Well, if you like a real warmachine I would recommend playing IS factions.

I like the idea that the clan mechs are more totem like in their appereance. It gives you an indication of that faction.

What, you don't have iTunes? Go to the ITMS and see for yourself. :)

And I think it'd take me AT LEAST several thousand posts to add something useful, even if only by accident.

Perhaps this is old news, but I figured out what the mech on the lower right is;
Its a Spector(even the claws on the feet are similar). Its not a JF or other clan mech at all. A 35 ton IS mech with a large laser and a couple of mediums.

No, that'd be news. I dunno, though. It looks nothing like the Spector to me. Here's the Spector:

http://www.camospecs.com/Miniature.asp?ID=1874
http://www.heavygauss.com/LIGHT/spector1.jpg

The head and torso are completely different, the left hand is a hand, and the feet have protrusions, but nothing at all claw-like.

I admit that there are differences, and this machine has sharper edges, but the weapons profile, side and limits look very similar, so I strongly suspect its a spector. Still, only time will bear out what this mech is for sure. It could very well be a whole new 'mech.

IT IS A BLEEMIN VIXEN.

RESEEN

NEW COCKPIT

FALCON TALONS.

there...

Frankly, I don't think it is that clear-cut. I looked at my copy of 3055 Upgrade, and it really doesn't bear that close of a resemblance. The reseen Vixen has the gun on the side of the right arm, with a hand still present. It also has torso mounted barrels. The 'Mech in question has a gun-arm (no hand) for the right arm, and no barrels in the torso. I then looked at the IonWind Metals sculpt, and while the resemblance seems to get a little closer, it's still quite different - the cockpit on the Wolf Strike 'Mech is lower in the torso, the Vixen still has the gun on the side of the arm, the shapes of the torsos arms and legs actually differ a lot when you look at them closely, etc.

In short, I don't think the resemblance is anywhere near to being close enough for the debate to be over ;)

well it aint no specter. and look at the miniature of the vixen the art has no bearing.
look at the kraken vs the mini, the behemoth vs the mini. they look nothing alike.

trust me. it looks like the mini.

I have to say, it looks vastly more like the Incubus/Vixen than it does the Spector. Here:
http://www.camospecs.com/Miniature.asp?ID=2263
Sure, the hands are different, but that's minor compared to the almost identical torso and head. The cockpit has been moved slightly, but the lines are, overall, nearly the same. If it isn't the Vixen, it's something new that's pretty derivative, or something else old that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Yeah ..it's probably the Vixen/Incubbus II :p

To make it easier to compare the things:



I think this one is pretty locked up as a slightly redone Incubus/Vixen. We have the same general 'Cobra Hood' body shape. We have a well distinguished central torso/cockpit. The same series of three guns in each side torso. A big gun in the RA. To many similarities to be anything else.

and WK made it look better :P.
well, ecvept for that goofy leg setup. i really love the replaced cockpit. so much better. and the gun on the CBT mini is literally a hexagonal barrel just strapped on. it looks really bad when you see it in person.

Vixen Mk IV! ;)

And for the record, I love the way the new Wolf 'Mechs look.

and for the record, Black Rose can whoop any pathetic wolf mech!
(but i still hate the SsW more!)