I'm on this and so are a few other people in town apparently.
As for the models. I held them at Gencon and they are the exact same plastic Privateer uses. The molds seem to be a bit better designed and there seemed to be fewer mold lines everywhere. But I've learned mold lines never really come out until you start painting something. Also these models have mostly round edges which seem to work better with this kind of plastic. I've generally found the Hordes plastic kits to be more acceptable than the warjacks.
So anyway I'm currently optimistic they'll be better than what Privateer has been throwing at us lately. If not I've gotten used to working with it so I'll deal.
Also the game was really fun and easy to play. Based off of one demo