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WWX scale is a bit largeish tho, isn't it?

Great time to be jumping on the Dystopian Wars bandwagon, it's in the most exciting phase now with enough stuff out to make interesting lists and still new stuff being added every month.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
WWX scale is a bit largeish tho, isn't it?

Great time to be jumping on the Dystopian Wars bandwagon, it's in the most exciting phase now with enough stuff out to make interesting lists and still new stuff being added every month.

WWX is marketed as 35mm scale... Which means, that with all of the scale creep, they're roughly the same size as larger humanoid Warhammer miniatures, your AoS Slaughterpriests, Vampires or 40k's Gaunt.

I forsee some more Bikers getting added to my Lawmen force!

I hope the posse allows for some iron horse deputies to join the fight!

I gotta say, Battlefleet Suleiman is looking like a mighty diverse little box, with a Fleet Carrier, (potentially) a Grand Cruiser, 4 Cruisers of two different types, 6 Skiffs and 3 Frigates.

I have uses for flying ships of ridiculous scale and architecture!

With the introduction of an eighth faction for Dystopian Wars last month, the big releases don’t stop as June sees new pre-orders for Dystopian Wars, Wild West Exodus and Warcradle Scenics.

The Sultanate call for further firepower this month, following the introduction of the Anatolia, with the launch of the Suleiman Battlefleet Set. The newest faction to Dystopian Wars, the Latin Alliance, also request backup to escort the Oriflamme and are relieved to find the Alliance Frontline Squadrons en route.

Nothing lasts forever in the harshness of the Wild West but family comes close. Through thick, thin and robotic replacement, the Earps have persevered with hardy resolve and are ready to show just how much family matters with the Vengeance of the Earps Posse for Wild West Exodus.

Take your battles to the thriving village of Estun, a range of high quality scenics fit for any fantasy wargame. Available as a Terrain Set, the Estun Village Set, and the Estun Long Hall; Estun serves as a perfect setting for your tabletop.

Due to be released at the end of June 2022.



Dystopian Wars

A new flagship for the Sultanate emerges this month as the Suleiman Battlefleet Set offers a dual-deck solution to strengthen your aerial presence.

The fresh face of the French continues to grow as the Alliance Frontline Squadrons adds the perfect one-two punch to the recently released Oriflamme Battlefleet Set.

Suleiman Battlefleet Set



The twin decks of the Suleiman Fleet Carrier are replete with squadrons of Sabiha strike aircraft. An impressive vessel, the Sultanate values supremacy of the skies that the Suleiman class brings.

While her twin hulls make her slower to turn than other vessels of her size, her ability as the flagship in a carrier assault group shows the huge advances the Ottomans are making thanks to heavy investment by the Sublime Porte.

This box contains:

1x Suleiman Fleet Carrier
3x Cruiser (can be built as either a Iskandar, Izmir, Pasha or Sadrazam Class ship. Both cruisers can also be combined to build a Hurrem Grand Cruiser or a Mehmed Grand Monitor)
6x Temir Frigate
3x Cruiser (can be built as either a Constantinople, Mihrimah, Konya, Aydin or Morea Class ship)
6x Ferik escort skiff
3x SRS Tokens

Alliance Frontline Squadrons



The Chevalier cruisers and Charlemagne heavy cruisers are the mainstay of Alliance cruisers and are able to launch screens of torpedoes in a wide range of fire arcs, as well as lay down heat lances or rocket batteries, when necessary.

Loire light cruisers are at the forefront of Alliance Battlefleets and as such often the first to engage with the enemy. They provide screening and reconnaissance for the rest of the battlefleet and any commodore worth his salt will know how to make best use of any Loire’s under their command.

This box contains:

2x Cruiser (can be built as either a Loire, Picardy, Chevalier or Charlemagne class ship)
4x Ecuyere Frigate

Wild West Exodus

Sometimes you have to take the law into your own mechanical hand, and for the Earps the law is a family affair…

Vengeance of the Earps Posse



Those who think that Martha Earp has a softer nature than her brothers are sorely mistaken. After an illness in her childhood cost her an arm, she gained an unshakable resolve and vowed that she would survive anything life could throw at her, proving that fact to anyone who challenged it.

