Are all the converge models just about crisis suit size? I would definitely pick up a bunch of them if that is the case (now to choose a gundam to convert into a Tau'nar)
Ironwill13791 wrote: Are all the converge models just about crisis suit size? I would definitely pick up a bunch of them if that is the case (now to choose a gundam to convert into a Tau'nar)
They're a little shorter across the board. I've been using them and just built up the base a little with cork. Nobody has ever said word one about them being a centimeter or so shorter than a Crisis Suit.
Ironwill13791 wrote: Are all the converge models just about crisis suit size? I would definitely pick up a bunch of them if that is the case (now to choose a gundam to convert into a Tau'nar)
@Kriswall- I am definitely gonna look into it then. Building up the base is pretty easy, and most players in my area would think it would look pretty cool.
@McNinja- Thanks for the suggestions. Those suits look awesome, especially the FA-010A FAZZ.
The demilitarized Tachikoma from "Ghost in the Shell" is now a model kit from Kotobukiya! It'll be about 6.5cm tall and 8.5cm long after assembly, with a detailed cockpit interior and opening and closing hatches. Its grenade launcher is now a non-armed version, and decals for the MatsuKei Construction firm are included. Unpainted figures of Bateau and Motoko Kusanagi are also included. Molded in yellow, black, gray, cream and clear plastic.
Stormonu wrote: These are fairly old, but I am considering using the Mad Cat one I have as a Stormsurge (or a Heavy Arms gundam model I'd recently bought)
Can anyone else suggest other "chickenwalker" mechs out there that might fit well in a Tau army, either as crisis suits or bigger mechs?
I'm not sure about the size of Tau units, but the 1/100 scale Officer's Pod (AKA Battletech Maurauder) is similar in size to the Mad Cat and I think it's available (though backordered) on Hobby search for very 10 bucks or so. The cockpit looks more than big enough to fit a pair of pilots. Here's one I painted up for my 28mm Mech Attack game.
As an idea of size, the base is a CD.
I just grabbed a bunch of these VOTOMS "Fatty" figs when they were on super sale. They're no longer on super-sale, but they're still a pretty good deal at $12 each.
http://www.hlj.com/product/TAK1413mg] I'm using them for hardsuits in 28mm Mech battles and I'm not sure how they compare to Tau stuff, but they measure about 87mm from sole to top of head. Here it is with a sedition wars fig.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Hmm, what about the other extreme, could this puppy be big enough to pass as one of the AM walkers? (Dunecrawlers?)
I've got one of these, it ends up as about the same size as a LRBT. I can't take photos at the moment because I'm away from home, but I can say I was very impressed with the kit quality - and it seems that that's the standard for gundam kits. All a tight snap fit, barely any flash, no need for a file at all really.
The new Orphans series has some accessories out. Not sure if anyone has posted it (don't remember seeing it here)
This particular set has a neat walker thing too but I think it might be more for 10mm or 15mm.
The set has guns and I'm guessing there are more from this line but this is the first I've seen. The reviews say it's not colored though and is all charcoal grey or similar.
Kimaris is growing on me. It's supposed to have an add-on pack coming as well with additional boosters and swords.
It probably should be noted that the add-on sets so far are all molded in dark gray. It really isn't necessary to paint them though.
Speaking of the Gundam Gusion though, I too missed out on him. He came out like, the day after I left Japan. Fortunately, my other brother snagged a Gusion and a Man Rodi for me.
Am I wrong or is their an SD version of the Kimaris coming as well? I swear I saw one. Hopefully it won't be a stupid web shop exclusive.
Are there pictures floating around of the add ons for the Kimaris? I'm a sucker for extra boosters and swords, as shown by my extensive collection of Exias and all the blades they carry...
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Hmm, what about the other extreme, could this puppy be big enough to pass as one of the AM walkers? (Dunecrawlers?)
I've got one of these, it ends up as about the same size as a LRBT. I can't take photos at the moment because I'm away from home, but I can say I was very impressed with the kit quality - and it seems that that's the standard for gundam kits. All a tight snap fit, barely any flash, no need for a file at all really.
What is the name of this thing? I'd very much like to buy a couple to use as Dunecrawlers.
highlord tamburlaine wrote:Am I wrong or is their an SD version of the Kimaris coming as well? I swear I saw one. Hopefully it won't be a stupid web shop exclusive.
Are there pictures floating around of the add ons for the Kimaris? I'm a sucker for extra boosters and swords, as shown by my extensive collection of Exias and all the blades they carry...
You aren't wrong. It's in thei SD action figure line. I think it's called NXEDGE or something. So far, there's no IBO SD kits though.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Hmm, what about the other extreme, could this puppy be big enough to pass as one of the AM walkers? (Dunecrawlers?)
I've got one of these, it ends up as about the same size as a LRBT. I can't take photos at the moment because I'm away from home, but I can say I was very impressed with the kit quality - and it seems that that's the standard for gundam kits. All a tight snap fit, barely any flash, no need for a file at all really.
What is the name of this thing? I'd very much like to buy a couple to use as Dunecrawlers.
