Would you purchase New 28mm BattleArmor for A Time of War

[StoneRhino]

Yes, I would buy some. Battletroops was something that I either completely missed out on, or it wasn't really supported. Yeah, I'm that guy that brings it and the ccg up once every so often:P


It is that every generic "if you build it, they will come". People like minis, not paper stands. Paper stands are cheap, easy to make, so on and so forth, but part of this game for me since I was 16 has been about the minis as well.  I keep telling myself that i am going to find a group that plays BT. I honestly want something for each scale of BT, instead of going with paper pieces or filling in with odd sized minis.

I haven't bought much for some time, and that might sound bad, but I am inching closer to getting into a position where I can actually go and buy stuff when I want without having to worry about every penny.

If I can find a store that is "local" that supports BT and carries the Battletroop/ATOW/whatever you want to call it, I will pick some up one by one. By that I mean I would suggest avoiding selling in large sets. I can easily justify spending $10, but $50 boxes gets me to walk away grumbling. As I have said about other things, I would sooner buy 5 x $10 items then 1 x$50 item. Its just how I am.


 Battle armor and standard infantry minis would be what I would want. I don't care much for the old mechwarriors and such that I do have sitting around. I also wouldn't see myself using them to often in  a game, basically because if I used them in a game it would be the "tactical" scale or BTroops style gaming, not role playing.

Minis that I would look forward to would be the original battle armor suits, the sloth and the infiltrator MK I. Then the original house variants of the toad. Merc/Generic foot soldiers, house specific soliders, heavy weapons+crew. In that particular order.


Someone mentioned the armor cast scale minis? I would love to see either a foam/resin/plastic/metal kit for a tank and a mech. I probably wouldn't buy them any time soon, unfortunately.

[M-Rex]

Absolutely!  I'd buy multiples of all of them.  I already have five of the current 28mm Clan Battlearmor.  By all means, cast them!

[jymset]

I have limited interest in miniatures for AToW, but I would buy any and all large-scale Battle Armor in a heartbeat. Multiple times.

[Dak]

And just think of some resin 28mm Protomechs to go with them!  :D

[Ice_Trey]

I tend to use paper tokens for the RPG, since there's really little knowing what your players are going to do, and what you'll have them face.

As such, I'd much rather have IWM keep focused on keeping up with the Battletech miniatures, which seem to be being released at a breakneck pace.

I mean, there's still stuff missing from TRO 3075, we've barely touched the surface of TRO 3085, and the print version of TRO Prototypes is on the way. It'd be nice to see the 'mechs from the supplementary PDF-only books be made, too.

[Weirdo]

Personally, the part of AToW I'm most likely to use is the rules for squad-level combat, and these minis would be perfect for that. Instead of a lance of 'mechs on each side, just set up a few mapsheets and have each side take a squad of BA, or platoon of infantry. These minis would be perfect for that. 8)

[keisukekun]

So whast exactly is AToW and how would these minis come into play?  Sry for teh nooby question.

[Ian Sharpe]

So whast exactly is AToW and how would these minis come into play?  Sry for teh nooby question.

A Time of War, the current ruleset for the Battletech RPG. 

[Weirdo]

A very flexible RPG, might I add. I've mentioned earlier how it has effective rules for personal-level combat, that could easily be used with a large number of characters for squad and platoon-level tactical games.

[keisukekun]

AH yeh I knew it was RPG rules but didnt knwo how miniatures came into play into it.

[wackrabbit]

I am more of a fan of 25mm than 28mm, for a couple of reasons (there are a fair number of folk who still have the older figures, as well as the Kerensky and Aidan pryde figures in 25mm), but in addition to the battle armor, there should be figures for the other archetypes from the ATOW book, such as tankers, mechwarriors, techs, DEST and LOKI agents and such.

but yes, I would certainly buy them. I have already bought some of the Steiner troopers when they were much harder to find on the IWM site. 

[Cergorach]

I certainly would buy some larger scaled BattleArmor, my preference is the classic/basic Inner Sphere BattleArmor (a companion to the standard Clan Elemental). I'm curious what scale you want to use, while I have 25mm BT miniatures (3 platoons + 1 point) and no 30mm BT miniatures, I would prefer 30mm scale (1:60) as that is where the future is at. Folks buying platoons worth of 25mm infantry I don't see happening at the current prices. There's a lot of high quality 30mm sci-fi miniatures out there that could serve as IS infantry, so I see 30mm selling better then 25mm.

