Spartan Show Off New Terrain & Support Units For Halo Ground Command
September 5, 2016 by brennon
Spartan Games have shown off some of the new products coming this September for Halo: Ground Command. We'll kick things off with the new support options coming to each faction and delve into the Covenant first!
The big lumbering Hunters are the first of the new offerings for the Covenant. They were always a fantastic part of the Covenant army to fight against in the Halo games, well, until you could jump behind them and pop them in the back with a pistol (in Halo: Combat Evolved at least).
Next up we have two different types of Ghost. The first are the Vanguard...
...which features Elites driving these Ghosts into battle. The other Ghost options come with Grunt drivers as a Scout option.
You'll soon have a small fleet of these Ghosts hovering around the battlefield and picking off Marines from all angles as they zip around your flanks. A frightening prospect.
Looks More Like A Puma...
Big kudos if you get that little reference above but yes, we're welcoming the Warthogs to the battlefield for the UNSC.
These Warthogs come with a bunch of different options including a Gauss Cannon, Rocket Launcher and of course a Chaingun too. Picking up a few of these would help to combat the Ghost fleet coming to attack you!
Terrain & Defences
As well as these options for your army they have also designed two new Terrain Sets. First up we have the Covenant Scenery Pack...
It comes with some of the familiar defensive wall sections and the energy shields that you'd see on the battlefield in the video game. You also have some neat objective pieces and weapon caches too which will help with set dressing.
The UNSC get a similarly awesome set of terrain.
Big blast shields that could house gun emplacements and loads of crates and boxes too will give you some much needed cover. You could make some neat bases with these which each army is trying to attack.
What do you think?
"...we're welcoming the Warthogs to the battlefield for the UNSC"
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Those are looking really nice.
All of the stuff in the starter set is beautiful. My FLGS’s owner actually messaged me yesterday to find out what he should order for me.
I just started putting the models in my starter box together, and they are really nice models.
The upgrade boxes are kind of expensive, but I’m purchasing them, all of them!
Really excited to start this game, got the base game on order. But £27 for 2 warthogs? Wow! That’s WAY more than I was expecting… Not sure about expanding now… Maybe just another core set and leave it at that?
I’m not really sure what is going on with the prices either; perhaps I’m missing something.
Same. I was planning on buying everything. Didn’t anticipate these prices though…
Yep, my expansion plans came to a firm halt seeing the cost of the warthogs
Released in September huh, I pre-ordered the starter set direct and it was not due to ship until September 23rd. Warlord and Konflikt 47 have the money instead now. Shame because the game looks good, local supplier cant even get stock though so most probably will miss out on this game completely.
Looks more like a chubathingy than a Puma, wish you’d stop making up fictional animals!
I’ll have to get this once supply issues are sorted.
I did manage to get hold of the starter set, great models and looking forward to getting them painted up but those prices on the expansions are a little expensive. Especially when the British are coming to Team Yankee.
Like most of the rest of you I was really excited when this was announced and I’ve awaited it eagerly, but now I see the prices I must admit to being very deflated. 2 warthogs or 6 Ghosts for the same price as 5 Flames of War tanks. I’ll be giving this a miss now.
I’m not normally one to comment on pricing but I find myself in tandem with a lot of commenters thus far that this feels like a bit of a swing and a miss for getting into Halo Ground beyond the starter box. I’m pretty happy with the 2-player starter contents for the price, but to buy into the expansions and take the game beyond that is a lot more than I expected. That’s money I think I’ll divert now into the Brits as to be fair I’m seeing more mileage in Team Yankee right now. It’s a shame as I… Read more »
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reality here with a check on those prices, 27GBP for 2 15mm vehicles is a rip-off. bad SG. my FLGS removed SG products from their shelves a while ago.
Bliley, that’s steep. I’m no expert but I wonder how much goes towards paying for the rights. Cheaper to invest in Megabloks Halo otherwise
Great looking mini’s!! Love the warthogs and the scenery packs!! Brings the computer game to life!!
Hadn’t realised the prices though!! No way can i afford them so will just wait until the prices drop if ever!
nice.
I still plan to get a complete collection of everything but high prices will make it take a while for me. I mainly just want do a display case full all the Halo minis with the option to play an actual game with it all.
Yikes, I can see these prices strangling the game at birth, which is a real shame as they look fantastic.
I’ve never played any of the computer games this is based on so don’t have a particular connection to the setting, but had it been more accessibly priced it’s possible I’d have at least dabbled in this game. I like the scale and the detail of the miniatures – you can do a lot of cool stuff in 15mm (and smaller).