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 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Its the pilots seat.

Yeah, I thought that was fairly obvious - but I guess not!

I wonder if there's a way to modify the actual T.A.G. to make her fit?

Not really Alpharius, there is no feasible way to do it at the moment

The pilot compartment is in the 'body' and the pilot is laying down stretched through the Maghariba apparently.
Missed opportunity for a diorama(I thought this was the diorama/collector's range, not the pinup range...) with a half shell of a Maghariba body and the interior set up in such a way so that you can see that she has climbed in and is preparing to operate it.

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Its the pilots seat.

Yeah, I thought that was fairly obvious - but I guess not!

I wonder if there's a way to modify the actual T.A.G. to make her fit?

They mentioned that in the video. It'd obviously take a ton of conversion work.
Scarface will probably be similar with his broken TAG. Lizard will likely be similar with her TAG's head.

From the way they explained it, the Stocking-O-Yoroi pilot will probably be more of an easy replacement into the TAG as a pilot.

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Its the pilots seat.

Yeah, I thought that was fairly obvious - but I guess not!

In the near future where humour is surgically removed as soon as you are given your government issue thong and stockings.

I have to say that this head (maghariba pilot) is one the best sculpt/painting of female mini i have ever seen ! beautifull !

and this pano tech-coolies ? Cant wait to see the actual mini :p

but overall this "bootleg" idea is bad i would have prefer resculpt of fusiliers or other old stuff

 plastictrees wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Its the pilots seat.

Yeah, I thought that was fairly obvious - but I guess not!

In the near future where humour is surgically removed as soon as you are given your government issue thong and stockings.

The necessary tools to use TAG apparently

More on topic, I want the Mag an the O-Yorio one, and whichever Caledonian model that they end up bringing out, but apart from that I'll leave the rest so that I save some money. And the Pan-O one doesn't really appeal to me. A bit too skimpy I think, or too obviously skimpy at least

The PanO one has more of a race queen feel to it than a military one. Depending on her pose though, I think with just a tiny bit of modding, the Tech-Coolie can be given a more believable outfit.

 Barzam wrote:
The PanO one has more of a race queen feel to it than a military one. Depending on her pose though, I think with just a tiny bit of modding, the Tech-Coolie can be given a more believable outfit.

I can only hope that Corvus Belli is unaware of what the term 'coolie' has as a historical basis.

 Alpharius wrote:

 PsychoticStorm wrote:
Its the pilots seat.

Yeah, I thought that was fairly obvious - but I guess not!

I wonder if there's a way to modify the actual T.A.G. to make her fit?

Maybe they'll release it with the actual opened TAG. And that's why it'll be harder to use it for gaming purposes.


And goddamit, now it means I have to buy a Maghariba now.

It'll be funny if they do a cheescake Raicho pilot. Or should I say beefcake?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Barzam wrote:
The PanO one has more of a race queen feel to it than a military one. Depending on her pose though, I think with just a tiny bit of modding, the Tech-Coolie can be given a more believable outfit.

I can only hope that Corvus Belli is unaware of what the term 'coolie' has as a historical basis.

Spoiler:

Historically, a coolie (variously spelled cooli, cooly, kuli, quli, koelie etc.) was an Asian slave or unskilled manual labourer, particularly from southern China, the Indian subcontinent, the Philippines and Indonesia during the 19th century and early 20th century.

See, I was questioning that too.

But she's not of the faction Yu Jing, not asian-looking, and being a tech-mechanic isn't very low-skilled. Not sure what the term is referring to, but CB seems pretty good on their obscure cultural references.

That being said, Wikipedia also says:
"Coolie, a contemporary racial slur for people of Asian descent; however, in many cultures it is a neutral term for a hard-laborer"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuli_(disambiguation)

So long as she isn't of Asian descent and PanO is an amalgam of non-American cultures, it seems forgivable.

i will definitely be going all in for the Bootleg line...

the Scarface Joe dio sounds fun, climbing out of his wrecked TAG to punch some face...
i like the sexy ladies (i have the Szalmandra pilot, the Speculo Killer, the Daktari, the original Reverend Moira, et al), so i'm happy to see a painter's line with sexy minis...
Sci-Fi settings should have a sexy side, in my opinion...

the fact that none of these are set to be needed in game should placate some of the more puritanical collectors...

cheers
jah

She's not a tech mechanic though. She is a glorified repairman, per Bostria's description. The 'powerclaw' she has is for removing damaged armor plates.

I am not sure why you mention "non-American cultures", as the term "coolie" is primarily offensive outside of the US.
It is important to remember that the term "coolie" though is used to describe individuals of Asian descent--which does include individuals of Indian descent.

And Filipino. Remember that PanO has take Southeast Asia, too (hence Tikbalangs).

I always thought that "coolie" was a derogatory term used for Chinese rail workers in the United States. Then again, I nor anyone I know has ever used that word. I assumed it was one of those archaic terms, but Wikipedia says otherwise.

Wikipedia also says it's a neutral term in some cultures for a hard laborer.

