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Frenzy does not make you irregular!

 Erasoketa wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
So.. another faction to collect *sigh*.. out of interest anyone know what the stats/efficacy of these are like off the top of their heads?

The bad part is that they have Frenzy, so they'll become Irregular at some point. The good part is all the other stuff. I don't know some of the rules's names in English but, I'll try

- BS12 with good weapons (MK12, Heavy Shotgun or T2 Rifle - fairly heavy hitters without using SWP).
- Linkable up to 4 (or 5 with William Wallace)
- close combat skill 18 with "natural born warrior" (translation?), PHI14, AP CCW and Berserk
- 2 wounds and armour 3, yet 4-4 move and Climbing Plus
- 37-38 points and no SWC.

So, pretty nasty in short-medium distances

Those are some nasty stats, I love it! I have hit the point as I cannot keep up with the painting that I hired a reliable service to paint some of my infinity armies for me. I have not done that in 10 years so that tells you something!

 Empchild wrote:
Sweet mother of god I'm in love! I hope infinity is popular in NC because it isn't up here :(.

There's regular games over at Atomic Empire Games, so you'll be able to find some games.

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Frenzy does not make you irregular!

Oh gak, my brain farted, that should be Impetuous Sorry!

Still, it's a good thing that as long as they are linked, they will play as Not impetous.

As long as they are linked they will neither trigger it nor be affected by it, great control device.

I don't really get it, what is the Wulver without a ranged weapon for? Do we just say 'oh this one has a Mk12 as well' or something?

 motyak wrote:
I don't really get it, what is the Wulver without a ranged weapon for? Do we just say 'oh this one has a Mk12 as well' or something?

Yes. All fireteam boxes have one model with 'something', but not an actual main weapon, which is there to use as a proxy, since there's loads of options they don't have the ability to cover. For example, the Druze box has a model with just a DEP. There are no loadouts for them with just a DEP, but every loadout has a DEP. This gives you a 'blank' model to proxy as anything.

 motyak wrote:
I don't really get it, what is the Wulver without a ranged weapon for? Do we just say 'oh this one has a Mk12 as well' or something?

Yes. They have done that in some boxes, miniatures showing common equipment to add flexibility of options for the box, without including actual repetitions of weapons.

http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/es/2011/miniatures/45th-highlander-rifles-galwegian/
http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/es/2013/miniatures/reverend-moiras-3/
http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/es/2012/miniatures/shaolin-warrior-monks/
http://www.infinitythegame.com/infinity/es/2011/miniatures/haramaki-zensenbutai/

Ok thanks guys

Kanluwen put the first pic, but he has barely spoken about this Wulvers. I'm very curious about his opinion

True, I was hoping he'd chime in after he asked me why I was disapointed. What say you, Kan?

I think Kan actually likes them!

They are WAY less 'cheesecake' than he feared, and now he's working on a way to backtrack on his earlier comments without looking too silly.

Tough job there, but I'm confident he's up to the challenge!

Haha! To be fair there's nothing wrong with changing your opinion based on evidence.

For what it's worth, I think that my main issue with them now is the arms. They are so overmuscled that they look like GW's Heroic Scale. It doesn't make sense to me, animals aren't overmuscled like bodybuilders because it's just aesthetic, it is a very restrictive build that'll likely get you killed rather than help you survive. To me it doesn't look remotely agile and powerful like a canine. As I've said though, it's different for everyone and I can't deny that they are quality sculpts even if I disagree with the design.

 Alpharius wrote:
I think Kan actually likes them!

They are WAY less 'cheesecake' than he feared, and now he's working on a way to backtrack on his earlier comments without looking too silly.

Tough job there, but I'm confident he's up to the challenge!

I was playing Borderlands, dagnabbit!

I do like them as models, but I'm not a huge fan of the Caledonian Sectorial and the concept of the Wulver in general so it does not really matter one way or the other to me.


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 Casey's Law wrote:
Haha! To be fair there's nothing wrong with changing your opinion based on evidence.

