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**Kanluwen**

Ronin_eX wrote:
If they were meant to be some kind of funky, all-new weapon then they would have a fancy name like Mk12, ojotnik, spitfire, molotok, feuerbach, etc. The only weapon I can think of that bucks the trend is the Marksman Rifle which follows the * [weapon name] format but changes the stats rather than applying an ammo type. And of course, the Templar CCW grants AP+DA to a CCW in one shot (to give an example of a tandem ammo-type effect with its own name).

But those cases are rare. My guess is simply that it will be a new type of ammo called Breaker.

As for the effect it causes, haven't a clue. But I think we may simply be seeing a new ammo type spring in to existence here.

Not necessarily "new"...

K1 ammunition is the result of painstaking parallel development in pursuit of an anti-armor projectile compatible with existing light rifles, ultimately giving foot soldiers the ability to suppress heavy units without the need to carry specialized equipment. The technical details of this ammunition are classified as Alpha-1-Level Top Secret, but apparently its inception involved reverse-engineering a type of alien ordnance designated as VoodooTech.

K1 ammunition is a breakthrough in anti-tank equipment that helps ease human dependence on ever-scarce Teseum, but it is still cutting-edge technology, and its hefty production costs have hampered its widespread use by the human side.

**-Loki-**

Also Viral Rifle/Viral Sniper Rifle.

**Baiyuan**

"blitzen" actually does tell you something about it's effect and way of working. It's a verb that has been around since Old High German and means "sparkle, flash", later to be used in a reduced form as "Blitz - lightning".
I don't remember the fluff, but could it be that some of the Germans among the Nomads came up with it?

**Absolutionis**

But that's a flavor justification.

The overwhelming majority of the original Infinity weapons were [AMMOTYPE] [BASE WEAPON].

AP Rifle is a rifle that fires AP special ammo.

DA CCW is a CCW that 'fires' DA special ammo.

It's formulaic and understandable from a gameplay perspective. As players, we really don't care if that Kazak is using a Putin Industries Avotmatikatosh Kalashnikovovich Mark 3047. We just call it "Rifle" because it works just like the "Rifle" that the Nomads have.

**Micky**

The weapons with 'special' names tend to be weapons that dont fit standard profiles, either because of range bands or a combination of damage types. Eg. the Blitzen example is basicly a Panzerfaust that uses the E/M2 damage type... but they couldn't call it an EM Panzerfaust because that in itself had its own subset of rules and they wouldnt match up.

On the other hand... its possible that "Breaker" is a new ammo/damage type, and in every other regard its just a pistol.

**Barzam**

Maybe it fires armor piercing, explosive rounds? And since it does use the plural, maybe we'll have a model dual wielding pistols? Hmm, a dual wielding HI model could be kind of cool looking.

**-Loki-**

I'd buy one of those terracotta warrior HI dual wielding pistols just to paint.

**BobbaFett**

http://www.gamewire.belloflostsouls.net/infinity-game-raiden-seibutai-heavy-rocket-launcher-preview/

**PsychoticStorm**

Nice, love that pose.

**Kalamadea**

YES! I LOVE the first Raiden Seibutai and this one is every bit as good! Is it too much to hope for that this is part of a 4-figure set?

**Alpharius**

Yes!

I nice 'new' pose for a model armed with that weapon - I like it!

**Chemical Cutthroat**

To me he looks like he's surprised. I'll have to see it in person I think.

**Alpharius**

Looks more like he's on the move, target's been sighted, getting ready to fire.

Could be kind of the same looking thing though, to be honest!

**Erasoketa**

The mini is fairly cool, but I wanted to see the Spetsnaz :(

Kalamadea wrote:
YES! I LOVE the first Raiden Seibutai and this one is every bit as good! Is it too much to hope for that this is part of a 4-figure set?

I'm afraid that in such case, they would have shown the 4 minis. So I'm guessing this will be a 1-mini blister.

