Su-Bak-Na sub

It shouldn't be too hard to find the actual Marro guy riding him, but a Necron should proably work. This is Reaper's Skeletal Dragon.

HS Substitutes

One of the bad things about Heroscape is the constraints of the hexes. Some figures that look really cool just won't fit on a double base, or even a triple base. This has been leading me to start playing Heroscape without hexes, old school style. But also these figures usually make my old Heroscape figures look kinda childish, this has led me to look for substitutes. The first suitable one I found is the Dragon of Fire by Reaper Miniatures. I intended to find a Mimring substitute, but it looks better as a Zelrig. Here's a link.

D2: Golem and Wyrmlings

The first of the previews leading up to Wave D2, as I said earlier caused a bit of an uproar. Here is my take on the units from the Golem and Wyrmlings exapnsion.

The Iron Golem

We finally got some of that promised Vydar love! In giant walking tank form even! At 3 life he doesn't seem like he has real great survivablity, until you see his 6 defense. Not only that, but your throwing 8 dice against the evil Special Attacks! He looks like he'd be a real good shock troop to send in, take out the special attackers and everything else he can. He will be a real good herokiller with that high attack. Lava Resistant is a small bonus though. Until we see a reprint of Volcarren Wasteland or a new set all together, this guy isn't going to get much use out of his second ability. I still wish they portrayed Golems as constructs that could be controlled. It would be a complex, but fun way to introduce some bonding.

Wyrmlings

These guy may look small, but with their bonding they could be a force to be reckoned with. Especially Aquilla's blue wyrmling! Not only is this unit cool in that it shoots lightning bolts around corners, but it also gives us a taste of Aquilla's future dragon. Personally, I hope it's this figure. There is already a contest up for creating Aquilla's dragon starring that figure. Back on the wyrmlings though. I love how they made the little guys represent their tougher, larger versions. I can't wait for the Green Wyrmling!

As for the Bracers of Teleportation, who needs Tul-Bak-Ra anymore?

New Heroscape Base Size

If you haven't heard already, there's an uproar over the new 1 inch bases for Wave D2. You can see the opinions of the Heroscapers community here.

Basically, WotC cut off 2 mm of plastic off the bases. The official reason is to make the miniatures viable to other miniature gamers. Other reasons that are suspected, but not officially stated by WotC is that the new bases will obviously save cost. However, some HSers, especially anti-D&D people, seem to think this is Wizards way of saying that they are using Heroscape as a D&D skirmish game.

Personally, this change means nothing to me. I plan to rebase all of my figures onto Privateer Press bases eventually anyways. I do not see this as Wizards trying to make Heroscape into D&D. I support the D&D Heroscape line, the figures are great and so are the new abilities. I can't wait until August comes around.