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10penceman wrote:
One thing I wonder is will they bring out more of the big drop ships terrain things?

Probably. The plan is to link Firestorm Armada, Planetfall, and an as-yet unannounced 28mm skirmish game. Given that, making dropship models available in all three scales (i.e. FSA, 10mm, and 28mm) is probably going to be required. As you've noted, there are already some available. But they'll need more to cover the full spectrum of supported races.

Be a hell of a lot 6 main races and countless support races but be nice to see some designs for them

Store tab for PF is updated with goodies.

Planetfall goodies

 Blacksails wrote:
Store tab for PF is updated with goodies.

Planetfall goodies

fantastic thank you.

PLANTEFALL release Oct 22.

Battle For Proteus Prime: a 2-player battle box that contains over 33 models, full colour rulebook, campaign book, scenery, and so much more. Contents include:

Aquan Core Helix
1 x 'Sedna' Heavy Skimmer Tank
3 x 'Lamana' Medium Skimmer Tanks
4 x 'Imzani' Light Recon Skimmer Tanks
1 x 'Sirsir' Medium Skimmer Designator Tank
2 x 'Votari' Crystal Nodes (with the ability to swap out the Crystals for Anti-Air Batteries!)
5 x Bases of Aquan 'Khitari' Infantry (mix of scenic bases with 3-4 minis on each)

Directorate Core Helix
1 x 'Desolator' Heavy Battle Crawler Tank
3 x 'Retaliator' Medium Battle Crawlers Tanks
5 x 'Informer' Light Recon Buggies
2 x 'Trojan' Cyber Warfare Tanks
1 x 'Intruder' Combat Personnel Carrier
5 x Bases of Directorate 'Patriot' Shock Infantry (mix of scenic bases with 3-4 minis on each)

Plus:
1 x Full Colour Rulebook
2 x Planetfall TAC Decks
1 x 64-page 'The Battle of Proteus Prime' A5 Campaign Book (including Statistics for all Aquan and Directorate Forces in the set)
2 x Medium Bunkers
3 x Small Buildings
1 x A5 Crashed Shuttle Sheet
A5 Token and Template Sheets
Dice

Products come unassembled and unpainted. The images of digitally painted models used in this section were created using the actual 3D models used to create our highly detailed miniatures.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This product does not ship from the online store until 22nd October.

This Allied Expansion Helix allows owners of the Aquan Prime forces from the Battle For Proteus Prime Boxed Set to immediately expand their forces. In the rules up to TWO Allied Helixes can be added to each Core Helix deployed into the heart of a ground battle.

The Terquai are close allies of the Aquan Prime, and this Recon Helix is intended to aid Aquan forces in harassing their enemies. The Iophon Heavy Gunship lays down devastating fire, while itself soaking up enemy attacks, and can be used to deploy Temporal Portals onto a battlefield. The flexibility of this Helix though comes from the two cadres of Nabis Heavy Infantry Drones which can use the Temporal Portals to be transported instantaneously into battle zones.

1 x Iophon Heavy Gunship
10 x Bases of Nabis Heavy Infantry (2 Full Cadres)
2 x Temporal Portals (60mm x 40mm scenic base)

All models come unpainted and unassembled.

Note: The Temporal Portals are provided with laser-etched live-edge acrylic to simulate the Portal in action

This Allied Expansion Helix allows owners of the Directorate forces from the Battle For Proteus Prime Boxed Set to immediately expand their forces. In the rules up to TWO Allied Helixes can be added to each Core Helix deployed into the heart of a ground battle.

Works Raptor ground forces are, like their space fleets, all about stabbing the enemy in the heart. The GX-74 ‘Witch’ Interceptors are sleek, fast and deadly, and a match for any aerial foe. The LR-6 Recon Tanks are all about capturing strategic objectives, and then having the fighting prowess to hold on to it. Also included in the Helix is a crashed Works Raptor Escape Pod which can be used as part of a narrative driven scenario, or simply as a Strategic Objective.

3 x GX-74 ‘Witch’ Heavy Interceptor
5 x LR-6 Recon Tank
1 x Crashed Escape Pod (60mm x 40mm scenic base)

All models come unpainted and unassembled

Damn sexy. I wonder how it is going to differ from Dropzone Commander?

That cover art is... pretty awful.

 Asmodai Asmodean wrote:
That cover art is... pretty awful.

Maybe, but my senses have been dulled by John Blanche for years.

Not gonna lie. I'm excited by this.

Very nice love the dirctorit stuff and the fish and the recon for the fish only thing I don't like is the raptor flyers. Cover of rule book is naff just hope the pages beyond are great

Honestly thought they would have tried for the 6 core races first but think this has to be on my list to buy so love the directority big crawler and the buggies

I think I'm falling in love with the Firestorm universe.

I just started Firestorm Armada, partly because Planetfall was coming too.
I chose terran/kurak alliance, my first co-player chose dindrenzi. And now already i see models that are not of my faction, but which i love.

