On the other hand ,and thank you so much for the link Waspinator, all of the ZOD stuff on the same page is in scale for regular Battletech. A company of mechs for 9 bucks plus shipping- I'm feeling a Russian themed mercenary unit coming on!
Gitzbitah wrote: Lol! good point, none of what I provided would help with that. The Madcat and Vulture might be Armorcast, or the Joyride models. I do not know the source of the rest.
That might be one of them. Good luck, those look awesome and are very rare and exotic scales!
The kit you first linked to is a pirated copy of a BT design, scaled up and adapted to the Tehnolog (who I assume is the producer) preferred ball-and-socket assembly system.
The link above is the die cast line produced by JoyRide for WizKids when they were also doing the mechwarrior clix game. As fair as I know the DIY kits like the above are exactly the same parts (possibly different paint?) as the ones that were sold like action figures fully assembled.
I think they're some of the best BT toys/models ever made. I have Legionnaire, Forestry Mech and Mad Cat and they look great. They aren't all 28mm exactly, but will work fine if you're ok with not being exact to fluff.
The smaller Reaper CAV's are great also, some of which were originally sculpted as ""Not"-Battletech miniatures. Not as cheap as em4, but still about half the cost of comparable BT models.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: For what it's worth I've ordered from Soul Dark on eBay and their site with no trouble.
I got their BFG ships and they were fine casts, I can't be sure if they're recast or faithful recreations though
Aren't the BFG ships they sell the ones that were briefly advertised by GW but never made it to retail? wouldn't that make them more likely to be recreations ?
All those ships were sold by GW but some only for a short time as the models came heavily deformed and with a lot of miscasts (they said it were damaged molds and it would cost too much to do them again)
kodos wrote: All those ships were sold by GW but some only for a short time as the models came heavily deformed and with a lot of miscasts (they said it were damaged molds and it would cost too much to do them again)
Oh I see. The first time I looked at the site, I only saw the cruisers. Now I see some forgeworld recasts and one of the metal escorts.
So I came across a new mech from Joy Toy for their Dark Source toyline today. I haven't seen any preorders for it just yet. Pics taken from Japanese fans on Twitter.
Wonder how big the pilots for the Joy Toy mechs are. The red suit ones from the page previous look like they might make good alternative Tau Crisis suits if they scale well enough.
Fenriswulf wrote:Wonder how big the pilots for the Joy Toy mechs are. The red suit ones from the page previous look like they might make good alternative Tau Crisis suits if they scale well enough.
The pilots/soldiers are around 8cm - 10cm, give or take depending on the figure. They're small, but quite a bit bigger than 40k figures. They're in scale with Kotobukiya's Hexa Gear and Tomy's old 1/24 Zoids though.
Smokestack wrote:That metal scheme on in the last pic is awesome. Do you have a link to where I could get one?
Fenriswulf wrote:Wonder how big the pilots for the Joy Toy mechs are. The red suit ones from the page previous look like they might make good alternative Tau Crisis suits if they scale well enough.
The pilots/soldiers are around 8cm - 10cm, give or take depending on the figure. They're small, but quite a bit bigger than 40k figures. They're in scale with Kotobukiya's Hexa Gear and Tomy's old 1/24 Zoids though.
Smokestack wrote:That metal scheme on in the last pic is awesome. Do you have a link to where I could get one?
Fenriswulf wrote:Wonder how big the pilots for the Joy Toy mechs are. The red suit ones from the page previous look like they might make good alternative Tau Crisis suits if they scale well enough.
The pilots/soldiers are around 8cm - 10cm, give or take depending on the figure. They're small, but quite a bit bigger than 40k figures. They're in scale with Kotobukiya's Hexa Gear and Tomy's old 1/24 Zoids though.
Ahhh darn. I guess the search for alternative Crisis Suits goes on then.
Special Artizan Service Miniature's new 1/50th scale GMV Flyer looks just the part for a sci-fi vehicle. Its not as small as the 1/56th scale vehicles many use for 28mm wargaming, so may be suitable for Warhammer scale figures, as some sort of human vehicle. I'm thinking possible Imperial Guard, or rather in more of a civilian role - painted up in Adeptus Arbite colours, or in games of Necromunda. It is a real vehicle, about to see use by American SOCOM units, but looks sci-fi in that District 9 kind of way personally.
1/50th is one of those scales which is too large for 28mm gaming using proportionate human figures, but the market demands that's what's used for 28mm modern gaming (as opposed to 1/56th WWII gaming). So we have a load of companies producing 1/50th scale vehicles for that purpose (Butlers Printed Models, Blitzkrieg Models, Empress Miniatures, Spectre Miniatures, etc).
Whilst 1/50th vehicles are too large for 28mm miniatures, they may be more suitable for 40K. 40K models are a tad taller than 28mm moderns, though definitely much wider, which the hatches and doorways of 1/50th vehicles may be more suitable for. Its probably why many Bolt Action players want 1/50th scale vehicles for playing their WWII games with - those models too are "Heroic Scale", so look small compared to the access points on the vehicles (though whilst they have the width of 1/48th scale models, they don't have the height, so wind up looking like Dwarves).
I'd probably say that between the 1/35th and 1/50th kits, stick with the 1/50th ones for 40K. They'll look weird compared to the actual Games Workshop models, as those go overboard on the size of access points and guns, but fit in well if you're wanting to go for a slightly more realistic looking miniature. Personally if I were ever to pick up the game again (and didn't scratch build the vehicles) I'd use stuff like the Primaris Space Marines, paired with 28mm Perry Miniatures and 1/50th scale vehicles (with Aquilas painted on the side) for an Imperial force.
1/35th works better for conversions and Orky vehicles I think. Though the artillery tractor in question is weird enough that with a bit of work it could still not look too out of place even in that larger scale (who's to say an Ogryn isn't driving it on some Agri World). I'd probably tear off the cab and replace it with a boxier one which was better scaled to the drivers (which yeah, is difficult given how out of scale Games Workshop's models usually) are, but it wouldn't as out of place as other vehicles.
If a "Metal Puzzle" is what I think it is, that tank comes as a flat sheet of die-cut metal that you have to clip out, bend, and assemble, kinda like this. That seems like an awful lot of work for a gaming model.
I have returned from the ports of the mysterious orient with my holds stuffed to the bulwarks with spices and silks!
My big sighting on this trip East was the line of Ultraman ships in 1/72 (a bit small for 40k unless you convert to hide scale-specific details) filled with classic retro designs that won't be too familiar to most players.
Joy Toy has put out a bunch of new preorders for October through December. Aside from a slew of new infantry squads and individuals (all quite cool looking, too), they are releasing a new mech, the Zeus Machine Armor
as well as three fully articulated and wearable exo-skeletons that come with operators.
I suspect the exo-skeletons may be of interest to some on here for conversions.
A converters paradise at a very reasonable price. Could be used to make any number of larger type aircraft for 40k, especially stand-ins for Tau flyers.
They're approximately 13.5cm long, no idea on the width. But definitely useful for people who want to use them for conversions. You also get two per pack, so they're pretty cheap to get a hold of. The missile pods (seen below) can be opened up to find a group of missiles, which could also be used for conversions.
