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Damn you CB, I was planing only on the Proxys. Now I have to get another dirty ape, my Morat just keep growing.

Nice miniatures, but the game is about eye to eye, person to person combat over a very short time. One can sort of imagine 40K characters taking a break in the middle of a large, long battle, but I wouldn't want lounging snipers in an Infinity force. Ruins the dynamic.

Post-Humans




Tokusetsu Butai




Al Hawwa




Zerat




Once again... AWESOME miniatures from an AWESOME game.
A range and game completely different from 40k and still beautiful and succesfull.

Once again, month after month... for years making things different, trying to stay away from 40K but doing sci fi, doing skirmish, doing sexy females and high tech stuff. Corvus Beli deserves my respect and I admire the way they make their stuff.

That Tokusetsu makes Hakama look good in a way the rest of the Japanese faction does not. Really, really nice work CB. haven't seen a fail (well, except the Wulver's pose) in some time. I'm so happy to have quit GW for a company that puts out such excellent products.

kestral wrote:Nice miniatures, but the game is about eye to eye, person to person combat over a very short time. One can sort of imagine 40K characters taking a break in the middle of a large, long battle, but I wouldn't want lounging snipers in an Infinity force. Ruins the dynamic.

Yes that's definitely something that is open to debate. Personally I love that whoever is sculpting these is treating each one as an individual piece, as a work of art if you like. It suits the scale of the game (small bands of individual heroes) and I think actually lends itself well to the painting and modelling side of things. I can't tell you how much this game has invigorated the hobby for me, after years of playing massed infantry games and the rather soul destroying prospect of painting hordes of similar miniatures, I have so enjoyed lavishing a lot of effort on individual models.

The Zerat confuses me. Kinda in the same way those female Predator sculpts did a few years back when they came out. I understand that Aliens could really look like anything, and I know it's a massively difficult area to cover, but those female Zerats just look too human in every way.

When I think about aliens, I actually just take a look at all the species that inhabit the planet earth. Given our eco system, etc, it is quite interesting to see that there is really only one species that looks like a human.....and that's a human! So given the wide expanse of space, why do Sci Fi writers, artists, etc always portray "aliens" as being something humanoid in form.....just don't make any sense to me!

Delephont wrote:The Zerat confuses me. Kinda in the same way those female Predator sculpts did a few years back when they came out. I understand that Aliens could really look like anything, and I know it's a massively difficult area to cover, but those female Zerats just look too human in every way.

When I think about aliens, I actually just take a look at all the species that inhabit the planet earth. Given our eco system, etc, it is quite interesting to see that there is really only one species that looks like a human.....and that's a human! So given the wide expanse of space, why do Sci Fi writers, artists, etc always portray "aliens" as being something humanoid in form.....just don't make any sense to me!

I understand what you are saying, perfectly.
But I think that I almost understand what CB is doing.

Alien miniatures, let's take a look at the Infinity range and its evolution through the years...

Iskaller

It looks like something alineish, and not human, but.... agh...

Old Gakis and Pretas

The arms like bned to the other side, and they are ... agh....

Vector Hacker

Green lobster with the ... agh.... Ok, this is an alien... but I won't make an army with these bugs

Speculo Killer

Ok, this looks lnice and it is an alien. She does not like an alien from "Close Encounters of the 3rd kind" or "ET", she is much more like "Mass Effect" or "Star Trek", the kind of alien you would like to feth.

I don't know very much about the miniature business but I think CB sells more Speculo killahs than all the three above.
Aliens with boobs sell more blisters.

BobbaFett wrote: Aliens with boobs sell more blisters.

yeah, who knew?

Well I was probably going to pick up Aleph at some point anyways, but as soon as those Posthumans are available, I'll be getting some.

Awesome models.

Delephont wrote:The Zerat confuses me. Kinda in the same way those female Predator sculpts did a few years back when they came out. I understand that Aliens could really look like anything, and I know it's a massively difficult area to cover, but those female Zerats just look too human in every way.

When I think about aliens, I actually just take a look at all the species that inhabit the planet earth. Given our eco system, etc, it is quite interesting to see that there is really only one species that looks like a human.....and that's a human! So given the wide expanse of space, why do Sci Fi writers, artists, etc always portray "aliens" as being something humanoid in form.....just don't make any sense to me!

I agree with you in a way, and no doubt as Bobba Fett points out, things which are more recognisably human in aspect might sell better, but there is quite a lot of scientific discussion regarding what aliens might look like (at least in terms of life that we may recognise if we were to discover it). For example, there are 3 structures of eyeball which have developed amongst different species of life on earth - because light in the visual spectrum serves as a better guide for minute differences than radio waves for example (why there are no species which can detect radio waves for instance). So it is possible to summise that an alien species might have an eye analogous to our own, if we were to discover it. You can make many other arguments about different organs and structures that occur time and time again through different species on earth. But, even though it is really interesting, this discussion is too big for this section of the boards

Personally, I think the stuff CB is producing at the moment is unparalleled, and I love the fact that the designers imaginations seem to have been allowed to run riot both in concept and execution.

