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Epic Supplements - Status updates
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Author:  Moscovian [ Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:13 pm ]
Post subject:  Epic Supplements - Status updates
I know there are a few people who are in the midst of putting together Epic supplements akin to Raiders and Siege, and plenty more who have plans in the works.

What I am looking for right now is information on fan supplements that have gone past the planning stage. Do you solidly have the armies pinned down that you are going to use? Have you begun formatting army lists for the book? Are you collecting art work and other pictures for your tome? Etc...

If you can, please bring me into the loop as to where things stand on your project. Army list names and versions, projected completion dates, page layout (a.k.a. the paper size you are planning on using), approximate final page count of book, problems you are having, any needs you may have, and so on.

You don't necessarily have to post this information here. If it is easier, you can email me at moscovian@hotmail.com (subject 'supplement update') or PM me. Any method is fine.

Thanks!
Author:  Dobbsy [ Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:40 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
Epic: Nemesis. Currently in formatting stage. Needs unit pictures for 1K Sons and a majority of SW. Most SW minis still need to be painted.

Has Space Wolves v2.4 and Thousand Sons 5.1 army lists (SW are pretty much set but am not 100% sure how Neal Hunt feels about the 1K Sons list i.e whether he wants to update it).

Most of the artwork has been collected. Still need to get hold of the 300 DPI pics from Stugmeister.

Page Layout is US Letter (but may revert to A4 as I'm still on the fence with which to use).

Projected completion is sometime this year hopefully. I had originally intended to be complete by May this year but that is not likely.

Approx. page count is looking at around 60-70+ pages.

Needs:
Unit data sheet icons completed
Scenarios written
Fiction written (I have written history of Chapters so far but I think I need to redo and write fiction about campaign instead/as well)

Problems:
Motivation atm. After compiling the Compendium I'm a little uninterested in formatting right now.
Author:  Moscovian [ Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:00 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
Bump.
Author:  Evil and Chaos [ Mon Jan 23, 2012 3:26 pm ]
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Epic: Mechanicus

Fiction complete.
Formatting essentially complete.
Page Layout is A4 (the same as Epic: Siege)

Approx Page Count : ~200

Army Lists and current playtesting level:
Adeptus Mechanicus - Titan Legion (Legio Destructor) - Moderately/Well playtested (it's a less powerful version of the Approved War Gryphonnes list)
Adeptus Mechanicus - Skitarii Planetary Defence Force - Moderately playtested
Adeptus Mechanicus - Knight Household Achill - Moderately playtested (prognosis looking increasingly good)

Imperial Guard - Atillan Rough Rider Regiment - Lightly playtested (but has great potential as a theme list IMO)
>Possible> Imperial Guard - Netean Regiment (a way to get NetEA Steel Legion into a book) - Well playtested

Adeptus Astartes - Black Templars -Moderately playtested
Adeptus Astartes - Imperial Fists - Lightly playtested

Ork - Gobgutz Badfang's Stompy Onslaught - Lightly playtested (but balance completely fine so far from reports & my experience)
Ork - Orkbert Orkstein's Gargant Bigmob - Moderately playtested
Ork - Harley Orkison's Speed Freaks Warband - Well playtested (It's just the NetEA speed freaks list)
Ork - Kolonel Sandork's Blood Axes Tribe - Moderately/Well playtested (or at least a very similar list by Nealhunt has seen lots of playtests - I intend to focus on playtesting this list after finishing testing on the Stompy Onslaught list)
Ork - Sun-Tzork's Grotling Waaaaagh! - Playtesting does not matter for this joke list, it's not really meant to be played in any kind of serious or competetive manner.

>Possible>Eldar - Eldar Titan Clan - Moderately playtested (concerns about balance remain, especially of spammed sonic weapon arms)


Supplemental army lists:

- NetEA War Gryphonnes
- EpicUK Black Templars
- EpicUK Speed Freaks (Basically the same as NetEA?)



