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Bubbalicious wrote:
I heard it mentioned that they were going to change the releases to when they say its May release they actually mean its out by the end of May, because nothing else has been said for April.

The JSA army box and the Uprising book are the April releases. This is why they were announced in March.

 Mastiff wrote:

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:
I said it before... I never really combined my JSA with standard Yu Jing. Just seemed logical that way.
I’m not really crying for more Yu Jing,

It would be nice for new IA stuff....

Same here. I preferred the separation between YJ and JSA, so I’m not too bothered by the separation.

I am pissed off that I still can’t have a five man fire team for my YJ, despite buying two boxes for a total of seven zhanshis almost a year ago. It was the new sculpts of Tigers and Invincibles that got me back into this game, and thd promise of a sectoral for my favourite minis. But hey, I can start a new army instead of playing with what I’ve painted...?

This game has been put on indefinite hold for me.

The whole point of Carlos’ army builder percentages piece clearly showed that Yu Jing players only really regularly use ninja (no loss there) & tokusetsu, in order to save 1 whole point. Wouldn’t be surprised if some existing units get doc/engie profiles to compensate, or if they introduced a new utility unit like Hockey-slum got with Hakim (apparently they’re tomcats?).

I thought Yu Jing players hated Zanshi anyway? Lord knows I bought them all too and don’t expect they’ll see use...
Celestial guard SWC box is painfully overdue. Can’t come out soon enough.

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:
Sat thru the whole seminar video.

Someone asked if IA will have a smaller tag, a la geckos.
Carlos said IA will have a new S5 HI choice.

I wonder if that S5 HI is from the bluprints or whatever it was that the Daiyokai was built from as the superior version was forced to be left behind?

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:


I thought Yu Jing players hated Zanshi anyway? Lord knows I bought them all too and don’t expect they’ll see use...
Celestial guard SWC box is painfully overdue. Can’t come out soon enough.

I like a few cheap bodies in any list, and would rather use Zhanshi models. But I’m a painter first, player second, so I lean towards models that I want to see on the table.

Maybe in the new list they’ll get tweaked.

Tunguska has me already broke.

I like the new Caledonian Mormaer - best they have made yet.

https://imgur.com/G8TjHQM

https://imgur.com/EEPopv2

Note: It's on their Facebook - and apparently I suck at posting images.

 complex57 wrote:
I like the new Caledonian Mormaer - best they have made yet.

https://imgur.com/G8TjHQM

https://imgur.com/EEPopv2

Note: It's on their Facebook - and apparently I suck at posting images.

Nice, but I'm still undecided on whether or not I'm going to keep my Ariadna or sell them all off...

 Kanluwen wrote:
I made a thread with all the best images I can find in one place down in the Infinity thread.

Just a reminder, most of the stuff we're going to be seeing this week from Corvus Belli was what they showed off at Adepticon. I've got everything centralized in the thread quoted.

The Mormaers shield is on the wrong arm.

Either that or he had to swap firing arm really fast, the ammo belt though does not suggest that.

Rule of Cool sadly trumped Rule of Realism.

 Mysterio wrote:
Rule of Cool sadly trumped Rule of Realism.

Rule of Left-Handed you mean.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mysterio wrote:
Rule of Cool sadly trumped Rule of Realism.

Rule of Left-Handed you mean.

Left handed is fine (better, even ), if they'd put the shield on the right arm.

 ImAGeek wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Mysterio wrote:
Rule of Cool sadly trumped Rule of Realism.

Rule of Left-Handed you mean.

Left handed is fine (better, even ), if they'd put the shield on the right arm.

The shield is meant to be covering the side that would be presented to the enemy, which when aiming like he's doing...would be the left side.

Shield goes on the arm which is closest to the enemy, which for this mini is the right arm.

Best solution: shiellds on both arms. :p

I'm wondering why it has a sleeping roll. Is it planning on spending the night on the battlefield?

 Red Harvest wrote:
Shield goes on the arm which is closest to the enemy, which for this mini is the right arm.

Only if the enemy would be behind him.

Real-talk, real-fast:
The placement of the shield is only an issue if one doesn't look at the model as being left-handed and consider their actions in the idea of a left-handed individual. As this particular individual would advance, the left arm would always be more exposed than the right would be in most firing positions.

Best solution: shiellds on both arms. :p

I'm wondering why it has a sleeping roll. Is it planning on spending the night on the battlefield?

Because they like putting all the tacticool gubbins on.

