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 Theophony wrote:
Did Rick write bolt action rules? I haven't paid attention to that game at all, but the newsletter hypes how rick wrote the game rules then says they are the same as bolt action . If he didn't do bolt action I find this amusing. If he did then I still find is amusing.

As a guy who plays Bolt Action I think the potential is there for a great system. Yeah it's fairly simple and could use some fleshing out, but since that seems to be what GoA is doing with the ruleset, I'm interested to see what happens.

The models may not be doing it for me, but if the rules are good I'll just a use my Dreamforge, Victoria Lamb, or old IG minis and find a way to make them fit in.

I just want to see another Sci Fi ruleset hit relative "mainstream" status so I can head to the FLGS and not have to play 40k to get my lasers and sci fi shenanigans fix. Right now it's pretty much between this and whatever Mark's rules end up being as they seem to be the only two that would be able to throw enough weight behind their systems to seriously challenge 40k's dominance.

I don't even care if they take a major section of the market, I just want to have a chance at walking into a store and being able to expect a pickup game besides 40k.

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Seems a lot of negativity towards GoA, I know alot of people, me included, were let down by the kickstarter, however I rather like the boromites and the setting as a whole.

It just seems people are trying to find bad points where they can I.e. calling hansa a porn star or saying the boromites are 80's flashbacks. I know some of this could be people trying to score 'internet cool' points but it seems there are people who just dont want to give this a chance.


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I think it's more people did give it a chance, a year ago.

I know I've pretty much just soured on the game now but, that's just me and I'm actually trying to avoid posting too much on this thread to avoid putting people off of it due to my general grumpiness.
   
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Actually Compel, I was really annoyed with the results of the ks. Guess im just more willing to give them a chance (maybe more fool me) I like where its heading atm but I admit they should have had all this done 12 months ago ready for the ks.i actually dropped my pledge before the cancellation stating I need to see more before I parted with my cash.


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To me that's the real downer of the whole thing. They've had a YEAR since the kickstarter and it looks like they haven't done much at all. He didn't write a complete set of rules, only adopted a set from another line and is throwing out fluff. The only models we've seen were ones that started a year ago with the kickstarter. I thought they said they were proceeding no matter what, but they just don't show me something amazing, just lackluster.

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This is the sort of thing I want to like, but the models don't do anything for me, nor does the fluff.

If the rules ever come out and are fast and fun to play, I'll use my existing models for them. If they happen to release models I like, they can go onto the large, long shopping list with kits from a dozen or so other manufacturers I buy from.

   
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 Guildsman wrote:
I could've stopped reading at "integral bases." From a purely practical standpoint, I will have to grind off every. single. one of them, which is just obscene.


Agreed. I really like some of the designs and fluff, but I am not going back to the late eighties to deal with that. With a crowded market and lots of competition, they need to be attracting punters, not putting them off...

   
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New preview, Concord Strike Trooper:
This week we’d like to show you the first result of the work we’ve been doing for the next Antarean force – the Panhuman Concord. This is very much an example of work-in-progress and scaled next to an Algoryn AI trooper.
What we have here is a 3-D digital image – a screen render – so nothing is quite finalised as yet.



Enjoy.

   
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Do the Panhumans have abnormally long necks? They must to fit into that armor as pictured.

That being said, with some adjustments to neck length, that could be a decent design.
   
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Reminds be a bit of a Turien from Mass Effect. Or perhaps a Dranei from Warcraft wearing sci-fi armour.

   
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That is the problem with SF these days. Over the decades, so many images have been produced, that it is more or less impossible to design a completely original "future soldier" visual concept.


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Especially considering it needs to be capable of being manufactured and used for a game piece.

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Hmm. Nobody's tried doing organic sci-fi armor in mini form yet. If they wanted something original, they could always try that.

As far as these guys go, I still think they look pretty neat. Nice and sleek. It's a nice change from the usual grimdark skulls and purity seals.

   
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 Kilkrazy wrote:
That is the problem with SF these days. Over the decades, so many images have been produced, that it is more or less impossible to design a completely original "future soldier" visual concept.

I wouldn't call that a problem. If there's a visual concept you like in non-miniatures sci-fi, it is not redundant to also produce that concept as a miniature, just like nobody would say that because we have Warhammer 40,000, we don't want Dawn of War.

As long as the concept and the execution are both decent, of course.

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 Barzam wrote:
Hmm. Nobody's tried doing organic sci-fi armor in mini form yet. If they wanted something original, they could always try that.

As far as these guys go, I still think they look pretty neat. Nice and sleek. It's a nice change from the usual grimdark skulls and purity seals.


Tohaa in Infinity have organic armour (with hard tech mixed in) and one of the factions BTGOA plans has organic armour IIRC so they covered that part.

The design of the new preview looks decent, which is not bad at all.
   
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 AlexHolker wrote:
 Kilkrazy wrote:
That is the problem with SF these days. Over the decades, so many images have been produced, that it is more or less impossible to design a completely original "future soldier" visual concept.

I wouldn't call that a problem. If there's a visual concept you like in non-miniatures sci-fi, it is not redundant to also produce that concept as a miniature, just like nobody would say that because we have Warhammer 40,000, we don't want Dawn of War.

As long as the concept and the execution are both decent, of course.


It is a problem if you are looking for originality in the design concept, otherwise you end up with more and more figures that look like variations on the basic Star Wars theme. Obviously it's nice to have some options but how many options are needed? IDK how many variations of generic armoured "future soldiers" models are on the market already; it's quite a lot, though.


