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Man, Chill. I play Haqq first and foremost, ASA second. I do not play vanilla Pan-O. Every image that I've posted on this forum includes a...wait for it... Haqq mini. Except for the fantasy stuff. Clue enough?

My opinion is that I dislike cannon fodder troops in a game whose units are supposed to be trained special operatives, regardless of their faction. So the problem with the Mutts, and the rest, is, in fact, their cannon fodder status.

You disagree. Fair enough. No need to get pissy about it.

Red Harvest wrote:My opinion is that I dislike cannon fodder troops in a game whose units are supposed to be trained special operatives, regardless of their faction.

Some of the world's nastiest special operations right now involve getting less-than-elite operatives (usually wearing bombs) into secure areas etc., supported by much more skilled troops. So the Haqq, YJ, and Nomad cannon-fodder troops do seem to have compelling narrative reasons to be part of such a force. Shaolin monks and the like maybe less so...

 Kanluwen wrote:

 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.

Oh, I meant when the mini for that profile comes out. Which will be right when I finally get the boarding shotty one painted of course.

Last month's previewed releases are in.

Several big boxes of Geckos arrived this morning.
 

 
Alguacile included for scale purposes.
 
The ones that haven't been pre-ordered are up on the webstore: http://store.wargamingtrader.com/infinity/nomads/gecko-squad
 
Looks like my conversion idea for removing the Combi Rifles and putting both Chain-Colts on that model's forearms should work - as expected, the Chain Colts are a separate piece for casting purposes, I'll just have to file down the right forearm to get the Chain Colt on there instead.
 
I think this is the first TAG from Corvus Belli with a hollow torso which helps reduce the weight and presumably the cost. I've not dry-fitted the pilot arms but the rest of the pieces fit very snugly, even the three-part fit for the Mk 12 arms joins up pretty well.

Glad to see a parts breakdown.

Been a while since I built mine, but doesn't a Dragao torso come in a similar two-part hollow ensemble? Could be me.

I would have preferred him to look vaguely Asian. Or is there an official statement that Chinese have to look European as well to sell?

To be fair, he's designed by Aleph, not Yu Jing. He amusingly looks like Machaon's older self with a goatee.

 Kroothawk wrote:

I would have preferred him to look vaguely Asian. Or is there an official statement that Chinese have to look European as well to sell?

How does he not look Asian? To me he seems very similar to John Lone (born Ng Kwok-leung) as Shiwan Khan from the (regrettable) The Shadow movie;

My mind and memory may be playing tricks on me, but I remember rather liking The Shadow movie, Alec Baldwin and all!

 Alpharius wrote:
My mind and memory may be playing tricks on me, but I remember rather liking The Shadow movie, Alec Baldwin and all!

It's actually not a terrible movie, the problem with it (IMHO) is that it came out in that period before the current comic book movie Renaissance. That is, before Batman Begins (2005) let Hollywood know that, yes, people do take this stuff seriously. To wit, The Shadow (1994) is bookended by Batman Returns (1992) and 1995's Batman Forever, and the terrible misfire of The Phantom (1996).

Like The Phantom, the producers/directors clearly seemed to feel that "no one could take this stuff seriously", presumably because they didn't. The result being that two properties that are, by the standards of their contemporaries, very grim and gritty (I remember the Phantom comic strip having some seriously creepy stuff in it when I was a kid) being played for laughs. Just as Joel Schumacher would do in the declining Batman movies.

The Shadow does have some rather good bits where they let Baldwin play it straight (he actually is a very good actor, when he wants to be).

By the by, I have that knife. Heavy like you wouldn't believe...

 IJW wrote:
Last month's previewed releases are in.

Several big boxes of Geckos arrived this morning.
 

 
Alguacile included for scale purposes.
 
The ones that haven't been pre-ordered are up on the webstore: http://store.wargamingtrader.com/infinity/nomads/gecko-squad
 
Looks like my conversion idea for removing the Combi Rifles and putting both Chain-Colts on that model's forearms should work - as expected, the Chain Colts are a separate piece for casting purposes, I'll just have to file down the right forearm to get the Chain Colt on there instead.
 
I think this is the first TAG from Corvus Belli with a hollow torso which helps reduce the weight and presumably the cost. I've not dry-fitted the pilot arms but the rest of the pieces fit very snugly, even the three-part fit for the Mk 12 arms joins up pretty well.

Thanks very much for posting that Ian!

