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Which mech do you think we need to ask to have resculpted and released as next years Gen Con exclusive?

Imp
19 (11.7%)
Nightstar
10 (6.1%)
Gunslinger
11 (6.7%)
Highlander
27 (16.6%)
Catapault (with optional K2-K4 bits)
15 (9.2%)
Cereberus
3 (1.8%)
Cobra
1 (0.6%)
Cougar
4 (2.5%)
Dragon
12 (7.4%)
Anubis
2 (1.2%)
Jagermech III
6 (3.7%)
King Crab
12 (7.4%)
Osiris
1 (0.6%)
Uziel
13 (8%)
Hammer
1 (0.6%)
None, I want another jumping mech.
8 (4.9%)
Other
18 (11%)

Total Members Voted: 163

Voting closed: 24 August 2011, 14:45:55

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2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« on: 10 August 2011, 14:45:55 »
I was going through the IWM catalog looking for the mechs I feel would benefit from a resculpt, here is the list I came up with and I'd like to know what your vote is.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #1 on: 10 August 2011, 14:58:53 »
The Catapult has already been resculpted once for an LE and can easily a C1, A1, C3, C5, C5A, Nearly all of the K* series...

Do we have a definitive list of which were the Con LE 'Mechs from the various years?  *Sends out the SpeckLight*
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #2 on: 10 August 2011, 15:03:00 »
I was tied between the Dragon (being a die-hard Kuritan) and the Uziel (hate that frog faced mini, but love the various artwork of the Uzi), so I guess it's gotta be a slightly chunkier Uzi, with the proper cockpit this time, as per the art.


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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #3 on: 10 August 2011, 15:26:36 »
I want a Berzerker with a Hammer.  If not the Hammer 'mech weilded as a weapon, then a giant hammer (Berzerker-sized).
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« Reply #4 on: 10 August 2011, 15:32:12 »
I would REALLY like to see a Devastator without the dorky running pose. The "running man" pose is the only reason I have not gone out and bought one...
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #5 on: 10 August 2011, 15:32:32 »
Man, I'm torn between a resculpted Imp and Highlander.  Both have a lot of potential for improvement and are some of my favorite 'mechs.  The Imp would be great for players wanting to play the Golden Century-era Clans.

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« Reply #6 on: 10 August 2011, 15:34:33 »
I would REALLY like to see a Devastator without the dorky running pose. The "running man" pose is the only reason I have not gone out and bought one...

Have you tried replacing the legs with something else? I admit I've considered doing so on another Devastator sometime- my current one is in the original pose, but it's not great, I admit. Someone around here has to have some ideas though on a set of legs that won't look ridiculous on it.
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #7 on: 10 August 2011, 15:39:47 »
I chose the Highlander, Aside from the IIC it's never been resculpted and to be fair, though i love the mech in game, the mini has always sort of been a boring one.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #8 on: 10 August 2011, 15:55:07 »
I'd like another jumping 'Mech...

Personal preference being either a Turkina B, or an Urbie.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #9 on: 10 August 2011, 16:02:07 »
I had to vote Uziel. Only mech I've encountered where extra sculpting/kitbashing is practically required.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #10 on: 10 August 2011, 16:09:15 »
I vote on the Hunchback IIC as needing a resculpt.

I would REALLY like to see a Devastator without the dorky running pose. The "running man" pose is the only reason I have not gone out and bought one...

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #11 on: 10 August 2011, 16:11:39 »
Jumping Highlander!  None can withstand the Highlander Burial.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #12 on: 10 August 2011, 16:32:58 »
i would give a limb to own a catapult with the ppcs, that sculpt was amazing, i realize it's already been done. i'm a firm believer that jumping mechs have been beaten to death, and they're so unoriginal that there are now production pieces in a jumping pose, on top of that i have the bashing skills to make my mechs jumping. i would rather have variants like the banshee with the axe for example, or unique variants of btech heroes like direwolf widowmaker or a fire moth aletha in a really cool pose. not necessarily a proponent of any those in particular, just throwing out what i think is coolest
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #13 on: 10 August 2011, 17:38:52 »
I chose the Highlander, Aside from the IIC it's never been resculpted and to be fair, though i love the mech in game, the mini has always sort of been a boring one.

