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OK actual news and rumors (as that's what this thread is called)

Arms of Sorrow - stand alone game but can also be used as an expansion for BfA.
Release date late 2013 (that depends on a later point)
MSRP $90

Miniatures - 20+ new sculpts, Vanguard versus Strain only about half seen so far and some of those are still in a WIP state.
I've asked Mike if the Firebrand or Bounty Hunters appear in AoS I don't believe they do that's for the next expansion. I'll let you know when I hear back.
The game is a good bit further on in the development stage than it appears in the picture from GAMA.

Expect to hear something more official in the next few weeks but Mike doesn't want to say anything yet until it's 100% definite.

That is not a generic Gnosis suit.

The Arms of Sorrow is a Bastion class ship and is in orbit over Alabaster station at the time of BfA. The game/expansion takes place on board the AoS from the current fluff at the end of BfA the AoS has been compromised by the Strain, Kara and her team are MIA (so expect other Vanguard characters to feature). 80% of the crew have been "turned" the rest have evacuated and a small force is left trying to hold back the Strain. The Strain are trying to take over the ship and fly it into the Alabaster system core where the Vanguard and Firebrand forces are currently engaged. The Strain are ultimately looking for new resources. The AoS AI Tumult has been unable to engage the self destruct so is instead trying to crash the AoS into the nearest star to prevent the strain spreading.

From trask at livingdice.com via SMV forums who spoke with Mike at GAMA

Mike McVey indicated that he wanted to release "satellite" expansions usable with Arms of Sorrow and Battle for Alabaster.
He indicated that the satellite games required a lot of resources to publish and they "might well kickstart it" (it being Arms of Sorrow and the satellites) as an alternative.
That said, his final word was "not sure."

So it might get a Kickstarter to fund further expansions to BfA and AoS but nothing has been decided one way or another on that front yet.

official news and pictures

Hi guys

When we fist conceived Arms of Sorrow (quite some time ago...) it was going to be a small expansion for Battle for Alabaster - primarily designed to tie-up the storyline from the first game, and continued the fight between the Strain and Vanguard. That would then set up a larger release which would introduce two new factions. As we started to develop AoS, it soon became clear that what we were in fact working on, was another product the size of Battle for Alabaster - which would be a stand alone game in it's own right. This left me in a difficult position - I had already announced Arms of Sorrow (at the end of the BfA rule book), but I desperately wanted to bring in the new factions as well.

What I have decided to do, is (broadly speaking) both.

Arms of Sorrow will be a direct continuation of Battle for Alabaster, with the action taking place on the Vanguard Bastion ship. It will be a stand alone game of the same size as Battle for Alabaster. It will contain all new miniatures for Vanguard and Strain, counters and tokens, completely new tiles and a new rule and scenario book. The core rules will be the same as BfA, but it will introduce some new elements (which would be usable in either game). At the same time we will release two smaller expansions - one for Firebrand and one for Bounty Dogs. - Each will contain brand new miniatures, cards, rule and scenario book, counters and some new tiles. These will be usable with either BfA or AoS, though the narrative will link them in primarily with AoS.

It just makes more sense to me to release the new factions as expansions - so if you already have BfA, you don't need to buy the game again (which is essentially what you will be doing if AoS was Firebrand vs Bounty Dogs) to get the new material. Or if you just want the Firebrand, you don't have to buy the Bounty Dogs as well (and vice-versa).

We're already pretty deep into development on this stuff and 90% of the miniatures are done for AoS. I'm not going to talk about release dates at the moment though.

As a preview, we are going to have resins of two of the character miniatures for AoS at Salute this weekend - Phaedrus Chirurge and Commodore Grist. We'll have very limited numbers of both for sale.

Phaedrus is on a 40mm base in this picture, Grist on a 50mm

Anyway - I hope that answers some of your questions about what we're planning.

cheers

mike

and as this also seems to be for general Studio McVey news

Ur-Fidyr limited edition resin by Thomas David - released for Salute





Studio McVey will be at booth TK-17 at Salute they will be running demos of BfA and previewing AoS.

