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 ImAGeek wrote:
The image in the email is squashed though, it actually looks like:

Spoiler:

Thanks to that stone loincloth we won't see his long wooden log!
Also, what is happening with the base?

I really liked the squashed image, you got my hopes up . Still a Huge improvement over the old sculpt, as was Ghetorix, imo!

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 ImAGeek wrote:
The image in the email is squashed though, it actually looks like:

Spoiler:

Thanks to that stone loincloth we won't see his long wooden log!
Also, what is happening with the base?

That stone is his "log". He is always "rock hard", no matter the position.

The base is just a render of a base, just that that is a render of the model. I am a little annoyed to note that even at the rendering stage they are aware of the fact that his feet just barely fit on the supplied base. Seriously, PP, you know how big your bloody bases are, so design models that fit on them!

Well, so far my general opinion of MK3 is positive. I like the more jack points and power up and the rules streamlining changes very little but the changes mostly make sense. I'm also enjoying more terrain on the table.*

* I've always advocated for more terrain but my local player base is made up of people who like to travel to the huge tournaments and style themselves as competitive players even though they never really have a hope of getting in the top half, let alone the top 10 or whatever.

Hordes doesn't seem to have as much of an alpha strike advantage anymore. It's still there, but Fury has been reduced here and there and things have been toned back while Power Up has helped Warmachine get up to a similar level of focus/fury spent per turn.

As someone who plays casually using mostly stuff that was released during MK1 (I played from the release of Escalation) and playing with people who take the game seriously, I think it's become a bit more casual friendly. It's more likely than in MK2 that if you take things you think are cool, you'll have a reasonable list. Battleboxes are mismatched a bit though. The Ret caster is just so nasty in a small game. Worst match up possible is Syntherion vs her in a low points game. It's like only one person is playing with all her movement tricks.

In all I think they're at 80% of what has been described as the central premise of the game. It's far more about giant magic steam powered robots than MK2 or MK1 was.

Storm Raptor (in hard plastic)



Indictor:


Madrak3:


Wolf Rider Champion:

Yay, a mini we got an edition later after the rules.

That Raptor, oh my.....

The Raptor is absolutely stunning.

I forsee that Raptor getting a lot of traction in Kings of War or the 9th Age as a big centerpiece as well as its proper home game.

Madrak's scrawny arms look odd without any giant shoulderpads to go with his big huge gauntlets. Surprised he's going with javelins.


Seem's PP also posted a bunch of new release stuff, like this guy. At least he was new to me. Plus a few more resculpts of older casters.

That Raptor looks amazing, it makes me sad that it is made in China though.

Most of what PP does, except maybe the metals, is done in China, even the crappier plastic. They kind of don't have much control over the process from what people say, which has lead to more quality control issues.

There's not been any/many quality control issues with the hard plastic stuff though as far as I'm aware.

 highlord tamburlaine wrote:
Madrak's scrawny arms look odd without any giant shoulderpads to go with his big huge gauntlets. Surprised he's going with javelins.

I think lack of shoulder pads makes sense if you're throwing javelins, since that needs a bit of freedom of movement in the shoulder joint that a big armor plate would compromise.

That Storm Raptor is probably the first PP model I've ever liked the look of, and it's in HIPS as well!

I might well in the market for that one. It would fit perfectly as a Basilean Phoenix in KoW.

Anyone has an idea of what it might end up costing?

Love the raptor but still find it odd they are doing random units in plastic but they didn't convert all the starter boxes to HIPS.

Their products are all over the place material wise. I wish there was a good financial explanation for it all, or just some understanding of the decision process.

They're still having huge delays with the HIPS stuff. I heard the Hydra is suffering for it right now as they're having trouble cutting it up to fit on the sprues. Reportedly their last prototype took someone some ~ten hours to then assemble.

 ImAGeek wrote:
Storm Raptor (in hard plastic)

Wow, that's just incredible!!! More like that PP, please

Hot gak i will take a 12 piece bucket of the raptor wings please.

Wow, I'm impressed by PP's recent showings. Madrak getting an overhaul is nice; I've always liked the tharn, and that bird's just epic.

Only miss for me is yet another gaudy, squat robot with a butter knife.

That Storm Raptor is fething amazing. I kind of want to get one just to paint.

I guess I have to see this in person. I don't see what the big deal is. After seeing what GW has put out and what PP has put out lately that wasn't too impressive to me (again to me not anyone else) I can't get excited for it.

I guess I just don't know how to put a PP mini together so I can't get excited for this. I basically quit PP because of the hard time I have putting them together.

Your not alone, I sold an entire CoC all-in-one after trying to assemble one of their heavy warjacks.. I also can tell I give my Trollbloods a rushed paint job compaired to my AoS stuff. I dislike working with PP stuff.
That Storm raptor is pretty neat though, and I want one for my "Wood Elves" army.

Davor wrote:
I guess I have to see this in person. I don't see what the big deal is. After seeing what GW has put out and what PP has put out lately that wasn't too impressive to me (again to me not anyone else) I can't get excited for it.

I guess I just don't know how to put a PP mini together so I can't get excited for this. I basically quit PP because of the hard time I have putting them together.

This is HIPS though, which from what I've heard are no different to GW plastics in terms of building.

What is HIPS ImAGeek? Great user name by the way.

Davor wrote:
What is HIPS ImAGeek? Great user name by the way.

HIPS
(High Impact Polystyrene)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene

 FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Davor wrote:
What is HIPS ImAGeek? Great user name by the way.

HIPS
(High Impact Polystyrene)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polystyrene

Thank you very much. I didn't know that.

I built a new HIPS Reliant kit, and it builds like GW models. The frames themselves give a very 1998 vibe, with a ton of open space and crisp but underwhelming detail.

So, with Una2 having snipe, what do yall think will do good with it, the stormraptor looks fun ith it, range 16 pow 14 shot seems pretty fun, the Fulcrum seems fun too.

Stormwall/Hurricane incoming: