What's in the Pipeline 3: the Search for Speck

[speck]

I don't know if anyone saw, but IWM announced on their Twitter the releases for GenCon:

Phoenix Hawk 1/3K
Regent A
Savage Wolf Prime/A

I got the release schedule update on IWM web site and also added them to the new release category on the store. They will be available after GenCon for retailers and on IWM web store September 5th.

[Tyrant]

Only if the license plate flips open.

Didn't think I would see a Used Cars reference on here.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Any updates on the Night Gyr D?

[speck]

Any updates on the Night Gyr D?

Yes, more on that in a few weeks.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Cool.

[Colt Ward]

Now about that Inferno . . .

[speck]

Now about that Inferno . . .

Yes and more to come

[Colt Ward]

And Savage Coyote has a painted Inferno for the diorama of the FedSuns on New Avalon.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

"I-beam sold separately."

[speck]

Yup, the model just got done recently. I am hoping to have it in a coming release.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Just the Prime, or will there be bits for other configs?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I'm guessing that we're a ways out from seeing a metal version of the new Kraken, but I hope that when we do we'll finally get a Kraken 3 that doesn't need to be kitbashed.

I want to build a star consisting of a Kraken 3, Mastodon D, Night Gyr D, Viking IIC, and Tomahawk II C.

[Crimson Dynamo]

"Good, then we shall have our battle in the shade."

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

Is there a 4th Quarter release planned for this year?

[Stormlion1]

Is there a 4th Quarter release planned for this year?

Here is hoping! There have to be a few designs ready to see a release into the wild. I'm really hoping for the Maurader II.

[Colt Ward]

Here is hoping! There have to be a few designs ready to see a release into the wild. I'm really hoping for the Maurader II.

Wonder if it might get alternate arms- PPC vs LL vs GR

And the Crucible we saw at GenCon!!

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

The Crucible was released two years ago.

[Colt Ward]

Ugh, meant Inferno and was looking at something else before I typed.  Yeah the Crucible mini is nice, not sure what else I am using the 2 arms for either.

[Teejay75]

Any chance of a new Mad Cat III sculpt? I'd love to have one from each generation in my collection.

[Weirdo]

Any chance of a new Mad Cat III sculpt? I'd love to have one from each generation in my collection.

What's wrong with the existing one?

[Luciora]

From memory, probably scale.  It is a bit small. 

What's wrong with the existing one?

[Scotty]

It's very thin and tall and oddly squished horizontally.

[Teejay75]

What's wrong with the existing one?

Nothing huge. It really it just boils down to personal aesthetics. The legs just look a little to spindly to me. 

[Kerfuffin(925)]

there was a potential fan funding a few years ago but the consensus was the old was good enough and not going to meet the threshold

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=75017.0


EDIT: I just reread the thread and its more that it went on hold for some reason or another, rather than anything to do with the old model, although it was brought up by one person

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

That was about the time that IWM put all fan-funding on hold, wasn't it?

[Kerfuffin(925)]

That was about the time that IWM put all fan-funding on hold, wasn't it?

im not sure. The same day speck posted about it being on hold, he posted the 3150 vees suggestions thread in fan funding also.
but there has been no movement on either in over a year and a half so it seems its all on hold

[worktroll]

Anyone got a size comparison on the Mad Cat Mk II standard, and the Mad Cat Mk II 5? I'm looking at picking up the latter, but will it play nicely with the nuplastic assaults?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

They're both very close in size to the nuplastic Daishi.  The cockpits are about level with each other- the Mad Cat Mk IIs end up taller thanks to the missile pods.

[worktroll]

Many thanks! It shall continue in my order to the Sea Foxes at Iron Wind

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

You're lucky that I happened to have a Mad Cat Mk II 5 sitting out on my table: made comparisons quick and easy.