Specifically, it's the Guntank from Gundam: The Origin. There is a significant difference between that one and the regular version. I've posted pics in my plog of mine back when it came out.
Oh, no doubt the Origins version is vastly less implausible, considering that the 0079 has a "core fighter" jetplane as its torso. And the scale? Look at the size of the people!
Oh, it's still pretty massive, the prototype mobile suit shown is just a wee bit taller than it, this version just isn't as brightly coloured and toy-like as the original.
If you guys are looking for straight up ugly mechs to use, I'd suggest checking out Aoshima's kits from the 80s. There's some real funk in there. Not just their Gundam knock-off kits, but their actual licensed ones are pretty out there. Best of all, stuff like Acrobunch is so obscure, you could put a bunch into your army and nobody would recognize them.
Check this guy out.
I picked one of these guys up from Book-Off Bazaar for 100 yen. I'm totally going to put it into my Mechanicus forces.
JohnHwangDD wrote: Wow. I had the Eagle as a kid. Nice kit, but maybe too hard sf for 40k?
Replace beak cockpit with GIANT SKULL!!one111!!!
I have the $25 1:72 scale one in my hand, supposed to be 12" assembled, it would be OK for terrain but my dream of $25 Chimera-carrying shuttles is dashed. I'll have to play with it, maybe two of them can make a double wide...
That Eagle kit would be pretty rockin' for 15mm though. If that Flash Gordon rocket were a plastic kit, I bet my dad would be all over it. He loves those cooky retro designs.
This thread pointed me to the Bandai Space Cruiser Yamato Mecha Colle models, and for that cannot be exalted enough. They are so beautiful. The assembly is smooth and satisfying, and so easy my kid can put the ships together. Truly a life changing discovery.
The Pegasus rockets are all super awesome, too. The Apollo 13 (or whatever number it is) looks pretty close to the X1 from Godzilla vs Monster Zero, which puts it firmly in my list.
Now as I think about it though, could it be done, where would you put the warp nacells? Maybe a cross between the Venator Star Destroyer and the Prometheus class?
Turn the weird split bride into small nacells and then some underslung nacells for the main engines?
Folks, two questions you people might be able to help me with:
1) I just found out about the Gundam Markers, with GM01 - 03 representing the fine line options. Sadly they aren't available in white and the first one in that range that IS - GM11 - looks a little thick for what I need. Does anyone know another brand of pen - in white - that I could use for fine detail my otherwise shaky hand would struggle with when using a paint brush?
2) Can anyone recommend an aircraft model kit in the 1/40 - 1/56 scale that would look appropriate in the DUST universe? I'm talking alternate history, sorta steam punky. A helicopter or VTOL of some kind would be ideal!
Siygess wrote: Folks, two questions you people might be able to help me with:
1) I just found out about the Gundam Markers, with GM01 - 03 representing the fine line options. Sadly they aren't available in white and the first one in that range that IS - GM11 - looks a little thick for what I need. Does anyone know another brand of pen - in white - that I could use for fine detail my otherwise shaky hand would struggle with when using a paint brush?
2) Can anyone recommend an aircraft model kit in the 1/40 - 1/56 scale that would look appropriate in the DUST universe? I'm talking alternate history, sorta steam punky. A helicopter or VTOL of some kind would be ideal!
1/48 is your best bet for copter kits that are loosely compatible with Dust figs. There's alot of vehicles that fit well into the alt/post-ww2 dieselpunk vibe.
For helicopters, I've got two suggestions.
First, the Mil 24 Hind helicopter.
It's the copter that the little soviet copter in dust is loosely based off of. I've also seen folks use it in 40k place of valkyries. Revel makes one that's available in the 15-20 range. Amazon has it for $16 shipped
Another great aircraft is the Sikorsky UH-34, also known as the S58.
It's got a great funky shape and the UH-34D model is available from revel. Amazon has it for $13 shipped. Now that I see it, I'm thinking of getting one for myself. Neat thing about this aircraft is that even though it was made in the 50's, some are still in use. There's a company near me that does alot of lift/crane work with a few of them. I saw one lifting HVAC materials on top of a building and it was amazing how fast they work.
http://www.midwesthelicopters.com/Helicopter_Heavy_Lift.html For aircraft, the various ww2 German jets are a good bet and are very similar in style to the jets that Dust makes.
Only $35 USD at Walmart. I have seen hand held the toy in my hands and it is awesomely, amazingly HUGE. Seriously, pictures don't do it justice. At least, not unless you've got a toddler next to it.
Siygess wrote: Folks, two questions you people might be able to help me with:
1) I just found out about the Gundam Markers, with GM01 - 03 representing the fine line options. Sadly they aren't available in white and the first one in that range that IS - GM11 - looks a little thick for what I need. Does anyone know another brand of pen - in white - that I could use for fine detail my otherwise shaky hand would struggle with when using a paint brush?
2) Can anyone recommend an aircraft model kit in the 1/40 - 1/56 scale that would look appropriate in the DUST universe? I'm talking alternate history, sorta steam punky. A helicopter or VTOL of some kind would be ideal!