He might spend the night on the field Ariadna tend to do extended patrols in their planet, I would not mind if the pose indicated a quick change of fire because of a surprise but the ammo should not have been rolled on the arm.

They clearly fell in love with the ammo belt wrap.
Dunno why they forced the Mormaer into this unnatural pose.
Caledonians just had 2 HMG resculpts; Could have done this belt wrap thing with the Highlander Grey or the Volunteer.

Or maybe they just wanted to make sure the new sculpt looked nothing like the old one.

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:
They clearly fell in love with the ammo belt wrap.
Dunno why they forced the Mormaer into this unnatural pose.
Caledonians just had 2 HMG resculpts; Could have done this belt wrap thing with the Highlander Grey or the Volunteer.

Or maybe they just wanted to make sure the new sculpt looked nothing like the old one.

Ding ding ding.

Also because like always they probably saw something in media that tickled their "OMG MUST HAS AS SCULPT" fancy.

I really like the sculpt, looks cool. But then again i dont mind if my miniatures are super realistic or not more if its aesthetically pleasing to look at. Only thing that would make it better would be if the ammo belt was hanging loosely over the arm instead of wrapped around it.

On to other news.
It was revealed on the latest Lhost podcast that the gencon release would be a two army battle pack and apparently there were more "new" armies coming. I assume they meant more NA style armies. Have not listened to the entire thing yet so dont know if there is more.

Bubbalicious wrote:
I really like the sculpt, looks cool. But then again i dont mind if my miniatures are super realistic or not more if its aesthetically pleasing to look at. Only thing that would make it better would be if the ammo belt was hanging loosely over the arm instead of wrapped around it.

On to other news.
It was revealed on the latest Lhost podcast that the gencon release would be a two army battle pack and apparently there were more "new" armies coming. I assume they meant more NA style armies. Have not listened to the entire thing yet so dont know if there is more.

Wait, back that up.
Are you saying they’re doing a box of more non-aligned armies?
Or are we talkin 2 separate things?

The non-aligned armies are nice for fleshing out the universe. Lord knows in have enough to run those lists, but I have no interest.

Unfortunately I think a box of 2 conventional factions will be Aleph vs Ariadna. MAYBE a CA force on an outside chance.
Nomads, PanO, Haqq, & Yu Jing are already represented in boxed sets.

What CHA really needs is a new Cateran sculpt.

OK, what I want is a second Cateran.

Yup. Best sculpt I've seen in a while, looks like he's actually up to something rather than posing for a glamorous cover shot of Soldier of Fortune: Infinity Edition

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

Bubbalicious wrote:
I really like the sculpt, looks cool. But then again i dont mind if my miniatures are super realistic or not more if its aesthetically pleasing to look at. Only thing that would make it better would be if the ammo belt was hanging loosely over the arm instead of wrapped around it.

On to other news.
It was revealed on the latest Lhost podcast that the gencon release would be a two army battle pack and apparently there were more "new" armies coming. I assume they meant more NA style armies. Have not listened to the entire thing yet so dont know if there is more.

Wait, back that up.
Are you saying they’re doing a box of more non-aligned armies?
Or are we talkin 2 separate things?

The non-aligned armies are nice for fleshing out the universe. Lord knows in have enough to run those lists, but I have no interest.

Unfortunately I think a box of 2 conventional factions will be Aleph vs Ariadna. MAYBE a CA force on an outside chance.
Nomads, PanO, Haqq, & Yu Jing are already represented in boxed sets.

He's talking about a two army battle pack and more "new" armies coming.

I'm still maintaining that it will be Kazaks versus a Combined force.

I wonder if CB are sitting there thinking of other ways to move everything into non aligned armies and remove generic armeis entirely.

It makes sense the way the game is headed, and generic armies have to be a huge balancing headache when they need to make sure whatever the new unit is doesn't break either the generic army or the sectorial.

But that JSA reaction had to have caught them off guard.

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

Bubbalicious wrote:
I really like the sculpt, looks cool. But then again i dont mind if my miniatures are super realistic or not more if its aesthetically pleasing to look at. Only thing that would make it better would be if the ammo belt was hanging loosely over the arm instead of wrapped around it.

On to other news.
It was revealed on the latest Lhost podcast that the gencon release would be a two army battle pack and apparently there were more "new" armies coming. I assume they meant more NA style armies. Have not listened to the entire thing yet so dont know if there is more.

Wait, back that up.
Are you saying they’re doing a box of more non-aligned armies?
Or are we talkin 2 separate things?

