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.

 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.

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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

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.