Ahhh thank you for this! And even if you don't like the constructed style, for the individual panels alone you have an immense amount of workable material for making your own conversions.
A converters paradise at a very reasonable price. Could be used to make any number of larger type aircraft for 40k, especially stand-ins for Tau flyers.
I have that one, and it is a truly gorgeous model.
Some recent 1/60 Arm Slaves from the Full Metal Panic! series have been produced by Bandai. Really great looking mecha, close in size to a Riptide battlesuit.
They have a more subdued aesthetic than most Gundam mecha, spare the Laevatein. I could see some sweet tau conversions or even Knights, who knows.
The Savages aren't from Bandai. They're Good Smile Company. They're also plastic models, don't need painting or gluing, and are 1/60 scale though. They also have a green variant coming out in January.
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Unbelieveably I don't have pics of my painted gun cutters, but I sense they will soon receive a 3rd ship...
Unfortunately, after looking at this picture of that Death Star model in hand (intended as a scale shot, I'm sure), all I can see now is a Death Star painted like a Pokeball.
Tannhauser42 wrote: Unfortunately, after looking at this picture of that Death Star model in hand (intended as a scale shot, I'm sure), all I can see now is a Death Star painted like a Pokeball.
Which is awesome enough that I had in on a T-shirt.
looks like it would work either as a 40K train or if you left off the buffers (and maybe the wheels although they aren't really visible) etc it could do as a snazzy anitigrav primeris gun tank equivelent
looks like it would work either as a 40K train or if you left off the buffers (and maybe the wheels although they aren't really visible) etc it could do as a snazzy anitigrav primeris gun tank equivelent
Or mount upside down on a 2Liter bottle for a snazzy steampunk zeppelin gondola.
Can't tell from the link. It's just a large number of photos of the same display. I'd think that if it could, they'd have one of the other modes on display. On the other hand, the box art highlights both the humanoid mode and the fighter mode. So maybe it can?
At the very least, I noticed that there's some articulation of the fingers. So if they put that much effort into it, it would seem likely that it could transform. Again, though, I can't say.
Can't tell from the link. It's just a large number of photos of the same display. I'd think that if it could, they'd have one of the other modes on display. On the other hand, the box art highlights both the humanoid mode and the fighter mode. So maybe it can?
At the very least, I noticed that there's some articulation of the fingers. So if they put that much effort into it, it would seem likely that it could transform. Again, though, I can't say.
I have one of the old 20+ years, alpha fighters that does, so I was wondering.
More than likely it will transform. It looks like it has hinges on its kneepads. This thing is going to be expensive, so I expect that for the price, it will transform.
Exactly, a 4"~5" Super Star Destroyer for $13. The site says 4" but it looks and inch or more longer than the SD, so I think 5" (BFG battleship size) is about right.
I'm a fan ... and also tinkering with AdMech stuff, so maybe that's where my 'limited to 20 per person' of these end up
That's from the newest Zoids line-- my son is a fan. Be aware that the toy comes unpainted-- all the lines and stuff have to be added with Gundam markers. Apparently there's a community of Zoids customizers here...
I'm a fan ... and also tinkering with AdMech stuff, so maybe that's where my 'limited to 20 per person' of these end up
That's from the newest Zoids line-- my son is a fan. Be aware that the toy comes unpainted-- all the lines and stuff have to be added with Gundam markers. Apparently there's a community of Zoids customizers here...
Star Wars: Legion's AT-ST is larger than the 1/48th scale kits. The model kits out there are indeed cheaper, but out of scale for anything other than terrain unless everyone's using the same size of figures. Something no doubt done deliberately by Fantasy Flight to curtail people buying 3rd party models.
I have the Bandai AT-ST, and if you didn’t have the FFG version set right next to it, you wouldn’t know the difference. I’ve actually reached for and grabbed it twice before I realized I had the wrong one - only because of the base.
Huh... I have that Viking ship currently under construction, bought for me by my wife about 10 years ago. Looks like they've just re-released the same kit, but with glow-in-the-dark paint!
I think the ghost ship version predates the regular version actually and it's something they keep re-releasing every few years, either as a normal kit or the spoopy version.
I am looking to get my hands on a 1/100 Gusion to turn into a Tau Stormsurge, but I have seen pictures of 1/100 Strike Gundam's which look to be the same kind of height of a Imperial Knight from what I can recall.
Speaking about height and sizing for Gundam models to compare to GW offerings, I purchased a 1/144 scale Tieren Ground Type. Cost me about $15AUD, including shipping with a variety of other items I purchased from Japan. I have assembled it and it looks like it would be a good stand-in for a Tau Riptide.
Here are the size stats for the model
Height 13.7cm, standing as straight as it can
Width 10cm, shoulderpad to shoulderpad
8cm arm to arm, removing shoulderpads
Torso width 5cm, including shoulders
Torso depth 5cm, including backpack
Torso height 4cm, to top of head
Leg length 8.5cm
Thigh length 3.5cm
Lower leg length 5cm
Arm length 6cm
Upper arm length 2.5cm
Lower arm length 3.5cm, including hand
Foot length 4.8cm, width 1.7cm at widest part
Weapon length is 7.7cm, 1cm wide on one side, 2cm on the other including the drum mag
Anyone have a Riptide on hand they can measure to see how close to the above dimensions it is, and share it here?
If you used this model all you'd need to add is a jetpack, which could be easily modified onto the existing backpack, some suitable weapons, a shield unit (I will be using an Antares Concord drone for mine), and any other additions you feel are necessary to show upgrades purchased for the model. The price per unit is fantastic, and the kit goes together like a dream. It will require very little filling or sanding, and is also brilliant because it's fully poseable. This allows you the option to just magnetise the feet and pose how you like each time you play with it, only requiring a base that magnets will stick to to make it work.
Edit: Another bonus is that because Gundam kits use polycaps, it's easy enough to switch around parts from one to another to get the desired look you are after. I am looking into using a few different kits to come up with stand-in's for the XV 107 and XV 107 models from Forgeworld. As an added benefit there are a ton of both official and aftermarket kits to help get you the weapon or add-on piece you are after for your kit. It's a converters/detailers paradise, and best of all the add-ons don't cost a whole lot to purchase. I am also using brass flat beads, tubes, half-pearl plastic beads, metal beads and a bunch of other scrap-booking and jewelry making bits to help detail the parts, and these are even cheaper to purchase.
As soon as I come up with something cool I'll let you all know.
If you've not been Mandarake is a chain of HUGE 2nd hand manga/model/CD/DVD shops around Japan. Their shop outside Tokyo (Nagano) is basically the size of a mall. Their shop in Osaka has a full sized woolly mammoth skeleton. And the staff do cosplay karaoke while you shop.
Japan is the land of obsessive fans and small storage space so there is a lot of stuff there for flea market prices. Real collectors items will get collector item prices but most stuff is pretty cheap.
Some of the translations are a bit dodgy, the familiar Macross Destroids for example are listed as Macross Destroyed, so try a few search terms.
My package got held for a week in customs but other than that no problem. Shipping was about $12.
Worth a window shop even if you don't buy anything.
I miss Mandarake so much. Too far of ride from the sticks of Niigata to get to the closest store.