The non-aligned armies are nice for fleshing out the universe. Lord knows in have enough to run those lists, but I have no interest.

Unfortunately I think a box of 2 conventional factions will be Aleph vs Ariadna. MAYBE a CA force on an outside chance.
Nomads, PanO, Haqq, & Yu Jing are already represented in boxed sets.

He's talking about a two army battle pack and more "new" armies coming.

I'm still maintaining that it will be Kazaks versus a Combined force.

Even though Aleph & Ariadna have the 2 oldest vanilla starters IIRC?


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 -Loki- wrote:
I wonder if CB are sitting there thinking of other ways to move everything into non aligned armies and remove generic armeis entirely.

It makes sense the way the game is headed, and generic armies have to be a huge balancing headache when they need to make sure whatever the new unit is doesn't break either the generic army or the sectorial.

But that JSA reaction had to have caught them off guard.

I know the old school Euro players like their Vanilla lists, but they just feel janky & disjointed compared to a unified sectorial list.


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Did the new JSA box replace one of the current large army boxes?
Didn’t CB previously say they would only make any 2 army boxes available at a time?
Prior ones were USARF & Corregidor IIRC.

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

 Kanluwen wrote:

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

Bubbalicious wrote:
I really like the sculpt, looks cool. But then again i dont mind if my miniatures are super realistic or not more if its aesthetically pleasing to look at. Only thing that would make it better would be if the ammo belt was hanging loosely over the arm instead of wrapped around it.

On to other news.
It was revealed on the latest Lhost podcast that the gencon release would be a two army battle pack and apparently there were more "new" armies coming. I assume they meant more NA style armies. Have not listened to the entire thing yet so dont know if there is more.

Wait, back that up.
Are you saying they’re doing a box of more non-aligned armies?
Or are we talkin 2 separate things?

The non-aligned armies are nice for fleshing out the universe. Lord knows in have enough to run those lists, but I have no interest.

Unfortunately I think a box of 2 conventional factions will be Aleph vs Ariadna. MAYBE a CA force on an outside chance.
Nomads, PanO, Haqq, & Yu Jing are already represented in boxed sets.

He's talking about a two army battle pack and more "new" armies coming.

I'm still maintaining that it will be Kazaks versus a Combined force.

Even though Aleph & Ariadna have the 2 oldest vanilla starters IIRC?

Ariadna is the Kazak starter for the most part, and it won't be any different to the current Haqq, Yu Jing or Combined starters, which are all heavily geared to a specific sectorial. Aleph won't be in a 2 player box, as CB are adamant that Aleph and Tohaa will never be in such a box. This leaves only 2 armies that haven't already been in a 2 player box, Ariadna and Combined, so it'll most likely be them. Add on to that the fact that Kazaks are something heavily mentioned (the Tank Hunter ADHL that Bostria mentioned at Rumble will probably be there) and it seems very likely we'll be seeing Kazaks.

I know Kan won't agree with me on this part, but I think the Combined half will be Shasvastii. They're in dire need of resculpts, and the other Combined starters aren't, so unless they go for a generic type of starter with mixed units we'll be seeing the Shas. Bostria mentioned Shas as being on the table for 'after Gencon,' what if that kicks off with a new starter release? It'd make people very very happy if those 2 sides are present, and it instantly updates some of the older minis in the line that really need it

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

Even though Aleph & Ariadna have the 2 oldest vanilla starters IIRC?

ALEPH's "vanilla" starter is Vedic oriented and we know Vedic is slated to get done as an army.
We also know that they've been very, very, very adamant that they don't want ALEPH in any two player sets citing "advanced rules".
Now, they certainly can decide to say screw it and move forward with it...but they could also pull a Red Veil and use a Combined Army starter as a backdoor way to put in a Shasvastii starter...

However there is a potential out for them in the form of doing a weird thing for this...
A Druze Bayram Security starter:

 -Loki- wrote:
I wonder if CB are sitting there thinking of other ways to move everything into non aligned armies and remove generic armeis entirely.

It makes sense the way the game is headed, and generic armies have to be a huge balancing headache when they need to make sure whatever the new unit is doesn't break either the generic army or the sectorial.

But that JSA reaction had to have caught them off guard.

I know the old school Euro players like their Vanilla lists, but they just feel janky & disjointed compared to a unified sectorial list.

Did the new JSA box replace one of the current large army boxes?
Didn’t CB previously say they would only make any 2 army boxes available at a time?
Prior ones were USARF & Corregidor IIRC.

