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Purple Shark renders:



A bit zeppelin-esque. I like them.

Awesome, give us an option to replace the grenade with a close combat weapon though, and the fingers on the pointing hand seems a little short.

While I was initially very impressed with the Bauhaus line's new look, the Capitol stuff shown so far has crossed back over the line towards the old goofy minis look. The bauhaus mech (both versions) was moderninzed but still had a taste of the flair of the old models (gas masks, spiked helm) but the rivets on WW2 looking designs aesthetics for Capitol is a bit too retro for me. On a side note, the purple sharks at least make for great 40k Ork Jetbikes if you replace the guns with bigger ones!

I agree - the new Capitol miniatures are making it easy to NOT pick Capitol, and I needed all the help I could get in paring down the list of factions I want to pick up!

I don't agree with those points being that I own all the old capitol stuff the new stuff is a thousand times better the only thing that capitol had back in the day was light infantry and the rangers that looked okay. I'm glad to see capitol get an overhaul i will be going capitol heavy along with the brotherhood.

Here is the firs pictures of the Armoured Chasseurs in Resin

Is it me or do they look a little 'soft'?

Very in love with those Purple Sharks. Glad they don't have shark faces sculpted in.

But they are all I'm interested in. Its rather unclear if you can pledge for only the add ons?

 inqscott wrote:
I don't agree with those points being that I own all the old capitol stuff the new stuff is a thousand times better the only thing that capitol had back in the day was light infantry and the rangers that looked okay. I'm glad to see capitol get an overhaul i will be going capitol heavy along with the brotherhood.

And if I were in your shoes, I'd probably agree but I got rid of almost all my warzone stuff a few years ago (except for the books... couldn't find a buyer for them) as this capitol stuff looks like a good match next to the older stuff on the tabletop. From my new perspective of a player without a model collection (except for some lovely classic free marines whose models I kept for RPG characters), I was hoping for a more modernized look that matched the level of updating that the bauhaus models got. The capitol stuff they're showing are great resculpts of and true to the originals but they switched the percentage of modern versus classic that the bauhaus and cybertronic (to a slightly lesser extent) led me to believe would be the game wide aesthetic. It seems like every successive army they're coming out with gets less and less of an update in aesthetics (bauhuas, cybertronic, capitol). In 40k terms, the capitol guys are basically the equivalent of 2nd edition/3rd edition space marines reiteration (better scaled and symmetrical but faithful to the original design aesthetic of rogue trader) whereas I was hoping for the Dornian Heresy MkXVI armor reboot that bauhaus seemed to have gotten. I'm in the same boat as Alpharius in that the most radically redone guys are the ones I'm liking the most despite initially being most interested in the idea of a Capitol reboot.

 Alpharius wrote:
Is it me or do they look a little 'soft'?

They do kind of look a little soft, but I wonder if it might just be that they're early runs and the mold hasn't been really "finished" yet.

They look great except for the faces though. There's just some definition on the faces which do not seem to be finished, in my eyes.

 Alpharius wrote:
Is it me or do they look a little 'soft'?

It's due to lightning in the photobox, we had the same problem with this pic:

 Warzone Resurrection wrote:

 Alpharius wrote:
Is it me or do they look a little 'soft'?

It's due to lightning in the photobox, we had the same problem with this pic:

Might be worth giving the minis a hefty black wash next time then, because they really do seem to be lacking some of the detail of the digital sculpts.

Resins with a bit of contrast added:

I'm not sure I agree, I hated what they did to bauhaus at first, now its a little better but it became to much plastic and steel and to little cloth and mud. they ended up looking like imperial stormtropers (the star wars kind) rahter than dieselpunk, I still think they need bigger gasmasks and less breastplate but at least now they have backpaks.

Capitol I dont care much for, for background reasons. nah I'll go legion and the minis from bauhaus and brotherhood that i like.

also does anyone remember the backstory for the praetoarian behemoth? was it two stalkers and one razide or two razides and one stalker that they turned into a behemoth?
And which stalkers was it that got turned in this way?

Oddly, I think the Stormtrooper looks actually works quite well for them. I mean it isn't like Imperial Stormtroopers weren't aping WW1 Prussian and WW2 Nazi aesthetics already. So that the a faction that borrows heavily from continental European military aesthetics (not the least of which is Prussia), yeah I can see Bauhaus having a lot of similarities to the Galactic Empire in Starwars.