Yeah, what the hell...it's just a game afterall....plus until someone actually "finds" an Alien and tells us, I guess anything is fair game.

Of itself, it's not a bad miniature....not good enough to get me to start playing CA though

It is annoying that almost all the recent sexy female snipers are striking a pose. Only the nisse is in a shooting position. Oh well, sex sells as they say.
I am glad the red monkey ladies are wearing helmets though

As a curiosity, I always found the Hassassin Lasiq Sniper to be sniping and yet a rather attractive miniature. It's 'sexy' without being slutty and yet it still exudes an air of competence:

Ever seen a sniper sniping on the walk free handed with no gun support and still showing an air of competence?

BTW the zerat are the females of the Murat, who are humanoid from the start:

If I consider the Hassassin Lasiq's pose, it strikes me as if she was moving from point A to B, see's an opportunity, takes a stance, aims and fires, almost using the sniper rifle as an assault rifle.....perfectly ligitimate if not 100% coventional.

Kroothawk wrote:Ever seen a sniper sniping on the walk free handed with no gun support and still showing an air of competence?

I could accept this as an issue if not fo the fact its a games system based on anime to some degree. Where teenage girls have been known stop for a split second mid cartwheel to let off a perfect sniper shot in certain flicks.

I think she is an absolutely beautiful sculpt, and I have to say was a joy to paint.

Sorry if this has been posted before! In January a company called Sarissa Precision (most known for its 'Old West' style buildings) is releasing a range for Infinity. Now for anyone who is into Infinity they know that the biggest challenge is usually to get a table full of terrain, something that the game mechanics require. We already have Micro Arts great but slightly pricey apartment blocks, but these look like a great new option and are very competitively priced.

http://www.sarissa-precision.co.uk/

The blogger Frontline Gamer has been posting some reviews of their stuff, I hope he doesn't mind but I have nicked some pictures from his blog to use here.
(Full reviews at http://thefrontlinegamer.blogspot.com/ )

Please bear in mind that a Guija (TAG) has been used for scale comparison, which is somewhat bigger (50%?) than the more common standard infantry. I'm guessing a standard Infinity mini or Space Marine would stand comfortably inside a doorway. All of them are laser cut wood, which slots together and in some cases has a removable roof and window sections (like the MicroArts buildings) so units can go inside, I believe that internal walls will also be available. The prices are as listed on the blog, so not sure if they are final yet.

Habitation Pod (price £12)


Habitation Pod Settler (price £16)


Habitation Pod Family (price £20)


A computer mock-up showing how the different bits can stack together if required


Shipping container (price £7.50)


Warehouse (price £22.50)




There are also others including silos and walkways (different to the MicroArts ones in that they offer cover) as well as talk of bundle offers, well worth checking out their website or the blog for more details!

Very excited about this, and I'm already working on a mock-up of terrain ready for their release.

VERY nice terrain - and the prices are at least... OK!

kestral wrote:Nice miniatures, but the game is about eye to eye, person to person combat over a very short time. One can sort of imagine 40K characters taking a break in the middle of a large, long battle, but I wouldn't want lounging snipers in an Infinity force. Ruins the dynamic.

This is an issue I have with a few of the Infinity miniatures, but in this one case I'm willing to overlook it. Not just because it's a gorgeous sculpt, but because of the fluff and the mechanics of the Proxies - remember that they are always fielded in groups, but only one is ever active at a time; it seems reasonable to assume that the Mk2 is currently in its passive state, and has been left propped on the wall by its user. It's enough of an excuse for me, at least!

Delephont wrote:If I consider the Hassassin Lasiq's pose, it strikes me as if she was moving from point A to B, see's an opportunity, takes a stance, aims and fires, almost using the sniper rifle as an assault rifle.....perfectly ligitimate if not 100% coventional.

Only a sniper taking a potshot would crouch, or at least properly support his weight, not strike a photo-shoot pose. Heck, this pose doesn't make any sense for anyone shooting any kind of gun...

I still like the miniature though...

And I'm more than okay with the new sniper models. This way I can pretend they're in a non combat situation, instead of having to look at them doing something weird with the guns.

Just adding a few images of beliavable combat sniping poses in the Infinity range. So we can agree in that they make the miniatures the way they want. They already have more than 300 miniatures and they choose to make some "realistic" and some "cheesecake" because they have to make them different no matter how.

Nice miniatures, but the game is about eye to eye, person to person combat over a very short time. One can sort of imagine 40K characters taking a break in the middle of a large, long battle, but I wouldn't want lounging snipers in an Infinity force. Ruins the dynamic.