How's the Bell X-22 for you? I can't see any models in 1:48 though, only 1:72
Ideal would be the very early Sikorski from the Korean War, or the early Bell with the bubble cockpit. The Soviet Kamov helicopters with double rotors are good for a different look as well. The earlier naval types especially.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Man if anyone makes a decent sized model or toy of the First Order Transporter (from SW7) let me know OK?
It's basically a WWII landing boat in SPACE. And since it's Star Wars there's a 50/50 chance it might come out in plastic.
Now it will come down to scale, at 1/38 to 1/35 scale it would be great to use in 40K ish games, if big enough for 1-2 tanks or a platoon or so it will be good.
Now it will come down to scale, at 1/38 to 1/35 scale it would be great to use in 40K ish games, if big enough for 1-2 tanks or a platoon or so it will be good.
I doubt we'd get it in 1/35, too big, too pricey for casual modelers, 1/72 or 'whatever fits in the box' is more likely.
But if it's made for action figures the landing ramp had to be at least 3"-4" tall which would fit a rhino or Chimera. So yeah, really hoping for a toy or model.
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Man if anyone makes a decent sized model or toy of the First Order Transporter (from SW7) let me know OK?
It's basically a WWII landing boat in SPACE. And since it's Star Wars there's a 50/50 chance it might come out in plastic.
I see I'm not the only one hoping for a toy or kit of that thing. If Hasbro were to release a (Likely) undersized one for their 1/18 line, it'll be perfect for wargaming.
BrookM wrote:Regarding some of those Gundam kits, do they also sell a kit that's just the "skeleton" of the robot?
Actually, if some of the silhouettes Bandai has been teasing are more than just placeholder, then yes, they will be releasing a 1/144 version of the naked Barbatos frame. Or, if you don't want to wait for that, just buy the 1/100 kit of the Barbatos. That should have the full internal skeleton. Or buy the upcoming High Resolution Model release in March. That for sure has the fully detailed internal skeleton.
Gundam is totally new to me, but I remember seeing a type 60 something tank and thinking that would be an awesome stand in Russ. Does anyone make a kit in the right scale?
Lego make a New Order Landing Ship. It's very expensive. There is a Micro Machines model about an inch long, and a Titanium Black model abot two inches long. I bought one for my generic space fleet. It's not a very good model, in fact., because it's very front heavy as the rear engine block is plastic while the front body is die cast metal.
Back on topic, it's pretty likely someone will do a plastic kit but if not, I think it probably would be fairly easy to scratch build using foamcore board and plasticard, etc.
BrookM wrote:If it's anything like the other Star Wars kits done by say, Revell, it'll probably have a BS scale that doesn't fit with other ranges at all.
BrookM wrote:Perhaps Revell will do a kit of one, but as with the rest of their Star Wars range, the scale will probably be really iffy.
It's just a shame that they have the license to the franchise, no big feat in itself, only for them to screw it up by doing kits in scales like 1:93, 1:50, 1:78, 1:51 and 1:65!
BrookM wrote: Regarding some of those Gundam kits, do they also sell a kit that's just the "skeleton" of the robot?
There's nothing from the Gundam line but you can always try Kotobukia's Frame Arms kits, I'm pretty sure you can get the internal frame separatley still. Size wise it's shorter than your average MG but a little taller than most HG's.
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pax_imperialis wrote: Gundam is totally new to me, but I remember seeing a type 60 something tank and thinking that would be an awesome stand in Russ. Does anyone make a kit in the right scale?
The Type 61 Main Battle Tank. The only kit I know for certain is the Bandai Hard Graph version, it's 1/35 scale and hard to find, so expensive (there's one on ebay at the moment for about £130). Alternatively you could try the Gundam EX line for the Magella attack tank and the Hidolfr, both in 1/144. Again hard to find though, both lines are from the 90's/early 2000's and haven't had a reissue in years.
BrookM wrote: It's just a shame that they have the license to the franchise, no big feat in itself, only for them to screw it up by doing kits in scales like 1:93, 1:50, 1:78, 1:51 and 1:65!
Kid_Kyoto wrote:Man if anyone makes a decent sized model or toy of the First Order Transporter (from SW7) let me know OK?
It's basically a WWII landing boat in SPACE. And since it's Star Wars there's a 50/50 chance it might come out in plastic.
I see I'm not the only one hoping for a toy or kit of that thing. If Hasbro were to release a (Likely) undersized one for their 1/18 line, it'll be perfect for wargaming.
BrookM wrote:Regarding some of those Gundam kits, do they also sell a kit that's just the "skeleton" of the robot?
Actually, if some of the silhouettes Bandai has been teasing are more than just placeholder, then yes, they will be releasing a 1/144 version of the naked Barbatos frame. Or, if you don't want to wait for that, just buy the 1/100 kit of the Barbatos. That should have the full internal skeleton. Or buy the upcoming High Resolution Model release in March. That for sure has the fully detailed internal skeleton.
I got both the 1/100 and 1/144 Barbatos kits for Christmas.
