2012 Gen Con IWM Miniature Poll

[TheOldGuy]

I voted Imp, but I would change it to Highlander.  And the King Crab, that's a very annoying mini.l

[worktroll]

Agreed on the King Crab, but it's possible to work with the mini (I used DA parts for new legs, and the old legs became the arms - they really worked well, being beefier).

W.

[Spector]

A new Hoplite based off the art from Operation Klondike.

As much as I have a dislike for the jumping mech's, a jumping Highlander would be forgivable.

[Leonard Kerensky]

i cast my vote for the Dragon, aside from the lance pack for sorenson's Sabers, the Dragon only has two sculpts. the old lead one piece sculpt, and the slightly newer two piece sculpt that is just the old sculpt with out the 'scale' effect on the armor.

i would dearly love to see what could be done for an LE sculpt

[God and Davion]

Hm... IIRC the Highlander was approved for resculpting some time ago so it is not one of the best ideas. The Dragon or, even better, a "MWDA" King Crab would be more sensible ideas. I reposed a Dragon some time ago and it needed some time, but the effort was worth.

[Tressel]

I went with other. I would like to see a widowmaker variant daishi.

[dirty harry]

Okay... this might be like a barrel of lighter gas into a campfire...

The Highlander could need a resculpt. Right. But not as a con mini, as a regularly purchasble one! I will not spend 620$ on a single mini (600$ on a flightticket and another 20$ on the mini itself). And other people want to buy that resculpt as well, not only east coast north america.
And another jumping mech - even if it would be a Highlander - would add much acceptance if the firing plums would be detacheable so that a builder could decide to do it conventionally or jumping. But, please, not another jumper just to sell a jumper with no options at all.

There are several minis on the list, that could need a resculpt badly: Cobra, Jagermech III, Nightstar (mostly because of the arms...) and maybe even more. But these resculpts are wanted by anyone and not only a small part of the community that can make it to one of the few cons where these LE models are sold.

And while a 'boot to the head' dragon would make up for one of the most popular scenes out of the TW, there is already at least a second resculpt (first sculpt with scales, second and actual without scales) out there: the Dragon & Sword Emory Dragon. So... is there really a need for another dragon?

And what it is about those freaking running poses? I don't get it at all! I had to chop my Devastator to get it into a more normal walking pose as well as the Matador. And i'm not very happy with the Huntsman/Nobori-Nin and would chop the Battleaxe as well if i would get across one sometime in the future. And burn that Liao Marauder with its fuggly crane pose! [tickedoff] I am a player and i don't play at home. Transporting those posed minis is a PITA. Stop posing mechs for other people not really interested in posed mini. Several parts? Doing it yourself? It's up to you, but please not another load of tumbling robot figures too fragile to move from the shelf.

So i am fine with a personalized Omnimech like the Daishi Widowmaker, Prometheus or Templar Tankred. But please not another jumper or a resculpted mini hardly anyone out there will be able to obtain.

[klarg1]

You know? I originally voted 'Imp', but now that I've had a couple of days to think about it, I think I'd vote 'other'. There are a lot of cool one-off units in the XTRO series, and a lot of good art to go with hem. Small production limited edition projects and XTRO's seem like a perfect fit to me!

Who's with me?  :D

[JadeHellbringer]

You know? I originally voted 'Imp', but now that I've had a couple of days to think about it, I think I'd vote 'other'. There are a lot of cool one-off units in the XTRO series, and a lot of good art to go with hem. Small production limited edition projects and XTRO's seem like a perfect fit to me!

Who's with me?  :D

Interesting idea, actually. A Con exclusive might be a good way to get, say, Schwer Gustav done, for example.

[JPArbiter]

Interesting idea, actually. A Con exclusive might be a good way to get, say, Schwer Gustav done, for example.

in that case a pack containing an Aithon assault transport and 2 points of rock golem battle armor.

[manticore72]

@ Those who want a new Dragon. There is no need for a new re sculpt when the current sculpt lends itself to be modified like this. If a new Dragon sculpt is ever issued it should have unattached arms and legs to be glued on for making dynamic poses easy...like mine here.

I voted for the Highlander by the way.

[Wraithcannon]

I've done something similar, but since some people out their aren't interested in doing that level of work I included the dragon anyway.

Conversely, I considered but rejected the Devestator for this poll because I've modified the legs on that mini as well and found it to be an extremely simple fix for reposing.

[GRUD]

I voted "Other", but it was just as much "Another Jumping Mini".  Since they seem to be fixated on Jumpers at the moment, how about a jumping Quad?  They've got the Stalking Spider, Tarantula and White Flame to choose from.   8)

[Shi_no_Kami]

@ Those who want a new Dragon. There is no need for a new re sculpt when the current sculpt lends itself to be modified like this. If a new Dragon sculpt is ever issued it should have unattached arms and legs to be glued on for making dynamic poses easy...like mine here.

