Weekender: Dive Into Infinity Defiance Week & Epic 2nd Dynasty Spaceships!
November 2, 2019 by crew
Come and join us for The Weekender as we dive into a whole bunch of Kickstarter projects and explore some of what makes Infinity: Defiance such an awesome game for some of us on the team.
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As always, we want you to get involved in the comments below and talk to us about what you liked from the show this week.
Infinity: Defiance Week
The Kickstarter campaign for Infinity: Defiance is still powering on and you can come and watch an entire week's worth of content on the game from us right HERE. Of course, you can also check out the Kickstarter project itself which has been busting through all sorts of stretch goals and add-ons.
We're really liking the look of this game and feel like it could well be the entry point into Infinity that most people have wanted, especially those of the more casual persuasion.
Flames Of War Global Campaign
We also talk more about the new Global Campaign for Flames Of War. The second phase of the campaign is going to be going live next Tuesday so you've still got time to push in and try and change the course of the war alongside the folks from Battlefront Miniatures.
News
Come and take a peek at some news items that we've snapped up from this week...
- Full Ossiarch Bonereapers Release - See what you think of the army in its entirety
- Thanos Comes - Check out this rather awesome model for Thanos from Marvel: Crisis Protocol
- DC Universe Releases - Some new characters have been released PLUS Batman 3rd Edition also coming!
- Crews & The Gifted - See what you think of these new models for TTCombat's Carnevale
What do you make of the models that we've been showing off today?
2nd Dynasty's STL Spaceships
We get a chat with Ben from 2nd Dynasty who is on Kickstarter right now with his Starship IV Chimera project, a perfect ship for those who want to play out some epic Sci-Fi games like Core Space, Star Wars: Legion and beyond aboard it.
Come and take a peek at some of the awesome files that Ben has been showing off and the incredible detail he has got from the set.
Kickstarter
We also have a peek at some more Kickstarter projects which also caught our eye...
- League Of Infamy - Come and check out this occasionally cooperative dungeon crawler
- Curious Cats Of Crumptown - Some wonderful models are in the mix from Northumbrian Tin Soldier!
Note: The Core Set for League Of Infamy is not Kickstarter Exclusive. This extends to only some of the expansions and add-ons. Sorry for the misunderstanding!
What do you make of these two projects and which one will you be backing?
Have a great weekend!
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Infinity: Defiance week has been awesome. I’ve so enjoyed the coverage. I can’t wait for the game now!
The Starship IV Chimera – Modular 3D Printable 28mm Spaceship, is very tempting. I may even snag the first three ships made available earlier.
Wonder Woman from Knight Models ‘DC Universe Miniatures Game’ is a fantastic looking mini. I’d love to have it on my DC Comics shelf in my library.
Happy Weekend
Time to catch up on the week …
Great discussion fellas. Thanks
@brennon has the bulldozers outside his house again!
HHGTTG ???
Damn that intergalactic bypass. I did bring my towel though.
Ok, why is there a mumin in the thumbnail? No, don’t tell, I’ll watch the video when I get back in 10’ish hours from the RPQ…. XD
You don’t want to know, trust me, you won’t be able to un-see it!
It wasn’t that bad… I expected worse…
Modesty moomin.
It’s the Weekend!
Just time for this before a certain Rugby match…
Infinity week has been good, hopefully more content to come to keep me interested… and offer more chances of winning Op Wildfire.
I reckon Combined Army is many Infinity players 2nd or even 3rd army. It started as my 3rd, quickly became my second and is in danger of becoming my 1st… but I need to win Op Wildfire for that to happen 😉
I’m picturing the scene in OTT-HQ as a game of League of Infamy is being played by the team…
Justin crashes out of the room having had his character killed “Murder on the Orient Express” style screaming (with the necessary nasal tone)…
“Infamy, infamy… they’ve all got it in-for-me!”
https://youtu.be/h6BJJe9JV_A
Great show guys.
The biggest news wasn’t even mentioned. Tanith First and Only is finally out on Audiobook! Get excited people let’s get the whole series done in audiobook so Dan Abnett comes back and finishes it off.
Happy Weekend to all of you
goodmorning
Great weekender as usual. Talking of kickstarters, anyone interested in Oldhammer style miniatures should check out Diehard Miniatures’ 5th kickstarter. It’s funded but there’s only a couple of days left. The limited edition KS mini of a chaos warrior with a snake body looks fantastic. These are quite retro minis that remind me of Citadel Miniatures from 1990s. Tim Prow ex-GW is the brains and chief sculptor behind Diehard Miniatures. Link https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/diehardminiatures/diehard-miniatures-chaos-incursion/description
I was looking at those yesterday some lovely sculpts in thete
I’m quite selective these days about what Kickstarters to support, but Diehard Miniatures are so cool (I’m not on commission!) and they are great for painting. The retro feel takes me back to my childhood and a chance to temporarily escape the hell that is Brexit in my adult life! I’ve supported the previous Diehard KS projects and the minis don’t disappoint. 🙂
Oh stop it!! Those are fantastic!
Metal Infinity miniature are great, but i hate pinning any of the female sculpt to a custom base because of the slender combat hi-heels design corvus belli uses. This is my biggest gripe with infinity miniature there are lovely and i want to use some awesome custom resin bases :).
Most models have a good chunk of spare metal that at least one leg is attached to. Where possible I tend to leave at least 5mm width of that to use as a built in pin.
next major buy needs to be a 3d printer for those spaceships!
yeah i wish i could get some of those ship! Justin had it right for me, Core Space would be great on those!
What a load of tosh, metal has no advantages over other materials.
Boxes within boxes within boxes, and a free trial too
I have had to stop smashing the like buttons after having to replace my screen a few times. It gets expensive!
