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2016/04/05 13:56:50
Subject: Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread
What I like about the Freeborn, as a faction, is that it would be extremely easy to just use other models and say they are a different Freeborn house. They are basically space nomads living on huge ships, travelling and trading and providing mercenary services, or other related duties, and there are different groups of them throughout Antares space. I have gathered various unused 28mm sci-fi models out of my collection from different makers to use as a rag-tag Freeborn mercenary force, led by a mock Firefly crew.
2016/04/06 02:05:58
Subject: Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread
Hmm. I suppose if I were to actually play the game, I could run my Viridians as Freeborn. I just picked up a C3 Drop Squad this past weekend. I'm looking forward to painting them, but I'm not sure what color scheme I want to use.
Think those look absolutely fantastic, some of the jetbike ideas have been very good so far (and glad they've not just re-used the Concorde miniature with a freeborn pilot).
You can imagine these making a high-pitched 'wawawawa' noise as they hover unsteadily through the air.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: How is GoA doing? I thought it was dying out, due to the failed kickstarter.
What are Isorians like? Are they basically Chaos Concord, with nearly identical stats and rules?
Well, I'd say that so far so good under Warlord, but only time will tell. It had a good initial release, but we'll see how much traction it gets.
The isorian/chaos simil is kind of fitting, yes. Right now both armies are almost identical, with just a couple different options. We've been told that's going to change, though, so we'll see.
2016/04/13 14:53:53
Subject: Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread
CthuluIsSpy wrote: The only army I really like aesthetically are the Isorians, and I'm not too keen on playing an army that's just a reskin.
Do you have Concord currently? If not, no reason not to get into Isorians. Both lists are in the main rulebook, Concord just happened to get most of their range first. As to which one is the reskin is entirely down to your perspective.
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2016/04/13 15:46:25
Subject: Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread
I would maybe lay off the Isorian basic troop type as they should be out in plastic within 6 odd months.
I think the initial failed Kickstarter was to the overall benefit of the game. It meant that Rick Priestley had no artificial deadlines to create the rules, deadlines that tend to lead to shortcuts and oversights. It also meant that upon the rules release that five factions were already good to go. Yes the miniatures are divisive, but you can pick and choose around them and the game itself (IMHO obviously) is excellent.
CthuluIsSpy wrote: The only army I really like aesthetically are the Isorians, and I'm not too keen on playing an army that's just a reskin.
Do you have Concord currently? If not, no reason not to get into Isorians. Both lists are in the main rulebook, Concord just happened to get most of their range first. As to which one is the reskin is entirely down to your perspective.
True, but I really don't like mirror match ups. If two armies are the same, then the chances of a mirror match up increases.
I know its an odd reason, but I never enjoyed a mirror match in these sort of games.
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2016/04/13 16:46:52
Subject: Re:Beyond the Gates of Antares: The Ongoing News & Rumors Thread
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