Martha is joined by her brother, Warren Earp, a man who is not just the most ornery of his clan, but one of the most bad-tempered lawmen riding across the west. Fighting in the Ore War, something inside Warren snapped and no amount of cosseting could fix it. Now he rides with his sister, too angry to settle anywhere, keeping the peace by any means necessary.

As a Justice of the Peace, the venerable patriarch of the family, Nicholas Earp was given a UR-24 automata to help with his duties. On his passing in 1863, the machine was damaged and fell into disuse. As the various siblings drifted away from the family home to fight in the Ore War, the automata was repurposed to help around the place. The UR-24 was especially useful to Martha, who had yet to fully embrace the mechanical prosthesis her father had acquired for her.

This box contains:

1x Martha Earp mounted on Iron Horse
1x Warren Earp mounted on Iron Horse
1x James Earp mounted on Iron Horse

Warcradle Scenics

It’s not just miniatures this month; there’s also an exciting new Terrain Set and individual Long Hall available from the village of Estun that is perfect for games such as Age of Sigmar, Frostgrave and Call To Arms

Estun Village Set



The Blacksmith of the Estun is one of the most revered men in the village. He may not be a warrior, though he could certainly hold his own in a fight. Instead, he is held in such high regard for without him the whole village would fall into disrepair. Everything from nails to horseshoes to swords makes its way out of that glowing forge.

Even when all is quiet in Estun, the Tavern still has sounds of revelry. Mead, ale and wine from faraway lands are consumed by the hogshead. Life is hard in the mountains and everyone needs a place to ease the aching bones. Skalds know that they can pass through and get fed and watered for the price of a story. Can a village without a tavern truly be called a village at all?

This set contains:

1x Estun Blacksmith
1x Estun Church
1x Estun Market Stalls
1x Estun Saw Mill
1x Estun Dwelling
1x Estun Watch Tower
1x Estun Tavern

Estun Village - Long Hall



The Long Hall is the most defensible building in the village. It has held against orcs, wolves, raiders and more eldritch enemies. It even survived a small fire after Belas the Bold tried throwing flaming axes in the hall during one particularly raucous festival. The Lord hands out justice here and all the village’s celebrations as well as funerals, which are all held within its stout walls.

The commoners of Estun know this place as their refuge in dangerous times; the warriors know this as the place they will die to protect.

This set contains:

1x Estun Long Hall

There’s a lot to look forward to this month for Dystopian Wars,Wild West Exodus and Warcradle Scenics. What are you looking forward to the most?

Make sure you don’t miss out when these go live for pre-order on the 25th of June 2022 from your FLGS or Wayland Games Online.

Keep up to date with all the latest news and releases on the Warcradle Studios Blog and socials, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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June releases are now available to pre-order!

Make sure to check out the Warcradle Studios Blog for more information.

 kestral wrote:
I have uses for flying ships of ridiculous scale and architecture!

Looks like the French will be the first faction to get their skimming units! Good to see a faction get rapidly fleshed out like that, especially after the Sultanate now are up to speed in under 3 months of releases with most other factions.

They fly now!

Never expected the French to be the first ones to get proper airships

The French in the original game had skimmer warships. Many of their larger battleships could go into a skimming mode. It was one of their signature faction features along with heat-lances.


The skimming warships weren't quite the same as the full fledged airships.

 Overread wrote:
The French in the original game had skimmer warships. Many of their larger battleships could go into a skimming mode. It was one of their signature faction features along with heat-lances.


The skimming warships weren't quite the same as the full fledged airships.

Seems like Warcradle is staying true to the heritage here.

They are the only ones I know that have skimming mass 3 battle cruisers in game. Technically (ruleswise), any nation can equip ships with skimmer generators, but the French take this a step further by allowing already skimming units to go into full flight mode in game. So it does seem like their mastery of this tech is preserved in the Warcradle version of the game.