I would also be really exited by a 15mm version, but I honestly doubt that it will happen.

I would also be intersted in the old 25mm range that hasn't been published yet on the IWM site.

I would love to support a fansculpt, but at the moment I am 'tapped out', come back in a couple of months and I'm game ;-)

[Jal Phoenix]

I've been wanting new 28mm battle armor since the 28mm Elemental came out.  Bring 'em on!

[salcor]

I voted YYYEEESSSS!!!!!  But I think I'm going to vote for 15mm instead.

I concur while 28mm is great,  I think 15mmwe you be better. Easier to employ vehicles and mechs in combat as well as laying out dropship and jumpship maps.

Salcor

[Technoviking]

Mechs that size just aren't feasible eh?

[Medron Pryde]

What I love about the 28mm Elemental is that it works well with stuff like Heroscape and Heroclix and looks good.  It also looks good with all of the joyride BattleMechs, the old Robotech toys, and all that other stuff.  In short, 28mm is a good size for working with the stuff on the market right now.

I would love to see more.  :)

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I'd be interested if they looked really cool.

[JPArbiter]

Count me in!  Infiltrator and Slot First please!

[qc mech2]

I'd have fun with a Rottweiler or a Sylph that size.  :)

In fact I would take at least one of each just to display  :P

[Cache]

I'm very interested... as long as they don't go nuts with the scale of them. (i.e. This assault BA just HAS to look bigger and badder than the last assault BA, which was bigger and badder than the previous assault BA.)  Keep the sizes reigned in so prices stay reasonable.

[ColBosch]

I'm very interested... as long as they don't go nuts with the scale of them. (i.e. This assault BA just HAS to look bigger and badder than the last assault BA, which was bigger and badder than the previous assault BA.)  Keep the sizes reigned in so prices stay reasonable.

Agreed here! Start with a comparative size chart of everything published to date and stick to it religiously.

[Ian Sharpe]

28mm Kanazuchis!

[Weirdo]

Agreed here! Start with a comparative size chart of everything published to date and stick to it religiously.

Thirded, fourthed, and any other numbers you care to throw in. You know the phrase 'go big or go home'? In this case, it's 'stay same, or go home'.

[Cache]

Start with a comparative size chart of everything published to date...

That is an outstanding idea.  With the relatively small number of different suits, it seems possible. (TPTB being willing and able, of course.)

[Weirdo]

Just make all medium suits the same height as the existing Elemental(either with or without SRMs, as appropriate), make heavy suits a handful of MM taller, assault suits a few MM beyond that, and light suits should be a few MM shorter than a Toad, with PA(L)s barely taller than the existing Aidan Pryde or Al Kerensky figures. In the case of quad suits, use that measurement for length instead of height. (For example, a medium-weight quad suit should be no longer than an Elemental laid prone.) Obviously, some exceptions would need to be made for structures that make a suit much taller. The giant jets on a Sylph should obviously be taller than a suit of the same size class, or example.

[The_Livewire]

Oh yes...

Infiltrator II, Cavalier, Hauburke, Grenedier and GDL Scout (so I can modify them into my Reynards).

[GRUD]

I'm not sure it needs to be said, but I'll say it anyway.  ;D


The designs that can have different configurations should come with at least a few variant weapon sprues, like the original large Toad mini did/does. Like, I know the Fenrir and Shedu have a few different turrets they can mount, and most of the others have at least 2 different configurations. Some sprues of extra weapons would be nice, so we wouldn't have to settle for the simple "Base" model.  8)

[Sartris]

28mm Kanazuchis!

This!

[Cache]

The designs that can have different configurations should come with at least a few variant weapon sprues, like the original large Toad mini did/does. Like, I know the Fenrir and Shedu have a few different turrets they can mount, and most of the others have at least 2 different configurations. Some sprues of extra weapons would be nice, so we wouldn't have to settle for the simple "Base" model.  8)

Perhaps variants can be sold separate.  Extra turrets, for example, would be a waste of metal for most.  Why not keep costs down and sell separately? If not the entire mini then just the parts.

[Cergorach]

Perhaps variants can be sold separate.  Extra turrets, for example, would be a waste of metal for most.  Why not keep costs down and sell separately? If not the entire mini then just the parts.

If it's a web only release, sure, if it's intended for general release it might not be a great idea. It really depends on how much metal the variants take up, if it's to much... One could easily magnetize those turrets ;-)