They used to have a shop though in Torrance in the early 2000s I would frequent as often as I could. Spent a ton of money there and probably made just as much off of them flipping stuff I'd picked up in Japan or off eBay. I know my obscure Go Nagai manga quite well!
I spent way too much time looking through their website. Sadly a lot of the stuff from both my childhood and early internet days is selling for a heck of a lot more than I used to pay for it.
If more of those garish old Aoshima, Arii, or Imai kits were in the sub 500 yen range (rather than the 30,000+ they want) I'd pick up quite a lot of them.
Hobby Link Japan has the new 1/144 "2001: A Space Odyssey" Discovery XD-1 in stock at the moment. When fully assembled it will be over a meter long and has a display stand to go along with it. For the size of the model, the price is actually pretty damn good, and would be great either kept as is, or used as a base for conversion. I am becoming more and more impressed with the kinds of models being created these days, as well as how detailed they are.
Macross Destroids and Zentradi are being reissued for Feb 2020.
I have the 1/200 Monster from the last reissue (actually 3... unpainted... mistakes were made... let's not dwell on the past) it's a great kit about the size of a 40k Chimera.
BobtheInquisitor wrote: I still have 20 warehouse days left on my new/reissued Glaug apparently. And one Monster. Not sure if I need anything else from this line.
Now, if they started selling some 1/144ish Invid, that would get me in trouble.
Hope you're not following the Robotech Miniatures group then.
Just a quick heads up! Maschinen Kreiger are doing Gashapon thing for pretty cheap (out here at least, not sure about shipping out of 日本) and scale nicely with 40k stuff (1/35 I think) I stuck mine on a 35mm base, bc I wasn't sure how big it would be, and tbh I think 40mm-50?60?65? might look a bit better. The pilot heads are really easy to just whick off and replace, and the models, though detailed, are really easy to work with, and kinda unadorned, so it's not to hard to clap on some bits and goth them up, or just leave 'em deisel punk-y.
posermcbogus wrote: Just a quick heads up! Maschinen Kreiger are doing Gashapon thing for pretty cheap (out here at least, not sure about shipping out of 日本) and scale nicely with 40k stuff (1/35 I think) I stuck mine on a 35mm base, bc I wasn't sure how big it would be, and tbh I think 40mm-50?60?65? might look a bit better. The pilot heads are really easy to just whick off and replace, and the models, though detailed, are really easy to work with, and kinda unadorned, so it's not to hard to clap on some bits and goth them up, or just leave 'em deisel punk-y.
Ooh! Do you have any photos you could share?
I've never been able to find a good source for Gashapon that would give me a price for shipping before asking me to pay here stateside.
posermcbogus wrote: Just a quick heads up! Maschinen Kreiger are doing Gashapon thing for pretty cheap (out here at least, not sure about shipping out of 日本) and scale nicely with 40k stuff (1/35 I think) I stuck mine on a 35mm base, bc I wasn't sure how big it would be, and tbh I think 40mm-50?60?65? might look a bit better. The pilot heads are really easy to just whick off and replace, and the models, though detailed, are really easy to work with, and kinda unadorned, so it's not to hard to clap on some bits and goth them up, or just leave 'em deisel punk-y.
Ooh! Do you have any photos you could share?
I've never been able to find a good source for Gashapon that would give me a price for shipping before asking me to pay here stateside.
No problem! These lil boyos are about 円500, but I picked mine up in Osaka, which isn't super close. As you can see, he's pretty tall, but I think it works. I think the other kits in the range are a smidge larger, but the detail is utterly beautiful. I'm adding mine to my inquisition warband, but I could easily see them being useful to guard, stealer cults etc.
I haven't seen any in stores for quite a few years. Naturally the few times I encountered them in the wild I'd never have any coins with me.
Hmm, couldn't say I'm afraid - they aren't being promo'd in any of the hobby magazines I get, and I legit only picked this one up because the GF agreed to a half-day of nerd nonsense in Denden town (to be fair, I've not encountered anyone better at bullet hell arcade games than her ) I'll keep an eye out for more info, esp at my various local dork shops, but I honestly don't know if these are a new wave, or the dregs of the last one. They're very nice though, I reccommend anyone curious about Maschinen Kreiger to pick one up, if you can find them for a reasonable price. BY FAR one of the better Gacha that I've ever encountered.
It's good to see new plastic kits coming out from SNK's Metal Slug franchise.
Posted on the World War Toons facebook page
(Meng makes the WWT chibi kits so this might mean they're going to be doing metal slug too, but i'm not certain...… Whoever ends up behind the kits I want them both for my chibi collection, and potentially as conversion fodder for Grotz & Orkz
It's good to see new plastic kits coming out from SNK's Metal Slug franchise.
Posted on the World War Toons facebook page
(Meng makes the WWT chibi kits so this might mean they're going to be doing metal slug too, but i'm not certain...… Whoever ends up behind the kits I want them both for my chibi collection, and potentially as conversion fodder for Grotz & Orkz
I was just going to post the same thing.
Pics for the work blocked.
It's a Chinese ad, so divide prices by 7 for USD prices.
1:1500 'Galaxy Express 999 Another Story Ulitmate Journey'
Kit Features:
Parts: 158
Base Kit: HCW05 plus parts from 64724
Model Size: 337 x 164mm
Marking: Space pirate battleship ARCADIA Third ship
OrlandotheTechnicoloured wrote: 1:1500 'Galaxy Express 999 Another Story Ulitmate Journey'
Kit Features:
Parts: 158
Base Kit: HCW05 plus parts from 64724
Model Size: 337 x 164mm
Marking: Space pirate battleship ARCADIA Third ship
now what excuse could I come up with to get this
Coz it is damn pretty!
I was fortunate enough to grab one last time I was in Japan.
Can't recommend it enough.
lasgunpacker wrote: $20.89 at Hobbylinc Kyoto... so for a measly $100 you could have your rural spaceport.
5x Eagles (plus whatever Star Wars/Trek models I have)
Reaper shipping crates
Dust quanset huts
a crane from a construction toy
some picture frames or plates to serve as landing pads
Toy trucks, fork lifts, etc
OMG someone stop me now...
Hey 2015 me... I think it's going to happen in 2020.
Anyone seen these, plastic modular hangers for Gundam/Transformers etc. There are several out there. I got some in Hong Kong years ago but it looks like they've been upping their game.
Ok so I picked up some of Mig's mecha painting guides in the black friday sale and after reading them decided to get a Gundam kit to try out some of the techniques.
I never really got into the show and know nothing about gunpla so after 5min research into the grades I did what every modern shopper does and hit up amazon.
Based purely on looks and price I ended up with RG 1/144 Tallgeese for £24, not sure what I was expecting for that price but going to be honest it was not a dozen sprues of coloured plastic that clips together better than GW stuff glues together that will make a Riptide proxy.
Very happy and now looking for more of the RG kits to pick up in the new year.
Also as an aside in one of the MIG books they build the 40k orc bomber kit and describe it as " GW produce crude and relatively featureless kits with poor fit and execution, that can be saved with a lot of work if you like the chaotic aesthetic" lol jewel like objects indeed.
