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  @BattleBound4 күн бұрын

  Very glad to have that Dire Wolf in my collection. "The Window Maker"!

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  @brians40169 күн бұрын

  Helpful review, thank you! An interesting idea (and one I agree with) - having IWM do the "premium" mechs too! It really is a golden time for BT, getting these awesome new designs in plastic AND metal variants from IWM.

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  @Metal_Carnage9 күн бұрын

  IWM released the following at Gencon: Savage Wolf (parts to do prime or A), Regent A, and Phoenix Hawk (parts to make PHX-1 or 3K) We also had metal flat top bases that are the same size as the CGL plastic bases.

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  @dbul254211 күн бұрын

  Great panel lining results!

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  @Unicorn_Company10 күн бұрын

  @@dbul2542 thank you!

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  @StevieChiu12 күн бұрын

  I have also been wanting to avoid oils, thanks for sharing your alternate oil wash technique. I've actually never heard of using alcohol q-tips before, I can't wait to try this, thank you! (And yes, you nailed the paper cup pattern)

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  @Unicorn_Company11 күн бұрын

  Remember to clearcoat first with gloss clearcoat before washing, otherwise you will strip the paint with the q-tips.

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  @PatGilliland12 күн бұрын

  It's a really nice miniature - I bought three and now have spare weapons for conversions

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  @MechanicalFrog13 күн бұрын

  Not my favorite mech but the model looks good.

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  @StevieChiu13 күн бұрын

  I've heard the story about the Arrow IV Urbanmech firing nukes, but is this actually something that's covered in the rules? (If so, please post which book and page, thank you so much in advance) Love your individual reviews for new models/releases, thanks for putting these out, as I do wonder if I should pick these up (which invariably it seems I do)

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  @OnisanT12 күн бұрын

  Well this was surprisingly hard to find, I was sure the basic rules for nukes were in TacOps, but no. They are in Interstellar Operations, Alternate Eras, pages 163ff. The specific warhead that can be delivered by Arrow IVs is the Type Ib/Davy Crocket-M with a half-kiloton yield, page 168.

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  @StevieChiu12 күн бұрын

  @@OnisanT Thank you so much! I was starting to think it was just an urban(mech) legend, or was maybe something that happened at a story event once. Oh boy, the war crimes that have been unlocked, haha. Cheers!

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  @stitchreloaded904413 күн бұрын

  I'd seen your name on the list for SAIV, we going to get a sneak peak at a few of your minis?

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  @Unicorn_Company13 күн бұрын

  @@stitchreloaded9044 I'm planning on it. Hopefully will have a preview soon

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  @stitchreloaded904413 күн бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company Sounds great, look forward to it!

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  @FixBot_GER15 күн бұрын

  Thank you for the update!

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  @Unicorn_Company14 күн бұрын

  You are very welcome

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  @BlUsKrEEmАй бұрын

  One of my all-time favorite minis of any game. I'm glad to see you review it. I have a lot of locusts, from all the way back to the original release, to plastics, to 3d prints, and this is by and far the best of the bunch. Its the onĺy one I have multiples of.

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  @mathewkelly9968Ай бұрын

  The modern Iron Wind stuff is fantastic , right on scale . I'm especially happy with my K Catapults and ArrowIV Catapults

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  @@mathewkelly9968 I need to get an AIV catapult from them, you ever notice that no one talks about the nuclear capable catapult, just the nuclear capable urbies???

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  @mathewkelly9968Ай бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company that's because they are servitors not citizens .......... embrace the ways of the post 3050's CCAF , I've never used nukes as Alternate Era's says they aren't really to be used , then they proceed to provide the rules 🤣

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  @mathewkelly9968Ай бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company CCAF all the way

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  @RuggedtoasterАй бұрын

  I do hope they keep putting out new modular versions of the mechs to build ourselves. I think they also did a wolverine? I have a fair amount of iron wind, metal stuff and the new sculpts are quite nice.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I actually have a couple of the Wolverines on the way. I want to be able to compare them to the premium one.

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  @PatGillilandАй бұрын

  Went with IWM because I really wanted an Yeoman and as an old Robotech guy - the classic Longbow. To bulk up the order, I added three of the Locust and 3 Urbies to get all variants for each. It was a bit of a luxury purchase but the quality of the sculpts is right up there with the best of the historical wargaming figures I also play with. As a bonus for the Urbies and Locust - you get spare parts if you want to make your own mods later.

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  @catoblepasomegaАй бұрын

  Easily my favorite IWM miniature. I have...quite a few of these. The modularity is amazing, to the point where IWM could easily double the amount of locust variants available with another sprue of arm gunpod and chin turret swaps. (I found that the double barreled turret from the Flea makes for a good option for a Locust 3V in the meantime) My one complaint is that I have noticed that more recent locusts seem to have the foot pads integrated into the legs, which noticeably reduces possibility.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I want to say on this one the feet are integrated into the legs, but it is posable enough without being a real issue

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  @catoblepasomegaАй бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company Yeah, not a major issue-I ended up cannibalizing the legs from a Locust 5M on the last one I assembled because I wanted a different pose and it turned out great. Still my favorite IWM mini so far, and I hope IWM looks to it as the gold standard for future minis they put out.

