Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread

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**AegisGrimm**

I WANT those Ghar suits for generic skirmish game not-Daleks to combat my Sedition Wars troopers. I think they have a wonderfully "not quite right" look to them, like their operators/invevtors are just that little bit insane. Maybe its the tripodal structure.

They remind me of robotic versions of the Garthim from the Dark Crystal.

**Pacific**

There is also an alien species in Iain M Banks 'Culture' series called the Ishorians (Isharians?) that are tri-legged and very large.

Although, they are that size naturally rather than a little guy inside a suit (although that's yet another influence from those books on this game with the concept).

**FacelessMage**

I knew that name sounded super familiar!

It has been bugging me the whole time.

**Barzam**

AegisGrimm wrote:
I WANT those Ghar suits for generic skirmish game not-Daleks to combat my Sedition Wars troopers. I think they have a wonderfully "not quite right" look to them, like their operators/invevtors are just that little bit insane. Maybe its the tripodal structure.

They remind me of robotic versions of the Garthim from the Dark Crystal.

They do have a bit of a Garthim vibe to them. I assume it was intentional since the name is kind of similar as well.

**edlowe**

Better picture of the preorder mini, isn't he cute

**overtyrant**

Looks alot better then the unarmoured ones!

**Talking Banana**

I'm not really into the cartoonish proportions on any of the Ghar outside of their walkers, but I agree with overtyrant that Fartok's helmet is a definite improvement over the other troopers' exposed heads. I hope Warlord will not be restricting that helmet to one limited edition miniature. Making helmeted heads an accessible option for more Ghar trooper kits could improve their popularity for people who prefer this look. At least it would provide more variety.

**Pacific**

A new-newsletter about some of the terrain and how it works, with a couple of nice shots

PREVIEW: BATTLEFIELD TERRAIN
A key aspect of any tabletop wargame is the terrain upon and around which your battles are fought... from hills, cliffs, water features and other topography... buildings and walls... through to smaller pieces of scatter terrain and obstacles such as foliage, rubble, craters and the like...

The worlds of Antarean space are as numerous and as varied as it is possible to imagine. Some are verdant, thriving jungle worlds covered in all manner of fauna - some familiar, some entirely undiscovered and alien, having evolved over countless millennia untouched, in isolation...

Some are consumed by towering cities - or perhaps entirely cultivated for industry or agriculture to feed the ever-hungry populations of the surrounding societies, their surfaces forever scarred by the rigours of dense populous... and as populations move on, so their buildings and other structures remain to decay - with countless once-thriving worlds now lying inert... still covered in all manner of strange and obsolete structures now left to ruin and dilapidation - their purpose and function long-lost to the annals of time.

Others lie baron, uncharted and unknown - their secrets lying as yet unexplored... deserts of broken rock and lifeless craters... perhaps covered in perma-frost many hundreds of metres thick - or their surfaces entirely covered in water - or unstable and unpredictable volcanic worlds whose surfaces are an unmappable, ever-shifting series of plates in a constant state of flux - huge sections constantly melting away into lava, only to be formed again elsewhere in an endless cycle of regeneration.

All are potential battlefields for our forces - and the Beyond the Gates of Antares Rulebook contains an extensive Terrain section, packed with information and special rules for a huge variety of different terrain types - we've picked-out a few here, as something of a special preview...

Of course - there are more advanced rules for features such as buildings, marshland, quicksand, lava, hot water geysers and much more... but you'll just have to wait for the Rulebook's release to read more about those..

BOULDER FIELD
This is an area of densely strewn rocks up to about man height affording cover to troops but impenetrable to vehicles and large models. A boulder field is sufficiently dense to block line of sight from one side to another. As with areas of rocky ground, these are common features of lunar type worlds that may be devoid of vegetation or running water.

LOS: Dense Terrain
COVER: Res+2
DIFFICULT: YES -1/Impassable to large models.

JUNGLE
Jungle is the ultimate in dense vegetation where progress is likely to be impeded by plant growth to an even greater extent.

LOS: Dense Terrain
COVER: Res+2
DIFFICULT: YES -3/Impassable to large models

CRATERED GROUND
Cratered ground is just that – an area of ground covered with fairly small craters! Such craters might be shell holes or they could be natural formations resulting from small meteorite strikes or volcanic activity. Either way, the craters are sufficiently shallow not to completely prevent movement, and will afford some cover to troops sheltering within them.

LOS: Open Ground
COVER: Res+2
DIFFICULT: YES

**warboss**

Maybe it's just the focus or the style of photography (like the kind that takes normal video of cities and turns it into something that looks like minis or model trains dioramas) but at first I thought those were 15mm minis.

**Zywus**

warboss wrote:
Maybe it's just the focus or the style of photography (like the kind that takes normal video of cities and turns it into something that looks like minis or model trains dioramas) but at first I thought those were 15mm minis.

Surely these are?:

**Pacific**

That's actually probably more of an indictment of the paint job?

Having seen some of the range up close (the metals at least) there ain't nothing wrong with the detail on them, far from it in fact.

**insaniak**

warboss wrote:
Maybe it's just the focus or the style of photography (like the kind that takes normal video of cities and turns it into something that looks like minis or model trains dioramas) but at first I thought those were 15mm minis.

