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Great looking models! Looks to me like they are at about the same level as Spartan's latest releases, which is no mean feat. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this game.

Some new releases imminent. Courtesy of Faeit 212 and Hawk Forums:

Dropzone Commander has a lot of new models on the near horizon, and ever since their showing at Salute, many of us have been watching almost daily for some news of exactly when they would be coming out. Original rumors had them coming this month, but recent information I have heard have them coming the first week of June.


So what does this mean for the second and third waves of models....

via sources on Faeit 212
1st Wave- 1st week in June
2nd Wave- End of June or beginning of July
3rd Wave/ Special Commanders- July/August

and...... ReConquest Phase 2.... realistically looking at November.


Why are the dates flexible and move around a little? Simply to insure the quality of what is getting released over a set release date.

Also, appeared on Element Games and War Store for pre-order:

Immortal Longreach Team


Legionnaire Mortar Teams


Shaltari Ronin


Scourge Eviscerators

Now up on Hawk's website. No experimental rules as yet

Experimental rules are now available:

Legionnaire Mortar Teams

Immortal Longreach Team

Eviscerators

Ronin

Also, spotted this on the Hawk Facebook:

We are having an exhibition of some of Patrice's artwork and the huge spaceship (if you haven't had a chance of seeing it) in Croydon, at the Rise Art Gallery, from next thursday in the evening (private view 2nd July) for two weeks. Here's the Facebook event to keep up to date with what's going on: https://www.facebook.com/events/561897073949774/

RISEgallery is proud to announce its new show in partnership with Hawk games..YEAR 2670

Private view Thursday 2nd of July

RSVP@rise-gallery.co.uk for guest list or click going on event page...

A Golden Age of humanity has passed into history. A time when mankind advanced implacably and unopposed through the stars has gone beyond living memory.

Planet Earth and the original Cradle Worlds are lost to the great foe, the Scourge. The shattering invasion of this terrible enemy has torn the domains of man asunder.

The remnants of human civilisation now exist in a collection of frontier planets. Thinly spread and underdeveloped, they are pale shadows of mankind's former glories.

However, this is not an age without hope. Humanity has found new strength, unity and purpose in these times of dire fortune. The colonies are undertaking a period of vigorous, dynamic expansion, unrivalled in the history of our race, united by a common purpose - Reconquest.

The armies of the United Colonies of Mankind march towards humanities' former heartland, battling the dreaded Scourge one world at a time. Many enemies and allies await on this journey; an odyssey through the stars towards a distant and glittering goal - Earth.

Yet more Dropzone infantry minis on the way...

UCM Battlesuits...



PHR Medusa (and transport). Rides a wave of nanobots (think the villain in Big Hero 6)



Shaltari Auxillaries apparently...

Oooo, good spot. Missed these:






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UCM Heavy Hazard Suits
Heavy Hazard Suits were developed for working in extreme conditions on frontier worlds and on the outside hulls of ships. Since 2653, many Heavy Hazard Suits have been used as pickets in areas where hostile aliens and fauna are frequent threats - militarising them was the next logical step.

Removing the original civilian systems freed up space for the capacitors and hyper accelerators needed for a suit-portable railgun.


Scourge Screamer and Raider Heavy Dropship
The Screamer is a chillingly familiar unit to Resistance fighters, but is only now being encountered by UCM troops. Unlike many enemy units, it is rare that the Screamer is visually identified.

The Screamer is a consummate terror weapon, part of a second wave of any Scourge invasion to root out pockets of resistance and demoralise any survivors, breeding a miasmic sense of despair as is scuttles with chilling speed towards its prey. In addition to its already potent mental weapons, the Screamer is armed with sets of powerful, metal sheathed claws which in conjunction with its massive size and augmented musculature make it more than capable of ripping a heavy battle tank to shreds.

The Raider is a dedicated insertion platform for esoteric and specialist Scourge units. It is designed to fully envelope bulky units that have highly specific mission parameters, often as outliers to the main Scourge force. Horrific weapon systems complete the package, supporting the elite troops it disgorges with lethal anti-personnel acid hoses comparable to those on a Tormentor heavy battle tank.


PHR Medusa and Triton-X
While little that is known of PHR Siren corps, one thing is very clear; these women are the elite, and exceptionally few in number. However even among the rarest individuals there are exceptional specimens – those whose innate affinity with their technological enhancements allow them to effortlessly control many hundreds of viewpoints with ease, and many thousands with dedicated training and further honing of their talents.

These are the Medusae, the 0.0001 % of the PHR’s population capable of harnessing the power of thousands of slaved Familiars to their will with devastating effect. In battle, a Medusa will appear to 'fly', levitated on a swarming, seething pillar of nanomachines and Familiars, sowing destruction and aiding her allies in combat until the enemy is utterly destroyed.

The Triton– X is a specially modified transport for Medusa units. The fact that the PHR has created a specific transport to carry these exceptional women into the fray reflects their immense power. It also has the capacity for additional nanomachines, which can replenish and repair any losses that the Medusa's swarm might sustain from enemy fire.

Shaltari Pungari Auxiliaries (aka the slave race)
The discovery of the Cradle Worlds and very foundation of the UCM can be traced to the first contact with the Shaltari and their help in exploring the galaxy. However, the less than altruistic designs that the Shaltari apparently had for using humanity as cannon fodder quickly put paid to any thoughts of long term alliance. In the Pungari, it seems the Shaltari have found a much more pliant (if less capable) race to exploit. Despite their obvious mental and technological inferiority to their masters, they are slavishly devoted to the Shaltari and appear willing to die in large numbers for them should one be present to witness their sacrifice.

 zedmeister wrote:
Oooo, good spot. Missed these:

*snip*

That sourge unit is so tough he literally eats other ground units and poops them out like Duke Nukem! He just destroyed a tank yesterday and is pooping it out track link by track link!

