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I've got the Yu Jing RPG mini on order, but I really, really want the general release version as well - for some weird reason, I absolutely love the parasol and pig!

As far as Cubes go, I always figured that they were a similar size to the cortical stacks from Richard Morgan's Takeshi Kovacs trilogy - one or two centimetres long.

Perfect size for carrying a bunch of them in your pocket after you've excised them from their former owners...

"That'll do, pig. That'll do."

 Absolutionis wrote:
Does that Haqq lady have a "Cube"? Is this the first artistic representation of what a Cube looks like?

Also, the Umbra Samritan has a new special ammunition type called "Vorpal". I wonder if it'll auto decapitate and kill on crit.

Naw, it'll just go 'snicker-snack.'

Neoterran is trying to whip out his iPhone before the battery explodes. Or he's a personal injury attorney who just happened upon a car accident. "Here's my card..."

These are nice variants of the HVTs. I can definitely see getting Tariqa (dispensing fairy dust-- the hacker program-- from her box.) and the Midnight Sun Analyst. Maybe the Pan-O for my ASA force.

The pig could be placed on a separate base and used as a drop-bear mine. Or a tinbot...

Is the Colonel's Antipode house broken? And I note the Colonel is listed as having an AP CCW. He'll have an actual profile in game? The Tohaa diplomatic delegate ( the Interpretive Dancer) does, and the Colonel is from the Diplomatic Corps, so...

So am I the only one that thinks the Umbra wins the month? And too much weathering powder on the feet of all the minis?

 Red Harvest wrote:

Also, the Umbra Samritan has a new special ammunition type called "Vorpal". I wonder if it'll auto decapitate and kill on crit.

Naw, it'll just go 'snicker-snack.'

Well, someone had to say it.

I see they continue the tradition of the 'alternates' of LE models being better than the LE model.

Love the Yu Jing and Haqqislam HVTs. The Ariadna dude with the Antipode is badass - wonder if he'll have rules in either Infinity or the RPG? Nomad not-Wolverine is about the same as the RPG model. Ambivalent to the Aleph and Pan Oceania HVTs, but I'm not a big fan of those factions anyway.

 Koreg wrote:
Is it just me, or does the Neoterran look like Handsome Jack?

Oh yes, he does. Probably more of a case, i see what i want to see.

 -Loki- wrote:
I see they continue the tradition of the 'alternates' of LE models being better than the LE model.

Love the Yu Jing and Haqqislam HVTs. The Ariadna dude with the Antipode is badass - wonder if he'll have rules in either Infinity or the RPG? Nomad not-Wolverine is about the same as the RPG model. Ambivalent to the Aleph and Pan Oceania HVTs, but I'm not a big fan of those factions anyway.

They specifically label the Ariadnan as two versions; one normal with nothing special the other as "HVT".

Funnily enough Kan proved my point, only few EI-minis left when it comes to Onyx and Morat since the majority already has been resculpted.

HVT Vs. RPG miniatures

That umbrella-- or parasol-- surely provides a nice opportunity for some really killer freehand work, eh? And a quick search of traditional Japanese and Chinese umbrellas confirms it. I suppose a little GS could repair the mini's dress...what there is of it. :S

Huge improvement over the RPG minis in almost all cases ( the HVT Colonel looks the same as the RPG version)

Isn't the Adriadna RPG fig the one with the gun behind his back?

Looking at the HVTs, a couple of comments -

Haqq - The cube thing has me looking for a portal gun.



Yu Jing - My favorite of the bunch. Though the first thing that popped into my head on seeing the pig was, "So that's where Ryoga Hibiki ended up!"

 SlaveToDorkness wrote:
Isn't the Adriadna RPG fig the one with the gun behind his back?

Yes. They showed the incorrect miniature on the kickstarter page and it just went on from there.

Antipode-Vornin combo is the better deal. I would have skipped the RPG one had I known!

Have they done any CA or Tohaa HVT models anywhere that I'm missing?

 AduroT wrote:
Have they done any CA or Tohaa HVT models anywhere that I'm missing?

No CA one, but they've done a Tohaa HVT I believe. Artichoke Beyonce.

Eumerin wrote:
Looking at the HVTs, a couple of comments -

Haqq - The cube thing has me looking for a portal gun.



Yu Jing - My favorite of the bunch. Though the first thing that popped into my head on seeing the pig was, "So that's where Ryoga Hibiki ended up!"

If was ever going to get the Haqq one, the temptation to paint it with a companion cube (or weighted storage cube) would be overwhelming!

Haven't heard that term before but it describes it brilliantly

My favourites are probably the HVT Yu-Jing and Ariadne and the RPG Aleph (who has an awesome pose)

 AduroT wrote:
Have they done any CA or Tohaa HVT models anywhere that I'm missing?

Any CA player worth their salt uses this guy:

I must agree. The general release for these HVT's is improved upon in almost every way.

