September>December 2023 - Winter is coming with some reinforcements

I didn't include Blackwind because we're still in the Blackwind release cycle, while the Crimson Stone and Morat release cycles look like they're officially over, even though there are still models missing.

 

Is it? SP and Hassasin got very little this year. Haqq got only 6 new figures this year. Aleph not much more.

 

The Blackwind release cycle finished with Phoenix and Yara. Now the C1 boxes are all on shelves they're doing more N4 related boxes for the Steel Phallus and Haqq, though not to any publically published timeline like Morats and Bakunin.

 

They got a steady flow of releases though, similar to Corregidor and Kosmoflot over the last two years. Just because a few of those were repacks doesn't mean they weren't on a release cycle.

True, they didn't publish any official timeline on them. It's just the same pattern as with Kosmoflot and Corregidor. The last thing Corregidor got was the Fireteam Pack Beta with the Diablos and Lobos, which was in March. So it seems that release cycle is done now. Kosmoflot took a bit longer, with the Support Pack in September. But with no further releases until the end of the year it seems like that cycle has ended, too. And Morats seemed to have finished their turn with the Expansion Pack Beta in July. No new releases since then.

Which is why I'm wondering about those missing models. The Krakots and Kendrat are mercenaries, so maybe CB doesn't count them towards the Morat sectorial and does them separately. Lupe Balboa is a character that no one plays, so maybe they don't feel the need to resculpt her either. The Cateran may be held off until a potential CHA revival next April. But the Sogarat is a centerpiece of the Morats, and it didn't get a single new sculpt so far. If it doesn't come now, when will it come? And the Raveneye Officer has been missing a regular release since the Raveneye book release in April 2022.

I'm just curious.

 

It's an O-12 model, so don't expect it until 2025, as all O-12 releases for already existing units have somehow a 3 years (if not more) delay to their schedule :D (we are still waiting for Epsilon HMG since 2019...)

 

Which is why I grabbed a Bluecoat when someone was selling a starter-box piecemeal.
Makes for a fine Ravenseye Officer for my Corregidor...

 

Is there a betting pool on how long Bronze HMG will take?

 

Just remember that the Raicho was introduced in the first edition rulebook in 2005 and didn't get a model until 2012, in what ended up being late N2. At least you have Epsilon and Bronze models, even if every weapon loadout isn't represented. The Epsilon only has a sniper, but the Bronze has a Red Fury sculpt, which is a pretty good proxy for HMG as a higher burst support weapon.

 

The solution for Epsilon HMG and Bronze HMG for WYSIWYG purposes is the same: weapon swap from the Kappa HMG weapon gun.

 

I bet that's when the remaining Crimson Stone packs are broken up for parts...

 

My short review of Aftermath (got it on saturday finally, after getting my ass handed to me by a pure nun core with just one nun, once they killed my MSV it was all over, the Uhahu+spit riot+tinbot-6 riot had to do nothing...) and I think the book was cut short after part of the introduction was made. For me, the introduction is too long, the development little longer, and the conclusion quite abrupt. This also calls to the "I want more" feeling.

As for the cameos, Miranda's was so irrelevant and short they could have cut it entirely, giving her "screentime" to the Securitate.

 

My store still has yet to get anything for this month. I think there's a problem with distribution.

 

Sadly it is of no great use when you consider the shipping costs.

I see some couriositys: Garuda SF is @ 23,- € - more than MHB or Yan Huo

CB has not updated the description of the Jotum, it is still listed as he has a DEP ... which has changed to Panzerfaust since N4?

 

I do not see the joke....

 

I am way more concerned that the Single´s-discount also includes Andromeda and Voronin. Does that mean Yevguenin does not love his little puppy?