Love the UCM and PHR release!

The Medusa is just rediculas. My local PHR player id drooling over it

New releases

The Dropzone Commander Special Edition Rulebook - limited to 1500 with some being sold at Gencon


New Units:

Resistance ATVs:


UCM Flak Teams


Scourge Vampires


PHR Valkyries


Shaltari Samurai

Silly question but whats special about the Special Edition Rulebook?

I never liked PHR but those Valkyries look nice.

edit: rulebook info

£40

We are proud to announce the release of our core rulebook, in a special limited edition, 176 page hardback run of just 1500 copies. Only a limited number of these copies will be available from us direct. The book has been reimagined, with new cover artwork, Spot UV front-plate, printed end papers and a marker ribbon, printed on thick paper stock and finished with a high quality silk coating.

20 new pages, and over 50 new pieces of artwork sit alongside lavish photographic images, creating a gorgeous tome for your coffee table, sci-fi library or gaming room. This book comes in a printed box, to ensure the book is protected, and each book is cellophane wrapped.

This special edition still includes all the gaming content of the core rulebook, including:
- Core Rules: All the rules you need to play.
- Background: Rich and detailed setting for the DzC game universe, as well as in depth background for all four races and their units. You'll be in no doubt as to where you're fighting, why you're fighting and who you're fighting with!
- Army Lists: The full stats, lists and special rules for all four races.
- Scenarios: A wide selection of scenarios to keep your games fresh!
- Colour Schemes: A wide selection of colour schemes and camouflage patterns are showcased for each race, giving you plenty of inspiration when painting your armies! Further hobby tips, articles and information will be made available from our downloads section in the coming weeks.
- Guest Painters Pages: Some inspiring work by keen gamers and painters unaffiliated with Hawk Wargames.
- Index: Double page index of terms and key phrases.

Also, this Scourge preview - Dropfleet Ship perhaps?

Not sure. In the news letter it's right after the text in which they talk about Dropfleet.

Looks very cool, whatever it is.

It looks huge whatever it is. It's shape seems like it'd be some sort of flying thing. Sounds like a preview for Scourge capital ships.

I have managed to contain myself to just one faction with DZC...I have a wonderful yet terrible feeling that DFC is going to be much, much more expensive for me

Hawk Wargames needs to give us some pics of the other factions fleets. That way I can finally find out if I'm going to give them all of my money when this finally comes out or just most of it.

Yikes, that first flak team loader is melting into the ammo canisters.

 AegisGrimm wrote:
Yikes, that first flak team loader is melting into the ammo canisters.

Luckily its only a render

They should probably show renders of 10mm infantry from farther away, and just put more of them in an image rendered on a base. They look nothing special up close, even if you try and remember that they are 10mm. It won't be until it gets in hand that they'll really look good.

 JOHIRA wrote:
Hawk Wargames needs to give us some pics of the other factions fleets. That way I can finally find out if I'm going to give them all of my money when this finally comes out or just most of it.

Reading the news letter there is going to be a lot more information, including the rules and how/when we can order. I would imagine we'll get a lot of pictures and background at that point.

The renders are also not always reflective of the final posing on the model either. The eviscerators are much more dynamic looking - excited to see how the vampires look.

Looks like some info coming out from GenCon.
Scourge dropfleet plastics:
http://verlag-martin-ellermeier.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HW_Dropfleet_Gencon_Previews.jpg

The ships are apparently designed you can built all 4 variants from one sprue.

There will be a Kickstarter in October for the 2 player starter plastic boxset, with the other factions to be released via retail.

Excellent stuff. A ton more here: https://www.facebook.com/dzcommenter

Also, Kickstarter? Gulp...

Shiney.

Dropfleet KS?

Oh my...

Hawk Wargames sure does make pretty things.

 zedmeister wrote:
Excellent stuff. A ton more here: https://www.facebook.com/dzcommenter

Also, Kickstarter? Gulp...

Nice, pics of everything only shown as renders before are at that link, with most painted! That screamer for Scourge is incredibly awesome.

Not sure about the Scourge for Dropfleet, though - they all look very samey:



That's from Dravis' link. I think the UCM are nicely varied, but not these. Will really come down to how it plays, though. We are spoiled for choice on space games now, which is awesome!!

I've actually respected that they don't use kickstarter as a company until now despite the seemingly handfuls of cash companies with less capable heads were making. I can't blame them for doing it though and I'd actually put them in a small category of companies that I'd consider backing without reservations due to their past work. Now I have to make a relatively uninformed decision about whether to go with DFC or Halo... tough choice.

Those scourge screamers look really disturbing... and I like it. Are they for dropship or dropfleet?

Absolutely no problem for me with them KS this. KS is there for a reason and it will help them get this out faster and with more content. I wouldn't like to see what shape Dreadball would've been in if Mantic didn't KS it...

 warboss wrote:

Those scourge screamers look really disturbing... and I like it. Are they for dropship or dropfleet?

Dropship. The plastic cruisers are the only Scourge seen so far for Dropfleet.


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 warboss wrote:
Now I have to make a relatively uninformed decision about whether to go with DFC or Halo... tough choice.

Not for me