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I believe it's Raiders, Enclave and the institute in wave 2. So not too long to wait

They have to be realistic in terms of production sucks to wait but better that then have it released but you can't get stock like ffg has been guilty of so often.

 ZebioLizard2 wrote:
I think the issue would be "Which Raiders?"

4's Raider factions are either very generic or very specific. Though I would love to have The Gunners for generic, then you'd have the Forged, the Rust Devils, and the Gangster dudes.

Then finally you have the Nuka World ones.

Nuka World seems like it should be its own expansion. There are the gangs, plus all of the variant creatures in that park that could easily fill a release wave.

For raiders I'd like a mix of generic and Gunners.

I'd love some Rust Devils, but they wouldn't feel right without their highly customized robot assets, so that seems like a larger investment of resources to produce the Rust Devils and either new robot models or conversion bits to modify existing designs.

Hmm that's true, you could use those variant sorts with the various types of expansions to the various factions.

I think to be fair, to begin with most would be happy with some mohawk guys with an eclectic mix of armour and horrible looking melee weapons!

But it will definitely be great to build up a collection of various factions over time.

I'd be happy having generic Raiders first. Having the bits available to cut up and convert any other model goes a long way towards a diverse Raider force.

But obviously getting the different gangs, too, would be good.

Yeah, start with the generic 'leathers and ramshackle gear' raiders that we see across the franchise. They're the most universal bad guys in all the wastelands we've seen.

Hopefully Modiphius will see the value of a high quality, generic raider force. I'm sure part of the reason the Northstar plastics for Frostgrave have been so popular is because they have such versatility (the Cultists etc.) beyond that game.

Some post-apoc scum would be brilliant for stuff like This is not a Test, not to mention be great for the forthcoming Necromunda re-launch.

Hopefully this holds sway over the kind of post you get (not necessarily here) which reads "In Fallout 2, if you played on a 486-CPU machine with 8MB RAM and lowest resolution option, then shot a Brahmin cow in the top east corner of the map with an Uzi (but don't kill the cow) then it triggers an easter egg where a group of Dutch midgets wearing dungarees and aviators appears. Unless this faction appears then I'm sorry to say that my wallet will stay closed,"

 Pacific wrote:
Hopefully this holds sway over the kind of post you get (not necessarily here) which reads "In Fallout 2, if you played on a 486-CPU machine with 8MB RAM and lowest resolution option, then shot a Brahmin cow in the top east corner of the map with an Uzi (but don't kill the cow) then it triggers an easter egg where a group of Dutch midgets wearing dungarees and aviators appears. Unless this faction appears then I'm sorry to say that my wallet will stay closed,"

Bravo, that was gold!

Picture time! A response by Chris Birch on Modiphius's forum:

http://www.modiphius.com/forum.html#/20170919/is-this-the-quality-5534431/

Hi there here's an example of the pre-production T60 with render comparison. Bear in mind these are not final production but run off with quick test moulds just before GenCon. The gatling laser has a bend in it which is being re-printed for production.

Looks very nice but why is the photo blurry? Makes it look like the detail is worse than it is.

Agree I guess it's the danger of having a blog-type approach to releasing snippets of info, not everything is studio quality, although you can see the detail level there still (despite the slightly blurry photo) - which is the main thing!

Very promising definitely !

That's honestly blurry? Wow, now you make me question whether I'm seeing straight.

Mostly I'm just happy to see an actual model at all, even if it's a test print that's not entirely reflective of the actual product.

I thought the armor came out pretty nicely. Lines are straight and detail is crisp. I like it. The BoS badge looks off. That's something I wondered about from the beginning. It's a really tiny symbol that works fine on the render, but when you have to cast it? Going to be interesting how that turns out.

Yeah the cog is merging with the outer badge but really at that scale its hard to avoid.

Have you considered transfers instead?

I considered cutting it off because who cares about the Brotherhood of Steel.

But I'm not worried. We'll see if it looks better on the production models. If it doesn't shame, but I can sculpt, so I'm not too bothered either way.

Wouldn't put me off either I'm so looking forward to making a brother hood squad.

From Chris Birch on Facebook:

Time to bust out another pose of the Protectron! We are REALLY close to the preorder now! There will be a Wasteland Robot set which includes a selection of robots to keep your survivors busy!

Picture spoilered for size:

Oooh that's pretty nice, if a bit odd in pose. Why is it's leg just sliiightly off the ground? It doesn't look like it's walking properly.

Protectrons don't walk, they waddle.

More interesting to me is that we're REALLY close to the preorder. I mean, I'm not saying I'm impatient or anything, but are we there yet?

Good news for me that robots get a release right away. They're a staple as far as I'm concerned and the sooner we can get our hands on them, the better.

Did someone say robot army?

I want to see the Mr Handy model now.

But I'm glad to see that the Robots.. I imagine the more basic robots such as the Robobrains and Handy's will be seen.

We do have a render:



As a reminder, Modiphius collects pictures on their Fallout page whenever they release new ones elsewhere (mostly Facebook and developer blog):

http://www.modiphius.com/fallout.html

BroodSpawn wrote:
Did someone say robot army?

Only if we get and ant army to fight it.


Automatically Appended Next Post:
Also another two posts by Chris Birch on Facebook:

We're recording the first of several videos today, please post some questions you'd like answered below and we'll do our best to cover them over the coming days

We're now playtesting Fallout: Wasteland Warfare army building and points balance - if you have experience of playtesting, can test weekly with your group where you live and would like to be part of the on-going army building playtest you can sign up here:

http://www.modiphius.com/wargame-playtest-survey.html

Feels like things are finally moving along after the ebb following Gencon.

Exciting, exciting!

Can't wait for that pre-order to get going.

And would love to read about impressions of the game, if anyone from Dakka is fortunate to get involved.

Btw, the newsletter shows some ghouls that I dont think have been shared before... have they?

 Tyr13 wrote:
Btw, the newsletter shows some ghouls that I dont think have been shared before... have they?

I don't believe so.

Ghouls (I think they look like crap, but it may be the awkward angle of the renders, holding out that they will look better in person):



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Radscorpion


Personally not a fan of the Radscorpion either. Depending on the size, I may end up using the scorpion from Arena Rex as a Radscorpion.

All the models that I've seen so far the renders and what not look like they've been pull from FO4, but those ghouls are bad, they look like mole people without lower jaws not radiation fallout zombies. The hands look big too like they are wearing mittens. Hancock looks pretty awesome in comparison. The synths look the most like the game in my opinion.

I think the Rad Scorpion is close the FO4 which looked more Bark Scorpion and Emperor Scorpion combined rather than just Emperor Scorpion like in FO3

Keep in mind guys, those are Feral Ghouls, and Mophidius are using the newer FO4 visual design - those are actually pretty close to the misshapen lumpymen in the latest game.

Yup I don't like them but they are pretty close to the FO4 aethetic

Exactly. I preferred the Fallout 3 design and am not a fan at all of the makeover they received, but there's no question that these renders are true to the Ferals in Fallout 4.

I'll probably paint these exclusively as the charred version (see spoiler) with a glowing one or two thrown in.

I guess you guys are right, but an unpainted/ untextured render did throw me off, I've got plenty of Zombie that can fill in for ghouls