i'm still not quite sure that this kodiak is SW...the painting looks quite different...
maybe this valiant is jade falcon...the colour scheme yellow/gold and green..hmhmhm...maybe just wishful thinking 'cause i have seen too many hl mechs being kicked*g*

Screwed up the Ryoken II? What's wrong with it's size? It's a 90-96t mech... it should be huge on the base.

OMFG!!!!! thats a union class dropship on the poster!!!! (drools at the prospect of an offical union class dropship) That is the only thing you can take away from this it seems wizkids has finaly decided to build more dropships YAAAAAHOOOOO!!! (dances a jig) I can only hope that this means the new rules will allow for bigger battles and therfore less artillery since more assault/heavy mechs will be on the battlefield. YES AN END TO THE TURTLE/DROP WARS!!!!!

noooo.....the ryoken 2 is only about 65 tons

look at the dossier

it is way to large for its size....its bigger than the bloody jupiter, and the jup is 100 tons!!!

a 65 ton mech should NEVER be bigger than a 100 ton mech

just some thoughts onthe matter

Blast i cant edit it so that mech looks like a valiant but the color scheme is a bit diffrent from HL could be liao...Mabye but Ladies and Gentlemen that is a UNION CLASS DROPSHIP!!! one can only hope this war gets bigger!!!

The scale of the 75 ton Ryoken II is out of proportion. So are many other 'Mechs, such as the 35 ton Cougar. However, most of the new models seem to be in scale.

Weirdly enough, I also though "BattleMaster" when I saw the mech on the ground. After looking closer I don't the the SRM6 or any other details to support that, it's only my initial thought. Something in the knee joints/pads and the cockpit says unseen BLR to me. *shrug* I know we're not getting an unseen mech, I mean, it's not possible, right?

*smacks forehead*

Give it up, it's a SW Kodiak. The big SW insignia emblazoned on the dropship behind it should have confirmed it.

Yup, and so it continues. before the release: "I'm still not convinced...it looks like a merc unit". After the release: "Well, they'll make an LE version of it for (insert faction here). I know it!"

And again I ask, everybody remember who said what about which mech. I'm really interested in the excuses that will follow after the new set is released. :grin: :classic:

great... your minatures had claws... so did mine.. and your point? .... having claws isn't suppose to automatically make them weapons....

and[despite its crazyass rules], the tactical handbook had a pic of a battlemech's claw, which showed a enlarged hand too... emphasizing that there would be a need for more myomner in the wrist... which, I'm pretty sure the kodiak also doesn't have(needed/helpful for infighting right?)

also, the excalibur had a "sword" on its arm, but it sure as hell never used it in that sense... at least not until it ran outa ammo

The poster mentions "Liao crushing the Swordsworn".
Does that mean the end of Swordsworn as a faction.?

Maybe Liao lured them to a volcano world...

Hope not, consider SS is all the stuff I have left :( Maybe it means that the AFFS will start overtly aiding the SS and we'll find out what a REAL House military can do.

The Sword and Sun forever!

It said "To crush". It just means that to take down the Swordsworn the Capcons will use every dirty trick in the book.

[imho]
All that the statement regarding the CapCon v Swordsworn should me is...

We will be featured in even more storyline campaigns, in which we will kick the pants off of Liao (until WK, with their ever-increasingly unbalanced scenarios, throws an unwinnable one at us). When (if) we finally lose one, then House Davion will (hopefully) throw their weight officially behind the SS, giving us Regimental Abilities, as well as access to bigger and better figs.
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