To all the doubters who think that FFG doesn't have anything in the ipieline for us faithful Dust fans… BEHOLD

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Just noticed all the threads over at the Dust Tactics Forums, but I stand by my post as everyone on both sides of the Dust hobby should see the awesome stuff that that Hades will be bringing to the table.

I take it the listed prices are for the premium versions?

Crap. I want them all. $$$$$.

Same thing ! Can't wait to contemplate "my precious" in my hands !

But, won't have enough hands for all those "precious" to come !

Don Lopertuis

<sigh> I better order some more paints, new brushes and clear some shelf space I guess. I HATE THIS HOBBY…HATE IT I TELL YA!

Luftwaffe…. DUST STYLE!!!! Soo freakin' excited for what is to come for dust in the future!

Hmm. I see some Me 163 in that, as well as some of the Aradeo (sp?) design. THAT thing (THOSE things) aren't going to be spending much time on a board the represents a little rinky-tink patch of ground…end up with the same problem as Korean air support, on steroids: Jets don't loiter over ground well. Props do it better; helis do it best.

(It does not help that I'm listening to Stokowski's interpretation of Mars, Bringer of War, while I write this…)

Warboss Krag said:

A sharp eye might catch what looks like VTOL nozzles under the wings. They may have Hover.

Nope, still don't like them, don't look WW2ish, probably due to the cockpit bulge and no glass.

Remember it's a WIP. And looking on pictures and SSU helicopters I think that there will be glass.

Also this is maybe inspiration for this model:
http://www.luft46.com/arado/are555s.html

Anyone else getting a Gears of War vibe from the new Allied heavy infantry?

Ha totally.

I don't get it?

I keep hearing people say that these Axis fighter planes don't look WWII-era-ish. I don't think 2 legged walkers look WWII-ish with laser cannons. At least not the Axis ones. I think some people are missing out on the fact that it would appear that since the Germans found the UFO and worked with the alien to further technology that the Axis stuff is going to look somewhat more modern than the other faction items.

Think what the fighter pilots thought the first time they saw a ME-262. compared to everything else at the time, they did not look era-ish.

Check out the Aradeo (sp) bomber, as well as the Me163. There's your for'ard antecendents.

I was hoping the Allied plane would leak today. I'm kinda bummed, but if the Axis fighter was still an unpainted prototype, maybe the Allied one wasn't final yet. Still though, Allies got pretty stiffed at Gencon.

reptilebro1 said:

Maybe not being WW2-ish is the right thing to say, basically the thing just does not look right. If they kept to the lines in the sweep of the tail so iy did,'t look so square it might help. Here's a pic from the comic, a much better looking design.

I see what you mean. I would have been much happier sticking with the canon material (although the fixed landing gear is pure bunk).

Also, I don't think the Allies got stiffed so much. They already have some of the best walkers, they have the best troops hands down, and they have the best overall AAA rating (anti-aircraft artillery for you greenies), with so many M2HBs running around. In the air, beware! Browning has something for you… (Not to mention the Rattler and the Honey.)

All in all Im pretty happy with everything that FFG/ Dust Models had on display at the show. I had pretty much figured with them having to finish up rounding out the SSU in Hades that the majority would be SSU. Another IS 5 tank kit though was a cool surprise though especially as it comes with the commisar pilot (as mentioned in the Dust Tactics Zverograd book). As for the Axis and Allied stuff its all cool looking but I really like those Heavy Transports for the germans.

Im glad they showed the unfinished prototype of the german fighter. I think Im in the minority of the peeps who like it though. With a paint job and a lear canopy its going to look completely different.

Can't wait to pick me up some cogs I mean kill squads. I'm very interested in what their armament and rules are going to be. Please be more assault platoon choices.

Hmm. The SSU light walker looking thing is called babushka which means grandma in russian which is also the same name of koshka's walker…

Those pictures make it look like a Horten 229 to me.

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/aircraft-requests/horton-brothers-flying-wings-3618.html

Very WWII ish. I do not think the 229 saw combat, but there was 1 prototype that did fly before the end of the war. It even managed some test dog fights, and won handily.

That prototype crashed, and the 2nd prototype was never completed before the war ended. Thank goodness to our side, the 229 would have been game changing.

It looks like those kill squads are missing rocket punch! That will be missed when you get in close with those phasers.

KevinBakon said:

Speaking as an Axis Player, NO THEY WON"T!

What was that squad of axis guys with the massive canon