I see. I still expected other nations to get theirs first, given the amount of concept art for other factions' airships floating around

 Wha-Mu-077 wrote:
I see. I still expected other nations to get theirs first, given the amount of concept art for other factions' airships floating around

Oh for sure. During the UK games expo, Chris from Warcradle Studios pretty much said that the next few months will see a lot of releases for airships and skimmers for Dystopian Wars. So the whole "it's not just a naval game" is going to become more obvious over the next couple of months.


And Stuart on the Facebook pages has also said that the "symmetrical releases" for all factions are pretty much over now. I can see why, because with these recent French releases, every faction will have had their frontline plastics and their support plastics... With a few lucky ones who have more esoteric units and dreadnaught level ships, but that will all even out over the next few months I'm sure.

I personally would still like a true support squadron for China and Japan.

Oh right. I kind of forgot how Empire has 2 frontline squadrons right now.

I kinda forgot because the Japanese ones have hybrid carriers and repair ships in their frontline squadrons... so those are a bit like a hybrid box I suppose.

But yeah, from the looks of the ORBATS, it looks like the Chinese are getting flying fortresses as a "support squad" plastic set. They are fairly unique that way.

One thing that is somewhat puzzling/amusing in the DW release schedule is how little correlation there seems to be between the concept art previews and the unit profile previews. Like, the Commonwealth has this whole line of Ukrainian subs already statted out but without any art, but there is art for airships and mecha that don't have stats.

It's about the same for everyone, the notable exception the French flying whorehouse where art and stats managed to align a little while before the official preview.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
One thing that is somewhat puzzling/amusing in the DW release schedule is how little correlation there seems to be between the concept art previews and the unit profile previews. Like, the Commonwealth has this whole line of Ukrainian subs already statted out but without any art, but there is art for airships and mecha that don't have stats.

It's about the same for everyone, the notable exception the French flying whorehouse where art and stats managed to align a little while before the official preview.

Yeah there's been set of airships for various countries floating around (heh) for years, but the French got theirs first, in basically their first round of relases. Curious, innit

Well the Magenta fleet has already gained us a 5th local player, hopefully other nations get some more esoteric units soon too to attract people who need more than boat vs boat.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
One thing that is somewhat puzzling/amusing in the DW release schedule is how little correlation there seems to be between the concept art previews and the unit profile previews. Like, the Commonwealth has this whole line of Ukrainian subs already statted out but without any art, but there is art for airships and mecha that don't have stats.

It's about the same for everyone, the notable exception the French flying whorehouse where art and stats managed to align a little while before the official preview.

Yeah, that's also partly because those early versions are based on the old Spartan era ships as well. And tweaks to the model design do seem to happen frequently.

A recent example was Stuart commenting on the Facebook group that the Ketos Assault machine's final size turned out more like a mass 2 ships, rather than the original mass 1 it has in the placeholder stats in the ORBAT.

PS: I believe they also mentioned somewhere that there will be a dedicated Black Wolf/Ukrainian box in the pipeline.

Strap in for takeoff this month; you won’t want to miss the latest pre-orders coming to Dystopian Wars, Wild West Exodus and Warcradle Scenics!

Following the launch of the Oriflamme for Dystopian Wars, the Latin Alliance embark on an aerial assault with the release of the Magenta Battlefleet Set. Meanwhile, the Sultanate are deploying a more grounded reinforcement plan this month with the Sultanate Support Squadrons to back up any Sultanate navy.

Grizzled by the Ore War and impelled by hatred, the Quantrill’s Raiders Posse rides into Wild West Exodus to enact violence against the Union first and take names afterwards.

In the depths of the Bayou sits the Black Lake Manor, a once luxurious estate that has laid dormant for many years now. Bring life, or death, back to the manor and bring your battles to the bayou with the Black Lake Bayou Set from Warcradle Scenics.

Due to be released at the end of July.



DYSTOPIAN WARS

A whole new dimension of combat opens up this month as the Magenta hovers high above its opponents to cause trouble for those below.

The Sultanate, seeing the need to rally their forces, calls for more reinforcements this month with the Sultanate Support Squadrons.