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  @ANerdsNerdАй бұрын

  I am firmly on team 'Plastic' for my mini's, but IWM puts out a fantastic product.

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  @SupermarketZombiesАй бұрын

  IWM does such great work. Love their minis

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  @senintАй бұрын

  "Karhu", not "kahru" (spelled "car-who")

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  @potsperm1666Ай бұрын

  so they give you a second pair of legs but not different armpods, oof! nonetheless it´s a mad dog, i´m a ghost bear, soooo... 🤷

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Not even a second pair, one right leg and 2 left legs, and to get the pose in the video I had to cut and reposition one of them, as well as the one right leg.

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  @potsperm1666Ай бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company well that´s stupid xD but it is a mad dog, i am honourbound.🐻‍❄ ( just hoped to get a second pair+ the spare torso from the eris for some horrible periphery abomination -,-) great work and review btw, as always :)

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  @potsperm1666Ай бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company okay for some reason my inital reply doesn´t show but i found another review where 4 legs were in the bag, maybe the forgot it with yours :/

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  That is a possibility that I somehow got one missing a leg, even more reason why the Premium Miniatures should be done by Ironwind Metals.

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  @monostripeexplosiveexplora2374Ай бұрын

  I think it looks good

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  It is passable, but far below the quality of the regular plastic vulture, and honestly not worth it, when you can get a better quality vulture with 4 other mechs for like 25 dollars at your flgs

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  @GreenSpleenSubmarineАй бұрын

  So what's the deal with these "premium" miniatures? Do you asemble them? I like the new Battletech minis, but I liked being able to build my ironwind Timby more.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  They are multi-part minis, but so far the quality has been more miss than hit.

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  @GreenSpleenSubmarineАй бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company on a scale of one to forge world resin, how bad are we talking?

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Lets just say, had the model not been gifted to me, I would've only purchased one to review it.

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  @GreenSpleenSubmarineАй бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company why.... do I still want one. I love multipart kits. Forbidden froot.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  @@GreenSpleenSubmarine honestly, the quality. I can buy a plastic one for like half the price and reposition it, or buy a force pack with one for a few dollars more.

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  @FluttershyKessАй бұрын

  Hi, new to your channel. I had a look few your videos and could not find one on painting the colour scheme you have on the vulture. Do you have such a video please?

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I havent made a tutorial yet, but I would be happy to do so. Hopefully before the end of summer

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  @almostgoodvariantАй бұрын

  I was kind of considering this as my first ”premium” mini but I see I’m better off just getting a normal plastic one. These things are EXPENSIVE in Europe. Thanks for the review!

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Im glad that the review was helpful. I think IWM is doing good things, but that they really need to stop doing these premiums with MFC, and go back to premiums being an IWM thing

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  @nexusofice9135Ай бұрын

  Buy the Mad Cat TC. Really fun to build. And it paints well. Wolfhound IIC is dun to build as well.

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  @richbaker8371Ай бұрын

  The Eris & Hammerhead were nice as well, with the added bonus that you get a spare Hammerhead torso in the Eris pack, that lets you use the leftover Hammerhead limbs to create a second one if you kitbash a hip section for it 👍

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I definitely agree on the Wolfhound, it was probably the best one so far

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  @TheBoardGameKaptainАй бұрын

  They really should have gone with a configuration that doesn't exist in plastic like they did with the Black Knight premium.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I agree, and I pointed out that I think they should be doing either the parts to do the prime and the C, said D in video in error. The premiums have been either feast or famine in the amount of parts you get with the mini.

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  @ANerdsNerdАй бұрын

  Always a huge disappointment when the reviews for these come in. Premium minis promised to be modular, high quality minis, but somehow the seem to be lower quality than normal forcepacks whilst also screwing up basic things like which arm is which, proportions, etc. You're doing a great service for the community!

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Im hoping that these end up being in the hands of Ironwind, who has done an amazing job in doing the new sculpt minis, sometimes even coming out with stuff before it is in plastic.

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  @ANerdsNerdАй бұрын

  @Unicorn_Company It feels strange that wasn't the plan from the beginning. And yes, IWM has nailed some sculpts. I got a Jade Phoenix coming soon, despite much preferring plastic minis in general.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I have both of the variants IWM put out, plan on doing a review on those soon enough. I have the metal Locust and metal Arrow IV Urbie to do first though

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  @RobozeitАй бұрын

  I guess I’m the 11th view, and honestly I don’t know 💩 about this hobby but hell ya being a trans supporter with the color scheme! You’re a champ!!!

