you want expressions we can. We are focused right now on showing how we can get the concept of Amazons into a clearer picture. We will have plenty of time to work out those small quirks. February we won't be able to do any molding anyhow. So we are working now.

I think you will enjoy the weapon complement

Ok you've got me I've just backed. Received a nice batch of your Fauns and Centaurs ove the holidays which will give my Greeks a nice batch of mythic rank and file.

 Llamahead wrote:
Ok you've got me I've just backed. Received a nice batch of your Fauns and Centaurs ove the holidays which will give my Greeks a nice batch of mythic rank and file.

Thank you, those models were absolutely fun. If you need any tips, let me know.

Some work on bows.

Awesome. I hope we get a lot of those bows. The double convex shaped bow is something I’ve been looking for.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Awesome. I hope we get a lot of those bows. The double convex shaped bow is something I’ve been looking for.

I imagined two poses each for space. There is probably going be those who want to be able to pull off parthian shots.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rgdgaming/28mm-hard-plastic-satyrs-and-scythians?ref=user_menu



New Torso up for Amazon.

Used in conjunction with a new helm...

rgdgaming wrote:
Used in conjunction with a new helm...

Nice!
Do you think Tim could sculpt a Boar's Tusk Helmet for the commander?

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

rgdgaming wrote:
Used in conjunction with a new helm...

Nice!
Do you think Tim could sculpt a Boar's Tusk Helmet for the commander?

Its hard to do in LOD it seems, so he tried to get most of it Helm is not fixed to body.

Loving the short horse bows here, too.

If I can make my larp character with these sprues (on the right) I will be very happy.

https://zenfolio.page.link/wy95S

rgdgaming wrote:
Its hard to do in LOD it seems, so he tried to get most of it Helm is not fixed to body.

Ah, so he had anticipated the request! Good, good. It is properly pre-Classical, being mentioned in the Iliad as a mark of high status.

 Ancestral Hamster wrote:

rgdgaming wrote:
Its hard to do in LOD it seems, so he tried to get most of it Helm is not fixed to body.

Ah, so he had anticipated the request! Good, good. It is properly pre-Classical, being mentioned in the Iliad as a mark of high status.

Seems highly fitting for a hunter race . The boar tusk LOD is an issue because the teeth would extend in front of the face plane. Easily doable when intermingled into the helm and sides, just not below the helm. The issue of womens hair is the same, because the hair often extends behind the neck plane.


Heads up to everyone: Small change, but something to note,



We have included a revised version of the tier progression in the backer rewards. This provides some better clarity on box unlockables.


The change

The base two boxes idea stays the same, with one box more being unlocked with stretch goals (and you being able to mix and match). However, if inclined, for $20 more you can unlock four boxes regardless, and you can pick any combination of Centaurs, Fauns, Satyrs, Amazons/Scythians etc.

The previous reward had old tiers of stretch goals, which were likely confusing. Out they go.


Also, you don't have to do anything.


Quick fix:


The $20 can be bumped up with your pledge. Questionnaires will still be used down the line by email. This would also mean a pick a choose option of 8 boxes at 120, or 4 at 60. As some had asked.




Robert Dunham

When you say boxes, that includes a box choice that has 32 Amazons and 32 Scythians?

From my understanding, a $40 pledge would get me one box of 64 humans and one box of satyrs (I forget how many). So, would adding another $20 to my pledge get me an additional box of 64 humans for a total of 128 humans and one box of Satyrs at a price of $60?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
When you say boxes, that includes a box choice that has 32 Amazons and 32 Scythians?

From my understanding, a $40 pledge would get me one box of 64 humans and one box of satyrs (I forget how many). So, would adding another $20 to my pledge get me an additional box of 64 humans for a total of 128 humans and one box of Satyrs at a price of $60?

4 boxes, of a mix and match type. If budget minded, $40 gave people a lower risk tier option that could get better as people come in. However, with the introduction of the warhost pledges, we decided to give that $20 option to pledgers, one as a benefit to them, and the other to raise our momentum. Some ideas I were trying to channel from creative solutions I've been researching.

Kickstarter becomes a different world when the goal breaks. People see the momentum and gauge the likelihood of success. With proper emailing, and investment, it is possible to break expectations early, removing that barrier for many people. We come into our project as somewhat of a cold call. Seeing where peoples values were. Some from the old kickstarter wanting to see plastic satyrs, others wanting to get Amazons, as it seems.

Running it in January made the most sense because of Chinese New Year coming up. Best time to work and hear from backers.

So, how many humans and satyrs would I get for $60 vs $40?

Some people want a boost on Satyr count, but with 4 boxes, you could in theory get 64 models in one box 4 times, so several hundred. The integration of the sprue tackles the same problem, but makes it hard to separate. If more is raised, I might be able to separate them, but regardless, I should honor the same numbers for the sake of consistency.

Either way, its a boost to the backer.

Notice how we arent doing pewter this go. With imports etc, the costs were actually much worse then the plastic costs from the first round.

Ooh, nice! I'd backed the Fauns and Centaurs previously and am really quite pleased with them - I'm definitely interested in all three of the offerings this time around, and really hoping we can get to cavalry options too.

Thanks, RDG Gaming. That clarifies things.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Thanks, RDG Gaming. That clarifies things.

Welcome


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Longstrider wrote:
Ooh, nice! I'd backed the Fauns and Centaurs previously and am really quite pleased with them - I'm definitely interested in all three of the offerings this time around, and really hoping we can get to cavalry options too.

I do too, the horses are detail laced sweetness. And just changing the HEAD can make them that much cooler. Scythians were pimp my ride before pimp my ride pimped some rides.

I think it'd be good to clarify things on the KS campaign page too. It's still not really clear what either of the $40 boxes give. The second one is a bit clearer than the 1st, but still...