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I was hoping for a Mk12 Agema. Atalanta is already pretty much a perfect "proxy" for a Sniper Agema.

You guys are slackin'. BOW has the Mutts up!

http://www.beastsofwar.com/infinity/infinity-exclusive-ghazzi-muttawiah-sculpts/

Hmmm...

I wonder if these are "3D Sculpted" vs. "Traditional"?

Or maybe it just comes down to "Not Painted by Angel"?

I think almost certainly the latter.

Still, would like to see them from different angles before casting judgement.

The new Aleph mini looks ace..

I think they look great.

I only snagged the one shot of them. The ones not holding the E/Marats actually have them folded up on their hip from the rear-shots.

I'd grab more but I'm bouncing around at work.

The only model that throws me off really is the guy on the left. It is a great model, but the whole, "Looking away from where the Emitter is pointed" just strikes me as weird.

Great models this month...

Here's the backshot.

Folded E/Marats look weird. Where are the cables? Do they have to stop attach them every time they want to use them?

 4rgfvsw6p wrote:
Folded E/Marats look weird. Where are the cables? Do they have to stop attach them every time they want to use them?

Maybe they retract into the Emitter? I didn't catch that initially.

I do like how they looped the cables around the arms so there isn't some long, dragging cable to break off while putting them together.

 4rgfvsw6p wrote:
Folded E/Marats look weird. Where are the cables? Do they have to stop attach them every time they want to use them?

You have heard of Bluetooth, no?

I'm impressed that the Mutts are four unique pieces with unique bodies. Nice minis indeed; the amount of improvement over the previous Mutts, incalculable. Now Tuaregs, please. And the Agema is very good too. This covers the month? Agema, Mutts, Scout, Spetsnaz, Nikoul...

 Alpharius wrote:
Hmmm...

I wonder if these are "3D Sculpted" vs. "Traditional"?

Or maybe it just comes down to "Not Painted by Angel"?

I think the latter. Apprentice is good, but the Master is still the Master. I suppose Angel is busy painting the Icestorm box contents. So we can look forward to him trolling us (via the facebook etc) for the next few weeks. I for one welcome this sort of trolling

Its funny, because if Angel didn't exist, and it was just his Padawan, this stuff would still look DAMN good. Way better than I'm capable of.

The shadow that poor painter is living under must be crushing.

How good would it be though, without Angel's instruction? But bear in mind Angel has been doing this professionally for over 10 years. He was good to start with, and has only gotten better and faster.

And everybody I know who has seen his work in says the same thing. His painted minis look even better in person. So we are not even seeing the full extent of his talent.

Hmm, Maybe Bostria or Interruptor will bring some of his stuff to the NOVA?

 Red Harvest wrote:
How good would it be though, without Angel's instruction? But bear in mind Angel has been doing this professionally for over 10 years. He was good to start with, and has only gotten better and faster.

And everybody I know who has seen his work in says the same thing. His painted minis look even better in person. So we are not even seeing the full extent of his talent.

Is that... is that even possible?

I think the folded-up emitters look a bit strange because, when collapsed, they seem like they should resemble a space marine drop pod if you went for the most obvious way to stow the tool for storage.. and even if the the 'petals' pair off and then the whole thing folds in half, it seems like there should be some sort of split down the middle.

But that's just me obsessing over a minor detail. They are great sculpts and I could totally justify buying them even though I don't play Haq.

 Siygess wrote:
I think the folded-up emitters look a bit strange because they seek like they should resemble a space marine drop pod if you went for the most obvious way to collapse the tool for storage.. and even if the the 'petals' pair off and then the whole thing folds in half, it seems like there should be some sort of split down the middle.

But that's just me obsessing over a minor detail. They are great sculpts and I could totally justify buying them even though I don't play Haq.

I was looking at that as well. And I found that if the two Up and Down blades of the Emitter fold in like a clamshell, the other two Left and Right blades fold against them, giving them the wedge sort of look.

I probably spent way too much time trying to figure that out.

