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Since they abandoned PVC its been pretty consistent. Non-character heavies have been sprue plastics sold in a 2-3 variant kit. Lights have been a mix of resin and metal, sold in individual packs but sharing a large number of parts. Assuming these follow the same pattern, I think all that would still be in metal would be the Dwarf jacks.

On a side note, I recently picked up Crucible Guard and finding myself really loving PP models again with the shift to resin. I had been happy with the MoW and Troll stuff I'd done, but this is the first time I've done big units of small based models. Really crisp stuff, lots of detail, very few parts. With a decent pair of clippers to clip off spouts I'm finding they assemble really quickly too. Metal seems to stick to resin really well.

Rather like the pirate. Not excessively over-detailed, good aesthetic... except for the heels, of course.

The only Privateer Press minis I've bought since I got my first PVC infantry (which was horrid) has been january's L5R Mini Crate ones. The naga was resin with a metal arm, and Togashi Yokuni was full metal. Both were excellently casted.

 LunarSol wrote:
Since they abandoned PVC its been pretty consistent. Non-character heavies have been sprue plastics sold in a 2-3 variant kit. Lights have been a mix of resin and metal, sold in individual packs but sharing a large number of parts. Assuming these follow the same pattern, I think all that would still be in metal would be the Dwarf jacks.

On a side note, I recently picked up Crucible Guard and finding myself really loving PP models again with the shift to resin. I had been happy with the MoW and Troll stuff I'd done, but this is the first time I've done big units of small based models. Really crisp stuff, lots of detail, very few parts. With a decent pair of clippers to clip off spouts I'm finding they assemble really quickly too. Metal seems to stick to resin really well.

They’ve been mixing characters into the plastics as well. Both the recent Cryx kits each make a character.

I'm also wondering if the block adder (I have to call it that) is
not just a resin/metal kit like the Vulcan. The Vulcan and
Railless seemed like they were originally designed for hard
plastic and then got abandoned for resin/metal

Oh wow! I like those new Privateer Merc jack designs. I like the new pirate warcaster as well. She doesn't look like something from the cover of an 80's romance novel, like the other privateer pirates.

 skullking wrote:
Oh wow! I like those new Privateer Merc jack designs. I like the new pirate warcaster as well. She doesn't look like something from the cover of an 80's romance novel, like the other privateer pirates.

Agreed, those are pretty nice. I've built one of every other Privateer jack (excep the Galleon) and while they are nice sculpts, I really don't want to ever build one again. The Freebooter in particular was a lot of horrible pinning.

 malfred wrote:
I'm also wondering if the block adder (I have to call it that) is
not just a resin/metal kit like the Vulcan. The Vulcan and
Railless seemed like they were originally designed for hard
plastic and then got abandoned for resin/metal

I'm guessing they just realized that if they waited for the plastic to get done, CG would be without its biggest draw (TANKS!) for probably at least another year and decided to kick them out in resin instead. I don't think there's nearly as pressing of a timeline on a second pirate colossal, so they're probably happier with a "its done when its done" kind of timeline, which is why the Pirate CID got delayed... basically until they found out for sure it was done.

I'm hoping so too! And now with same heavy 'jack chassis they
can release a heavy kit for pirates too, but maybe that's hoping too
much. (Travis who has an idea of what's coming but doesn't
actually work work for privateer press has indicated as much on
facebook).

There's almost no incentive for them to release the Swabber except to fill out a 3 pack heavy kit to replace the Mariner/Freebooter. I don't think they'd bother with it if it wasn't letting them take some of the last metal jacks out of production. Pretty sure all that's left now are the dwarf jacks and some random character jacks.

If you're in the monpoc facebook group, you've already seen these shares (probaby from the LVO).

But if not...

Never thought I'd see the day where the Terrasaurs looked absolutely bonkers.

Raiden is a little meh.

Some stuff as seen on the latest Primecast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Bhsb-OliU

hm....i really like the riot quest wolf art, hope the miniature turns out as cool

Bride of Arkadius and wolf man are both pretty great, don't hate the Lady Wyshnalyrr either.

I love the fact that, with Sylyss, I can now field almost all of my go-to solos with alts for Warmachine or CoI - just gotta hold out for a Dirty Meg.. and maybe a reasonably priced Alexia on eBay.

Is the bride of Arkadius a new character, or just a Gender bend of the existing minion warlock?

Would love to see them gender bend characters like Siege (still bald), the Butcher (no necessarily bald, but with 'crazy hair'), old witch (yes, a creepy old dude), Eiryss, Bagman (same model, just labeled the 'Baggette').

It's a minicrate so genderbender.

 skullking wrote:
Is the bride of Arkadius a new character, or just a Gender bend of the existing minion warlock?

Would love to see them gender bend characters like Siege (still bald), the Butcher (no necessarily bald, but with 'crazy hair'), old witch (yes, a creepy old dude), Eiryss, Bagman (same model, just labeled the 'Baggette').

They’ve already done an alt Ragman (‘Raggedy Mandy’):

Next Wednesday February 27 they're discussing new rules for Infernals on stream.

The following Wednesday March 6 the Infernals CID begins.

Not my thing, but I'm excited for the world advancement.

*looks at boxes of unbuilt, built and even primed Cryx, then looks at Infernals happening*

I'm finally getting to Crucible Guard. Really liking how that turned out for a limited faction.

 Boss Salvage wrote:
*looks at boxes of unbuilt, built and even primed Cryx, then looks at Infernals happening*

Where on earth is that from lol

 malfred wrote:

 Boss Salvage wrote:
*looks at boxes of unbuilt, built and even primed Cryx, then looks at Infernals happening*

Where on earth is that from lol

I have always been on the fence with Minicrate, but they finally got me!

That new Arkadius is great!, and I never bought the original, but I love playing pigs, so perfect fit.

Also, never got Alexia, Vesh, or Sylss, and they can all work with my khador, so I'm liking what I see for the future!

Infernal info is certainly interesting. Still not the faction for me, but quite interesting.

Essence instead of Focus/Fury, hybrid of the 2.

Masters replace Warcaster/Warlocks and allocate and cast spells with Essence like Focus, but transfer like Fury. Essence does not go away at the end of the turn, but they only replenish by sacrificing cultists from their army.

Horrors replace Warjacks/Warbeasts. Have an Essence stat and start with full Essence, run and charge for free. At the end of the turn, they have to spend one Essence or are immediately removed from play. Masters can summon new Horrors in at the cost of their Essence stat, but only come in with 1 Essence.

 LunarSol wrote:
Masters can summon new Horrors in at the cost of their Essence stat, but only come in with 1 Essence.

Summon back? Or they can summon just the right Horror for the job?
Seems quite interesting new mechanic!

 Hybrid Son Of Oxayotl wrote:

 LunarSol wrote:
Masters can summon new Horrors in at the cost of their Essence stat, but only come in with 1 Essence.

Summon back? Or they can summon just the right Horror for the job?
Seems quite interesting new mechanic!

Summon what they want from the sounds of it. It sounded like Horrors are generally Removed from Play, so there's no summoning them "back".

For Mk4, they need to drop the whole WM Hordes split as it means nothing now, which is a good thing as it'll allow them to explore more.

 Vertrucio wrote:
For Mk4, they need to drop the whole WM Hordes split as it means nothing now, which is a good thing as it'll allow them to explore more.

I've been told in the past it has more to do now with the way SKUs are tracked through distribution and other legal matters.