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that looks a lot like a dancing cage I saw at a strip club in philly.

Today's #SniperShot.

It looks to be a sneak peek of Thaymris, the Steel Phalanx journalist.

Is that a machine gun briefcase?

Looks like it, doesn't it?

I think it's a briefcase that can turn into a gun.

It does look like one, but that wouldn't be very fitting for Thamyris imo. More suitable for an O-12 guy.

Unfortunately there is nothing listed in the July releases that would be O-12.

Thamyris isn't really a combatant but rather is a Journalist with an Assault Pistol, Knife, Marker, and Nanopulsar.
I could easily see this being how he carries his Assault Pistol.

Seems to be a GITS homage.

Nice find!

 Erasoketa wrote:
Seems to be a GITS homage.

Which itself is an homage to a specific MP5K modification done by Heckler and Koch during the early 1980s and became well-known (if rare to actually utilize or even see) among Western intelligence agencies.. Someone posted the video on the English forums for Corvus Belli.

Anyways yeah, that's pretty much guaranteed to be Thamyris.

One of my all-time favourite mangas.

As a kid I even dreamed about having a SMG like that.
I wonder what kind of troop will have that weapon... probably an impersonator!

 BobbaFett wrote:
One of my all-time favourite mangas.

As a kid I even dreamed about having a SMG like that.
I wonder what kind of troop will have that weapon... probably an impersonator!

That would be awesome!

So much so, and it makes so much sense, I'm surprised ALEPH doesn't have something like this already!

An impersonator that looks like a business man, like the O-12 bootleg guy... and suddenly becomes a deadly menace.
Impersonation L1... maybe.

A low-res extract of that scene from the Ghost in the Shell movie.. very cool!

If he is Thamiris, it will be an interesting rendering of his Assault Pistol.

 Piston Honda wrote:


that looks a lot like a dancing cage I saw at a strip club in philly.

Do you have photo's of that?

The Stargate aliens called they want their teleporter back

CB on FB wrote:
Cosplayer Tabitha Lyons will be with us at GenCon cosplaying Infinity! Come see us at booth 1935! #GenCon Also, there will be exclusive miniature of her. More info soon!

I'm not sure if that means she'll be cosplaying as the new Penthesilea miniature, or as a different and also new miniature.

What exactly Is she cosplaying as?

Big who cares?

"Oh look, we got a cosplayer! Don't worry about all your questions or concerns about N3--we have boobs at our booth!"

Hmm... the point is: and another miniature?

 Erasoketa wrote:
Hmm... the point is: and another miniature?

If you're going to pull from their FB/Twitter, pull everything.

Also, there will be exclusive miniature of Tabitha @Artyfakes More details soon!

So hooray...more exclusive miniatures when there are huge swathes of missing profiles, revamps, and in general just things that are not actually released.

I guess we know where their priorities lay right now. Not with the actual fanbase, but rather with expanding the brand.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Erasoketa wrote:
Hmm... the point is: and another miniature?

If you're going to pull from their FB/Twitter, pull everything.

Also, there will be exclusive miniature of Tabitha @Artyfakes More details soon!

So hooray...more exclusive miniatures when there are huge swathes of missing profiles, revamps, and in general just things that are not actually released.

I guess we know where their priorities lay right now. Not with the actual fanbase, but rather with expanding the BOOBS.

I corrected that for you although I would post the counterpoint that given the tabletop minis demographic that expanding that doesn't necessarily conflict with the fanbase. I do agree though that priorities should go to "empty" spots on their fig roster but I don't think that for a company as prolific with new designs as CB (3-4 per month) will be set much back with 1 special for the biggest gaming convention outside of Europe.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Erasoketa wrote:
Hmm... the point is: and another miniature?

If you're going to pull from their FB/Twitter, pull everything.

I did. Right before the image. And then I wondered something about the miniature.

Yeah I guess there is a possibility that the new biker chick model we already know about *is* Tabitha Lyons and that she is going "as" the biker chick version of herself.. but, eh, I don't know. It doesn't seem to fit.

Maybe she is going to be the limited edition gencon-only mini that we thought alt-Penny was going to be. That whole limited edition / pre-release confusion had to come from somewhere.

Maybe CB see "growth" as following in SPM's footsteps...

I'd say the biker girl previewed a few pages back is the most likely from a business standpoint (looking at CB's upcoming minis as a basis) but looking at her photos on google then I'd say the nomad Kalisi mini with the dragon on the shoulder would be a close second.

Supposedly she has posted something to the extent of " for a secret project (for GenCon) she has beige leggins (which are going to be the base for "something") blue lights and platinum blonde extensions."

Which basically screams that they're going to do another Techie for PanO.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Supposedly she has posted something to the extent of " for a secret project (for GenCon) she has beige leggins (which are going to be the base for "something") blue lights and platinum blonde extensions."

Which basically screams that they're going to do another Techie for PanO.

Goodness gracious, please, no. I simply loathe everything about that particular model.

I feel like I've just opened a door to 1950's moral conservatism.

Slightest mention of tits or arse on this site, anything that isn't a genderless cyber-mask or something being blown up/eviscerated, and suddenly all of the toys come out of the fething pram

I typed her name into google .. not the worst thing I have done all day, and now I think the name 'Penthouse' for the Aleph biker is more than appropriate!

 Pacific wrote:
I feel like I've just opened a door to 1950's moral conservatism.

Slightest mention of tits or arse on this site, anything that isn't a genderless cyber-mask or something being blown up/eviscerated, and suddenly all of the toys come out of the fething pram

HA!

Well said!

And exalted!

With this 'exclusive' also be available via their webshop during Gencon?

Who knows? They seem to be more interested in putting out "exclusives" than actually getting money from the rest of us who aren't interested in yet another scantily clad "exclusive" model.