Sorry I should have already made this. We already know what's coming out for October and maybe some of Nov and December like more Spec Ops. So any thoughts on other things for November and December? The Optimates and Yaksha? Probably more CA of some flavor. I think ISS, JSA, and Corregidor have been forgotten and probably not going to see anything new for a while. They are probably working on the 7th PanO force lol.
I hope not, and I am a PanO player. It would be nice if CB release miniatures for the new profiles. And SWC options for existing miniatures. But one can only hope.
I hope not, and I am a PanO player. It would be nice if CB release miniatures for the new profiles. And SWC options for existing miniatures. But one can only hope.
We know November releases and I don't think there will be much more (only the special Ashcroft mini of the year available during the Black Friday on CB webstore). For December for sure : - Kaizoku Spec-Ops - Husam Spec-Ops - Stormo Spec-Ops Most likely : - Box of 2 Yadu + Shakti.(as the renders were revealed) - Shindenbutai Action pack (as KFC is released in November) You can add one or two Essential in there and you have a very stacked month.
...you're kidding, but with what's coming, you'll wish you hadn't. In any case, I'd kill to get Kyra or the other missing OSS models on the table. Really confused to see the perfectly aesthetically pleasing and entirely pointless Yadu get a resculpt before them.
Updated new release list. Aleph on top makes some sense but with the re-do Imperial Service, they should have more. Even though Next Wave was last year CA, as usual, is still near the top. Nomads makes some sense. Haqqislam is F’d. NEW Figure Release up to November 2026 Aleph: 9 Release, 21 Figures (K2 Auxiliars, Thamyris, Mazebreaker, Beyond Maze, Ruby Monday, Optimate Maximus, Tarkshyas, Team Ops) CA: 9 Releases, 20 Figures (NW Alpha Expansion pack, Skyhound, Stingers, Sartroids, NW Beta Expansion pack, Ruby Monday, Drakios team, Ionn Bann, Nexus 7 Spec Ops) Nomads: 6 Release, 19 Figures (Riot Grrls, Mazebreaker, Beyond Maze, Ruby Monday, Gecko Squadron, Team Ops) YJ: 8 Releases, 16 Figures (Gui Feng Xi, Kuang Shi, ISS Delta set, Yu Jing Beasthunter, Sun Tze, Ninjas, Taowu, Gui Feng Spec Ops) PanO: 4 Release, 9 Figures (Kestrel Expansion Delta, Ruby Monday, Optimate Maximus, Indigo Spec Ops) Ariadna: 5 Release, 12 Figures (Ariadna Support Pack, SAS, Ionn Bann, Team Ops) JSA: 3 Release, 5 Figures (Ruby Monday, Ninjas, Ionn Bann) NA2: 2 Release, 3 Figures (Ninjas, Taowu) O-12: 1 Release, 2 Figures (Ionn Bann) Tohaa: 1 Release, 2 Figures (Ionn Bann) Haqqislam: 1 Release, 1 Figure (Haytham)
Im sorry, but what do you mean "youll wish you hadnt"? Haqqislam is sitting here with nothing this year and you are hinting at more PanO soon? Im baffled
I think slightly negative humor with a jab at CB going for what sells and too much focus on the “space marines” of infinity. I have no idea why they have ignored Haqqislam for so long but I think some of it is that they are not as popular as others. PanO, Combined, and Nomads seem to be the biggest sellers. But I don’t know if it’s because they play well, have good backstory, or the figures are cool. But then JSA also sells well from what they have said, but they seem to ignore them too. They are also one of the harder factions to play too. But that can be changed if they wanted to.
They seem to need a reason to focus on faction. Be it a new sectorial launch, a two player box, a book or a army box re-release like ISS. But at the moment we miss out out much Haq. In my area they are popular, but people are a bit boring, because they see not much stuff came out for them. Apart from he flyers that are both powerful. Pan O seems to be a faction that bring a lot of people into the game. Relativ easy to start and to handle, while powerful. Haq is more a tricky pony and JSA need some patience and good postitioning. You can play all factions straight in the face. They have the tools but Haq has a lot of nice combos that worked nicely toghether but a are not easy to compose. CA/NW are the shiny (and boring in my opinion) boys at the moment.
Word on the street is that MO is due for another update. I think the problem with their constant updates/reworks stems from the obvious fact that they are popular with the ex-40k crowd for their obvious Sphess Mehrines fantasy fulfillment. Unfortunately for that group, while MO can be very strong as a faction (and they are extremely strong already right now) in all their fluctuations, they've always still had to deal with the fact that you have to play Infinity. Competent play means having to reconcile with the fact that the Space Marine fantasy is not necessarily what Infinity is mean to play like most of the time. You wind up with a lot of bad Infinity players committed to the bit and refusing to adapt and improve beyond a narrow idea of what they think the faction is meant to do in their head. They get fed up and disillusioned with losing, and eventually leave the game. It's a similar problem to what JSA used to have before Shindenbutai came along to lower the barrier of entry. Unfortunately, encouraging players to develop, learn, and expand their mode of play beyond a poorly pre-conceived notion of what it should be is far more difficult than just flattening the ground floor for baseline level play and overtuning them.