For the 1/100 Barbatos model, the first four pages of the eight pages of assembly instruction are the internal skeleton, and then the last four pages are attaching the armor plates.
The 1/144 version isn't quite as nice because some of the armor plates are necessary for structural integrity. The 1/144 doesn't have a complete ankle joint without the white lower leg armor plate--at the end of the leg is a polycap joint piece that the foot connects to, and the white leg armor holds the polycap in place.
I've got two of the Real Grade kits and some of the Frame Arms kits. While those have articulated internal skeletons, they really aren't "display quality" skeletons. So far the nicest naked robot skeletons I've seen have been the 1/60 Perfect Grade kits and the 1/100 Barbatos.
That's usual for the real grades I think. I picked up a cheap hg 1/144 exia for some parts for some tau projects later. I'm hoping the new commander will be a decent size for the drive, but if not the ghostkeel should be around the right size from my guesses.
I don't mean to sound negative about the skeletons on the Real Grade kits or the Frame Arms kits--I bought one of the Frame Arms "Frame Architect Type 001" boxes so that I could have a naked skeleton and still put the rest of my kits together.
It's just that the skeletons on most of the models are only designed to look nice where they aren't covered up by other model parts. I had one of my Real Grade models half assembled for the longest time because the mechanism in the knees is a really quite neat mechanism that comes assembled on the sprue, but it's still mechanically beautiful rather than artistically beautiful.
As I said, Bandai looks to be releasing a kit of the Barbatos skeleton in the 1/144 HG line. Due date is expected to be in March. Just wait a couple months.
Holy crap. That thing reminds me of the huge mega-awesome Cang the Implacable - huge, superbly crafted model, but there's only 1 you can buy, and it's on ebay for $700. Unpainted.
Besides, they already made the "Kampfer" as a MS from Gundam 0080 "War in the pocket" "Griefer" fits this blue meany well, and man, what a Knight that would make!
I gave a link to the mass production version (with the much smaller guns and simplified detailing). The Chilok knockoff kit *is* available, though you're on your own on the big guns.
Considering the price, it's not at all unreasonable if you want to get 95% of the way there for the mech itself.
I gave a link to the mass production version (with the much smaller guns and simplified detailing). The Chilok knockoff kit *is* available, though you're on your own on the big guns.
Considering the price, it's not at all unreasonable if you want to get 95% of the way there for the mech itself.
Both your links went to blogs-is there a link at either of those that would take one to a store for it?
It was $275, only 800 kits were made as posted here on facebook. You can find a few of them on ebay from $239-$299, I believe there are 3 up there now.
I gave a link to the mass production version (with the much smaller guns and simplified detailing). The Chilok knockoff kit *is* available, though you're on your own on the big guns.
Considering the price, it's not at all unreasonable if you want to get 95% of the way there for the mech itself.
You mean the links to a chinese knock off that doesn't feature the guns pictured in your OP? Sorry I didn't see how that got me the exact model in the picture.
This may or may not be awesome news for some of you. PM's Office is re-releasing their 1/35 Leynos kit.
From what Google translate tells me, this seems to be in conjunction with Assault Suits Leynos being re-released (or possibly a brand new game?) on the PS4.
This is being billed as a "Renewal Ver.," whatever that means. Retail price to be 6,900 yen.
It looks like the missing door would be very easy to replace with some plasticard.
The guns look a bit old-fashioned to me, I would replace them with something more SF looking. There are many possibilities in the SF and modern spare parts markets.
It's a great model and would do nicely either for IG or Tau in 40K, or for Infinity and other SF skirmish games.
Barzam wrote: This may or may not be awesome news for some of you. PM's Office is re-releasing their 1/35 Leynos kit.
From what Google translate tells me, this seems to be in conjunction with Assault Suits Leynos being re-released (or possibly a brand new game?) on the PS4.
This is being billed as a "Renewal Ver.," whatever that means. Retail price to be 6,900 yen.
I have 3 of those assault suits as my "Not-Knights"
for an ideal of scale with a 30mm soldier, the torso is like a large sentinel hull which has the legs below and big arms, is enclosed with the sensor/camera head above the pilot
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Torso module next to sentinel for comparison
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Kojiro wrote: I'm still trying to find a good use for one of these:
It's missing a door and several of the guns but it still feels like it'd make a good transport.
It has no use.
Send it to me and I'll dispose of it appropriately.
Kojiro wrote: I'm still trying to find a good use for one of these:
It's missing a door and several of the guns but it still feels like it'd make a good transport.
My buddy has one of these mechwarrior clix (10mm) dropships. If you leave the upper hatches down and just lower the bottom part, it looks perfectly in-scale for 28mm. It's just a beautiful giant piece of terrain.
We use it for roughly it's intended purpose. We've rebased tons of the cliky mechs on traditional bases and we play Alpha Strike or Mech Attack with them. So far we've just used it as terrain, but the Alpha Strike book has rules for the armor and weapons of landed dropships....
