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From Angel's Blog, this seems new to me:
Haqqislam's Hussein:

It is new and it is AWESOME!

That particular model rocks in miniature form and in terms of tabletop performance, I think...

Nice!

Wow great find Absolutionis, I wonder where it has come from (next months releases perhaps?)

A lovely looking sculpt, but can anyone explain please why he has a rather large hand?

Hussein al-Djabel is supposed to have a Viral Close Combat Weapon. I believe that glowy giant hand is just that.

Also, that's from Infinity's main painter's blog:
http://www.studiogiraldez.blogspot.com/

Ok, so Hussein does not has his face exposed.
I guessed that we could see a Hassassin without the usual helmet because this guy is the Hero but, he is also the best Fiday ever so having his face exposed for everyone would be inapropiate 'cause he is an impersonator.

I think I would prefer a sword instead of the claw for CC Viral weapon, and the design reminds more a Lasiq than a Fiday.
Doesn´t matter, as Fday I will always have her:

and her prefect ass.

Ahh viral weapon that's pretty cool (so kind of touch people with a 'stink hand'?)

Hahaha Boba

The only thing more impressive than their new minis are the paint jobs.

Yes they are incredible, even more so when you get the models in your hands and you realise how small they are!

Wow nice find, it's waaaaaaaaaaaaaay early in the month for a sneak peak. CB is always keep us on our toes

Must... resist... temptation... I think I need to start a Haqqislam army next!

Ok, we have some rumours from some spanish player that enjoyed an Infinity event with some CB Staff last weekend.



According to this guy:

Interruptor and Vasily were at a conference in Granada( southern Spain) and some people could get information:

- The new campaing book will not be available for Christmas, it will be released during the first quarter of 2012.

- The book will have a lot of scenarios that are being tested intensively to try to avoid that someone can win simply annihilating the opponent.

- New types of troops for all factions.

- No character development system in the new campaing book.

And let me finish this post with some Czech Rep. sauce almost non Infinity related.

- The new campaing book will not be available for Christmas, it will be released during the first quarter of 2012.

(Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo)

- The book will have a lot of scenarios that are being tested intensively to try to avoid that someone can win simply annihilating the opponent.

(Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss)

- New types of troops for all factions.

(Wooooooooooooooooooooooooottt)

- No character development system in the new campaing book.

(Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo)

And let me finish this post with some Czech Rep. sauce almost non Infinity related.

(I'll buy 2 of those blisters please. nom nom nom nom)

New TYPES of Troops? TYPES?
As in "heavy infantry" "TAG" etc being types... we're going to have more types?

I'm guess it just means more choices. The infinity system already has a huge expanse of types that they haven't even created units for the types they already have lol.

Lookin at you Archaic TAG

BlueDagger wrote:I'm guess it just means more choices. The infinity system already has a huge expanse of types that they haven't even created units for the types they already have lol.

Lookin at you Archaic TAG

Wouldn't be sweet having an Archaic TAG for Ariadna in the upcoming book? Don't take this as a hint, I'm Spanish but I didn't attend the event. It's just wishlisting. But hey, I don't think it's too difficult.

More "troop profiles", for making more NEW miniatures, because they are a miniature company and NEW is always better, even if it's worse.

Example: Odalisques from "Human Sphere" Vs. Djanbazans from the 1st Book.

Interesting stuff thanks for the post!

I love the look of that artwork on the stand behind those guys, anyone know where it is from and if it is available anywhere?

BobbaFett wrote:Example: Odalisques from "Human Sphere" Vs. Djanbazans from the 1st Book.

Ah, that actually makes sense.
I was worried that vehicles and such would be coming out. I wouldn't mind it that much, but it'd kill the spirit. TAGs are annoying enough as it is.

Pacific wrote:Interesting stuff thanks for the post!

I love the look of that artwork on the stand behind those guys, anyone know where it is from and if it is available anywhere?

That is the unit artwork from the Infinity books and done up in a banner format.

Thank you for the rumors! My friends and I took the leap into Infinity about a month ago. We're still assembling and painting up models, but so far, I'm very impressed. I do wish they'd focus on putting out the models missing from the current range before releasing new ones. Also, it would be very cool to have some kind of campaign system, Necromunda-style!

jmw23 wrote:Thank you for the rumors! My friends and I took the leap into Infinity about a month ago. We're still assembling and painting up models, but so far, I'm very impressed. I do wish they'd focus on putting out the models missing from the current range before releasing new ones. Also, it would be very cool to have some kind of campaign system, Necromunda-style!

They actually compensate with the holes in the line by stating that in official tournaments it's 100% legal to proxy a like sized/equipped model for any hole in the line. If you think about it they aim to have a unique model for every loadout and unit in the game and put out 4-8 new models every month... that is an incredible feat from a logistical point of view. I personally would rather have new unit stats and loadout at a more frequent rate then wait for them to catchup their whole line before putting new stuff out.

The guys that sculpt the stuff aren't the guys that write the rules for new stuff and the sculptors can only put out this high quality of stuff so fast I would imagine.

jmw23 wrote:Thank you for the rumors! My friends and I took the leap into Infinity about a month ago. We're still assembling and painting up models, but so far, I'm very impressed. I do wish they'd focus on putting out the models missing from the current range before releasing new ones. Also, it would be very cool to have some kind of campaign system, Necromunda-style!

THIS. The beauty of skirmish systems are the ability to intimately know each and every one of your fighters, to be able to tell awesome stories and have the fighters grow as you play. A skirmish system lacking campaign systems is just... meh. Hopefully, they're just spending some good time working on it and making sure it is legit...

Supposedly the next book will have a heavy focus on scenarios - especially scenarios where "kill everyone" isn't a viable objective. This lends way to campaigns.

It is definitely a start, at least providing a little bit of narrative, but without skills and/or leveling somehow Infinity (and any other skirmish game) will always fall short of its potential.

EDIT: In my humble opinion, of course...

Be careful...
I've playing this game for years and if you allow an Aquila guard to upgrade his stats to become an even deadlier nightmare you'll be breaking the delicate balance of the game.

Just imagine that you are giving smoke grenades to an Aquila Guard, or BS 19 or TO Cammo... taht would be so fething wrong...

I want rules that allow me to upgrade my army between battles, but I hope everything is properly tested, because Infinity is a hard game to balance.

BobbaFett wrote:Be careful...
I've playing this game for years and if you allow an Aquila guard to upgrade his stats to become an even deadlier nightmare you'll be breaking the delicate balance of the game.

I agree that it's a challenge, but I don't think it's impossible either. The much-reviled GW tackled that problem by putting out a line of human gang members for their 40K campaign system, and later simple Orks. As games went on, the green troops matured and became deadly. I don't think anyone is looking to see an Avatar get even tougher, say, but some kind of campaign would be a lot of fun.

Perhaps a way for 'regular' troops to eventually 'become' some sort of Elite?

DeathGod wrote:It is definitely a start, at least providing a little bit of narrative, but without skills and/or leveling somehow Infinity (and any other skirmish game) will always fall short of its potential.

EDIT: In my humble opinion, of course...

Just curious, but have you ever played Infinity?

I don't much like character advancement, in skirmish games or in RPGs. Particularly in skirmish games, though, it means that the finely balanced game system is screwed up. Why would I want to battle against your high-ranked gang, who have better kit than my newbies? It's not going to be a fair fight. The result of a wargame should be dependent on player skill, not on how long they've spent levelling up their force.

It's an option that will be useful and fun if you play a role-playing campaign based on the rules.

Otherwise it will tend to lead to unbalanced games.