Pretty straight forward thread, I'm a MO side player, as Panoceania is not my main focus I lost the chance to get Tikbalang when it was the time, and lost also the cue on its mothballing from active SKU. Yet as I'll start soon to play MO again thanks to the gorgeous MO new bundle that I got recently, I found how Tikbalang is really a good profile gamewise - but I have no way to get one! I know I could proxy it with whatever I fancy in the Corvus Belli range, still - is there a rumour about a future repack or recast of the beloved Tikbalang? Modelwise it is also very (very!) nice and it's a pity it got shelved by CB. Maybe KotHS could be a good proxy, I would have thought that Seraph could fit the bill, but it's not the same silhouette and neither base size. So what do you know about a new one coming or not, what do you suggest as proxy in the meantime, put it simply what to do if I want to play it? Thanks all
I think the only human in-production S6 TAGs are Blue Wolf and Gecko. Either one would work, with the pilot arms cut off and a weapon swap. The Blue Wolf looks more agile for climbing+, but you could say that the Gecko's backpack is a grapple assembly of some sort. Personally I would go with the Gecko, but that's purely subjective taste. Or you could wait and see what comes out in that TAG raid kickstarter thing, and proxy a KotHS in the meantime.
well, actually as a Nomad player I have a Gecko, I can go with it I guess - the MK12 should be fine - fluffwise the reptile series was dismissed by PanO and old ones were sold to Nomads too, so I shouldn't be such a stretch. Blue Wolf is neat yet it would be quite a stretch. On S6 there are also the Dogwarriors ... I can go with Devildog or McMurrough, just kidding or not.
KotHS is the right base size and the proxy rules only really care about the base, as many miniatures don't match the height of their silhouette anyway.
indeed, skimming through my collection I also can go Szalamandra OOP, another pano reptile series too - still it bothers me that I cannot have the original, it was such a good model
There are Tiks in the PanO reinforcement pack for Defiance, so some more of them might reenter circulation once that ships.
I'm hoping for a re-release or resculpt, especially since they are still in MO. But I won't hold my breath... glad I have 2 in my collection already.
I just happened to find my way into buying the Ulhan and tikbalang pack on some obscure website. Everything came in in due time fortunatly! However I will not be playing acon so I could possible sell you the tikbalang if you want