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 Pacific wrote:


The one on the far right might possibly need a NSFW tag when it is revealed

Dammit I can't unsee that now...I'm imagining a jockey riding it like a horse.

 Red Harvest wrote:
That Sun-Tze is spectacular. Who does the face remind you of? And what is he stepping on?

"Head" of a PanO mule? CB is successfully turning PanO faction into a joke.

...Could be. What's your beef with CB's treatment of PanO, though? I don't really get the idea we're getting the short end of anything :S

 Rhelyk wrote:
what the heck people? "Absurdley expensive"? they're just premium tokens is all, They're cool. They're expensive, but they're really nice and as has been pointed out, there's already many other options available for tokens at any price point. Want em free? grab some pebbles form the back yard. Want em cheap? use pennies. Want some mildy inexpensive flourescent plastic ones specifically made for the purpose? Use Warsenal. Want some fairly nice but slightly expensive ones? get the MAS tokens. Want real metal ones specific to each faction? get the new ones. It fills a niche.

I think a $19.99 price would have been better just because $20 is such a nice break-point, but I'm still tempted by them. Hell, they're less than a bottle of Grey Goose and all you get from that is the same morning-after as smirnoff and a prettier bottle to throw in the recycling bin. At least the tokens will serve a continuing purpose.

The Warsenal tokens are .25 a piece for standard acrylic tokens, .50 a piece for the custom ones, and .75 for the metal magnetic ones.
The MAS tokens are ~1.00 a piece if bought individually and about .80 a piece when you buy them in packs.

They're both plenty 'premium.'

The Team Covenant ones are $2.25 a piece.

So yeah. I think absurdly expensive applies here. And I'm not exactly sure which niche you think this fills unless that niche is the wastefully expensive niche.

 Bolognesus wrote:
...Could be. What's your beef with CB's treatment of PanO, though? I don't really get the idea we're getting the short end of anything :S

PanO is effectively becoming the "expendable cannon fodder" faction of the Infinity universe.

MAS has wrecked PanO remotes on some of their scenic bases, some smashed PanO helmets on some of their scenic bases, then you have the Combined Army "Skiavoros" with a decapitated Knight of Montessa.

PanOceania (especially the Cutter) are the poster boys for the game. It makes perfect sense for them to be on the generic bases.

Also, the Caliban has the head of a Karakuri on it's sword.

What a travesty. It ruins the balance of PanO and Yu Jing so much!

 IJW wrote:
PanOceania (especially the Cutter) are the poster boys for the game. It makes perfect sense for them to be on the generic bases.

Also, the Caliban has the head of a Karakuri on it's sword.

Nomads and Haqq are the poster boys, considering how much love they have received.

Man, Angel Giraldez never fails to blow my mind with his paint work. Seriously, he manages to make everything look amazing, even just flat panels of armor.

~Tim?

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Bolognesus wrote:
...Could be. What's your beef with CB's treatment of PanO, though? I don't really get the idea we're getting the short end of anything :S

PanO is effectively becoming the "expendable cannon fodder" faction of the Infinity universe.

MAS has wrecked PanO remotes on some of their scenic bases, some smashed PanO helmets on some of their scenic bases, then you have the Combined Army "Skiavoros" with a decapitated Knight of Montessa.

I have to say I do find this quite amusing

Maybe it's because they are the most prevalent/widespread, and so it would make more sense to have them as a corpse on a scenic base, rather than say a Haqqislam or Nomad?

It works both ways. Where are the trophies on PanO bases? There is perhaps one Yu-Jing REM leftover on MAS base? Certainly not impressionable as Skia'voros who had tore someone's head off. I suppose it is easier to make a joke, rather than put some work and ensure the widespread is reciprocal.

Bits of a Cutter spread across some MAS bases. PanO.
Bits of a Sierra on a MAS base. PanO.
A Kum Bike on a MAS base. Haqq.
Skiavoros base. PanO.
Caliban sword. Yu Jing.

Yes there's a bias towards PanO bits, but they're the hyperpower, they are literally the driving force behind the Human Sphere and the faction that much of the game is presented through.

More SKUs than any other faction.
More Sectorials than any other faction.
The default faction when you go to the gallery.
The first sub-forum in the factions section.
The first faction in the intro section.
The first faction in the QSR.
The first faction in the books.
The first faction in the background videos.

That's what I mean with PanOceania being the poster child for Infinity.

EDIT - apologies for dragging this even further off-topic...

 IJW wrote:


Yes there's a bias towards PanO bits, but they're the hyperpower, they are literally the driving force behind the Human Sphere and the faction that much of the game is presented through.

Are you saying that it is fine for PanO to act as punching bag for entire sphere but PanO models cannot appear to have their spoils of war? As consumer I'd love to have some fine detailed Nomads bits laying on my bases and this is for my current and possible Aleph future interest. Someone would also jump on Tohaa bits for his Combined Army and the other way around. I do not believe other factions bits wouldn't sell.

