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Those are awesome!

As for naming, I do like the Cataphtact suggestion. Failing that, how about Cuirassiers? It technically refers to mounted armoured troops, but it's not a term I've come across in sci-fi minis before, whereas Paladins/Templars/Crusaders have been used a lot.

I'd offer them with or without the banners if you can, as some will like that more Gothic look while others would prefer something plainer. As for weapons, the ones there look good, but perhaps a plainer/less techy shield might be an idea.

1 - Weapons: I personally like the right arm claw/wrist blade and left arm shield.

2 - Accessories: Shoulder pads really complete the look on these guys. I think the banners should be left as an add-on though.

3 - Name: Most of your other Mankind units have short simple names, so continuing that trend, I'd suggest either "Keepers" (they look armoured enough to be mobile castles) or "Samnites" (after the class of heavily armoured gladiators, though the name also reminds me of Samson).

Colossi? Praetorians? Antediluvians? Anvils? Hammers?

How about Holy Missionaries

pat

I like missionaries

BTW How big are these guys?

They seem the perfect size for some centurion assault squads.

I was thinking the" Patriarchs " the founders of the legions, plus this would give relevance to their attire and their traditional robes and emblems.

As for weapon layout I was thinking embellished shields reflecting their attire, some kind of power Halberd and maybe one could have a power gauntlet as a commander.

def needs to be something Knight/Paladins/Templars/Crusaders related

errant-something
or
something-errant
?

EDIT: was looking for synonyms of the above for ideas, and found this:

'Oriflamme'
"any ensign, banner, or standard, especially one that serves as a rallying point or symbol."

seem vaguely appropriate given the banners attached to their backs - fluff could be that they are nigh indestructible heavy troops that everyone rallies around on the field...?

With such impressive groin armor I'd have to nim ate them as "the crotch guard"

Harbingers

Redeemers

or

Ordained

I like ordained, that one isn't used much.

How about high-praetorians?

I'd actually like to see some weapons appropriate to the size of the armor. AKA- heavy anti-tank (beam rifle, gauss cannon, BFG), anti-heavy-infantry (plasma blaster, big-ass-shotgun) or anti-everything (Davy Crocket man portable tac nuke).

"We are the Knights who say "Ni"!"

How about:
The Brotherhood
The Order
or
The Fraternity

Cassiline Brotherhood

Keep them coming, please, keep them coming. Some excellent ideas here

And just for something else to think about - here is one of our future releases.
Our Striker model with special shoulder pads and a new head.
Striker Air Cav!
How do You like it?

I third crusaders. Or perhaps crusader brethren for more oomph? Also awesome looking models! Would make for some great black templar troops.

How about "Crusader Vanguard" ? They look heavy enough to be in the front, blazing a trail into combat for others to follow. Alternately "Temple Guard".

I like the striker air cav... kind of like a lightly mechanized power armor for starship troopers the movie (not that horrid animated thing). In any case...

PuppetsWar wrote:

The Æternal Guard

Praetorian Vigiles

Knights Vigilant

Redemptors


Also, like the Aircav guy, interesting

Questori

New release - Crusaders of NNNI

One release today but eagerly anticipated, we hope. 'Crusaders of Nnni' set contains five resin models. Bodies and arms have holes for mounting 3x1 magnets, which makes changing weapon options or repositioning models very easy.

http://puppetswar.com/product.php?id_product=447

According to your suggestions, we decided to release models without banners and shoulder pads. Set is cheaper and banners and armours will be available in our webstore separately shortly, so customers will have greater freedom of choosing parts they need.

We'd like to thank all of You for your opinions. They are invaluable to us. We will certainly release hand weapons such as combat maces, halberds and hammers for such heavily armoured units like Crusaders of Nnni.

Charles Davidson (from FB) was randomly selected from commenting persons and he will receive 'Crusaders of Nnni' set complete with magnets, and chosen heads and weapons.

We would like to thank Rob Holmes (FB again) for his name suggestion too - as you can see, we decided to use it. He will receive set of 'Crusaders of Nnni' complete with magnets, chosen heads and weapons too.

See? Crusaders. Totally called it.

PuppetsWar wrote:
New release - Crusaders of NNNI

Nice.

Cool models, too.

For a size comparison of the base Ripper model to a GW Terminator:

How big are your Paladin Unit compared to 40k, etc.

is it the same as above

Those Strikers look awesome. Excellent Elysian counts-as to boot!

So have any Dakka members bought anything from the "new, improved" Puppetswar that they can share unpainted photos/reviews of? I'd like to see Para's stuff as well, though being a prize, his stuff is much more likely to be double/triple checked for casting flaws than a regular order.

Lots of lovely stuff being shown/previewed by the PW guy(s) here, but not much in the way of consumer-end products bought by us, which makes me nervous based on past experiences...

I'll definitely do a quick review of the ones I get when they arrive, probably here and in the blog. Even if they are extra checked it'll still be interesting (and probably lead to me buying some more if they are good).

 Azazelx wrote:
So have any Dakka members bought anything from the "new, improved" Puppetswar that they can share unpainted photos/reviews of? I'd like to see Para's stuff as well, though being a prize, his stuff is much more likely to be double/triple checked for casting flaws than a regular order.

Lots of lovely stuff being shown/previewed by the PW guy(s) here, but not much in the way of consumer-end products bought by us, which makes me nervous based on past experiences...

I got a shipping notification yesterday I think. I will definitely let you guys know what my kit looks like when it shows up. (This will be my fourth Big Momma cannon)


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dralend wrote:
How big are your Paladin Unit compared to 40k, etc.

is it the same as above

The paladins use the exaxct same bodies as the ripper shown above.