Brueckenkopf reviews the Eisenkern Stormtroopers

Dennis tears into the Stormtrooper Rifle Squad, the Stormtrooper twenty man box set and the Stormtrooper accessory set. Over at Brueckenkopf.

 

Many of you may know Brueckenkopf is my frequent stop for non-English news and game reviews. They have been in my links section here on my blog for many years.

 
Why you may ask?

They give wonderful in-depth reviews of products from various manufactures and some lovely comparison shots of products next to other gaming industry manufacturers so you can compare scale, level of detail and the overall feel of the miniature.

They painstakingly shoot the sprus or kit contents so that you get a first person view of what you will be receiving.

 They build the models and provide commentary on the fit finish and any shortcomings.

They have a very active reader base that comments their feelings or observations in a very open manner, this is really helpful for small companies like mine to get a feel for how our product id being viewed outside the US/UK circle.

Finally, Google translate does an acceptable job at translating German into English, this allows me to review the commentary on all reviews, not just my product and interact with non-English war gamers and fans. 

Now go click the link at the top and see the full review and all 39 pictures :) Well worth the visit!

A big thank you to Bruckenkopf, Dennis and Christian!

 

Here is a review Dennis provided some time ago on the 28mmLeviathan Crusader:

 

Eisenkern APC/Gun Carriage Zeus and Loki

Here we have the Eisenkern APC variant Zeus and Loki.

Zeus the god of thunder is a fitting name for the APC equipped with a large caliber siege gun.

The second variant, named after Loki the god of mischief seems equally apropos.

This kit was offered to the Kickstarter backers and I am pleases to say the Loki variant will be included in the Zeus APC kit.

Estimated release Q2 2014

 

*The crew and spent shell casings were not included in these renders.

Last day of the DreamForge Price Stomp!

The response for the community has been amazing! You blew right past my estimated reorder quantities. Prices like these will likely not be seen again, so if you are looking for a big stompy fully posable mech for a very modest investment, you may want to drop on by…You know you want to…

We have a freight shipment due to arrive around March 6th, this will take care of the vast majority of orders place by Feb 26th. I will be making one last order this Saturday and expect it to arrive early on the week of March 17th.

 

Thank you again for all your support!

Mark-

Poll: DreamForge Leviathan or Games Workshop Knight? + Last week of the sale and shipping expectaions

Pins of War has a poll up, well worth the visit!

I am blown away with the results of the poll, atm. between those who prefer the Leviathan and those that would use either, we are sitting above 50% acceptance from the community. Thank you!


This is the last week of the sale.

You will likely not see me discount these as deep again, so if you are thinking about picking one up, this may be a great opportunity.

Just a note on filling all those back orders:

The bulk order has been placed, it will cover every order that is still outstanding and what is currently anticipated to be sold through the duration of this sale.

I expect the shipment to leave the main warehouse by Wednesday the 26th, it will take about 10 days to reach my distribution center, two days to check it in and start shipping. My best estimate is that the bulk of the sales order will begin to go out of Friday March the 7th or Monday the 10th

Thank you again for all your support!

Special sale price on 15mm and 28mm scale Leviathan Crusader

I am running a deep discount sale on the Leviathan Crusader; 15mm and 28mm through February 28th

http://dreamforge-games.com/

The 28mm scale Crusader $75.00

The 15mm scale Crusader $33.00
* The additional weapons arms for this kit are expected in Q2 of this year.

Cheers!
Mark

I need to get a gallery going...

I keep telling myself I need a customer gallery; so many great paint jobs and conversions out there I just never find the time to search out my customers work.

On the list of things to do early next week. Get a Facebook group going so that my customers have a place to store their works of art and labors of love. I know there are a ton of them I never see and I would love to!

I am wanting to hold contests, voted on by all of you with prizes for the best minis and conversions... While I ponder this and break myself away from modeling. I thought I would show just a couple that have popped up recently.

Enjoy!
Mark

 

And this from Blue Table Painting, showing Six! Yeah SIX converted Leviathans.

On the Iron Core front, Precinct Omega should have another update soon with more thought on the direction of the game. and I should be posting more previews of the units that are in production for stage 3 of the Kickstarter.

Preview of the Eisenkern - Valkir - (20 powered armored troopers)

Estimated retail release Q2 2014

When we last saw the Valkir, they were nothing more than a base concept. I knew I wanted power armor troops for the Eisenkern faction that represented the mid-point of advancement through the Eisenkern Ranks. A soldier that was superior but still very much a part of the core army, unlike the Knightly households ‘Ritterorden’ that oversee Assault Troopers and Support Troopers which operate with much more autonomy.

The term Valkir is a derivative of the Norse Valkyrie (from Old Norse Valkyrja "chooser of the slain") is one of a host of female figures who decide which soldiers die in battle and which live. Selecting among half of those who die in battle the, Valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla.

