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It looks like a dino rider but not cool like trex more like the diplodacus (sp).

It would actually be a pretty cool Mantic kit if it were in restic.

I'm not sure this is praise.

 warboss wrote:
Wow.. just wow. That's about all I can say about that model without breaking Dakka's rule #1.

Were you going to personally insult a user here, or someone in particular?

Because otherwise - fire away!

Posted to Warlord Instagram

obviously Isorians will be dropping soon (and will be taking All Of My Money with them)

 BobtheInquisitor wrote:
It would actually be a pretty cool Mantic kit if it were in restic.

I'm not sure this is praise.

No way it could be Mantic. sure it's out of scale with the rest of the game/universe, but they have decided on a material, there's an actual sculpt and it doesn't have tiny leg syndrome.

 judgedoug wrote:
Posted to Warlord Instagram

obviously Isorians will be dropping soon (and will be taking All Of My Money with them)

You and me both. I wonder if they're going to start with metal infantry or go straight to plastic? It's sort of weird that it's taken them this long to release the Isorians considering we were teased their prototypes over a year ago.

I would love to do an Isorian army, but they are so similar to Concord I'm not sure if it's worth it.

Gameplay-wise, they probably are pretty similar. Visually though? Not so much. I haven't really bought into GOA yet since I've been waiting for the Isorians. I can't wait to see what their drones and drop troops look like with all of their biotech gear.

That Boromite Bug tank thing looks like Saturday morning cartoon merchandise. Your mileage may vary on if that's awesome or terrible. that

 Alpharius wrote:

 warboss wrote:
Wow.. just wow. That's about all I can say about that model without breaking Dakka's rule #1.

Were you going to personally insult a user here, or someone in particular?

Because otherwise - fire away!

Nah, I was referring possibly to the sculptor and the boromite thing itself; it may have feelings somewhere under all that globbed on green stuff rolled in kitty litter. At least I still have Concord and Algoryn to occasionally oogle in the thread.

I like it. Definitely more warmachine-y than...not that, but it's fun.

 Alpharius wrote:
What in the...?!?

...wat

Ah well, at least it will be easy to proxy using some kind of tyranid gribble or another when I get the GSC.

PRE-ORDER: ISORIAN SKIRMISH FORCE

Something sinister is stirring at Warlord HQ…

After much outcry from the community, we’ve pulled-forward the initial releases for the Isorian faction for Beyond the Gates of Antares – and this week, we’re proud to announce that you’re now able to pre-order the Skirmish Force army deal – with further individual releases to follow…



During the long period of isolation that followed the collapse of the Sixth Age many human settlements failed altogether. Advanced civilisations declined to barbarism. Only in a very few places was the light of knowledge carried onwards. One such place was Isori, with its long history of technical expertise and the unique resources of the Isorian system behind it.

Applying their vast technical skills the Isorians began to improve space drives and discovered ways to increase the endurance of spacecraft and their crews. The flexible nature of space-fabric had long been understood, and the Isorians used this knowledge to build ships capable of reaching near-light speeds previously thought impossible.



The Isorians sent out explorer probes to the surrounding solar systems – and in doing so, they stirred an enemy – triggering the outbreak of the centuries long struggle between the Isori Senatex and the strange alien race of Tsan Kiri – a silicon-based life form, in appearance almost spider-like, though possessed of uncompromising ferocity and great intelligence – at least as technically advanced as the PanHuman Concord and in many ways more so.

Interstellar War raged for nearly two centuries – fighting across the depths of space, contesting asteroids and the very stars themselves. The advantage swung many times – however the Isorians seemed to take the upper-hand and pushed the Tsan Kiri back toward their homeworld…



The Tsan Kiri had devised a silicon-carbon interface spore as a means of attacking the Isorian IMTel at source. At first this was successful and the machine intelligence of the Tsatean Shard was corrupted giving the Tsan Kiri access to all the knowledge of the IMTel. What the Tsan Kiri hadn’t appreciated was that IMTel, deprived of its layers of defence by the interface spore, rather than rejecting the influence of the Tsan Kiri technology very quickly merged with it. Unaware of what had happened, Isorian spacecraft carried the modified IMTel from Tsate to Isori. Soon the new hybrid IMTel had spread into Antarean space itself and to the worlds of the PanHuman Concord. This half-human halfalien IMTel brought many new wonders to the worlds it reached. It brought many other strange things beside…



THE SKIRMISH FORCE CONTAINS;
– 1 x Senatex Command Squad
– 2 x Senatex Phase Squads
– 1 x Senatex Support Team with X-Launcher
– 1 x Nhamak SC Light Support Drone armed with Plasma Light Support

Pre Order in Store



SUGGESTED ARMY LIST;