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Thank you, not only am I a trans supporter, Im a trans person. :-) I plan on doing a series on how to play Alpha Strike, and if I can get a camera instead on just my phone, I plan on doing battle reports and painting videos.

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  @jasonames145Ай бұрын

  thank you for the up close. little things got legs that run forever, just stick a skirt on it and it can be anime as hell. added to my wish list :)

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  See, now Im thinking of doing another one, this one wearing a pleated skirth

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  @jasonames145Ай бұрын

  @@Unicorn_Company go, go Sailor scout! :)

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  @mathewkelly9968Ай бұрын

  The newest Iron Wind stuff is spot on scale wise . But I support MilSims and other Australian stockists

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  @AlxParrishАй бұрын

  While not as overtly homoerotic as space marines, battletech has always been a setting that celebrates diversity. Catalyst should just ignore the crazies. They will be angry no matter what.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Thy are definitely trying to ignore them, the most vocal of the crowd that wants to "gatekeep" the hobby though have a way of not only harassing Catalyst, but also harass people who they don't like that enjoy the game.

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  @HouseMasterPoDingАй бұрын

  Thank you for your nuanced and welcome take on Hobby Tourism and the problems that are plagueing our community at the moment. Excellent video! Keep them coming!

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  @HouseMasterPoDingАй бұрын

  Nice review. I've never thought about using the OstScout, but the mini looks nice. I'm wondering what use I would have for it in force building, but yeah. Great review!

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  @ROTSTargeАй бұрын

  The section about hobby tourism was pretty well thought out I think <3 and distinguishing /actual/ hobby tourism like your experiences with Armada versus the cries of hobby tourism from those who wish to limit the type of person taking up space within our hobby is an important distinction to make

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Thanks. I felt it was an important distinction to make.

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  @EnbyKaijuАй бұрын

  Fantastic episode, and a perfectly measured discussion on the positive aspects of hobby "tourism", keep up the amazing work. BattleTech is for everyone!

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Thank you

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  @PlopiccoloАй бұрын

  Hobby tourism is Rem Alternis who has only played 3 games of BattleTech at the time of being interviewed, has no knowledge of the lore, and has been made the face of CGL. Their orchestration of the demo team leader who has been growing the BattleTech community for a long time brought me back into the ferro-fibrous folds. Then Catalyst banned a list of people who were perceived to be wrong thinkers, on Facebook and X. Your example is just one side, while Catalyst had to fire a trans demo agent who admittedly brought a gun to con floors and was making new players uncomfortable. That may be hobby terrorism.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Ok, point by point Rem is a community manager for a company, not for a single game, she has to be able to manage, not represent, the community for all of Catalysts properties, licensed or in-house. The head of the Demo Team being let go was a long time coming, there were a number of things which led to her being let go. Catalyst banned people who had been known to violate the community standards, it had nothing to do with "wrongthink". Catalyst is not obligated to platform anyone who is either breakigg the community guidelines in their social media spaces, or who are openly calling for a boycott of the company and trying to get an IP owner to drop them. The person in question was not let go of because of guns, in fact she stated why she carries firearms, in her state, where it is legal to do so, and that reason has a lot to do with people who have been calling people "hobby tourists", "activists", and a number of things that I am not going to say here. I have seen the calls to violence by the people who claim to be gatekeeping, I have seen them call for violence against trans people in the hobby in general, and even seen a chat log where they planned on assaulting me at Southern Assault 3. There is no "one side". There is a side who is simply trying to live their lives, and enjoy the game, and a group of people who threaten violence, bully, intimidate, and attempt to ostracize members of the first group simply because of who they are, or who they love.

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  @ROTSTargeАй бұрын

  Rem has spoken extensively about her long-standing love for Shadowrun. Shadowrun has just as rich of a history as Battletech does, and since both are run by Catalyst, it makes just as much sense for someone with a love for either IP to end up working with CGL. The Tuesday Newsday streams you see her in are about what /Catalyst/ is doing, it isn't a purely Battletech show. Which is why it's an hour long and not 6 minutes long. CGL is a massive company and it is a ridiculous standard to expect anyone at CGL to be just as passionate about every single IP they handle. Just because Battletech is my favorite IP that CGL runs doesn't mean I have the luxury of demanding that CGL only exist to pump out battletech content. Staying in a single lane is how companies die, and demanding that the focus be drawn further away of any so-called "secondary" IP is a disservice to the fans of those IPs, who have just as much of a stake in CGL doing well as we do. Grow up. Other people not like us get to play in the same playground. That's life. As much as I find those who think people like me shouldn't be in this game I've loved since middle school just because of what I think is exhausting, I'm not the one reducing my argument into disrespect into who they are. Calls of "wrong think" and such are just the cries of keyboard warriors on the front lines of a culture war that will leave them in the dust.

