So far there has only been a finished concept drawing released but Steve was kind enough to provide some of the development sketches as well. By the looks of them, the Harook fit the bill (no pun intended) for the avian alien quite well. The design is humanoid enough to make them easily accessible to players but not so much so that they fall into the rubber suit category of aliens. The styling of the armor and weapons is alien enough to help with detaching them from the space humans that will surround them.
Their initial release plan is for a pack of 10 unique poses, to be sculpted by the talented Pedro Navaro. the initial release will include a leader type as one of the 10. Future plans include a quick follow up with command, heavy weapons and even some assault troops. A dropship is also in the plans, allowing the Harook the potential for being a force full of options.
I look forward to their release and cannot wait to see some of the greens. Steve has expressed an interest in keeping us in the loop on developments and I'm sure he'll be tracking their development over at Mad Robot's blog.
Exciting news! Check it out!
-Eli
Exciting news! Check it out!
-Eli
Egg-sselent! What was the interesting avian in the Uplift series? 3 castes whose leaders had to be in agreement, used grav sleds.
ReplyDeleteYou could even slice off the gun and add a bow or javelin and shield. Weapon could even be turned into a crossbow.
Hang on! Tengu! Japanese demons who perfected sword technology.
Will there be wings, possibly as an add-on?
Can't wait. Need moar aliens! :D
ReplyDeleteThey look Haloish! Nice!
ReplyDeleteVery cool, great concept... almost scfi skeksis ish
ReplyDeleteVery Very nice !
ReplyDeleteI like it
We need unique cool looking aliens a lot :)
(any news of Harook power armors ? :>
@UNIT Recon: These birds traded in their wings for hover tanks a long time ago :)
ReplyDelete@AWu: If things go well, that might may be in order...
The concept is indeed great and I hope to do justice to it in 15mm.
ReplyDeleteI really like the concept art thats posted up, it looks very much like a evolved buzzard from the far furture. So long as they dont stop and start to feast on dead corps or old rotting carcasess during a battle all's well...
ReplyDeleteOh wow... I just found my Rraey for gaming Old Man's War.
ReplyDeleteI'll grab some Khurasan Sponks to be my Consu if I cnc work out how to arm them with some appropriate firepower...
Hmm, now for the CDF :)