I've only seen it mentioned on CollectionDX so far, but Volks showed off some brand new Panzer World Galiant model kits. They did not mention if these are going to be new plastic kits, but most likely they will be. The downside is that they will also probably be very expensive like their recent plastic Votoms and upcoming Layzner kits though. But, considering the prices of GW mecha kits, the more expensive Volks kits probably aren't that bad in comparison.
Still, I imagine centaur mecha would interest someone around here.
Barzam wrote: This may or may not be awesome news for some of you. PM's Office is re-releasing their 1/35 Leynos kit.
From what Google translate tells me, this seems to be in conjunction with Assault Suits Leynos being re-released (or possibly a brand new game?) on the PS4.
This is being billed as a "Renewal Ver.," whatever that means. Retail price to be 6,900 yen.
Any of you guys ever built a Volks plastic kit? I have, the IMS V-Siren Prominence from the Five Star Stories, it's an amazing looking kit with excellent details but is horrifically fiddly to put together, badly balanced and feels very fragile. I'm afraid to touch the kit incase it falls apart on me and have never put the shield on it as it's so heavy it really will leave it a mass of parts on the shelf.
Looks amazing, but unless Volks have massively improved their plastic kits in the last 5 years since the Prominence was released I wont be touching anything from them again.
Was thinking this Kotobukia HMM Death Stinger would make for a good Mechanicum Super Heavy.
I can't remember if this has been posted but I saw this and it's pretty crazy looking. If you're looking for some kind of massive dropship piece or I dunno.. a mountain of bits, this thing is awesome.
I'm using them for hardsuits in 28mm Mech battles and I'm not sure how they compare to Tau stuff, but they measure about 87mm from sole to top of head. Here it is with a sedition wars fig.
I bought one of these, too. I haven't done anything with it but if you pop off the arms and head it does look like a decent base for some kind of super sentinel or ultra dreadnought. Needs appropriate weapons and a lot of gribbling up to really work but it's an idea.
Currently I'm thinking about using the monstrous Gundam mechs as more-than-slightly Rogue Trader-era inspired "chaos killbots" so I'm really favouring the Zeon suits that have claws or built-in weaponry instead of hands. Gogg, Z'Gok-E, even the Acguy, that sort of thing. I don't know what I would even have them count as but that isn't really the point. I'm going to have to leave it at thinking because I have other priorities for now anyway.
Barzam wrote: Yeah, that's Mad Mecha Guy. It's nice to see that his webshop doesn't look like it was made in the 1990s anymore. He's got some cool dropship designs.
Oh the stop is horribad, just terribad all over.
Missing pictures, terrible pics that don't show the whole model, preview pics of some random bit rather than the model, barely any painted pics, no parts or assembly pics, no scale pics, meansurments in centimeters only...
I appreciate it's a one man part time shop but yeah.
Well, time to dredge this thread up from the depths as it seems Kotobukiya has finally made an official announcement for their Xenoblade mech kit. Large images ahead!
Yes, the "Formula" will be coming out in July at the surprisingly high cost of 7,800 yen (6,240 on HLJ).
Now, the good news is that unlike a GW Knight (which it's still cheaper than) this kit is fully articulated and really shouldn't require any paint or glue. Not only is it fully articulated, but it also transforms into a giant mecha motorcycle and comes with four weapons: a rifle, a back-mounted grenade launcher, a folding sword, and a beam saber. I had initially thought this kit would turn out to be a Frame Arms kit like their Border Break line or their Broken Blade series, but, it doesn't look like that will be the case. At the very least, I didn't see any mention of it using a Frame Arms frame and the cost would seem to indicate as well that it isn't based on the Frame Arms concept. I should also note, this kit is listed at 1/48 scale. That means that it should actually be more or less in scale with 28mm miniatures.
Barzam that's really cool. There's some Transformers that are roughly 28mm scale as well. On them it's a bit easier to tell since you have tires and doors and stuff.. or it might be packaged in it's vehicle form.
I can't really tell if this thing has a passenger compartment or not.. am I blind?
I've got a few Transformers that work well in 15mm as well. The Classics series Seaspray in particular makes a rather nice landing craft for 15mm. Legends scale Underbite from the current series also makes a very nice sci-fi car for 15mm.
The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.
The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.
Personal experience begs to differ on the wide tire thing but you have the right to an opinion. I think that I'd be more concerned about the weight distribution throwing balance off.
Well, judging from the pics, it does look like the wheel assembly rotates as part of the transformation. So, I'm going to go with the assumption that for the bike mode to turn, the front wheel rotates. But, since I haven't played the game, I really can't say for sure.
Oh, I should probably also point out that its height is claimed to be approximately 175mm. I don't know if that's to the top of its head or ots backpack though. So, it should be around 6" or so in robot mode, which I believe does place it around the same height as a GW Knight.
JohnHwangDD wrote: I'm not sure. A normal 2-wheeler turns by leaning after countersteering to set up the lean.
Not if it is a chopper
Bingo. Sport bikes have thin front tires for great cornering, generally. Cruisers have fairing and low pipes so they're not going to corner (neither is this thing with all the robot parts hanging off the sides and back). Wide tires give a more comfortable ride for bikes that can't corner like a sport bike.
