Aridana’s Traktor Mul Rolls Onto the Tabletop
January 16, 2012 by darrell
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Darrell takes a look at some more Infinity models. Today it's the mighty Traktor Mul for the Ariadna faction.
January 16, 2012 by darrell
Vidoe Sponsors: Wayland Games - Heavy Gear - Battle Foam
Darrell takes a look at some more Infinity models. Today it's the mighty Traktor Mul for the Ariadna faction.
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It’s Ariadna.
Now the model has come out I am thinking of running these with 2 scout forward observers in a 200 point list. Do you get enough parts to give the two traktor’s the same weapon option?
I was thinking the same thing. The cover might be just to show what you can have. I really hope they did give enough for eather.
Unfortunately Infinity doesn’t usually give you different weapon options or extra bits.
You know something is broken and cheesy when Darrell gets this excited about it.
Very cool bits of kit for Ariadna!!
I must say that Ariadna model looks great.
WARNING! – This is not broken the way everyone thinks it is. While a great model and a cool addition to the Ariadna forces, this remote has some big drawbacks to balance it out. 1. Slow. Only 6 in max. Easily out maneuvered. 2. Limited Range. This missile system is only good out to 48 inches. Half the range of the others. Hell, even a two shot Panzerfaust will go 96 inches. THE MOST IMPORTANT. 3. It is useless without a spotter. The rules are very clear. Unless you have a forward observer spotting for you this thing is DIRECT… Read more »
Hear hear. I understand why a lot of people approach Infinity with the 40k mentality saying things like “Putting those three templates on the table is broken!”. Yeah, but you have to GET it in place first and with proper terrain that isn’t so easy. And here, you opponent won’t be waiting for his turn, he’ll be able to react to your moving Traktor, the firing of the weapon, the actions of the forward observer, … mines, AP ammo, or in case of a forward observer pairing a parachuting model sent to the back where Traktor sits can really ruin… Read more »
Just from an aesthetic viewpoint, I really don’t like these things. I know Ariandna is supposed to be retro tech and all, but these just look like an 80’s throwback. The tracks are ridiculously small. (A near miss of a frag shold in theory disable the vehicle.) I was thinking about getting some Arianda sculpts, in particular the Scottish units, but I saw that these were the support vehicles, and thought they were a bit dodgy. Made me reconsider the purchase. Looks like you can magnetize them, but the guns / pods look pretty heavy, so you would need some… Read more »
You can make a perfectly fine Ariadna force without ever looking at the Traktor Mul. Unlike in most other games, you get what you “pay for” in points and there is very little “useless” stuff and practically no “must haves” in this game. There is plenty of other support options within Ariadna (even the Calledonian – Scottish sectorial) so you most certainly won’t find yourself having to buy the Traktor anywhere down the line.
As for the tracks; don’t worry, Ariadna has limitless supplies of Tesseum, the ultra-metal of the Infinity universe, so if those tracks (or links in them) are made from it, near-miss frag will have a hard time disableing the vehicle. 🙂
Oh come on guys, ubiquanon only expressed his aesthetic preferences, surely that doesn’t call for negative carma?
sound like fun pieces but Im not digging the looks for infinity…hmmm epic or 15mm scfi, now we are talking
Well heck, I will vote you up. The negative Karma I get makes me laugh.
You mean Infinity in 15mm? I had a thought like that early on and I think it could work. Like a travel version. And since full scale is about 30mm average everything still works you just cut all the weapon distances in half and shrink the templates and buildings by 50%. I just don’t know of a company that makes great Sci-fi minis in 15mm.
There is a ton of companies that make cool SciFi minis. You can start by checking out the Dropship Horizon blog or simply Googling “15mm Sci Fi”.
really?? or do you mean you know 15mm minis but not great ones?
GZG has some excellent 15mm (Ground Zero games)
I meant 15mm generic sci fi but travel Infinity sounds good to
I meant minis that I didn’t think were great. While I understand that you can’t get the same level of detail in 15mm that you can in 30mm I think some manufacturers just get sloppy during the production process. Things aren’t perfect but they ship anyway because they don’t think anyone will notice at that scale. Seeing the quality of production from Corvus Belli as they stand now, I would love to see that attention to detail brought to 15mm. You may not even need to re-sculpt. Just scan the mold into a computer, reduce by 50%, and reproduce. It… Read more »
I like the retro RC look of the Traktor Mul. That’s the main reason I would pick a box of them up. As for it’s use in the game, I shall see soon.
RC that’s a interesting one. I didn’t see that right away. I was getting a Short Circuit kind of vibe. Like it has no mouth so the target light just blinks as it talks to you. And it’s got a real sarcastic sense of humor so as your crawling through the jungle it’s just puttering along behind you, telling bad jokes and trying not to give your position away. Real character
Finally had time to watch the video; nice review, good to see them from all the different sides and I like how you guys wash the bare metals after assembly, makes details visible.
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