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As the final Off Topic part of this particular in thread...thread, that's the name of one of the girls talking at the very beginning of "Baby Got Back"!
Red Harvest wrote: Well, I do sort of like big butts... but otherwise no, can't say I'm familiar with his, erm, œuvre.
With the most sincere apologies to Alph, this kind of ignorance cannot go unremedied!
Spoiler:
To make this... okay, maybe not relevant, but to highlight something important: Baby got Back is one of the rare instances where a song achieved both great popularity and social relevance (you'll note the last line by "Becky's friend" is "She looks so... black!"). It represents an important and public rebuke to the notion (which, sadly, is still quite prevalent in many circles) that the ideal female form, the only body type that is commercially viable in modeling/singing/movies is the runway model. There is a great line in the linked article about how artists were afraid of casting the women they actually liked out of fear of not appealing to "mainstream America". I think the enduring popularity of the song shows that fear is largely, though not completely, a creation of industry insularity.
Which, now that I think about it, is actually relevant here: while the Kum girl may not be as callipygian as Sir Lot would prefer, it is a welcome injection of a different aesthetic. Indeed, Infinity is actually pretty good on this, with many different offerings ranging from the Dactari and the Vixen to the O-Yori pilot.
There's plenty of Haqqislam models that got back, too. The Panzerfaust Ghulam, the Maghariba Guard pilot, the female Fiday, the Djanbazan hacker... It's sort of a Haqqislam tradition that female models won't have skimpy clothes, but definitely got dat ass.
Not to usurp Alpharius's authoritah, but this can stop now, please. There is a thread on the official forums for it, a notorious thread. Good luck reading through it all. I know I didn't. It follows.
CB makes the pop culture references all the time. Perhaps the new Kum biker will be a Becky reference. We will see soon enough. Given that both Kum blisters are discontinued-- and immediately too, thing which I have not seen before. normally there is a few month's grace period-- I suspect very soon, like June. But will it be 'Becky' and Izzat Beg? or will he get his own blister/box, and we get 4 distinct Kum bikers . Perhaps even 2 'Beckys' (like on the Roseanne show).
And BoW needs to get off their and get some info out about N3, as all the cool kids are calling it these days.
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If Kum riders are meant to be the signature of the Khanate sectorial, I'd be shocked to see a box with Izzat and a normal rider rather than two more normal riders and a separate Izzat. Giving them only 3 models for their signature unit seems pretty odd.
Also, the sexual objectification thread is pretty dire.
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2014/04/29 07:10:56
Subject: INFINITY News & Rumors - Dropships Rumors on Pg.285/6!
Red Harvest wrote: The catgirl Daktari is the all time best seller, according to Koni (CB head of production). This list is just for 2014 sales. So you would expect it to be full of recent releases... and a tankhunter?!? I suppose lot of new Ariadna players then. :S
I meant to say deepen the background, not to imply advance it. My bad.
I assumed that the tacit implication of that top-10 is the Daktari owns position 'zero' and is always just there in first place, no need to mention it
Not surprised at all that the tankhunter is in the list, it's a great looking miniatures and I don't think I've ever known an Ariadne player who doesn't have it!
In that sense there will be a fair bit of pressure on the new sculpt and to make it a good one.
Red Harvest wrote: Not to usurp Alpharius's authoritah, but this can stop now, please. There is a thread on the official forums for it, a notorious thread. Good luck reading through it all. I know I didn't. It follows.
-Loki- wrote: If Kum riders are meant to be the signature of the Khanate sectorial, I'd be shocked to see a box with Izzat and a normal rider rather than two more normal riders and a separate Izzat. Giving them only 3 models for their signature unit seems pretty odd.
Also, the sexual objectification thread is pretty dire.
We finally agree on something
I'm wondering what changes there will be to bikes in N3, since that may have an effect on how they are packaged. I was thinking of the way CB packaged Asuka with a hacker. I'm not sure CB would package Izzat in his own box. Hmm, 5 Kum and Izzat? That would look cool on a table.
@Pacific: Having played against the autocannon tankhunter, I can tell you, in detail, why so many Ariadna player's have them I hope the resculpts are awesome.
I found it odd that all the May releases were announced already. I wonder what that means for the June releases.
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Red Harvest wrote: Not to usurp Alpharius's authoritah, but this can stop now, please. There is a thread on the official forums for it, a notorious thread. Good luck reading through it all. I know I didn't. It follows.
Red Harvest wrote: Not to usurp Alpharius's authoritah, but this can stop now, please. There is a thread on the official forums for it, a notorious thread. Good luck reading through it all. I know I didn't. It follows.
That and Antenocitis Workshop has been given free reign to design official Infinity vehicles, be they civilian or military, land, sea or air. While they will be for scenery only (the game is not moving past skirmish warfare), some may be used in scenarios if needed.
Same here, still waiting. One of the guys who attended to the seminar recorded it and uploaded it in parts, but the last part gets cut when Bostria is talking about the 3rd ed.
"-and all that time in Paris, when you were wallowing in debauchery with your doxies, tarts and pirates... you were trying to convince me you were a disgusting, swinish, lecherous, drunken sot... Well I want you to know it worked.
As far as I undestood, the fluff is very similar to the 2nd ed book, and the rules are thought to be improved (obviously) and also to keep Human Sphere and Campaign Paradiso being compatible. So I'm guessing no fireteam rules, for example.
Glad I haven't gotten any books yet and still using online resources. Still a rather new player at this game, only got a few games in so far but wow this upcoming year looks great. If the 3rd Edition is pulled off well then they will be getting my solid loyalty for a good while.
Yes, a very annoying cut-off. Bostria had been speaking about N3 for about 4 minutes and *poof* Anyway, he referred to it as a 'resculpt' of the BRB.
The audio is not bad, although Bostria does mumble a bit at times... Several of the audience members were clearer, but I suppose because they were closer to the recording microphone. I hope the BoW presentation had better images. Grainy images from a projector, ugh.
Also, I wonder if they are going to change Doctors a bit. Maybe making them not kill your dudes when they fail? I mean, spending orders to move your doctor to a wounded model, risking the doc or a remote, only to kill your own dude and save the enemy the trouble is a harsh deal, and helps with the "who cares about support, I'll just bring more dakka" mindset I've seen.
It's especially aggravating when you do it to a NI model and put it out of comission when it was up and fighting!
In Boxing matches, you actually get paid to take a dive and make the other guy look good.
In Warhammer 40K, you're expected to pay cash out of your pocket for the privilege of having Marines and IG trample all over your Xenos/Chaos.
- Silhouette templates, like in Warmachine... ok, no problem with that.
- Aleph and Tohaa will have new troops but wont appear in the book "because storytelling", PDF and Army builder will include them... well... I can understand that.
- New stuff and new re-sculpts, fine, I cna trust CB about this.
- New, better translation.... I just hope they allow some English-American people do that work. It is obvious they need all the help they can find.
- No fluff advance? that is dissapointing.
and get some info out about 
I hope the resculpts are awesome.
W-L-D: 0-0-0. UNDEFEATED 
Anyway, he referred to it as a 'resculpt' of the 
