SaintRigger Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 not going to buy them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 Karman vehicle: It's like they asked exactly what I would want, then made it. Too bad it's pre-painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilesuck Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 It's like they asked exactly what I would want, then made it. Too bad it's pre-painted. They're not to hard to repaint, you can either repaint without priming, or you can primer over the prepaint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixminis Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Not a rip (as I like early lightweight tractors) but this reminds me of an international tractor my grandfather had when I was growing up... well, the front engine compartment of one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRigger Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Still nothin'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 It's like they asked exactly what I would want, then made it. Too bad it's pre-painted. They're not to hard to repaint, you can either repaint without priming, or you can primer over the prepaint. Sure, but the paint jobs have gotten just good enough to actually make me not want to re-paint them. Since most of my enjoyment is in the hobby aspect, I'm left with saying "boy, that's spiffy" and move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastman Posted October 3, 2007 Share Posted October 3, 2007 Saw some AT-43 in person and price is the only thing that kept me from buying, and I don't even know the factions/fluff yet. There was a mech type thing with rocket launchers and some infantry for $40. Russian's-of-the-Future faction I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angorak Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Nothing about prepaints makes me interested. I've repainted several of the large mechs and it was a pain. They do absolutely no cleanup of the model after the individual parts are removed for thier sprues. Mold lines galore and in some cases it looks as though the parts were twisted off the sprue rather than cut. What you see on the "official" posted from rackham are studio models and as such are cleaned up. The alien faction looks cool...but not cool enough for me to jump in and buy any. Why Rackham dropped all pewter from thier product line is beyond me. Nothing about the upcoming Confrontation prepaints makes me jittery either. To me it's always mattered that the models have to be to my liking or I relegate the game to my "not to buy" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyrmgear Posted October 31, 2007 Share Posted October 31, 2007 I like the initiation set, I picked it up from Thought Hammer for about $60 or so. I am torn on pre-paints and their use. To me AT-43 is a quick throw on the table and play game; I am not a big time war-gamer, so I have no standing armies. When I do see war gaming at the local game store, usually about 88% of the armies are not painted (some aren't even primed). Heck the percentage is probably even higher than that. I think this game is intended for folks who are more drawn to the actual gaming side and not the paint/model hobby side of things. Games like this (I am sure there will be more) allow someone with a limited budget and no desire to play. I believe someone already mentioned it, but a comparable army in metal unpainted minis would cost a lot more - not sure how that washed out for the extra little sets though... I like it because I like Sci-Fi and I like games. I have stacks of boardgames that see play only once in a while, but i like to collect them just the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erion Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 Hey Nanite! The karman book is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 Hey Nanite! The karman book is awesome. I rifled through it at the FLSG. It is nice. One bothersome trend I'm seeing with At-43: The designs within a faction are lacking in variety. For example, all the UNA vehicles are firetoad variations. It looks like most of the Karman vehicles are veriation of the Easy Trike. Therians and Red Blok fair a little better, with a couple unique walkers and infantry, but on the whole, the line could use some more imagination. I know they're doing this for cost reasons, but it's just a concern. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armydillo978 Posted January 3, 2008 Share Posted January 3, 2008 I'm anxiously awaiting some glimmer as to what the mysterious Cogs will look like. I love the pre-paints personally. Any company that does them will get my business. I think some companies (WotC, Rackham, Reaper, Mongoose) realize that not everyone likes panting. Some just like the gaming with pretty figures. We just raided Sci-Fi city yesterday (30% off prit near everything). The only thing we didn't get is the hero Red Blok figure. 25$ bucks for 1 figure? There is NOOOOOOOOOOO way to justify the cost based of the point value. I can just get a proxy and use the same stats. Silly Rackham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erion Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Wait for the Type 3 Walkers in February... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted January 4, 2008 Author Share Posted January 4, 2008 Wait for the Type 3 Walkers in February... We still haven't seen the Baal or the big Red Blok one, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erion Posted January 4, 2008 Share Posted January 4, 2008 Correct. Also, I got my first batch of Karmans this afternoon, and they are easily the nicest models released yet for AT-43, in terms of both sculpts and paint jobs. I was literally raving at how nice they looked. The new Therian Release (Sigma Urash) has also made a leap in terms of painting quality. Not that these weren't nice before, but these are a cut above what we'd been getting before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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