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Most of the stuff Para Bellum is coming out with lately looks great, but they still haven't shaken off the occasional terrible sculpt (who looked at the arms on the Satyroi and was like, thumbs up that looks fine?).

I think if they can solve that issue, and resculpt the older models that are almost literally in T poses to be on par with the new stuff, the game will have some broad appeal.

New holiday set available on their e-shop

I like the Santa. Are those human scale (by Conquest standards of course)?

Yes they are infantry size. By the way Santa's weapon is called "The List" xD

Siegebreaker Behemoth for the Spires

Is this one the size of the previous big monster spyre thing or is it bigger ?

18 cm tall so a bit bigger i think.

I think its only slightly taller, but because of the serpentine body its significantly bulkier.

New Siegebreaker photo

Why's the siegebreaker defending that wall? Shouldn't it be busting it down?

 Rihgu wrote:
Why's the siegebreaker defending that wall? Shouldn't it be busting it down?

Maybe it broke past the wall and fighting the defenders whilst the rest of the army is still out there?
Siegebreaker sounds like a vanguard type unit to me, so it would make sense that it would be ahead of the main force to punch holes in enemy defenses.

New Founder's for the City States - "The Last Stand"

New Fishgnome mini as a Holiday offer

The diorama looks great. Are those typically resin for the "founders exclusive" stuff?

The murder fish gnome is a bit of a bust for me though but admittedly I'd have to see the other angles. It looks from that side like one of the 90s Leviathan/Armorcast resin models.

Sasorijap wrote:
New Fishgnome mini as a Holiday offer

Fine, I'll place an order for it. Bit of a letdown, they should just give us a proper box set of fish gnome mercs and be done with it, but I'll vote with my wallet to show my support for the concept.

Is that the first female mini for City States?

Grey Crow wrote:
Is that the first female mini for City States?

Yes

Got this extra photos of the Fishgnome from a retailer. It the behind shot explains why it is called the Crakken xD

I like the MFG, frankly. One day, one day we will pester the devs hard enough for them to make that meme army.

I picked up some of these from D&D recently (unrelated to this announcement) so I think the itch is mostly scratched though there is no gnomishness to them. I can look at the dollar store and see if they have any novelty tiny santa hats to add to them.

A box of Fish-gnomes would get me to actually buy their products...

I keep saying they are leaving money on the table by not making the fish gnomes a thing.

As a fellow murder fish gnome fanatic, I echo the desire for me; it's why I bought those D&D figs after all despite their not-gnomieness. Realistically, though, putting out a very niche meme item is always a risk and it frequently doesn't pay off from a business perspective so I understand their caution. That said... with them fully going plaid speed into plastic production over the past couple years, I can't see it being more than a drop in the bucket given how massively they've expanded their range and continue to.

Sometimes memes take on a life of their own and go viral. Fish gnomes strike me as something that could well take off and make a massive ROI for them if done right. See the success of gloomspite gits for an example of something kinda memey that doesn't take itself too seriously which has achieved massive popularity.

It certainly won't hurt much if they just produce them with resin at first to see what the real demand is. The initial outlay would be the cost of 3d modelling and test printing and they could then only produce the moulds after a potential preorder/crowdfunder showed enough interest to make it worthwhile. Heck, the first goal of the crowdfunder could even be just to sell the 3d printed models and only produce them in resin and/or plastic after a suitable stretch goal was reached.

Fishgnomes are kinda part of the Famine faction (Cthulhu themed faction that is considered the "big bad guy" of Conquest) but not sure how they will represent them when it comes out.

Fair enough. I didn't realize they were part of an actual faction and not just an inside joke.

They started off as a joke, but are becoming an ascended meme, it would seem.

Yeah, thats news to me as well. They were initially presented as being mercenaries that lived in villages along the coasts on the shores of lakes and rivers, etc.

chaos0xomega wrote:
Yeah, thats news to me as well. They were initially presented as being mercenaries that lived in villages along the coasts on the shores of lakes and rivers, etc.

Really? The first Murder Fish Gnomes were definitely an April Fools post.

Or are you talking about the Famine faction?

No, I remember when the murder fish gnomes were first shown they were presented with a bit of fluff about them being mercenaries for hire that lived in coastal settlements and near lakes and rivers. Even if it was intended as a joke, that fluff was still part of the joke.