Magenta Battlefleet Set



Named after the Alliance victory against the Imperium in 1859, the Magenta class is the pride of Napoleon’s levant fleet.

These powerful battlecruisers are capable of hovering a hundred metres or more above the sea bringing their powerful heat lances or other weapons to bear.

The Saint-Michel Levant Assault Carrier is often the centrepiece of a Levant focussed battlefleet. Flight crews of the fighter craft that launch from Saint-Michel are often known as ‘Anges de la Mort’ as a matter of pride. The agility of the skimming Levant Carrier allows it to surge to great heights then descend upon the enemy as scores of ‘angels’ unleash the wrath of President Louis-Napoleon.

This box contains:

1x Battlecruiser (can be built as either a Magenta or a Saint-Michel Class ship)
2x Levant Cruiser (can be built as either a Chasseur, Furieux or Voliere Class ship)
2x Epaulard Artillery Submarine
2x SRS Token

Sultanate Support Squadrons



The flight crew of Constantinople Carriers are rightly proud of their assignment. It is said that "the blood of a wingman is thicker than the water of the womb" and that is certainly the case for these pilots.

These aerial combatants are like a close-knit family as they know they can only rely on each other once the fighting starts and they don’t let outsiders forget it.

This box contains:

2x Support Cruisers (can be built as either a Constantinople, Mihrimah, Konya, Aydin or Morea Class ship)
4x Escort Skiff
2x SRS Token

WILD WEST EXODUS

Rage boils over in the Wild West this month as the Quantrill’s Raider Posse are back to fight for the Outlaws in the name of the Confederacy, but this time it’s personal.

Quantrill’s Raiders Posse



To think that William Quantrill was once a teacher is almost impossible to believe. The man driven by hatred and violence is now spoken about only in hushed tones, often by the weeping widows he leaves in his wake.

To him, the Ore War never ceased and he will only be at peace when the yankee blue-bellies are purged from this land in flame and death. At least that’s what he tells people who are brave enough to ask.

There is a darker truth behind his eyes. Even before he was critically wounded in a Union ambush, he was known for the massacre of men and boys. He simply enjoys causing pain and terror to any who stand in his way. The story goes that it was only purest hate that willed him to survive the almost fatal wound he received at Wakefield Farm, though Enlightened medicine surely played its part.

Now he has vowed to take revenge on every last member of the Union that he can. Soldiers or civilians, loyalists or former Confederates, Quantrill will have his pound of flesh and then some.

This box contains:

1x William Quantrill
1x Georgia Maddox
1x Richard Maddox

WARCRADLE SCENICS

Bring a bayou themed backdrop to your wargaming battles and host shootouts through rundown corridors and half-sunken boats with the Warcradle Scenics Black Lake Bayou Set.

Black Lake Bayou Set



Built many years ago when the French had colonised the local area, the Manor at Black Lake was once a place of opulence where the well-to-do would dine and socialise. Since the Ore War, it has certainly lost its shine.

While still an imposing building, it is now for a very different reason. Rumours of it being haunted and the now overgrown local flora make it creepy rather than captivating. The ‘ownership’ of the building has changed hands many times over the past years with everyone staking a tenuous claim from local moonshiners to Confederate remnants of the Ore War to Mme. Marie Leveau and her entourage. This last entry being the source of many of the macabre tales that seem to centre around this former location of luxury.

This set contains:

1x Black Lake Manor
1x Black Lake Boat House
1x Black Lake Summer House
1x Black Lake Paddle Steamer


This month is packed full of so many exciting new pre-orders for Dystopian Wars, Wild West Exodus and Warcradle Scenics. What are you looking forward to the most?

Make sure you don’t miss out when these go live for pre-order on the 24th of June 2022 from your FLGS or Wayland Games Online.

Keep up to date with all the latest news and releases on the Warcradle Studios Blog and socials, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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Also some of the early concept art was made purely for resin models, which when Corona started and WC didn't release the game; meant that some designs got reworked and adjusted for some models, in part because they used that time to shift them from resin to plastics.

So any guesses for August?

