As FFG can't keep up with my demand in the UK, I bought some of these scarabminiatures.com/index.php at Salute yesterday. The German characters and power armour soldats are particually nice. I've just primed them so will post pics soon

Yea they are really sweet I already bought 5 didn't buy the special guy he kinda looked lame to me. I have them primed still working on the painting of my army b4 I paint the others

I didn't get the veteran either with that daft looking bionic arm and no gun. I've made a card for them and just need to base them and varnish tonight.

Here's a few pics:

And their cards:

WOW ...................um ......... that chick looks a little under pointed , while she may not be that bad on her own , keep in mind joining her to a squad just created a monster squade that makes the BBQ squade look like a sack of wet kittens .

atleast with the BBQ squad their lacking agile means you can still counter their moves with diagonals , with her in a squad you just made 5 guys with long range guns able to outmanuevr every other unit out there , and god forbid you add her to a laser squad or panzer killer squad .

might i suggest upping her to 4 points , or dropping the agile , or drop her to armor 1 so that she will only be able to attach to lower armor squads when they come out .

Thanks for the confirmation Kris, I had exactly the same thoughts. Her combination of skills I like and think are suitable (see the same character in Hell Boy ) Although I don't like adding exeptions to the rules, I was thinking that her abilities cannot be used by a group she is with. This mean she can act effectively alone or be used as a bullet shield with a unit, bearing in mind that she will add no dice to the unit for any ranged fire-fights, I think this ruling could make her more balanced.

New skill:

Independent. This character works alone, unwilling to be encumbered by those around her and slowing her down. None of this heroes abilities can be used by a unit she is with.

I've got 2 armour 1 squads underway (Tamiya Panzer Grenadiers) but rekon she will be far to vulnerable then or as you say, I could drop Agile, but it seems to fit.

Thanks again

Dave

then in that case , she is a little cheap , might i suggest upping her close combat stats against infantry ? snce she doesn add anything to their shooting attacks , i could totally see her being able to sigle handedly wipe out infantry squads with ease .

Yeah as it is would take her 3 turns on average to take down a 5 man squad.