(KICKSTARTER) Rocketgames: Last Saga

[DELTADOG]

I´ve mentioned before that i know the blamed caster well and have talked with him about the situation with Rocket Games. He pleased me to wait with a post here till he has given out a statement on his own which was plublished today on a well reputated Newsblog in Germany.

http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=163066

Ok not everybody is well in german I would guess, maybe someone can translate it in proper english, my humble skills in english are not that well to do that in a really perfect translation sry.

But the Core message of that post is: Tha Caster HAS CASTED EVERYTHING he got from Rocket Games as master! He has made unpaid more work to Taq the whole single parts what was not part of the original deal and he has sended Master and casts to Rocket Games long ago in last year and still waits on the go to cast the finished molds. Nothing comes from Rocket back to him....... So far to the "spamming him with messages"

To proof his statement he has made a picture of all casted miniatures he has ever got from Rocket Games as a master. You can see HE HAS DONE his Part, so long to statements of Rocket Games to blame a person for failures done by who knows who, which damages the reputation of someone who has to make his family income with this job!



Cheers Delta

[Dentatus]

As Paul Harvey used to say, "and now you know the rest of the story."

[Chambersofminiatures]

I do not know if it has been asked, but will Zenit honor the Kick-starter supporters by sending out the miniatures paid for by the backers?

[tnjrp]

According to their official statement, terse as it was, it seems so.

[Dentatus]

I do not know if has been asked, but will Zenit honor the Kick-starter supporters by sending out the miniatures paid for by the backers?

That's the impression I got from the statement.

[dulydude]

So yay and update!

While I'd disappointing by the small number of pictures from the convention there's a fair bit of hope in this post.

I though want peoples opinions on the change of fusilier designs from some of the earlier renders to the newer 3d renders




I think the new ones look pretty cool but are lacking some of the character the running and reloading ones had, esp as we all voted on a reloading fusilier

[tnjrp]

As a gamer first and a painter/collector third (if that), I personally rather like the fact that the new ones are more static. It improves their usability in any games that have true line of sight (as IIRC Last Saga does).

The update of course is here:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1318212665/last-saga/posts/1513672

Whining about the Sovereign Empire reworking has started, I see.

[Dentatus]

Sounds  like forward motion. Backers might actually see their pledges - finally - end of this year. (altho I'm not holding my breath)

And yes, the whining did seem like they were loading up their Excuse Blunderbuss.  I ordered Council and Raiders, so I wasn't paying close attention to Empire news.

As far as the rules go, I just wanted the figs. I had zero interest in their game - even less now. At this point, I won't be supporting ANYTHING Last Saga/Rocket Games/Zenit does. Ever. Just send me the figs or return my $$$.

[dulydude]

As a gamer first and a painter/collector third (if that), I personally rather like the fact that the new ones are more static. It improves their usability in any games that have true line of sight (as IIRC Last Saga does).

Yeah, static poses are more usable, the reloading pose was pretty static though; standing straight within the confines of the base pulling out a new clip. Even the running pose looked like is was fully within the base.
I agree with usability over rule of cool...it's why I have crouched snipers in Infinity; so much harder to judge LoS/LoF

And yes, the whining did seem like they were loading up their Excuse Blunderbuss.

The whining is over the top isn't it

[tnjrp]

If Google Translate is to be believed, here are some masters produced by Zenit for Last Saga:
http://miniaturasywargames.com/blog/exclusiva-primeras-miniaturas-de-last-saga/

One hopes we won't be reliant on random blogs and Facebook pages for news until the end of this project. Sorta like Outlaw Games style with the added bonus of all the info being in Spanish only, of course.

[Dentatus]

Pictures of existing masters/figs... is something I suppose - if old news from new source counts as activity. Question is if this twitch is due to the body  coming back to life, or in it's final death throes?

Like the boy who cried 'wolf', Last Saga/Rocket Games has lost all credibility with me.

[tnjrp]

An actual update for a change:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1318212665/last-saga/posts/1588657

With previously unseen renders and a pair of concepts for completely new (as in not-KS-related) models.

[Dentatus]

Here's hoping.

It's been so long, if the rest of my pledge ever shows up, I can pretend they're free miniatures that arrived from a mysterious sender out of the blue.

[dulydude]

HOLY CRAP did you guys see what they posted up in response to the combat heels on female sculpts?

"This is a controversial topic, so I will try to explain here why the heels is a common addition to female miniatures:
The main problem you face when sculpting realistic women, is their height. To properly reveal a miniature as a woman (and don't look like a male), their proportions need to be very specific: if you try to make them as tall as the male, those proportions get ridiculously big. And if you nail the proportions, the miniature is very small in comparison to the male.
So, the addition of the heels is a height problem solution, matching the selected proportions while keeping a repectable height."

I don't know how to feel about that...I think I'd be ok with female sculpts being smaller (as long as the weapons remain the same size). Sure it makes it harder to draw light of sight, but that's why Infinity bought in the silhouette system

[tnjrp]

The lesson here being that you can invent a reason for just about anything if you really set your mind to the task.