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 GrimDork wrote:
That sounds like a really nice "buy more minis" hook of a rule, but given how few you need for Infinity it's allowable

The great thing about Holoprojector is that you just use 2 tokens and the actual mini. And I very rarely make the one represented by the mini the real one.

The downside of course is having to find three credible positions of cover to shoot from. Otherwise it makes the enemy's choice of who to react to a bit obvious.

It does work a hell of a lot better on a table with lots of waist/shoulder high scatter terrain as opposed to just loads of hab blocks the way terrain seems to be set up mostly in a lot of places.
IME it's mostly good for just an order or two moving up without getting the actual dude shot at as much (and psychological effect helps a lot there, as opposed to just the decreased probability of getting hit from the rule) so as to get that nice, juicy BS 15 spitfire into position, for example. it helps a lot when all you *want* to do is move-move to get out of the lose-lose proposition of facing off against a sniper outside your optimal range band, without having a nice hard counter to that sniper at hand.

 Pacific wrote:
Wow, which miniature is based on Kat Dennings?!

Apparent'y one of the Ghazi.


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 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:
So people worried about the 'hipster' Ghazi needn't worry. From the official boards, rumour is the sculptor is using a different person as inspiration for - I'm assuming one of - the females in the box. Kat Dennings.

Which will be interesting for line of sight.

Kat Dennings does not strike me as properly scaled for Infinity. But I would never in my life tell her that.

And I was totally looking forward to hipster mutt.

The problem with the concept is the glasses. In the concept they're corrective lenses. When sculpting that, if you sculpt the lenses, they can't be transparent. If people try to paint them as corrective lenses, it just looks like their eyes are on the glasses. If they paint them tinted like sunglasses, you get a completely different look.

The other way is to sculpt just the frames, but that makes painting the skin and eye inside the frames pretty difficult, and still doesn't look right without lenses.

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:

 -Loki- wrote:
So people worried about the 'hipster' Ghazi needn't worry. From the official boards, rumour is the sculptor is using a different person as inspiration for - I'm assuming one of - the females in the box. Kat Dennings.

Which will be interesting for line of sight.

Kat Dennings does not strike me as properly scaled for Infinity. But I would never in my life tell her that.

And I was totally looking forward to hipster mutt.

I too was looking forward to the hipster mutt.

To be fair, if it follows standard unit box format, there will be 2 females, and 2 males, as we get 2 duplicate bodies, and going by the latest boxes, 4 separate heads. So there's still a chance to get the fashion blogger Ghazi head. In fact, that would make a pretty good pair of heads.

One thing mentioned in the Mayacast podcast and missed by people reporting the news, is that there is a rumoured new mission, where the O-12 High Commissioner would act as a High Value Target.

Well hi there Mobile Brigada...

Mobile Brigada?

REALLY looking forward to updated versions!

90% sure it's Mobile Brigada.

There is a small chance that it is the new Tunguska HI.

I would very much like a new Mobile Brigada that doesn't look like he just stepped in something.

Though, 'OOPS I DROPPED MY PANZERFAUST!" Minuteman still holds my want for 'Model that drastically needs a resculpt'.

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
I would very much like a new Mobile Brigada that doesn't look like he just stepped in something.

Though, 'OOPS I DROPPED MY PANZERFAUST!" Minuteman still holds my want for 'Model that drastically needs a resculpt'.

Expect one on the Minuteman.

Don't know what this means.... but it has appeared in FB so...

Oooh intriguing..

Really looking forward to the new Mobile Brigada, although still haven't painted up one I had of the originals !

I'm just getting into Infinity and I'm like "Where has this been all my life."
I'm playing Nomads and apparently this is a great time to get into them.

 BobbaFett wrote:
Don't know what this means.... but it has appeared in FB so...

If I had to take a guess, a major event is going to happen in the next book or so, or can be how PanO views themselves?

Not sure, I am just making a guess as I am not too terribly well-versed in the lore.

Definitely, great time with the new launches coming out (not least the Gecko) plus re-imaginings of some of CB's earlier releases.

At present I have a 'When animals attack' style Nomad list (consisting of Uberfallkommando, Der Morlock Gruppe, Daktari doctor and Bran De Castro) - but the 'Corregidor' zero-G/EVA-style force is calling to me!

 Tanakosyke22 wrote:

 BobbaFett wrote:
Don't know what this means.... but it has appeared in FB so...

If I had to take a guess, a major event is going to happen in the next book or so, or can be how PanO views themselves?

Not sure, I am just making a guess as I am not too terribly well-versed in the lore.

Or it has something to do with the new scenario mentioned...

 Pacific wrote:
Definitely, great time with the new launches coming out (not least the Gecko) plus re-imaginings of some of CB's earlier releases.

At present I have a 'When animals attack' style Nomad list (consisting of Uberfallkommando, Der Morlock Gruppe, Daktari doctor and Bran De Castro) - but the 'Corregidor' zero-G/EVA-style force is calling to me!

Yeah I'm trying to figure out how to make a Tomcat-heavy "Super Awesome Rescue Team" Corregidor list work.. the new Tomcat box, Kowalsky, Lupe Balboa and a Gecko. Too bad none of those are Lieutenant choices

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Tanakosyke22 wrote:

 BobbaFett wrote:
Don't know what this means.... but it has appeared in FB so...

If I had to take a guess, a major event is going to happen in the next book or so, or can be how PanO views themselves?

