Prodos Games Release Snarling Anubis Warriors For Space Crusaders
April 29, 2016 by brennon
Prodos Games have a new set of releases for this month focused around their Space Crusaders game. We're going to first be looking at the Anubis Warriors and Anubis herself leading them into battle...
Snarling Beasts!
First up we're going to look at Anubis armoured up to the nines and looking like anything that stands in her way might get ripped to pieces in an instant.
You would be correct in saying 'But Ben you just said her!' because these are a range of female wolf-ladies armed to the teeth (and claw) for the tabletop. You could almost work them into another popular Sci-Fi game as those characters they swear could never be created.
I really like the look of the model and I already have some interesting ideas for painting her. I actually did make a Space Wolves contingent that had a female character, Freya, amongst its ranks - so I could have these as her war wolves and drop the Egyptian part of the name.
Anubis Warriors
Following the lady herself we also have her warriors that will be fighting alongside her. See what you think of the Warriors.
Inside the set you get five models to support Anubis in combat. I like the touch that the digital painting has given them different coloured hair to mark them out on the battlefield. You could almost do something similar when it comes to your painting of the models.
While the 'painting' here has been very cleanly done to show off the models I think that they could benefit from being covered in a bit of gore!
I think sticking with some old school medieval colours with pale furred 'Wolves' and then adding plenty of blood to the end of those claws would make for some interesting warriors.
Then you just need to add some additional bodies to the base to show their fallen foes and you've got a pack of reavers!
Armoured Crusaders
Sticking with female warriors from the stars the folks at Prodos have also now produced some Armoured Crusaders to work as your main fighting force.
It's good to see them fully armoured and ready for a fight. It's a shame that the poses are still a little effeminate however.
It would have been good to see some of them clasping those guns in both hands and roaring at the tops of their voices rather than looking like they are doing a bit of a dance.
I do like the style of the armour however which has gone with the big heavy power armour look but distinctive and more High Sci-Fi parts around the middle of the body to look that little bit different. The hair cuts are also rather awesome going for that warrior woman look.
All of these models will begin shipping today, April 29th, so if you're interested in picking up some of these models for your tabletop armies you can zip on over to the Prodos Games webstore.
I think I might seriously consider some of those Anubis Warriors!
"...adding plenty of blood to the end of those claws would make for some interesting warriors"
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Sorry i have to say it: don’t we have enough space-gothic miniatures?
prodos makes FANTASTIC resin pieces (a bit pricey ;_;)
i love the AVP sculpts (i’ll grab the new releases asap)
i don’t get the market placement of this product….
Nope, there’s massive demand for ‘Sisters’ type models. Look at ‘Toughest Girls of the Galaxy’…
The GW Wulfen minis divided opinion everywhere so despite these being female I could definitely see them making an appearance in a few Space Wolf armies.
I like the fact that these look like stand-out feminine forms, and there is a strong style to them, even if it won’t be to everyone’s taste. Nice product, though I would prefer to see real painted minis.
Yeah, I definitely have issues with the paintjobs on these. I’m pretty sure that they aren’t issues with the sculpts themselves, but it is tough to tell.
See, those I like a lot more than the bikini warriors. Nice mix of Marine style and low-scifi aesthetic.
Those are better Wulfen than GW’s, I reckon.
I think this new design will please a lot of people. I was one of the few who wasn’t upset at the old design but I think so long as the old design is available these are great. I can see these being used a Sisters of Battle much more than the previous sculpts, which is what I believe many people may have an eye on them for.
Good luck Prodos, I hope this really helps kick your new sculpts off.
Niice.
… why do they have dyed hair? The rest of the miniature looks like a brutal man-beast encased in armor with skulls hanging from their belts and blades mounted on them… but they’ve then had their hair dyed and styled.
Just… what.
I actually quite like that touch, though i’m not sure i’d paint them that way for myself.
Lots of warrior cultures would dye and style their hair. I don’t see dyed hair to be a problem.
Why not?
Looking good. My first thought wasn’t Space Wolves but chaos marines.
Yeah- I thought “Hey, a head swap and you’ve got Thousand Sons Terminators right there.”
And then I got here and everyone else saw Wulfen.
Not a fan of these but putting that aside. Why on earth did they colour these on photoshop instead of just having them painted?? or are they just coloured over on PS over painted photos….. gah its gross.
Quite common now, the Jezebel miniature that Dawn released was painted digitally as well.
Oh really? I hadn’t noticed. I think what is bugging me is that it makes the zoom shots redundant. It doesn’t feel like they are aiming it at someone who wants to paint it. May as well just show artwork.
I think the main reason some companies are starting to do it, is because its cheaper and faster. Which is a shame, as much as I like digital art, I do like to see a well painted mini.
Well put. I agree =)
I haven’t seen it end up looking as nice as a well painted mini. But I suppose if it were done well enough, it would look great and I wouldn’t think about it.
I find that adding color to digital renders makes it harder to appraise the detail on the sculpt.
Which I find is also true of poorly painted minis (for the companies that do that). Well painted studio minis don’t seem to have that problem.
I have to say I really like those properly armored space ladies.
Well those are both interesting and really nice.
Rather nice and quite a step up from how the range started out. And what’s not to like about power armor werewolves right 😉 Doesn’t change the fact that Prodos is far from the most trustworthy of producers. In between the continuing mess of Aliens vs. Predator, which was definitely not sorted out by the end of last month as promised in the interview, and the overall lack of customer support there’s just no way to tell if you’ll actually get what you order from these guys. Damned shame as they do seem to have the technical expertise in house… Read more »
I’m reminded of the Vargr in Traveller, but their armour looks a bit too high tech/gothic.