SeanDrake wrote: Also as an aside in one of the MIG books they build the 40k orc bomber kit and describe it as " GW produce crude and relatively featureless kits with poor fit and execution, that can be saved with a lot of work if you like the chaotic aesthetic" lol jewel like objects indeed.
Honestly, seeing what he's comparing them to, well.. he's not wrong.
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Gallahad wrote: Once you put together a nice gunpla kit, it is really hard to view GW kits in the same light.
When you see full, working internals in a sprue, already assembled, it's kind of like "what magic is this"?
Thats not really a surprise, Bandai have probably invested more money into their plastic injection molding technology than GW make in a year and the RG line is probably the epitome of that, and they can do this because Gundam is billion dollar per year franchise.
I feel that that MIG comparison is a bit unfair though. Bandai are building display pieces that you can have a bit of fun with in their posing and the various features help with that, GW are making models that are to be used in games and require a certain level of robustness.
But than GW always claims certain things and want to be seen as the Luxury Product among Fantasy and SciFi Miniatures that can be used for gaming too.
Comparing them with deticated display models they lose in every aspect.
So if people do not play with those models in the first place they are not worth the money as you can get better stuff if you just like building/painting and want to put it in the shelf.
If you're thinking of the Mobile Suit in Action toys from about a decade ago, don't bother. They're mostly a rubbery PVC that does not take paints well.
If you're going to go the route of using Gundam stuff in 40k, use the model kits.
SeanDrake wrote: Ok so I picked up some of Mig's mecha painting guides in the black friday sale and after reading them decided to get a Gundam kit to try out some of the techniques.
I never really got into the show and know nothing about gunpla so after 5min research into the grades I did what every modern shopper does and hit up amazon.
Based purely on looks and price I ended up with RG 1/144 Tallgeese for £24, not sure what I was expecting for that price but going to be honest it was not a dozen sprues of coloured plastic that clips together better than GW stuff glues together that will make a Riptide proxy.
Very happy and now looking for more of the RG kits to pick up in the new year.
Also as an aside in one of the MIG books they build the 40k orc bomber kit and describe it as " GW produce crude and relatively featureless kits with poor fit and execution, that can be saved with a lot of work if you like the chaotic aesthetic" lol jewel like objects indeed.
Check out the RG Sinanju Kit sometime. The box is like double the size of the regular boxes. The gold trim is molded that way, not painted after the fact for the box. Unfortunately mine is still sitting the the box, with alot of other Gunpla needing to be built.
Barzam wrote: If you're thinking of the Mobile Suit in Action toys from about a decade ago, don't bother. They're mostly a rubbery PVC that does not take paints well.
If you're going to go the route of using Gundam stuff in 40k, use the model kits.
. Thats because they come painted and fully assembled. They don’t need paint just a base
Automatically Appended Next Post: Also they’re painted far better than most wargamers can. Even have a wash
just poked my head into this thread looking for alternate models for my tau idea, primarily riptides and stormsurges...
and im utterly blown away by some of the potentials in here. especially the 1/144 scale Tieren Ground Type. prices i can definately enjoy far more, and good looks at that!
I've never been all that big on the mech genre, preferring fantasy normally, but im enjoying these models a LOT more than what id have them stand in for, and anything that reminds me of Zaku models with that one eye? even better! please do keep this up folks!
Hobby Link Japan has two potentially useful kits up for a February release:
https://www.hlj.com/cn373-cargo-truck-iron-ore-truck-menmms-006 https://www.hlj.com/1-100-scale-cargo-truck-cn114-03-menmms-001 Two sci-fi construction/cargo vehicles by Meng Models, both hailing from some strange Chinese film in which the earth is flying around outer space. No dimensions are listed on the HLJ site yet, but whilst one of these has no scale listed but the other is stated to be 1/100, so maybe they both are? 1/100 is probably too small for 40K, but I suppose it depends how big the "real" vehicle is.
Those trucks were huge in the movie, so I expect these to be quite large, too. 1/100 though is 15mm, so probably not going to work too well with 40k.
Interestingly, if you do happen to want one of those trucks and you are a 15mm gamer, there is a cheaper, probably better scaled option. Mech Fan Toys, a Chinese toy company that makes knockoffs of other 3rd party unofficial Transformers, Takara's Diaclone, and their own original Transformer and Diaclone compatible toys just so happens to have a Diaclone compatible toy of that truck coming out. It's scaled down to better fit the toys and has a lot of play features, including functioning as the legs to an upcoming giant robot. It's also likely to cost significantly less.
Round 2 officially announced the Galileo Shuttle durring a podcast today (January 31, 2020). The kit will be 1:32 and about 11 inches long. It will not have an interior, but they hope to offer something special, such as some resin figures.
They also showed a new test shot of the upcoming 1:1000 scale Enterprise from Star Trek Discovery. The kit will be about 18 inches and is designed to be lighted. There will be a separate light kit.
Here’s the first look at the Impala from Supernatural, coming in June
And we also got to see the Eagle II with the lab pod. This is a big 22 inch kit.
The pod cast was hosted by Jamie Hood. He mentioned they may do another large Trek kit in the future, but it would be 2021 or 2022 before that happened. Also in development is another 1:1000 scale Trek kit, but it was too early to show. That may slip to 2021. Jamie wants to do more pod casts in the future.
I’ll post more images later.
I am a big fan of boxy shuttles, and at 11" the Galileo might be big enough to convert to a Rhino/Chimera carrier. Oh happy day!
Play us out Freddy!
Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Figaro!
Now if someone would just make the original Galactica shuttle in plastic...
I'm trying to find a model of the Voyager "speedboat" style shuttlecraft. The extremely aerodynamic looking one. I could have sworn I saw someone making one 20 years ago, but I can't find any details these days.
cuda1179 wrote: I'm trying to find a model of the Voyager "speedboat" style shuttlecraft. The extremely aerodynamic looking one. I could have sworn I saw someone making one 20 years ago, but I can't find any details these days.
have you tried Federation Models, they have a lot.of garage kits and such.
I'm not criticizing, but why on Earth is an Alien Queen like that available at Walmart in this day and age. Is there a new Alien movie out that somehow went streaking past me while I was reading the news?
Speaking of news, I checked Google and it's a 35th anniversary edition. Makes sense.
Nurglitch wrote: I'm not criticizing, but why on Earth is an Alien Queen like that available at Walmart in this day and age. Is there a new Alien movie out that somehow went streaking past me while I was reading the news?
Speaking of news, I checked Google and it's a 35th anniversary edition. Makes sense.
If I had to guess it has more to do with the Disney/Fox merger, either someone in Fox trying to rake in some merchandising money before the merger (and impress the new bosses) or someone in Disney trying to monetize their new property as fast as possible.
There's also an Aliens APC for $20 or so that seems to scale well with 40k.
Found a company making stowage and other utility type stuff for Space 1999 and Star Trek. Could be of use for my space port projects or something like that.
These are now available to order, and have dimensions listed on their shop page. The (very expensive) 1/100 scale cargo truck is 56.6cm x 30.0cm x 14.5cm , while the more affordable iron ore truck is 23.1cm x 16.0cm x 9.2cm, so about half the size. I don't know if that makes it more like 1/200 or more like 1/50, but I think it might work at 40K scale as a big vehicle given that it's about three times the height of a human figure.