I really hope it’s not MO. To me that seems short term gain for long term loss. There’s so many other deserving factions that need it. The ones I think that need some rule updates are: QK, RT, O12, Starmada, all the NA2 except White Company, MRRF. The ones that need new figures are: Haqqislam in general, MRRF, JSA. For NA2 it’s harder. Druze, Dashat, and Ikari are affected by Haqqislam. Ikari by JSA. I think they could kill two birds with one stone by doing new QK and Oban. That takes care three NA2, Haqqislam, and JSA. Total new figures per faction. 2020- October 2026. Combined Army: 112 Nomads: 109 PanO: 90 O-12: 82 Aleph: 80 Yu Jing: 80 Ariadna: 72 NA2: 55 JSA: 40 Haqqislam: 38 Note: we know Spec Ops are coming for Haqq, JSA, O-12. I don't think there will be much new things beyond those if you take November into account. I'm thinking just the Spec-Ops and some re-packs of something.
December preview. I like all of the spec ops. The bots are ok. I think they could have been cooler rather than cute. But I guess not bad. I played the stormo on the weekend and found it kind of lacking sadly but I like the figures. If anything the MI can be a good Vidoc sniper proxy because I don't think we will be seeing new ones any time soon. The HI is also good proxy for Omega. The team ops for JSA are pretty cool. One of the factions that get a good boost from them.
Aye - Storm MI spec op looks nice, HI looks like the head is missing. The bot is funny. Haq looks boring for me. JSA is near the old one and a Domaru but the bot is cool.
I am so glad the third wave of Spec Ops don't look like twins. Might need to get both Husam and Stormo Spec Ops for Christmas!
Yeah I'm glad too. I think the fact that they do, means that they were partially through making the minis, when they thought of doing Team Ops as well as Spec Ops. It was too late to change figures to not look like the same person. Edit: i'm going to be seriously irritated if the don't do a set for NA2 and the special figure is going to be the ONLY one.
Now that we know what’s coming out until December, here’s the total of new figures the year and the total of figures from 2020-2026. Aleph on top by one figure over CA. Kind of what I thought would be, but I didn’t expect CA to get as much as it has. But then Next Wave came out at the end of last year. So it makes sense there’s roll over. CA as I said, NW was the end of last year but they still got more than most do. I’m not surprised Nomads are third, but I expected them to get more. I’m of course disappointed there wasn’t more Imperial Service. I would like to see a Shenji that wasn’t so overpriced and with figures that are kind of useless. I want a new Major Lunah and Bao Thunderbolt too. I was also disappointed in Sun Tze. For me it's a boring figure and a troops I never take. And still Haqqislam at the bottom. If it wasn’t for Team Ops they would have had 1 figure all year. So they at least beat out Tohaa! Figure Release up to December 2026 Aleph: 9 Release, 21 Figures (K2 Auxiliars, Thamyris, Mazebreaker, Beyond Maze, Ruby Monday, Optimate Maximus, Tarkshyas, Team Ops) CA: 9 Releases, 20 Figures (NW Alpha Expansion pack, Skyhound, Stingers, Sartroids, NW Beta Expansion pack, Ruby Monday, Drakios team, Ionn Bann, Nexus 7 Spec Ops) Nomads: 6 Release, 19 Figures (Riot Grrls, Mazebreaker, Beyond Maze, Ruby Monday, Gecko Squadron, Team Ops) YJ: 8 Releases, 16 Figures (Gui Feng Xi, Kuang Shi, ISS Delta set, Yu Jing Beasthunter, Sun Tze, Ninjas, Taowu, Gui Feng Spec Ops) Ariadna: 5 Release, 12 Figures (Ariadna Support Pack, SAS, Ionn Bann, Team Ops) PanO: 4 Release, 9 Figures (Kestrel Expansion Delta, Ruby Monday, Optimate Maximus, Indigo Spec Ops) JSA: 4 Release, 8 Figures (Ruby Monday, Ninjas, Ionn Bann, Team Ops) O-12: 2 Release, 5 Figures (Ionn Bann, Team Ops) Haqqislam: 2 Release, 4 Figure (Haytham, Team Ops) NA2: 2 Release, 3 Figures (Ninjas, Taowu) Tohaa: 1 Release, 2 Figures (Ionn Bann) Combined Army still on top with number of new figures. I guess we know what sells. It's getting a little ridiculous that they have ignored some factions so much. I mean 112 for CA and 41 for Haqq? 2020-2026 Total new figures per faction. Combined Army: 112 Nomads: 109 O-12: 85 PanO: 90 Yu Jing: 80 Ariadna: 72 Aleph: 80 NA2:55 JSA: 43 Haqqislam: 41 Tohaa: 2 Anyone have predictions for next year? I’m not sure that I should because it will be too snarky. I'll just say what I want and don't expect to get. I always want more Yu Jing. I think they should do QK, MRRF, JSA and NA2.
Two rough years in a row for Haqqislam for model releases has been hard. But combined with the cancelation of the Haqqislam novel and the purgatory of the animated series makes me wonder if something greater is happening in the background. Ruleswise, Infinity is in a great place. With some minor exceptions, most armies are doing well. And the limited releases has allowed the collection of a few out of print armies. What is surprising is EVO and baggage bots haven't made the step to thermoplastic or unicool. I just hope we can get some new Odalisques, Mutts, HMG Jannisary and a Maggie in 2027. Edit: and I assume we will get the Optimates in the first Quarter of 2027.
