Fist Full of Kung Fu - new painted pics on page 5

[Commander Vyper]

Aye - I'll set up another post at some  point - but I was thinking of Wei is his starting gear (vest and windcheater), probably in a martial arts pose; Winston with his Gold desert Eagle;  Conroy stood looking surly and mean (maybe arms crossed?); Calvin in a relaxed pose with a ciggie. 

Depending on popularity, maybe Jackie in a brawling pose; Duke in a brawling pose with a melee weapon, Big smile Lee with a pistol and Old Salty Crab with a pistol. Tempted by Ricky, but there are a few guys in suits that  might work.... I would also love to do two packs based on the generic 'thugs' - one in suits, one in casuals - but now we're getting downright obscure so really not sure how well they'd sell, although they would make good generic modern gangster types.

I guess the advantage that just doing Winstone's gang would have in terms of marketability  is that they have a fairly unified look what with the vests, etc so could be used as a generic 'gang'  which could be of interest to those who hadn't played the game, where as Lee and OSC are both much more specific...

Any suggestions?

Happy to come to your BBQ on this, good choices. I'd like to see a set of market sellers and civilians too.

[Commander Vyper]

The only terrain I can think of would be the WorldWorks paper urban terrain with some added Asian signs and advertisements. Unfortunately that terrain is a beast to build and a nightmare to transport . You also might be able to get away with the 4Ground Victorian stuff for parts of San Francisco or China or the Infinity stuff for near Future. The lack of available appropriate terrain, however, is a bit of a limiting factor for this game. It just won't be the same playing out in the woods or in a farm house. maybe you could find some flat tile terrain and play it board game style...

No it isn't it's quite simple if you set the time aside. Enough for my 6x3 zombie board fits in a staples 70 litre crate with a load of other scenery. The other thing u could do is use rare earth mags and build them up from flat pack each time? Mount on foamboard and you shoul be fine.

[v_lazy_dragon]

Happy to come to your BBQ on this, good choices. I'd like to see a set of market sellers and civilians too.

Market Sellers and Civillians would both be cool - I am currently planning on getting some of the Pardulron chinese civillians, and I do have a set of BCB market stalls which I could have a crack at updating.... 

As for Obelisk, I've put in an order with BCB... Given their recent history I know it's something of a risk, but there some other bits from their ranges I also fancied...

[cacofold]

I am all abuzz for this game. Anyone seen any previews coming out yet?

[The Gray Ghost]

As for Obelisk, I've put in an order with BCB... Given their recent history I know it's something of a risk, but there some other bits from their ranges I also fancied...
I hope everything is going well there as I just ordered some Tcho Tcho gangsters

[Smith]

Ooh... I'd forgotten BCB's Tcho-Tchos... and their 'hoodie ghouls', for that matter. Might need another Kung Fu gang...

As for previews, I think a fair bit has already been covered on here, but if anyone has any specific queries or requests for info, I'm happy to help.

[v_lazy_dragon]

I've got my eye on some Tcho-Tcho's at some point - they'd make a great gang.

This more of a cheeky 'I wonder that else I can get finished before the rules come out so I'm ready to play' type question - but any chance of more of a low down on what is included in the cryptic 'Cybrogs and high tech' category? And did I really read about there being rules for velociraptors some where?!?

[Smith]

Well, stuff included:

• Battle cyborgs
• Cybertech martial artists
• Cyber spies
• DNA hybrids
• Biotech-enhanced animals

Stuff you can create in a few seconds flat:

• Anything you can imagine
• Everything else

So, let's say that I want to create a half-demon martial artist who has undergone some cyber-surgery from an evil corporation before escaping to the Los Angeles Bangkok underground (it's a classic Feng Shui RPG theme...).

• Clearly, we're talking a Protagonist, rather than a supporting character, so we're immediately talking Q2 and C4 for a base of 50pts.
• The maximum cost for a Protagonist is 150pts, so I've got 100 to play with to construct my vision.
• He's quite an angry character, thanks to his demon heritage, so I choose Boiling Blood for 13pts (total 63pts)
• His combat style is an offshoot of the Rabid Badger school of Kung Fu, so I give him the Dashing (10pts), Flurry of Blows (15pts) and Aggressive Tumble (8pts) Traits (total 96pts)
• Finally, to reflect his cybernetic enhancements, I choose armour plating in the form of the Protected Trait (8pts), a scanner array - the Danger Sense Trait (8pts) - and some combat tracking software - The Way of the Intercepting Fist (15pts) (total 127pts)

So, we end up with a finished character:

Seven Fists Chen (Protagonist) 127pts
Q2 / C4
Aggressive Tumble, Boiling Blood, Danger Sense, Dashing, Flurry of Blows, Protected, Way of the Intercepting Fist

He's kind of a bad-ass. Building that took about 5 minutes with the rulebook (and I did make a cup of tea half-way through). The book contains a LOT of Traits, any of which may be called one thing but work just as well for a different interpretation (e.g. Danger Sense - it could be a mystical 6th sense, some kind of telepathic power, the ability to hack into CCTV cameras in seconds, or even a piece of equipment - a telepathically bonded hawk, a surveillance drone, a cybernetic eye etc.).

[v_lazy_dragon]

Cool - thankyou!

[LeadAsbestos]

This sounds better all the time. Anxiously awaiting...

[The Gray Ghost]

Dixon Miniatures produces a line of 28mm Yakuza, anyone know if they scale well?
there's also a lot of fighters in the Golgo range with the Legends line being perfect for leaders, the White Tiger, the Van Li brothers, Max Königstiger, Fist of Golgo even Earthquake would fit in.

[v_lazy_dragon]

No idea on how they will fit with the new figures,  but from the pictures I've seen they work well with the Foundry Yakuza pack...

[King Tiger]

I'm definitely going to try and do a Ghost in the Shell Section 9

[Legionnaire]

I am jumping up and down in excitement for the book to come out!!!  Itching in my fingers to take it for a spin and have a few ideas for a "gang", including a Monkey King Protagonist with a Tai-Chi Master, a wild young westerner and a kick-ass girl in tow and a gang loosely based upon the Witch Hunter faction from Malifaux.

Until the rules come out I don't really know what I need in terms of numbers, BUT am planning on buying the Monkey minis from Black Hat and The Van Li Brothers/ Fist of Golgo.

[carlos13th]

Between this and Ronin I can recreate a fair few of my favorite movies.

Still wish northstar sold models separately though.