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Theres a bit more text explaining the armours design.



The Concord is one of the two major human forces of Antarean space, the other being the Isorian Shard. Every army in the game has to have its own distinctive look and feel, and in the case of Concord Strike troopers this is especially important because of the pivotal role played by the Concord in the Antarean background. Finding a look that we were happy with has taken us a while, but the development of our Boromites and Algoryn gave us plenty of practice. The basis of the model’s armour is a flexible undersuit featuring padded areas and hard points that carry the hyper-light shielding – a kind of reactive force field that is the trooper’s main defence against attack. Rather than give the model a backpack or distinct shoulder pads – which would make it look rather old fashioned – we’ve provided our Strike trooper with an upper body harness that incorporates an environment generator and necessary physical components. The helmet features a series of nested frontal plates, which can slide upwards to allow direct visibility or close down to offer maximum protection. This means we can have closed or open head variants for our troopers.

Strike troopers carry plasma carbines as standard armament. Plasma carbines are duel function weapons that can fire either rapid bursts or a more powerful sustained shot. In game terms this means they can double-up their fire with some loss of accuracy and penetration if they wish. Strike leaders also carry X-slings. Support teams include crewed launchers as well as independent weapon drones. We’ll be showing off some more of these developments once they are ready over the next few weeks.



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Hi guys, not really news but I ran across this image on beastsofwars salute 2014 coverage of the warlord games booth.


Its a very small image, but going from front to back (and left to right) I can see the following:

  • Boromite Overseer squad, 3 troops, 1 small drone

  • Bormite Gang Fighters, 5 troop squad

  • Algoryn Command squad, 3 troops

  • Algoryn AI squad, 5 troops + 1 unknown, Note the darker orange figure in the middle, its thinner and more feminine
    looking with a higher collar plate at the back, its also carrying a long rifle/sniper rifle of some kind.

  • Concord Trooper, 1 figure, its the same one above.

  • Boromite Frag Borer with 2 man team and small drone

  • Freeborn fighter? from the cancelled KS, he looks really out of scale to me, almost heroic sized. (below is the freeborn sculpt for those who haven't seen it)

  • Spoiler:

  • 3 unknown figures, 2 ogre-like creatures and a squat bunny girl? I think the sign says: Fyngia Ogres. Are these even for BoA, any ideas?

  • Hulk Hogan, sorry, Hansa

  • Boromite Work Gang, 5 troop squad with a new weapon.


  • I'll post more pictures as I find them, enjoy.



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    Were the Concord guys supposed to be more human? While I'm not super excited for these, it's nice to see that the project is still actually happening. I do like a lot of the designs too. Hell, I may even buy some at some point. I'd be curious to see how they scale up to Infinity though.

       
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    Is that ion cannon-looking doomball going to be for sale? I want one.

       
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    Found two more pics via lurkio's wargaming blog (Here: http://lurkio.co.uk/blog/).

    Linked due to size:
    http://lurkio.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140412-164401.jpg
    http://lurkio.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/20140412-164416.jpg

    So now that we have bettter pictures it turns out that the ogre-like creatures are indeed a team of three female ogres, I can't read what the label says, but
    it looks like these aren't related to BoA. The more slender/feminine looking miniature (among the algoryn squad) is a Isorain trooper, the first one created
    so expect to see an update on those guys soon, very cool.

    For anyone who hasn't seen the Isorain concept art: (big pic)
    Spoiler:

    So even if the boromites are a bit meh, we at least have The Concord, Algoryn and Isorain Shard armies coming our way, suddenly this game is starting to look
    good again, 3 out of 4 isn't a bad batting average after all. Now we can only hope they'll continue this trend towards better miniatures and concepts.

    @Barzam
    Yes the Concord are pretty much the "core" human faction, they mostly just use hi-tech weapons and nano enhanced armor but are still human underneath. I also remember there being some
    enhanced/evolved humans who fill the elite and command roles of the concord army who are closing linked to the master AI, NuHu or something like that. I haven't really read the fluff
    in pretty much a year so I might be getting this wrong, either way not much has been shown for the Concord yet other than the strike trooper above and the C3 trooper from the KS page.

    C3 trooper concept: (big pic)
    Spoiler:


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    The Algoryn and the Isorain that I've seen so far are very promising. I'm especially liking the ornate bio-baroque look of is Isorain. That Concord concept look pretty good as well - nice and gritty.

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    Yeah, they're starting to get some more promising stuff together here. Wasn't a fan of the Boromites, but the Concord guys look cool.

     
       
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    The Isorians are more the sort of thing I've been wanting to see a mini line do for a long time: organic armor. I know Infinity technically does it with the Tohaa, but this has more the visuals I was hoping to see with that sort of concept. Hopefully the Isorians will have some crazier looking variants down the line.

       
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    Some pics I took of the Gates of Antares stuff at Salute, sorry photos aren't particularly good but hopefully show some of the detail on the new minis






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    Do all the minis have integrated bases?
       
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    Sadly yes.

       
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    You mean like the orange ones?

    Very easy to clip off with a side cutter, if you need to.

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    Not that easy, especially in metal, biggest question is why they insist in that anachronism.
       
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    Some more pics from http://ttfix.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/warlord-games-salute-previews.html






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    Either his arms are different lengths or his shoulders connect to his torso at different heights. And his neck is too long (for a human, anyway).

    Still, if they were hard plastic they might be worth buying.

       
     
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