Haight
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Post by Haight on Sept 7, 2017 23:21:13 GMT
Even though Ashlynn is my favorite warcaster I am little annoyed that she is going through CID, as she is a very average warcaster; sure, she could use a little boost but so could half of the warcasters in the game. I've won local tournaments using her and plenty of casual games, so she's far from awful. Constance, on the other hand, is a legit terrible warcaster, at least in Mercenaries. You can win games with her but most of her spells and abilities either do not much or nothing at all. She needs the help way more than Ashlynn. Same thing with, say, Steelhead Cavalry (awful), Vanguards (not awful but obviously overpriced), and Savio (does he even do anything?). MK3 Constance is probably one of the single biggest let downs in the edition. She is pretty terrible, and it would not take much to make her above average to pretty good (and not OP). Sad thing is its a missed opportunity to get customers to buy a lot of infantry in an edition that is not conducive to fielding tons of infantry in many more cases than was the case in late MK2 era (i.e. - good opportunity to get people to lay out cash for what they might not otherwise, in two factions).
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Post by gobber on Sept 11, 2017 23:26:31 GMT
Not exactly a VLR thing, but Ash has an alternate sculpt incoming somewhere in minicrate's second 6 month cycle:
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crow
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Post by crow on Sept 12, 2017 0:05:10 GMT
And now I wants SOOOOOOO bad. I mean I don't like Ashlyn a whole lot (maybe played her like... once) but that looks AWESOME!!!!
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Post by gobber on Sept 12, 2017 2:28:57 GMT
And now I wants SOOOOOOO bad. I mean I don't like Ashlyn a whole lot (maybe played her like... once) but that looks AWESOME!!!! Seriously. They took Ash's Joan of Arc inspiration and dialed it up to 11. Even makes me worried Ash is about to get martyred by Khador then have to pull a haley before getting a second version
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Post by Sarcastastic on Sept 12, 2017 3:05:14 GMT
I forget off the top of my head, but I'm hoping there's a way to opt into the minicrate for a month to get a specific thing then bugger off into the sunset, yes? Cause now I'm tempted.
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Post by gobber on Sept 12, 2017 3:09:18 GMT
I forget off the top of my head, but I'm hoping there's a way to opt into the minicrate for a month to get a specific thing then bugger off into the sunset, yes? Cause now I'm tempted. Yep they do 1-month subs, they'll make as many as they get orders for for a given month. Assuming you don't care about the awful pajamagorman freebie you only save $3 over six months by subscribing.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Sept 12, 2017 9:25:07 GMT
That sculpt looks great! I think I'm going to have to grab that one, even though I haven't assembled my "PP exclusive" Ashlyn sculpt that I picked up, oh, maybe four years ago.
Story of my life really.
Huh, if this thing was available in clear resin I could do some interesting things with LEDs...
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Post by Sarcastastic on Sept 12, 2017 13:40:17 GMT
That sculpt looks great! I think I'm going to have to grab that one, even though I haven't assembled my "PP exclusive" Ashlyn sculpt that I picked up, oh, maybe four years ago. Story of my life really. Huh, if this thing was available in clear resin I could do some interesting things with LEDs... That is something I would absolutely LOVE to see.
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Xintas
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Post by Xintas on Sept 12, 2017 13:58:47 GMT
That sculpt looks great! I think I'm going to have to grab that one, even though I haven't assembled my "PP exclusive" Ashlyn sculpt that I picked up, oh, maybe four years ago. Story of my life really. Huh, if this thing was available in clear resin I could do some interesting things with LEDs... I was excited just to paint the fire, but that would be unreal. Can't wait for this model.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Sept 12, 2017 15:35:03 GMT
I've emailed PP about whether it's possible to get it cast in clear resin, but I seriously doubt they will agree to do it - in my experience companies don't like casting one-offs. The other alternative would be to cast it myself, except... I've never done something like that before. Also I feel that casting models is a moral grey area (DARK grey in some cases)... like, if it's casting one piece to replace a broken one then that's fine, or if the original was just a base and you've made serious modifications then that sounds fair to me, but just making a duplicate of a model? I guess I could destroy the original after casting, painful though it may be.
EDIT:
That was fast. The answer is back, and it's a "no"; they don't do one-off castings. Oh well.
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Tucker
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Post by Tucker on Sept 12, 2017 19:21:57 GMT
The concept does absolutely nothing for me, even though I am the #1 Ashlynn fan on the planet. I suppose I will have to see the model before deciding if I want one or not.
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Post by mikethefish on Sept 12, 2017 21:08:04 GMT
The concept does absolutely nothing for me, even though I am the #1 Ashlynn fan on the planet. I suppose I will have to see the model before deciding if I want one or not. Not really feeling it as well - especially since she has nothing to do with fire or flames. Happy I made my own conversion that I am satisfied with
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Post by gobber on Sept 13, 2017 1:48:03 GMT
The concept does absolutely nothing for me, even though I am the #1 Ashlynn fan on the planet. I suppose I will have to see the model before deciding if I want one or not. especially since she has nothing to do with fire or flames. Unless Khador were to capture and burn her at the stake, thereby justifying the "Ashlynn, martyr of the resistance" vibe this model has going on... I doubt she'd stay dead but this makes me worry a little.
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Post by Soul Samurai on Sept 13, 2017 4:29:39 GMT
Unless Khador were to capture and burn her at the stake, thereby justifying the "Ashlynn, martyr of the resistance" vibe this model has going on... I doubt she'd stay dead but this makes me worry a little. Dunno, that sounds like the kind of thing the Protectorate would do; we'd just offer her a blindfold and cigarette. How much do you really trust your Protectorate "allies"?
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isotope
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Post by isotope on Sept 13, 2017 12:24:56 GMT
Maybe they only become allies after they find out shes fireproof.
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