**Red Harvest**

Spetsnaz may be next. Angel has trolled everyone with the white blob that looks alot like a sniper outline.

...and a foot on a rock

This Raiden is very nice indeed. It looks like Daf painted it instead of Angel though. An excellent pose IMHO.

**Pacific**

Oooh very exciting!

Raiden looks very nice..

Is that the new 'BoLS' by the way?

**-Loki-**

Raiden looks great. I'm sure my brother will get one to go with his JSA.

**Red Harvest**

Pacific wrote:
Oooh very exciting!

Raiden looks very nice..

Is that the new 'BoLS' by the way?

You no visit BoLs? I haven't checked that place in a long time, and have no plans to do so ever again. It is the last place I would look for Infinity news. I hope that this is not a trend, and that BoLS will not be a source for Infinity previews.

My 2 cents.

**Absolutionis**

Corvus Belli is and has been seemingly branching out to other news outlets for a while now. Even MiniWargaming admit they're rather ignorant of Infinity, but they gave it a decent shot when given a preview.

That entire BOLS article is just a half-assed copy+paste of the Raiden description from the Infinity main site with some studio pictures they were given.

Anyways, that "gamewire" isn't the BOLS main site.

**Pacific**

Absolutionis wrote:
Corvus Belli is and has been seemingly branching out to other news outlets for a while now. Even MiniWargaming admit they're rather ignorant of Infinity, but they gave it a decent shot when given a preview.

That entire BOLS article is just a half-assed copy+paste of the Raiden description from the Infinity main site with some studio pictures they were given.

Anyways, that "gamewire" isn't the BOLS main site.

Ah OK, that would explain it! My memory of BoLS was a 40k list-building/tactics website, didn't know they had branched out into other stuff. Good that they have though, although I agree it could have done with a bit of effort to write something about it, rather than copy-pasting from the official blurb.

**Daba**

Is the Terracotta soldier going to be a cheap HI? He looks pretty cool, looking forward to them.

**PsychoticStorm**

That is what the current information suggests.

**Ronin_eX**

Daba wrote:
Is the Terracotta soldier going to be a cheap HI? He looks pretty cool, looking forward to them.

It will supposedly be the replacement for the normal line troopers in the starter set. Considering that, unless CB plan on making the most overstuffed starter to date, they will probably be at or below Domaru/Haramaki price.

Either by cutting down to the bare minimum, or by being glorified MI (ala Ariadna HI).

So yes, most likely cheap HI. Though there is an outside chance for being 30+ points a pop despite their use in the starter. We wont know until the profile come along.

**PsychoticStorm**

There is also the option of having 2-3 light infantry type specialists in the set.

**Kanluwen**

PsychoticStorm wrote:
There is also the option of having 2-3 light infantry type specialists in the set.

They've said that the Invincible Army will not have anything less than Heavy Infantry.

Expect to see Dàofěi and Hac-Tao as some of their "specialists".

**PsychoticStorm**

Well its high time we get an Invincible resculpt for sure, but Svalarheima sectorial definitely has monks and the Guilang and the woulves (forget their name now) that are not HI.

**Kanluwen**

The Svalarheima Sectorial is not the Invincible Army.

**IJW**

Kanluwen wrote:
PsychoticStorm wrote:
There is also the option of having 2-3 light infantry type specialists in the set.

They've said that the Invincible Army will not have anything less than Heavy Infantry.

Unless I've missed something somewhere, wasn't it more 'this will be the HI Sectorial' than 'this Sectorial won't have anything lighter than HI'?

**GrimDork**

Surely you will need some light units to be cheerleaders or you won't be able to get to that magic 10 models in your force. Maybe remotes or something?

**Barzam**

I'm sure you'll be able to still use the Zhansis as cheerleaders. I think they belong to Yu Jing's regular army.

I hope the Terracotta Soldiers' boxes are handled like the Bolts. Have 1 box for the basic cheerleader types, and a second for the specialists.