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According to the official forums, there will be four blisters discontinued as of October 1st:
The two Wulvers, and the two Hellcats.
Spoiler:
Not a really big deal, in a sense. They're old models being replaced by newer ones. The hellcats really show their age, and the leaping Wulver is iconically goofy. The sane Wulver is somewhat of a pity, in a way; it's not a bad model.
PsychoticStorm wrote: In the previous videos we have seen artwork that we have seen before and was rejected as not too good for the artbook, the artwork on the mercs video is artwork that will be in the book.
Nope, if I understood Bostria correctly in the video, only the Anaconda will be in the book.
Pacific wrote: From the Haqq video Carlos made it sound like the Sekban box hadn't been made yet, so perhaps it might be some time?
That's how it sounded to me. Love to see it happen though, the Sekban design is awesome.
Pacific wrote: On a side note, isn't it sad that they have to hold their hands up and say "please be clear.. this is fiction" .. Perhaps they have to in case some half-wit misunderstands and takes offence..
I don't get why they'd take offense at 'they decided to become peaceful and learned'. He didn't say anything bad about modern day islam.
If you’ve enjoyed Infinity week on BoW (and why wouldn’t you have? It’s been awesome!) then you’ll be pleased to know that both Carlos Llauger and Gutier Lusquiños from Corvus Belli will be doing a Live Text Chat in the Beasts of War chat rooms today at 5pm UK (BST) time!
Hmm yes, just got home from work so I guess I've missed it. If anyone who took part would be so kind as to post here any interesting comments!
I don't get why they'd take offense at 'they decided to become peaceful and learned'. He didn't say anything bad about modern day islam.
At the risk of this becoming off-topic, I doubt if anyone who decides that it 'isn't appropriate', and then acts on that assumption, bothers to read the content properly and discover that it is a positive interpretation. Perhaps is even capable of reading and understanding the content properly, if the fatwah on Salman Rushdie (and various others) is anything to go by.
There was also the comments of a certain attention-craving blogger who decided that Haqqislam was an 'offence to Muslims' several years ago.
No waepons packs or all armament options in the blisters anytime soon it seems. For extra weapons you need to buy the SpecOp blisters or tournament packs. Yeah, sure. *Not happy*
Saphos wrote: No waepons packs or all armament options in the blisters anytime soon it seems. For extra weapons you need to buy the SpecOp blisters or tournament packs. Yeah, sure. *Not happy*
We know for years, that CB would not be making waepons pack for open market. You should be happy, before you could only get them at tournament if the TO asked CB and they sent the TO some. So the went form never going to make them, to if you really want them here they are.
Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something.
Man #1: Bob, there's nothing you can do.
Bob: Well, I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humor.
So they went from Screw you to please bend over and be happy with it? Yeah, I sure am happy. ;-) For the record, the weapon sprue does not include an ordinary combirifle, so actually I still don´t get exactly what I require. The Multirifle with its barrel cut down looks good enough though so that I am indeed satisfied. I still love their minis and love to play the game but for me this is something severely lacking in the product. As if it is that problematic to include the friggin loose combirifle/whatever when they cast things like tiny extra hands and other tidbits. Well, I voiced my opinion and will not buy the Crocmen hacker as a result of this situation anytime soon. Such is life I guess. ^^
I think the problem is that Infinity miniatures aren't multipose plastics - changing weapons on them is a conversion job not to be taken lightly for the most part, and I don't think there are many miniatures that you could make a convincing and easy weapon swap with.
Yes they can give us plastic, multi-pose and multi-weapons all the time, but then you will upset the vast majority of the fanbase who then lose the 'thing' that differs CB from so many of the other miniatures on the market; the striking poses and excellent level of detail.
Just out of interest Saphos, why are you so keen on the extra weapons, is it for wysiwyg or for a conversion?
As a more general question, do the spec ops packs just come with extra weapons or are they attached to extra arms? I'm interested in converting some alt minis and want infinity weapons to help tie them in.
smiler wrote: Just out of interest Saphos, why are you so keen on the extra weapons, is it for wysiwyg or for a conversion?
As a more general question, do the spec ops packs just come with extra weapons or are they attached to extra arms? I'm interested in converting some alt minis and want infinity weapons to help tie them in.
Just the weapons, and you might be able to get just the weapon pack if ask the guy that parts the boxes to sell (sorry forgot his name, he has a thread the the Infinity sub-forum).
