Incom1138 said:

I dunno! Curious, I went onto Knoble Knight to check out the prices/variety of the existing Wings of War aircraft. There are quite a few! Seemed like pretty much any WWI ace who was anyone at all is represented. With that in mind, assuming (big "if," there) the game becomes a hit, I would not be at all surprised to see all the known pilots appear (Baron Fel, too!). The only fly in the ointment there is that visually an X-Wing doesn't have as much to differentiate one from another as those colorful old planes.

 Yes, that's why I think (and hope) that they can do cards for pretty much everybody. Then you just plonk him into your ship, be it an X-wing, A-wing, or whatever, and voila - your mini just became a different mini.

The cards we've seen so far (who are all no-name characters) specifically list the ship they pilot on the card - e.g. the 'Rookie Pilot' card says 'X-wing' on it, as does the 'Obsidian Pilot' say TIE Fighter. It's my hope that the Luke Skywalker card (and many/all subsequent unique characters) won't have any ship listed... so if you have the points to spend, you can drop Wedge Antilles into a B-wing, and go nuts.

All of what you've been saying (about these "templates" or whatever) dovetails in with the WoW system. F'rinstance, I saw the WWII Early Years set, which comes with three fighters (ME109, Hurricane & Spitfire), but the description says you can play six ships with the set. That tells me each bird comes with two different options that can be mixed up. The Template System (did I do that?) is definitely the way to go for allowing a wide variety of options for a single fighter miniature.

 Awesome. That gives me hope. While I admit that every ship you buy having a card for Luke, Wedge, Han, Chewie, Janson, Zev, and Bob The Guy Who Fixes The Photocopier could be a little tedious, knowing that there are at least two options for each ship eases my mind a bit. I do not want to have to buy Luke's X-wing, and Wedge's X-wing, and Biggs's X-wing, and Porkins's X-wing...

IG-58 said:

I wouldn't have any problem with them getting creative with colour schemes, nose art and sundry markings.

In particular I'd like an X-Wing wearing invasion stripes:-

And all ships look better with a shark mouth.

Even Imperial fighters could have some decoration, based on a development of Clone Armour Markings:-

Dare I suggest an all red TIE Avenger?

X-Wing with invasion stripes. A-wing with tigershark markings... and there already IS a TIE Interceptor scheme in red; was used by the Imperial Guard! All kidding aside, we might see that particular one.

Oh yeah: HA! There is an aftermarket decal sheet made by JBot for the Ertl Naboo N-1, and it actually does include targershark markings. FUN! However, I made mine a blue customs/police ship instead.

Well they did a die cast of the Republic gunship with the shark face:

And many of the X-wings had customized markings, so the precedent is out there in other SW ship lines.  I wouldn't mind a bit of variety of the ship paint schemes as long as they don't overdo it Hasbro-style.

Incom1138 said:

Thats were costume makers will come in

I. J. Thompson said:

Your not going to get half the pilots you named like Porkins, Biggs, Janson, Chewie. Those generic named pilots we saw on the cards are actually using the appearance of named characters. 

plokoon9619 said:

Assuming the cards we saw are the final product.  Sounds like demo version of the game was not final, and there could be differences from what we saw in the demo and the final product.

plokoon9619 said:

Again, that suits me just fine, for the most part. Like, I consider myself pretty well-versed in my (movie) X-wing pilots - I can tell you who 'Dutch' and 'Pops' are, for instance. But those two dudes on the cards are unknowns to me. And using photos, they had to put somebody on the cards, after all. I'm cool with having a few options, but not every single guy in the movies. After all, how different could their stats be, anyway?

 Regarding alternate color schemes Star Wars PocketModels actually set something of a precedent by using different colors and pattern overlays on many of the fighters.  While these are not the best pics, I hope you can see the color patterns on these ships (or search for the Taanab Yellow Aces A-Wings or Nova Squadron B-Wings).

I'm really hoping for at least 2 X-Wings and 4 Tie Fighters. That or there had better be a LOT of tokens and cards and a very nice playing mat because otherwise this doesn't look worth the money.

I really hope this game is awesome. *keeps my fingers crossed hopefully*

DragonWhimsy said:

The WoW Deluxe Set includes 4 plane models and costs 70$ (and doesn't include a game mat).

Now guess, how many models the X-Wing box can realistically include!

You can't possibly have enough tactical variety with 1 X-Wing and 2 Tie Fighters. The quality of the miniatures had better be the best I've ever seen then because you almost HAVE to buy 2 starter sets.

That or Amazon had better have a really nice discount.

I honestly would be fine with a simple poster starfield. Or cardboard. I don't need a fancy mousepad type material.