So the missing releases for March:
ALEPH--Naga Minelayer (Blister)
Ariadna--Colonel Jacques Bruant (Blister; Merovingian Rapid Response Force Metro character with the Molotok)


So that makes the March/April(Marril?) releases:
Nomad(box and blister) Tomcats Doctor+Zondcat
ALEPH(blister) Naga Minelayer
Ariadna(blister) Bruant
Yu Jing(blister) Sun Tze Mk 1.2
Combined Army(box) Daturazi

That's a really sweet parts breakdown.

 Kanluwen wrote:
So the missing releases for March:
ALEPH--Naga Minelayer (Blister)
Ariadna--Colonel Jacques Bruant (Blister; Merovingian Rapid Response Force Metro character with the Molotok)


So that makes the March/April(Marril?) releases:
Nomad(box and blister) Tomcats Doctor+Zondcat
ALEPH(blister) Naga Minelayer
Ariadna(blister) Bruant
Yu Jing(blister) Sun Tze Mk 1.2
Combined Army(box) Daturazi

With me wanting 4 out of those 5, that's another pricey INFINITY month for me...

I like the Gekkos, I just wish the Lizard looked that cool since it's the Bakunin tag. If I get a box of Gekkos, I'll need a Corregidor starter too =/

 Buzzsaw wrote:
How does he not look Asian? To me he seems very similar to John Lone (born Ng Kwok-leung) as Shiwan Khan from the (regrettable) The Shadow movie;

To me he looks like Brian Dennehy, not Asian, but maybe it's just me:

It's just you.

Really, at this scale, it's kind of hard to sculpt any kind of ethnicity. That kind of thing comes out more with a paint job than on the sculpt itself. You're just seeing something to dislike, I'm assuming because you like seeing things to dislike.

I think it is just you.

Easy solution to the facial issues: a tiny amount of GS and decent paint to make the facial hair look different, less bushy and more length in the hair, particularly extending the mustache to hang down a bit more (aka a fu manchu).

Dude looks caucasian because of the beard IMO. That or just take the beard and 'stache off entirely.

Because every Asian with a goatee grows it long, amirite? Seriously, that's the tiniest nit to pick over such a fantastic model, and is only an issue if you're looking for it to be an issue.

I think its the grey in his hair - same paintjob but with jet black hair and i think he'd look very appropriate

 Kroothawk wrote:

I would have preferred him to look vaguely Asian. Or is there an official statement that Chinese have to look European as well to sell?

I'd say he does look vaguely Asian, there's just something that doesn't read as particularly Chinese to him for me. I think it's that his hair looks like the texture is wavy/wiry, which I don't recall ever seeing on a Chinese person. It's not a deal breaker for me though. I imagine in the far future world of Infinity, where Bakunin punks give themselves cat ears because reasons, the greatest war leader of Yu Jing can get some product to help him look more like a fatherly general and less like Ming the Merciless.

I actually thought it was a really nice job making him with a modern asian look

Personally, it reminds me of some of the images of Confucius out there. The ones where he has a thin face. This is a great mini.

My problem is he is painted light years beyond my ability. I would see him, run out and buy one eyes s glitter, get it home tear open the blister... and then find out the goatee is a millimeter wide, at best. I'll try to mimic the scheme and fail horribly and be sad. Its too pretty!

 Kanluwen wrote:
So the missing releases for March:
ALEPH--Naga Minelayer (Blister)
Ariadna--Colonel Jacques Bruant (Blister; Merovingian Rapid Response Force Metro character with the Molotok)


So that makes the March/April(Marril?) releases:
Nomad(box and blister) Tomcats Doctor+Zondcat
ALEPH(blister) Naga Minelayer
Ariadna(blister) Bruant
Yu Jing(blister) Sun Tze Mk 1.2
Combined Army(box) Daturazi

Seems I get a break this month. Absolutely nothing for me. Good to see Aleph get something non-SP for a change, and Ariadna finally get Bruant.

OK Loki, just what do you play then?

Haqqislam and Tohaa.

 GrimDork wrote:
My problem is he is painted light years beyond my ability. I would see him, run out and buy one eyes s glitter, get it home tear open the blister... and then find out the goatee is a millimeter wide, at best. I'll try to mimic the scheme and fail horribly and be sad. Its too pretty!

Don't despair. That is a common enough problem, good sir.

The good news is we'll get to see how well he can paint Jean Reno's face on the Bruant mini soon. My guess: He'll paint it very well indeed.

Naga minelayer? Interesting. I could use one of those.

 Alpharius wrote:
OK Loki, just what do you play then?

The two factions that didn't get a release?

it's kind of... right in my sig.