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I know the need to show it stock,

but I want those quad barrels drilled out (or a photo from a higher angle

Makes me feel good about going for the Forge Father battlegroup

I like the hull of the tank (although I didn't have a problem with the original dwarf face version) but the turret feels too tall and bulbous when it should be angular like the rest of the tank. It looks like one guy designed the hull and the turret was assigned to another... and they never conversed until they met up to put the two halves together for the prototype.

Same here, main body came out good but the turret looks off to me.

Kinda impractical in real life with that low clearance, but I can suspend my disbelief for that.

I think it looks pretty awesome actually.

The shot trap armor and rivets bother me a lot more than low clearance.

But I'm not the target audience for this vehicle. I'm glad folks are happy with them.

agree with the guys. the turret looks off but cool nonetheless.

when do the forgefather infantry come out?

Can we talk about the obvious sponson hardpoints and the obvious upcoming sponson upgrade kit?

I've been enjoying the daily True_Hera Twitter account Probably not a popular opinion here, but it's fun.

@Lord_Blackfang
Could be, maybe not though could just be surface design.

@Username
They should be amoung the first releases for Deadzone. It's hard to say yet. Not the tank though.

OT but semi-related.

Deadzone - latest photos

Source: http://www.brueckenkopf-online.com/?p=168304

Skyscraper


Repacked faction sets

Enforcer Starter
Enforcer Booster
Forge Fathers Starter
Forge Fathers Booster

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Dice

Thats a lot of models for deadzone. Keep in mind that games are generally 150pts, and each peacekeeper is worth 30pts standard. So that box just for peacekeepers could make 150pts easily.

Also no pathfinders makes me wonder how those will be packaged.

Ah okay the other pictures show what look to be starter sets.

Yeah those are the boosters

These are the starters - that's about 400 points of Enforcers



And 500 points of Forgefathers

I'd be down for the Forge Fathers one just for more bikes.

hopefully they'll be priced reasonably.

This is most likely a starter for at least 2 of the 3 games. It seems to sit nicely for firefight at 500-600ish for the Forgefathers. With the enforcers getting 780 with most of the upgrades. Seems like a solid start.

Now we sit and wonder at the price.

This also solidifies for me that veermyn will a follow-up retail release.

I don't think the painted Kalyshi got posted yet

Probably for a good reason.

You could sell me on those being new models for Retribution of Scyrah. Which is not entirely a compliment.

They're almost, but not quite sci-fi enough. I have no problem with sci-fi archers, but the armored briefs and Mohawk combo is just bizarre.

I don't hate them... but I don't really like them either.

What material are the Kalyshi made in? I am not a fan but there are bound to be people out there who are. The new starters/boosters look great, have we got an rrp on them yet?

Kalyshi are in metal last I heard.

Sci-fi archers are a silly concept. They are by far the weakest link of what we've seen so far.

 Zywus wrote:
Sci-fi archers are a silly concept. They are by far the weakest link of what we've seen so far.

My nostalgia for Turok disagrees. :p

 Dawnbringer wrote:
My nostalgia for Turok disagrees. :p

Bingo.

I'm not into the Kalyshi at all as the primitive counterpoint to liven up the robotic / drone Asterian forces, though that's probably down to the mohawk bikini aesthetic more than the concept. But since I'll be getting the models anyway with the lockdown pledge, I intend to make the most of them. Those metal double-bladed stave and tech-bow arms could look really cool transplanted onto other, better armored close combat figures. No doubt some of those arms will be more transplantable than others, and some will need to be cut off the metal bodies, but it looks promising to me.

I may be able to make a proper Turok homage figure at last!

I kind of like the painted Forgefather tank, which was a bit of a surprise, as it wasn't one of my favorites during the campaign. I didn't buy any of the new Warpath vehicles, and considering my big pile of shame, I have no regrets. It'll be a long time before I get through all my Deadline Infestation troops, never mind adding vehicles into the mix. But I will be watching with interest to see what fellow Dakka-ites who did buy the new tanks, dropships, tunnelers, etc. do with them (and to see if they measure up to their billing as quality kits. Fingers crossed.)

I thought they had blue skin last time around? Not liking the flesh tones.

I have no problem with scifi archers. Stormfall are some of my favorites, so I take the Retribution comparison as a plus

I find it pretty funny that the men are wearing the bikini armor as well as the women.

I think I found the inspiration

Id also be very curious on the release of the new starters and boosters, as well as the price.

I'm probably going to go alot more tan, closer to my version of the pathfinder merc but with hard edged tattoos or mud style camo, which could be a cool look. the hair seems like its supposed to be natural dreads, but then aren't painted like that at all. Flat purple is a bad choice. blue tattoos are a bad choice too.

All that being said, I like the sculpts themselves.

@Str00dles

The countdown is probably the retail release.

Are they releasing the new Forgefathers and Enforcer Pathfinders to retail before sending them out to backers?

I'm just guessing at what the countdown is. DZ Stuff is in packing right now. Could be a week of hype leading to a pre-order period or maybe the last day of the countdown coincides with some big event. dunno.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Are they releasing the new Forgefathers and Enforcer Pathfinders to retail before sending them out to backers?

I doubt it - they both funded in Deadzone Infestation remember, not Warpath, which as NobodyXY says is in packing for backers right now. I expect the new starters/boosters will be on sale end of April, first week of May, but I don't think they'll have them in standalone 5/10/20 boxes until Warpath hits.