The Army Packs like JSA and USARF aren't replacing/replaced by the 300 point Army Packs IIRC. The 300pts have been Onyx Contact Force, Tohaa, Steel Phalanx, and now Corregidor. We know that there's a Military Orders one coming sometime soon.


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 Rygnan wrote:

Ariadna is the Kazak starter for the most part, and it won't be any different to the current Haqq, Yu Jing or Combined starters, which are all heavily geared to a specific sectorial. Aleph won't be in a 2 player box, as CB are adamant that Aleph and Tohaa will never be in such a box. This leaves only 2 armies that haven't already been in a 2 player box, Ariadna and Combined, so it'll most likely be them. Add on to that the fact that Kazaks are something heavily mentioned (the Tank Hunter ADHL that Bostria mentioned at Rumble will probably be there) and it seems very likely we'll be seeing Kazaks.

IIRC, the Tank Hunter ADHL has been mentioned as being a blister same with Vet Kazak with AP HMG.

I know Kan won't agree with me on this part, but I think the Combined half will be Shasvastii. They're in dire need of resculpts, and the other Combined starters aren't, so unless they go for a generic type of starter with mixed units we'll be seeing the Shas. Bostria mentioned Shas as being on the table for 'after Gencon,' what if that kicks off with a new starter release? It'd make people very very happy if those 2 sides are present, and it instantly updates some of the older minis in the line that really need it

Nah, you're right on the money with it potentially being Shasvastii. The only issue I can think of is that they're saying they want to do a fairly heavy overhaul of the Shasvastii and the design work isn't starting until after GenCon.

I'm thinking a hail mary regarding the Druze, as it'd be a classic pair-up between the two.

 Bladerunner2019 wrote:

Bubbalicious wrote:
I really like the sculpt, looks cool. But then again i dont mind if my miniatures are super realistic or not more if its aesthetically pleasing to look at. Only thing that would make it better would be if the ammo belt was hanging loosely over the arm instead of wrapped around it.

On to other news.
It was revealed on the latest Lhost podcast that the gencon release would be a two army battle pack and apparently there were more "new" armies coming. I assume they meant more NA style armies. Have not listened to the entire thing yet so dont know if there is more.

Wait, back that up.
Are you saying they’re doing a box of more non-aligned armies?
Or are we talkin 2 separate things?

The non-aligned armies are nice for fleshing out the universe. Lord knows in have enough to run those lists, but I have no interest.

Unfortunately I think a box of 2 conventional factions will be Aleph vs Ariadna. MAYBE a CA force on an outside chance.
Nomads, PanO, Haqq, & Yu Jing are already represented in boxed sets.

I took the more new armies coming this year to mean new sectorials like Varuna and Vedic and Tunguska, but not Invincible Army. There are 2 or 3 more army boxes coming. Is the forthcoming Tunguska a samplerstarter or a full on army box of 9-10 plus a LE mini? Either way, it is going to sell.

At one point CB announced that the ALEPH and Tohaa were 'advanced' factions and not going into a Battlepack. This means that by default the next one is Arianda versus Combined Army. Unless the muchachos have changed their little minds. It wil not be Shasvastii. Carlos said that that is still a faction very much under construction and will not be ready this year at all. However, Master-Troll that he is, Bostria may be toying with expectations.

 Red Harvest wrote:

I took the more new armies coming this year to mean new sectorials like Varuna and Vedic and Tunguska, but not Invincible Army. There are 2 or 3 more army boxes coming. Is the forthcoming Tunguska a samplerstarter or a full on army box of 9-10 plus a LE mini? Either way, it is going to sell.

Okay, just so we're clear:
The "N"s we're seeing? They're not Army Boxes. They're "Big Releases". Tunguska is going to be just the starter set. We were told we're getting a Grenzer box sometime down the road, but who knows since we still haven't gotten Wildcats...and it's a shame about Grenzers getting a box since it'll be kinda crap for contents.

At one point CB announced that the ALEPH and Tohaa were 'advanced' factions and not going into a Battlepack. This means that by default the next one is Arianda versus Combined Army. Unless the muchachos have changed their little minds. It will not be Shasvastii. Carlos said that that is still a faction very much under construction and will not be ready this year at all. However, Master-Troll that he is, Bostria may be toying with expectations.

It could be Shasvastii, since we know there's some designs they don't want to change(Shrouded, Caliban, Malignos, Gwailos, Sphinx)--but we also know there's significant changes they want to make to the basic Seed-Soldier concept.