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2023/12/19 17:16:18
Subject: Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
The resin Anomaly exclusive didn’t have the same issues as the plastic Scourge cruisers, at least mine didn’t. I doubt they’ll make a plastic kit for this new faction no matter how much the customers want it. Hopefully the angular, mechanic nature of these ships will help hide mold lines better than the organic curves of the Scourge ships.
Early models in resin/plastic are often not so bad because the moulds are fresh; but as they get used they wear a bit and you get mould lines. I just wish they'd learn entirely and put more flat details on the edges or use other creative ways to part and hide the mould lines on the models.
The Anomoly remind me so much of the Loa faction from Sword of the Stars II. I'll be fairly surprised if they aren't some kind of artificial intelligence robots.
Ships look cool. the artillery thing (unless it's a small station?) not so much. But the zone models always look worse in renders than in photos.
2023/12/22 12:39:56
Subject: Re:Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
TTCombat wrote:For the 10th day of Christmas, we're happy to cover a few more details regarding our upcoming PHR game.
Currently Project Hunter (As you may have guessed, we don’t have a name yet.) Has gone through the first round of play-testing and is now at the stage where we start writing the rules up properly while aiming to keep them as concise as possible. So, what is the game itself even like? Well, the very basic original brief was simply some PHR Walkers beating up some big monsters. Of course, we needed to flesh that out a lot further first, so Dave, Scott, Robin and Chris came up with the idea of the PHR completing some secretive operations on a planet, home to some vicious, territorial monsters. That is the fluff for the game we can share right now, the actual operations are far too secretive for us to reveal just yet.
We had some very cool artwork and sculpts done for the PHR walkers and the monsters, which all look absolutely amazing. The PHR are vastly outnumbered against swarms of vicious, territorial monsters. Therefore the PHR player has to be clever about moving to their objectives, not making too much noise as the creatures really, REALLY don’t like noise. In fact, they actually get angrier the noisier it is, and the angrier they are, the more powerful they are. Though the monsters are controlled by a player, we’ve added some rules to keep them feeling like a feral force of nature.
That model is rough lookin'. Looks like a direct 3d print, but they made the supports way too big and they came off ugly, and then instead of trying to clean it up, they used an old can of primer that frosted it.
I like the body shape, though I'd want to swap some small hands where the rotary guns are and put something heavier where the shield and hammer thing are that look more scifi and less Warmachine.
I can't tell if it's meant to be the same figure scale as Dropzone or not.
2023/12/22 19:20:47
Subject: Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Whilst we hope your celebrating with family we're partying with the Post Human Republic.
Don't tell the Hostile Fauna but it looks like the PHR are planning to offer their pilots weapon options... Honestly we can't wait for Project PHR-Rim (Working title) to release in the future.
Spoiler:
2024/01/01 20:18:15
Subject: Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Whilst we hope your celebrating with family we're partying with the Post Human Republic.
Don't tell the Hostile Fauna but it looks like the PHR are planning to offer their pilots weapon options... Honestly we can't wait for Project PHR-Rim (Working title) to release in the future.
Spoiler:
Looks like the feet are on backwards.
2024/01/01 21:03:13
Subject: Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
I hope they pose it a bit more dynamically than that. It reminds me of a more curvy CAV model from the late 90s. Of course, i don't mean having it jump off of a ruined building with one foot twisting like an acrobat in mid air no-scope one shotting some other mech.
We Munch for Macragge! FOR THE EMPRUH! Cheesesticks and Humus!
2024/02/02 12:32:29
Subject: Re:Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
We're happy to say it's time for new releases! This week we are unleashing the first miniature of 2024 but be assured we have HUGE plans for this year with numerous products coming for Carnevale, Dropzone, Dropfleet, RUMBLESLAM, and more!
- UCM Dominion Bomber
Already a favourite among beleaguered UCM ground troops, the Dominion is affectionately known as The Delete Key, God’s Nailgun, and Splatter, amongst other things. Certainly, the gargantuan Ferrum Aerospace factory can’t build these fast enough.
Developed in response to the rising numbers of enemy Behemoths, this dread angle bristles with weaponry. Its primary means of offense is its bomb bays holding two titanfall gravity munitions. These are dropped at low altitude, then just before impact the bomb’s tail explodes, driving its tungsten-tipped warhead deep inside a big target’s guts before a larger charge detonates, ripping the victim apart from within.
Double the points of an Athena. More than the cost of a UCM Phoenix. That promo picture causes me more questions than it answers, but it looks like another victim of scale creep. Too big for 10mm SF gaming.
2024/02/03 22:20:46
Subject: Re:Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
I wonder if what they're photoshopping out is that it requires a huge flight stand, or two of them. I've got a phoenix, which this thing looks awful close to in spread, and that thing is NOT stable on just one stand. I put in two extra posts and used the medium stands and it got a lot sturdier. It kept falling over and breaking other units.
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2024/02/04 15:20:31
Subject: Re:Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
There's nothing at all about that weapon that reads 'sonic', and the chopped school but puts the turret BEHIND THE REAR AXLE. This model was designed by someone totally ignorant of basic physics, let alone how vehicles work.
Ok so I know we all agreed it was daft - but it seems it's not daft.
I haven't watched that video (because I'm in a meeting lol), but I watched one a few months ago, doesn't the Swedish one deploy legs to fix it in place?
Ex-Mantic Rules Committees: Kings of War, Warpath
"The Emperor is obviously not a dictator, he's a couch." Starbuck: "Why can't we use the starboard launch bays?"
Engineer: "Because it's a gift shop!"
0018/02/24 05:16:11
Subject: Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors (32mm minis!)
Overread wrote: Ok so I know we all agreed it was daft - but it seems it's not daft.
I've had a few people point to those vehicles, but aside from 'gun on long truck' they mostly illustrate all the problems with the topple bus.
The motorized artillery all have the weight centered between multiple heavy axles, not over the butt of the vehicle. The ones that fire from behind the axle are in a deployed state, basically dropping the gun on the ground with hydraulics and putting out stabilizers.
It's still daft.
Now, if the model had a sloped tracked back and a winch at the front of the bed for deploying the gun, or the gun was moved over the axles, or it had stabilizers on the bed it could deploy, or just any number of other elements on the model to acknowledge how precarious it looks and make it look less like a lazy 'kitbash', it would perfectly fine. Needs More Effort, 65/100
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2024/03/18 17:16:19
Subject: Re:Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors. Dominion heavy bomber. p.31.
Put Fortunate Son on the radio boys and crank up the volume! It's time to go Scourge hunting... what are you listening to in the back of a new Carryhawk?
Deploying soon:
2024/03/18 18:07:40
Subject: Dropfleet / Dropzone Commander news and rumors. Dominion heavy bomber. p.31.