Honestly, the reason I would vote for the new Dragon (not saying I did or did not) is due to the new art for the main cannon. That looks cool... the static pose is something I've lived with for decades in mini games... cut, green, mod, or live with.

I just really want the Imp redone as the Klondike Imp.

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

I voted for the Cobra only because it's the one mech on the list that I both don't have and would actually like to get.

[agen2]

A slow light called Cougar!

[JoeJones]

I voted "Other", but it was just as much "Another Jumping Mini".  Since they seem to be fixated on Jumpers at the moment, how about a jumping Quad?  They've got the Stalking Spider, Tarantula and White Flame to choose from.   8)

If you're plugging a jumping Quad, why not the Xanthos-5O?

[GRUD]

If you're plugging a jumping Quad, why not the Xanthos-5O?

How about, because it's not in my database for HMPro, and I was too lazy to actually look through my TRO's?  ???


 ;D


But hey, that would work also!  8)

[Everyman]

I had to go with the King Crab myself. If for no other reason than the little midget just looks so tiny compared to the other big assaults.

[Wraithcannon]

Last chance to vote.......

[Wraithcannon]

Thank you to everyone who voted, I think the clear winner is the Highlander and it would be a great choice to have resculpted and released at next years con.

Many people have been calling for a resculpt for a long time and I suppose if you were going to make a mech that could be posed with or without the jump plumes, this would be a great choice for it.

I know some have critizied the idea of making this a con exclusive but, as we've seen since the Jade Hawk, the con exclusive is often for sale online after the con is over. People would still be able to pick it up afterwards until the supplies ran out.

I also think an acceptable solution would be to make this a multipart kit. That way the con exclusive could have a set of jumping legs and the resculpt, that would be sold regularly from that point on, could have legs sculpted in a traditional walking pose.

Thanks again to all those that voted and I'm glad to see that every sculpt on the list got at least one vote, I think that we can all agree that every mech on that list could stand to have some attention in the near future.

PS. Pope, if you could get the good folks at IWM to put the K4 Catapult up for sale on the site, I'm sure that people like myself, who don't own one because they didn't get to go to the con, would be very excited and happy to see it.

[Ezekiel Crow]

I personally think if any jump pose is going to be sculpted into a Highlander Mech it needs to be sculpted in mid Highlander-burial.  How about a stinger sticking out of the ground at about it's shoulders with some smoke coming out to help support the Highlander's bulkier sculpt?

[MoneyLovinOgre4Hire]

No, just sculpt it so that the stem connecting it to the base comes out in an arc with enough room for another mech to be placed underneath it.

[speck]

Thank you to everyone who voted, I think the clear winner is the Highlander and it would be a great choice to have resculpted and released at next years con.

Many people have been calling for a resculpt for a long time and I suppose if you were going to make a mech that could be posed with or without the jump plumes, this would be a great choice for it.

I know some have critizied the idea of making this a con exclusive but, as we've seen since the Jade Hawk, the con exclusive is often for sale online after the con is over. People would still be able to pick it up afterwards until the supplies ran out.

I also think an acceptable solution would be to make this a multipart kit. That way the con exclusive could have a set of jumping legs and the resculpt, that would be sold regularly from that point on, could have legs sculpted in a traditional walking pose.

Thanks again to all those that voted and I'm glad to see that every sculpt on the list got at least one vote, I think that we can all agree that every mech on that list could stand to have some attention in the near future.

PS. Pope, if you could get the good folks at IWM to put the K4 Catapult up for sale on the site, I'm sure that people like myself, who don't own one because they didn't get to go to the con, would be very excited and happy to see it.

The K4 Catapult as of now will not be for sale on the website, but is at all shows IWM is at. But you never know.......

[3rdCrucisLancers]

The K4 Catapult as of now will not be for sale on the website, but is at all shows IWM is at. But you never know.......

Any chance of this year's LE Riflemen making an appearance as online exclusives?

[Col.Hengist]

  i guess i voted but didn't post. I voted nightstar. It's a mech i really love but i don't think the mini really does justice to it.I know it is very close to the artwork but i think the artwork is a bit off on perspective.

[Daishi411]

Any chance of this year's LE Riflemen making an appearance as online exclusives?

i would also be very excited to know the answer to this, you guys did it with the jade hawk and the hatchetman and i have both, i'd be very excited to get these, ( and i mean very excited)

[ShockaTime]

i would also be very excited to know the answer to this, you guys did it with the jade hawk and the hatchetman and i have both, i'd be very excited to get these, ( and i mean very excited)

 [stupid]

[Ezekiel Crow]

No, just sculpt it so that the stem connecting it to the base comes out in an arc with enough room for another mech to be placed underneath it.

Do you realize how high that would be?  Not to mention that this is a Highlander, and jumping mechs of much lighter weights aren't even sculpted nearly that high.

[speck]

Any chance of this year's LE Riflemen making an appearance as online exclusives?

They will eventually , but  with the thunderbolt just going up on the website in a few months you will have a wait awhile for the riflemen.