Got to agree with the Colonel. The Highlander IIC is so good, and the poor old Highlander is so dumpy & static. I ended up sacrificing the gauss from my IIC and mounting it on my Highlander, just to give it the dash and vigour it deserves. A taller model in a walking pose, with a gun that doesn't look like a beehive - ideally base/legs/hips one piece, torso another, separate arms; I'd like a separate head like the IIC, but wouldn't die if the head was one piece with the torso.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #14 on: 10 August 2011, 18:16:53 »
I voted for the Gunslinger.  It'd be sweet to have one closer to the TRO art

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #15 on: 10 August 2011, 18:35:55 »
I vote on the Hunchback IIC as needing a resculpt.

Dude you gotta use your imagination on the base... Have you not seen what I did with mine?
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I did. And it's nice.

I'm just not that fond of the fact the mini looks like it is tripping over a stray Omni-mech that some Clanner left laying about. It's kind of like the Kodiak mini, whose pose reminds me of the Bo Derek scene in "10"...

(And Hellbie, I'm already working on your suggestion about the Devastator top and Patriot's legs...)
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #16 on: 10 August 2011, 19:11:18 »
I want a Dervish, she's a great mech that should have a update. [rockon]
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #17 on: 10 August 2011, 19:14:12 »
Frankly I'd like to see the paired set of an Icarus II and a Daedalus... perhaps both with partial wings...

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #18 on: 10 August 2011, 19:37:23 »
Jumping Highlander!  None can withstand the Highlander Burial.

This is what I want to see.  How have we gotten so many jumping 'Mechs with no jumping Highlander?

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« Reply #19 on: 10 August 2011, 19:53:36 »
Gunslinger and Cerberus are certainly worthy of a resculpt, but had to put the Highlander first.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #20 on: 10 August 2011, 20:10:06 »
Hell, I'll throw in for a resculpted Thunder- with parts for either the AC-20/LB-20X OR the Arrow launcher.
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #21 on: 10 August 2011, 20:12:31 »
Hell, I'll throw in for a resculpted Thunder- with parts for either the AC-20/LB-20X OR the Arrow launcher.

or one with the new arm for the disgusting new variant from prototypes
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #22 on: 10 August 2011, 20:23:45 »
I wouldn't mind seeing an Imp like in the Operation Klondike book.

Ultimately, anything that is NOT jumping would be pretty sweet.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #23 on: 10 August 2011, 20:29:16 »
Definitely would like a jazzier resculpted Highlander, preferably easy enough to mod to/from jumping

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #24 on: 10 August 2011, 20:48:09 »
I wouldn't mind seeing an Imp like in the Operation Klondike book.

Ultimately, anything that is NOT jumping would be pretty sweet.

I'd back that second part. The jumping thing has been overdone- and isn't all that useful for the tabletop anyway (the Hatchetman aside).
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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #25 on: 10 August 2011, 22:20:05 »
The Catapult has already been resculpted once for an LE and can easily a C1, A1, C3, C5, C5A, Nearly all of the K* series...

Do we have a definitive list of which were the Con LE 'Mechs from the various years?  *Sends out the SpeckLight*

Con LE's in order

Catapult (Though not a true LE since it was never stated a limit and only available at conventions) appeared in 2006
Below have a limit attached to them and are Jumping mechs
Jade Hawk    2008
Hatchetman  2009
Thunderbolt  2010
Rifleman IIC  2011
Rifleman 7X   2011

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« Reply #26 on: 10 August 2011, 23:08:28 »
Con LE's in order

Catapult (Though not a true LE since it was never stated a limit and only available at conventions) appeared in 2006
Below have a limit attached to them and are Jumping mechs
Jade Hawk    2008
Hatchetman  2009
Thunderbolt  2010
Rifleman IIC  2011
Rifleman 7X   2011

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #27 on: 11 August 2011, 06:11:40 »
I wouldn't mind seeing an Imp like in the Operation Klondike book.

Ultimately, anything that is NOT jumping would be pretty sweet.

+1... How many times should I +1 this?... I hate the current Imp (freaky Golfball mech...) but actually like the Imp's art from Klondike... that should be the Imp sculpt we have not the current hideous one.

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Re: 2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll
« Reply #28 on: 11 August 2011, 06:34:25 »
It doesn't matter which one - if it is not jumping.

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« Reply #29 on: 11 August 2011, 07:03:19 »
Hell, I'll throw in for a resculpted Thunder- with parts for either the AC-20/LB-20X OR the Arrow launcher.

I'll back you on that one. It is a pain trying to find a Thunder these days...
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