Peter: As we all know, Christmas is that mystical time of year when the ghost of Jesus rises from the grave to feast on the flesh of the living! So we all sing Christmas Carols to lull him back to sleep.
Bob: Outrageous, How dare he say such blasphemy. I've got to do something.
Man #1: Bob, there's nothing you can do.
Bob: Well, I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humor.
The weapons don´t look worse then the parts you usually have in the minis, Storm. I sincerely doubt that adding a combirifle or the like would pose such problems. And I´d even pay 50 Cent more or so to have that option without a blink.
I am fine with the material and the way they do options like HMGs. I just want my models properly equipped in the first place.
Smiler, I like my guys to be equipped with the stuff they have. Just aesthetics. :-) But that half the deal for me. Just feels wrong when they just run around with a pistol.
To do a weapon swap on the SpecOp itself you need to cut around which wasn´t too bad in the case of the PanO one. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cplhicks/9080643114/ As my second SpecOp got the HMG which looks a fair bit nicer imho then the orginal HMG Fusilier so I got lucky with PanO so far.
But the hassle will start again when I start Aleph. Luckily, I´ll need to get the MO and rest of Neoterra first.
Anyways, it was cool the the guys chatted with us on BoW. And the artbook looks mighty nice. They said something about NeoTerra gets some love next year. Their starter perhaps? Looking forward to that for sure.
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smiler wrote: As a more general question, do the spec ops packs just come with extra weapons or are they attached to extra arms? I'm interested in converting some alt minis and want infinity weapons to help tie them in.
They come with just the weapons with no body parts attached.
They're not bad for just mounting on models' backs, but it'd be tremendously difficult to attach them to arms without heavy metal cutting and sculpting.
I have the Boss-pose Hafza with a Spitfire mounted on his back mostly because I didn't like the Fonzie-posed "Eyyyy!" Hafza with Spitfire.
Barzam wrote: I picked up a Spec Ops last weekend. The weapons are just on a spare sprue.
EDIT- and to be honest, I'd love multipart, multipose plastics for Infinity.
The closest we have so far are the 4-man boxed sets of a single unit type. They usually contain 2 different sculpts of body+legs, 4 different heads, and 4 different sets of arms. I rather like it this way for 'grunt' models.
Honestly we get complains on how "blunt" and "uninfinity" the 4 model boxes models are, imagine that in plastic.
Seriously plastic at present is not for Infinity, it does not fit the companies commitment for internal manufacturing and quality control, it does not fit the volume of sales, it does not fit the models complexity, it does not fit the art direction, it does not fit the details level.
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finaly the panoc vid' is up :p
... well nothing to come ....
I love metal model its the main reason i play infinity,
but i clearly miss the weapon sprue (as you can see in my gallery i love converting infinity minis)
i'm sure they could produce metal mini with two arms by blister to allow multiple weapons loadout and bits for crazy converter like me
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Sangarn wrote: finaly the panoc vid' is up :p
... well nothing to come ....
I love metal model its the main reason i play infinity,
but i clearly miss the weapon sprue (as you can see in my gallery i love converting infinity minis)
i'm sure they could produce metal mini with two arms by blister to allow multiple weapons loadout and bits for crazy converter like me
They already have that with some models. The Myrmidon Captain has two arms you must choose between, and I think one of the Shaolin Monks is similar. There may be others.
PsychoticStorm wrote: Honestly we get complains on how "blunt" and "uninfinity" the 4 model boxes models are, imagine that in plastic.
Seriously plastic at present is not for Infinity, it does not fit the companies commitment for internal manufacturing and quality control, it does not fit the volume of sales, it does not fit the models complexity, it does not fit the art direction, it does not fit the details level.
I agree.
Maybe, maybe I could go for a plastic set for TAGs and remotes, but then those might not make back their design costs.
The problem with multipart plastics is they lose a little "soul" from a sculpt because the priority becomes making them assemble-able. For GW miniatures it's not such a big loss because they've never been posed very naturally (given the proportions and weapon sizes, how could you?) and the weapons never look like they have weight. Infinity models (apart from the multi-part boxes) sculpted as a complete figure with natural posing and weight. They twist and contort in ways that just aren't possible from a multi-part plastic kit. I'm happy to see CB stay as is.
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