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fire4effekt wrote:Yes, enjoy buying your codex again next year, and the year after... oh maybe you'll get new rules by december! 6th ed anyone? nope just you.

Sorry, either I'm buying my codex every year or I'm not getting rules soon enough. Can't be both. You suffer critical cognitive dissonance and your attempted attack is invalid.

Pick one, and try again.


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plastictrees wrote:

malfred wrote:Let's lay off the snarking on other game systems (all around).

Seriously, such a boring part of so many threads here.

I actually like the warmachine rules a lot. Most of the models are quite cool too.
This one definitely is not.

ph34r wrote:Uhg. It honestly just looks like a cheap toy. This new picture has actually lowered my opinion of it further. Low detail and a very uninteresting aesthetic. It's a block of metal with two tubes of metal on the sides, mounted awkwardly on wheels, pulled by two horses instead of an engine. I shudder to think how much warmachine players are going to end up shelling out for that ridiculous piece of crap. Probably upwards of $50.

The aesthetics may not be your cup of tea (to each his own), but as to your absurd claim of "low detail" I think either you need to adjust your monitor, have an eye exam or try harder not to troll in regards to other game companies (unlikely but it bears mentioning)...

I like it a lot! This could actually get me in warmachine. I want to see the rest of what these new war engines will look like. Then I can decide which faction. That cryx one looks killer so far.

CT GAMER wrote:The aesthetics may not be your cup of tea (to each his own), but as to your absurd claim of "low detail" I think either you need to adjust your monitor, have an eye exam or try harder not to troll in regards to other game companies (unlikely but it bears mentioning)...

The wheels and cannons are the greatest offenders for lack of detial in my eyes. Maybe it's just the paint style, but everything looks rounded and soft. Very uninteresting. Nothing draws my eye. The cabin to wheels connection looks ham-fisted as well.

I don't know why everyone's getting all upset about someone disliking a warmachine model. Talk about different standards. This happens basically every time GW comes out with a model. See any thread about the Stormraven . Hell, some people even said that Lelith is a completely awful model.

I've even received my first insulting PM for my opinions! Thanks, fire4effekt, "how bout feth you?" to you too! Short but sweet.

The wheels are fairly large and flat surfaces - quartering the surface would probably clean that up.
The cannons are shaded pretty softly - there's nothing that suggests these are as crisp as they could be.
I'd need a better look at the axles before I can make a good decision - maybe when they release their 360 rotation.

And the Stormraven *is* ugly. :p

Retribution concept art is up:

http://privateerpress.com/community/privateer-insider/insider-1-05-2011

Wow, I don't have a clue what that is, but I don't want to mess with it. It looks like a Robotech Invid contraption...

It's really weird. I've not decided what I think of it yet really, but it'll probably grow on me.

I don't like it, but it's not bad. But then again, I don't like the techno look of the Retribution to begin with. It definitely fits their look though.

It's some sort of magic laser grasshopper.

Aduro wrote:It's really weird. I've not decided what I think of it yet really, but it'll probably grow on me.

It already looks like it grew on something...

The concept sketches are failing to inspire, so far.

A horrible composition of shapes really. I'm not an artsy person, but to me it just looks wrong in composition and shapes.

This will definitely have to wait for model form for me to make my final decision. The Cryx Wraith looks good in concept, and even if it's just a giant machine wraith, it'll look good as a model.

This, however, definitely will be hard to translate. It's like a wandering power field generator.

I guess I could use it as an alien artefact of unknown origin, just to make the players go "WTF"

Honestly I think it looks creepier then the Cryx one. It just looks so alien and sinister.

ph34r wrote:I've even received my first insulting PM for my opinions! Thanks, fire4effekt, "how bout feth you?" to you too! Short but sweet.

lol, what? Someone's clearly taking things a little too seriously.

George Spiggott wrote:

http://privateerpress.com/community/privateer-insider/insider-1-03-2011

I actually like it much more now I've seen the actual model.

Lose the horses and the wheels, make a bottom for it and youve got a killer bunker/small fortress.

The retribution thing reminds me of a techno-organic triceratops/alien hybrid thing. Very odd.

ph34r wrote:Uhg. It honestly just looks like a cheap toy. This new picture has actually lowered my opinion of it further. Low detail and a very uninteresting aesthetic. It's a block of metal with two tubes of metal on the sides, mounted awkwardly on wheels, pulled by two horses instead of an engine. I shudder to think how much warmachine players are going to end up shelling out for that ridiculous piece of crap. Probably upwards of $50.

DON'T CARE!!!! BUYING IT ANYWAY!!!

ph34r wrote:

fire4effekt wrote:Yes, enjoy buying your codex again next year, and the year after... oh maybe you'll get new rules by december! 6th ed anyone? nope just you.

Sorry, either I'm buying my codex every year or I'm not getting rules soon enough. Can't be both. You suffer critical cognitive dissonance and your attempted attack is invalid.

Pick one, and try again.


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plastictrees wrote:

malfred wrote:Let's lay off the snarking on other game systems (all around).

Seriously, such a boring part of so many threads here.

I actually like the warmachine rules a lot. Most of the models are quite cool too.
This one definitely is not.

DON'T CARE!!!! BUYING IT ANYWAY!!!

ph34r wrote:

CT GAMER wrote:The aesthetics may not be your cup of tea (to each his own), but as to your absurd claim of "low detail" I think either you need to adjust your monitor, have an eye exam or try harder not to troll in regards to other game companies (unlikely but it bears mentioning)...

The wheels and cannons are the greatest offenders for lack of detial in my eyes. Maybe it's just the paint style, but everything looks rounded and soft. Very uninteresting. Nothing draws my eye. The cabin to wheels connection looks ham-fisted as well.

I don't know why everyone's getting all upset about someone disliking a warmachine model. Talk about different standards. This happens basically every time GW comes out with a model. See any thread about the Stormraven . Hell, some people even said that Lelith is a completely awful model.

I've even received my first insulting PM for my opinions! Thanks, fire4effekt, "how bout feth you?" to you too! Short but sweet.

DON'T CARE!!!! BUYING IT ANYWAY!!!

Apparently, from the other sketch of the Retribution battle engine, the thing has something similar to a death star lazer. Those support legs/pylons combine together arcantrik force from the battle mages that crew it, then shoots it out into one giant beam, and probably some other effects too.

Seems to work as an Eldar/High Elf mission marker.

Retribution thingy is ridiculous, do not want.

None of these Battle Engines are tickling my fancy, right now.
(How'll the do a Hordes equivalent? A troll juggling other trollls? A Warpwolf riding a giant on all fours? A blightosaurus rex? A dune style sandworm being riden by a ninja?)

this thing is very mad scientist to me.



and now i wonder what the hordes ones will look like.....specifically, will trollbloods get some awesome moving platform carried by dires............

So are we thinking the "thing" Ron Kruzie always wanted is an even BIGGER worm?

He's articulated his love of all things desert-worm many times, if I recall correctly.

He's a bit exposed up there, isn't he?

Especially for a warmachine...

Duuuuude! Cygnar one is sweet.

warpcrafter wrote:DON'T CARE!!!! BUYING IT ANYWAY!!!

Ohhh noooo


That Cyngar big thingie looks pretty cool.

The Stormstrider is boss.

And I thought 2010 was expensive...

Stormstrider = WANT!!!

greenskin lynn wrote:this thing is very mad scientist to me.

Homina homina.. I think I just found the excuse to start collecting 50's pulp models.