I chose terrans for the wheeled vehicles, but now the dindrenzi have buggies... this is going to be a problem...
But not a bad problem, a good one... ;-)

Just ordered one of everything. I wish it was Terran and Dindrenzi as I know i'll want to main those eventually, but the two-player starter is a good value, with its included rule-book, and the allies helixes will obviously be useful with my future armies.

Haven't been this excited about a game in years and years. I know its been hard to find rules info, but for those living on the forums, and following interviews, there is actually a lot of info to piece together. Sounds like an excellent system.

10penceman wrote:
Honestly thought they would have tried for the 6 core races first but think this has to be on my list to buy so love the directority big crawler and the buggies

I suspect the rest of the major races (and possibly non-starter set core helixes for the Aquans and Directorate) will be out in November. They'll probably be announced in a month.

I'm pleasantly surprised that they released the two Allied Helixes as well. Though interestingly enough, the Works Raptor Helix appears to exist to give the Core Aquan Helix's anti-aircraft support something to shoot at.

This looks really great and Im tempted to buy the starter box but I may hold off to see what they release for the Terrans and Dindrenzi. Looks like its time to start offloading some 40k and WHF armies.

I want. Now. Needs.
Where. Buy. Money.

Gives.

Some renders of each factions core units http://www.spartangames.co.uk/products/firestorm-galaxy/planetfall (klick on each faction for renders)
And they are supposed to release all factions starters at the same time if i remember correctly.


And a very quick overview of the factions (taken from the official forum)

Terrans are Grinders, capable of shrugging off lots of damage and revel in getting close.....they also use lots of off board artillery.

Dindrenzi are Hit and Run specialists with a singular 'Right tool for the right job' mentality....they also use lots of Sky Drops.

Aquans are also Hit and Run Specialists with the ability to shoot round corners!....using prisim technology......

Directorate are of course the baddies, with lots of Cyber Attack capability, and a punishing Air Cadre (...their Leviathan is a Flyer!)

Relthosans are a Swarm/Drone Force, with lots of combination and nodal units that boost their effectiveness....

Sorylians are unusual in that they are better at range than up close....until you get really close (CQB range) where they are awesome

A little mining of the forums and comments from the designers imply that the next month's release will be all the core helixes (essentially faction starters) and the corresponding "Allies" each bring.

Remember, btw, that factions can ally with anyone on their "half" of the macro-conflict, so those Works Raptors recon flyers and such will work with more than just Directorate in the "Allies" slot.

So none of the factions I play in Firestorm are available yet. That'll keep this on the shelf until they are. Otherwise, super cool figures. Hopefully the rules live up to the figures.

oh man those Terran infantry look sexy. Im really torn. I play Dindrenzi and Directorate in FSA but im really liking the looks of those Terran and Sorylian models.

I'm digging the terrain. I will see about getting some for use in Dropzone for raids on a Military area. I want to get some of the infantry as well. Not sold on the game - but not hating it too much.

It'll also boil down to if anyone around here plays it. No one that I know of plays FSA but they might come out of the woodwork with a new game.

Those Din-fantry look amazing. Holy crap, I need this game.

As a massive freaking fan of hovertanks, I dare say I may go a bit overboard on this one. Whether by fans, ground effect, or gravitics (or just plain thrusters+brick flipping gravity the bird) I just can't get enough of over-armed floating blocks of metal. Those APCs (I think) are looking nifty too.

I can't wait to see what their aerial stuff looks like.

 Ronin_eX wrote:
I can't wait to see what their aerial stuff looks like.

Some can already be seen in the Claymore pictures.

And, of course, there are the Works Raptor Heavy Interceptors shown above. And I think it's safe to say that the Iophon Gunship in the Terquai helix is an air unit as well.

Pre-ordered.

I can see massive planetary invasion in my future. Firestorm Armada invasion fleet getting past a blockade, Space hulk for boarding actions, Planetfall for the ground assault and Deadzone for taking key objectives. Great narrative play for my boys and I.

I have never been one for the fluff so the pure look of the models is what attracted me to Spartan in the first place. Their FSA fleets look spectacular on a board.
On a side note, just because I like to share, I loved the deadzone rules and have a great board setup with some MDF industrial buildings to bolster it up so it does not look like a fight over an ISO park. I just hated the restic mini's. I am in the process of swapping out the enforcers for SM and ditching the restic marauders for GW orks. Same weapon loadouts but GW's 28mm mini's are so much more better looking (2009 and Space Hulk brought back into the wargaming world.) I will have to look at some kind of aesthetic cohesion between the 10mm and the 28mm. I can keep my paint scheme between the FSA ships and the Planetfall tanks but my troops should have cohesive uniform or the narritve will be off. In the future I will look at the Spartan 28mm skirmish game but until then i am a bit too heavily invested at the 28mm level for an entirely new game system.

Just very pleased to have a fantastic campaign in my future.

Eumerin wrote:

 Ronin_eX wrote:
I can't wait to see what their aerial stuff looks like.

Some can already be seen in the Claymore pictures.

And, of course, there are the Works Raptor Heavy Interceptors shown above. And I think it's safe to say that the Iophon Gunship in the Terquai helix is an air unit as well.

I meant specifically Dindrenzi (or RSN) air assets.