I'm not sure how you would even lean a giant robot motorcycle since it doesn't really have a rider on top of it shifting their weight. Yet, looking at gameplay footage, it seems that they do indeed lean. Not sure how they do that, but they do. I prefer to think that they just turn the front wheel though.
But really, the bike doesn't need a rider to shift weight to lean, assuming it has "normal" fork geometry. Countersteer will bring the front wheel outside the line, and the weight of the bike itself will lean it over.
Perhaps there is a trained budgerigar to steer the bike.
Here is something else new, a Halo Gunship. It looks nice and hard SF. Unfortunately I can't grab the pic on my tablet:
http://hlj.com/product/DKH52797/Sci
15cm long is about five inches, a good size for several different game scales. It's about the same cost as two Sigmarine cavalry figures, though shipping and possible import duty will add up on top.
The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.
Personal experience begs to differ on the wide tire thing but you have the right to an opinion. I think that I'd be more concerned about the weight distribution throwing balance off.
The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.
Personal experience begs to differ on the wide tire thing but you have the right to an opinion. I think that I'd be more concerned about the weight distribution throwing balance off.
That Rex is a super expensive "toy" put out by 3A, the same guys who do World War Robot. Their Rex had LEDs as well.
The bottom one looks to be Kotobukiya's Sahelanthropus kit. I wasn't aware of it having lights, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. Kotobukiya also makes a Rex kit. For the price of 3A's Rex toy (any version), you could probably buy multiple Rex and Sahelanthropus kits.
Coincidentally, Kotobukiya is the same company making the Xenoblade kit.
Barzam wrote: That Rex is a super expensive "toy" put out by 3A, the same guys who do World War Robot. Their Rex had LEDs as well.
The bottom one looks to be Kotobukiya's Sahelanthropus kit. I wasn't aware of it having lights, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. Kotobukiya also makes a Rex kit. For the price of 3A's Rex toy (any version), you could probably buy multiple Rex and Sahelanthropus kits.
Coincidentally, Kotobukiya is the same company making the Xenoblade kit.
I want to say that they were both around the 3,000 yen range, not bad for that detail and they both have lights. I'm not crazy about the head on the second kit or the radar ball but..still a technically high, quality kit.
Barzam wrote: That Rex is a super expensive "toy" put out by 3A, the same guys who do World War Robot. Their Rex had LEDs as well.
The bottom one looks to be Kotobukiya's Sahelanthropus kit. I wasn't aware of it having lights, but it wouldn't surprise me if it did. Kotobukiya also makes a Rex kit. For the price of 3A's Rex toy (any version), you could probably buy multiple Rex and Sahelanthropus kits.
Coincidentally, Kotobukiya is the same company making the Xenoblade kit.
I want to say that they were both around the 3,000 yen range, not bad for that detail and they both have lights. I'm not crazy about the head on the second kit or the radar ball but..still a technically high, quality kit.
3000 Yen, not a chance!
I don't know about the cost of the 3A REX up there but knowing 3A it'll be expensive.
Koto's Sahelanthropus is currently up for pre-order on AmiAmi for 11 600 Yen, and thats after a 25% discount, which is quite expensive for one of their Metal Gear models, REX and RAY were both RRPing for about 9000 Yen. I have the REX model and I remember I paid £75 for it after P&P, it's a very nice model build and detail wise but as usual Koto's quality control is a little suspect, there's several parts that are very loose and had to be glued on (not ideal for posable snap fit kit) and after a few months a lot of the joints ended up being very floppy. I really don't want to move it as it will be difficult to get it to stand again.
All that said, the last few years have seen a notable improvement in Koto's quality control so hopefully that wont be a probelm on the Sahelanthropus.
Well, my mistake. That actually isn't the Kotobukiya kit of Sahelanthropus. That's actually Sentinel's $200 Riobot toy. The Riobot does indeed have LEDs, but the Kotobukiya kit does not.
agnosto wrote: About 12" long, looks nice and could be used for a flyer. Loves me some Macross.... About $45
I picked up a 1/48 YF-19 a while back. It's perfect for sci-fi aircraft. I think that SDF-1 might be alright with some conversion work but for 6mm or even 15mm gaming it'd be very cool.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Could you be thinking of the 1/200 scale one? It was about Chimera sized.
I've got one of those, though I cut off the big guns and replaced them with missile pods. It makes a great 28mm mech with the head cap sizing well as a hatch. Here it is on the table at our big "Mech Attack" game last year at Adepticon. There's still space available for this years game if any of you all are going to be at Adepticon at 8AM this Saturday.
For a bit of scale, here it is based on a CD and in front of a heavily modified Dust Tactics building.
My Reaver is 16" tall. That Monster is 15.6" tall. It will be considerably more bulky. You might be able to consider it a Warlord. But Reaver is a safe bet.
Its on my must buy list. Along with the Glaug that is releasing with it.
http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/685059.page#8547997 In this thread I show off some ork conversions I did with Gundam assault kingdom models...check it out, they are perfect size for many conversions amongst factions. 8f you want to look at more check them out on ebay...they are limited edition series models so if it isn't the current series it's more expensive...I don't know any stores that dedicated sell them (I'm just lucky that my local hastings and barne n noble sell them...though other b n Ns can't order the models).
