BF EVO replacement...

[Dorb]

Feel so dirty posting here, as I am a die hard BF EVO player, (as are all my post so far) but I feel I need to show some pics from Gen Con which I just got back from.

Not sure if I will be getting into this game, but seems like our game(BF EVO) is and will be taking a back seat to this version.

Watch out for the lead paint(lol)... :wink:

 

[human_target]

Thank you for the pics Dorb,

Are all of those models prepainted?
Were they average-good-very good?

Sorry for asking, I just can't make it up from the pics.

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[Rob_A]

They look like wierd prepaints lol.
The blue and orange ones look exactly like a friend of mine's.
I get the feeling these are old ones from Alex's or Ted's collections.

 

[MaxSteiner]

The look like the existing plastic kit too me.
There isn't alot of variation in the poses, but what little there is is so minimal as to render it pointless when you factor in moulding costs. (For instance theres that 'shrugging' hand on some of the rifle troopers).
They could well be prepaint tests using the existing kits though.
I'd assume they're just there so theres some kind of showing in the cases lol (Didn't they show off the forth stuff last year at Gencon? Might explain why they aren't there).

... I was going to say maybe they were just using the exising kits for the prepaints, but then I realised how many parts those kits were in

 

[Rob_A]

Well this is probably all the stuff they have at the US offices. They have some of the nicest stuff, but still. All the pre-production stuff is at the UK offices. :?

 

[Rabidchild]

At first I thought they were just someone's collection, but then I noticed that all four of the triple-thudds were in the same pose. Then the Cougar exo-suit is by itself and the new cards only allow for couger Lt's, rather than squads. These may indeed be prepaint tests.

 

[Soulmage]

Crap! I just assumed all those were the normal models. Didn't think they might be the pre-paint prototypes. Otherwise I would have paid closer attention instead of just glancing at them!

 

[shotgun-toting chipmunk]

I doubt those are prototypes. For one thing, it would be foolish to bother with prepainting and not bust out the bug scheme from the movies/tv series. Also, the PAMI come out long before the LAMI do (initial release vs several months later at least), so I'd imagine they'd be a bit more focused on those.

 

[Mage]

Dude, look at them, there are only about four different poses in the MI pic, I think they are prepaints. All the GL launcehrs are the same, and the others have identical poses too, with 4 variations.

 

[shotgun-toting chipmunk]

I took a closer look, and here's what I saw:

31 total models

Variations I could make out included

• Kneeling with Triple Thud--hand up
  Keeling with Javelin (?)
  Kneeling with flamer--hand up
  Kneeling with Morita
  Kneeling with Morita (?) held over right shoulder
  Standing with Morita--looking down barrel
  Standing with Morita--looking away from rifle
  Lieutenant-style pose

Also, the center squad is blue while outer squads are green. It's not a flash.

 

[voncougar]

Are the bases flocked with flocking, or are they painted?
Pre-paints don't usually come with flocking, so that might be a clue.
I wouldn't imagine that the figures, at least initially, would be released in different colour schemes, so unless those are just two different test colours, I dunno.

Personally, I don't think they're prototypes, unless they mean REALLY early stages. I think they'll go with a much more recognisable colour scheme for the bugs.

 

[MaxSteiner]

Surely the lack of immediatly obvious variation is due to the fact that the kit only goes together in certain ways till you give up doing it that way and start using putty for all the joins?

Im saying they aren't prepaints because Mongoose have pretty much come out and said that at the most they plan one wave in advance (Unless they've changed after the BF:E thing), and the PAMI have been relegated quite far down the list of releases last I saw.
And like people are saying you wouldn't do the bugs in those colours, it'd be shooting yourself in the foot as far as sales went.

The prepaint bases have some kinda gravely gunk all over them dont they? I wouldn't describe it as flock though...

 

[voncougar]

The prepaint bases have some kinda gravely gunk all over them dont they? I wouldn't describe it as flock though...