I’ve dinged my dong too many times… the doctor says he might have to amputate 🙁
Happy Saturday all.
Another wasted opportunity with the Moomin,it should have been the face of @dignity XD…
I absolutely love the space ships thing. I also really like the Ossis. Would make me consider starting with AoS if I hadn’t had already enough on the plate as is.
As far as League of Infamy goes,a future expansion NEEDS to be centred on raiding a Dwarven brewery for booze.
Warren’s mentioning pre-paints and the appearance of contrast paints makes me wonder if this is the next stage for GW: pre-assemebled, pre-painted armies.
depends how good the sweat shops will be, I know they can stitch but how are they at painting?
Fine art graduates will be grateful for their minimum wage servitude.
If its done in China, it will hopefully be a promotion path for the political prisoners who clean out toxic sludge from plating tanks…
Crikey this thread escalated a bit
they sound expensive, don’t they have children who could be used instead?
Probably. People are the worst. Me included. But I bow to your superiority in worstness. I will be spending a few months in the UK next spring. If a stout sparkplug of a man, probably hairier than you, unless I am sheared, offers you his hand…it will be me, bowing to your sheer audacity, sir.
Defiance looks epic.
Interested in exploring Batman 3rd. Never played the game before.
Goodness, so much to catch up on!
im with Warren on this new game, ive always loved the look and feel of Infinity but i could never find the time to actually figure out the rules. im all in on this game!
Same. The rules were a minefield for me and I just couldn’t get my head around them but I got how Defiance worked after one roll.
Happy Saturday. Good show guys
Loving all the coverage on Defiance. Looks amazing.
Happy Saturday y’all!
So excited to get Defiance. I’m going all in of this project. I’ve even got a few friends interested in it as well.
Happy weekend to CoGs and All!
Every week @avernos voices the exact, obscure quote or idea I am thinking at the moment. This time it was pointing out how the Chimera feels much like the Serenity. I noticed that with the kichenette. “So tell me the part where Jane gets taken out by a 90 lb girl. That one’s never going to get old”. So need one of those for my Hasslefree minis!
Great coverage of Defiance! These videos convinced me to back the Kickstarter.
Another great Weekender and the new Ossiarch Bonereapers are cool looking
great content all week on this, love the effort, can’t wait for the game!
Yep, cannot unsee the crotch-moomin! Mixing Moomins (Finnish) with the Egyptian and Japanese styles is taking it bit too far, although there are some amazing models in the Ossiarch range.
The 2nd Dynasty ship is truly stunning. I wish I had time to get into 3D printing.
+1 for Angry Joe, can’t get enough of his Angry Reviews.
He did a good update on Street Fighter a few weeks ago. The new sculpts and pre-paints they have designed look great.
Just checking out the Defiance Kickstarter – the Uma Sörensen miniature / artwork is just so awesome.
Did anybody else cringe hard during the interview where he’s begging for 3D files lol. If he could hump the guys leg he would have. Thankfully Gerry’s voice of reason came in just in time to be ignored haha
Gerry is as always our calming influence. He has many a Jedi Mind Trick up his sleeve.
Thanks for the show. Catch you all tomorrow.
Another great show, so many games i want to try
I love the space bus shuttle the innards remind me of a great? game cauld Paradroid 90 back in the 80s
nice one guys.
Great show again, really looking forward to Defiance.
Another fun week! You five are the ultimate Weekender team.
Defiance is looking very interesting, seems like a good way to get into the Infinity universe without having to convince some others in the gaming group to invest in an army. My only reservations with infinity is the metal miniatures, especially multi part metal miniatures, I think the days of metal being a superior material have passed. I know the Kickstarter is doing well, but I wonder if it would be even more appealing to some if it where with pre-ensembled plastic or resin miniatures…especially in a dungeon crawl format, I think they are missing out on appealing to an audience (board gamers) that probably had no interest in building metal miniatures.
Thanks again for a great weekender. Very much interested to see what effect Defiance has on guiding people to Infinity, or as I call it, joined up wargaming.
Hi guys and I am loving the Curious cats of crumptown
Great to hear!
I made a collectors pledge for Defiance. Now i hope i could win Operation Wildfire 🙂
I want more Infinity Defiance Week.
I’ve enjoyed how Infinity Defiance was covered. We saw a lot of cool content this week. Sadly it’s too expensive for me to back. I love the Shasvastii minis quite a bit and hope that they will release them as a separate box.
Loving the Chimera spaceship. It can fit into so many games without a problem.
Yikes! That 3D ship… you just play the whole game inside that! That could totally be Storm Troopers raid Rebel Transport.
Ok, first I need a 3D printer…
Maybe I’ll have time today to finish off my fireflys…. if I can move from the couch….. #infinitydrool
I made a collector’s pledge for Defiance, i would love to win Operation Wildfire 🙂
Awesome Defiance Videos
I really need to get a 3-D printer. It would be great for Infinity.
Would love some Infinity Defiance … a chance to dive into infinity and not feel intimidated by it.. sounds like a winner.
Ah, the Weekender. Must be a Monday.
Get well soon Ben!
Thank you – bar a cough I am feeling much better now haha.
Defiance looks like a perfect playspace in Infinity, as the main game is soo rules dense, it’s really intimidating for a new player, and really had to demo to new players too.
Defiance is looking sweet
happy wekeender !!!
Happy monday! Had to stop my viewing halfway on saturday and i just finished!
Now i need to watch the XLBS and Pointless Views 🙂
They said this is only KS, so it’s safe to assume they aren’t going to sell it on their website either?
I’m not a huge fan of the Infinity rules, but I love the minis, so Defiance is going to crush any excuses I had to not keep collecting them.
infinity looks pretty swish
Defiance is definitely piquing my curiosity, I too agree that ossiarc need some more of the Asian styling, even if for a few units.