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:
How good would it be though, without Angel's instruction? But bear in mind Angel has been doing this professionally for over 10 years. He was good to start with, and has only gotten better and faster.

And everybody I know who has seen his work in says the same thing. His painted minis look even better in person. So we are not even seeing the full extent of his talent.

Is that... is that even possible?

It is indeed. Wonders never cease. I will ask the NOVA TO about the minis. I know Interruptor brought some to the Feast of Blades last October(?), so I would imagine CB will do the same here.

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:
How good would it be though, without Angel's instruction? But bear in mind Angel has been doing this professionally for over 10 years. He was good to start with, and has only gotten better and faster.

And everybody I know who has seen his work in says the same thing. His painted minis look even better in person. So we are not even seeing the full extent of his talent.

Is that... is that even possible?

It is! Saw a few of his minis on display and I practically did an impression of Arnie in Total Recall..

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
You guys are slackin'. BOW has the Mutts up!

http://www.beastsofwar.com/infinity/infinity-exclusive-ghazzi-muttawiah-sculpts/

Spoiler:

Are these the unit that were (incorrectly) described as electronic warfare suicide bombers or somesuch last year?

 warboss wrote:

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
You guys are slackin'. BOW has the Mutts up!

http://www.beastsofwar.com/infinity/infinity-exclusive-ghazzi-muttawiah-sculpts/

Spoiler:

Are these the unit that were (incorrectly) described as electronic warfare suicide bombers or somesuch last year?

They are indeed!

 Chemical Cutthroat wrote:
I was looking at that as well. And I found that if the two Up and Down blades of the Emitter fold in like a clamshell, the other two Left and Right blades fold against them, giving them the wedge sort of look.

I probably spent way too much time trying to figure that out.

Ah yes, I see what you mean and you are absolutely correct. Awesome sauce!

Hipster mutt!

I can't see Kat Dennings in the second female at all.

If four completely unique models is something coming about from digital sculpting I'll gladly take it.

 Alpharius wrote:
Hmmm...

I wonder if these are "3D Sculpted" vs. "Traditional"?

Or maybe it just comes down to "Not Painted by Angel"?

It has more to do with the fact that it's another "pop culture sculpt".

Also:


Vanilla. Stupidity at its finest.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Hmmm...

I wonder if these are "3D Sculpted" vs. "Traditional"?

Or maybe it just comes down to "Not Painted by Angel"?

It has more to do with the fact that it's another "pop culture sculpt".

There's only one pop culture sculpt in there, and that's Hipster Mutt.

 -Loki- wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Hmmm...

I wonder if these are "3D Sculpted" vs. "Traditional"?

Or maybe it just comes down to "Not Painted by Angel"?

It has more to do with the fact that it's another "pop culture sculpt".

There's only one pop culture sculpt in there, and that's Hipster Mutt.

Three actually.

Kat Dennings, Hipster Mutt, and a female blogger.

Plus Angel Giraldez as the last Mutt but that's not really "pop culture" I guess.

 Kanluwen wrote:


Vanilla. Stupidity at its finest.

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean its stupid.

 bantha_beast wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:


Vanilla. Stupidity at its finest.

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean its stupid.

Narrative campaign.
Narrative option for a full Tunguska or Svalarheima force on each side which could easily be Tunguska/Svalarheima when those two come out with "Acheron Falls" and which could easily be Vanilla for the time remaining.

NOPE LET'S DO VANILLA INSTEAD.

Vanilla is a blight upon the game. It's like Unbound for 40k; play with whatever crap you have.

I wouldn't go quite that far...

 Pacific wrote:
I wouldn't go quite that far...

Then you don't know what you're talking about.

It's exactly like Unbound. It's so you can field whatever crap you have without penalty. Want to have a ton of specialists that normally you wouldn't? Play vanilla!

Gee, doing vanilla in a starter pack. it's almost like they're aiming it at new people.

 -Loki- wrote:
Gee, doing vanilla in a starter pack. it's almost like they're aiming it at new people.

Gee, it's almost like they're doing a narrative campaign and screwing the narrative.