I kind of like that they are going back toward the 1st Edition aesthetics. Much more noble and shiny looking. Even a little ostentatious on some of them.

Mud and blood and the whole "Black Adder Goes Forth" look is more of an Imperial thing after all.

Bauhaus are ranks of orderly troops marching forward and dying valiantly for the corporation. Imperials are guys in muddy holes, surviving off of the rats they catch (taste better than rations!) and dying in a pool of their own blood and urine as they face down horrors man was not meant to face. It was what set the two WW1-inspired factions apart.

Bauhaus was clean and orderly, Imperial were rough and dirty. It's what made them such interesting rivals, because beneath the exterior they were so similar but presented in totally different ways. Again, this is one thing I didn't tend to like about the 2nd Edition remake of them. Other than removing the European Union and making them straight up Space Prussia, it added on a lot of trench warfare units (new-style Dragoons, Ducal Militia, etc.) that seemed to run counter to the more dashing nature of 1st Edition.

I also kind of like the aesthetic they are starting to get on units. The differentiation between units with those blocky, angled shoulders (mostly Hussars, though V-Rangers may have some) and the more rounded ones you find on elites who have likely had their armour custom-built. It gives a nice division between the commoners with mass-produced (but still good quality) gear and the movers and shakers with moulded armour pieces made just for them. This is probably my favourite iteration of Bauhaus to date.

Oh and they posted a render of Valerie Duval as well:



Looks to include bits from every version of her (and was probably easy to make because of all of the Etoiles pieces they have floating around right now). Unfortunately that means part of it is based on the Parente/Bisley line, but the upper body is largely Bonner inspired. The hair and breast-plate design are Bonner inspired and the weapons certainly look better than the tonfa-axes of the first version of the Etoiles. Still a little on the sci-fi female cliche side, but the more noticeable upper body armour helps (even if it is boob-plate). I still like the basic Etoiles more, but this is acceptable. And of course, should be easy to convert using an EM body and the rest of the Val bits. That is the upside to having a great basic kit for the unit type, much easier to convert.

And in purely positive news, the Kickstarter is really starting to take off now in the last few days. We're already at £117k and almost ready to pop over to £118. And the number of backers added daily has sky-rocketed from the handful per day of only a few weeks ago. It's up to 780 backers and today saw 22 new souls kick in. Projections are £124 on the low end and £140+ on the high end. If we see a big kick up on the last couple days then Mishima may not be out of reach after all.

My personal prediction is that the end rush probably wont see the same levels as the beginning but the last day may well be quite busy (maybe we'll even see another day that reaches close to £10k, like day 2). I think we may end up capping out just short of Mishima unless someone goes in for a really late-game high level pledge (which I am doubting). I think we may be able to get close to £130k before the end though. And I know I have another few upgrades to kick in before the end. It will be interesting to see where it goes.

I hope those armored Chaussers come with alternate heads. Those guys are just advertising for snipers. Doesnt make much sense for them to be all armored up and have their heads as obvious weak points, plus the heads pictured are kinda ugly. Rest of the model looks great.

Stoked. Will be pledging some time next month. Save me a Bauhaus kit :p


Models look great, I'd love a little more in the way of that rad early nineties ragged post apoc mutant vibe, but that's just me wish listing.

Here's hoping we hit that sweet sweet 140K, though I admit I doubt it. I believe we'll cross 130k though which is good. If only we had that 5k back...

Just think, if Mishima doesn't drop, then that just means that when they do after the KS, it will be a grand event with a lot of attention paid to it. It will probably also have a higher release density. If we make it to £140k, then it is just the starter. But a specific Mishima release will see a starter plus all the stuff needed to support it in one shot.

[under his breath]

It will also allow me to recover so that I can grab it as well since they were my third faction when I played originally.

 Ronin_eX wrote:
Just think, if Mishima doesn't drop, then that just means that when they do after the KS, it will be a grand event with a lot of attention paid to it.

Don't forget that the most popular faction isn't released either: Imperials.

New art up, Capitol heavy infantry.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10152356014982195&set=o.121888887983248&type=1&theater

I like the cannon one.

About Mishima and Imperial. I think it would be better to be released as a couple with full options rather than just barely reaching the minimum for the Mishima release and only get a basic starter a a couple units extra.

