Skyraiders & Combat Drones Swoop Into Gates Of Antares
April 20, 2016 by brennon
Warlord Games have been adding to the forces available to you in Beyond The Gates Of Antares. The Freeborn have got themselves some Skyraiders while the Concord bring another Drone to the battlefield but with considerably more firepower...
While the Skyraiders come armed with mag repeaters they aren't really overly suited to proper combat encounters. They fulfil more of a scouting role allowing the Freeborn to get a bead on the enemy force.
With that said they might be able to zoom ahead of your main force and pin down an enemy squad that has been caught out of cover. Their speed also means they can get themselves to objectives quickly.
C3M4 Combat Drone
If you're looking for something that floats but is decidedly more up for a straight up fight then how about the Combat Drone for the Concord and also the Freeborn too?
As you can see it features a rather fearsome looking plasma cannon atop its chassis although it can also have a fractal or compression cannon if you so desire.
I think this is one of the coolest models that Warlord have yet created for Gates of Antares. I love the look of it with the rounded panels and the massive cannon plonked on the top. It is the optimise of what a futuristic tank would probably look like.
Now we just need a diorama with some alien warriors leaping over it trying to blast it to pieces as it blows a hole in another armoured vehicle. Get on it diorama makers.
What do you think of these latest offerings?
"They fulfil more of a scouting role allowing the Freeborn to get a bead on the enemy force..."
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Those are very nice.
I would play this game if the bases were more generic sized that I could use other brands for more easily.
Both of these are stunning models. I’m really pleased to hear that the scout -type speeder bikes will function as scouts and not as futuristic heavy cavalry too. It’s always bothered me / found it hard to suspend disbelief that riding a bike into a battle is anything but suicidal.
Dont get me started on the sillyness that is the space marine attack bike, that said i would happily field a terminator on a mobility scooter, would probably find that you need 3 of them to take out a warlord….
Drone? Yes, please!
the drone looks good.
Both look great. Not sure I want to start a Freeborn army yet, but going to be picking up one of the C3M4 Combat Drones for my Concord.