Battlefleet Mars is the only one to have box cover art done that we know of. But 3 battlefleets in a row for one faction would be pretty outrageous

Greedy me would like the Ukrainians or the Russian air force, but for the sake of parity I'm hoping for an Empire support squadron, or something new for the Enlightened.

OH hell yes. I was hoping for an abandoned plantation! WOuldnt mind a non sunken paddleboat for that matter.

 lord_blackfang wrote:
So any guesses for August?

Battlefleet Mars is the only one to have box cover art done that we know of. But 3 battlefleets in a row for one faction would be pretty outrageous

Greedy me would like the Ukrainians or the Russian air force, but for the sake of parity I'm hoping for an Empire support squadron, or something new for the Enlightened.

Black Wolf/Ukrainian box would be a very strong possibility.

The enlightened big fleet box (Archimedes vault) with the first "third plastic sprue" with corvettes and Newton class ships could also be an option I reckon. Just as a way to start of the escort/corvette sprues for the factions now that most factions have at least 2 sets of plastics available to them.

I feel like its a touch early for mercenaries. I'd like to see airships for each major faction along with some of the "flare" and unique ships and classes for each faction before adding mercenaries on top.

Of course mercenaries can get there faster by being accessible to multiple/all factions at once, but at the same time I feel like we are just starting to properly leave the docks with basic core fleet ships for the main factions. The prime time to expand into the core airforces and start adding the flare and variety and fancy crazy science stuff

Out of left field, Japanese fleet carrier with its little gundams transforming between jet and sub.

Though the Celestian Empire remained largely isolated from the rest of the world for centuries, this has not left them scientifically or technologically disadvantaged. The Immortal Emperor's have long known that striving for cooperation and excellence in all endeavours leads to accomplishments that are unattainable alone. Sometimes these developments are in parallel to those of the Enlightened or other scientifically advanced cultures, but often the Empire had proven to be an innovator in an area, often forcing the other Great Powers to rely on espionage to attain similar breakthroughs.
The development of the Rin Exosub is an innovation entirely of the Empire's design. A combination of piloted aircraft, submersible and weapons platform, it is a tactically flexible asset in the arsenal of the Blazing Sun. The Rin has two operation modes, an opened and highly mobile aerial form or a closed up and hydrodynamic submersible design. The Rin's twin pilots sit side by side in a gyroscopic cockpit that rotates intensely to match the configuration orientation of the machine. Each pilot is skilled in either nautical or aerial operations and their success through constant training makes them act as an almost seamless single entity in combat. Rin Exosub teams are the closest of all service men and women in the Empire. A bond as close and precious as marriage, for many teams it often becomes the same thing.
The Rin Exosub is commonly launched from the purpose built Hachiman Exo Assault Carrier. Squadrons of these deadly craft can be fired from either of the mighty Hachiman’s twin magneticaccelerator rails. The pilots of these nimble machines skim the surface before reconfiguring into its torpedo-like form and plunging beneath the waves. The Exosub then either unleashes torpedoes at range or bursts from the sea unexpectedly, devastating the enemy choose up with unguided rocket pods. Finally, it's mission accomplished, the Exosubs return underwater to their carrier, emerging from the water close by, to land on the deck for rearmament and redeployment.

No guarantee it's not just the regular cruiser sprue tho.

Seeing how they said these are special SRS tokens in game, that sure does sound like they'll get another plastic sprue to represent those tokens.

Or they would have to release the first ever resin SRS tokens so far... But my money is on the Hachiman introducing Japanese support squads.

The though crossed my mind. Especially as there's tiny Rins shown on the carrier and I doubt they'd do tiny loose resin bits like that.

The coyness of the answer (while understandable if they can't spoil it yet) does make me think it's not gonna be a classic support sprue but something random, like the Chinese dragons. The Japanese having 8 cruiser builds, including SRS capacity, on their frontline sprue does accommodate a more divergent support sprue easily.

Very interesting
The little transforming flyers really remind me of the Yank's Patriot Automata.

That paddleboat

I don't even play WWX and I'm interested.