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Yes, he does.

That was IBob, up to his usual "LULZ" shenanigans.

The less said about them, the better.

It also has the side benefit of keeping the thread On Topic too.

 Alpharius wrote:
Yes, he does.

That was IBob, up to his usual "LULZ" shenanigans.

The less said about them, the better.

It also has the side benefit of keeping the thread On Topic too.

Says the space marine wearing a Santa hat.

Alright, Judge Doug. When can we expect to be seeing this hard plastic drone? Color me very interested.

 Alpharius wrote:
Yes, he does.

That was IBob, up to his usual "LULZ" shenanigans.

The less said about them, the better.

It also has the side benefit of keeping the thread On Topic too.

And here I was, thinking is was a subtle request for images or details. Realistically, I expect the design to be very nice, sci fi to the core with a bit of old school pragmatism in the details yet a bit too small for a full transport vehicle, with a price tag that will be more in line with DUST before it died rather than after DUST freely found the price the market will bear. Essentially, another item to put on my list for next year's BF sales.

Still, I would love to be surprised.

I'm also curious why Doug thinks the first vehicle would be unmanned. I would expect Warlord to aim for something with a little more cross-range compatibility, but Obviously Doug knows people.

Question for anyone with the Concord Drop Troops: Are the heads separate? If so, do you think the Strike Heads will work on them? Not a big fan of the heads with no helmet. Thanks in advance.

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I'm also curious why Doug thinks the first vehicle would be unmanned. I would expect Warlord to aim for something with a little more cross-range compatibility, but Obviously Doug knows people.

Well a Concord plastic vehicle is my guess, and Concord vehicles are all drones And it seems like the Concord heavier drones all share similar chassis.


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 Nocturnus wrote:
Question for anyone with the Concord Drop Troops: Are the heads separate? If so, do you think the Strike Heads will work on them? Not a big fan of the heads with no helmet. Thanks in advance.

Separate heads, yeah, and usually the box sets give you enough extra helmeted heads to do all helmets, with one or two unhelmeted heads.

The heads on the drop troops are separate, the strike heads should go on no problem.

With the old 5 man boxes you got 7 metal heads, 5 with helmets and 2 without. I assume you get the same 7 with the new bigger 6 man boxes, that does mean you would still have to use one unhelmeted head though.

Ninjad by Doug.

Thanks for the quick responses!

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
I'm also curious why Doug thinks the first vehicle would be unmanned. I would expect Warlord to aim for something with a little more cross-range compatibility, but Obviously Doug knows people.

The first suppement for the game is supposed to be a Concord-Ghar campaign. A Concord vehicle would be the most probably first plastic vehicle release for the game, and as judgedoug says, all Concord vehicles are drones (Ghar vehicles are all multilegged walkers of on or another kind, similar to their battlesuits and the support weapon from the outcast squad). from the five factions, Concord and Isorian forces use drones, ghar use walkers and algorin and boromites use "regular" vehicles. Of those, only the ghar ones actually touch the ground, and all other are hover thrustered vehiles.


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The possible Concord vehicles would be four, but as those share two chassises, I guess there are actually tow possibilities:

The first, and most likely, would be the C3M4 Combat Drone/C3T7 Transporter Drone:



The second option would be the really heavy stuff: the C3M25 Heavy Combat Drone/C3M50 Heavy Siege Drone:

Question on the pin markers.

How easy are they to read. All solid plastic red makes it look rather difficult, especially if far away. Do they need a good black wash before hand?

Also how do you tell where it is at on the track? Is there a arrow on the top that shows??

I'm going to paint the numbers white on mine, but I may also paint them in the colours of the army I build...

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
The heads on the drop troops are separate, the strike heads should go on no problem.

With the old 5 man boxes you got 7 metal heads, 5 with helmets and 2 without. I assume you get the same 7 with the new bigger 6 man boxes, that does mean you would still have to use one unhelmeted head though.

Ninjad by Doug.

No, the +x models also include a +x heads. My Algoryn Assault squad had like 9 heads total for 7 guys, so I helmeted all of them.


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str00dles1 wrote:
Question on the pin markers.

How easy are they to read. All solid plastic red makes it look rather difficult, especially if far away. Do they need a good black wash before hand?

Also how do you tell where it is at on the track? Is there a arrow on the top that shows??

They're kind of a pain actually. I wound up painting the numbers white and then washing with undiluted TAP Dark Tone, makes them much readable. There is an arrow-ish elongated part that makes it obvious which number (which i also painted white)... plus they kind of sorta-click into position so that helps.

Yeah, the pin markers are kind of horrible, visibility wise, unless you do something with the numbers.

