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Can we get some Dakka hosted pics?

Work blocked here and I would love to see them.

Wow~ !! Not too keen on the Wulver, although I admire the attempt. Posing is awesome for the Nomad, and the Sphinx is yet another scary looking mini for the CA!

Really impressed with this months releases.

Wulver in perma-awesome pose? Maybe a questionable decision.

Wulver cut off and hand glued to cardboard for break dancing? HELLS YEA!

Finally - the Sphinx arrives!

Look out now everyone!

(Now if they'd just get the Raicho out too!)

Wow I didn't see this month's release coming

Wulver... wtf. That literally looks like someone just put it sideways when it should be standing up....

Yudbot, CHIBI- MARUT! Netrods, wow, much taller then I was expecting

Prowler - Ok CB now you're just trying to bankrupt me!

Sphinx - Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I don't wanna get flamed all the time

Well, the Wulver isn't "5th Minutemen" Bad. He just shouldn't be that horizontal.

The Prowler is just revolting.

The Yudbots are a hilariously unexpected combination between the Marut and Marvin the Paranoid Android from the Hitchhiker's movie.

Netrods are quite taller and more top-heavy than I expected.

It seems the blister comes with 1 Netrod and 1 Yudbot. I guess I'm getting two.

Thank god, an easy month for me regarding Infinity! I'm in for the Yu Jing killer puppets and the Prowler.

Sorry, but the Wulver is awesomely bad!

So, are those things sex bots or were the tits slapped on because that makes them 200% better?

I actually kind of like the Wulver. The legs should've been done differently, though... but as it is, easy enough to make him stand up straight!

Love the Prowler! Nomads are tempting...

The Wulfer posing is weird, but it should be easily reposed standing, maybe slightly bending a leg, and converting his left hand.

The chibi Maruts are AWESOME!!

I like everything except the Wulver.
In fact I don´t like both Wulver miniatures and it is a real pain in the ass for me because I think that they have an incredible troop profile (ARM3, W2, Climbing Plus, Mk12 no SWC... ) and their fluff is very cool, they could have become really awesome miniatures.

Sphinx is Awesome
Prowler is awesome (specially in the photo with all the shots around)
Karakuris = awesome
Yudbot and Netrod are cute.

Netrod...I'll make one or Rainbow brights high tech Pogo stick...
Yudbot is cute and I do kinda like it
Prowler... I might get one and convert him to be a little settled down
Sphinx yuck that things a mess
why they take a good idea like the Karakuris and turn them into Killer robo Geisha, shoulda stayed with the same first build and 3 new loadouts and poses
Wulver... not again... a few really good ideas have been done really poorly and this focus on super action pose 5000 hurts what could be good models...

That wulver in a snipers pose or some kinda against the wall pose... very cool...

I love infinity (if you can't tell) but they gotta calm down on the "too much action man super mid movement" pose or hire someone who can really really REALLY get it right...

my pockets will be ok this month.... matter of fact since Mr. Massacre my pockets have been really safe... hmm...

That wulver is the most stupid, idiotic, moronic thing I've seen in a long time.

It looks stupid AND it will be bad for gameplay. LoS is determined as for a normal posed model, so when people want to shoot the wulver they replace him with a normal standing infantry for LoS... wouldn't have to if he didn't have idiotic breakdancing pose.

5deadly wrote:Netrod...I'll make one or Rainbow brights high tech Pogo stick...
Yudbot is cute and I do kinda like it
Prowler... I might get one and convert him to be a little settled down
Sphinx yuck that things a mess
why they take a good idea like the Karakuris and turn them into Killer robo Geisha, shoulda stayed with the same first build and 3 new loadouts and poses
Wulver... not again... a few really good ideas have been done really poorly and this focus on super action pose 5000 hurts what could be good models...

That wulver in a snipers pose or some kinda against the wall pose... very cool...

