Prodos Reveal New Warzone & Space Crusade Miniatures
February 7, 2016 by brennon
Prodos have shown off a new range of products for Space Crusade as well as additional models for use in Warzone: Resurrection too.
Warzone Reinforcements
We'll kick things off with the additions to the world of Warzone for most of the factions in the game...
These new miniatures have got a certain edge to them for sure. I think the new design for the models in Warzone is trying to very much bring them into the modern era. All of the models used to skirt the line between heroic and true proportions but now they've gone full on heroic.
The first set of miniatures here were for Bauhaus with the Blitzers but we also have these warriors for Cybertronic too in the form of Machinators. They look like they are armed with stun sticks of some kind. I do like the additional little walker critter which is coming along with this set.
Now we get some of my favourite additions in the form of the Imperials and their Warhounds. I really like their character model, Morten Oakenfist, who came with the hammer so it's good to see more models like him who can smash aside the enemy and work as his honour guard.
Last but not least we have the Ashigaru for Mishima who work as the backbone of your army and offer up some more ranged support in the form of a carriage mounted gun. Mishima have always been about combat and getting up close and personal so it's interesting to see them get some ranged options.
I think the selection has been stepped up a notch in terms of Warzone and it's well worth checking out these models in more detail as additional units for your armies. I should probably play more Warzone and get my Imperials back out there.
Space Crusade
As well as all the additions to Warzone we also see Prodos releasing a board game out of nowhere. Below you can see the main boxed game for Space Crusade...
There has been no real indication of how the game plays but according to the information on the webstore it will allow you to fight out clashes between Crusaders and Demons in the Lost Temple or Forgotten City. However, they also have released the models as their own range...
Here is Mamoona from the game who looks like a female version of a Nurgle demon. The sculpting and painting here is certainly rather good and I like how they've managed to make all the boils on her back look slick and fit to burst. As a demon she's not bad at all.
As well as the demon though they also have both dark and light versions of their Crusaders like these Inquisitors here...
Now I would have loved this range IF they hadn't gone down the road of removing all of the important armour on these women. The rest of the range is pretty much the same in that regard and doesn't do much for the portrayal of women in the hobby.
Sculpting-wise the models are top notch but the execution of the 'vision' here just isn't my cup of tea. Imagine if they had armoured them up completely? You'd have had a new range of Sisters Of Battle for people to pick up...
I'm sure we'll have some vibrant discussion in the comments on this one...
"...I really like their character model, Morten Oakenfist, who came with the hammer so it's good to see more models like him who can smash aside the enemy and work as his honour guard"
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I’m confused. Shouldn’t someone already own the trademark on Space Crusade?
I believe there was some news recently announcing Prodos had bought rights to the name. Thought I saw it here on BoW, but maybe not.
Those bikini top warriors are awful. Who has massive armour protecting shoulders and nothing protecting their heart and lungs?
Knockers sell, Prodos, but try and make your female figures look like they belong on the battlefield.
you should check other space crusade minis, assless, uderboob armour .. its a spectacular step backwards for Prodos i think
Those “Space Crusade” miniautes, are a joke, worst design I’ve seen in a long time. Not even a chainmail bikini for protection!
Those Inquisitors stand out in bad way compared to what Prodos has made for WZR. SoB stand ins those are not.
Soo someone made a porn parody of 40k and prodos have made a game of it?
Thought it might be hard to avoid shiney syndrome with these but nope …no case of the shineys today.
Also if (and there will be someone who will) you are going to buy these get it at retail rather than preorder. If you want to know why just do a little digging into the AVP Kickstarter.
Not my cup of tea, Warzone, but pretty good sculpts. I could see using the japanese as some stand-ins. The other release..oh dear. Oh deary deary dear. I’m not the one to criticise minis just for having their assets out, but there has to be some sort of semblance of design idea behind it.
Problem with these ones is that there’s none- they literally took heavy armored ladies, and blow-torched the torso armor off. It’s inconsistent and thus looks dumb, even if the models are fairly well sculpted (not great, but not bad either).
As others have said, the warzone models look good but the Space Crusade miniatures are very disappointing in their depiction of female ‘warriors’.
Can get some bikini warriors and some of the can can wulfen and but on a futuristic Vegas show.
I like the top pics guy with the long bayonet. If the others came with that on the guns I would get them.
As for the ladies, add me in the “don’t like them” camp.
There is no Capital forces…They are waiting on those. Yes they are refining their skills before the unleashing the Glory of the Capital forces.
I do like the quality of the sculpts that they do have on display here. Even the Space Crusade ones are well made minis even if their content is less then pleasing to me….Wait. Even the bads in that are ‘women’… Okay Space Crusade is such a waste of time for their skills. They could have been working on Capital or other forces to get to the Capital all the sooner.
Or they could of worked on… torso armour 😉
I may be wrong, but I do believe I detect some digital coloring on these images. Are they not actual painted models? Or are they enhanced (the images, not those ridiculous female miniatures)?
Yeah the WZR minis have been photoshopped. Well all models get ‘shopped thesedays, whether tiny plastic ones or life sized catwalk ones 😉
I don’t know what they were thinking with those ‘Inquisitors’ though…
This is a weird one. From the box the logo looks like it says Space Rusade, not Crusade, and the logo itself is hard to read. Everyone’s said what I was thinking about the armour on these women. Bad design. 40K-lite knockoffs with big unarmoured knockers. I don’t get why they made them look like this after doing the amazing AvP and Warzone; why they chose the name of a classic 40K based board game and done this. Is it for teens? I’d have been embarrassed as a teen to buy these minis and paint them up, let alone as… Read more »
*and the gradient on the typeface makes it even harder to read.
damn it lol
Those boobs are hilarious.
Just one more notch in the ” Prodos are a bunch of ***** ” column.
The pictures of the bikini warriors shown here in the article are bad enough, but then I looked at the ones on their webpage. In addition to missing armour over their chest, that power armour is also assless. And then they have a dreadnought looking thing. It’s somehow the most exposed, with the operator dangling in the open, with seatbelts covering her chest and pelvis.
Kinda like the Sisters of Battle Penitent Engine? I think the line has been deliberately designed to be usable as SoB, fans of which seem to be constantly annoyed by the lack of new sculpts.
Ah, yes, it is quite a bit like a Penitent Engine. Wasn’t familiar with that model as I haven’t been deep into 40k since before the SoB were a faction.
Prostate games does it again … 3rd facepalm is the charm
Love the Bauhaus heavy gun & the Cybertronic troop’s the playboy marines are a no from me but.
Love the resurrection stuff.
Hate the Crusaders. Some of the stuff on the website is worse. Bums in the air bike riders, one set has the armour but lost the bikini…..could have very nice! Such a shame and such a wasted effort. Somebody make some mail skirts and chest plates for these quick!!!!!
they prodosed this right up, lads mag rubbish.
Are you having a laugh Prodos? Space Crusade is a joke….
Way to usurp a great IP name and absolutely ruin it Prodos. Nice work. Tossers.
Ugh, those space crusade minis are in very bad taste
This just makes me sad.
As I have said elsewhere on this. I hope they send me my AvP before they tank.
So apparently these models have been painted digitally, I noticed it with the Ashigaru forearms and the impossible NMM on some of the weapons. Not sure if that’s cool, or just a bit of misdirection to the customer.