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In London this weekend was the first Hawk Wargames tournament "Invasion". Someone snapped some pics of the new sculpts, so here they are!

His twitter feed is @arsheo if you want to view them directly there. There may be a few things I'm missing, and I'll try to add some things from his and others' descriptions, too (probably tomorrow) about what all these things do!

Shaltari, new gun-gate and new walker with anti-infantry weapons:




Scourge, new artillery (that can fly, and then change into a landed platform! Look at the landed version in the back of these pics) and infantry:




PHR, 2 new walkers. The first has stealth and can move 6" (very fast for PHR), the second has jump jets.




UCM, new carrier (with fold-out runway), flying drones (which come from the carrier and are apparently infinite while it's alive), and sniper teams:

Shaltari looks quite cool, scourge looks pretty good but the landed version is mega silly, PHR looks like more of the same though that's pretty good, UCM carrier thing looks absolutely awful.

That's about how I felt, too, although I disagree about the landed Scourge! That's straight out of War of the Worlds and as it's apparently artillery, you could do some great reenactments there .

I actually think that model is my favorite of the new ones, it's just crazy

Neat, can't wait to see these at Templecon!

Same here I'll try to get some more/better pics there, too.

The carrier is awful. I like the idea, but it would have been so much cooler if it were a large flying vehicle with a runway on it (kinda like the S.H.I.E.L.D. helicarrier from the Avengers). What on earth possessed them to make a huge behemoth of a tank instead?

UCM were the faction I was most interested in, so seeing them get such silly-looking models is kinda sad. It doesn't even make any sense, I thought the whole theme of the game was aerial insertion and rapid re-deployment via dropship, so what the feth dropped that into battle? And not only that but don't most battles take place on tightly-packed city boards with lots of buildings (they recommend 10-15 buildings for an average game)? How is something that fething big and slow supposed to drive through a city? I dunno, maybe I'm wrong but personally I don't like it at all, not only does it look stupid but it doesn't really fit in the game in my opinion.

I like the Scourge units (the battle-suits are intimidating gribblies and the artillery is the kind of thing I can see the Scourge using), the PHR walkers, and the Shaltari units. I am not as convinced about the UCM's giant mobile brick. It seems too big for the UCM and doesn't really fit the sleek design aesthetic of their other utilitarian vehicles. The drones themselves on the other hand look fine.. I think this vehicle, when used, will end up driving on much like the Kodiak often does. I am not sure anyone wants to waste an Albatross dropship on this.

That said, I wish the pictures contained a little less light glare. It obscures a lot of the small fine details that these miniatures are renowned for. A layer of paint would also help in this endeavor.

Yeah, the thoughts on the UCM seem to be pretty universal! I think it looks better with the runway folded up, though (second pic). I will try to get better pics when I see these myself this weekend at TempleCon without the light glare, hopefully.

That Carrier thing looks like a rejected model from Dystopian Wars or a poor man's fatboy from Supreme Commander

I like the new carrier. It reminds me of Mega Force.

Maybe it quite literally drives through a city...

The carrier does not make any sense. Rest is nice.

But with the system being DOA over here, can´t be bothered to really care much about it.

I'm lucky enough to have a FLGS with several players, and a store within a few hours' drive that has gotten the owners hooked and has terrain/etc and the like. Looking forward to their holding a tournament there in the near future

I quite like all of it, including the carrier.
But then I'm broke and not buying into anything for the foreseeable, so my opinion hardly holds a candle.

Love that new Shaltari flying gate. I am imagining some discordant, electro-whale roaring when that beast swims into the skies above the battlefield.

Nice imagery it does give off that vibe. I like how it's not so 2D like the other gate models.

The carrier thing really doesn't fit the "hard sci fi" theme of DZC, alas. I like the game concept, except for the "infinite" part which also makes no sense. Also, unless its just the glare, these models seem MUCH less detailed. Probably just the pics though

It's likely due to the poor lighting and the fact that they're currently unpainted.

I've seen people playing it at my local store the last few times I've gone in to pick up something.


That carrier thing looks really odd (bad), compared to the rest of the models which are up to their normal amazing standard.

Something does seem odd about the UCM brick, but from what we have seen of Hawk he does not have a tendency to jump off the handle when he does things (I state from the excellent care that has been given to the errata). Something tells me that this is the UCM "answer" to something the enemy has. Perhaps the drones missiles have AA capabilities and they are designed to seek and destroy minder swarms without risking pilots?

That said I think I would have much preferred an upgraded Kodiak, albiet with a Drone command function. Then have drones come in off the board edge as they are called in as necessary.

Edit: We should all keep in mind too that play-testing for these units is still on going. The drones may not be infinite.

Edit: See new thread here, with a 10-minute video interview where Dave shows off all the new models and their abilities!