M.

I think it'd be nice if we could at least see a sneak peak of mishima before the kickstarter ended.

 Ronin_eX wrote:
Oddly, I think the Stormtrooper looks actually works quite well for them. I mean it isn't like Imperial Stormtroopers weren't aping WW1 Prussian and WW2 Nazi aesthetics already. So that the a faction that borrows heavily from continental European military aesthetics (not the least of which is Prussia), yeah I can see Bauhaus having a lot of similarities to the Galactic Empire in Starwars.

I kind of like that they are going back toward the 1st Edition aesthetics. Much more noble and shiny looking. Even a little ostentatious on some of them.

Mud and blood and the whole "Black Adder Goes Forth" look is more of an Imperial thing after all.

Bauhaus are ranks of orderly troops marching forward and dying valiantly for the corporation. Imperials are guys in muddy holes, surviving off of the rats they catch (taste better than rations!) and dying in a pool of their own blood and urine as they face down horrors man was not meant to face. It was what set the two WW1-inspired factions apart.

Bauhaus was clean and orderly, Imperial were rough and dirty. It's what made them such interesting rivals, because beneath the exterior they were so similar but presented in totally different ways. Again, this is one thing I didn't tend to like about the 2nd Edition remake of them. Other than removing the European Union and making them straight up Space Prussia, it added on a lot of trench warfare units (new-style Dragoons, Ducal Militia, etc.) that seemed to run counter to the more dashing nature of 1st Edition.

I also kind of like the aesthetic they are starting to get on units. The differentiation between units with those blocky, angled shoulders (mostly Hussars, though V-Rangers may have some) and the more rounded ones you find on elites who have likely had their armour custom-built. It gives a nice division between the commoners with mass-produced (but still good quality) gear and the movers and shakers with moulded armour pieces made just for them. This is probably my favourite iteration of Bauhaus to date.

Except the citizens of Imperial are free which the people of Bauhaus cannot claim to be they're the faction with the broadest gaps in society and no social advancement. it makes sense they'd treat their foot soldiers as an expandable commodity where imperial have far to few citizens to do that.
That's why I liked the ducal militia they represented that life was basically crap if you wasn't born in a good place in bauhaus. I mean they are the only corporation that does serfdom which is basically slavery.
And I don't mind shiny uniforms but then I want it to be sashes ,medals and epaulettes. the Napoleon III look or the bismark look. But I want there to be an an obvious difference between the shiny soldier in his strict clean uniform they show on tv and the gritty reality.
Then again once I start painting mud and rust on them they'll look far more down to earth I guess.

Oh and I'm still wondering if anyone remember the backstory of how the behemoth is created. its on the back of the box that the behemoth came in, unfortunately i must have thrown mine away ages ago.

Somebody needs to check Mishima's average living conditions

M.

Yeah they are feudal so they're as bad I guess. In fact slightly worse, Bauahus always rolled 2 d3 +2 for their social level while I believe mishima just rolled a d10.

And Ronin would it be so strange that Imperial and Bauhaus as more similar to each other than any other two factions didn't Imperial form from a splinter group of Bauhaus, i remember Bauhaus commenting on that what happened with cybertronic had happened once before with imperial. and that they remembered the time when there was only 3 mega corps.

Those new Capital guys are badass. Once again lack of helms is an issue for heavily armored combatants but the rest of them looks sweet!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/mutant-chronicles-warzone-resurrection

Wait, does than mean the others were Light Infantry and the characteristic WW1 Doughboy hats are gone?
That would be like Imperials losing berets and tommy helmets to become just generic SciFi fighters.

Seems so
Also seems that we've got ourself our limited edition mini.


Oh and I might have misinterpreted this but i think Prodos asked for name suggestions.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/513277403/mutant-chronicles-warzone-resurrection/posts/453342#comments

 Kroothawk wrote:
Wait, does than mean the others were Light Infantry and the characteristic WW1 Doughboy hats are gone?
That would be like Imperials losing berets and tommy helmets to become just generic SciFi fighters.

While I did like the light infantry doughboy hats, I think adding headgear to capitol is opening up a very dangerous can of worms. The other two of the historic capitol head flair choices are the abyssmal football helmets and baseball caps.

As for the heavy infantry, I'm happy to see them suitably updated and without WW2 rivet-laden armor like the shark and orca.