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2024/04/20 07:52:43
Subject: Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
We've also had Rob Macfarlane go back to the drawing board for The Damned vehicle. This is what he's been pulling together:The basic footprint of the vehicle matches closely to a Games Workshop Warhammer 40,000 Chimera to give you an idea of the size. Let us know in the poll how you like this and of course feel free to leave comments below.
Rob showed these as silhouettes because he didn't want to distract with an unfinished look as the detail and gribbles haven't been added yet but the basic vehicle is roughed out and he has a basic plan for breaking out the parts on the frames.
Once we have a sense of what you think of this we will be able to give a better answer to the ship date. 11 sets all at once is a massive undertaking (we don't know if anyone has ever done this many hard plastic sets in one release?) and we're trying to "eat the elephant" one bite at a time while making sure each and every Damned set is fabulous. Sorry it's taking longer than we estimated! We're focused on getting through the rest of the to do list as quickly as possible.
Happy Wargaming!
2024/04/26 18:51:57
Subject: Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
That's pretty neat. My only comment would be to make the Technical platform higher or the top of the Mortis slightly lower so that the barrel of the turret can clear the roof/angle down and shot what is in front of the vehicle. The current image appears to show the turret below the roofline.
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2024/04/26 19:05:25
Subject: Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
Noting this is only from the outline so the final product might look much better or worse when we see it - I feel this is a big improvement on the original vehicle design so far. My main comment would be that it looks a bit front heavy, especially on the open backed variants. It might be worthwhile to move up the front wheels a bit, or make it an 8 wheeler, or perhaps move all 6 wheels forwards a bit since the rear wheels are basically at the very edge of the design.
2024/04/27 01:10:05
Subject: Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
ScarletRose wrote: It looks good so far, I'm a little sorry I didn't pick one up with the infantry pledge. I'll have to wait for retail.
You can still add to your pledge. Not saying you should. but you can if you do want one and dont want to wait for retail. You can even adjust what you have currently bought and change something to the vehicle if you wanted to.
2024/04/27 07:02:50
Subject: Re:Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
It looks more like the lovechild of a hilux technical and a Fuchs to me
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPz_Fuchs
It's kinda difficult to judge just with the silhouette but there is something a bit off, particularly with the two open-top versions as Kurhanik said - either adjusting the wheel position or going for 8 wheels (more like a BTR?) might help.
Edit: just reflecting on it and thinking about the Stalwart vs Fuchs, if it's supposed to be chimera sized I think it probably just needs bigger wheels mounted slightly differently. Currently it probably is closer to the Stalwart but I think it would work better if the wheel layout was more like the Fuchs. Hope that makes sense.
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2024/05/01 00:49:56
Subject: Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
The silhouette is looking promising. The open-top versions feel a little front heavy. I'd be inclined to shuffle the wheels forward a little on the chassis.
The weapons platform is fine for an anti-air role. An option to instead mount the weapon as a turret on the closed hull version would be cool.
2024/05/01 02:43:57
Subject: Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
Any of those silhouettes look better to me than the half track. I thought I didn't need any vehicles, but a not-Chimera is actually quite intriguing and perhaps could also be a civilian vehicle. Looking forward to more details.
With the change in design of the vehicle, do we know what the new release date of the 'Damned' will be?
I assume it is no longer May 2024, as scheduled.
Is it being pushed out by 2-3 Months or more?
2024/05/01 16:40:58
Subject: Re:Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
modelhunter wrote: With the change in design of the vehicle, do we know what the new release date of the 'Damned' will be?
I assume it is no longer May 2024, as scheduled.
Is it being pushed out by 2-3 Months or more?
Nothing has been formally said yet, except that re-doing the vehicle designs would require more time
2024/05/01 21:47:09
Subject: Re:Wargames Atlantic New Releases and News 2024
but you can if you do want one and dont want to wait for retail. You can even adjust what you have currently bought and change something to the vehicle if you wanted to.
