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Malfred has a crush on infantry armies

I like the vectors a Lot, but I agree with Mike Mee that the legs are a bit spindly (usual for PP).


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RiTides wrote:Vectors:
http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery/convergence-of-cyriss/warjacks/inverter
http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery/convergence-of-cyriss/warjacks/cipher
http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery/convergence-of-cyriss/warjacks/monitor





Starter Box:
http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/gallery/starter-products/convergence-of-cyriss-battlegroup-starter-plastic

Book:
http://privateerpress.com/warmachine/books/forces-of-warmachine-convergence-of-cyriss

Oh
my
God

They have lasers?!

I wonder if PP thought about the AdMech conversion possibilities when they decided on this.

 RiTides wrote:
Malfred has a crush on infantry armies

Yup, there's that.

And I haven't absolutely needed to have a 'jack until I picked up colossals, if
that tells you anything.

 Kanluwen wrote:
Oh
my
God

They have lasers?!

Neat, missed the floating zappy 'jack. Betting that's the one that fries anything that hits it.

the lazers makes me thing of 80's action cartoons....this is a good thing

Odd, the entire faction thus far does absolutely nothing at all for me. I don't even dislike them that much, they just elicit no emotion at all.

I have the opposite take, it's the first time I actually want to purchase "jacks" (vectors in this case) other than the rhulic ones. The infantry I've seen I don't love, but that can be more easily fixed

 Manchu wrote:
...AdMech conversion possibilities...

^

A NMM painters dream? =P

I'm pretty sure on "pistol face" that that is an actual gun. A mortar to be exact.

 AduroT wrote:
I'm pretty sure on "pistol face" that that is an actual gun. A mortar to be exact.

This.

 AduroT wrote:
I'm pretty sure on "pistol face" that that is an actual gun. A mortar to be exact.

Yeah, but that doesn't make me like it more... I think it's aesthetically dumb. I realize that it's an entire faction of machines, but even Warjacks don't have guns for faces. Granted we don't have Orks, so there aren't Khador generals running around yelling "MORE BOMBS!" The other heavy vectors look better, because there is an established "face" on them... it just irks me D:

I just think they could have done a better job on the Cipher and probably some of the other vectors.

I like "pistol face" . Making every robot humanoid drives me absolutely crazy, so I'm glad they branched out just a bit.

Looks like I'll have to buy some of the new Vectors and a caster or two.

Realy nice!

 RiTides wrote:
I like "pistol face" . Making every robot humanoid drives me absolutely crazy, so I'm glad they branched out just a bit.

You would like the Cipher...

But like if you look at the Inverter, it has a "plate" where the mortar goes on the Cipher... It doesn't really have facial features, yet it looks better...

I guess what I'm saying is the gun looks dumb *shrugs* Honestly these guys are the first PP stuff I'm not impressed with.

 devilution wrote:
A NMM painters dream? =P

**battlebox painted by summer 2025?

 RiTides wrote:
Making every robot humanoid drives me absolutely crazy, so I'm glad they branched out just a bit.

Well said. It's nice to see some branching out design-wise in the PP line.

 Manchu wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Making every robot humanoid drives me absolutely crazy, so I'm glad they branched out just a bit.

Well said. It's nice to see some branching out design-wise in the PP line.

I think I've figured out what's been bugging me about PP lately: I actually preferred the fantasy steampunk look of the early stuff. That chunky, relatively low detail look was really appealing, and it's still guides my army building choices. (why hello old metal defenders!)

The new stuff just isn't my cup of tea, and the CoC isnt' looking to change that...

I am the opposite, the cartoonish look of early PP stuff really put me off. Since they've been retooling in plastic, I've been liking them more and more.

 Polonius wrote:

 Manchu wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Making every robot humanoid drives me absolutely crazy, so I'm glad they branched out just a bit.

Well said. It's nice to see some branching out design-wise in the PP line.

I think I've figured out what's been bugging me about PP lately: I actually preferred the fantasy steampunk look of the early stuff. That chunky, relatively low detail look was really appealing, and it's still guides my army building choices. (why hello old metal defenders!)

The new stuff just isn't my cup of tea, and the CoC isnt' looking to change that...

I was gonna say something about how great the plastic kits are(I wouldn't touch metal Juggernaught chassis, Crusader chassis, or any Cygnar Jacks aside from the Grenadier chassis), then I actually thought about it and realized that I may agree with you to an extent. I still reach for my metal Slayer over my plastic and I'm making an effort to track down a metal Reaper and metal Merc Jacks because something about the plastic version bugs me. I'm even tempted to go full bore crazy and order the parts for a metal Rover and Rocinante.

