Imperial Raider: PICS!!!!!

By SpikeSpiegel, in X-Wing

We are remoddeling the living room. Way more shelf space etc, glad my wife has allowed me a shelf to host these things on. For that even if don't use it looks awesome even just as an display piece.

Second pic ........ Is that a large rusty brown ship in the background? Behind the S&V Y and Zs

In fact, looking at it more, it looks like a reflection of a bunch of people standing around a table.

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Can't say I'm a huge fan of that... erm, rear aperture.

I like the little interceptor-esque panels and have done since the first spoiler, though.

Regardless I was always going to get at least one.

She is all out now... kinda, and baby sure is very nice!

:lol:

Second pic ........ Is that a large rusty brown ship in the background? Behind the S&V Y and Zs . A Gozanti?

I tend to think that if they had a completely unannounced ship in the case, whoever took these pictures might have thought it interesting enough news to grab a better shot that that. But who knows...

I'm pretty sure that an engine that big qualifies as a rear arc for the Raider.

At least we know why the TIE wings exist, to provide some extra power for that.

Aren't they cooling radiators???

Depending in the new canon, maybe. The old legends EU the wings on a TIE fighter were solar panels.

Either way, whether solar panals or heat dissipation, the 'wings' will help with that enormous engine.

Where was this taken?

Seems like a worthy counterpart to the CR-90 to me. Instead of a huge engine bank, there is only one engine. Instead of a hammer, this one is a spike.

Gotta love that engine cluster.

This is a huge jump for FFG ; and a great anticipated addition for Epic play...I thought it odd that the Tie advanced was nott in the case...It would have been nice to really feel the magnitude of the scale...My guess is that they wanted all attention to be on this malevolent ship...Kudos to Hexis for taking the time to make our wallets moan in agony ounce again...I am going to need a bigger garage lol...

Breaking the Internet.

Also that is a really huge ship. Not sure how nice it'll be to move around. Seems like it gets into clunky territory

Looks like almost the same basic profile as the CR90. Same length, thick at the back, thin at the front, this ones just a little wider in the middle.

Second pic ........ Is that a large rusty brown ship in the background? Behind the S&V Y and Zs

The next case over has all the scum ships in it. The big mass in the picture beyond them is, I think, just a reflection or distorted image of something outside of the display cases and no thing to do with x-wing.

In fact, looking at it more, it looks like a reflection of a bunch of people standing around a table.

I'm not so sure. The Tie Advanced model should've been in there looking at the display scheme with the scum sitting right next to it. And the image has a lot of solidity to it for just glare. Profile lines up somewhat. It just might be. The color is the thing that is throwing me off. Too much brown.

Where was this taken?

There's no attribution, but a poster named Hexis has a very nice camera, lives in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and has taken pictures like this for every wave. FFG held a store Championship tournament at their Event Center yesterday, so my hypothesis is that these are pictures of a model they have on display there.

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Second pic ........ Is that a large rusty brown ship in the background? Behind the S&V Y and Zs . A Gozanti?

I tend to think that if they had a completely unannounced ship in the case, whoever took these pictures might have thought it interesting enough news to grab a better shot that that. ..

Good point! In my defence, it was early in the morning, and dark ....... Let my excitement get the better of me. :)

As always, the power of FFG's beautiful models will draw me in.

Dat ass!

half of the entire ship is the engine too. ... kinda funky. i gotta say, at least they went for broke with the design. all or nothing

The big engine is not unthematic though.

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I love it. A mini super star destroyer.

Wow, I'm actually not liking it. The view from the back just reinforces that it isn't really pure shaped but more like a cone. The engine is way too much and the interceptor wings look even worse than they do in the advertising shots.

Oh well. Still going to buy 2 of them.

But you can only ever run one?

Wow, I'm actually not liking it. The view from the back just reinforces that it isn't really pure shaped but more like a cone. The engine is way too much and the interceptor wings look even worse than they do in the advertising shots.

Oh well. Still going to buy 2 of them.

But you can only ever run one?

Or maybe you want to be able to field Team Epic games. Or you just want them because they are AWESOME!

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Why are there Interceptor wings on a Star Destroyer? It looks like bad fan fiction.

Sheer beauty.

This thing looks imposing and cold. Perfect for serving as an Imp Capital Ship.

Why are there Interceptor wings on a Star Destroyer? It looks like bad fan fiction.

it's not a Star Destroyer.