Hey all... thanks for the feedback, some of the following may help explain a few things.
Firstly I should apologise for not haivng anywhere near as much of the G.O.T. bacground informationa vailable as there should be. THis is down to the spectacular disaster that our new website and shopping cart has been, followed by the manic changes of software and IT company to try to get a new site up ASAP. All my time for G.O.T. background got sucked into that mini black hole.
As a very brief, or as brief as I can make it "intro":
The troopers currently release are all member of G.O.T.A. which is the "Governance Of Technology Agency". Specifically theya re from one section of it called the Peace Enforcement Agency, their task is to stomp on any dangerous activities that may destabilise the status-quo, help lower-Tech Habitats and generally act a bit like the UN on some serious testosterone and without any silly rules of "they ahve to fire first before youc an do anything".
They are very high-Tech, all from geneered backgrounds (genetically engineered = geneered) and have been sublty altered over a number of decades to be taller, stronger, faster, more intelligent and so forth. Whether they achieved this is a moot point, but, generally, they are at the least taller than most other humans, coming in around an average height of 6ft.
The male figures are thus pretty tall, and the female figures who are shorter, are still pushing the 6ft barrier.
The "slimness" is deliberate in so far as the armour that they are wearing is exceptionally thing: no more than 5mm at its thickest and including the Rheomesh undersuit. We're so used to armour being thick though that I think our subconcious automatically subtracts a certain thickness whenever we see armour, so i think this adds to the "slim" feeling a bit.
Similarly we' used to a generally chunkier type of figure (easier to cast, easier to paint) but we've delibeerately aimed the G.O.T. troopers at a size and style compatible with Infinity and similar ultra-tech ranges.
A lot fo the other factions within G.O.T. are smaller, chunkier and utilise far thicker armour - so thoe who have a tendency in that direction will find them much more suitable for integration with ranges such as Heresy, Hasslefree, Pig Iron and so forth.
It might also be worth me mentioning that there are two additional layers of armour that will be added to the Troopers: the first level being an exterior powered exoskeleton, then another layer of much heavier armour. We build this up from a standard "dolly" that we have, so the Troopers will become steadily "chunkier and heavier" in appearence as one goes up the armour scales.
(G.O.T.A) Weapons, scenery and vehicles are all scaled to the G.O.T. Troopers, so those will all look "right" next to the figures and also most other 28mm and + ranges... the photos do seem to make him look taller than he is though... but he IS tall and we do have variety in the heights of females and males within the range. Similarly the Civilians and the non-G.O.T.A. humans are generally shorter and chunkier. Do expect variations in heights, thickness and so forth though; its something we feel is needed, particularly with the Agency figures, as they are pushing at the boundary of Homo-Sapiens into Homo-Superior.
(The butt of the rifle should be resting on the torso though, without that it looks a bit unfeasible to hold it out there, but its not a biggy imo!!!!)
Would've been an excellent Commander Shepherd-type, but, I don't know.
A few of the female troopers make a rather spiffing fem-Shepherd as would a couple fo the latest releases (no images yet, i'll get them out ASAP!)
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Its not much but youc an get some idea of the armour by looking here:
http://governanceoftechnology.com/technet/?cat=4cheers all,
Jed
08 March 2008, 07:08:31 AM
