May ’13 Release: Chinese Federation, Australians and More!

[draco84oz 690]

Got the links to the store pages for them here:

 

Chinese Battle Group: http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWAL16

Chinese Support Group: http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWAL17

Chinese Fortress Dreadnought: http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWAL18

 

Australian Battle Group: http://shop.spartangames.co.uk/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=DWAL26

 

(Thinking that posting the pics here might get me in trouble with the mods)

[The Bastard 93]

Thanks! If they want to give you trouble, they have to get through me first!

 

[Grayghost 21]

As usual great minis. I especially like the Aussies, with their assault craft. Maybe I'll have some of those as allies to my italians, just to mantain the tradition of naval assault.

[theIronSoldier 30]

I am very excited about this release! What an amazing month May will be!!

 

Maybe with the new Aussie options the CoA will finally get a viable frigate option! That would be fantastic.

[Mountbatten 456]

 

 

   

 

COA Loving Aussies!!!

 

My Collosus bots!!!

 

Other stuff!!!

 

The Firestorm Terrans are joing DW as well????? No no wait its the chinese  

[ViciousBlade 2]

in the shop it says they are released in 29th of may

[Drachinifel 30]

The KoB Battle Flotilla has the same image as the hunter flotilla.

[Mountbatten 456]

Quick question Spartan,

 

The themed boxs are a good idea and helpful for stores, does this mean some of those models will not be sold individualy any more?

[Lord Nat 360]

I think that the pocket battleships are a unit (there's 2 in the box) as they are more like cruisers with true battleship weapon systems. 

[sleeping_squirrel 185]

Is Chinese dreadnought flying or floating (only above water)?

[Romerous 79]

Now it's time us Aussies show the rest of the world how to fight!

Just as soon as we work out which side we're on.

Looking forward to June!

[crabking 14]

The flying chinese fortresses with their Jiu Long Bi generator (without exact hànzì I assume it's 九龙壁 thus Nine Dragon Wall) remind me of old Epic times. Silver Towers of Tzeentch 

[draco84oz 690]

The flying chinese fortresses with their Jiu Long Bi generator (without exact hànzì I assume it's 九龙壁 thus Nine Dragon Wall) remind me of old Epic times. Silver Towers of Tzeentch 

 

From what the fluff says - "creating a long wall of energy that stretches from bastion to bastion and shields the fleet behind from danger" - I'm thinking that this generator, combined with the medium bastions, will in effect create a shield wall - any shots passing through it will benefit from shield dice, or loss of AD. If true, that has interesting consequences for this fleet's tactics.

[Caine-HoA 489]

The chinese are looking better and more interesting to me at the moment. Sadly i as a CoA player dont really like the aussies look (maybe itll get better if i see more close up pictures but i guess not.

[gb030104 53]

Bugger. I'd just packed away my DW stuff, but those Aussies (and by extension Kiwis) look cool

[gb030104 53]

Now it's time us Aussies show the rest of the world how to fight!

Just as soon as we work out which side we're on.

Looking forward to June!

 

Surely the idea is that if the Aussies want a decent scrap they can just fight each other

[draco84oz 690]

Surely the idea is that if the Aussies want a decent scrap they can just fight each other

 

They try to avoid that, as it can get...messy. The Free Australian Merc Companies generally focus their attention on Logistics trains for the EotBS and striking at the East India Company and their own Dutch mercs, whilst the Royal Australian Regiments are stationed well away from anywhere the Free Companies are operating.

[Seph 177]

Wow, just wow.

 

The Australians have everything I like from the KoB design, without all the bits I don't like. Definitely getting some of those, adding a certain Russian renegade and going all "yohoho" (this kind http://www.youtube [dot] com/watch?v=nzcv5TJkJBA).

 

As for the Chinese, welp. I went RC for all the tanking, turtling and juggernauting, I can't decently pass on something like that. Plus I love the design, the Dreadnought is bristling with guns and the armored ships look ... armored.

[Hoida Kurita 51]

Can't wait to see the rules for the Chinese!!

 

Definitely going to test me to the limit of trying to collect only 1 fleet!

 

I suppose I can use the "but they're allies" trick with my missus

[Cyber-Leader-3 1]

Wow, those Chinese are incredible. They really capture the ancient Chinese styles of architecture and design while at the same time looking a lot more modern and structurally stronger. Add that with their expected playstyle and the fact that they have giant hovering dreadnought fortresses and I'll definitely be picking these guys up, sooner rather than later.

Who knew that when the faction page said that the emperor was modernising the Great Wall he was ripping sections up and adding repulsion engines.

I wonder if the Chinese will be able to take a few Blazing Sun models to represent the Wani division under General Oni who are currently hiding in China, I think.

[crabking 14]

Who knew that when the faction page said that the emperor was modernising the Great Wall he was ripping sections up and adding repulsion engines.

Just another idea for scenery. Imagine a 1/1200 scale Great Wall with acrylic sheets representing force fields.

[Caine-HoA 489]

The Australians will have Battleship squadrons! Just found that on a description of a picture in a shop.

[Resa F 79]

Called it! Which shop was that?

Also, in the grand tradition of wild mass guessing, is a generator on the back of the Aussie Frigates?!

[Caine-HoA 489]

A german shop. Here is the direct link to the image:

 

http://www.fantasyladen.de/spartan/DWAL26_1.jpg

 

Mentioned at the bottom of the image.

[Swoop 47]

The Italians and Australians are great but i feel Spartan really surpassed themselves with the Chinese. The Models are interesting in  type and design and manage to look both ancient (with their 'classic' chinese architecture) and strangely modern as their sloped hulls and angular surfaces look almost stealth like on some ships.

 

The Flying fortress seems a whole other story on its own, the detail on the superstructure is immense, i shall enjoy painting it greatly though it'll probably take up the same amount of time as painting a fleet.