(KICKSTARTER) Deadzone Kickstarter - Funding Successful

[rwwin]

New update:Love Antenociti's stuff.  Will be upping for this for sure.

~Eric

I like Anttenociti's stuff as well.  I ran the numbers and it doesn't look like there's any discount built in.  You could just as easily order it now and not wait 7+ months.

[mrgrigson]

Based on the trooper on the 30mm base, I'm thinking these are going to be on the large side, which is making this less and less appealing to me all the time. I seem to remember seeing that the enforcers were 35mm+, so I'm not sure if any of these are going to be in scale with anything else I own.

[emperorpenguin]

The Marauders are terrible! 

Really liking the Enforcers and Rebs, the plague aren't bad. Love the robot concept for the Asterians, I can see a lot of proxy-Wraithguard use if they're cheap enough

[rwwin]

The Marauders are terrible! 

I don't think they're terrible (they are certainly better than the Warpath plastic Marauders), but I'm disappointed that they continued with the cartoony rogue trader look rather than some more sinister looking orcs.  For me that's the big thing keeping me from the pledge with all four starter forces, I just don't like the marauders.  Maybe there will be an option to swap in one of the other starters when/if they are unlocked.

[kalamadea]

I like Anttenociti's stuff as well.  I ran the numbers and it doesn't look like there's any discount built in.  You could just as easily order it now and not wait 7+ months.

Antenociti is posting in the Dakkadakka thread, says the price point for buying all of the addons is $130 for about $200 worth of stuff if you bought it retail, plus you would have to pay shipping. Some of the items in the bundles has not been released yet and a lot of the pieces are being remastered specifically for Deadzone as well, either adjusting the size to match 3" tiles or adjusting the design itself a little. Other pieces currently available as resin/metal hybrid kits are being redone as all resin like the medical scanner bed (that is apparently a royal pain in the arse to assemble as a hybrid kit). So yes, there is a good reason to wait 7 months for it

As for Marauders, meh. They're not terrible, but they're not great either. EDIT* wow, just had another look at the greens somebody posted from the mantic open house and those are terribad! The ripper suits are looking ok, but the normal figures are like all the worst aspects of early GW orcs with none of the charm.

[rwwin]

Antenociti is posting in the Dakkadakka thread, says the price point for buying all of the addons is $130 for about $200 worth of stuff if you bought it retail, plus you would have to pay shipping.

True point on the shipping, but I don't see how he thinks the bundles are cheaper.  Take the "urban detailing bundle 1" as an example.  If you take the prices off of the Antenociti website, pro-rate them for the lower quantities in the bundle and then convert GBP to dollars (with the standard 7% exchange fee) and it comes out only $0.35 cheaper.

If you take the biggest bundle that's a savings of $5 plus a free scrubber and heat exchanger, but I still don't see how hou save $70.

As to remastering some of the kits.  Meh, I've built some of his hybrid kits in the past without problems.

[tnjrp]

I don't get the A-citi comment either... By my calculation, the total cost of the goods for Urban Detailing Bundle #1 is actually a bit lower if bought straight from A-citi store. I think they also have a deal in place for no p&p when ordering G.O.T. products for more than £50 (about two bundles worth of stuff)

[Giger]

Here's my pics from the open day:

http://s152.photobucket.com/user/psmorgul/library/Mantic%20Open%20Day%202013?sort=3&page=1

I have to agree on the Marauders, the poses are... well... enough said actually but everything else looks top notch and the game play demo I caught was good to.

[Giger]

Fortifications are in and the Chorvar Merc add on is the next SG at $460k then on to the new factions.

[rwwin]

So I'm a little confused.  The cannon in the concept drawings isn't included, just the fortifications, right?

Also, in the comments Mantic has confirmed that you won't be able to swap the existing factions for any that get unlocked later.  Bummer, I really am not interested in the marauders.

[kalamadea]

In terms of value you would be looking at spending over $200 to get the full-monty ($130 USD) set.

That was from Antenociti himself in the Dakkadakka thread. All the responses saying otherwise got my OCD working overtime and I added it all up as best I could since many of the Mantic sets include half orders of things from the website. Assuming you ordered everything seperately, yes, you'd spend over $200 but you'd also get more stuff than what you will in the KS. If you could order pieces individually to match the mantic sets, it's far less impressive.

Military Outpost - £21.25/$32.51
Medi-center - £31.5/$48.20
Commercial District - £21.75/$33.28
Werehouse District - £24.25/$37.10
free items x2 - £6.75/$10.32
Total £105.5/$161.42

Still a deal, $30 cheaper and free shipping, but certainly not what Antenociti was claiming and half the sets are actually more expensive than what you'd pay direct if bought at the $35 level.

[tnjrp]

I take your word for that one can get below what one would pay for the same items at Antenociti's shop (even taking into account that you'll prolly get free shipping from them as well) when going for the whole set. The smaller bundles however indeed seem questionable. Since I don't want to accuse A-citi of misleading the public I assume they were talking about the whole shebang and possibly also getting mixed up about how Mantic's put only half-sized sets out for sale on the average.

Regardless of that, all of ya need to pledge more, stat. Me wants Chovar mercs

ETA - the Chovar's been unlocked and the prototype looks quite decent (as do the Asterian Cyphers BTW but not perhaps quite decent enough for me to go the not-Eldar route):
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1744629938/deadzone-the-sci-fi-miniatures-board-game/posts/480948

[Giger]

Well we hit the $460k last night and unlocked the Chovar merc add on.  This means we're now at what Mantic are referring to as the first expansion, which will unlock the Asterians and Forge Fathers as add-ons when we hit $500k however those at Strike Team ($150) and up (excluding the terrain only pledges) get to add another Faction starter for free, including one of the new ones (as these will be shipping in Q2 2014 you will need to add $10 for shipping if you select and new faction as your freebie).  There is also a special bundle for both of the new factions for $50 or just single faction add-ons for $35 and if you add one of these to your pledge you don't need to include the $10 shipping if you select a new faction as your freebie as it would be covered by the add on.
Personally I'm adding the Forge Fathers as the freebie and then adding the EU bundle for $50 which will give me 2 Forge Guard units for my Warpath army, awesome!

