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Patrice's artwork in the new book is ace. As Dave said, some things just cannot be conveyed In 10mm scale - does this mean that we might see a 28/30mm skirmish game set in the DZC universe (and that Half Life 3 is releasing tomorrow)?! One can only hope...

   
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That would be interesting. All factions have options that could easily be converted to 28mm scale.
The walkers would probably be titan sized though, so the likelihood of them being 28mm is low.

But I don't think he meant it like that; I think he was just referring to artwork.

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
That would be interesting. All factions have options that could easily be converted to 28mm scale.
The walkers would probably be titan sized though, so the likelihood of them being 28mm is low.

But I don't think he meant it like that; I think he was just referring to artwork.


They already do a 28mm (well, 30mm) Ares - http://www.hawkwargames.com/products/30mm-scale-ares-battle-walker
   
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95mm height - 9.5cm height.
That's not as tall as I thought it would be be. Defilers are something like 10cm tall, aren't they?

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
But I don't think he meant it like that; I think he was just referring to artwork.


Oh yes, absolutely. Still, it would be pretty cool, though Play Dropfleet, then move down to Dropzone, and lastly onto a skirmish-sized game. It would complete the picture!

   
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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
95mm height - 9.5cm height.
That's not as tall as I thought it would be be. Defilers are something like 10cm tall, aren't they?


At least the DZC stuff is truescale, the same can't be said for a Defiler

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
95mm height - 9.5cm height.
That's not as tall as I thought it would be be. Defilers are something like 10cm tall, aren't they?


aren't those the tiny walkers?

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 judgedoug wrote:

aren't those the tiny walkers?


They are the MBT equivalent walkers. A 30mm Hades (the big 'scorpion' one) would be huge...

There is some really nice artwork in the new book.
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Whoa. Leam Neeson with an eyepatch!?

I can't wait for Gencon. I so want to recapture that old Battlefleet Gothic feel.

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Anyone know if anything Dropfleet will be at this year's GenCon for purchase?

I would definitely buy the starter, and then recoup the cost by selling some Battlefleet Gothic stuff.



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AFAIK the official release isn't until late august or something, but I could be wrong


 
   
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Seems like a missed opportunity what with how many people I saw rabidly checking out the models at the booth last year.



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 AegisGrimm wrote:
Anyone know if anything Dropfleet will be at this year's GenCon for purchase?

I would definitely buy the starter, and then recoup the cost by selling some Battlefleet Gothic stuff.


I hope HWG keeps their promise and does not sell product to the general public until it is shipped out to the backers. Of course this will mean they ship the Monday before gencon and sell at gencon. Although sense I live in the USA, GENCON buyers will get DFC before i do. Because it will be on the slooooooooooooooooow boat from the UK. Hope I'm wrong, but doubt it.

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 winnertakesall wrote:
AFAIK the official release isn't until late august or something, but I could be wrong


The prelaunch event is the 20th of August and the full retail release is supposedly the start of September. KS pledges are supposedly getting sent out at the end of July.

There hasn't been much news from Hawk regarding the KS but the bolt on pledge manager was apparently closed last week and pledges are in the process of being packed so its possible that pledges will actually still be sent at the end of the month.

As for Gen Con the timings aren't great, perhaps you may be able to pick up your pledge there though?

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The pledge manager was actually closed a long time ago, that e-mail they sent out was just someone slipping up on the keyboard apparently.
   
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 Mymearan wrote:
The pledge manager was actually closed a long time ago, that e-mail they sent out was just someone slipping up on the keyboard apparently.


It was only completely closed last week apparently, there is a post about it on the DFC facebook group.

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The lastest Kickstarter update has some (non) news.

Basically they are nearly done but it will probably be the end of the month at least before anything is shipped.

They are apparently still waiting on some printed elements and a few final runs for some of the sprues before they start getting stuff posted. There may also be more than 1 wave of orders.

The rules for one of the new Scourge special characters for DZC have surfaced as well.

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All four battleships and alternate versions are at Gencon at the moment. I'll see if I can figure out how to post pictures from my phone.