I prefer PanO RPG. The HVT is just a bit too generic.

 Knight wrote:
I prefer PanO RPG. The HVT is just a bit too generic.

At least NCA have a decent combat profile to use with the model. I have the Icestorm CSU and I bought the similar Civvie for use as a second but that's not going to be an option for some people.

There was just a fun post and tweet on St. Patricks day
http://infinitythegame.com/article.php?id=166



And has this been posted yet? All the new releases in once place

Am I the only one that hates the new Umbra model?

It appears from the pictures its very large for a S2 model not to mention infinity was a kinda realistic future wargame and now this starts to step into fantasy/supernatural land IMO.

Have a hard time seeing how it really fits into infinity as a whole unless next we are getting psychic powers an such......

Oh, you're definitely not the only one that isn't impressed. The mystic element and larger model than his silhouette are completely reasonable critiques.

Infinity is adding more fantasy tropes into its setting, they've already had werewolves, ninjas, claymores, samurai, knights and in the RPG they talk about troll-like creatures on Svalarhaima. It's sort of a thing they've always did, importing tropes into their own sci-fi setting. I was never much of a fan of those, but you can easily avoid the elements you don't like, unless you play competitively. Mechanical benefits might be just a bit too hard to pass.

 Knight wrote:
It's sort of a thing they've always did, importing tropes into their own sci-fi setting

Well, as you say, most of those things have been there from the start - and they've avoided any sort of Space Magic/Psychic Power stuff, I think?

Anyway, I'm OK with it leaning more toward Space Opera/Fantasy - just don't lurch all the way over into 40K territory!

 Knight wrote:

Infinity is adding more fantasy tropes into its setting, they've already had werewolves, ninjas, claymores, samurai, knights and in the RPG they talk about troll-like creatures on Svalarhaima.

Nice!

More targets for the Jotum Brigade!

 Knight wrote:
Oh, you're definitely not the only one that isn't impressed. The mystic element and larger model than his silhouette are completely reasonable critiques.

Infinity is adding more fantasy tropes into its setting, they've already had werewolves, ninjas, claymores, samurai, knights and in the RPG they talk about troll-like creatures on Svalarhaima. It's sort of a thing they've always did, importing tropes into their own sci-fi setting. I was never much of a fan of those, but you can easily avoid the elements you don't like, unless you play competitively. Mechanical benefits might be just a bit too hard to pass.

A lot of the stuff is explained with pseudo-science.

Werewolves are genetic experimentation by the masters of genetics, the Tohaa.

Ninjas make sense when technology can make you 100% invisible and blades that can cut through anything

Claymores are made of Tesium, the material that pretty much signifies wealth and explains why Ariadna is economically even around in the first place.

Knights are just a natural progression of powered heavy armor. Plus, game-mechanics-wise, that armor works.

There still isn't anything outright magical about anything aside from the we-won't-understand-their-technology perspective that humanity has on the CA's "Voodootech".

As above plus, CB have said there is NO psychic power in the Infinity.

As for the umbra it no worse then a kneeling model or one bending over. Models like this is the whole point of Silhouette system was created, because it would be need otherwise. Modeling freedom was the whole point they even said as much back when the concept was leaked before N3.

Alpharius wrote:they've avoided any sort of Space Magic/Psychic Power stuff, I think?

Alien transcendence comes to mind. New elements such as silk or tesium fill the same niches as in fantasy setting. A new elements that allow something otherwise unimaginable to happen. Otherwise, they've tried to give some scientific cause and effect reasoning. How plausible they are, I'd rather not think about it to be honest. Pseudo science and various tropes sums it for me. How big fan you are of a certain tropes is up to the individual to answer.

Suitably advanced science is indistinguishable from magic blah blah blah.
Pretty sure that things on his base is part of the mini and not terrain, but still hard to tell.

The *distinction* between Sci Fi and Fantasy is somewhat arbitrary and artificial to begin with. There has always been plenty of cross-over between the 2 genres. An entire planet that is one inhabitable biome-- desert world, ice world, etc? Pure fantasy, folks, but you find this sort of thing in Sci-Fi all the time.

Troll-like creatures? Odd way to describe the Yu Jing inhabitants of Svalarheim XD

Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by the announcement of Human Sphere's release... and its (rumored) appearance at Adepticon. Nine days 'til pre-order, and 12-15 days until we see a copy of it ( One hopes)

Y'know... This guy makes me think of Nightcrawler from the Xmen; specifically, the move version with his black smoke curling around. All tthey need to do is blame the ability on a highly advanced "portable transdimensional matter transporter device" instead of " psychically jumping through the Warp", and they're golden in my book.

Their corporate, technologically-advanced optimistic world gives them a lot of leeway in my opinion, so I don't mind seeing anything that does make the aliens somewhat "magical" by comparison.