So far we've only seen Directorate and Works Raptor aerial stuff (those VTOL gunships are Directorate, they were shown off as renders in some previews earlier in the year) on the Zenian League side of things. They're allies to the Dindrenzi of course, but I want to see the homegrown aerial stuff (if this initial release is anything to go by, my guess is we will see RSN air assets first).

Incidentally, I like how either through fluff, aesthetics, or play-style... each faction/sub-faction has a 40k/Epic/Battle-fleet Gothic analog.

I'm absolutely painting my Directorate to match my Necrons (air-superiority and pure tech domination), and Aquan to be Eldar.

One other friend is already going Relthoza as his "not-Tyranid", and a second has Sorylians as his "Not Orks".

YES!!!!!!!!!!
pre-orders are up. I am so excited for this game.
This will be the best thing ever.
DIE WALLET, DIE!!!

 Ronin_eX wrote:


I meant specifically Dindrenzi (or RSN) air assets.

So far we've only seen Directorate and Works Raptor aerial stuff (those VTOL gunships are Directorate, they were shown off as renders in some previews earlier in the year) on the Zenian League side of things. They're allies to the Dindrenzi of course, but I want to see the homegrown aerial stuff (if this initial release is anything to go by, my guess is we will see RSN air assets first).

No close-ups, unfortunately. But there are some Dindrenzi air units visible in the Claymore pics.

http://community.spartangames.co.uk/index.php?/topic/10724-planetfall-news-and-pics-from-claymore-2014/


Check on the right-hand side of the first pic (near where the four boards meet). The last pic in the first post has what appears to be a second type of flyer, though the details are hard to make out.

I would imagine that you were hoping for a closer look, but it's better than nothing for the moment.

This one has me interested as well. I've been looking at other scales of games. This one and DZC have caught my eye. I really like the Aquans.

Eumerin wrote:

 Ronin_eX wrote:


I meant specifically Dindrenzi (or RSN) air assets.

So far we've only seen Directorate and Works Raptor aerial stuff (those VTOL gunships are Directorate, they were shown off as renders in some previews earlier in the year) on the Zenian League side of things. They're allies to the Dindrenzi of course, but I want to see the homegrown aerial stuff (if this initial release is anything to go by, my guess is we will see RSN air assets first).

No close-ups, unfortunately. But there are some Dindrenzi air units visible in the Claymore pics.

http://community.spartangames.co.uk/index.php?/topic/10724-planetfall-news-and-pics-from-claymore-2014/


Check on the right-hand side of the first pic (near where the four boards meet). The last pic in the first post has what appears to be a second type of flyer, though the details are hard to make out.

I would imagine that you were hoping for a closer look, but it's better than nothing for the moment.

Those are actually the Directorate gunships that Ronin_ex first mentioned. They were used as allied units for the games at Claymore.


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NewTruthNeomaxim wrote:
Incidentally, I like how either through fluff, aesthetics, or play-style... each faction/sub-faction has a 40k/Epic/Battle-fleet Gothic analog.

I'm absolutely painting my Directorate to match my Necrons (air-superiority and pure tech domination), and Aquan to be Eldar.

One other friend is already going Relthoza as his "not-Tyranid", and a second has Sorylians as his "Not Orks".

Really I largely don't see the FSA as nearly Warhammer analogs.

Now, sure the Sorylians are big and bulky and the Relthozans have multiple legs, but that is really where the similarity between the factions ends. The aesthetics, fluff, and playstyle for these factions really seem different to me. Fluff wise the Sorylians are the most level headed and bureaucratic race, very slow to allow themselves to be drawn into a fight. They are masters of science, and rely upon long ranged artillery and over engineered machines of war to outlast their enemy.

The Relthozans are a beautiful race, with profound understanding of nanotechnology. They use this technology to create cloaking and stealth armor so that their modus operandi is manipulating their enemy weaving a web to pull them in before springing the trap and finally taking them out in close range. They are an extremely intelligent and individualistic species, and outside of their swarming urges every few centuries when a new generation of queens are hatched, they are largely peaceful and keep to themselves.

I don't really see the Necrons as that high tech. Sure they are robots, but in all honest they are nothing more than Egyptian mummies... In Space. 40k is sci-fi, so ALL races outside of Tyranids and Orks have highly advanced technology.
The Directorate are much more akin to Dark Eldar if anything. They are all about manipulating their allies and enemies alike, selling arms to both sides and making lightning fast raids on battlefields or civilian settlements alike capturing slaves and technologies that may be useful in developing new bigger and more dangerous weapons to both sell and use to get more fun toys.

The Terrans may be considered to be similar to IG... But they're standard humans so there isn't much else.

I do see a lot of similarities with the Aquans and the Eldar though. The smooth lines of the Aquans, crystal targetting matrix (yay 2nd/3rd ED 40k), and use of laser weaponry just feels Eldar...

The Dindrenzi likewise remind me of Tau, with their prevalence of railguns, hover tanks, hit and run mobility tactics use of angular lines to denote motion and rigidity... And when I look at their Leviathan all I see is a Riptide.