Just spoke to the caster at length. He is dedicating this week to the Mad Cat MK II. Soon, everyone...soon. As always, your patience is appreciated. Really, though....from his perspective...he did not get it until the second week of February and could not start until the end of February. But, since we paid in late January, our clocks have been ticking longer.
The Uziel is about done and is going to go to the caster this week. Can you say "Heck Yeah!" I grow weary of the stress of pre-orders...I may just pay out of pocket and try to recoup my funds. The downside...no special pre-order pricing. Do you mind the wait to get the pre-order specials I have been offering? The Uziel will be around the same price as the Vulture MK II...a little less resin, but lots more smaller pieces and that means more labor.
Also, I have decided on my summer offering. Since we did the Vulture MK II last summer, how about the MK IV this summer?
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Honestly, I don't mind the pre-order wait. You put a ton of time in on the development and it's not like this is a machine shop or Kmart. As I see it, the only worry that's legitimate in an artist's pre-order world is that the product just will never come, and you do a great job of communicating to folks. In addition, I know what it's like to deal with folks who "want." Oftimes, when it comes time to buy, well.. So, personally, I think pre-order is better for you, and us. It keeps your resources where they are developing the stuff you like and we like, and we get to reap the benefits. We just have to exercise patience. Yeah, I'm all for that. :)
Fantastic job, by the way.
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As for the wait, I don’t mind one bit, I’ve got plenty of other projects lol, and the Mad Cat II is worth the wait.
Thanks for the feedback guys. I do appreciate it...and yes. I do try to keep you in the loop. Sometimes the wait is longer than I would like, but everyone always gets their kits!
How much will the Uziel be ?
will any Mad Cat II's be around ?
Sorry, found this site last week.
Paul...there will be some Mad Cats. The Uziel will probably come in at around $125.
Tim,
I'm with the others. I don't mind the wait at all, really. It seems that I always have a couple of mechs in my queue waiting to be built anyway. At this point it's become about getting them into the paint booth. I have my own expanding primer army. The discount offered with the pre-order is always attractive as well. Really though, conduct the sales however you best see fit. They will sell regardless.
Also, I’d totally be down for the Vulture MK IV (so long as it comes out looking more like that art than the godawful Mechwarrior Dark Age/Age of Destruction mini).
On that note…..why’d they jump straight to IV when there was never even a canon Vulture II or III?
There are Vultures II and III on Sarna.net
I just did some reading on the MK IV Vulture on Sarna.net... seems like a very strange weapons layout - almost the reverse of the fantastic support mech that is the Vulture I + II (loved using Vultures in MechWarrior 4).
I mean, why would you ditch the LRM's in the (better protected) torso for SRM's, and put the big guns on the arms, which are the first things to get shot off?
Because it looks cool....duh. :)
Maybe that is why they call this the "dark age?"
Huh, so there are, guess i’m behind on my reading :P
yeah its cool man I dont mind the waiting for the Madcat, the caster should take his time to make it right :) also regarding the Vulture Mk IV, if there is enough interest to make a production run of it I'll be a customer for that mech aswell :) keep up the good work mate!
I'm all for the pre orders. Like everyone has said, it helps you get the ball rolling on casting, which pretty expensive. I don't mind the wait, but it seems I do more buying then building lately.
The mk iv would be an awesome mech...it also gives a running start for a savage wolf. They use the same legs.
i kinda preffer the thinner and longer torso that the tin figures of Vulture Mk IV use:
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs24/f/2008/024/c/7/Vulture_MK_IV_by_C91.jpg
rather than the artwork picture shown for the Vultrure Mk IV, the fact that It reminds an awful lot about a Shadowcat beefed upp appeals to me.
Robert...funny you say that as that is the look I am going for...a longer torso.
glad to hear it Tim :)
because the proportions of that colored picture is really bad imo, how large the torso is and how the arm guns are mounted.. its hard to explain it so that it makes propper sense- it just doent look right imo.
its probably just a personal taste thing I guess.
anyhow keep up the brilliant work, I'll add that Vulture Mk IV to my shopping list alongside the Bushwacker :)
Tim,
I know I am horrendously late to the party on this, and it might be covered somewhere in the blog I haven't seen yet... But will the Mad Cat be available in the near future? similarly to the Flea and Daimos (as of this post)?
The Mech4 Vulture was a difficult long range fire support mech to pilot (given that it could not carry a BAP). You had to expose yourself for a much longer period of time in order to get a lock with LRMs. Typically that meant you got torn up rather quickly. I tried to avoided this mech like crazy on distance maps. The Vulture, however, excelled at urban, short range combat. Loaded up with Streak SRMs and ER Medium Lasers, especially on a city map, Vulture brought the hurt.
I'm down for the Mark IV, Tim. I'm confused though...I thought that Masakari and Nova were in the pipe?
LB-There will be a Madcat MK II available soon. As Armorcast already did the Timberwolf I don't plan on touching that one.
Perry-There are a Nova Cat and Masakari about 80% ready to cast but as they were never designed for casting, I would have to take them apart and do some re-engineering. So I have to weigh making a new one designed for casting or re-engineering the older builds.
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