For what it's worth, I think that my main issue with them now is the arms. They are so overmuscled that they look like GW's Heroic Scale. It doesn't make sense to me, animals aren't overmuscled like bodybuilders because it's just aesthetic, it is a very restrictive build that'll likely get you killed rather than help you survive. To me it doesn't look remotely agile and powerful like a canine. As I've said though, it's different for everyone and I can't deny that they are quality sculpts even if I disagree with the design.

Well given that it is looking more and more like the Antipodes are a genetically modified native species which the Tohaa have modified as a kind of 'plague vector' to infect the human populace of Dawn, it is entirely possible that the "overmuscling" of the Wulver is an intentional thing.

Look at the Chaksa Auxiliars. That kind of musculature is implied in "Campaign: Paradiso" to be the result of genetic tampering by the Tohaa during the Exaltation process.

Interesting... I hadn't considered that and I managed I miss it when I was reading the book. Any chance you remember where that fluff is I'm the book so I can do some more reading?

Aesthetically my disagreement still stands but if the fluff supports it then I can't condemn them quite as much.

I was going to say that the overmusculation would be just a visual representation of the physical strengths of the Wulvers, so they wouldn't look like stray dogs. But after reading that Tohaa modifying Antipodes thing... I should probably shut up and read the books I already paid u_u

 Casey's Law wrote:
Interesting... I hadn't considered that and I managed I miss it when I was reading the book. Any chance you remember where that fluff is I'm the book so I can do some more reading?

Aesthetically my disagreement still stands but if the fluff supports it then I can't condemn them quite as much.

It is more or less throughout the entire book, not just one page.

 Alpharius wrote:
I think Kan actually likes them!

They are WAY less 'cheesecake' than he feared, and now he's working on a way to backtrack on his earlier comments without looking too silly.

Tough job there, but I'm confident he's up to the challenge!

I think Kan was just rolling eyes at the thought of a model with the same pose as the Daktari ("ooops! I did what?") but slightly more animal looking

I think most will be glad for the style they have gone for. There is a lot of subtlety in that face sculpting in particular, hard to believe it is literally only a few mm in size.

Thanks Kan, I'll dig a little deeper and see what I can find. Do they directly reference Antipode tampering or is it just the logical conclusion based on overwhelming evidence?

I quite like the idea actually. I wasn't sure at first but it roots the dog hybrid idea firmly in sci-fi, further distancing it from Gothic Horror/Fantasy and without losing any of the outcome's flavour. Corvus definitely have a talent for complex elegance in their rules and more and more we are seeing it come through in the lore too.

It's a logical conclusion based on overwhelming evidence.

Aha, the best type of conclusion!

I definitely need a d-bag jar around here, give Dakka a buck every time I sound like Professor Casey... .

I get the feeling we will be reading a lot more about the nefarious ways of the Tohaa in future material.. so far it has only been speculated, but I think no doubt there will be a lot more dirt on them to come. Who knows, as this is an ever-evolving timeline, they may become even more of a threat to the human sphere than the Combined Army?

Latest post on Angel Giraldez's Facebook..



Do I 'LOL' or 'WTF'?

++EDIT++ Actually I can see what these are.. anyone else spot it?

Obviously they are inflatable arm flailing tube men....on bikes.

Maybe the rumored aragoto character and hacker box?

Bikes, yeah. Shame - I thought for a moment they'd be issuing some new 40mmbased CA hotness :(

Hoooooooowwwwwwwwlllll!!!!!!

Teen Wolf III

Nuff said Bub.

Really like the elf chick with the claymore.

Elf?! ELF?! *head explodes*

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Maybe the rumored aragoto character and hacker box?

Ah yes I wonder if that's it! Someone else pointed out the red colour to me, which would definitely fit...

After seeing the Penithesisaliaia (sp? ), which was the model of the year for me, really excited by how this is going to turn out..

Wow, Asuka is going to have a nice hair-do.

Where's my Barid :(

Can someone just tell me who/what they are please?