The Book of Sentinel

[IAmBatman]

The Book of Sentinel

C3G MARVEL WAVE 1
RISE OF THE MUTANTS

Comic PDF

Mini PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Days of Future Past Collector Set set.
Its model number and name are #009 / Advanced Sentinel.

The figure used for this unit is a Heroclix figure from the Days of Future Past Collector Set set.
Its model number and name are #S01 / Sentinel Mark VII.

This Card and Figure below is to be used as a Sentinel proxy by gluing the joints and painting the entire figure in a blue and purple scheme of your choice. This proxy was chosen due to its affordable cost in comparison to the rare Sentinel figures listed above.

Spoiler Alert!

Alternate Mini PDF

Alternate comic PDF

The figure used for this unit is a Hasbro figure from the Marvel Universe set.
Its model number and name are #1 / Iron Man.
Its model number and name are #9 / Iron Man [Stealth Armor].
Its model number and name are #33 / Iron Man [Silver Centurion].

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Character Bio - The Sentinels have a single purpose: find, capture, and eliminate all mutants. Built by anti-mutant anthropologist Bolivar Trask, the Sentinels are massive, three-story tall machines, capable of flight, damage resistance, mutant tracking, energy manipulation, and more. Opponents of the X-Men, the Brotherhood, and more, these unstoppable machines were designed to work in swarms, finding mutants, surrounding them, and adapting to new situations. However, these machines turned on Trask, and were defeated by the X-Men. Since then, countless new models, updates, and redesigns have brought the Sentinels back, under the control of Bolivar’s son Larry, Stephen Lang, Sebastian Shaw, and often times Master Mold, a giant machine that acts as a mobile Sentinel factory.

In the “Days of Future Past,” the Sentinels grow powerful enough to conquer the entire United States – clearly, the threat they pose not only to mutants, but to humanity itself, is a grave one.
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-Rulings and Clarifications-

• Base Clarification: Sentinel is a double-based figure.

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-Combinations and Synergies-

Incoming Synergy:

• As a Sentinel, Sentinel has these Sentinel Synergies.
• As a Marvel figure, Sentinel has these Marvel Synergies.
• As an Android, Sentinel has these Android Synergies.
• As a figure with Super Strength, Sentinel has these Super Strength Synergies.
• As a Huge figure, Sentinel has these Huge Synergies.

Outgoing Synergy:

• When a Sentinel is within 4 clear sight spaces of a Mutant, you may add 2 to your initiative roll with Mutant Detection special power. Current Mutants.
• Sentinel may move other Sentinels you control with the Mutant Alert special power and give turns to other Sentinels you control with the Sentinel Networking special power. Current Sentinels.

Immunities, Benefits, and Weaknesses:

• As an Android, Sentinel interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a Huge figure, Sentinel interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Super Strength special power, Sentinel interacts differently with these special powers.
• As a figure with the Flying special power, Sentinel interacts differently with these special powers.

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-Strategy, Tactics and Tips-

• As an Android, Sentinel is immune to a number of special powers, such as Baron von Strucker's Death Spore Release. However, they also have certain vulnerabilities, such as Strucker's Satan's Claw Special Attack.

-Heroscapers Community Contributions-

• Hahma
• Griffin
• Velenne
• Rich10
• A tutorial on How to Modify the Ironman figure into a Sentinel
• Another tutorial on Custom Sentinels
• How to base a Sentinel

[Griffin]

NAME = SENTINEL


SPECIES = ANDROID
UNIQUENESS = UNCOMMON HERO
CLASS = HUNTER
PERSONALITY = RELENTLESS

SIZE/HEIGHT = HUGE 20 (DOUBLE-SPACED)

LIFE = 4

MOVE = 4
RANGE = 4
ATTACK = 5
DEFENSE = 7

POINTS = 160

MUTANT DETECTION
If this Sentinel has at least one Mutant figure within 4 clear sight spaces of it, add 2 to your initiative roll.

MUTANT ALERT
After this Sentinel rolls attack dice against an opponent's Mutant figure, you may immediately move up to 3 other Sentinels you control that did not attack this turn up to 4 spaces each.

SENTINEL NETWORKING
After revealing an Order Marker on this card, instead of taking a turn with this Sentinel, you may take a turn with any other Sentinel you control.

SUPER STRENGTH

FLYING

Spoiler Alert!

I have been wrapping my mind around this sentinel thing for a while, as I am sure all of us have. It is clear that we are doing the Large Sentinel that we are all familiar with for this set, and I think that is the best choice.
With the loved (iconic) sentinels in this set and then the common squads in the first wave, we are going to offer our game play tons of excitement in a sentinel faction.
Here is what I want to address though: the cost of the sentinel that we are doing is 20 to 40 dollars a piece, and I know that we are likely to want these guys to be common Heroes, that is the most obvious choice. With prices like this, it is going to either hurt our pockets tremendously or it is going to effect our game play in the aspect that we will not see these loved sentinels in combat.
My suggestion is this: we use the cheap humanoid sentinels for our future common release, we use the Large Sentinel-Clix for a large figure expansion and have him as Master Mold, and then we use an alternate figure for this Iconic Sentinel. If we can agree to this, we will be able to buy all of the figures we want, we will only have to buy one Master Mold, and we will have a large sentinel faction. I will also point out that the large sentinel clix figure is over 20 levels in height, and extremely difficult to base due to his leaning stance and extra weight up top.
If we do not do this, I don't see how we will ever be able to pull off a Master Mold custom, and that would be a crying shame.
This is the figure that I have found that I think would do the trick for the iconic sentinels in this set, and they only cost 75 cents to 4 dollars, he is about 13 levels in height. Depending on the faction that this figure is from, he can come in several colors, but there is a blue and purple faction.
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[IAmBatman]

The one thing that makes me very in favor of this move is that I don't know what other figure we'd ever use for Master Mold and I very much want to see him.
It doesn't help that I still haven't figured out how to properly base my Sentinel so the guy stands up! Now that we have this separate thread for the Sentinels, maybe GreyOwl can share some tips on that one ...

[Griffin]

The only thing I think we may need to customize on this Sentinel figure, is snapping off the rocket launcher on his shoulder, but I personally wouldn't mind it staying there either.

[GreyOwl]

I think we can suggest it in the rulebook as an alternate, cheaper figure for those that don't want to buy the real Sentinel figure. But I think the card should absolutely have the real Sentinel on it.

I wouldn't dwell on the cost too much. People that want to play the card but can't afford the figure will proxy.

[IAmBatman]

So what figure do you see us using for Master Mold, then?

[GreyOwl]

Can't we use the same Sentinel figure, possibly repainted?

[IAmBatman]

I'm not sure if we want to call for repainting as a necessity for using the figure. Also, shouldn't Master Mold be larger than a normal sentinel?
I really like Griffin's idea as a way of having a three tiered Sentinel "faction" with the small common ones as common squads, the ones he put up as common heroes, and the expensive large hard to rebase one as a unique hero Master Mold.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Can't we use the same Sentinel figure, possibly repainted?

Master Mold is so much bigger though, and are you really suggesting repainting as oppose to just buying a cheaper appropriate figure? I am kinda shocked by that actually. Heroscape is about buying cheap minis that are prepainted.

[Griffin]

Bat ninja!

[Balantai]

The problem I have is that regular Sentinels are huge. I would rather proxy a large figure than use the small Sentinels.

[IAmBatman]

And we're using proxied figures anyway, even if some are official Marvel proxies and some aren't, they're both still proxies, so I think we can allow ourselves some flexibility where it's reasonable to.