I don't like what they've done with the saucer. Every version of the NCC-1701 design prior to this has had perfectly vertical sides around the rim of the saucer. It's one of the classic design elements. Why'd they change it for Discovery?
This is an injection-plastic kit of a science-fiction/anime item.
The Allied Space Force heavy cruiser Cordoba from the 1983 anime film "Crusher Joe" gets a new model kit from Hasegawa! Captain Kowalski's ship features a finely molded bow and bridge area, with its complex shapes and dense panel lines accurately recreated. The hull parts are divided vertically, and adopt a structure that provides reliable assembly and strength. Glue is not necessary for assembly! The Cordoba's large turret can be rotated, and four assault boats, the Crusher Team's ship Minerva, and Fighter 1 and Fighter 2 are all included as well. A base for display is also included. Get this awesome ship for your own collection today!
[Mold Color]: Gray
[Size]: Approximately 32.8cm long, 9.4cm wide when completed
I'm assuming the $600 price tag is a place holder.
But if the 33cm length is right we're looking at almost a foot long. Not much use in BFG.
While I've enjoyed the original series, I'm surprised they're making Votoms stuff still, that show aired what, 35 years ago now? I dig the kit though, that's pretty awesome.
Vaktathi wrote: While I've enjoyed the original series, I'm surprised they're making Votoms stuff still, that show aired what, 35 years ago now? I dig the kit though, that's pretty awesome.
They keep making those kits for the same reason they keep making the Star Trek OST Enterprise models.
While the TV show was in the 80's, they were making OVAs in that setting up to 2011. It got the anime version of "TV show and a dozen movies" (hour or two hour mini serieses.)
I remember when Sailor Moon ended, it seems the next day her ever present face disappeared from the toy stores, supermarkets and book shops. It was like Stalin coming to power. Now it was all about Detective Conan or whatever.
But while a lot of Japanese pop culture is disposable it does seem there are some anime that are revered as classics.
I mean they're still making toys based on Lupin III. Macross and Voltoms both seem to be on that list.
Lupin keeps coming out with new stuff though. They just released a CG movie not too long ago and had a new tv series just a year or two ago.
Sailor Moon still has stuff being made, too. She hasn't gone away. She just doesn't seem to hold a candle to something like Evangelion when it comes to merchandising.
Quick question that maybe deserves its own thread elsewhere - is there a Gunpla equivalent sub-community to Inq28? I.E. Gunpla/mecha builders who focus more on kitbashing new mechs, preferably with an eye towards grittier and maybe more realistic modeling, i.e. adding weathering, battle damage, stowage, applique armor and the like, as opposed to building and painting them the way they are shown on the box?
Is there a term for this subcommunity (i.e. I can say "Inq28" to someone in this hobby and chances are they will know what I'm talking about, what would I say to a gunpla fan that would convey a similar meaning?)
Gunpla kits (at least the modern ones) are designed to not need painting or glueing to complete. Building a kit according to the instructions is referred to as a "straight build" or "out-of-box" (OOB) build. Anything more than that, from painting to kitbashing, is often called a "custom build" or just a "custom".
To answer your question, there are definitely modellers who do more realistic custom builds and use military modelling techniques like weathering etc. Some builders create works that have a deliberately gritty or diesel-punk style, but as far as I know there isn't a specific term for this style or those who build in it, at least not in English.
I think in terms of a comparable aesthetic tone, the gunpla equivalent of some-one like John Blanche would be Kazuhisa Kondo, Makoto Kobayashi or Kow Yokoyama (who created Maschinen Krieger).
If there was enough interest in the topic it would probably warrant a thread in Painting & Modelling.
Thanks for the leads Turaxa. I'm not super interested in the topic, I was just working on an Inq28 project and my mind started wandering and wondering if there were similar subcommunities in other miniature/model building fandoms. While I get that in many ways Inq28 is an extension of the John Blanche style, i feel like its somewhat driven by the same cultural current that has been driving OSR/Artpunk in the RPG community, so I wondered if it might extend further than that.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Edit: *REALLY* digging Kazuhisa Kondo
Yep, I have to have one. It's giving me "Lost in Space" vibes, and I like that.
Edit: Even better, more serious Nod "Reckoner" prototype vibes, which is fantastic. This is just what I was looking for as a troop carrier, thanks Kyoto!!!!
Anyone know where I can get big wheels for the front, and a similar track section for the back?
Zinge Industries has a wide selection of wheels and some track units, although i'd need to have the kit in hand to measure it to see what size stuff was needed
Yeah, the big tires on that page look perfect. I think the wide Military version would suit best. But yeah, I'll need the kit in hand first. And something to use as the tracks. I like the Zinge ones, but they don't really fit in as well.
Many thanks for the link, Orlando! I can definitely see myself using some pieces from there.
It might be easiest to plunder some track from a 1:35 or 1:48 kit, if you know a scale model builder they may well have spares
either rubber because they don't like them and buy upgrades to single links/link and length, or individual links as they are a pain to put together and the prefer single piece rubber
you can buy 1/35 and 1/48 track-links for 5-10€ which are meant to replace rubber tracks on scale models
depending on the track there would be enough for 2 models
Automatically Appended Next Post: you can buy 1/35 and 1/48 track-links for 5-10€ which are meant to replace rubber tracks on scale models
depending on the track there would be enough for 2 models
Yeah I am likely to use 1/35 M60A1 track, as it suits some of the other vehicles I am running. I'll see what I can scrounge up to use as sprockets and idlers, as well as return rollers and track rollers.
It's 0.5cm shorter in length, 1 cm thinner in width, but 3cm taller than a Rhino. I think with a bit of manipulation it would make a great replacement for the Forgeworld Repressor, which is what I think I will do. I already have the PuppetsWar Taurus "aka, Brick" to use as a Rhino, this will be a good way to differentiate.
what I was expecting to be on a slow boat from China was clearly on one of the rare planes so I thought you'd like to see the Meng Wandering Earth Truck (chibi edition) from further up the page next to a plague marine and the closest I've got to a rhino on my workbench (no track but the other dimensions are the same)
the truck is raised up about the amount it would be if the wheels were on (i'll need to keep them off for painting)
It's probably looks a touch small to be believable as a rhino substitute (and it's got a couple of doors that you'd want to modify or cover) but if all that matters to you is the footprint it's pretty good
but cool none the less, I may have to get another couple when they show up in the UK
Edit: Now I've started to prime this I've found that the windows (even glued in all the way round in addition to the 'snap' fit) are really not well enough anchored to take any pressure, like when trying to mask them for spray painting,
i'd recommend using some epoxy putty at each end to make sure they're well attached to the body before you close up the hull, it should be possible to do so without it being visible
More on the site, but in Japanese. Basically most are 1/200~1/100 and between $10-$20
I had one of those I turned into a demi respectable Space Wolf Dreadnaught a number of years ago. The arm cannons were cut an butchered into a ML and a power claw. I cut the top gun barrels back to be smoke launchers and I removed the ass-piece which was detachable. I assume this is a new model and will be built differently. Mine was a die metal body and legs with plastic arms and butt.
