Game: LIFE The Evolution Of Life On Earth Series

[indohyus]

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LIFE: box cover pre-production proof
In the picture are the front cover and back cover.

Now I'm working on Rulebook. When finish I will need your help to read and it is can understand how to play or not.

Looks gorgeous, well done! Should be proud of it!

[Halichoeres]

Happy to help in any way I can!

[Oammararak]

Hello, I have someone missing to tell me the character you want and I send an email to you but no response.
I think you come from here the name in the Kickstarter project is

1. Elliot
2. Leib Morgan

I will ship only a miniature pledge soon. Please contact me. https://www.facebook.com/oum212/

@Halichoeres  Thank you. I will send the file to you in Messenger.

[Faelrin]

O @Oammararak I'm probably going to get in my order from the pre-order store tomorrow. I'm planning to order a copy of the game, and a bunch of figures that I didn''t have the chance to addon when funding the kickstarter. Will my order from the pre-order store be able to be shipped alongside my kickstarter order or will they need to ship separately?

I'll also take a look at that rule book soon. Hopefully tonight. I already downloaded the files in the link sent earlier.

Here is everything I plan on ordering:

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The Core Game $55

And for the figures:

Ediacaran:
04 Parvancorina $2
05 Yorgia $2
11 Keretsa $2
17 Tribrachidium $2
28 Charnia $2
33 Rangea $2
35 Bradgatia $2
36 Thectardis $2
37 Cloudina $2
39 Corumbella $2
43 Inaria $2

Cambrian:
50 Waptia $2
52 Skeemella $2
54 Isoxys $2
61 Burgessia $2
63 Emeraldella $2
72 Peachella $2
75 Elrathia $2
77 Eldonia $2
78 Heliomedusa $2
105 Nectocaris $2
115 Dendograptus $2

Ordovician:
126 Onnia $2
132 Triarthrus $2
141 Pleurocystites $2
143 Halysites $2
147 Sacabambaspis $2
148 Astraspis $2
150 Promissum $2
152 Estonioceras $2
153 Cyrtoceras $2
155 Megalograptus $4
157 Cameroceras $4

Silurian:
162 Mimetaster $2
163 Brachyopterus $2
167 Phlebolepis $2
176 Boreaspis $2
180 Birkenia $2
181 Pharyngolepis $2
182 Jamoytius $2
194 Parexus $2
197 Hughmilleria $2
207 Petalocrinus $3
212 Mixopterus $4

Devonian:
224 Schinderhannes $2
228 Adelopthalmus $2
234 Gemuendina $2
236 Rhinopteraspis $2
237 Lunaspis $2
240 Rolfosteus $2
243 Romundina $2
246 Diplacanthus $2
249 Clymenia $2
262 Cupressocrinites $3
268 Titanichthys $4

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Between these 11 each per period, and the 9 each per period I ordered during the kickstarter, this should get me 20 figures each per period for a total of 100 figures. Of course this list isn't 100% finalized, but it is pretty close at this point.

Edit: @Halichoeres and anyone else. Anything super fragmentary I picked that I could probably swap out for something with better remains? Again I tried to go with things that largely don't have figures yet (or something retired like Yowies or the Cog figures), so I largely tried to avoid my favorite genera (this mostly concerns the Cambrian, and to a lesser extent the Devonian), that already have figures in my collection (such as Anomalocaris, or the Safari Cambrian Toob critters), or have figures on my wishlist already (such as Dunkleosteus), or ordered and waiting to have shipped here (Favorite Cambrian Mini set), etc.

Edit 2: Here's the ones I already ordered for the curious:

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Ediacaran:
12 Spriggina
18 Mawsonites
19 Obamus
22 Fractofusus
24 Kimberella
25 Dickinsonia
34 Funisia
40 Haootia
41 Ausia

Cambrian:
76 Paradoxides
79 Haplophrentis
81 Choia
93 Aysheaia
110 Pirania
112 Herpetogaster
114 Dinomischus
118 Hurdia
120 Laggania/Peytoia

Ordovician:
125 Neoasaphus
136 Ampyx
137 Isotelus
138 Furca
144 Favosites
145 Isorophus
146 Arandaspis
149 condont
157 Aegirocassis

Silurian:
164 Furcacauda
166 Thelodus
177 Doryaspis
186 Ischnacanthus
192 Climatius
195 Ainiktozoon
196 Offacolus
202 Cooksonia
213 Carcinosoma

Devonian:
215 Harpes
217 Dicranurus
220 Walliserops
223 Cheirolepis
235 Drepanaspis
245 Coccosteus
247 Pituriaspis
264 Tiktaalik
265 Hyneria

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[Oammararak]

@Faelrin Thank you. I can ship it together. But it will slow need to wait for Gamebox manufacture.