I love infinity (if you can't tell) but they gotta calm down on the "too much action man super mid movement" pose or hire someone who can really really REALLY get it right...

my pockets will be ok this month.... matter of fact since Mr. Massacre my pockets have been really safe... hmm...

I agree with you for the most part, but I think it's a case of CB rolling dice and going for something special. Look at this mini for instance, the Reverend Moira



On paper this probably sounded terrible, but I think the sculptor pulled it off perfectly (it actually looks even better in person, you can appreciate all the tiny elements that make it 'work', and the number of tiny touches on such a small mini is simply phenomenal).

Even this month's Prowler actually, again a very dynamic pose. I think the problem is with going for a more action-orientated pose, the slightest mistake with it and it makes the whole model look wrong - as it arguably the case with the Wulver this month, it would be far easier to have the model in a more 'at ease' style pose.

But, occasionally they pull it off (such as in the examples above) and I think those guys are worth the odd misfire

Pacific wrote:On paper this probably sounded terrible, but I think the sculptor pulled it off perfectly (it actually looks even better in person, you can appreciate all the tiny elements that make it 'work', and the number of tiny touches on such a small mini is simply phenomenal).

Even this month's Prowler actually, again a very dynamic pose. I think the problem is with going for a more action-orientated pose, the slightest mistake with it and it makes the whole model look wrong - as it arguably the case with the Wulver this month, it would be far easier to have the model in a more 'at ease' style pose.

But, occasionally they pull it off (such as in the examples above) and I think those guys are worth the odd misfire

I don't think anyone is criticizing the quality of the miniatures. It's just the design choices that strike us a questionable.
There's a difference between an action pose and a "I'm bringing the terrain with me" Horizontalman pose. The Reverend Moira, the Prowler, and other action poses look great when they're doing common battlefield tasks like dodging bullets or taking cover... but looking cool while doing it. The Wulver is eternally leaping over a barrier... and the novelty fades quickly...

Anyways, it doesn't look as awful if you make it stand upright and remove the inexplicable piece of terrain.
Indolent Bastard on the official forums made this:

Did it come across that I was criticizing the miniatures? Quite the opposite in fact, as I said in the rest of my post I think most of them are superb.

Na the sculpts the ideas and all that... awesome... it's infinity. but yudbots coulda been more "evil" or "meaner"

the action pose needs to chill... Showcase the great Concepts...

Infinity certainly isn't affraid to try new things, and to be fair to them, 95% of the time, I think they pull it off, they have some of the greatest sculptors working for them.....so yeah, I will certainly forgive them the odd slip up.

They've made a few pieces now that have come intergrated with their terrain.....in most cases I don't like this, it limits the miniature IMHO.

That prowler is absolutely as good as the other prowler (which was my first Infinity model). They're both just completely awesome in every way, the rules, the weapon options, the style. Future SAS for the win. Buying one as soon as I finish my current models.

Now I just want them to release an all-new Corregidor sectorial box, with all-new intruders, mobile brigada, etc.

Delephont wrote:Infinity certainly isn't affraid to try new things, and to be fair to them, 95% of the time, I think they pull it off, they have some of the greatest sculptors working for them......

More concretely

-Fernando Liste: Founder of CB, sculptor and business man, has a degree in business management and is the man who leads CB from the shadows. The man behind the Ariadnian line and some single works like the Pheasant or Zoe. Naturally from Galicia, Spain.

-Carlos Torres: Founder of CB, sculptor and Artist Designer. You know him mainly because of his Morats and part of the Haqqislam line as well as ISS Celestial guards. He's done some impressive minis like the Yuan Yuan girl or the Naga sniper. Naturally from Galicia, Spain.

-Jose Luis Roig: It's CB's only full time sculptor. The soul of PanOcenia and responsible for the Appleseed touch/vibe Infinity high tech models breath. All REMs in the game including those of Aleph, many TAGs (including the Cutter), the full PanO line and YuJIng's Aragoto bikers, sniper and hacker ninja, Haqqislam's Lasiqs as well as some characters like BranDoCastro or Cassandra are part of his work. From my city, Barcelona, Spain, but currently living in Cangas CB's HQs, Galicia.

