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Yeah, me too. I don't expect the hard suits to look much like the renders, either.

By the way, I was browsing HLJ for a not-riptide and stumbled upon this baby:
http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGMK-03

Not quite the Defiance battle eggs, but close enough, and marketed, that it might scratch that itch.

1/35, so probably a bit bigger than desired for 28mm use. Also, $60/€46 just to get two of those battle eggs is going to be a bit rich for most of us, sadly.
Shame - I'd really, really like a bunch of those battle eggs but that really won't happen anymore.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
By the way, I was browsing HLJ for a not-riptide and stumbled upon this baby:
http://www.hlj.com/product/HSGMK-03

Not quite the Defiance battle eggs, but close enough, and marketed, that it might scratch that itch.

They are also different from Defiance battle eggs in that you can actually get them.

Well, their facebook profile says they have just signed off on two more designs.

First that must mean their three kits are selling, and second, maybe we'll see the battle eggs.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Well, their facebook profile says they have just signed off on two more designs.

First that must mean their three kits are selling, and second, maybe we'll see the battle eggs.

You'd hope that was the case wouldn't you....

I shall wait and see (and maybe get the hardsuits depending on what they eventually look like)

Well if they haven't gone under, I do hope they're going to be wiser about their business practices.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Well if they haven't gone under, I do hope they're going to be wiser about their business practices.

Agreed.

They aren't currently producing anything that I really want, but if the hardsuits ever get made at the pricepoint that they earlier stated, then I'll still be purchasing them for my Ventaurans.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/gallery/images-24779-20144_Ventauran%20Army.html

In the mean time I'm going to hold onto the 3 Tau Stealth suits that I have as a "Plan B". As much as I'd love to see the hardsuits, nothing at this point tells me that it's a sure bet that they will see the light of day.

The model linked to above is a pretty cool one. even though it's 1/35, it would look great alongside 28mm figs as a fighter or light lander, and the hardsuits would look fine as slightly larger hardsuits or small mechs.
Here's a 1/35 MAK in the middle flanked by 28mm figs. I think the small hardsuits are from eureka
http://www.lead-adventure.de/index.php?topic=19437.0


1/35 can be a good scale when dealing with sci-fi models. Here's the Gasaraki mech with a few minor modifications that I use for 28mm. Apologies to those who have seen it before.

Eilif wrote:

Wow... That actually works quite well.

If you like it and you want it, should'a put a gun on it...

*cue the dancing ladies*

These guys do a hardsuit, not sure about the scale though:
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/komodo-heavy-infantry.html

that antenocitis model is on the large side of 32mm, I believe (but a hardsuit like that scales quite nicely to 28mm as well).
The bigger issue is the GBP16 pricetag. Building a unit or two from that is not really an option, which is why there's still a lot of us kind of hoping for DFG suits (through distribution of course - I ain't stupid ).

If you register on the site you can get a unit of 5 for $18 CAD (11.67 GBP) per model with free shipping, and the VAT knocked off - which isn't a bad price here in Canada (where we generally get a friendly 15-30% mark up on hobby stuff despite our currency being on par with the US).

Of course, nice cheap plastic would be wonderful

...Yeah, still GBP 60 for a unit of 5, or GBP70 for us here in the EU. I suppose, if you really want them bad enough...

czakk, you're a bit too rich for my tastes. I'm using these to get away from crazy gee dub prices.

czakk wrote:
These guys do a hardsuit, not sure about the scale though:
http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/komodo-heavy-infantry.html

Spoiler:

Here's one with their G.O.T. Figures, which IIRC are comparable to Inifinity in size.

Yeah, they are very bulky and quite detailed.

That is definitely an Infinity PanOceania ORC trooper, though.

Geckos, anyone?

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
That is definitely an Infinity PanOceania ORC trooper, though.

Geckos, anyone?

Then I guess it's exactly the same size as an infinity figure.

From the Facebook entries flying all over the place:

"Of the next four releases, 3 are for existing Forces, 1 is for a brand new Force."

The comments also seem to imply that they are 3D printing right now and will wait until those are done before they show off anything. Smart, smart move if you ask me.

Also, new equipment is being built and put in place to streamline the Bugs' and Germans' production. They still have not caught up to Bug production, but they should be sending stock to stores soon.

The German walker is getting rendered, apparently.

Defiance just posted this on their facebook:



German walker leg prototype, one of seven pieces in the final set.

Wonder if that's a 3D print (from the stalegtites behind the 'knee') or a cast (from the apparent mould lines) ?

but assuming it's cleaned up it has potential

It's rather large. Shouldn't they get their infantry-sized models perfected and plentiful before metaphorically tackling bigger metaphoric fish?

It is an interesting design choice to pose the 'toes' of the foot as if the leg is lifted vice flat on the ground supporting the weight.

 Absolutionis wrote:
It's rather large. Shouldn't they get their infantry-sized models perfected and plentiful before metaphorically tackling bigger metaphoric fish?

It might actually be easier to do a large object, assuming they don't try to go hyper-detailed. Bigger, deeper details are easier to cut into a mold than tiny ones, and less likely to vanish due to air bubbles.

Or, at least, that's my assumption.


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 CptJake wrote:
It is an interesting design choice to pose the 'toes' of the foot as if the leg is lifted vice flat on the ground supporting the weight.

Since this leg is single piece, I'm hoping there'll be other options. It'd suck to have your huge honking centerpiece-of-the-army robots all looking exactly the same.

Damn, you beat me to it... :(


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And he couldn't resist taking a snipe at Dreamforge Games. That kinda makes me not so eager to buy anymore.

 Mathieu Raymond wrote:
Damn, you beat me to it... :(


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And he couldn't resist taking a snipe at Dreamforge Games. That kinda makes me not so eager to buy anymore.

That was a bit of douchebaggery, I refrain from critically commenting on other manufacturers because its simply in bad form. If I have a negative opinion I keep it to myself but I will praise others hard work. I don't know if it was meant a friendly jibe but I did find it an unnecessary comment. I think it was more a defensive comment about the static pose nature of their kit compared to the dynamic pose of my kit? as to the other comments about 'technology' yeah... I use 'technology' as well and have had ALL my kits printed at one point or other.

Nothing wrong with a static pose kit, I have made several myself, it keeps the cost down and deals with a lot of the order fulfillment issues but to bash my kits in defense of a choice they are making? Whatever.....

Considering his(the owners) snippy attitude towards someone who asked an innocent question about if it was possible to assemble the mech in mulitple poses, I'm not surprised he would take a jab at dreamforge

People really still buy stuff (or intend to) from these guys?

I'm shocked.

~Eric

That looks like a 3D printed, not cast, leg to me.