Everytime someone compares Infinity with 40k Martin kills a Stark, God kills a kitten and my eyes bleed.

Its a fething different company, game, range, fluff, setting, scale, material, art direction...

BobbaFett wrote:
Everytime someone compares Infinity with 40k Martin kills a Stark, God kills a kitten and my eyes bleed.

I must quote this on my siggy, too much laughter

BobbaFett wrote:

Nice miniatures, but the game is about eye to eye, person to person combat over a very short time. One can sort of imagine 40K characters taking a break in the middle of a large, long battle, but I wouldn't want lounging snipers in an Infinity force. Ruins the dynamic.

Everytime someone compares Infinity with 40k Martin kills a Stark, God kills a kitten and my eyes bleed.

Its a fething different company, game, range, fluff, setting, scale, material, art direction...

I think you may have misunderstood his point. I think he's saying that in WH40K the battles being so long and drawn out, it'S reasonable to expect to see Snipers "taking a break", where as in Infinity, the special ops nature of the conflicts are more flash fire and basically quick, that you really wouldn't expect to see someone taking a break or striking a pose.

Pacific wrote:Sorry if this has been posted before! In January a company called Sarissa Precision (most known for its 'Old West' style buildings) is releasing a range for Infinity. Now for anyone who is into Infinity they know that the biggest challenge is usually to get a table full of terrain, something that the game mechanics require. We already have Micro Arts great but slightly pricey apartment blocks, but these look like a great new option and are very competitively priced.

We are discussing this for a while in the "Sarissa Precision's 'System ∞' HDF scenery" thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/419488.page

Delephont wrote:

BobbaFett wrote:

Nice miniatures, but the game is about eye to eye, person to person combat over a very short time. One can sort of imagine 40K characters taking a break in the middle of a large, long battle, but I wouldn't want lounging snipers in an Infinity force. Ruins the dynamic.

Everytime someone compares Infinity with 40k Martin kills a Stark, God kills a kitten and my eyes bleed.

Its a fething different company, game, range, fluff, setting, scale, material, art direction...

I think you may have misunderstood his point. I think he's saying that in WH40K the battles being so long and drawn out, it'S reasonable to expect to see Snipers "taking a break", where as in Infinity, the special ops nature of the conflicts are more flash fire and basically quick, that you really wouldn't expect to see someone taking a break or striking a pose.

Funny I always saw 40K battles being like a minute in real time. Really thats pretty much what would happen when 2 armys with that much fire power, stand across from each other. Then run foward shooting everything they have at each other, while hopeing there armor can stop the bullets, instead of sitting in cover taking pot shots.

Kroothawk wrote:

Pacific wrote:Sorry if this has been posted before! In January a company called Sarissa Precision (most known for its 'Old West' style buildings) is releasing a range for Infinity. Now for anyone who is into Infinity they know that the biggest challenge is usually to get a table full of terrain, something that the game mechanics require. We already have Micro Arts great but slightly pricey apartment blocks, but these look like a great new option and are very competitively priced.

We are discussing this for a while in the "Sarissa Precision's 'System ∞' HDF scenery" thread:
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/419488.page

Doh OK thanks, I don't know how I missed that!

Noir, I think the game mechanic is so much different in Infinity to 40k. One of the things you get punished for early on when playing Infinity is that your guys who are out in the open or placed badly will get turned into swiss cheese!

Pacific wrote:
Noir, I think the game mechanic is so much different in Infinity to 40k. One of the things you get punished for early on when playing Infinity is that your guys who are out in the open or placed badly will get turned into swiss cheese!

That kind of my point. 40K bunch of guys standing in the open shooting each other, it be over before it even started. Infinity bunch of guys hugging cover and sneaking around, the fight could last for awhile (still no time to poise).

From my point of view...

This is WH40k.
Two massive armies crashing frontally against each other. Shooting and charging with all their power like there is no tomorrow. This is the kind of battle they represent. I think is really cool, I like the Biblical tone, epic. Spess Mahreens fighting to death for the emprah!

-"Fight till the end of all things... Aaahhhhh!!!"




This is Infinity.
Two specialist highly trained small combat groups in a skirmish shootout. Like one special team was assigned to intercept the other one in the middle of a very special mission. Deeply tactical hide & seek skirmish. Reaching positions, sending the right man to the right place. Silence, tension, violence, some soldiers die in a subtle manouver completely unnoticed, some soldiers die in a spectacular gunfight.




I hate comparing games, but I think this is close to what this different settings represent in terms of action.

Ghost Recon Future Soldier....just made me mess myself.....freaking awesome!

While you might "hate comparing games", the point still remains that more often than not we're seeing releases of models which are just downright silly. They shouldn't be released as part of the game proper, but rather as "alternate" models for those who want them.

The Posthumans are just the latest in that line of choices, starting with the Daktari and continuing with the Chasseur with ADHL and the Dozer.