Delayed Dust: Operation Babylon

[ahayford]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/duststudio/dust-operation-babylon

 

Looks like Dust Studios is relaunching the Dust line

[MonkeySloth]

Not relaunching. Just doing a big expansion. 

[ahayford]

My bad.

[MonkeySloth]

Ya, I had to check on their site.  There's a rules update for Dust Tactics out but it's independent of this KS.

[Beagle]

Funded in one hour

[MonkeySloth]

Not surprising.  This one makes more sense then some of the unknown companies that fund that quickly.

[Godfather Punk]

I checked the KS page but couldn't find the scale of these minis. 1/72? 35mm? Other?

[Orlando_the_Technicoloured]

The foot troops are very roughly heroic 28mm (so 32-35mm )

 

 

 

the above images are pulled off the web

[Beagle]

The foot troops are very roughly heroic 28mm (so 32-35mm )

 

 

 

the above images are pulled off the web

Is anyone in on this?

Edited May 26, 2014 by Beagle

[Godfather Punk]

I'm probably going to skip. I really don't need another skirmish game

(although, if they can really deliver in Aug 2014, that would beat some of the other projects I'm waiting for since forever. This is an expansion of an existing game, right?)

[Suden]

They really don't make it obvious what the scale is. One of the creator comments on the ks page compared them to other 28 mm skirmish games, but they should say it on the main page. Or in their store, with all their various products.

 

I'm tempted to back at $20 for the expansion rules, terrain cards and battle mats. Game mats are always useful, and that should give enough of an idea of the rules to decide on whether to spend an additional $30 on a rule book. I like the tank designs, if there's a decent game backing them, it could be worth the investment. Also, those pics with some of the Toughest Girls of the Galaxy makes me think I could use these rules for those minis, they even have walking tanks. And who knows how long before Raging Heroes releases their game rules. They mentioned them on the original ks page, but I haven`t heard much since.

[Erifnogard]

I have a redonculous amount of Dust Axis that need painting already.  I want some of these but I'm waiting for retail.

[Orlando_the_Technicoloured]

As a KS I think the prices are way too high

 

(especially for those of you in America where online places have the older stuff much, much cheaper, then just buy the new rules),

 

This is not a teeny tiny company trying to release something, it's basically under the Battlefront umbrella now which should mean CMON like deals

[Orlando_the_Technicoloured]

I don't know if anybody here backed this, but looking at the recent comments it looks as if things may be going belly up

 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/duststudio/dust-operation-babylon/comments

 

 

do if you have it's time to start paying close attention if not talking to your CC provider

[MonkeySloth]

Really? But this is via two very well established companies. This would be like one of Reaper's KSers going belly up.

 

Edit: WOw

 

From Paolo's own mouth (as postings) he has shown that he has the Babylon models 'in the hopper'. That is, there are thousands of pieces ready to go. Battlefront has simply taken the money and skipped. They have not paid Dust Studios. Dust Studios has fulfilled their side of the commitment.

What is happening is mostly unfortunate. We are truly sorry for that.

Dust Studio is only the manufacturer of the Babylon KS as you might already know.

We are suffering the same stress here, we have been producing all the models but we are not getting paid by Battlefront.

The only thing that we can do to protect our interests is to hold on the products until we get paid.

This of course means that we keep you waiting for them.

At the same time l want to suggest you to check with your Credit Card Company (I assume you paid by CC) .

They should be able to get your money back to you.

l suggest this because we are afraid to be victims of the same attempt of fraud here.

Our lawyers are working on the case, there will be an announcement as soon as they are ready.

 

Best regards,

Dust Studio

Edited January 31, 2015 by MonkeySloth