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I looked, but couldn't find a WWX thread in N&R for the new stuff, so...

March Releases!

Warrior Nation - Fire Eagle



Lawmen - Pat Garrett



Lawman - Rangers Box Set (Hired Hands)



Enlightened - Vlad Ursul

Poor eagle! It must have eaten something that really disagreed with it's tummy!

Joking aside, this range of minis has always appeared too stiff and awkwardly posed for my tastes and this batch of releases does nothing to change my opinion on the matter.

Are the flames on fire eagle separate so he can transform into his alter ego, eagle?

It comes with two heads. One with fire, and one without.

DarkTraveler777 wrote:Poor eagle! It must have eaten something that really disagreed with it's tummy!

Joking aside, this range of minis has always appeared too stiff and awkwardly posed for my tastes and this batch of releases does nothing to change my opinion on the matter.

Really?

Do you prefer a more arms and legs flying in all directions type of pose for your gunslinging action?

Joyboozer wrote:Are the flames on fire eagle separate so he can transform into his alter ego, eagle?

I don't get it...

I like the eagle but don't want the flames.

It looks like the flames might be a separate piece?

If not, as it is resin, it should be somewhat easy to remove.

But still, I find it hard to believe they aren't a separate piece.

Something to consider too - the price on that thing - ouch!

 Alpharius wrote:

DarkTraveler777 wrote:Poor eagle! It must have eaten something that really disagreed with it's tummy!

Joking aside, this range of minis has always appeared too stiff and awkwardly posed for my tastes and this batch of releases does nothing to change my opinion on the matter.

Really?

Do you prefer a more arms and legs flying in all directions type of pose for your gunslinging action?

No, but I like my minis to look like the characters that they are representing have joints in their limbs. Just doing a quick Google Images search of Wild West Exodus produces a wealth of miniatures with locked limbs, rigid as boards. Generally the range of figures looks very static and inorganic, which is odd considering the vast majority of miniatures are organic entities.

Having locked arms like a Robotech Defender / Battletech Rifleman is not how I'd want my cowboy riflemen to be represented.

And that eagle looks like it is puking. But that is neither here nor there in regards to the my stiffness criticism.

I think the models are looking pretty great to be honest... good for Romeo and crew!

One person who deserves particular mention is Tom Schaedle aka Commander Y... his paintjobs are amazing and really add a lot to the line.

It is great paint, and holds up well to the zoomed in pictures, but I think the pics are too enormous.
No one needs to see preview pictures of 35mm models that are 6" high, makes it difficult to take the mini in properly IMO.

Yeah... it's a tricky line to walk. I don't like competition painters putting up 1:1 screen sized shots because it is a bit of a cheat, it covers up a lot of stuff on both model and paint by blurring pixels... something that looks crazy good at small size can be pretty terrible in real life. Well, maybe not terrible but you know what I mean.

I personally would like to see both a 1:1 size, and a zoomed in size as above, because if it works on both, then it just plain works .

 MajorTom11 wrote:
I think the models are looking pretty great to be honest... good for Romeo and crew!

One person who deserves particular mention is Tom Schaedle aka Commander Y... his paintjobs are amazing and really add a lot to the line.

Agreed!

Aside from Dark Travellers who have got to Travel, I think the line has been well received

The casts I've got so far have all been good, customer service has as well - the one minor knock might be the price on some of the figures...

Do they have plastic models in the range? Are they available yet?

I do like some of the figures but the price is just to outside of what I'm willing to pay for what I get.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Do they have plastic models in the range? Are they available yet?

The basic troops (hired hands) are available now in plastic.

Example:
http://www.wildwestexodus.com/outlaw-hired-hands-wave-2/

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I think they accidentally typed up that there were only 10 minis for $46. Should be a lot more, right? Right?

Nope. WWX is firmly on the pricey side of the spectrum.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I think they accidentally typed up that there were only 10 minis for $46. Should be a lot more, right? Right?

As stated the price is correct but that being said you won't spend as much as you think. They have starters and you can get into the game with rules everything and not need anything else for under $200 and be done. So while they are pricey at first glance in the overall they are comparatively cheap AND they have the $5 a month model deal which is pretty damn sweet.

What scale are these? 35mm to eye level or top? Do they fit the upcoming Shadows of Brimstone game with a similar topic?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1034852783/shadows-of-brimstone

 Kroothawk wrote:
What scale are these? 35mm to eye level or top? Do they fit the upcoming Shadows of Brimstone game with a similar topic?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1034852783/shadows-of-brimstone

They really are 35mm, though some of that is due to the base style/custom basing:

Strange. They don't seem to fit well with any of the other games. Not that they necessarily have to, mind you. It just seems like a missed opportunity.

There really aren't a lot of other alternate history post Civil War American Steam Punk Magic Weird West games out there though...

Though to be fair, the biggest pain is the terrain!

 Alpharius wrote:
There really aren't a lot of other alternate history post Civil War American Steam Punk Magic Weird West games out there though...

Though to be fair, the biggest pain is the terrain!

Malifaux springs to mind. Similar time period/genre (?) as WWX. I might be tempted to pick up some figures for my Guild crew if they were closer in scale.

Malifaux's a bit more 'out there' - more so than even WWX is, so far.

Aside from maybe the Warrior Nation.

Or the Enlightened.

OK, maybe not so far apart then!

 Empchild wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I think they accidentally typed up that there were only 10 minis for $46. Should be a lot more, right? Right?

As stated the price is correct but that being said you won't spend as much as you think. They have starters and you can get into the game with rules everything and not need anything else for under $200 and be done. So while they are pricey at first glance in the overall they are comparatively cheap AND they have the $5 a month model deal which is pretty damn sweet.

Making a lot of assumptions here.

I buy minis for the minis.* Saying expensive models are not expensive because [game] is pretty silly to me.





* I haven't had a tabletop game in 5 years with no prospects for another one until roughly 2025. And is WWX really something people would buy to play instead of to have the minis for [non WWX] reasons?

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Empchild wrote:

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I think they accidentally typed up that there were only 10 minis for $46. Should be a lot more, right? Right?

As stated the price is correct but that being said you won't spend as much as you think. They have starters and you can get into the game with rules everything and not need anything else for under $200 and be done. So while they are pricey at first glance in the overall they are comparatively cheap AND they have the $5 a month model deal which is pretty damn sweet.

Making a lot of assumptions here.

I buy minis for the minis.* Saying expensive models are not expensive because [game] is pretty silly to me.





* I haven't had a tabletop game in 5 years with no prospects for another one until roughly 2025. And is WWX really something people would buy to play instead of to have the minis for [non WWX] reasons?

I'm confused by this all I said was it's not all that expensive to get into.

Yes?

I have to admit, your whole setup is...odd!

To get into...

All I said/implied is that the minis are expensive. The game might be relatively very affordable, and each box might be a complete army in itself for every ruleset ever written while also scoring you a free lapdance at Leo's Lady Emporium, but that doesn't change the fact that the minis themselves are expensive for what they are.


Or maybe I don't value slightly-stiff, steampunkish not-Brisco County Junior minis as highly as others? Sticker shock brings out my catty side.


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 Alpharius wrote:
Yes?

I have to admit, your whole setup is...odd!

Mine?

I guess at this point, maybe WWX the game, miniatures and threads just might not be for you?

The eagle looks like it had potential, but doesn't hold up to the Hobbit eagle miniatures... I think it's the wings here, they just look too thick.

It definitely has some cool elements to it, but as a miniature on the whole I don't think it really works...