JohnHwangDD wrote: Thanks for sharing a pointer to Gundam Assault Kingdom!
Unfortunately, I am somewhat challenged when I see what is clearly a MS-18E, MS-09R, or GP-01 in the 40k universe. But then, you're Orks, so it's OK.
I just love the design of zeon mobile suits...theres something savage about them.
I also have a bunch of Gundams from the same models line, they will be used for my tau army as gue vesa battlesuits...those will require a more convincing conversion to make them seem more tau (they will keep their normal legs as an homage to the human pilots ).
But these assault kingdom models are great for 40k converters (at least those who don't want to do yet another riptide or knight).
JohnHwangDD wrote: Does the outside of the Gundam Assault Kingdom box let you know what's within? Or is that a total blind box guess?
It's not a blind box, the model is on the front, the back has small print that says what items (like wpn and sabers) is with the model and a small display of all the models in that series (there's 4 mobile suits per series).
All models come with stands that the model can either stand or be posed in flight (fits within large skimmer bases), (stand is possible and can attach to different parts of the model).
Check them out, don't know if there is a website to order, better check Google (though it will prob be in japanese)(better check out amazon..that way you can see peeps selling previous series as well). Good hunting
Better act fast to get them though. HLJ might still have some. It seems like Bandai may be ending the line soon. There haven't been any numbered waves for quite some time. They've just been slowly releasing "EX" sets every few months and those have gone from large, unique figures like the Kshatria, Quin Mantha, and Psycho Gundam to just being repaints like the Gundam Mk. II or the Unicorns. It's a shame too, because the line was fairly decent. It even had a few choices I didn't expect to see, like the Hammarabi. Overall quality was pretty good and it was nice having a cheap, highly poseable line of Gundam figures out on the market.
I did more digging and it looks like the nominal scale is 1/240? That's quite a bit smaller than a 5" 1/144 HG kit, to say nothing of a 7" 1/100 MG. Overall, kind of like a small action figure, than a small model kit. Hm..
I'll have to do some digging. I had one of the MacIII monsters in diecast from 25+ years ago, only the barrels were plastic. I just wish I had bought the Beta fighter from Robotech, I have the Alpha (has a broken wing), but waited too long on the beta fighter. My cousin got the cyclone motorcycle while I was away and I never saw it again .
Don't feel bad, you didn't actually miss the Beta. There was no Beta toy until the early 2000s. Gakken, the company that made the Mospeada toys never actually released the Tread/Beta. At least, never in large numbers. For years there had been rumors of it being released, but there was never any proof. It turned out that only a few samples made it out to the public and I want to say that those few samples only showed up in France of all places. The Gakken Mospeada Tread/ Robotech Beta toy is one of those incredibly rare Holy Grail type items.
In the early 2000s, CM's Corp released Legioss/Tread sets in all three color schemes as did Aoshima. Both are still findable, though the CM'S version is supposed to be of better quality.
Theophony wrote: I'll have to do some digging. I had one of the MacIII monsters in diecast from 25+ years ago, only the barrels were plastic. I just wish I had bought the Beta fighter from Robotech, I have the Alpha (has a broken wing), but waited too long on the beta fighter. My cousin got the cyclone motorcycle while I was away and I never saw it again .
Matchbox released diecast destroids including the Monster in the 80s, sounds like that's that you have. It's the smaller brighter Monster in this picture.
JohnHwangDD wrote: Does the outside of the Gundam Assault Kingdom box let you know what's within? Or is that a total blind box guess?
Yes, whats on the cover is in the box.
But be warned, I have just about all of them, and the quality varies from wave to wave. Some individual models are really nicely done, others, not so much. If you are curious about a specific one let me know, I have just about all of them.
Barzam is correct! I got the classic Sega Evangelion Real Model toys like these:
Point of trivia - the Sega Eva RM toys are the same scale as the Bandai Eva LM-HG kits. Except cheaper and pre-assembled and pre-painted But they don't have the rubber-covered arms.
Yep, those are the ones I was thinking of. I think those may have been the first actual Evangelion action figures. I'd wanted to get them at the time, but never did. I'd wanted the Virtual On figures they did at the same time as well, but never got those, either. It's hard to believe that it's been almost 20 years since those toys came out and that it's been more than 20 years since Evangelion came out.
Nah, no need these days. Toy and tech has improved significantly since then. If I wanted decent Evangelion or Virtual On stuff, Bandai, Kotobukiya, Kaiyodo, Wave, and even Hasegawa have all put out really good stuff. Kotobukiya scratched my Virtual On toy itch back in 2004 when they released their Virtual On One Coin action figure line, anyway.
Now, what I really want is for Kotobukiya to go back and do Front Mission kits again. Back before they became one of the big plastic kit manufacturers, back when they were a garage kit company, they had a really cool Front Mission line, very much in the same vein as their current Armored Core one. The kits looked great and they were fully modular, just like the Armored Core stuff. The plastic toyline they made was great and all, but I still really crave a nice, high quality model kit line.
