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Oh yes, I will be buying those Govads.

So glad they stuck with the open face helmet, and the hoods add something different. My only gripe is that the blister will obviously be a HMG, so I'll need to order a couple of repeat rifle models to make a decently costed link. I don't like having to buy repeat models.

But I can't stay mad, I love those.

Or have a bit of patience... when CB gives the Bahram starter box a redo, I bet that it will include 3 Rifle+LSG Govads. I'm almost certain of it.

Oooh, those Govads are nifty. But why the stance on the males? It looks like the hacker is slipping on a banana peel. No worries, the 'wide stance' matter is easily resolved.

I am surprised that CB is releasing the Nisses individually. I would have expected a box, with the hacker, the HMG, the combi+LSG, and well, another combi+LSG, perhaps with some details to make it a paramedic. Also, why a blue helmet mask, instead f the standard black?

That oznat really isn't so much a "murder monkey" eh? It just looks out of place with the rest of the Morat line. (IMHO, naturally.)

I think the Nisse wins the month, but it is really close with those Govads. Good thing I don't need to chose between them. There is room for both on the shelf

I really really like the Govad woman with the hood up.

Govads YAAAAAAA! Love 'em!

Oznat definitely goes on my "Must buy when I start Morats" list too.

Mayacast posted the Desperadoes profiles.

Bleeeeeeeeeh. Not impressive or interesting.

And the AVA 6 basically confirms that we're going to see a second box. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 Tristan228 wrote:


ithink someone will be pretty happy now...

Wicked.
They did a really good job of tying them into the HB.
Wonder if we'll see more profiles any time soon. We're missing the HMG and a regular boarding shotgun (hard to argue to use the hacker when they're making a point to visually distinguish hackers now). More rifle minis wouldn't be amiss either.
Maybe in a revised HB starter?

The head should be a separate piece, so you can always just use a head from the Haqqislam SpecOps.

Are the new ITS rules out? I was watching some GMG battlereports and was pleasantly surprised by them actually using TAGs (including on both sides in the most recent video). They said they're using TAGs because they're not using the ITS rules and just wanted to pick stuff that is fun and are awaiting the new ones (it was filmed it late Decemeber) which pretty much seems to jive with what was posted here about the same topic. Are the new rules out? If so, do they make TAGs more viable?

Yay new Space Monkey!

These recent YJ releases are making an all-HI Imperial Army list more and more appealing. Forgive the dumb question, but is the Imperial Army YJ's sectoral based on Svalarheima, or is there a different one coming in the future also?

 Guildsman wrote:
These recent YJ releases are making an all-HI Imperial Army list more and more appealing. Forgive the dumb question, but is the Imperial Army YJ's sectoral based on Svalarheima, or is there a different one coming in the future also?

The White Banner is the YJ sectorial based on Svarlaheima, which includes Zhanshi, Guijia, Tiger Soldiers, Hac Tao, Daofei, Guilang, Shaolin. The Invincible Army is the HI sectorial, which will include Zuyong, Yan Huo, Shang Ji. That's how it was last I heard.

I like the pose on the new Oznat sooo much better!
Sigh, more of my money gone...

 warboss wrote:
Are the new ITS rules out? I was watching some GMG battlereports and was pleasantly surprised by them actually using TAGs (including on both sides in the most recent video). They said they're using TAGs because they're not using the ITS rules and just wanted to pick stuff that is fun and are awaiting the new ones (it was filmed it late Decemeber) which pretty much seems to jive with what was posted here about the same topic. Are the new rules out? If so, do they make TAGs more viable?

None yet, but not really that surprising. CB seems to work on a, 2nd quarter onwards for a ITS season. Hopefully sometime next month, but it could be all the way into March.

 Red Harvest wrote:
Or have a bit of patience... when CB gives the Bahram starter box a redo, I bet that it will include 3 Rifle+LSG Govads. I'm almost certain of it.

See I thought that too until they put a rifle/lsg in the box. If they were doing that I'd have expected the HMG in the box.

But I guess they could do an individual HMG blister and only 2 Govad rifles in the starter, the way the current starter has 2 Daylami. Maybe 2 rifles and one boarding shotgun.

Maybe the Govad HMG will be in the starter, and three of a different line infantry.

Yeah it's a weird mix. An HMG blister would technically give us all available load outs...sort of. As long as you don't mind buying a new 4 man box for each rifle profile you want...

 -Loki- wrote:

 Red Harvest wrote:
Or have a bit of patience... when CB gives the Bahram starter box a redo, I bet that it will include 3 Rifle+LSG Govads. I'm almost certain of it.

See I thought that too until they put a rifle/lsg in the box. If they were doing that I'd have expected the HMG in the box.

But I guess they could do an individual HMG blister and only 2 Govad rifles in the starter, the way the current starter has 2 Daylami. Maybe 2 rifles and one boarding shotgun.

Well, let's take a guess at what may be in a Bahram starter. 3 LI of some sort, a MI special -- camo or AD troop -- and a HI. So, Asawira, (unless Bahram gets another HI) Ragik Rifle, Lasiq sniper (Almost certainly it will stay) or Fiday, and 3 Govads, or 2 Govads and a Muyib? Then again, who knows what new and improved units Bahram may well get when HSN3 releases. Perhaps something with Camo. Assassins should be sneaky and stealthy.

And on the subject of HSN3, any news?

At this point I expect Daylami to remain in the Bahram starter. There's nowhere else to put their rifle profiles since CB don't do 3 model blisters anymore. Govads aren't line infantry, they're light infantry, so I am expecting CB to be happy with the Govad box + HMG blister.

I'll be grabbing those Desperadoes but is an on-foot version Eastwood coming out at some point?

What would be nice would be a 2 figure blister like the old Ragik one with a spare rifle profile and the HMG profile. Too bad CB doesn't seem to really want to do those multi figure blisters anymore.

 Barzam wrote:
What would be nice would be a 2 figure blister like the old Ragik one with a spare rifle profile and the HMG profile. Too bad CB doesn't seem to really want to do those multi figure blisters anymore.

I think droopping the multi figure blisters was a big mistake. I get that they wanted to drop the amount of blister SKU's, but it offered more flexibility that boxes and single blisters don't. Dropping triple blisters to move line infantry rifle models into starters was fine, but dual model blisters should have stayed.

 Dentry wrote:
I'll be grabbing those Desperadoes but is an on-foot version Eastwood coming out at some point?

No plan to release a unmounted one. But, if enough people show interest we might get one. As the Bootleg line is a good place for it.

Wow, I love the female govads. Really nice sculpts there, great poses.

Somewhere a Masters of the Universe toy is missing its arms.

That's (unfortunately?) all we seem to be getting for bare arms these days.

Hes got nothin on Kasym Beg.

I suppose Infinity sculpts have to have some downsides, otherwise it's not fair to other companies.

Hexas and Crockmen are a good/better alternative, indeed. The Swissguard is too expensive to be better though...
I think "ever" should be more like "before the Svalarheima Sectorial comes out"

I'd consider Swiss to be a signature specialist in NCA. It's not a terrible choice in generic force either, definitely better than our MI choices.

That's the almost-TAG with TO and a bad attitude right? Kinda hard to argue with panO about their technical dominance when they can field a unit like that...

Oh wow, I just realized that the Oznat is wearing a Preta headpiece and wielding one of their claws as a sword. That's really cool.