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NCA=Neoterran Capitaline Army, yes.

Thanks Kan, I thought that's what it was, but I wanted to make sure.

 Alkasyn wrote:
Angus seems to be a VIP for one of the Dire Foes scenarios.

So far, judging by the concepts, I'd get every single one of those models, even for proxies. But then, I said the same about Bootleg pilots and after seeing the models I know I won't be buying those.

More likely, they're using Angus as the basis of conceptualizing the redone Fusiliers.

If you look all the SpecOps from the Dire Foes have the "Dire Foes" logo underneath, and the VIPs are unarmed models.


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So now we know what the "shared design feature" of the Gecko and Iguana is!
Look at the chest region, you're looking for a triangular design.

 Erasoketa wrote:
Angus and Bipandra, LOL

All this Dire Foes thing looks AWESOME to me.

Edit: now I'm reading your comments about the Daenerys reference. Hmm. Look again at Trasimedes. Jon Snow?

He looks liek Eric Bana - Hector from the movie Troy, to me

Honestly, Trasimedes looks like any of the new line of Myrmidon characters.

Fortunately Dakka has provided an ortimoticon for the situation when simple words will not suffice:

And that witch doctor and the other concepts has made me really look forward to the forthcoming Morat stuff..

Can anyone identify the unit badges from Beyhan resources onwards?

 Kanluwen wrote:

More army icons:

Anaconda TAG squadron
Beyhan Resources Ltd(purportedly one of the upcoming Mercenary Sectorial lists allowing for fully ITS legal Mercenary forces)
I think this one has been labeled before as the Caliphate insignia.
Russariadna.
White Star Mercenary Company
I think this is the Yu Jing's Invincible Army
From Guges:

That Yu Jing symbol is definitely for the Invincible Army and it seems like there might be some cross over between them and the Svarlaheima sectorial.

All I know is that the Haqqislam and Yu Jing symbols use roughly the same color palettes and always confuse me.

I am looking forward to all these being released.

I'm curious to see if the Gecko ends up getting the mini-me arms as I'm a bit more persistant at trying to spot them after missing them on the Anaconda. It looks like one pic definitely has them.

No arms? Could just be the positioning though and shadowed lighting over the area with the lighter spot being the arms. Either way, looks pretty cool.



Mini-me arms



Also, are the symbols for new subfactions within the main ones? The international and unique nomenclature of the game is a bit hard for an outsider to discern.


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Also, are Infinity minis always metal or do they use resin/PVC for some of the bigger ones like TAGs?

They're all metal.

I've got a post over on the official Infinity forums about the slave arms, as I do not even see the attachment point in the "final artwork" from the Infinity Artbook.

All Infinity models are metal. I believe they've mentioned wanting to keep all production in-house so that would mean any kind of plastic would be unlikely in the near future.

 warboss wrote:
Also, are the symbols for new subfactions within the main ones? The international and unique nomenclature of the game is a bit hard for an outsider to discern.

The symbols in those pictures are basically purely aesthetic for the most part. The rules and unit profiles dictate availability.

However, they are there for a reason.

The top symbol is the faction symbol: Nomads.
The middle symbol is the sectorial (subfaction) symbol: Corregidor Jurisdictional Command
The bottom symbol is the unit's unique symbol: Gecko

Clarification: I'm talking about the bottom picture.

Very nice stuff coming along. Yay!

Where does one find this Guges page and what info do we have on the NCA box? I saw it mentioned earlier but did not find more concrete information. My searchFu seems weak at the moment. Thanks!

Guges is a poster on the official Infinity forum. I pulled all the photos from those threads.

The info we have on the NCA box is "It's coming" and "there's a new unit type".

I see. ^^ Thank you. :-)

Well, patience then. Seems like there are enough toys coming till then.

Saphos, got a bit more info on the NCA for you.

Posted by "Guarda de Assaulto" on the official Infinity forums:

I know a lot of folks likely already read the Gen Con thread... But I asked Carlos at the seminar and it looks like the new NCA unit will be a PanO analogue to the Wild Cats; a linkable unit with an emphasis on objective based play and a weapon that fires mines at range =)

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Guges posted this as well:

Oh there are two new Pan O TAGs... redoing the Armored Cav/Squalo and we picked color schemes for the Tikbalang...

The Armored Cav really does 'need' an update...

There was talk awhile back about "redoing" the older TAGs (especially the Squalo chassis TAGs) to match the newer TAGs.

Guess there was some truth to that.

Kanluwen wrote:
I've got a post over on the official Infinity forums about the slave arms, as I do not even see the attachment point in the "final artwork" from the Infinity Artbook.

Ah, thanks. Let us know here if you get any news as usual.

Absolutionis wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Also, are the symbols for new subfactions within the main ones? The international and unique nomenclature of the game is a bit hard for an outsider to discern.

The symbols in those pictures are basically purely aesthetic for the most part. The rules and unit profiles dictate availability.

However, they are there for a reason.

The top symbol is the faction symbol: Nomads.
The middle symbol is the sectorial (subfaction) symbol: Corregidor Jurisdictional Command
The bottom symbol is the unit's unique symbol: Gecko

Clarification: I'm talking about the bottom picture.

