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i heard deadzone models were finished and off to china, all of KOW is in china and all of dreadball is in china.

don't think remy is doing it because it's being 3d sculpted.

dreadball season 3 is being playtested this weekend.

sounds like all of the sculpting talent is wrapping up on their projects and free to move on to the new project. small team yes, but they move pretty rapidly on these projects to meet their deadlines.

ronnie mentioned in the podcast that mars attacks is 28mm and played using the deadzone rules engine, though simpler... tell you what to roll rather than statlines for example.

Hmm... using Deadzone rule engine with Mars Attacks? Could be interesting.

I too hope it's a bit more board game-y. Curious as to what the game could include. Remembering the card series, I know they've got the giant bugs the Martians use to raze the countryside. Lots of bugs. They also had a giant robot and all the flying saucers. Humans (who I would assume are the rivals to the Martians) were pretty conventionally armed for the time (flame throwers and bazookas) but they did have rocketships and spacesuited soldiers in the end. Maybe we'll see Moon Men or Venusians or something along those lines if they want to add in other factions.

You know what would be sneaky and a way to drum up more interest? If Mantic decided to have this game get modified Deadzone sprues for scenery.

My secret hope is it does well enough to usher in the sequel to Mars Attacks... Dinosaurs Attack! My friend had some of those cards when we were kids, and they were GRUESOME.

 Black Nexus wrote:
i heard deadzone models were finished and off to china,

Frankly, I'll believe that when I see some more sculpts.

The problem with "I heard" is that it gives us things like "Only Remy is allowed to sculpt the Warpath/Sci-Fi models." and so forth. I'm not making this a personal attack on either you or SS, but pointing out that internet rumors aren't always all that reliable.

Deadzone styled scenery of 1950s style Earth structures could be cool. Maybe have a modular diner or a farm with a house, barn, maybe a grain silo?

Generic buildings are always good.

50's buildings would be cool, but at this point it's all basically conjecture on our part. I would assume if the game is using the DZ ruleset then we're more than likely looking at some kind of skirmish game, otherwise what would they gain from using the DZ rules? Maybe an accessory sprue with mailboxes, lamp posts, newspaper vending machines... and charred remains of humans (and maybe a kid with a burning dog like the old card set) to litter the streets? A man can dream, right?

And if the answer is yes I will continue to pine for a dinosaurs attack expansion!

Would it be wrong to assume this is something that Mantic would like to get a bit more mainstream exposure from? While still relatively niche, Mars Attacks I would think carries a little bit of weight within sci-fi/ comic circles in regards to brand recognition, at least moreso than it does with tabletop wargaming.

When I think mainstream tabletop gaming though I tend to think of prebuilt pieces. Maybe something like DZ's scientist pledge.

Hell I still need to finish that damned survey as it is...

As long as we get a Jack Nicholson model, I'm happy.

Well here is the Nameless Team for Dreadball




Not what I was expecting...

Super stuff!

I think I like the squid/crab best even though I'm a huge fan of the original John Doe style striker

Compel.. yes definitely (and a Jack Black soldier?)

I'm wondering if this might be good with the Warlord Bolt Action US Riflemen actually

Well.. those nameless are certainly a bit different!

Liking that crab one the best.

After helping my kids capture some particularly nasty and aggressive crabs at the beach the other day, I have newfound respect for crustacean brawlers.

Hoping they grow them even bigger in Warpath so we can flip them over for massive damage.

Nameless are looking lovely.

Another team to buy, they look great.

Is there a reason for the Nameless having varying forms like that? Do they try to mimic different lifeforms?

 Cyporiean wrote:
Well here is the Nameless Team for Dreadball




Not what I was expecting...

I love everything about them.

to answer your question i think the nameless are just a mass of tentacles, so they could kill a giant crustactean and just use its shell. giving the appearance of being different, but in reality its just a mass of tentacles.

 Barzam wrote:
Is there a reason for the Nameless having varying forms like that? Do they try to mimic different lifeforms?

The nameless team is actually made up of three different species hence the different looks (I can't remember if they all come from the same world, or if they come from different worlds but had got together before the Corporation found them)

Nameless seem to represent a federation of aquatic worlds, Crab-squids, Lobster-squids, and just plain squid-folks

The middle one looks less like a lobster and more like a (insert D9 favoured expletive here) prawn.

They all make me hungry, gotta go melt some garlic butter

These are very nice. Look somewhat Z'zor in design except for the squishy bits.

New deadzone greens:
















So..
Rebs: Judwan Medic, Human with rocket launcher, Kraaw.
Plague: Swarm, Teraton, mortar crew
Marauders: Hulk, Resculpted Commando (!)

Still not entirely happy with the plague models (except teraton!) but the rest really is quite good.
Can't really see where they'd place the mold lines in such a way as to make them less annoying than on the DB stuff though - that will lead to continued complaints.

Mantic need to leave behind this odd fascination with really tiny legs on models...

 Alpharius wrote:
Mantic need to leave behind this odd fascination with really tiny legs on models...

Do you think it is a specific sculptor? The Reb sculpts don't seem to suffer from that problem to the degree other lines might.

I like what I see for the most part, although I think the female with the rocket launcher could stand a bit more detail, along with the Kraaw's tail.

I'm pretty sure that Ork Commando isn't one of the resculpted ones. He's the knifer one from the booster. I actually really like him, too. He looks much better than the starter set ones. I just kind of wish they'd given him some goggles though for some reason. He just needs a little something extra.

Why is the Orc wearing a kilt?

 Alpharius wrote:
Mantic need to leave behind this odd fascination with really tiny legs on models...

I don't know. They look perfectly proportioned to me: 1:3:3, right?

 Kanluwen wrote:
Why is the Orc wearing a kilt?

Because he's a badass, obviously. I think it's actually part of his jacket though.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Mantic need to leave behind this odd fascination with really tiny legs on models...

I don't know. They look perfectly proportioned to me: 1:3:3, right?

Those are the proportions the zombie-creatures have and it looks horrible.