The IOS MERCS Faction Appears with New Concepts
April 13, 2012 by brennon
This is only a quick glance, but check out this robbed concept art picture of the new IOS MERCS Faction. See what you think of the artwork below...
A cross between a Predator and a Twi'lek perhaps? If the rest of the MERCS range is anything to go by this should be a fantastic addition to the range. I love the mix of cartoon and realism mixed into their models.
What do you make of the new IOS concept?
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That looks very promising.
I like the plates on it.
The name is being changed to the ISS (Ios Security Solutions). Due to the familiar name that Privateer Press uses.
I’ve liked all of the MERCs factions so far, i’ll definitly be getting into it, but I think I’ll wait till they come out with some female figures first.
They already have them. The FCC Housemaster, CCC Incinerator and KemVar Sniper are all women. They’re just realistically proportioned, wearing practical armor and gear.
To clarify, I meant a whole faction.
Seeing as they’re taking a more realistic approach to female representation I doubt there will ever be an all-female faction. The only three MegaCons left that don’t have any publicly released concept art are the EU, East India Company and the GCC. I suppose you could try to shoehorn an all-female strike team into one of those concepts, but I don’t know why you would in the context of the Mercs setting. I agree though that they do female models right and I’d like to see more of it just because it’s nice to paint a strong female character who… Read more »
I havent really read the fluff yet – it’s nice to know they’ll be more MegaCon’s coming though, curious about the East India one. Thanks for that info. I’ve just been watching the models coming out over the past year and been continously impressed by the realism and “hard sci-fi” approach – refreshing compared to the “space fantasy” stuff that tends to dominate.
But they HAVE female figures already. They just arent oversexualized or in boobplate like infinity. Its actually realistic. You cant tell if its a guy or girl under the power armor because that’s how it would be IRL
As I said above, I meant a whole faction : 5-6 figures. The few examples they have are exactly why I would like them : they do them right 🙂
I don’t know the fluff behind these guys but I’m guessing this Megacon is based out of Greece? The name and design (stylised muscles and satyrish helmet horns on the armour) definitely make me think so and it’s an interesting ‘graphic novel’ sort of take on that theme.
Like that concept a lot. 🙂
Now, I must really get round to painting my MERCS soon…