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  I don't think trying to use your pitiful attempt at a hit piece is the best example for you to use.

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  @XydarcАй бұрын

  The section on "hobby tourism" was well thought out and appreciated! Without tourists, without new players, how does your game grow?

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  Exactly. With certain people vilifying the "hobby tourists" they don't seem to realize that those tourists are the ones who eventually find a home in a game they like. Hobby tourists are like bees, they go from game to game, and in he process the money that those games make from them help them grow, and help new games get off the ground.

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  @Rogue_katАй бұрын

  The fed suns and capellans teamed up? This is truely the darkest timeline

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  @Unicorn_CompanyАй бұрын

  It truly is that

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  @mathewkelly99682 ай бұрын

  Just one of these for me , the Atlas II and Thunder Hawk are too niche to need more than one of . I plan to leave the Orion as is for display purposes

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  @Unicorn_Company2 ай бұрын

  If you play Alpha Strike, you might be surprised to find out that there is a monster of a fire support version of the Thunderhawk the TDK-7Z that puts the longbow to shame www.masterunitlist.info/Unit/Card/9581?skill=4

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  @HouseMasterPoDing2 ай бұрын

  Great review! I will get this box eventually. Good to see you putting out content! :)

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  @catoblepasomega2 ай бұрын

  I'm very impressed with how much cleaner the sculpts have been getting. That being said, not to thrilled with the phoenix hawk. It looks like they just deleted the top half of the right jump jet to get the shoulder weapon to fit instead of redesigning it, and even so the back half of the gun seems to be 'clipping' through the jump jet in a way that's very hard for me to ignore. Love the Thunder Hawk and Atlas II though, and I'll probably get this box at point, but the Phoenix hawk seems like a rather uncharacteristically low-effort modification of the original digital sculpt.

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  @Unicorn_Company2 ай бұрын

  If you look at the back of the gun, it looks like they integrated a set of vents just below what looks like a joint to allow the gun to swivel or to raise like the old Shadow Hawk stowage position for the autocannon

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  @fmailaenderАй бұрын

  ​@@Unicorn_Companyas far as I was told (i always might be wrong) That is an Hommage to the YF-1S/A Super Valkery from the Macross Series. I personally think that is cool but also bold, because the Macross Designs were the whole entry point for the Harmony Gold desaster. I think Harmony Gold is no longer allowed to file any claims because of that licenses but I personally would be a coward and wouldn't risk it.

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  @gundamzeta3447Ай бұрын

  Remember the design is taken from Macross, this is the VF-1S Strike Valkyrie from Macross Do You Remember Love. The back packs are part thrusters and part missile pods. The Strike is a Super Valkyrie but they remove one of these missile pods and replace it with a double barreled beam cannon. That is what this phenix hawk is based off. Also note BT turned the missiles into intakes and the reason why Macross doesn’t have intakes is because these are rockets as they are used exclusively in space. The standard Valkyrie which is used in atmosphere is what BT calls the Wasp and in Macross rockets are detachable so a Valkyrie, Super Valk and Strike Valk are the same it’s just what modular components are added on the back. So a phenix hawk and a Wasp in BT are in theory the same mech but the PH has jump jets.

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  @The_Other_Horror2 ай бұрын

  Thanks for the close ups of the new models. So many mold lines on that Atlas II!

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  @Unicorn_Company2 ай бұрын

  To be fair, it's not the worst I have seen by far

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  @matthewpena39322 ай бұрын

  I believe in the lore auto cannons are class sizes are just a range of weapons that does that damage output from various companies. This could be a single cannon or a multi barrel cannon.

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  @Unicorn_Company2 ай бұрын

  I understand that, looking at the visual language they have been using though, the waters have been pretty muddy when it comes to autocannons, as even in this more standardized system of minis, it seems to be the only thing that keeps changing. Overall though it is more of a personal preference thing over a matter of function.

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  @Xydarc2 ай бұрын

  Can't wait to get my lance!

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  @ThelemicPotter2 ай бұрын

  I generally don't like the Phoenix Hawk, but that's a super dynamic pose and decent fits.

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  @Unicorn_Company2 ай бұрын

  Im generally not a Phoenix Hawk fan myself, but they did pretty good on this one, especially considering they had to incorporate the side torso gun somehow.

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  @Condottiero_Magno2 ай бұрын

  AFAIK, they're okay with drama and interplanetary relations in the background. When they go on about not wanting politics in Battletech, we all know what they're talking about, yet they ignore mention of potential or actual rape and Danai Liao-Centrella is the result of incest.🙄If one tries to point this out, they lose it, claiming persecution.🙄A few days ago, my Facebook feed showed a Battletech for Conservatives group and the 'about page' and rules are a mess of contradictions, like the charters of dictatorships.