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These have only been pushed back and delayed for how long now?

Wooooooooooooooooo
Just a tiny bit......... off in terms of proportion maybe.... or the age old over sized shoulders issue...

I wonder why it took so long? Maybe the shoulders were not big enough.

5 models per pack.... that looks nice.

I never want to hear another word from your PressGangers about TW cav.

Surprisingly disappointing

Needs bigger shoulders.

I think they look good for what they are.

They fit in with the Fane Knight and the other heavy infantry stuff.

Too bad I don't care for that part of the Ret look.

The mounts are decent. Strip the shoulders off the riders and they'll be a whole lot more proportionate. In fact, without the stupid shoulderpads the heads will look less tiny and the weapons will get the visual focus they deserve.

PP again show that they are great at detail, but terrible at proportions for anything with more than light armor. At least they're consistent.

Manchu wrote:I never want to hear another word from you PressGangers about TW cav.

This isn't even TW cav levels of fail. They're beyond that.

These are Razorgor levels of fail.

It's some horrendous mash-up of Bravestar and Appleseed.

I thought canis was bad, but these guy, take him out the back and kill him in the stupidest mounted unit stakes.

Kanluwen wrote:This isn't even TW cav levels of fail.

Fail? Unlike the nightmare above, TW are purest win.


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Earthbeard wrote:It's some horrendous mash-up of Bravestar and Appleseed.

Nostalgia'd!

Manchu wrote:

Kanluwen wrote:This isn't even TW cav levels of fail.

Fail? Unlike the nightmare above, TW are purest win.

Conceptwise, TWC are a cool idea.
Execution wise...they look like the mentally slowed offspring of He-Man's Sabertooth Tiger and a cow.


I dunno. Maybe I just really don't like Retribution's stuff because it's a really, really, really, really stupid take on an Elven faction.

I think they're kind of neat. Are they just armored humans or something 'other?'

They're Elves, Balance.

Kanluwen wrote:Maybe I just really don't like Retribution's stuff because it's a really, really, really, really stupid take on an Elven faction.

Fluff-wise, they're really cool--one of my favorite aspects of the IK world. Model-wise . . . res ipsa loquitur. Not just these horse-crushers but the majority of their line. Also, GW's Canis looks gak. Mr Dandy's wolves (especially as painted by Sigur) are the win.

This whole army is like only thing PP makes that I think just looks stupid ;( I dunno, maybe it's just the white paint, they'd prolly look better in black or something.

Games Workshop's thunderwolves canz haz unfortunate similarity to lolcatz. It's the snout- the rest of the body is fine.

Same thing with the cav here. If it weren't for the godawful pads, they'd be pretty good. But somehow that element really throws the whole thing off.

Man, I want to see a major reaction in scifi gaming minis against megapads and gunswords. Realistic proportions in physiology and armament would be refreshing (if perhaps a bit fragile). Dark Sword has done some stuff like that for fantasy. Here's hoping more PP OTTness triggers a similar movement in scifi.

Savnock wrote:Games Workshop's thunderwolves canz haz unfortunate similarity to lolcatz. It's the snout- the rest of the body is fine.

Same thing with the cav here. If it weren't for the godawful pads, they'd be pretty good. But somehow that element really throws the whole thing off.

Man, I want to see a major reaction in scifi gaming minis against megapads and gunswords. Realistic proportions in physiology and armament would be refreshing (if perhaps a bit fragile). Dark Sword has done some stuff like that for fantasy. Here's hoping more PP OTTness triggers a similar movement in scifi.

Some of the guns are OTT, but the INFINITY range of figures does fairly well in those departments - keeping in mind its anime inspired roots, of course...

YES! Finally they are going to be released, they put these guys aside for so long now!
Personally, I don't really care about the destors, but another certain Khadoran heavy infantry squad has been delayed alongside destors, so I guess they will be released close alongside each other.

The shoulders of the Fane Knights are a part of the look. If you didn't like it on the
infantry, you were going to hate it on these.

My god, it's worse than we thought. The pauldron growth has spread to their knees. At this rate of infection we can except ~90% pauldron-model consumption by this time next year.

I really like the Retribution model line, but if PP turns out more models like these it's going to be hard to keep liking it.

Is it just me or, with all the smooth flowing lines and waaaay outsized pieces even for Warmachine, does the Ret lin suggest their armor isnt even made of metal? Maybe some kind of wraithbone-like construction or some kind of weird gak like that?

Hate the helmets, they're so badly detailed, it makes me cry.

Awesome though, absolutely awesome miniatures.

So that's what happens when you try to make Chaos Knights out of Warriors and glade rider steeds... except the shoulder and leg pauldrons are even bigger.

"aren't I turtle enough for the turtle cav?"

I like most of the line but the armor on these guys makes them look rediculous.

Necros wrote: they'd prolly look better in black or something.

Everything looks better in black.

I like these mounts. They're... solid, I suppose.

But oh sweet merciful Lord do I HAET the Retribution Dawnguard...

I actually thought these looked quite neat/decent. Definitely not something worthy of "razorgor" comments!

Tiny heads, big shoulder pads, big knee pads...whats not to like?

GG

Patlabour on steeds!!! Holy friggin Moly!

The lances do not look long enough to be effective. ending just in front of the steeds head is asking for trouble.

Savnock wrote:The mounts are decent. Strip the shoulders off the riders and they'll be a whole lot more proportionate. In fact, without the stupid shoulderpads the heads will look less tiny and the weapons will get the visual focus they deserve.

PP again show that they are great at detail, but terrible at proportions for anything with more than light armor. At least they're consistent.

You're aware that they aren't doing this by accident right?