Not Quite done with Kickstarter

Well since my previous article about how great Kickstarter is for the hobby I’ve found more ways for the site to make me a little poorer and a great deal happier. Three drives have grabbed my interest, two that are still running and one that blew all gaming records.The third here is of course Reaper’s Bones miniature campaign.

$3,429,236!! As in yes, they made almost three and a half million dollars made for making new little figures. I think that is pretty fantastic, and is a clear example of what a well run Kickstarter campaign can achieve. We the hobbyist have a lot to offer to the companies we believe deserve our support. Some folks smarter and better at writing have written a great (and concise) article about Reaper’s campaign. So I’ll just go on to say that I’m very excited about some of the figures that I’m getting, having gone in with a friend from in my D&D group. The $100 ‘Vampire’ pledge level was a fantastic deal, 241 figures ranging from a Griffon (for my Empire army) to some awesome Pirates (for Cutlass!). Here are a few images of some of the items included or that could be added on to a pledge.
Not bad for a pair of expressive hands and a voice over.
Now more exciting right now are two campaigns that are still running (28.08.12). You’ll recognize them from the banners I’ve added to the top of my blog right now. Mantic’s Dreadball & DreamForge Games Leviathans

To call Dreadball a Sci-Fi copy of Blood Bowl would be doing it a massive, massive disservice. So I won’t do that apart from to say that you get the idea. : ) You’ll be hearing more about Dreadball on this blog soon, I think it looks amazing. Having got in quickly on the Kickstarter I got the Earlybird Special on the Striker pledge level saving $10 and am waiting with baited breath on more exciting options and extras. Currently the basic set is looking like this:

Then comes DreamForge Games’ Leviathans, these look great. A few times over the years I’ve stumbled across them on the net and wished I could afford the $400 price tag So now they are going to be available for $90 I’m in. This figure stands at 8.5” tall and I hope will make a perfect Ad.Mech. Knight Titan from the days of Epic 40k. In game I plan on using the rules of  Leman Russ Battle Tank.

Leviathan Crusader from DreamForge

Knight Baron

The Knight Paladin models from Epic Titan Legions (1994)

The campaign also includes Eisernkern Stormtroopers, a range of 30mm human soldiers that will make great IG or even Space marines at a push. There is talk of APCs and command sprues coming for these guys on top of the incredibly detailed accessory sprue that has just been unlcoked.
So exciting time on Kickstarter right now. What do you lot think of these campaigns? Are there any others that I’ve missed that I really should know about? Please don’t mention Fanticide, I can’t believe that such big names in the industry have got themselves involved in such a rubbish looking project.