Wednesday, November 21, 2012

I'm a Kickstarter junkie.

I've really got to get it under control. Shiny, shiny! I want to support ALL the great miniature company Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects I see going on right now. But I'm not made of money. On the contrary, I'm made of old receipts, ticket stubs and dust.

I showed the unboxing for Zombicide, which was the first Kickstarter I got behind in a big way, but not the first one I contributed to. I first kicked in support for It Came From Beyond the Still, also known as Aliens vs. Hillbillies. I'll show some of my models for that later on,

What I want to share with you today is the result of what support I could put behind a project from Impact, called Little Urban Achievers. My rewards arrived today, and they look fantastic. The goal of this project was to produce minis with the look of the cast of a certain film involving bowling, carpet, and a Dude who Abides. I didn't have much spare cash as the funding period wrapped up, but I did have about $20, so I scored three figures from the initial run. I chose El Duderino, The Vet(eran) and Chino. Impact already had the Valkyrie figure available, so I figured I could grab her any time.

Chino, El Duderino and The Vet(eran)

 I plan on using them for my zombie table. Once I have a zombie table. Oh, I've got plans, but no table yet. Soon, oh my brothers and my sisters, we will viddy well a real horrorshow table for my zombie kriegspielen. Yes we will.

What you see behind the figures (and underneath them) was my other acquisition today, the limited edition strategy guide for Capcom's Resident Evil 6. I'm getting the game for Christmas, but I'm a patch collector, so I wasn't going to let these get away from me. I already had one of the BSAA patches you see behind Chino there, since it was included with the limited edition copies of the Resident Evil 5 game. But the other two are new. When I say I collect patches, let me be more specific. I collect patches of fictional groups or organizations and imaginary events. I have the patches for some of the Clans from Battletech, the factions in
Warmachine and Hordes from Privateer Press, one from the Miskatonic University 1930-1931 Antarctic Expedition detailed in Lovecraft's "At the Mountains of Madness," by Propnomicon, who is a propmaking mastermind and artisan without equal, the Ishimura Planet-Cracker patch from the original Dead Space video game, several more. I haven't added any of patches for units from the Infinity game yet, but I'm sure I'll get some in time as I get more into that game. I read "Campaign: Paradiso" over my vacation and really enjoyed it. The writing was top-notch, the production values are off the chain, and the painting and art are breathtaking. Love, love, love it.

Enough rambling. So here's the other two patches, along with the BSAA one:


One cool thing of which I was unaware was that the strategy guide's cover is the box art for the Japanese release of the game. The U.S. edition just has that funky giraffe-looking weblike No. 6 on it.


Has me all excited! I hope all my friends and readers in the States enjoy their Thanksgiving, however they get to spend it. And I hope all my readers and friends elsewhere enjoy the next few days as well. I've got to come into work on the infamous "Black Friday" this year, but I'm actually off on Thanksgiving Day, which hasn't happened in a while. Not sure yet what Tracey and I are doing.

Check back in a few days and I'll give you a rundown of the kickstarter and indiegogo projects I am backing and the ones I wish I was backing.

Oh, and I think I disabled the Captcha on the comments, at least I tried to, but who knows?!? Somebody try it and tell me how it goes. I really want people to feel free to comment, and I'd rather spend my time deleting spam than hearing only the sound of crickets because I've made it difficult.

Thanks, everybody, for stopping by and spending this bit of time with me. You, my friends, and this hobby we share (these hobbies, more like, for which of us is ONLY a wargamer) are some of the things for which I am truly thankful this year.

Cheers!

17 comments:

  1. Damn those figures are uncannily accurate (if they were based on anything at all that is ; P )

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    1. Nice, huh? Hey Minitrol, did you have to enter a Captcha to post your comment?

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    2. You know I don't think I did.

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    3. Cool, then I successfully turned it off.

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    4. I don't think I have it on mine not consciously anyway I never have to enter it when I reply to comments but maybe that's because it's my blog? I am pretty illiterate in these things!

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  2. Very cool figures. @Minitrol because its your blog and your logged in it doesn't require you to do so.

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    1. Yeah, I really think they turned out great. Like other minis I've ordered from Impact, hey had very little flash and minimal mold lines. And even though these modern plastics other manufacturers are using seem to be fine, I really still appreciate the heft of a white metal mini in my hand.

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    1. I see that Impact already has a category for "Little Urban Achievers" in its webstore, although it hasn't been populated yet.

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  4. Thanks for the review Christopher. The figures will be for sale in our store as soon as all the backers rewards are shipped out of respect to the folks who back our project to make sure they get their figures before those who order from the store. We have 62 backers left to ship out and then we'll be getting them in the online store (goal is that they'll be in stock by December 5th in the store).

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    1. Thanks, Tom! (I'm assuming it's Tom, many apologies if I'm wrong.) Congrats as well on getting the stretch goal minis sculpted before year's end (two months earlier than predicted).

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  5. I'm right there with you buddy. I've been sucked into Kickstarter since the Reaper miniatures campaign back in August and since then.. I haven't looked back.

    If you like a more fantasy horror schtick, I suggest checking out the Kingdom Death Kickstarter. Their miniatures (well, the resin ones at least) are top notch.

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    1. Those Kingdom Death figures are luscious. Luckily for my wallet, they're a bit florid for my taste. They do look great, though.

      I stayed out of the Reaper Bones Kickstarter only because it was in the middle of me spending so much on Zombicide and Sedition Wars.

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  6. I can agree that Kingdom Death is more of a "sexy" horror than the usual zombies and gore. Lucky you is right... there are so many tempting models in that kickstarter and I already own 4 of the original resin casts (Beyond the Wall, Flower Knight, Aya the Survivor, and the Pinup Death Knight).

    Ack, if I would have known that I would have asked if you wanted any of the addition!!! You could have piggy-backed on my Vampire Level and just paid the add-on prices (and who doesn't want an 8" tall C'thulu for 10 dollars?)

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    1. Whoops, meant that as reply to your reply...

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    2. Very kind of you, even in retrospect! The Cthulhu is probably the one thing that makes me have a tiny twinge of regret about not getting in on it, but I doubt I'd even have had the funds to piggyback. But if another swings around and I'm in the same boat, I'll definitely check with you to see if you're participating. The same offer stands here, Kevin -- if I'm in on something you'd only like part of, let me know.

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