Not sure, I am just making a guess as I am not too terribly well-versed in the lore.

Or it has something to do with the new scenario mentioned...

Could be that. Again, not too terribly up to date with the lore or with the news, but I try to stay in the know. Sorry.

Basically what you need to know:

O-12 is essentially the "United Nations"; an administrative body with some power but that power only exists when recognized by the other elements of the Human Sphere.

If, say, O-12 decides to start investigating the PanOceania military industry and has the full support of Yu Jing and the Haqqislam nation...then PanO can't really do too much except make a fuss about how their secrets need to remain theirs.


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 Siygess wrote:

 Pacific wrote:
Definitely, great time with the new launches coming out (not least the Gecko) plus re-imaginings of some of CB's earlier releases.

At present I have a 'When animals attack' style Nomad list (consisting of Uberfallkommando, Der Morlock Gruppe, Daktari doctor and Bran De Castro) - but the 'Corregidor' zero-G/EVA-style force is calling to me!

Yeah I'm trying to figure out how to make a Tomcat-heavy "Super Awesome Rescue Team" Corregidor list work.. the new Tomcat box, Kowalsky, Lupe Balboa and a Gecko. Too bad none of those are Lieutenant choices

Sadly it won't work too well unless they revise the Tomcat profiles and/or they release the Boarding Shotgun+E/Mitter profile.
I will never for the life of me understand why Tomcats, Mobile Brigada, Intruders, and Hellcats are all such high AVA in the Corregidor Sectorial.


With that said remember that Wildcats are Multiterrain if you're going for the whole "Zero-G" thing...

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
I would very much like a new Mobile Brigada that doesn't look like he just stepped in something.

Though, 'OOPS I DROPPED MY PANZERFAUST!" Minuteman still holds my want for 'Model that drastically needs a resculpt'.

MinuteWoman.

A commonly made mistake. Yeah, with Parkour Wulver gone (Always thought he was just mis-based. Supposed to have been leaning-against-the-wall Wulver) This one must go. But CB has big plans for the USAriadnans, so I suspect it may be sooner than we think.

 Red Harvest wrote:

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
I would very much like a new Mobile Brigada that doesn't look like he just stepped in something.

Though, 'OOPS I DROPPED MY PANZERFAUST!" Minuteman still holds my want for 'Model that drastically needs a resculpt'.

MinuteWoman.

A commonly made mistake. Yeah, with Parkour Wulver gone (Always thought he was just mis-based. Supposed to have been leaning-against-the-wall Wulver) This one must go. But CB has big plans for the USAriadnans, so I suspect it may be sooner than we think.

I'm pretty sure that regardless of gender, they're still called Minutemen. Its a unit after all.

True, but many do not realize the mini is female. For obvious reasons.

Where is the Mutts preview already!?

 Red Harvest wrote:
Where is the Mutts preview already!?

I would also like to know this.

 Red Harvest wrote:
True, but many do not realize the mini is female. For obvious reasons.

I thought the bare midriff was a dead giveaway.

And it's about time there was another Brigada. Wasn't there a third weapon profile? Too bad I just finished painting mine. Now this one's going to be revealed and Giraldez is going to make me feel bad about my scheme again.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Basically what you need to know:

O-12 is essentially the "United Nations"; an administrative body with some power but that power only exists when recognized by the other elements of the Human Sphere.

If, say, O-12 decides to start investigating the PanOceania military industry and has the full support of Yu Jing and the Haqqislam nation...then PanO can't really do too much except make a fuss about how their secrets need to remain theirs.

Essentially O-12 is, unlike UN who is an administrative body with no real power and has to do what you described, an administrative body with enough power to push its policies forward, beyond its standing army who is unaligned, they have the Circulars to push too.

They are "dependent" on the superpowers for funding, but they are also dependent on them for moving around the majority of their commercial fleets, of course they are fully familiar with the political scene (that happens every day in their own planet) and can use it as efficiently or more than their fighting arm.

As a flavor curiosity, what is the difference and relation between O-12 and ALEPH. I know Aleph is the benevolent (if you ask anyone but Nomads) AI that controls much of the commerce and traffic and makes sure things run smoothly... also Aleph fights the Combined Army threat...

Alpeh recieves PanO and YuJing funding while being opposed by the Nomads.

O-12 recieves PanO, YuJing, and Haqqislam support and/or funding and recognizes the Nomads and Ariadna as sovereign entities.

What do Aleph and O-12 think of one another? Do Aleph's combat divisions answer to the O-12?

Why couldn't this O-12 Commissioner dudeman just have been a more 'public' Aleph sectorial? The difference between O-12/Aleph couldn't be that much more different than QK/Khanates or maybe even JSA/Chinese.

Well Aleph is in custody of O-12 and they theoretically keep him/her/it in line.

As the Aleph fluff suggests it has its own agenda that tries to push diplomatically enough under the radar.

PS has that pretty much covered, but I'd add that in theory ALEPH wasn't supposed to have any kind of army of it's own (I think this was even covered by treaty) but when the Combined Army turned up ALEPH just happened to be able to create a large artificial army from nowhere...

 IJW wrote:
PS has that pretty much covered, but I'd add that in theory ALEPH wasn't supposed to have any kind of army of it's own (I think this was even covered by treaty) but when the Combined Army turned up ALEPH just happened to be able to create a large artificial army from nowhere...

Hah! That sounds awfully familiar.. just you wait until ALEPH gives Order 66..