I hope you've all been busy downloading the new Figatures from warriorelite.com.
We had alot of fun deciding on the exact presentation of the Figature Units. What size to do them at, what to use for stands, etc.
The issue of standing them up, ie how the bases would be, was the most interesting, starting complicated and finally ending up with a workable base that's effective simplicity at its best.
We thought about plastic bases - but they're not downloadable, as far as we could tell, without the aid of one of those particle guns from Tron that is. And most people don't have one of those.
We then thought through various paper bases that one could slot the Figatures into, which were complex affairs involving alot of fiddly folding and slotting or glueing.
At the end we realised a simple fold-out base worked splendidly. So there you have it.
Why three guys? Why not five?
We had in mind five guys in a front rank per card as an arbitrary figure around which to build the stats. When it came to the Figatures, five was too many to have in a rank and still be an acceptable size. As it turns out, three is the magic number. There are three Troop Cards in a rank in the average set up, so it seemed logical to carry that onto the Terrain Maps via the Figatures. And thus there were three.
Except when they didn't fit cos they were too large - ie cavalry. So then there were two - it's all representative at the end of the day. For the mega cavalry, there's just the one, but they is large with five dudes on top, so i think that's okay.
As you can see from this new Figature Unit here there are three Blunberbuss Troops = one rank. We went for the mirror image so that you each player can see the proper image. The other option was to have a silhuette on the reverse side, but that would make it hard fro one of the players to see where their Troops were and make the battlefield look odd.
Well, it's Masters next, amongst other things. Combat Masters to be precise.
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