I eventually scrapped it because it looked more like a 2nd Ed Screamer-killer than a dreadnaught.
Kayback, you didn't modify a model. It sounds like you butchered one of the toys. There were NO models released of the monster that included diecast parts. That sounds like it was probably the Matchbox Monster toy, which was a repackaged Takatoku Destroid Monster. Either way, that thing was worth money! If you cut up and eventually threw out a Takatoku original... wow. The original Takatoku version goes for hundreds of dollars these days.
So, desecration of what many toy collectors consider to be a holy grail aside, this particular Monster model is just a reissue of the old kit from the 80s. Glue together, no poly caps, and generally not very good by today's standards. I wish Bandai would just make some new kits of Macross stuff besides Valkyries. Can you believe that the standard Regult battlepod has never been reissued? You can't tell me that a brand new Quedluun Rau model kit wouldn't sell like crazy.
For any fans in the thread of Ma.K/Maschinen Krieger, have they ever made smaller kits/models/figures at a wargaming scale? The smallest stuff I typically see is display model/old Inquisitor 54mm-ish scale so too big for a typical wargame. I've found some 3d models and remember the old AT-43/Dust lines but I'm curious if there is something more official. I also don't know much about the universe so I was curious if there is an easy to read site that gives a technical and visual breakdown of the power armor suits in the universe.
Barzam wrote: Yes, they released the 1/35 scale blind boxed figures way back in the early 2000s. There's also the gashapon mini models, which I believe are smaller.
Thanks as I wasn't aware of the gashapon models. Are these the ones you were referring to?
Poser McBogus showed one of the MaK gatchapon kits in this post. It looks about the same size as a primaris marine maybe? I have an unassembled one of these, perhaps the same one. If you want to search for them, the product information on the capsule mine came in is "kaiyodo / 35gatcha-nen / kow yokoyama world / vol20".
EDIT: I didn't see the above post before posting mine. That's definitely the same series that I have though, if not the same model.
They've done a few series of them, now. I've never come across them in the wild when I was in Japan, so I can't really speak to how big they are. Those are probably about as small as you're going to get with official models. I think maybe one of the Hasegawa vehicle kits had some small scale suits included as well. If you want smaller, you'll probably have to look into 3d printing. I know people have used the 1/35trading figures for 28mm gaming though.
The Lunadiver and Nutcracker both came with 1/35 SAFS units, and there are several by Aquamarine (Racoon). I think there were some Fireballs released in 1/35 as well. Wish I had time to follow more of the MaK series...was a fan since the mid-1980s...
Thanks for the replies. It looks like then in my niche case (something useable in 32mm figure tabletop gaming) that 3d printing would probably be the best bet.
I don't think they ever actually released them. I remember them claiming that part of the rules regarding the files was an NDA, which someone supposedly broke immediately.
Defiance Games gave us so, so much hobby douchery . I can’t think of a current company that is so amusing in its petty “can’t help myself” sleaziness.
I wouldn't look up Palladium Games then.
I got suckered into the Defiance egg suits. I found out what they had done to the Torn Asunder folks and e-mailed them to see if they could help when Defiance went silent. They essentially e-mailed me back to notify that Defiance was being liquidated and the sharks were already nibbling at the corpse. Then Defiance pulled that stunt with the "We'll give you the STLs", "then nuh-uh, someone spilled the beans!" They never did pay the 3D modeler for his work, though.
Been looking for a good egg suit model ever since, and don't have access to a 3D printer to print them myself.
warboss wrote: Thanks for the replies. It looks like then in my niche case (something useable in 32mm figure tabletop gaming) that 3d printing would probably be the best bet.
Where did you find this guy? Might just be the model that pushes me over the ledge into getting a resin printer.
Defiance Games gave us so, so much hobby douchery . I can’t think of a current company that is so amusing in its petty “can’t help myself” sleaziness.
I wouldn't look up Palladium Games then.
I got suckered into the Defiance egg suits. I found out what they had done to the Torn Asunder folks and e-mailed them to see if they could help when Defiance went silent. They essentially e-mailed me back to notify that Defiance was being liquidated and the sharks were already nibbling at the corpse. Then Defiance pulled that stunt with the "We'll give you the STLs", "then nuh-uh, someone spilled the beans!" They never did pay the 3D modeler for his work, though.
Been looking for a good egg suit model ever since, and don't have access to a 3D printer to print them myself.
I p,edged for both those kickstarters! Kevin got into some pretty deep sleaze, but came across more pathetic and desperate. Anyway, I'm surprised no one has made a "close enough" version of the hard suit in all this time. It seems like it would be right up Impact!'s alley.
warboss wrote: Thanks for the replies. It looks like then in my niche case (something useable in 32mm figure tabletop gaming) that 3d printing would probably be the best bet.
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Where did you find this guy? Might just be the model that pushes me over the ledge into getting a resin printer.
I found them on cults 3d for purchase and they're what prompted me to ask here about official models. The modeller has some FDM larger scale print samples of various designs but I'm not familiar with the universe to know about them.
I got suckered into the Defiance egg suits. I found out what they had done to the Torn Asunder folks and e-mailed them to see if they could help when Defiance went silent. They essentially e-mailed me back to notify that Defiance was being liquidated and the sharks were already nibbling at the corpse. Then Defiance pulled that stunt with the "We'll give you the STLs", "then nuh-uh, someone spilled the beans!" They never did pay the 3D modeler for his work, though.
Been looking for a good egg suit model ever since, and don't have access to a 3D printer to print them myself.
I second the overall shittiness of Palladium. Sorry to hear you were in on both as well. I followed the Defiance drama peripherally as I liked the egg suit design as well as some of their marines iirc.
I talked to the guy from Impact miniatures about potentially picking up the license for them. No idea how that is progressing though.
Also, thank you very much for the review, Orlando. It's exactly how I hoped it would be, and will require only a wheel and track addition from myself to get it looking the way I want it to. Cheers!
More for humor but, given my earlier question about Ma.K models, I thought I might post this probably old image that I first came across today. Maschinen Katzen.
What is the backstory with Palladium? I used to play Rifts and Beyond the Supernatural back in the late 80's - early 90's but haven't even thought of them in ages.
Phobos wrote: What is the backstory with Palladium? I used to play Rifts and Beyond the Supernatural back in the late 80's - early 90's but haven't even thought of them in ages.
I love to kvetch/whinge about Palladium but I don't think this Gundam in 40k thread is the proper place for that. If you start a new one over in the RPG subforum, I guarantee you'll get more than a virtual earful likely from lots of people.
I understand many of you will be skeptical from ordering from the like of aliexpress etc, and additionally, I am totally unaware if this is in fact a re-cast/ripoff of another IP so if it is, please delete.
Anyway, I was browsing yesterday for kits that can be donor walker/mech legs and came across this on aliexpress.
$23 with shipping and a good height. I intend to use it to inform how I am going to build my own legs structures out of other parts, including door hinges, nuts and bolts and wood etc, that I may cast as well then depending on cost of those parts.
Plan is for it to be part of a scrapper servitor mech that was working on salvage operations on a crashed ship. Sort of like a big penitent engine with the servitor pilot strapped to the front and then obviously wrecker style claws/hands/plasma torches etc
What has drawn me to the kit other than the price is the skeleton. I haven't found many other kits that have an internal skeleton for the mech that are cheap.