Needs:
Artwork / Nicely drawn Maps (spaces have been reserved in the fiction with descriptions of each artwork)
Some unit photos needed
Some datafax texts
Playtesting of army lists noted above


Projected completion date: When artwork is done, remaining photos taken, and playtesting complete. All else is basically ready to go.

If no artists step up to help with the artwork, I'll probably do photos of miniatures instead, but I'd rather some awesome artwork.
Author:  zombocom [ Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
Epic: Hive

Fiction about 50% complete
Formatting the fiction as I go due to the structure of the story (a series of documents presented as an incident report rather than prose). Army lists are formatted.
Page size is US Letter (to my surprise, I thought it was A4!)

Current page count is 49, expected around 100.

3 Lists. Not all that concerned about the unfinished nature of the lists, as I'm planning to release the pdf then update until the lists are stable, then print.

Tyranid Hive Fleet Leviathan 3.0 - Experimental
Children of the Light Genestealer Cult 1.1 - Experimental
Adeptus Ministorum Orders Militant (Sisters of Battle) 1.4 - Development

I have about 50% of the drawn artwork, but only around 10% of the photos.

To do myself:

Finish the Fiction
Write fluff for each Sisters unit type
Rules for fighting on Hive Worlds
Scenarios

Needs from others:

More artwork, especially a front cover, pictures related to 'nids and 'stealer cults, as well as for a few specific events in the fiction.
Datafax pictures
Army pictures and battle shots etc.
Hive terrain photos
Author:  Angel_of_Caliban [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:54 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
Forgive me for interrupting but can we please pick a paper size and stick with it people! I love all you work and everything but please for my OCDsake!
Author:  Spectrar Ghost [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:56 am ]
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8 1/2" x 14" Legal.
Author:  Angel_of_Caliban [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 3:58 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
:-\
Spectrar Ghost wrote:
8 1/2" x 14" Legal.
Author:  Evil and Chaos [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:51 am ]
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I'm staying with A4, which is what I did Siege in.
Author:  MikeT [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
A4 is part of the ISO 216 Standard International Paper Size in use just about everywhere other than the US.

It's also what's used in the UK, the origin country of the game in question.

(Also, this game uses SI units of measurement. Truely an international game!)
Author:  Moscovian [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:30 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
And unfortunately not the same size as Armageddon, or Swordwind for that matter. Raiders was never intended for printing and I was too lazy to reformat 2.0 to one of the existing sizes. My main concern was the envelopes I shipped them in, but I found an envelope size that can accommodate A4 and standard 8.5x11 so... Just keep me in the loop.
Author:  Evil and Chaos [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:35 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
My thought when chosing a page size originally was for people in the majority of the world to be able to print it out on the most common printer paper type (A4).

It was a pleasant surprise when it turned out that Moscovian's printers could handle A4, as although it's the most common paper size almost everywhere else, it's comparatively rare in the USA (because they're not on the metric system).
Author:  Angel_of_Caliban [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
MikeT wrote:
A4 is part of the ISO 216 Standard International Paper Size in use just about everywhere other than the US.

It's also what's used in the UK, the origin country of the game in question.

First part relevant, second part not so much....

Moscovian wrote:
And unfortunately not the same size as Armageddon, or Swordwind for that matter. Raiders was never intended for printing and I was too lazy to reformat 2.0 to one of the existing sizes. My main concern was the envelopes I shipped them in, but I found an envelope size that can accommodate A4 and standard 8.5x11 so... Just keep me in the loop.

I know! We almost had a agreed on size and then it all went to poop on a stick!

I don't really care what size as along as everyone follows suit from hence forth. Is it a pain to re-format docs from one size to another?
Author:  Evil and Chaos [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
Quote:
Is it a pain to re-format docs from one size to another?

If you have a 60 page story written with each page carefully formatted, yes.
Author:  Angel_of_Caliban [ Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Epic Supplements - Status updates
Evil and Chaos wrote:
Quote:
Is it a pain to re-format docs from one size to another?

If you have a 60 page story written with each page carefully formatted, yes.

Hump.....well I guess that's where the TECS ERC would come in eh? ::) :P
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