SENATEX COMMAND SQUAD
Base cost – 110
Spotter Drone – 10
Unit Total – 120pts



SENATEX PHASE SQUAD
Base Cost – 112pts
Two additional Phase Troopers – 40pts
1 Plasma Lance – 3pts
1 Spotter Drone – 10pts
Unit Total – 165pts

SENATEX PHASE SQUAD
Base Cost – 112pts
Two additional Phase Troopers – 40pts
1 Plasma Lance – 3pts
1 Spotter Drone – 10pts
Unit Total – 165pts



SENATEX SUPPORT TEAM WITH X-LAUNCHER
Base Cost – 40pts
Plus Crewman (3 man team) – 15pts
Spotter Drone – 10pts
Unit Total – 65pts



NHAMAK SC LIGHT SUPPORT DRONE WITH PLASMA LIGHT SUPPORT
Base Cost – 59pts
Spotter Drone – 10pts
Unit Total – 69pts

FORCE TOTAL – 584PTS

The above list is one which we’d suggest, given the contents of the Skirmish Force deal – however you could of course form smaller forces, or use the Army Rules and some additional equipment to boost the points total a little – so there is still room for personalisation.

So $100 for 17 Infantry, 1 Artillery, 3 Crew, and 6 Drones, vs $32 for 1 Infantry (fat), 1 Vehicle (a dais), 1 Crew, 2 Drones? Their pricing is... interesting.

Nice models, the weapon platform is very bizarre looking however.

Are they just a re-skinned Concord (ruleswise)?
Infantry are neat, the 'totally regular guy' face with the visors up is a little jarring.
I agree that the supportransition weapon is odd, not as nicely designed as the infantry and spotters.

The Isorian's are defintely growing on me. They have quite a "Lexx" organic and machine fusion thing going on, which is great from my point of view.

I like their overall designs a lot. It looks like they went with metals first after all.

 Barzam wrote:
I like their overall designs a lot. It looks like they went with metals first after all.

The FB groups were non-stop with "just release the metals!"

I assume that, just like with the Algoryn, plastic infantry are coming down the pipeline for those who'd rather wait and save a couple bucks.

(I can't though. that armor is just too cool. )

These Boromite and Isorian releases are making me glad I went with Concord!

 Alpharius wrote:
These Boromite and Isorian releases are making me glad I went with Concord!

Gosh, really? The Isorian background and designs are probably my favorite original sci-fi creation since my first 40k army (Genestealer Cult in '94)

Yup, love the Isorian aesthetic, but their rules seem like they'll just be Ken to the Concord's Ryu.

 Nostromodamus wrote:
Yup, love the Isorian aesthetic, but their rules seem like they'll just be Ken to the Concord's Ryu.

The first thing I noticed about them is that their list is very abbreviated, almost a stand-in list. I'm almost positive they'll be getting a much more in-depth list in the near future.

Don't get me wrong - I hope to find nothing but Boromite and Isorian players, eventually!

I'm just 'happy' that no other faction is doing it for me - meaning my bank balance is...somewhat safe!

I like the Isorians. That drone is weird and Mr. Tentacles is awesome. I hope they include enough heads to swap in all "masks-down" ones for the unit leaders. Without the "masks-up" heads they'd be pretty intimidating. $100 is not a bad buy in point either. I'd totally get them if I wasn't flat broke already.
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The mouth on that boromite thingy is also pretty terrifying.

 bocatt wrote:
I hope they include enough heads to swap in all "masks-down" ones for the unit leaders.

Concord have that option, I'm sure these will.

Love the look of the Isorians. Almost makes me think of the first chaos marines (the ones that were proper chaos, warped and weird in the Morcock sense of the term - rather than evil/spikes)

The background is really cool for them as well, well worth reading. They essentially defeated an alien species (who sound a lot like they were space spiders!) and ended up integrating parts of their tech and biology into their own. Which is why they look a bit gribbly

 Pacific wrote:
Love the look of the Isorians. Almost makes me think of the first chaos marines (the ones that were proper chaos, warped and weird in the Morcock sense of the term - rather than evil/spikes)

The background is really cool for them as well, well worth reading. They essentially defeated an alien species (who sound a lot like they were space spiders!) and ended up integrating parts of their tech and biology into their own. Which is why they look a bit gribbly

yeah, their IMTel, instead of combating the enemy AI networks (and virii, etc), just absorbed it and adapted. Love the Isorians!

They look great to me, but I'll wait for the plastics. I'll also most likely clip off all the random teeth sticking out of their high technology machines.

One of those little drones looks like a Zergified Echo Papa 607, and I love it!

Have we seen any Isorian Nuhu models?