I watched a youtube video this morning of someone building the kit, I like the look of it from the video, I think for the price it will be outstanding.
Depending on the specific quality of the plastic will dictate whether I splash out on one of the titan fall style mechas from there as well.
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Which have been posted before I think
TBH, the main reason I bought the above kit is because it seems to have a fairly well articulated skeleton to build upon from, not so much interested in the armour as I plan to use my own.
Obviously I could use gundam RG 1/144 of for something larger MG 1/100 for this also, but I don't want to quite spend that much on a donor model, when the main thing I want is the skeleton.
I do have plans for a Zaku Warrior Lunamaria Custom or something of that aesthetic at MG 1/100 at some point which will be a donor model, but I'll use most of the armour plate in a way also. It may be a zulu geara, or geara dogu of some sort after a custom was posted very early in this thread that I adore at 1/144, let alone 1/100.
I'll do a small review of sorts with size comparisons etc when I get the above kit from aliexpress.
endlesswaltz123 wrote: I watched a youtube video this morning of someone building the kit, I like the look of it from the video, I think for the price it will be outstanding.
Depending on the specific quality of the plastic will dictate whether I splash out on one of the titan fall style mechas from there as well.
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Which have been posted before I think
TBH, the main reason I bought the above kit is because it seems to have a fairly well articulated skeleton to build upon from, not so much interested in the armour as I plan to use my own.
Obviously I could use gundam RG 1/144 of for something larger MG 1/100 for this also, but I don't want to quite spend that much on a donor model, when the main thing I want is the skeleton.
I do have plans for a Zaku Warrior Lunamaria Custom or something of that aesthetic at MG 1/100 at some point which will be a donor model, but I'll use most of the armour plate in a way also. It may be a zulu geara, or geara dogu of some sort after a custom was posted very early in this thread that I adore at 1/144, let alone 1/100.[/spoiler]
I'll do a small review of sorts with size comparisons etc when I get the above kit from aliexpress.
Could you share the link to that video.
Seems like a very wise choice if you're just needing the skelleton. The Gundams with interior skelletons seem to start at $30 and up.
My friend got several of the earlier generation 1/100 Zaku when they were being closed out.. They are much simpler models, but they looked great as 25/28mm mecha in our big mech games. I've built a couple of 1/144 Gundam, but it's a bit of a stretch for them to be piloted mech in 28mm so I mostly stick with larger models and toys.
I'm wondering what this will bring. I read elswehere that:
-Round 2 consists mostly of assets that had been discontinued by a private equity group that had bought out the previous company that had them.
Lets hope this time will be different.
-Presidian says the see areas for "consolidation" in the industry.
I realize consolidation can just be buying up companies but it seems that what follows is likely to be the discontinuing of lines that hobbyists like but the new owners consider "redundant".
Here's to hoping the new owners are mostly providing capital for distribution and production and not looking to streamline the selection of kits availble.
Obviously I could use gundam RG 1/144 of for something larger MG 1/100 for this also, but I don't want to quite spend that much on a donor model, when the main thing I want is the skeleton.
Have a look at the High Grade Iron-Blooded Orphans series of Gundam kits (abbreviated as HGIBO). The gimmick for that range (in both 1:100 and 1:144 scales) is an articulated skeleton, and the 1:44 scale kits are much cheaper than RG or MG kits. See here for an example.
They're actually alright, they're going to be great as donor bodies or just parts/models here and there for scenery anyway.
Cannot complain at £7.83 with shipping also. Got to love aliexpress
The 'Not a Dreadnought' is in scale BTW. They're the only 2x I'll probably not use as they're too obviously not normal dreadnought models and will stick out even carved up on terrain.
They're actually alright, they're going to be great as donor bodies or just parts/models here and there for scenery anyway.
Cannot complain at £7.83 with shipping also. Got to love aliexpress
The 'Not a Dreadnought' is in scale BTW. They're the only 2x I'll probably not use as they're too obviously not normal dreadnought models and will stick out even carved up on terrain.
Oh nice, where can we get these, what should I search for on Ali?
Automatically Appended Next Post: BTW, they're resin and I've had to do a bit of work to get some joints to fit, and one or two are a tiny bit warped but honestly, for the price and their intended use I am not fussed at all.
Honestly, I disdain people who buy clearly pirated toys from China. I can understand the desire to buy pirated versions of stuff that doesn't exist anymore and isn't produced by the property owner, like old GW or Rackham stuff that you just can't find on eBay, but buying stuff stolen from smaller producers like Dust Studios (which are currently in production!) is pretty low.
There is a reason that your artist friends can't make a decent living, and you are part of it.
Making a fairly huge assumption that I have any idea there is a miniature company called dust studios in existence, let alone me knowing they produced kits that this is a copy of.
I've just gone and looked anyway, I apologise, zero idea, the only fairly familiar model to me in there are the 'not dreadnoughts' which are basically useless to me anyway.
endlesswaltz123 wrote: Making a fairly huge assumption that I have any idea there is a miniature company called dust studios in existence, let alone me knowing they produced kits that this is a copy of.
I've just gone and looked anyway, I apologise, zero idea, the only fairly familiar model to me in there are the 'not dreadnoughts' which are basically useless to me anyway.
That is fair, you can't know everything that is out there. I totally understand the impulse to buy the stuff, they are very cool designs.
As a general rule, if it is coming out of China via Aliexpress, it is pirated.
If you aren't sure, you can ask here. Dakkadakka is kind of like a hive mind for all things miniature.
However I'm not fully against Chinese replications, usually I use them before buying a legit model/kit for certain reasons, like testing a paint scheme or running through a modelling concept or, well, if I'm not fully using the model anyway, I only want a bit of it. Morally not the best, I get it, but also, I don't want to spend full retail price on something I'm just going to carve up, like the set above anyway, none of those models will look like they do now once I'm finished with them.
Getting hold of OOP models like you have said also is another reason, got some DKoK grenadiers on the way as I always wanted a squad to paint.
They're actually alright, they're going to be great as donor bodies or just parts/models here and there for scenery anyway.
Cannot complain at £7.83 with shipping also. Got to love aliexpress
The 'Not a Dreadnought' is in scale BTW. They're the only 2x I'll probably not use as they're too obviously not normal dreadnought models and will stick out even carved up on terrain.
I've bought a couple packs of these. Didn't post them here because they're all either clones or recasts of 40k, Dust and AT43.
My cats look quite good and fit together well. Should be good power armor for my 25/28mm Mech games.
They're actually alright, they're going to be great as donor bodies or just parts/models here and there for scenery anyway.
Cannot complain at £7.83 with shipping also. Got to love aliexpress
The 'Not a Dreadnought' is in scale BTW. They're the only 2x I'll probably not use as they're too obviously not normal dreadnought models and will stick out even carved up on terrain.
I've bought a couple packs of these. Didn't post them here because they're all either clones or recasts of 40k, Dust and AT43.
My cats look quite good and fit together well. Should be good power armor for my 25/28mm Mech games.