I upload Gamemode in the folder

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OdeRZQCrYNyaKrmTeWDLJAYYf4JUIWMa?usp=sharing

[Faelrin]

O @Oammararak Thanks. My main concern is saving on shipping fees, since I won't know how much all of this together will cost, and when that will need paid.

Thanks for the heads up on that as well. I'll download it and take a look.

[Oammararak]

@Faelrin  About the shipping cost

DHL E-commerce start at 150g.  $10 - $15  up to country too.

I have a DHL list need to check the total weight + Box then I will email person to person about the shipping option.

The maximum of low-cost shipping is limit to 2Kg. I will find out the solution before calculate the shipping cost. 

And the US shipping, I have contact with fulfillment there. I need to finish the product first to know the real shipping cost. I will find the way cheap and safe with the tracking number and import duty.


For the game box it may be around $20-$25,$30  I need to check more shipping dealer.

[SBell]

Thank you, everyone. Please help me check rulebook part 1    @SBell  @Faelrin @Halichoeres

Here are part 1 of the basics of the gameplay.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OdeRZQCrYNyaKrmTeWDLJAYYf4JUIWMa?usp=sharing


Part 2 is the game mode.

Working.

I will try to take a look this weekend!

[Flaffy]

Possibly the last of my suggestion threads? Well here goes,

O @Oammararak  "Era 4 - Devonian" suggestions for improvement Part 2: *updated: 1/5/2021*

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Cheirolepis -
- Body scales too large.
- Eyes too far back, should be closer together and at the front of the head.
- Mouth should be larger, extending far past the eye. Head shape too round.




Gemuendina -
- Skin texture incorrect, far too pebbly.Skin on the head should look "scaly" with smaller bumps.
- Mouth is too protruded on the model, the upper jaw should form a rounded "M" or "W" shape.
- Overall body could be flatter, like a stingray.





Drepanaspis - Body too big and long.



Lunaspis -
- Pectoral fins too far back, should be shifted forwards slightly so that the head armour is closer to the fins.
- Eye position is off, eyes should be closer to the top of the head.
- The head shape is too round. Could be slightly more angular.
- Head armour detail (the lines) could also be refined.





Campbellodus -
- Eye position too low, should be closer to the top of the head.
- Eyes should also be closer together.
- Head and is too wide, should be thinner like the second image.

Austroptyctodus, a ptyctodontid placoderm closely related to Campbellodus.



Incisoscutum (and Coccosteus, as it shares many of the same issues) -
- Head shape too round, should be more angled, almost having a "hump".
- Bony plates in the mouth ("teeth") could be more defined and obvious.
- Head is too big compared to the body.




Rolfosteus -
- Eyes far too small, should be bigger.
- Mouth and "teeth" could be more detailed and defined.
- Pectoral fins should be much larger.
- Armour detail could be improved, currently the lines are weirdly placed.




Austrophyllolepis (and phyllolepis) -
- Pectoral fin position wrong, too far back.
- Head armour should completely envelop the pectoral fins.
- The sides of the head armour could include some serrations/spikes.





Materpiscis -
- Eyes too small, should be bigger.
- Body could be less "fat" / pot-bellied, should be more streamlined.
- Tail too short, tail missing tail fin.
- Fins in general could be more like rat-fishes and chimaeras.





Romundina -
- Missing the very large, pebbly scales on the body (with star like patterns), called stellate tubercles.
- Head armour could be more detailed, looks too smooth currently
- Head armour missing segments and plates.
- The large spike can be kept, it is good.
- Body should also be more streamlined, currently it has a weird shape, especially the hunchback.




Osteolepis - Almost perfect.
- But the head shape is too tall & round, should be flatter and longer.
- Pectoral fins could also be more rounded.




Diplacanthus -
- Body scales are far too large.
- Head and Body shape are too compressed, both should be elongated to make it look more natural.
- Large conical spikes/spines on each of the fins should be emphasised, right now on the figure they are too flat.




Miguashaia -
- Tail is too long. This was a very bizarre coelacanth fish.
- Lower half of the body should look compressed, with a big square tail fin.
- The tail itself (not the fins) should rapidly shrink, rather than smoothly taper off as seen on the figure. Almost like a step.
- The fleshy lobe of the anal fin should not protrude, the fin-membrane itself should make up most of the anal fin's surface area.
- There should only be one anal fin, it shouldn't be paired.
- Pelvic position is wrong, it should be further back on the body, closer to the anal fin rather than the pectoral fins.




