Mercenaries Kickstarter Discussion 6: the 1st 3rd Star League conversation

[Alex Keller]

Same here. I was thinking they were going to be just like the old resin ones I have from IWM.

I have the resin Union and the plastic looks just like it. Pretty cool actually.

[Charlie 6]

I got the Union and will probably pick up an Overlord at a later date.  I'm having a real challenge with the resin Fortress.  I'm really out of practice working with pewter and the resin mold requires a lot of sculpting to get the right fit.

[MarauderCH IIC]

I ordered the Union and wanted to order the other two but the quality issues stopped me from ordering more. I'll get the overlords when they hit retail.

[The Eagle]

I got the Union and will probably pick up an Overlord at a later date.  I'm having a real challenge with the resin Fortress.  I'm really out of practice working with pewter and the resin mold requires a lot of sculpting to get the right fit.

I had to pin the hell out of the hull parts that are supposed to stick to the landing gear to make sure they'd stay.  My first foray into gap-filler was piecing the two halves of the hull together, so that was an experience.

[Luciora]

Wonder how well magnets would work to allow changing of doors and landing legs

[Lorcan Nagle]

Dropships didn’t make my pledge. Some cuts had to be made to fit the premium universe book

For me it was that and the BFM.  I figured I could get the DropShips later

[Weirdo]

I got a Union, will probably get some Overlords in retail. (Already have one of each in resin)

I'm hoping that the Union will be light enough to be used as a Christmas ornament, and that the Overlords can be fitted with a removable flight base for a 'horizontal' or 'vertical' mode, depending on environment.

[Lorcan Nagle]

One of the guys in my group is already planning to make flight bases for horizontal placement on the space map...

[Weirdo]

I did it for my resin Union, but the Overlord was just too heavy. That particular ship is pretty much stuck in ground games as a landed unit.

At least aerodynes are easier, only need one mounting point for the base.

[Broken_Metal_Dreaming]

I'm hoping that the Union will be light enough to be used as a Christmas ornament

Tree topper?

[DarkSpade]

Wonder how well magenta would work to allow changing of doors and landing legs

I guess it depends on what color you make the rest of the hull.

[Noshrok Grimskull]

I guess it depends on what color you make the rest of the hull.

I'm guessing it was supposed to read "magnets" until auto-correct messed things up. :)

I'm getting 2 Union, 2 Overlord and an Overlord C.
And turning a Union into a Christmas ornament is a great idea! Will definitely look into that as well.

[Luciora]

Yep, magnets.  Fixed now.

[Weirdo]

Tree topper?

Nah, we've already got a homemade Elder Sign for that.

[I am Belch II]

I wonder if more of the common dropships will be made. A Leopard would be neat.

[Weirdo]

My wish is for a map-scale Aurora. Would fit with the mercs theme.

[MarauderD]

Anyone know how the new dropships for the Mercs KS compares to the Fortress dropship we got with the Clan Invasion KS?

[bdub76]

Saw a question here about the digital items for the Kickstarter yesterday, so I looked at my digital items and saw one that I didn't grab the first time the link became available: Fortunes of War #2.  It shows added as of November 13th, but I didn't see any update about it.

Is there a plan to provide updates for the digital items, or do I need to randomly check for adds?

[Prometheum5]

My wish is for a map-scale Aurora. Would fit with the mercs theme.

Wait, you're right. Why isn't there a mini Aurora??

[Weirdo]

Wait, you're right. Why isn't there a mini Aurora??

We live in a cold and uncaring universe.

[I am Belch II]

Well there is a "mini" Aurora but that is fleet scale.

[Greatclub]

I picked up a resin union before the pandemic. untold tiny little bubbles in the surface. Not a nice fit between the halves either.

[Known Glitch]

Shrapnel #15 was added to the dropbox today.

[Wolf72]

Shrapnel #15 was added to the dropbox today.

Google Drive? (checked my db and there was only stuff from the beginning of the campaign (I think) and CI things)

(edit: got it from google drive link)

[Greatclub]

Check your email of update 50 for the link

[ISD]

I went insane and added an Overlord-C for my Clanners, I didn’t even think of getting anything for mercs or other Spheroids themselves The thing’s not even expecting any game time, it’s there for my completionist urges

[Wolf72]

... completionist urges

our version of gold-fever, what did Tolkein call it in the hobbit?

[Sartris]

the point of no return is when you start chasing the keychains from the 90s.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrackIsCheaper

[glitterboy2098]

our version of gold-fever, what did Tolkein call it in the hobbit?

"dragon sickness". though that was apparently just a kenning for greed, in context. (it comes up in the book in reference to the Master of laketown, who after the town is rebuilt and erebor refounded, saw so much wealth coming through the town that he "took most of the gold and fled with it, and died starving in the wasteland, abandoned by his companions")