Indeed, Corvus Belli arranges their index by "faction power". Rather odd way of doing things, especially, if you are sending links for your store to order through the gallery. If they'd at least abandoned the slow moving wheel I'd be so happy, never mind cataloguing things alphabetically. Their store is marginally better, I'm grateful for the search function. I am far more in favour of only "being the largest nation" in the background and having more orderly catalogue, army book and (moderated) forum. It's how they chose to do things, personally do not like it. I doubt, like more PanO litter on model's bases, is changing any time.

There's a whole INFINITY Sub-Forum just waiting for these types of topics/debates...

I've noticed that subsection is much less hoppin than it probably should be. Then again I've posted a topic or two there and they've seen maybe two responses so that may not be encouraging either.

My limited exposure to the game has me thinking of PanO as the "main" faction, like picking mario or Ken/Ryu or what have you. Just because there are parts of them on bases.... I mean there are lots of space marine helmets on bases, cause they're sort of the maindary faction in 40k.

Maybe if people posted more in there, and less "Off Topic" in here?

Now granted, we've got LOTS of leeway in here, and this is easily one of the Friendliest Topics in N&R, and the INFINITY Sub-Forum is one of the Friendliest on Dakka.

I aim to keep it that way too, but I'll need everyone's cooperation and help, of course!

I'll post more over there once I actually get to work on my Infinity models some more. I figure they still belong in the painting forum, but if I try to play a game I'm sure I'll have to come beg for help with the rules at some point.

Yes come on over to the sub-forum, some pretty interesting stuff going on there!

Community Showcasing thread (which is like a kind of combined P&M blog thread)
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/300/507122.page

Thoughts on the new Morat miniatures and choosing a force for them
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/568887.page

Discussion on what paints to use
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/581114.page

Amongst loads of other stuff!

@Pacific, very well I'll plop my moderator into the CST, and once my airbrush is running I'll perhaps show my DZ scenery around which I intend to use as dual purpose.

New preview of remake Sun Tze: http://studiogiraldez.blogspot.de/






Always impressive to see the progress of both Angel's painting skills and CB sculpt's.

 Alpharius wrote:
Maybe if people posted more in there, and less "Off Topic" in here?

Now granted, we've got LOTS of leeway in here, and this is easily one of the Friendliest Topics in N&R, and the INFINITY Sub-Forum is one of the Friendliest on Dakka.

I aim to keep it that way too, but I'll need everyone's cooperation and help, of course!

...or down comes the ban-hammer, eh? or worse, links to one of those other News & Rumors threads... y'know the ones.

We have two more weeks to go in March, and there are a few releases coming. Daturazi and Sun Tze so far. I have no clue about what is rumored next. Something Haqq?

There's a lot of white blobs still to be revealed, even if they aren't all for this month...

A box? (and please not a box of mutts. Those belong in a blister of two, unless the rules changes -- we know they are coming-- affect them somehow. I am not a fan of cannon fodder in a skirmish game.)

 Red Harvest wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Maybe if people posted more in there, and less "Off Topic" in here?

Now granted, we've got LOTS of leeway in here, and this is easily one of the Friendliest Topics in N&R, and the INFINITY Sub-Forum is one of the Friendliest on Dakka.

I aim to keep it that way too, but I'll need everyone's cooperation and help, of course!

...or down comes the ban-hammer, eh? or worse, links to one of those other News & Rumors threads... y'know the ones.

We have two more weeks to go in March, and there are a few releases coming. Daturazi and Sun Tze so far. I have no clue about what is rumored next. Something Haqq?

Daturazi, Sun Tze, Tomcats box so far.

That's 2 boxes and a blister, with room for two more blisters.

Sun Tzu V1.1 is simply amazing. Boarding shotty be damned, I'll proxy it as the MR until that profile comes out. One of the many great things about Infinity is being able to do that.

Oh yeah, AND the rules require one to be easygoing in order to get a game played (only way to deal with the whole "all skills and AROs happen at once" thing). The very structure of the game makes it a bad one for WAAC types to even get into.

 Savnock wrote:
Sun Tzu V1.1 is simply amazing. Boarding shotty be damned, I'll proxy it as the MR until that profile comes out.

The profile will probably release before the model does.

That figure does look nice. I just wish Angel's paintjobs didn't always make me feel bad about my own work.

That orange is completely flawless. Not sure why that's blowing my mind of all the stuff Angel's done, it's just so perfect.

While I like the older head a bit more, everything else about the new miniature is a VAST improvement on the original. Better pose, better clothing/armor, better sculpting, better paintjob. Just better. I never thought the old sculpt was bad, but it's just blown away by the new one, fantastic stuff! Thankfully I have no intention of expanding my Yu Jing anytime soon, not even this sweet new model will draw me away from Nomads once those Geckos hit market.

I really do wish they'd stop sculpting all the new models to be standing on debris/rocks though, limits how you base the figures.

 Red Harvest wrote:
A box? (and please not a box of mutts. Those belong in a blister of two, unless the rules changes -- we know they are coming-- affect them somehow. I am not a fan of cannon fodder in a skirmish game.)

Man you really have an axe to grind against factions that do things you don't like, huh? Ghazi Mutti'wah have their place as much as Caledonian Volunteers, Kuang Shi, Gakis/Pretas and other cheap troops. No need to get pissy over them because PanO doesn't have them.