Seeing as we're probably discussing a bit too many off topic stuff for a news & rumours thread, I've opened a general thread on the Misc. Miniature Games subforum. Not sure if it was the correct thing to do, but I've done it anyways ^_^

Part three of our interview with Rick Priestley is posted up - this is the epic conclusion! Check it out.

http://freshcoastgaming.blogspot.com/search/label/game%20designer

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: ALGORYN LIBERATOR COMBAT SKIMMER
http://www.warlordgames.com/work-in-progress-algoryn-liberator-combat-skimmer/


Algoryn Liberator Combat Skimmer (View in 3D)

Since we're posting interviews, I found this one linked elsewhere on dakka and figured I'd repost the link here as well since it is partly with Rick Priestly as well. The GOA parts are close to the end whereas the majority of the article is more akin to detailing how the HMS GW-Titanic hit the iceberg from an insider's perspective.

http://unpluggedgames.co.uk/features/blood-dice-and-darkness-how-warhammer-defined-gaming-for-a-generation/

So I was just flipping through the rulebook - when are we expecting Isorian miniatures to be released? There's at least several units shown in the rulebook that are ready to go, but nothing is available on the Warlord store.

decker_cky wrote:
So I was just flipping through the rulebook - when are we expecting Isorian miniatures to be released? There's at least several units shown in the rulebook that are ready to go, but nothing is available on the Warlord store.

I think March is the bandied about ETA.

And, yes, seriously, I want some models of panhumans wearing eyeball-covered armor. Gimmegimme

 judgedoug wrote:
I think March is the bandied about ETA.

And, yes, seriously, I want some models of panhumans wearing eyeball-covered armor. Gimmegimme

Awesome. I'll keep my eyes on them. In terms of the human-looking factions, the Isorians definitely are stand outs.

The vehicles are looking really nice. I hope they're plastic rather than resin.

 judgedoug wrote:
WORK-IN-PROGRESS: ALGORYN LIBERATOR COMBAT SKIMMER
http://www.warlordgames.com/work-in-progress-algoryn-liberator-combat-skimmer/

That looks seriously cool O_O

 Albertorius wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
WORK-IN-PROGRESS: ALGORYN LIBERATOR COMBAT SKIMMER
http://www.warlordgames.com/work-in-progress-algoryn-liberator-combat-skimmer/

That looks seriously cool O_O

It does look nice. Personally I'd rather see grav tanks that are more evocative of the Hammer's Slammers books than Eldar models but hopefully that can be provided by a different faction.

Prestor Jon wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
WORK-IN-PROGRESS: ALGORYN LIBERATOR COMBAT SKIMMER
http://www.warlordgames.com/work-in-progress-algoryn-liberator-combat-skimmer/

That looks seriously cool O_O

It does look nice. Personally I'd rather see grav tanks that are more evocative of the Hammer's Slammers books than Eldar models but hopefully that can be provided by a different faction.

Hm, I'm not really sure the classic blowers fit in with any faction, TBH.

Prestor Jon wrote:

 Albertorius wrote:

 judgedoug wrote:
WORK-IN-PROGRESS: ALGORYN LIBERATOR COMBAT SKIMMER
http://www.warlordgames.com/work-in-progress-algoryn-liberator-combat-skimmer/

That looks seriously cool O_O

It does look nice. Personally I'd rather see grav tanks that are more evocative of the Hammer's Slammers books than Eldar models but hopefully that can be provided by a different faction.

That would be nice, but since the universe uses shields I suppose they can build their hulls in whatever shape they want.

I'm really curious to see what this campaign they've mentioned will come to. Book releases in January, iirc.

Prestor Jon wrote:
It does look nice. Personally I'd rather see grav tanks that are more evocative of the Hammer's Slammers books than Eldar models but hopefully that can be provided by a different faction.

Concord heavy drones are probably closer to my own idea of the HS tanks than any of the models produced for HS so far (including Old Crow)

The Algoryn Community Showcase is up:

http://www.warlordgames.com/community-algoryn-colour-schemes/

Not a fan of the "blower" type tanks. The look too much like someone stuck a tank turret onto a computer mouse. I like the direction they're taking the vehicle designs though. I wasn't a fan of the early skimmer designs they showed off.

 Thraxas Of Turai wrote:
The Algoryn Community Showcase is up:

http://www.warlordgames.com/community-algoryn-colour-schemes/

The unhelmeted Algoryn remind me of the Ko-Dan from The Last Starfighter. I like the aesthetics of the game and hopefully it does well and has a bright future. At some point I'll be caught up getting everything in my que tabletop ready and have the $ and time to start fresh with sci fi again.


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 Barzam wrote:
Not a fan of the "blower" type tanks. The look too much like someone stuck a tank turret onto a computer mouse. I like the direction they're taking the vehicle designs though. I wasn't a fan of the early skimmer designs they showed off.

What's not to like? It's like a box fan and an artillery piece had a baby. An ugly, boxy, badass baby.

Prestor Jon wrote:
An ugly, boxy, badass baby.

I'm parsing this and taking it out of context until the day I die.

ooooh officlal Gates of Antares FAQ and Errata posted:

http://www.warlordgames.com/gates-of-antares-errata-and-faqs/