Can you be more specific about what the original models are? Obviously there's on the one based on a W40K Dreadnought but other than that I have no idea, when I looked at some of the Dust miniatures I couldn't find which they were.
The walkers with long arms are Russian power armor things. The chonkier little Mechs are from AT-43’s Red Blok, and so are the larger Mecha next to the dreads.
Just researching this too. Tall walkers are AT-43 Red Blok Molot, the two almost as big as the dreads with the missile racks are AT-43 Red Block Spetsnatz Kolossus (or a remix of them). Dunno about the long-armed suits - are those DUST? Is any of this DUST?
The figures mentioned line up with my observations as well.
The dreadnaught seems to be a copy sculpted from scratch. As it also has differences and no GW iconography, its probably the "safest" sculpt of the batch. There is a long line of legally defensible "not-40k" miniatures. I rather like it as it's almost what the 2nd edition Dread would look like in a RT aesthetic.
The two AT43 Red Blok models are straight recasts but are from a defunct game that we have been told the tooling for which is ruined. Not terribly problematic.
The Dust Steel Guard'ish are interesting in that they are mostly pirated recasts but they appear to have modified the front of the torsos in 3 ways to differentiate them somewhat.
In at least one case this is by adding an undeniable 40k imperial Eagle!
As Paulo is no stranger to business hardball, I'm surprised that these
figs at least have not been sued off the western market.
Is notable that AFAIK, (and with the exception of the dread) all these figs are probably Paulo Parente designs.
I bought 3 sets so I can make 5 man squads of like figures and in addition to my big Mech games I think at least one of the Dust variations will end up as a power armor squad in my K47 British army.
Maybe the not-dread would be a good match for my Squats...
1:53 scale is a little odd, but I think it is the size fit for Zombicide , at least I had been looking for vehicles that size to match my board. I may have to patent Jedicide the board game. Roger Roger
Theophony wrote: 1:53 scale is a little odd, but I think it is the size fit for Zombicide , at least I had been looking for vehicles that size to match my board. I may have to patent Jedicide the board game. Roger Roger
1:53 is about right for 28mm. it might even make a good basis for a 40k Titan.
Frankly all these scales make no sense and are probably 'what will fit in the box' scale more than anything.
I do think box scale is the explanation.
Honestly, if you leave the figure out of the cockpit, even a 1:88 Slave 1 might look good on the table. I've got a very undersized action figure slave 1 that looks great with 28mm. I'll get a pic. The 1:53 ATAT looks really cool.
Also, its probably been mentioned, but the newer Bandai SW kits are superb. I built the 1:48 ATST last week (pictures to come) with my son and his friend. It's more detailed than any of the earlier SW kits, yet it assembles flawlessly without glue as easy as an HG Gundam kit, albeit with more parts and no poly caps.
Unless you need 1:144 scale, I'd skip the rereleased X and B wings and get the newer Bandai 1:72 kits.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Here's the promised pictures.
Clone Wars Era Slave 1 vehicle for 3.75" action figures. It's smaller than the larger action figure version that was released in the 90's and possibly also later.
Technically still a bit smaller than true-scale, but probably better for the battlefield. Looks good to my eye and it even looks pretty good in the cockpit area.
Mine is missing one tail gun and the launchable hull missile, but nothing that couldn't be easily scratchbuilt/kitbashed up.
Here's the Bandai 1/48 ATAT.
$30 retail isn't bad but it's cheaper elsewhere and especially nice if you can get it at a Hobby Lobby 40% off!
Reminds me of a product line back in the '80s sold under the Robotech brand name in the US. Each box had a small (non-transforming - the specific mode varied, iirc)) VF-1 in a very simple work bay (basically floor, ceiling, and four corner posts holding the ceiling up).
I believe Highlord Tamburlaine mentioned that Pegasus Hobbies was moving locations. Hopefully they’ll be back to producing their kits after they finish the move.
It did take a fair number of kits and some kitbashing (building roofs, cutting parapet walls, etc) to build complete structures, but it's an excellent and sturdy system that builds quick and I think it's less expensive than other systems. I've got a bunch of scraps and offcuts somewhere I need to turn into something.
Life has been busy for Pegasus Hobbies lately, the popular manufacturer of many unique model kits and modeling accessories acquired Moebius Models awhile ago and just completed a move to a new and larger location.
I had the opportunity to sit in on an online meeting with Pegasus Hobbies hosted by the National Retail Hobby Shop Association (NRHSA).
Here are some of the highlights:
Under the Pegasus Hobbies brand they are bringing back many favorites. •Gothic building kits are back and are the perfect size for miniature war gaming. •A new Sci-Fi themed Power Generation Station kit will be a great add-on for Warhammer 40K. •The Nautilus submarine kit is coming back soon.
so it looks like the move was finished as of last month, so hopefully the terrain kit will start to show up agfain soon
Life has been busy for Pegasus Hobbies lately, the popular manufacturer of many unique model kits and modeling accessories acquired Moebius Models awhile ago and just completed a move to a new and larger location.
Thank you Orlando, I didn't even know about the Moebius aquisition. Good news all around.
That was news to me too, it's just sad Moebius lost all the battlestar galactica licences so all the cool kits for them aren't coming bag (glad I've got my vipers and battlestars already)
Under the Pegasus Hobbies brand they are bringing back many favorites.
•Gothic building kits are back and are the perfect size for miniature war gaming.
•A new Sci-Fi themed Power Generation Station kit will be a great add-on for Warhammer 40K.
That's certainly good news. Thanks for letting us know!
Battletech fans will like this...
... though it's 1:35 so I'm not sure how it will size. I think the "Galleon" tank is the only unseen design to share the same name with it's original source material.
Going to have to look more into this "Good Smile Company"
Now why could they not have released that last year?
There's theories (nothing more certain) that Disney/LFL may be less responsive to 2nd tier licensees. Even the X-Wing minis game hasn't got a Razorcrest, and it seems like a slam dunk. (That's Asmodee who recently moved the license from their FFG holding to AMG, who have done little with the property so far.)
It did take a fair number of kits and some kitbashing (building roofs, cutting parapet walls, etc) to build complete structures, but it's an excellent and sturdy system that builds quick and I think it's less expensive than other systems. I've got a bunch of scraps and offcuts somewhere I need to turn into something.
Exalted. Lovely bomb placement, or was that an energy weapon?
It did take a fair number of kits and some kitbashing (building roofs, cutting parapet walls, etc) to build complete structures, but it's an excellent and sturdy system that builds quick and I think it's less expensive than other systems. I've got a bunch of scraps and offcuts somewhere I need to turn into something.
Exalted. Lovely bomb placement, or was that an energy weapon?
Thanks!
Depends on the scenario. :-)
It's actually two pieces so you could put them side by side as the far edge of a truly massive explosion!
Not sure if this is the right thread for this but I found these in a capsule machine near where I live.
They're meant to be effects for posable figures but conveniently enough the crescent shaped flame can fit bases up to a 40mm inside of it.
I'm not sure if anyone is selling them outside of Japan, but they could be useful to add onto terrain, using as AoS Endless Spells, or even just spicing up miniature photos.
There was also a ver.1 which had more traditional colors but it might be difficult to find since it came out in late 2020.