After talking with Hawk Dave earlier today, they're looking at shipping near the end of the month (with the scourge resin station parts following later in a seperate shipment). Battleships will follow a couple of months later (straight to retail) and alternate Battlecruisers and corvettes will follow that.
   
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Here are some pictures of the battleships:

Scourge


PHR


Shaltari


The second UCM battleship. The first one we saw already during the kickstarter.


But just for completeness sake. Here the first UCM battleship:


More pictures here: http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/2016/dropfleet-commander-neue-previews-2/
here: http://natfka.blogspot.ch/2016/08/dropfleet-and-dropzone-updates-from.html
and here: http://dzcblog.blogspot.ch/2016/08/dropfleet-commander-at-gencon2016-and.html#more
Edit here: http://www.hawkforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=8561

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Has there been any suggestions as to the price of the battleships?
   
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 Duskland wrote:
After talking with Hawk Dave earlier today, they're looking at shipping near the end of the month (with the scourge resin station parts following later in a seperate shipment).


That's a shame, I'm starting to chomp at the bit here.

That PHR battleship is a beaut!

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 Taaloc wrote:
Has there been any suggestions as to the price of the battleships?


I would guess £25 (+/-£5) as that is the typical price for the DZC big resin models.

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 Silent Puffin? wrote:
 Taaloc wrote:
Has there been any suggestions as to the price of the battleships?


I would guess £25 (+/-£5) as that is the typical price for the DZC big resin models.


Prices here http://www.miniaturemarket.com/table-top-miniatures/dropfleet-commander.html

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More expensive that I thought then.

They are noted as being in plastic, is that simply a mistake or has the KS been sufficiently successful to fund plastic capital ship spures?

 Duskland wrote:

After talking with Hawk Dave earlier today, they're looking at shipping near the end of the month (with the scourge resin station parts following later in a seperate shipment). Battleships will follow a couple of months later (straight to retail) and alternate Battlecruisers and corvettes will follow that.


Supposedly Hawk Simon has said that they are looking to get stuff shipped before the launch event on the 20th of August as they want to get the KS stuff shipped before they start selling DFC stuff to the general public, which they will be at the pre launch event on the 20th.

To be honest if they are just waiting for the paper maps I am happy to live without them

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 judgedoug wrote:
 Silent Puffin? wrote:
 Taaloc wrote:
Has there been any suggestions as to the price of the battleships?


I would guess £25 (+/-£5) as that is the typical price for the DZC big resin models.


Prices here http://www.miniaturemarket.com/table-top-miniatures/dropfleet-commander.html


Am I the only one who thinks those prices are bananas?

Can those battleships carry ten space marines inside them?
For the cost of the space station pack, I'd better be able to fit the Enterprise AND the Excelsior inside it, with room to spare for that Planet of the Titans study model.

   
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 Brunius wrote:
Hawk Louis chimed in on facebook to confirm that they haven't released pricing to anyone yet, it's just miniature market speculating


The most expensive model that Hawk currently makes is the Phoenix Command Gunship at £30; in terms of mass its probably about the size of a Landspeeder (thinner but longer and wider) and it is made of resin. Going by the relative size of the bases when compared to the new Battleships they would seem to be smaller than the Phoenix (longer but a lot thinner) so £25 seems about right to me.

Apparently the KS will start shipping in 2 weeks

My copy of Reconquest: Phase 2 has literally just arrived while I was posting this

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The Beijing is about six inches long and super detailed resin. $40-$50 seems pretty appropriate (still slightly less than, say, Mierce, for a comparably sized model). Seems like most games will never even feature a Battleship. However, yes, I would prefer to pay less.

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Once again, I torn between the Scourge and the PHR fleets. They are both so goood :(
Is there an date for the Dropfleet rules release?

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 CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Once again, I torn between the Scourge and the PHR fleets. They are both so goood :(
Is there an date for the Dropfleet rules release?


There isn't even a date for the KS release

Apparently they are waiting for the rulebooks to be delivered from the printers before they can get stuff sent out.

The only actual date that we currently have is that there will be a limited quantity of starter sets available at the open day on the 20th (although if the KS hasn't shipped by then Hawk will probably pull them). The full retail release is still sometime in September.

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