Anyone else thinks Capitol Light Infantry 'hats' look dumb?

[Dragon62]

I would use those models for Cartel Security Police or Bauhaus Strike Commando's.

[Dr. Nick]

i also like the hats!

in fact, i like them so much, i use LI as HI (and a ranger sniper as a HI sniper..)



however, i do not understand to disallow older sculpts, just because newer are out..

edit: i said this because of this statement

when we ran organized evetns I would not have allowed them to be used as the [new] figs were readily available.

[Dragon62]

This is'nt GW you can use the older models if you choose to and you can proxy if you cant find what your looking for. 

[dmcgee1]

Would these make good Cap Light Infantry? http://www.urbanmammoth.co.uk/acatalog/info_34105.html

They would make awesome Bauhaus Strike Kommandos!

[Gravel]

Not after I equip them with M50s and paint red, white, and blue insignias! 

Also, just because they've got gasmasks on does not necessarily make them Bauhaus!  Light Infantry troopers seem to be the only Capitol units that wear gasmasks and hats.  So I just think these Viridians with their caps and masks would make a much cooler looking alternative.

[Topkick]

NoTrollNick -

I guess I was unclear - I was referring to the GW figs mentioned in the earlier original post.

[Veez]

Also, just because they've got gasmasks on does not necessarily make them Bauhaus! 

IMHO it's the shoulder pads that make them look Bauhaus.

[Gravel]

On a slightly off topic note, is it possible to convert Capitol Heavy Infantry into Airborne Rangers since they seem to have the same equipment?

You could use the old Hvy Infantry (football helmet troops) or use Cadian heads or even Cadian bodies with Elysian Drop Troop heads.

You think Elysian heads will work for Airborne Rangers?  How about Elysian heads and bodies altogether?  As I said, I have way too many Elysians right now and they do have cool poses.  Also, what were Excelsior thinking when making their Airborne Ranger figures?  These guys look like steriod pumped NFL players!  C'mon, everyone's got to agree on that one!  I imagine airborne troopers as being light and mobile, not necessarily body building competitors.

[Seamus]

I love the hats and think they are perfect as is.  I think changing them is tinkering with a good thing.  Some of Kevin White's best sculpting.

[dmcgee1]

...Also, what were Excelsior thinking when making their Airborne Ranger figures?  These guys look like steriod pumped NFL players!  C'mon, everyone's got to agree on that one!  I imagine airborne troopers as being light and mobile, not necessarily body building competitors.

Look at the entire line, Gravel.  They've all drank from the Arnification elixir.  Look at the art for the game, sometime.  Not a single model has any elfin qualities.  If anything, it appears dwarf DNA mixed into the pool, and now everyone shaves three times a day, or more.

It's the game and the art.  Either you like the figs, or you don't.  We get it.  Most of us like 'em, and respect others' opinions, no matter how wrong they are. 

[Gravel]

The Airborne Rangers are just too 'extreme' looking compared to the others IMO.  Other figures like the Martian Banshees, the Rangers, and the Heavy Infantries have pretty decent proportion and look cool.  I have nothing against the artwork at all, I like this style of sci-fi fantasy and I think the artwork in the Rulebooks are better than what you'd find in a typical WH40K codex.

Also, the hats are slowly growing on me.

[dmcgee1]

QUICK! Someone get'im a picture of Smokey the Bear!

Here ya go!

[Gravel]

Huh?

[Veez]

When the scupts first came out, many moons and first edition ago, they were going for an NFL theme-the idea was to tie Capitol with American Sports (which is why the heavy infantry figs had football helmets).  At the time I hated the Airborne Ranger helmets.  Looking at them now, the fit in well with the asthetic that came with the 2nd ed sculpts and I have come to not mind them as much.  As for being light wight-take a good look at your average US Army tab-wearing, plane jumping Ranger* and you will see that this isn't much of an exaggeration; those boys are beefy.  The parachute drops you about the same speed no matter what you weigh (within limits).

As for a certain bear, Stephen Colbert said it best; "Just think of the person he had to maul to get that hat"











*As a Marine, it hurts me to say this, but it's for the good of the forum.

[Dr. Nick]

They've all drank from the Arnification elixir. 

 

+1


even though, not entirely true in case of the new line.. EM, H/LI, BZ,... are "realistic" with moderate pads