 Platuan4th wrote:

 Polonius wrote:

 Manchu wrote:

 RiTides wrote:
Making every robot humanoid drives me absolutely crazy, so I'm glad they branched out just a bit.

Well said. It's nice to see some branching out design-wise in the PP line.

I think I've figured out what's been bugging me about PP lately: I actually preferred the fantasy steampunk look of the early stuff. That chunky, relatively low detail look was really appealing, and it's still guides my army building choices. (why hello old metal defenders!)

The new stuff just isn't my cup of tea, and the CoC isnt' looking to change that...

I was gonna say something about how great the plastic kits are(I wouldn't touch metal Juggernaught chassis, Crusader chassis, or any Cygnar Jacks aside from the Grenadier chassis), then I actually thought about it and realized that I may agree with you to an extent. I still reach for my metal Slayer over my plastic and I'm making an effort to track down a metal Reaper and metal Merc Jacks because something about the plastic version bugs me. I'm even tempted to go full bore crazy and order the parts for a metal Rover and Rocinante.

I caved in and went to eBay to specifically buy a metal Hammersmith because I liked the old model allot more than the new plastic one. I think it had more "character" (whatever that means).

Only to then find out that the Hammersmith is an awesome addition to my Kraye list!

There's also the bitter taste I have that the "plastic" kits are markedly more expensive than the metal jacks they replaced, at least for Cygnar.

I got one in a trade, and built it as a Cyclone on a whim. Then realized they're actually pretty nice when marshalled to gun mages in a pCaine list.

http://store.privateerpress.com/classicwarmachine.aspx


Those are all the metal versions of the models put in to plastic. Apparently they plan to sell the old ones until the mold wears out.

I have everything except the hammersmith, which I'm in hurry to get due to it's niche nature.

 Polonius wrote:
I have everything except the hammersmith, which I'm in hurry to get due to it's niche nature.

Was the only one that I was missing as well.

It is all steampunk. And i think PP does a great job of offering the real steampunk fan with variety with the more old school style steampunk like menoth and the more magic related steampunk like the Retribution.

and now they tackle clockwork constructs which is also steampunk.

the genre of steampunk is big and diverce so please stop saying that PP is becoming less steampunk. because that statement is limiting steampunk

 fatty wrote:
It is all steampunk. And i think PP does a great job of offering the real steampunk fan with variety with the more old school style steampunk like menoth and the more magic related steampunk like the Retribution.

and now they tackle clockwork constructs which is also steampunk.

the genre of steampunk is big and diverce so please stop saying that PP is becoming less steampunk. because that statement is limiting steampunk

Like most stempunk, there's no punk and not much steam left.

Companies like PP capitalized on what was a subculture and is now just another cash cow.

You know what steampunk is, these days? Justen Beiber christmas displays and "real steampunk" rub on tattoos you can find next to the chewing gum in the grocery store.

Just like every subculture or counterculture out there, companies found a niche and realized they could profit off of what people like. They took it from people who cared, cut out its heart that made it unique, and sold the shell. (I believe this is what you might call "diversifying.")

Nothing tragic about steampunk going this way- it's just what eventually happens. PP is hardly the worst offender, but even when Warmachine started, PP was only vaguely steampunk. I actually respected them a lot for not calling it steampunk.

But, stop protecting steampunk like it still has something special. It might show some new life in a decade or so, when companies get tired of it, but for now, let it go...

Obviously, my two rather skeptical cents.

 spiralingcadaver wrote:

 fatty wrote:
It is all steampunk. And i think PP does a great job of offering the real steampunk fan with variety with the more old school style steampunk like menoth and the more magic related steampunk like the Retribution.

and now they tackle clockwork constructs which is also steampunk.

the genre of steampunk is big and diverce so please stop saying that PP is becoming less steampunk. because that statement is limiting steampunk

Like most stempunk, there's no punk and not much steam left.

Companies like PP capitalized on what was a subculture and is now just another cash cow.

You know what steampunk is, these days? Justen Beiber christmas displays and "real steampunk" rub on tattoos you can find next to the chewing gum in the grocery store.

Just like every subculture or counterculture out there, companies found a niche and realized they could profit off of what people like. They took it from people who cared, cut out its heart that made it unique, and sold the shell. (I believe this is what you might call "diversifying.")

Nothing tragic about steampunk going this way- it's just what eventually happens. PP is hardly the worst offender, but even when Warmachine started, PP was only vaguely steampunk. I actually respected them a lot for not calling it steampunk.

But, stop protecting steampunk like it still has something special. It might show some new life in a decade or so, when companies get tired of it, but for now, let it go...

Obviously, my two rather skeptical cents.

Some old timey steam punk just for you.

Everything dies. Tough noogies.