In Her Majesty's Name

[Craig]

So you guys want to see a Walker eh?

Well navigate to http://vbir.blogspot.co.uk/ in an hour or two and JW will be displaying the artwork that inspired Charles and I to add a section on Walkers by Jesse McGibney.

Cheers,
Craig.

[Bullshott]

Very nice - I'll need one for my Honourable Guild of Steamfitters

[Smith]

At the risk of sounding like a plug, the Johnson Mk VII is a stretch goal for the North Star IHMN Nickstarter – it's spend goal 4, so might be entirely dependent on the amount of pre-orders (it's up to Nick!):

http://nstarmagazine.com/IN_HER_MAJESTYS_NAME.htm

[Dave Knight]

Pre ordered the rules from Amazon

[XCIV]

Yes, yes... I have posted the picture.

And I will be making a Nickstarter order from Brigade here in the States. Just waiting to return from my vacation next week, see how much $$ is left. I want the rules, and at least one faction, preferably two.

I hope the Scotland Yard faction is ready to see by then, because that is a major contender for faction #3.

[nicknorthstar]

If you pre-order the rules from us, and buy one faction, you get two free figures, Jack the Ripper and the Master Criminal. And if we hit £18,000, you get a free Bill Sykes and Bullseye. I think we are well under way to reach £18K by mid April, realistically I don't think we'll hit the £48K for the free Walker.

Nick

[Ray Earle]

Is there a good chance the walker will get produced for the range in the end anyway Nick?

[TheBlackCrane]

Definitely going to be pre-ordering the Servants of Ra, just waiting to see what the Scotland Yard company look like to see about them too  It would be very nice if the £30K target gets hit, fingers crossed!

[nicknorthstar]

We may make the Walker anyway. It just won't be free. 

Whether we make the Walkers, both of the ones illustrated, will depend on the popularity of the game and the range. Although the Nickstarter is going well, and we are enjoying following it, we will judge the sales of the miniatures in the long run. As you can imagine, the bulk of our sales are through hobby shops, and they won't start until the figures are released Mid April, so we'll know later in the year if IHMN is going really well.

I personally think it will all go very well, and you'll see the range expand including Walkers, I just have be pessimistic sometimes.

Nick

[nicknorthstar]

The Scotland Yard company photos are a couple of weeks away, but Fagin and Jack the Ripper will be on Facebook later today!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Star-Military-Figures/218634441498799?ref=hl

Nick

[Ray Earle]

Excellent. Looking forward to seeing them both.

I hope the range is a good seller and that there is plenty of expansion in the future.

[Red Orc]

I really don't want to be the killjoy at the party (because I love a lot of the minis, and the background seems really interesting, and even if I don't necessarily get the rules - which I might - I'm definitely getting some of the minis) but I've never been involved in one of these kickstarter things before, so I've been trying to get my head round how it works.

I've made this table of prices. There seem to be some very odd things going on.



It sems the longer the kickstarter goes on, the worse value big batches are. If we ever get to Quartermain and Nemo, then the best deals are 2 boxes, or 2 boxes plus the rules. Am I missing something? Does anyone want to run the numbers and see if I'm going crazy?

[nicknorthstar]

You are right, but what a strange way of looking at this. 

[nicknorthstar]

There are two parts to the deal.

Part one is the first three figures. They depend on how much you buy. If you only buy two sets, you only get Jack the Ripper.

Part two is the Spend Goals. As we reach the goals, everyone who is involved (meaning buying enough to qualify for the first free figure at least) receives the rewards.

If you cost the free figures into the box sets, then yes, the best deal if you are purely counting pennies is 1 box set, 1 rule book and the free figures that come with it. So far that is two figures, potentially 7 if we get to £48K.

But the figures are free.  You shouldn't be costing them in. If you don't buy enough, you'll never get Fagin and the Tart. If you don't want them, fine.

[nicknorthstar]

  Onto less baffling matters, I've put photos of Fagin and Jack the Ripper on Facebook!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Star-Military-Figures/218634441498799