The KS Hexen version is non canon it was just a way of getting a not "six" into the KS. The character herself is just Phaedrus and I believe there are 2 versions of her in AoS if you look at the GAMA picture you will see a smaller female beside the larger Phaedrus Chirurge both have the long bendy right arm going on.

Not sure cincydooley Mike will have them at Salute and only a limited number of resins were made. I'd say if CMoN have anything it will just be an unpainted display model like GAMA.

Yeah I just posted an update in the other thread

http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/3810/451585.page

Picture from the CMoN Expo by Dayminkaynin on the Studio McVey forum

Mmm I posted it in the KS thread it's all good though it's up to CMoN now.

More news

Just to clarify here, as there seems to be some misunderstanding on the upcoming expansions... I really can't remember saying AoS would not be Kickstarted last weekend... I was pretty jet lagged though.

AoS and the two expansions will launch at the same time, and it is still not decided for sure if they will be Kickstarters or not. When I originally said that we would not KS the expansion, the plan was different (and involved substantially less work) - but considering the amount of work and resources that the three products are taking up - that is being re-considered. Ultimately the decision is not mine, but the publishers (Cool Mini or Not), and I'll make an official announcement once that decision is taken.

We'll be showing more of the miniatures and art from the expansions in the coming weeks and months, and I have to say that I am very, very happy with how it is all going. I think there has been a substantial step up in quality on all parts of the product.

mike

Same restic miniatures but all the printed material will be done like the the Zombicide stuff so better print and card quality this will include the second print run of BfA

Kaosball is CMoN next KS it launches in June so AoS can't go up until August at earliest I'd say - all wave 2 shipping should hopefully be done by then.

Project Update #94: Rules update redux - updated cards
Posted by CoolMiniOrNot
Based on all your feedback today, we've taken the decision together with CMoN to send all our backers the updated cards together with the wave 2 shipments; this will save you printing out an essential component for gameplay.  Hope that helps and please give us feedback on the revisions - best place to do it would be over at the studiomcvey.com Sedition Wars forums.

- mike

New Limited Edition Resin released today:

Jet Girl







http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/product/smm35--jetgirl?utm_source=Studio+McVey+List&utm_campaign=abdadcd5f1-SMM26+-+Zeeona&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_33f06d4337-abdadcd5f1-413797517

This is the first Jacques-Alexandre Gillois sculpt we have had in the Limited Edition resin line for a while (he's been hard at work on new Sedition Wars miniatures) - and it's a beautiful piece. It comes from a concept by Roberto Cirillo, and sits alongside the other pieces in our pulp sci-fi collection - Zeeona and Beatuty and the Bot.

The price of this Limited Edition resin miniatures is £13.99, and flat rate shipping to anywhere in the world is £3.95 - no matter how many miniatures you order.

The miniatures come as an unpainted single-piece and is strictly limited to 750 high quality resin castings.

Mike

EDIT: added another picture and store link.

Sorry CptJake I don't know anything about wave 2 shipping I posted Jet Girl here as it's the Studio McVey news and rumour thread not the KS thread if I hear anything I'll post on that thread.

It's been awhile since there has been any Studio McVey news to post but SMV will be at Salute 2016 with some limited edition resins

Salute 2016 is just over a week away, and Studio McVey will be there with resin castings of some of the large monsters from The Others.

So far we have taken delivery of resins of the Avatars for all 7 sins – Pride, Lust, Greed, Gluttony, Wrath, Envy and last but not least – Sloth. These are resin collectors pieces, moulded directly from the original sculpts. They are going to be available in very limited quantities. Once they are gone – we won’t be casting any more.

In case you were not aware, these are pieces from The Others Board we launched on Kickstarter last year. They are all very large pieces (Pride is enormous!), and have been cast beautifully by the same facility that makes out Limited Edition Resin range.

I’ll be posting again here before the show, to update on any other pieces we’ll be selling.

Hope to see you there!

Mike

Limited availability (left over from salute) The Others resin miniatures are now available in the online store - when they are gone they are gone no more will be made.

http://studiomcvey.highwire.com/products/the-others-7-sins?pagesize=40