MonkeySloth

Be curios to see how BB compares to what Monolith puts out.

So I'm more the likely backing as I could afford to loose $130. Having a guy that speaks some Chinese and has experience with manufacturing there, even though it's in a different filed, is a big plus. Cost of what we're getting is still a concern but I've never backed a project before where the cost of living is significantly lower then the West so that might be part of why they can offer some prices (outside of the loss leader with expensive add ons). They're all Pakistani, living in Pakistan currently, but several of them having lived in Canada at one point in their lives. I think this come from a previous post of mine where some of the minis looked like production samples vs 3d prints (which they've confirmed they're all prints) due to some flaws on the base that looked like it came from a mold. So sorry about that. I think this is a cultural thing vs being rude in general and at least the one person I saw them calling out was being a jerk so I don't blame them. I'm kind of tired of people running KSers just enabling toxic comments sections for fear of losing a baker or too so I've enjoyed this. That's incorrect. There's been no blind playtesting but there has been by reviewers. But since I just want this for parts, as most games on KSer, I could really care less about how it plays. And they don't state they don't have project management experience just no experience in making a miniatures game. Still obviously a concern for some people but not the same. They also have some well off backer who's invested in the company at some level as he pays their travel costs.

So this one got me curious so I decided to swing by here as no one is quite as skeptical of a good KSer deal these days as the Reaper forums. I think what they're doing is offering the core box near cost and then making their money on full priced add-ons. outside of the Architecture Set everything else they have in that list is about what I'd expect to pay for retail, if not a bit more. Compare the expansion pack add ons (the first two) what you get for $45-50 and then look at what Monolith, mythic and CMoN give you for the same price as an addon. So basically bait people in with a really good core box, and it is a price that reminds you of KSer stuff from 3-4+ years ago, at/near cost and then hope you reel in lots of higher priced addon purchases. The buildings are probably near cost as well. Now the making big figures this is a concern but lots of companies have been making things that size in PVC for quite some time and now days is more on the manufacturer then the other side of things so that's less of a concern. I'll be watching as if they've actually got PVC samples already that shows they've already invested in production, have more then just quotes and actually kind of know what they're doing. Just looked at the bottom of the KS page and it looks like they have the whole core already done in PVC and cardboard. Crazy, you just don't see that these days. They've already dropped what? 200-300k on this just for molds?

Same. I figure if it can last this long it's going to be quite some time till it yellows if ever.

Hey all. Pulled one of these old bases out of storage to see how it held up after all this time (about 6 and a half years), since I was looking at using this medium for a project, and it still looks just as good as it did back when I made this tutorial. I added a quick picture to the end of the second post as well as below this sentence.

I don't know if it's under the Asmodee brand or one of the other 500 game companies they own as at gencon all of them but FFG were grouped in one area. Even Monoliths Conan, which one of the former CEOs of Asmodee works for, was unsure what label was distributing Conan. They were saying that it was FFG in the US until corrected by backers. Hell Dorado wasn't one of their games as far as I'm aware (outside of distributing the closterphobia game set in that world) and the company that killed it off was Ninja Division after they bought it off of cypher because the KSer really didn't give it the jolt people were wanting -- Sometimes games just don't get traction.

Got my rulebook reprint today. That's everything from this campaign for me.

Got my resins from the core set today. Also the distribution deal they mentioned in their last update is Asmodee, they were demoing\advertising it at Gencon. Should be in stores for Christmas.

its understandable though as tooling for the larger things is rather expensive and they're playing it safe.

eh, it's nothing spectacular. Probably it's most useful feature for the price is the phone based control. As always, 3D printers have a horrible track record on Kickstarter and it's just better to get something that's available now and has good reviews then wait and hope it lives up to the hype (which they never do). if you really want to hit that $150 sweet spot just watch r/3dprinting as there are several that go on sale for that price throughout the year that people in that subreddit will post and you'll still end up getting your printer months before this ever delivers. As GadgetMan said, build plate is pretty small but fine if all you want to do is dwarven forge type of things. You'll find that for our hobby height is usually the space you run out of over width and length. You don't really need a heat plate, I never use mine as I don't print ABS as it's not worth the effort and PLA is just fine without one with some hairspray or glue sticks.

Sure Pingo. Just try to pretend you're not one of the people that gave my non-existent post a like. Won't work! I see through the façade.

Should have had the top non-existent post then.

On September 25th 2016 I "won" the day with most likes despite not having any posts make it into the leaderboard that day for most likes. http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/leaderboard/&custom_date_start=1474804800&custom_date_end=1474804800 Not only did I win, I crushed my competition getting more votes that day then all my competitors combined. So either I posted 279 times that day and Uber just liked all of them thus none of them showing up on the list due to low like count or I had planed on posted something really awesome that everyone would have loved but never got around to it and the forum just decided credit me with the number of likes I would have gotten with that totally awesome non-existent post. Since the forum gave me a win for a non-existent post I'd figure I'd let the forum decided the non-existent way(s) it plans on celebrating "Monkeysloth Day".

This. Been there, done that personally already with a kickstarted 3d printer. What was a good 3d printer 2 years ago when I backed spec wise was trash when I got it delivered this year compared to others. If you want one just buy one instead of waiting for a mythological one to appear on KSer that's what you've been waiting for price wise. If you can afford $100 that arrives in 16+ months you can save up for a $200 one and get it way before the other one arrives. Also even the one I have can print at 50 micron like this one but that doesn't mean you should (most can print about half as thin as advertised--just doesn't generally do a great job). Even this 3d printer says you normally shouldn't print that small right after you say you can so it shows that they're not being really straight forward about it. With anything that's a complicated machine it's better to get something that's already out as opposed to what looks to be a deal on KSer as not only do 3d printers have a horrible track record as a KSer so do most things that aren't tabletop or art related so we tend to look at stuff via rose tinted glasses.

The issues I really have with basic\common terrain items like this is you can buy a 3d printer and print out something the size of this in like a month for a lot less. And then, from there on out, you have the printer and don't have to buy that again. I'm comparing this to the Duke which is a full castle for $750 usd (roughly). Good 3d printer is $300, about $50 for the plans (more if you want a more complex castle) and probably $40-$50 in plastic. If all you care about is dwarven forge sized pieces you can cut the printer cost in half. It only makes sense to but one of the large, expensive pledges, if you love the look of it (which it is very nice, but very low detail even for MDF) or something that would be awkward to print size or modularity size. I do the same. Works really well.