Holopterygius -
-There should only be one anal fin, it shouldn't be paired.
- Scales should not extend to the top of the head. Top of the head should be "smooth".



Laccognathus -
- Pectoral fins are too big, could be slightly smaller.
- Eyes are too big, and eyes could be positioned slightly closer together.
- Tail fin too small, should have more surface area.




Pandericthys -
- The entire fish needs to be flatter, less tall.
- Eyes could be smaller.
- Fins should be on the more to the sides of the body, rather than on the underside.
- The body should be longer, like the Tiktaalik figure. (maybe will result in an increase in price to match the Tiktaalik)





Ammonicrinus - Missing spikes. It should have lots of them all along the body.



Orodus -
- Head should be rounded, and look less like a salmon, and more like a rounded megamouth shark.
- Lips are far too pronounced.
- Eyes needs to be much smaller.
- The line separating the head and the body should much less obvious / non-existent.
- Should have 5 gill slits. The figure currently only has 4.
- The hump should be less obvious and smoothened out.
- All fins except the tail fin should be much smaller.
- Pectoral fin position is too far back, could be positioned closer to the head.


Orodus was a shark-like fish. The megamouth shark might serve as good reference.



Titanicthys (and Dunkleosteus, as it also shares many of the same issues) -
- Head: Head armour would have been covered in skin in real life. So the texture should be smoother, and less like hardened metal plates.
- Difference in texture of the head and body should be less drastic. Transition between head and body should also be smoother.
- Eyes should be smaller. Scleroic ring (the ring of armour around the eyes seen in many reconstructions) should not be visible.
Reference for how skin-covered armour should look like:


- Body shape is wrong. Should not be eel like, should resemble a shark's body.
- All of the fin's shapes needs correction. Should resemble shark fins as seen below.
- No evidence for the dorsal fin being connected with the tail fin. So dorsal fin and tail fin should be separated.
- Pectoral fins could be longer, larger and wider. Like modern filter feeding sharks.
- Pelvic fins could be smaller but wider.
- Missing anal fin.
- Tail fin surface area could be increased.



Good reference for Titanichthys's skull:



Dunkleosteus - Same issues as Titanycthys.

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[Oammararak]

@Flaffy Thank you. but I don't remodel anymore. All are in the molding and casting phase. I will remodel again maybe 3-5 years or with the season2.

The game box will finish next month. Kickstarter tell me now to fulfill this game soon as possible.

[Flaffy]

@Flaffy Thank you. but I don't remodel anymore. All are in the molding and casting phase. I will remodel again maybe 3-5 years or with the season2.

The game box will finish next month. Kickstarter tell me now to fulfill this game soon as possible.

O @Oammararak Ah I see, no worries then!  If you ever decide to revisit these figures, my suggestion threads will always be here.

Another question: How many of the Silurian models been remodelled? Particularly interested to see if the following models have received updates:

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Climatius
Thelodus
Slimonia
Carcinosoma
Offacolus
Parexus
Turriaspis
Ischnacanthus
Parameteoraspis
Sanchaspis
Lungmenshanaspis
Doryaspis
Boreaspis
Ateleaspis
Dartmuthia
Tremataspis
Polybranchiaspis
Phlebolepis
Loganellia
Furcacauda
Brachyopterus

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[Oammararak]

@Flaffy  Some of these with more different remodel

[Flaffy]

O @Oammararak Woah! Pretty much all of them look way better than before! Great work

Would love to see the rest of the remodels before pre-orders close on the 31st of March. I'm currently compiling an order list, and would definitely appreciate seeing the new versions before making my decision on some of these fantastic little models.

[Faelrin]

I would like to see them as well.

Also I placed my order last night. $175 total. Can't wait to have all these figures in my hands, many that have been on my wishlist for a long time now, along with some new stuff I learned about through this (such as Dinomischus).

[Oammararak]

@Flaffy  Ok, I will update the website with the remodeling sign on the photo. It is very hard work I need time for 2 days.

@Faelrin  Thank you very much, I see your order in the morning.

[Halichoeres]

O @Oammararak are these the colors the painted versions will come in?

[Oammararak]

@Halichoeres  The paint version may release when complete ship to all backer. Or it will not release because I don't have time to paint these.

[Halichoeres]

Understood, thanks!

[Flaffy]

@Flaffy  Ok, I will update the website with the remodeling sign on the photo. It is very hard work I need time for 2 days.

O @Oammararak Thank you again for your hard work! Hopefully the remodels can be posted in time before pre-orders closes

[Oammararak]

@Flaffy Hello, Check in this picture folder. It may be all of these, I can't remember all.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a0OjDDRS96xaq1jdAm4AY2n6C6qRn4qP?usp=sharing