Why are the figurines grey?

[devxx]

they come grey in the board game so you can paint them so why aren't they already painted in the digital game? looks odd. also, someone asked why the Map Colors option doesn't seem to do anything but no one answered him. does it do anything or will it eventually? also, when you start a new game you get to pick a Player Mat (Industrial, Engineering, etc) for each player. what does that do?

-> while i'm on the topic may as well mention that i understand it's not like that in the board game but it would look MUCH nicer if the Mechs had not only their faction color but some other color highlights to give them some "personality". right now (in the videos anyway) they just look like a big blob of one color. you have so many other nice colors in the game it would be nice if all the game pieces looked a nice.

i'm interested in this game and watching what few videos there are (the recent DGA one is a good one to watch) and i understand it's EA but that's my issue. i've invested in my share of EA flops that go unfinished so i'm wondering if they'll polish this thing up. thanks.

[tgb]

I think the difference in the mats is the order of the top actions and the costs of the bottom actions.

I'm the guy who posted about map colors, and it turns out I was wrong. The color of the map surrounding the board changes. I expected the board would change.

[mincore]

i had the same question on why the mini's were not "painted." Does this mean i have to go buy photoshop instead of Reaper Paints to add color to the mini's??

[sliptallica]

I'd love to see the mechs and characters painted. I'm hoping this is for a future release but already planned. The workers are already painted so it just looks weird. Plus it's sad going from painted irl to grey in digital where it should be easier.

[76561198392478228]

We plan to add optional painted versions of the characters, amongst many other things.
Read the roadmap to learn more: https://steamcommunity.com/games/718560/announcements/detail/3080907124162793316

[devxx]

Yippee ki-yay! i'm on the fence with this game as parts of it are pretty and other parts are ugly. the un-painted/un-textured figurines (main character, mechs, buildings) fall into the second category. i've stated before that i've had more than a few EA games abandoned unfinished so I wish these "optional painted versions" would appear before August. think of a car you're buying. sure, it's important that it's built well and drives smooth but you ALSO care allot about how it looks. so while this game might play well, it doesn't look as good as it should. here's my vote to bring in these painted options sooner rather than later. thanks!