Thanks. I was actually talking about the emblems further up but wasn't clear and was frankly clueless on those as well. (And now I know what the three sets of symbols on the concept art pics are). Do all the models come with decals for the trio of emblems they have?

Alpharius wrote:The Armored Cav really does 'need' an update...

Is the armored cav unit the TAG you have in your sig?



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For all the other newbies like me who are reading the thread, Carlos (one of the main guys at Corvus Belli apparantly as he keeps showing up in youtube videos) mentioned that the rules will be getting some sort of a big update next year around this time. That might be old news for Infinity diehards (who may be playtesting the rules as we type) but that sounds like a good time to get into the game. I realize some or all the rules are a free download (I don't know how the setting books like Paradiso affect or interact with those core rules) but having hopefully one place to look for the rules will be nice.

Really? I have both the armoured cav and cutter sitting in my painting pile ATM; TBH they look good 'enough' to me.
Redone fusilliers, ORCs and most especially: Croc-men would be much higher on my list (together with auxilia with decently-sized guns...) in PanO alone.

And please warboss, don't get alpharius started about that Jotum in his sig.
...Again...

As to your edit: the rules are free via the wiki, the stats via the army builder and the ITS (tourney) scenarios via CB's own downloads section on their website.
The only thing to buy a book for is the paradiso campaign. I don't have the book myself (haven't been playing long enough to get fed up with either straight-up annihilation or ITS scenarios, really!) but it's rumoured to not be the most balanced bit of greatness they've ever put out - to put it mildly.
So basically, the books are something you buy for fluff and pictures.
That whole rules update thing is complete news to me - actually not all that happy about it, it works fine now IMO.

 Bolognesus wrote:

That whole rules update thing is complete news to me - actually not all that happy about it, it works fine now IMO.

I don't have a link right now but it's in a 10-15 minute video from Team Convenant on youtube. Just search gencon and it should be one of the videos uploaded in the past day or two. Carlos was fairly tight lipped but stressed that some evolution of the rules is inbound next year.


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 Bolognesus wrote:

And please warboss, don't get alpharius started about that Jotum in his sig.
...Again...

Sorry, I tend not to see much text in my perusals of this thread. I basically treat this thread like a dirty magazine in the early 90's... I quickly look through it for the pretty pictures.

Ok, Thanks. Will look it up

 warboss wrote:

Thanks. I was actually talking about the emblems further up but wasn't clear and was frankly clueless on those as well. (And now I know what the three sets of symbols on the concept art pics are). Do all the models come with decals for the trio of emblems they have?

Models don't come with decals. I think Micro Arts Studios might be doing transfer sheets at some point but no ETA on that.

Alpharius wrote:The Armored Cav really does 'need' an update...

Is the armored cav unit the TAG you have in your sig?

The TAG in Alpharius' signature is Svarlheima's "Jotum" TAG.

The Armored Cav unit is this:

The Cutter is still awesome, but the Armored Cav could use some sprucing up.

Of course, none can compare to the work of art that is...

...the Jotum!

 Alpharius wrote:
Nice - very nice!

Of course that Iguana in the artwork is in serious trouble, but I'm sure there's more!

You forget that the Nomads have the best hacking in the game. My guess is the TAG in the background is immobilized. Pan-O TAGs are much more fun after they've been hacked. Nothing like a little target practice....

With all these goodies forthcoming, I wonder what the release schedule is? Gecko sometime in 2014 and everything else....

 Red Harvest wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Nice - very nice!

Of course that Iguana in the artwork is in serious trouble, but I'm sure there's more!

You forget that the Nomads have the best hacking in the game. My guess is the TAG in the background is immobilized. Pan-O TAGs are much more fun after they've been hacked. Nothing like a little target practice....

With all these goodies forthcoming, I wonder what the release schedule is? Gecko sometime in 2014 and everything else....

Morat Starter box is before the end of this year.
Iguana and Tikbalang as well, alongside of Seraph(supposedly).
"Dire Foes" are next year.
Gecko is next year.

Speculation:
Daturazi are next year.
Gorgos is next year.
NCA starter is next year as well.

MAF, Tikbalang *and* Seraph in the next few months? Yowch, my wallet.

 Kanluwen wrote:

Gecko is next year.

Speculation:
Daturazi are next year.
Gorgos is next year.
NCA starter is next year as well.

Wow.. they're previewing stuff for next year and they're only having back to back 75% growth each year according to the youtube video?? Someone needs to tell them before they run the company into the ground that the key to success is to only announce things 2 weeks ahead of time (along with shoddy legal shenanigans and not advertising of course!). I'm a bit sad to see the Gecko coming out next year but realistically (for me personally) it's probably a good thing. I'm expecting robotech to largely take up my hobby time until about then anyways.

Tikbalang? The only TAG I even want. Good. If I played Nomads though... Geckos FTW.

Good to see that GenCon went well. Going to be a very interesting year. Interesting in a good way.

 Bolognesus wrote:
MAF, Tikbalang *and* Seraph in the next few months? Yowch, my wallet.

Bear in mind that the Seraph is only a "supposed" at this point.