Conan [Monolith Boardgame] - KS over and funded

[Duncan McDane]

Right in the middle of unboxing my Kings Pledge and I'm pretty happy so far.
About the plastics, yes, there is a difference between the grey and the white plastics, and it's not only the colour  .
The white plastic holds detail, it's more difficult to see but yes, it is there, but the nature of the plastics are different. E.g., the white feels a bit less sharp to the nails - check the bases - , more "smooth" and it's more prone to bending than the grey plastics. Problem with Zombicide Black Plague was that many swords & spears were bent, with Conan not so much, the greys are almost all perfectly straight - which is an amazing feat! - but the whites, thick and thin weapons can be bent. In addition to that, there is a difference in sharpness between the hand sculpted models and the digisculpted ones, and especially some the digisculpts who came out in white plastic are my least favorite. Vanir Valkyrie e.g., check the rounded bottoms of the robes and the thick sword, my least favorite model off all...
My advice to Monolith, don't use the white stuff anymore in Mythic Battles, instead use detailed bases - e.g. tiled ones - to show the difference between geroes & villains/monsters. And if you ask me, limit the amount of digisculpts, it's just not the quality of hand-sculpted ones and the difference is between a good and a great model ( imagine what the Bone Golem, Sabertooth or Man Ape would have looked liked were they hand-sculpted ).
And another thing, the models with cardboard small cards might be better off in a small box. cheaper for the Monolith guys, and more space to store the next Monolith ks 
But overall I'm very impressed what Monolith did make of it, with the Earth Demon best of the bunch so far. Value for money isn't only good, it's great. 
Back to the unboxing and yes, I will go all-in with their upcoming Mythic Battles KS too, no doubt about it  .

[Schogun]

Received my shipping notice last night here in Michigan, USA. Projected delivery next Tuesday!

[Anpu]

I got my Kings pledge yesterday and played the first scenario. We had a really great time. Pretty happy with figure quality as well. Very happy with the game.

[Sir_Theo]

Right in the middle of unboxing my Kings Pledge and I'm pretty happy so far.
About the plastics, yes, there is a difference between the grey and the white plastics, and it's not only the colour  .
The white plastic holds detail, it's more difficult to see but yes, it is there, but the nature of the plastics are different. E.g., the white feels a bit less sharp to the nails - check the bases - , more "smooth" and it's more prone to bending than the grey plastics. Problem with Zombicide Black Plague was that many swords & spears were bent, with Conan not so much, the greys are almost all perfectly straight - which is an amazing feat! - but the whites, thick and thin weapons can be bent. In addition to that, there is a difference in sharpness between the hand sculpted models and the digisculpted ones, and especially some the digisculpts who came out in white plastic are my least favorite. Vanir Valkyrie e.g., check the rounded bottoms of the robes and the thick sword, my least favorite model off all...
My advice to Monolith, don't use the white stuff anymore in Mythic Battles, instead use detailed bases - e.g. tiled ones - to show the difference between geroes & villains/monsters. And if you ask me, limit the amount of digisculpts, it's just not the quality of hand-sculpted ones and the difference is between a good and a great model ( imagine what the Bone Golem, Sabertooth or Man Ape would have looked liked were they hand-sculpted ).
And another thing, the models with cardboard small cards might be better off in a small box. cheaper for the Monolith guys, and more space to store the next Monolith ks 
But overall I'm very impressed what Monolith did make of it, with the Earth Demon best of the bunch so far. Value for money isn't only good, it's great. 
Back to the unboxing and yes, I will go all-in with their upcoming Mythic Battles KS too, no doubt about it  .

I must say I am tempted by Mythic battles in the strength of the finished Conan product.

I managed to find my photo bucket account details so I've got pictures of my first painted Conan models.  I've not spent too much time on them (these five took me two hours to do)  as I don't want to get bkgged down with all the models! Tabletop quality is the order if the day.

[Duncan McDane]

Owww, that's a bit nice  .
And for the people still waiting, those are the white plastic models...

[The Dozing Dragon]

I've started the loinclothed Conan figure as well but found it horrible to clean up the mould lines...the plastic is a mix between soft and hard.

[Elbows]

Does anyone have some scale comparison pics?  I'm still see-sawing between trying to sell it off on eBay, but with their absurd feeds and the shipping of an 18 lb. box it's not the best proposition.

I don't want to open the darn box to find all of the minis are 24mm, etc.  Do they fit well with normal larger 25mm-28mm figures?

[Braxandur]

Do they fit well with normal larger 25mm-28mm figures?

yes, they are imho a good match.

[Giger]

I went through my delivery and did a little bit of an un-boxing on my blog:

https://cruciumgiger.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/conan-by-monolith-games.html

I must say I am tempted by Mythic battles in the strength of the finished Conan product.

I managed to find my photo bucket account details so I've got pictures of my first painted Conan models.  I've not spent too much time on them (these five took me two hours to do)  as I don't want to get bkgged down with all the models! Tabletop quality is the order if the day.

Can I ask what colours you painted the skin, I always struggle with darl/tanned skin?

[Anpu]

Does anyone have some scale comparison pics?  I'm still see-sawing between trying to sell it off on eBay, but with their absurd feeds and the shipping of an 18 lb. box it's not the best proposition.

I don't want to open the darn box to find all of the minis are 24mm, etc.  Do they fit well with normal larger 25mm-28mm figures?

Miniatures are decent sized and fit well with 28mm + in my opinion. I plan to use them with my other Conan minis as well as with the boardgame itself. I really liked the boardgame and the need to plan both as Overlord and hero player.

[Elbows]

I may have the wierdest justification for keeping mine...

I'm curious about painting up the picts to be troglodytes from Bone Tomahawk for an Old West scenario. 

[von Lucky]

You can always sell of bits of the set to justify it

[Elbows]

I think I'll crack it open.  I want some of the minis for the dungeon crawl, some of the minis for Old West and I suppose I can find a way to run it co-op if my brother doesn't have any interest in the normal game.

[Braxandur]

I think I'll crack it open. .

  Stop thinking, Just do it  

(I know you want to  )

[Sterling Moose]

Anyone recommend an undercoat for these?  I used Krylon for some Mansion of Madness figures and they went all tacky.