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Patrons-Only: August Update #3 (Patreon)

Published:

2021-08-18 18:33:26

Edited:

2021-08-20 16:59:50

Imported:

2022-02

Content

New Patrons - Release Overview
Sellswords - New Combat Update
3D Print - New Previews, Larger Models, Schedule Updates, New Video
OPR News - Weekly Post

New Patrons - Release Overview

Over the past few weeks, we've had a ton of new supporters join the project, many coming for the 70% summer sale. First off, welcome to you all! :)

I thought it would be a good idea to take a moment and give you an overview of what's to come during the next few months, and why you should stick around even after you've bought all those sweet minis on MMF.

Our goal with OPR is pretty simple: we want to provide the biggest amount of high quality models as possible, at the lowest price possible. This means that as long as you support us, we're going to shower you with awesome models every month, with an unbeatable deal!

Here's an overview of what's to come, broken down by faction.

Duchies of Vinci (20+ minis) - Over the next two months we're going to be releasing a ton of new stuff, with the harlequins, vinci snipers, heavy cavalry, three artillery pieces, a flying vehicles, as well as an epic new mount of the vinci captain!

Mummified Undead (45+ minis) - Over the next three months you can expect a bunch of undead models, with the snakemen, snake riders, two giants, a catapult, horse archers, vultures, a big war sphinx and sphinx champion, some undead hounds, great mount riders, as well as new mounts for the king. Oh, and a massive loyalty reward as well!

Beastmen (75+ minis) - Starting in December we're going to be doing a four month release of the entire faction, which comes with a huge amount of models. I can't list them all here, so let me just share a couple of previews to give you a little taste!

Robot Legions (35+ minis) - Over the next four months we're going to be releasing loads of new robot minis, including the heavy annihilator, eternals, doom tank, transport tank, bikes, destroyer snakes, tripod robot, snipers, swarms, two support platforms, a big spider robot, tri-scorpions and heroes, as well as the incredible wraith-shard!

If you put this all together, then you'll be getting 175+ minis across these four faction, plus a bunch of other bonus minis, games, and more things to be revealed. All of this for the low price of $10/month, and you can even get 10% off with a yearly subscription.

Oh, and did we mention that if you stick with us for 3 months in a row you also get two massive loyalty rewards? Yep, even more goodies added to your pledge for free, and we're also going to be releasing two more loyalty rewards soon, which will also be yours. :)

As I said at the beginning, our goal at OPR is to provide you with the most amount of value for the lowest price possible, in a deal that's impossible to pass up on.

Even if you decide to not stick around with us after this summer sale, I would still like to say a big thanks, as your contribution is invaluable in shaping the future of OPR and helping us with continuing to improve this project.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you! <3

Sellswords - New Combat Update

Work on Sellswords continues, and this time we took a look at some of the core combat mechanics and special rules, to bring the game closer to our other skirmish games.

In terms of combat, we felt that critical hits were a bit too powerful, and they made boss combat feel like you're just fishing for crits. Instead of being unblockable, critical hits now deal +1 hit, making them better against basic enemies, and only good against bosses when combined with the right type of weapon.

Speaking of weapons, all of the weapons were now tweaked using some of the new special rules that were ported from the other skirmish games. We felt that the addition of AP values was crucial to improve the combat, as before combat was a bit of a slog.

We didn't only add AP to the mix though, and you can now find other known special rules such as rending, blast, poison, etc. in the game, which give us more tools to create new interesting weapons and enemy encounters. Make sure to read them carefully though, as some of them work a little different than their AoF counterpart.

Download the newest version by going here.

3D Print - New Previews, Larger Models, Schedule Updates, New Video

At the top of this post you can see previews of some of the models that will be released in September, with the DV Heavy Cavalry, the MU Snake Riders and Skull Catapult, and the RL Doom Tank and Transport Tank. We've also decided to re-work the Eternals, which will come with 2 new updated heads and 2 new updated weapons.

By popular demand, today we've updated some of our models on MMF with new versions that are 15% bigger. These new versions are only available in combined format, and come fully pre-supported. Here's all the models that have been updated: Gators, Guardian Statues, Automa Brutes, Robot Snakes, Hive Warriors, Prime Warriors (all versions), Ravenous Beasts, Hive Guardians, Shadow Hunters, Synapse Floaters, Venom Floaters.

Moving on to some important announcements.

As discussed in our last roadmap post, we've been in contact with the original artists that created the Saurians in order to expand the army. Whilst they are available to work on the models again, they won't be able to make as many models per month as we thought. This means that the release of the new Saurians has been postponed to April 2022.

That being said, there is also a lot of good news! We already started working on some new models, and below you can see one of the new unit champions that is in the works. Additionally, we have locked down the production of the Starhost as well, which should be released once the Saurians are done (around July 2022). On top of that, this two month delay has also given us the opportunity to re-visit some of our faction concepts, and we're going to be extending both the release of the Mummified Undead and the Beastmen by one month each, providing you even more models than we had planned. As always, we are going to be as transparent as possible and provide you updates if anything changes. :)

For all of you FTL fans, we've also got some great news too! Over the new 6 months we're going to be releasing one spaceship fleet every month, alternating between existing ones and some newly created ones. Not only that, but as requested by fans, we will also provide smaller versions of the models which are compatible with more games.

Finally, we've got a new painting video for you: https://youtu.be/w6JMDo24kdU