Yeah, I got to that second pic and seriously thought they were spoilering a 15mm range.

I don't think it's just the painting or the detail... there's something about their proportions that just 'feels' 15mm to me as well.

**judgedoug**

It probably has to do with the truescaling (versus throwback 90's style melonheads & hamfists) and the fact that that particular photo is slightly out of focus, making everything appear soft. I'm trying to ascertain where the actual focal point is - it appears to be the wing on the larger drone.

**Talking Banana**

I'm a little surprised that the Ghar battlesuit paint jobs are so dull. From what I've seen, the models themselves are great. They deserve better.

**volume**

Warlord showed-off some alternate colour schemes used on the Ghar walkers earlier this week....

Think I prefer them in a darker, grittier scheme...

http://www.warlordgames.com/introducing-ghar/

Not sure how I'd go-about painting the unarmoured Ghar.... pale tones... maybe a pale, icy blue colour?

I guess once they're properly released and we see some more paint schemes from the community, it'll give us more of an idea....

**Pacific**

An interesting write-up about the game on this blog

http://volleyfirepainting.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/beyond-gates-of-antares-over-view.html

There are also some pretty good shots of miniatures that I don't believe have been seen before

Spoiler:

**Vermis**

Albino Squirrel wrote:There are some close up pictures of the Concord and Ghar plastic sprues up on Jake Thornton's blog:

http://quirkworthy.com/2015/10/13/gates-of-antares-concord-plastics-review/

http://quirkworthy.com/2015/10/09/gates-of-antares-ghar-battle-squad-plastics-review/

Pretty impressive. I think I'd like the Ghar suits a lot more if it wasn't for the random crab claw on one side, flapping up and down like a maneki-neko. Reposing it in the more recent pics helps. And at least it's better than the you-kids-get-off-my-lawn of the unarmoured ones.

judgedoug wrote:
yeah, seems like every game needs an orc analogue or something. But I personally am sick of WHFB/40k tropes, so tiny weak hairless lumpy alien dudes are way more interesting to me than just more green not-Orks.

So... grots, then?

**warboss**

These guys look pretty cool in what I assume is power armor.

**Barzam**

Those guys are supposed to be drop troops.

**insaniak**

Painting really isn't doing them any favours there.

The drop troops are interesting.

**BobtheInquisitor**

Are those plastic? I might have to buy them if they are, regardless of how much it looks like they have toilet seats over their heads.

**-DE-**

Lens flares pasted onto pictures in 2015. My oh my...

This is some of the worst "professional" photography I've seen in a while. Certainly doesn't do the paintjobs any favors.

**Kilkrazy**

The paint work is not impressive, OTOH as usual these days the models are presented at over three times natural life size. They would look significantly better if not examined under a microscope.

**Thraxas Of Turai**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Are those plastic? I might have to buy them if they are, regardless of how much it looks like they have toilet seats over their heads.

They are metal Bob. http://store.warlordgames.com/collections/concord/products/concord-c3-drop-squad

**volume**

A quick update from Warlord - the Starter Sets are now being packed, and readied for shipping

https://www.facebook.com/warlordgames/photos/pb.116519088038.-2207520000.1445869693./10152734139173039/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/warlordgames/photos/pb.116519088038.-2207520000.1445869693./10152734136763039/?type=3

https://www.facebook.com/warlordgames/photos/pb.116519088038.-2207520000.1445869693./10152734323193039/?type=3

**judgedoug**

-DE- wrote:
Lens flares pasted onto pictures in 2015. My oh my...

This is some of the worst "professional" photography I've seen in a while. Certainly doesn't do the paintjobs any favors.

You should probably let Andy at Volleyfire know that his personal blog with his personal photography is some of the worst professional photography you've seen in a while. I'm sure he'll duly note your opinion about his personal photography, that his personal blog's personal photography is not up to your standards of professional photography.

Thanks for your wholly useless contribution

**Pacific**

I should think -DE- probably didn't realise that they were just from someone's blog, rather than official pics..

**BobtheInquisitor**

Are there official pics?

**Manchu**

BobtheInquisitor wrote:
Are there official pics?

http://us-store.warlordgames.com/collections/beyond-the-gates-of-antares

**-DE-**

judgedoug wrote:
-DE- wrote:
Lens flares pasted onto pictures in 2015. My oh my...

This is some of the worst "professional" photography I've seen in a while. Certainly doesn't do the paintjobs any favors.

You should probably let Andy at Volleyfire know that his personal blog with his personal photography is some of the worst professional photography you've seen in a while. I'm sure he'll duly note your opinion about his personal photography, that his personal blog's personal photography is not up to your standards of professional photography.

Thanks for your wholly useless contribution

You'd think I kicked your dog into a raging volcano. Less red meat, more veggies.

I popped onto the linked blog but didn't bother reading the entirety of the essay posted on there. Given that the models haven't been released yet, was I reaching in assuming those were studio models? Either way, these can still be considered promo shots and these particular ones don't paint the models in a good light (double pun!).

Apart from that, the photography is still indubitably atrocious and the added effects lame and unnecessary. Or will you disagree in an angry diatribe?