-Juan Navarro: Ex Rackham sculptor, currently CB's Free Lancer and Anima Tactics main sculptor responsible for around 85% of such line. You all love this guy. It's the reason Infinity girls look like the most perfect women of your dreams. This guy is all about adaptation and versatility and works in many lines/factions. To name some of his works: with exception of Nagas and the Asura MULTI rifle, the rest of Aleph's LHost line is form him (Dasyus, Achilles, Myrmidons,...), Oniwaban, Haramaki, Kempeitai and Shinobu for JSA, the Shasvastii line (with esception of the TAG), Haqqislam's Odalisques, Hafza and Saladin or the breathtaking Bakunin line: Moderators, Custodier, Sineaters and yes! both prowlers. Oh, and I almost forgot the LE Yuan Yuan with heavy armor This guy is from Barcelona, Spain.

-Pedro Fernandez: CB's most recent addition as a Free Lancer. Ex Game Zone's sculpting studio director. His work is short but impactant, mainly for Ariadna: the Merovingian Line (Metros, Zouaves, Loup Garou), William Wallace, Cateran, 112 and Bakunin UberFallKommando. I think he's from Malaga or Sevilla, at the South of Spain.

This five guys are entirely responsible for the last two years since Human Sphere release, the ones that make you all drool over the keyboard each month. My main point is that it's not that they have some of the greatest sculptors working for them BUT the fact they have worked hard to be amongst the best sculptors. Realize 3 of the 5 sculptors are "made in CB".

Other sculptors have worked for CB in the past like:
-Yannick Hennebo: Ex Rackham, responsible for the initial YuJing line and part of the Nomads. His last work for CB: Hsien HMG and MULTI. Currently working as a free lancer mainly for Studio McVey. He's french.

-Michael Bigaüd (MIKH): Ex Rackham, Sculpting Studio director of the big R. His intervention in Infinity was mainly for the EC: the Exrah line and the initial Shasvastii line which later Juan Navarro took charge of. His last work for CB: Karakuri combi old model. After that he rennounced as CB's Free Lancer in order to join as a Helldorado Studio Nantes full member and started working in the Immortals line, a few months later Helldorado went BOOM. Of course, french.

And a few more like
-Vlad Jünger
-Olivier Nkweti

Janzerker - very informative post, and all news to me - thanks!

Those chibby alephs ust make me decide: i will do aleph, and those will complement my starter box-set ^^

Now, i just have to get the money...

I wonder if Karakuri could be used as Necrons after a quick weapon swap.

GiraffeX wrote:I wonder if Karakuri could be used as Necrons after a quick weapon swap.

More likely they would be good "servitor" counts as, Necrons should look less Anime Tech......IMHO

Delephont wrote:

GiraffeX wrote:I wonder if Karakuri could be used as Necrons after a quick weapon swap.

More likely they would be good "servitor" counts as, Necrons should look less Anime Tech......IMHO

But on the other hand, they do have Pariahs, which are a bit more in line with the Karakuri. I have a hard time seeing why Necrons would bother with bulging chests, but whatever. Do what you want to do.

How long does it usually take before stores like Maelstrom begin stocking newly announced stuff? I need that Sphinx nao!

More photos of the new miniatures from the painter's blog.

Those are some beautiful pictures of some beautiful minis..

Not really news, but a great write-up on this blog for those people thinking about taking up Infinity but perhaps can't decide if it's there thing or not:

http://firebroadside.blogspot.com/2011/09/taking-leap-from-40k-to-infinity.html#comments

Love that prowler... Lovely dynamic posing.

I'm keen to see how the elevator turns out with some paint on it.

SPHINX! My SEF boys are squealing in delight (at least I think that's what that sound is ) ... And the new prowler has one-upped his buddy, which is hard to do considering how nice the first prowler is.

CB, you make me smile too often

<3 Salvage