[eMills]

Full update:

$500,000 Stretch Goal
Update #37 · May 14, 2013 · 94 comments

Well, that’s the Chovar locked in then – thank you so much!



We are heading towards a big milestone, and it is time to get serious!

We are chasing down the $500,000 goal and we are here far faster than we thought possible… after all we only passed this same milestone 4 days before the end of the DreadBall Kickstarter!

However, onwards and upwards…

When we began this Kickstarter we wanted to fund the first 4 factions, get both the basic troops and the specialists sculpted and tooled, and then get at least the core scenery sprues tooled with some variation…

Well, with your help we did that in about 10 days!!!



The Deadzone Kickstarter is now moving into a fascinating new stage with the next few stretch goals…for want of a better explanation we are moving into our first expansion – hopefully one of a couple that get funded through this Kickstarter!

Now that we’ve got the “core” game done, we now can dig far deeper in to all four of these factions, keep adding more scenery choices and then start doing even more fun things, such as….
Milestone Stretch Goal!

$500,000 – Asterian and Forge Fathers Faction Starters

If we hit this goal, we will be able to sculpt and tool the Expanded Universe Faction Starters – the Asterians and the Forge Fathers - and create their Faction Card decks.

For the Asterians we will be able to sculpt: 1 Asterian Commander, 2 Cyphers with Flux Rifle, 2 Cyphers with Charge Glove and 1 Weapons Drone.

For the Forge Fathers we will be able to sculpt: 1 Forge Father Huscarl, 3 Forge Guard with Hailstorm Rifles and 1 Forge Guard with Hailstorm Autocannon Heavy Weapon.

To celebrate this goal we will add One Free Faction Starter Of Your Choice (Miniatures PLUS Faction Card Deck) to game pledges of Strike Team ($150)* and up.

We will also add the digital rules for the Asterians and Forge Fathers to every pledge!

* Note this does not include the One-Click Urban Battlefield or One-Click Urban Wargames Table Pledge Levels.

Asterians

The Asterians are a secretive, mysterious and down-right violent Strike Force of lethal Cyphers led by a solitary Asterian Commander.



Beyond the Creator only they are known to understand the true origin of the Plague and the effects it has on living organisms. Because of this they will send only one of their own in to extract the Artefact and eliminate the Plague, and they accompany this commander with a retinue of Cyphers – the Asterian equivalent of Cyborgs. These large, soulless husks fight with speed and intensity, employing powerful energy-based weaponry and grav-tech to dominate the battlefield.

Forge Fathers

The Forge Fathers are grim warriors that pack a lot of heat – literally.

They barely hold their greed at bay, landing on a planet to strip it of precious materials, technology and resources to ship back to their Forge Star homes. So important is the work of the Forge Fathers that the major mining companies of the Star Realm often supply specially trained veteran warriors to protect the Captain of the ship and it’s crew.



Armed with Hailstorm Rifles and deadly Hailstorm Autocannon, these Forge Fathers are suited up in all-enclosed Forge Guard armour - hi-tech battlesuits capable of taking a large amount of punishment: the perfect defense for trudging down the dark, claustrophobic alleys of Nexus Psi in search of anyone who might try and prevent them from taking what they’ve come for....

Choosing a Free Faction:

Existing Factions

As this campaign goes on we expect most of you will pick one or two factions to really concentrate on. Picking one of the Existing Faction Starters gives you approximately 13 additional miniatures to add to your Strike Force - particularly handy for bigger games when we introduce rules for larger boards and multiplayer or for starting a Wargames army!



Get a second 1st Generation Plague with your free choice of Faction Starter! {Note: It has been clarified by Mantic that this second 1st Gen Plague is only if you pick the Plague starter as your free faction -EM}

Expanded Universe Factions

You can choose the Asterians or Forge Fathers as your free faction of choice, both of which will get their respective specialists from now until the end of the campaign added free.

As these factions weren’t part of our initial core factions, the Asterians and Forge Fathers will ship as part of a Second Shipment that will be delivered in Q2 2014.

Because of this we ask that if you want one of these as your free faction please add on $10 for worldwide shipping - we'd love to be able to ship these post free but unfortunately we cannot control postage costs (you might therefore decide that the Expanded Universe Bundle below is a better deal for you, choice is yours!)

Note that this will also cover any Shipment 2 shipping, so you only need to add it on once!

Adding an Expanded Universe Faction Starter

If you decide you want an existing Faction as your free choice or you really like the designs of the new factions and want lots of figures, you can add on the Expanded Universe Faction Starters to your pledge, either individually or as part of a Kickstarter Exclusive Bundle Deal never to be seen again!

Note that each of these bundles includes free UK and US shipping.





And there you have it guys - that's one big goal for one big reward. We can't wait to see what other expansion we'll be able to add later and where the campaign will take us from here. Thanks for joining us on this wild ride!

Since the new faction bundle deal includes US and UK shipping I am taking the $50.00 one and will be selecting one of the original 4 factions for my free starter.

~Eric

[Dr Mathias]

I like that tentacle alien, would make a nice Enslaver in 40K. Sad to say I already bought some Forge World spores to make them.