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 Mymearan wrote:
Yeah the drop ship looks fine, won't get it though since I only play Deadzone. Now that I think about, it might still be really cool as a terrain piece...

Gotta have something to stick on all those landing pad pieces...

 Malika2 wrote:
Hmm, not sure what to think of that drop ship, kinda makes me think of a GI Joe action figure model...

That hasn't stopped the Taurox, Storm Raven and Storm Eagle from selling, all of which look far more toy-like than this.

My thought was that it looked like a COBRA vehicle, which is awesome.

I want two of those dropships for Infinity.

Yeah, may need to get the drop ship just to stick on a landing pad. Really cool mini!

The dropship is interesting. How much is it supposed to retail for? I like some parts (the eyeballs at cockpit remind me both of terminator helms and the old buck rogers hawkman fighter) and definitely not others (like both of the fins). I'd at a minimum change the direction of the wing and tail fins if not convert them to something else entirely.

Don't think a price point has been announced. Probably find out come the Warpath KS.

Nothing they've done so far is really comparable the closest for plastic content is a Battlezone which was $35 in DZ:I and had 2 unique building sprues and 2 accessory sprues. The Interceptor could probably be done in 4 or 5 sprues so maybe in that price range? (for the KS no idea for retail) pure guess work though There will no doubt be bundle deals that will make it cheaper to get more.

I think it will be a flagship model for the Warpath KS (excuse the pun) and no doubt they will sell gakloads of them, especially if bundles are available.

I would be down for one for sure. If they make some kind of *really* tempting 2 or 3 pack... I may cave. Warpath is gonna have to be the kickstarter where I go in and get 'all the things' for only one or two factions. I don't foresee being able to top out on WP like I did DZ or MA. That ship though, definitely want at least one.

Really torn on Warpath myself. I have no doubt I'll love all the models but the current rules seem a bit weird to me, having to track all these hubs within units and such just seems to bog down a mass battle game for no particular reason.

Plus Mantic constantly changing their minds on rewards after the funding period is over has kinda pissed me off.

We'll see...

 warboss wrote:


The dropship is interesting. How much is it supposed to retail for? I like some parts (the eyeballs at cockpit remind me both of terminator helms and the old buck rogers hawkman fighter) and definitely not others (like both of the fins). I'd at a minimum change the direction of the wing and tail fins if not convert them to something else entirely.

Ha! Thanks to your comment, I have just realized that the cockpit is a giant enforcer helmet! That's cool and/or ridiculous!

Genius! Perhaps.

Has anyone looked at the smaller-scale rules for the warpath beta, was it firefight or something like that?

 GrimDork wrote:
Genius! Perhaps.

Has anyone looked at the smaller-scale rules for the warpath beta, was it firefight or something like that?

They were just a few notes added onto the main rules and not really fleshed out in anyway. It was clear they were looking at the mass battle rules rules first then they'd look at the smaller scale as an extra, which is a shame as the beta rules have really put me off warpath as it stands.

I think mantic are currently reevaluating the warpath rules after the beta feedback, there definitely was a split in the fan base over what type of game people wanted, about 70/30 in favour of the multi basing hubs vs individual stats and targeting. The beta forums been pretty dead for a couple of months now.

id recommend downloading the beta rules and seeing what you think yourself (Their on the mantic forum I believe)

Appreciate the information. I may even have them downloaded but this newborn is keeping me from getting much done I'm not entirely sure I'll actually get to play either iteration of the game, though the skirmishier size would be more possible.

Would love to see a contemporary version of the helmet-ship, since it seems to be popular in the far future...

Lol, the longer I look at that ship, the more it looks like they took a GW valkyrie cockpit, parts from one of the Space Marine flyers (can't remember the names) and the slapped on an Enforcer helmet and details from a 3up of that big fortification gun from DZ. I'm sure in person it will look better, especially with a slightly less obvious paint scheme.


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Also, I'm not a big fan of the hubs idea. I've played numerous games that have clumps like that (Epic, Warmaster, 5150, and a few other 15mm ones that I can't recall the names of without digging through my PDFs). It has the potential to have units move and shoot faster but it kills the sense of immersion and pushes more towards meta-gaming.
If it's for insanely large conflicts.. sure fine, whatever, I don't really go in for those types of endeavors any more. If it's closer to 30-80 models fighting it out.. then I much prefer individual figures on individual bases.

Heh, and the dwarf proto tank had a beard right? Eagerly awaiting the elf faced hover tank!

We've already seen concepts for Aesterian tech...



Kind of neat, sort of like Eldar stuff but with it's own kind of curviness.

I see no resemblance to eldar in its design.

Curvy space tank, sure it's like Eldar. Not much, which is good. It still looks like a tank of the space not-elves faction, that's all I'm saying.

Dudes, what? I'm very firmly in the "Mantic is trying to be 90s GW" camp but neither of those vehicles looks like anything from 40k.

Changing subject from Warpath back to Dreadball for a moment, when was it we were supposed to contact them by about not receiving our pledges? I'm still waiting on Eclipse, Mechanites, and a Medibot and haven't even received as much as a shipping notice about them.

...I won't mention that my stuff showed up today then.

Naturally with something goofed.

Random extra teams tossed in with what seems a very random assortment of players... but not the stuff I paid for. Wanted to maximize the mutants and mechs since they'd be multi part figures, only got the basic stuff.

Whether I ever get to play a game using any of it remains to be seen...

Nope, no resemblance at all in overall look or feel to Eldar.



You so foolish, Grim.

All pretty much the same thing.

Looks like the cargo pod is removable



which basically means this is the Star Ship Troopers drop ship I've been waiting 10 years for!


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If only...

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Looks like the cargo pod is removable

It is, and so are the wingtips, those are the spots the weapons go when it's configured as a fighter or a bomber

WIP Kalyshi renders from today's DZ:I update

Would be cool if they did all 3 genders of Kalyshi.