Aotrs Shipyards December 2021 (Re-)Release: Phystyulons

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As much foretold, this month sees the Phystyulons: the re-release of the star navy, and the release of the ground force.

It has not been without a lot of tribulations. If you missed last week’s modern release posts, the long and short of it was I lost two weeks to a HDD failure (no data lost, but a fresh install is a nightmare all its own), which subsequently caused the knock-on problem of having buy a new version or TurboCAD because the Windows wouldn’t let me install the driver that worked with the last one. Which is has since turned out be a minor disaster in and of itself, meaning that just doing my day-to-day work is now longer and more difficult for no gain. And to cap it all, WordPress did something to TheWargamesWebsite, taking out some of their formatting buttons – which meant, I as formerly compiled all the posts of TWW and pasted into Wargames Directory and Facebook, I now have to create these posts in Notepad and copy/paste the text format, which is – you guessed it – more inconvenient and time-consuming for no gain. How long this state of affairs will last is anyone’s guess.

Fortunately, before everything got worse, I was reasonably ahead, so I was able to get on with the release today.

On the plus-ish side, as I came to do the release, I discovered Only-Games now has some new filters to help you search! I have only added them to today’s releases (I have quite enough to be going on with at the moment…) the others will be added in due time. The most likely chance of that happening is in March, as I’m afraid the price increase still looks very much on the horizon, I’m afraid.

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So, who are the Phystyulons? They are one of the major powers of the elenthnar species – the first of three coming in the next two releases (the forth, the Xyriats, were among the first models up on Only-Games). The Phystyulons are currently the only ones with a ground force as well as a fleet.

The elenthnars are described in a little more detail here. (It’s a touch outdated being a couple of years old, but accurate still.)

The Phystyulons (Phist-you-lons, literal translation, “the brother/sisterhood* of Physt”) are an elenthnar major power. While only the fourth biggest in terms of overall size, population and economic power, the Phystyulons have had and still have a significant influence on the elenthnar political sphere. The Phystyulons combine aspects of a nation, paramilitary power and religion all in one. The Phystyulons were founded by the quasi-mystical figure of Physt. They first grew to prominence in the onset of the late industrial/early digital era, but their earlier history – fragmented and steeped in legend – holds that the Phystyulons date back almost to pre-history.

*The term in Zoiloiat is a gender-neutral plural.

(They might be thought of as a little like “alien space NOD,” if one is familiar with Command & Conquer…)

(I was going to add the fluff for the ground forces here, but I decided this was a long enough post already, so as usual, the model descriptions in the stores have it!)

Phystyulon Numinous Star Navy

As per usual, I won’t link every single Phystyulon ship, but instead encourage you to grab the catalogue, which has all the links.

On Shapeways you can look under the Phystyulon section. Only-Games has now added some additional features – ranges and race/species filters, so you can now search for “Phystyulons” and do the same!

Pylonaz Cutter (6)

Vistrixon Strike Corvette (3)

Syrotukan Escort Frigate (3)

Sylor Barrage Destroyer

Kablak Destroyer

Arkaz Torpedo Frigate

Hazarak Light Cruiser

Hrastyukar Escort Cruiser

Hrastyukar-Za Escort Cruiser

Phystyukor Heavy Cruiser

Ortukat Electronics Warfare Cruiser

Takovt Supply Cruiser

Rauztrak Light Carrier

Nakrozar Battlecruiser

Lokutar Missile Battleship

Rylorz Artillery Battlecruiser

Zokukarn Superdreadnought

Urkotrazarak Dreadnought

Kantusar Disruptor Dreadnought

Yaraktunar Carrier

Itorkat Troop Ship and Katorak Marine Fighter Cruisers

Type 754 Lazer Drone (12)

Byraxin Raider (12)

Nytvyx Bomber (12)

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Phystyulon Army

MG144-PH01 Pazzukasst Main Battle Tank

Direct price: £3.50 Only-Games: £4.78 Link Shapeways: £8.62 Link

MG144-PH02 Pazkotak Heavy APC

Direct price: £3.20 Only-Games: £3.99 Link Shapeways: £7.42 Link

MG144-PH03 Phystyusorv CP Command Post

Direct price: £3.30 Only-Games: £4.10 Link Shapeways: £7.32 Link

MG144-PH04 Tarovazik MRLS

Direct price: £3.50 Only-Games: £3.99 Link Shapeways: £7.32 Link

MG144-PH05 HU-946 Rocket Cycle Platoon (12)

Only-Games: £6.16 Link Shapeways: £15.98 Link

MG144-PH05A HU-948 Heavy Rocket Cycle (Strider)

Direct price: £3.90 Only-Games: £1.29 Link Shapeways: £5.78 Link

MG144-PH06 TAV-98 Armed Robot Scout (3)

Direct price: £3.20 Only-Games: £1.32 Link Shapeways: £4.21 Link

MG144-PH06 Type 333 Lazer Pylon

Direct price: £4.90 Only-Games: £6.52 Link Shapeways: £12.29 Link

MG144-PH07 Phystyulon Infantry Platoon (24)

MG144-PH07A Phystyulon Strider Soldier Platoon(24)

Only-Games: £5.31 Link Shapeways: £19.20 Link

Only-Games: £6.59 Link Shapeways: £26.55 Link

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Photos of Replicator 2 and Prusa versions, save for the infantry (VPN and unpainted resin) and the HU-946 Rocket cycles (resin). I’m not terribly happy with the Phystyulon fighters as they came out from the Replicator, I think, and they will be among the next batch of resin I’ll be putting in hopefully in the next couple of weeks, and there are Soviet and Dwarf troops to come.

So. Next month will be the Wodefs and sci-fi miscellany, i.e. any little bit and pieces and small ranges. The final elenthnars in the form of the Xygritts are slated for February, along with the Soviet Remnant, and the Zirakthargûm Divinity starship and ground force in March. the Royal Elven Army I’m not sure about yet, but might be January (but really, it depends on what other stuff gets done in the meantime) or might be April or later, we’ll see.

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