Yup, the BEvo bases have rockey terrain under their feet. And it's molded, not sprinkled gravel or anything. Means less mess than flocking, and looks just as good from afar!

 

[MaxSteiner]

Ah I assumed they used one of the flocking gels or something, it seemd a bit uneven in some of the pics I saw.
Definatly a good idea, GW do it as well now don't they?
How do they handel attaching the figures to an uneven surface on the BF:E figs any idea? I think the skulls pass things have a little untextured patch for feet to fit on... didn't really look at them for too long though other than to mock the person who bought them

 

[CmdrKiley]

Are the PAMI visors painted over or molded in solid?

They certainly don't appear to be transparent in the photo.

 

[Dorb]

Sorry, I should of taken some better pics.(or more of them) You have to understand my stance on this game. With what MGP has stated(kind of) about BF EVO being the "Red headed step child" to ST EVO, I really didn't take it to serious. Now I wish I did. Hell maybe I'll even buy some when it ever comes out.
:wink:

 

[Rabidchild]

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Also, the center squad is blue while outer squads are green. It's not a flash.

It looks to me that the bottom squad is brown.

Alright you apes, listen up! This is rumor control. We have two pictures and this is what we can tell from them.

• MI
  
  Green Squad: 11 models, 6 standing and 5 kneeling, including 2 triple thuds.
  Blue squad: 11 models, 8 standing and 3 kneeling, including 2 triple thuds.
  One random figure out in front of blue squad, may be a Lt, may be Tphai or possibly Rico. Color unknown, morita silhouette visible in left hand.
  Brown squad is 8 models with the only variation being the angle the morita is held at or as in the second from the right, if the left hand is even holding the morita.
  Cougar exosuit is shown alone, appears to be grey with yellow detail and carries a sixgun.
  
  All poses could have been created using the current plastic multipose kits.
  All visors are painted yellow, not transparent.
  All 4 triple thud gunners are in exactly the same pose. An awkward, kneeling, pointing with mittened hand pose.
  BF:Evo places its grenade launchers on kneeling models, to pick them out more easily.
  Triple thud are the only weapon upgrade listed on the PAMI card, with Javelin troopers being a "special" addition card.
  A sixgun is the only weapon option for a Cougar Lt.
  
  Bugs
  Picture 1 has a unit of 11 warrior bugs, various poses, painted in what appears to be dark blue with a light blue highlight and yellow or gold tarsus (foot end) and back-pattern.
  Picture 2 shows 5 warriors and a brain. The 5 warriors are painted blue and appear to be inked or "magic washed". The bottom left warrior appears to have been painted light blue and then drybrushed dark blue. The brain bug has its proboscis but no chariot bugs and appears to be have a brown body, highlighted to light brown, pink legs and white claws and eyes.
  
  The arachnid warrior card lists their units as 10 with up to another 10 being added.
  Guard bug units are listed as 2 plus another 3 may be added.
  All the arachnid warriors are in poses possible with the current plastic multipose kits.
  The brain bug conforms to the size, shape and pose of the current metal model.

So in the end, we can tell almost nothing from these pictures. My speculation is that the PAMI are testbed models for prepaints/builds due only to the triple thuds being in the same pose, and kneeling just like their BF:Evo counterparts.

 

[Mage]

It would be nice if someone from the 'goose could comment on our comments.

 

[Goldwyrm]

I was at GenCon and stopped by the booth 3-4 times over the weekend to pick up B5ACTA and the new Conan RPG book. Admittedly I only glanced in the figure case perhaps twice, but I'm almost 99.9% positive that those are the existing kits.

One other point to make is that PAMI were not listed as being in the first wave of pre-paint releases. If I'd seen only LAMI or Exosuits, I would have been paying more attention..

 

[armbarred]

Those are my models. Everything in that case is the old you buy you assemble you paint. They are not pre-painted in anyway. The limited variation is because I was expecting to do SST:Evo demos and needed to get a good number of models done in under two weeks.

Any questions?