 

Indoctrination into Valkir is done at the Platoon level of the Valkir military organization. The members of each platoon choose their brothers and sisters carefully; soldiers that show a propensity for aggression and the fortitude to stay in the fight, regardless of the personal costs are drafted into the Valkir. The indoctrination ceremony is steeped in ritual and mysticism, the recruits are blooded, by the slaying of a sacrificial offering. This signifies the death of their old life and their resurrection to the Valkir. An oath is given that binds the initiate to their brethren. They will serve with this group until their death or until they are offered a place amongst one of the Ritterorden to serve as an. Assault Trooper.

 

Here we can see some of the possible options for the Valkir uniform. Each platoon is free choose a style of dress, some with tabards and unit colors, others with armored tasses or magazine and utility pouches. The Valkir are given a great deal of latitude in their dress and personal kit. The only requirement is that the Eisenkern Iron Cross must adorn the right shoulder pad and their unit markings must adorn the left shoulder, in addition to the appropriate rank displayed in the shoulder epaulets.

 

The Valkir armament consists of either the assault rifle, which fires a large HE/AP round or the heavy rifle, a very high velocity coil gun which fires a dense AP round encased in a nanotube shell.

Optional squad support choices include a 60mm grenade launcher or Thermite gun that sprays a cone of molten material with devastating close range capabilities verses lightly armored targets.
Each Valkir carries a Basilard, a bladed weapon as a symbol of their rank.

 

*Note, there are additional heads displayed in the product page. These are to be included with the Kickstarter items but may not be found in the boxed set is we run out of sprue space. If this is the case, I may make them available as part of an accessory set; similar to the Stormtrooper accessory set.

And one last shot showing the Backpack design.

 

Defiance Games - Backer, Buyer and Customer Beware

Apparently the creators of the Torn Armor Kickstarter had not heard there were issues with Defiance Games.

 

I would encourage you to review what is here, poke around the web for more information and make up your own mind.  

 

This is the part that blew my mind: I formally asked for our money back less the approved and agreed charges and after a weekend of badgering they told me on Monday that “We do not have the available cash on hand to return these funds at this time” and “We are gearing up here for our own releases to get new product to market and improve our cash flow.”

Essentially what they are saying is, we took your money and we are using it for our Kickstarter so we can not give it back to you... Way to stay classy Defiance.

 

This was posted on Tabletop Fix.

Torn World - Defiance Games Strikes Again

Torn World announced today that the Torn Armor Kickstarter cannot be fulfilled due to Defiance Games ripping them off their money:

 

It was at this time that Defiance stated that they would not produce any masters until they had finished a batch of models. They then informed us that the file format we had provided them, their choice, wasn’t going to work. This new format was already a replacement of the original format they said wouldn’t work, which again was their choice. Soon after this they started talking about “going back to the models from last October” It was at this time I knew we were going into a downward spiral of excuses and finger pointing.
Ironically their chief responsibility was the creation of a usable, printable, castable 3d miniature models. Early on, they informed me they were unable to work with my artist/modeler and they in turn chose the artist/modeler they wanted to work with. The file format wasn’t going to work!
Clearly we have a serious problem.
Last Friday I concluded that Defiance was completely unable to fulfill our needs and that I made a mistake in choosing them. Being noble and generous I would say that they truly felt like they could handle it, but the reality of the project – in addition to their own projects – was too much. There may well be other reasons.
I formally asked for our money back less the approved and agreed charges and after a weekend of badgering they told me on Monday that “We do not have the available cash on hand to return these funds at this time” and “We are gearing up here for our own releases to get new product to market and improve our cash flow.”

 

Just Three months before, another company: Proxie Models

TMP

 KenofYork 16 Oct 2013 6:34 p.m. PST 

 I would like to warn people that I have had an extremely unpleasant dealing with the new management. Be very careful about these guys. I am owed a lot of money and I have been informed that the new management will not pay debts owed by Tony. I have a very strong reason to believe the management shift was a shell game to make the kick starter look better. Can't prove it, but have a very strong feeling about it. 

 

This company has been the worst dealings I have had in my limited time as a part time, one man plastic company. I will NEVER work with them again.  

 

They had planned for me to make the plastic mech in the kick starter without ever even talking to me about it. I found out I was the supplier after reading the kick starter and asking who was making it. I told them I would not be making anything for a company that owed me thousands of dollars and was making no attempt to pay. After I was paid for previous product I would be willing to look at the files and see what could be done. Well, they got a pile of money from kick starter and found someone else to make the mech. And they told me weeks ago they would be returning product, but they have not. This is NOT ok with me, but I have no choice. I would not have made the items if they had not ordered them. Still they have the items in their store, I have no money, and they are setting on almost $50,000 USD in kick starter money.

 

I am very sorry if this seems to be a bad business move to spread bad news about another company, but I am angry beyond the capacity for rational thought.

 

Be very careful dealing with them.