Either way, still a questionable choice of words. She sould have been a "Tech-Mechanic" or "Tech-Stripper" (because she strips away broken metal, get it?).

Still won't be buying the model. It crosses the line from cheesecake to an objectifying mess. I'd be embarrassed to be seen owning that model.

The Magariba (sp?) Pilot is the perfect blend of cheesecake and competence. Glad to be a Haqqislam player.

Regarding the Pan-O pilot, think it's kind of amusing that you have a Western artist imitating a Japanese artistic impression of a Western person.. !

Absolutely love the idea of this collectors edition of minis - I think in broader terms it is all helping to expand the Infinity universe. In between this, the art books, the background in the rule books it is really starting to become something cool. Watching those videos on BoW it's obviously something that has had a lot of thought over the years and I think any way that can be moved onto the fans can only be a good thing.

While I'm glad to see CB feeling able to do more collectors miniatures, it sucks that they've chosen to go for such gratuitous miniatures; 'pan-o pilot adjusting her stockings', really...really?

 Pacific wrote:
Regarding the Pan-O pilot, think it's kind of amusing that you have a Western artist imitating a Japanese artistic impression of a Western person.. !

Absolutely love the idea of this collectors edition of minis - I think in broader terms it is all helping to expand the Infinity universe. In between this, the art books, the background in the rule books it is really starting to become something cool. Watching those videos on BoW it's obviously something that has had a lot of thought over the years and I think any way that can be moved onto the fans can only be a good thing.

She is not a pilot.

She is an engineer. Her whole job is to fix damaged TAGs and to rearm/resupply them as well.

Nothing wrong with the word "Coolie", seems like fair play to me.

One of the the Combined Army models has a fairly derogatory name for white westerners in Cantonese that is still in common use. No one is particularly upset about that.

Which one is that?

You don't wanna google every single name in the CA?

Gwailo.

Ah.

I am okay with that as the "Gwailo" designator is one applied to them, in universe, by the Yu Jing High Command to the "Armed Imposition Detachment".

Just like "Haiduk" is the Nomad designation given to the "Light Support Unit".

I think we will have to wait and see their description to better get what they are and how their name came to be, it could be a futuristic mutation as many words change meaning with time, or something entirely different.

Few words that start off as derogatory terms ever change into positive ones.

Kanluwen wrote:
She is not a pilot.

She is an engineer. Her whole job is to fix damaged TAGs and to rearm/resupply them as well.

Ah OK.

Evilref wrote:While I'm glad to see CB feeling able to do more collectors miniatures, it sucks that they've chosen to go for such gratuitous miniatures; 'pan-o pilot adjusting her stockings', really...really?

While this discussion has taken place over many (sometimes heated) pages on the Infinity forums, I think it's important to recognise that what could be described as gratuitous has been part of the Infinity aesthetic since day 1; it's all part of the manga/anime style that runs through the heart of it.

Personally I don't mind about this kind of style - it doesn't tend to make up a dominant percentage of the releases, and at least as display pieces you aren't going to be in the position of really wanting the miniature for it's stats, but then not wanting to buy the miniature because of its style.

Evilref wrote:
While I'm glad to see CB feeling able to do more collectors miniatures, it sucks that they've chosen to go for such gratuitous miniatures; 'pan-o pilot adjusting her stockings', really...really?

Being if you look around on CMON you will find models in the throws of hardcore bondage I believe that CB conducted themselves in an artistic level.

I'm assuming that we'll see a burst of Bootleg releases (someone mentioned an upcoming month having nothing but Bootlegs?) and then they will integrate with the regular release cycle.

The Bootleg miniatures go up for preorder in July, release in August(most likely).

The plan is to do 'battle damaged models' alongside of the regular release cycle, but the pin up cheesecake crap as a release month dedicated to it.

 Kanluwen wrote:
The Bootleg miniatures go up for preorder in July, release in August(most likely).

The plan is to do 'battle damaged models' alongside of the regular release cycle, but the pin up cheesecake crap as a release month dedicated to it.

Kan reveals himself as the marketing mastermind behind the Bootleg line.

Clearly.

 Empchild wrote:

Evilref wrote:
While I'm glad to see CB feeling able to do more collectors miniatures, it sucks that they've chosen to go for such gratuitous miniatures; 'pan-o pilot adjusting her stockings', really...really?

Being if you look around on CMON you will find models in the throws of hardcore bondage I believe that CB conducted themselves in an artistic level.

Just because there are worse examples in the genre, doesn't let CB off the hook. They've put out gratuitous cheesecake images. There've been multiple threads on this topic, and direct emails to them so they're certainly aware of the negative reactions (and message it sends about their game/hobby) that come from them doing this.

The argument of 'it's not as bad as X' is fallacious reasoning and doesn't hold up (sure, it's not as bad as some others, it's still not good though).

The plan is to have themed months related to the bootleg line, this one is TAG pilots, some of the other ones mentioned was Battle damaged and non combat personalities.