It looks like Assault Kingdom may not be entirely dead after all. The toyline name definitely is, though. It seems that Bandai is rebranding the line from Assault Kingdom to Universal Unit.
The action figures are 3.34" tall, fully articulated, and apparently include some decals. It looks like the special "build-a-figure" stands are gone though. Instead, it looks like we have some higher quality sculpts and paintjobs. Decals also seem to be a thing in this line.
First wave lineup has 4 unique sculpts with two versions of each:
-RX-78-2 (The Origin style) - with bazooka and shield
-RX-78-2 (The Origin style) - with rifle and shoulder cannon
-MS-06S Char's Zakue (The Origin style) - with Bazooka
-MS-06S Char's Zakue (The Origin style) - with anti-warship rifle
-Gundam Barbatos 3rd form - with maul
-Gundam Barbatos 4th form - with cannon
-RX-78-NT1 Alex - with rifle and shield
-RX-78-NT1 Alex - with Chobham armor.
Hopefully this pic will work.
Looking closely at the pics, the Barbatos has the same ankle joint that the Assault Kingdom line used (it's very unique) which is what leads me to believe that this is basically just a continuation of it under a different name.
From what I read, they're going to be candy toys, just like Assault Kingdom. Don't know if they're blind boxed, but I doubt it. Word has it that they're going to retail for 500 yen apiece. Release is planned for July.
What amounts to an EX release, just like they did with Assault Kingdom has also already been announced. Like with the Assault Kingdom EX releases, this is going to be a bigger unit. In this case, it'll be the XI Gundam from Hathaway's flash. Retail price is expected to be around 2,700 yen or so.
Again, hopefully the pic will work.
The XI Gundam has been oddly popular ever since the Gundam Fix figure. It was largely unknown prior to that. I wonder if we might eventually see Hathaway's Flash brought into official canon via anime adaptation? I kind of hope not since it's depressing as all hell.
To be fair, The Origin's versions of those suits are actually a bit different. Apparently Bandai put out an English announcement about this line. Only two things of note, really. One is that the figures are entirely ABS plastic, which is that nice rigid stuff. No PVC, which Assault Kingdom and the Hybrid Action line before it used. The other thing of interest is that silhouettes were shown for two more EX releases: the Penelope (also from Hathaway's Flash) and the Psycho Mk. II.
That's pretty funny.
For real though, it's probably those leg joints. That ball joint looks janky and the mechanism for the knee looks like it's kinda loose. Putting it on the stand and posing it like it's copping a squat might be the only way to get it to stay upright without glue.
Other way around, more than likely. Danboard predates Minecraft by 5 years, having fist appeared in Yotsuba in 2006. Plus, those figures in the first pic aren't poseable while the various plastic models are.
Barzam wrote: Other way around, more than likely. Danboard predates Minecraft by 5 years, having fist appeared in Yotsuba in 2006. Plus, those figures in the first pic aren't poseable while the various plastic models are.
Minecraft is a total Lego ripoff, but done electronically.
The irony of Minecraft Lego sets is simply mind boggling.
I would say that you actually do, these days. Back when they first acquired the Halo license, I would have agreed with you. My original Ghost would fall apart if you looked at it funny, but some of their more recent stuff? My Seraph, which isn't event recent anymore is a solid mass. Hell, just to test it, I threw that thing and nothing even came off of it. Their kits are top notch quality these days. I would say that since Mattel bought out Megabloks, their quality has actually gotten even better.
Barzam wrote:I would say that you actually do, these days. Back when they first acquired the Halo license, I would have agreed with you. My original Ghost would fall apart if you looked at it funny, but some of their more recent stuff? My Seraph, which isn't event recent anymore is a solid mass. Hell, just to test it, I threw that thing and nothing even came off of it. Their kits are top notch quality these days. I would say that since Mattel bought out Megabloks, their quality has actually gotten even better.
It really depends on what you're goal is. Are you looking for a buildable action figure playset or a system of building.
If the former, then Megablox is right up your alley. Impressively articulated figs that are practically mini action figures, incredibly realistic accessories, lots of painted and detailed building elements, etc. If you're into military and military sci-fi themed models then Mega also has some really impressive large kits that are unlike anything else.
However, if it's a complete and flexible building system that you're after then LEGO is the way to go. The detail is in every way deliberately more abstract, but LEGO sets are far better designed (in terms of color, piece selection and sets available) to be combined across themes and used beyond their intended theme. In addition to lots of buckets and piece sets just designed for free building, there's a huge back-catalog of pieces for the advanced builder. The selection is also just ALOT bigger.
It's interesting to me how Mega has settled into their niche. They used to really try to compete in the general-building system market with an absolutely HUGE array of realistic kits that still centered around brick elements and generic themes similar to LEGO town, Castle, Space, etc. I have the giant Steam Express and Sea Wolf kits on my wall now, but currently, they don't seem to make anything like these.
Maniac_nmt wrote:
Minecraft is a total Lego ripoff, but done electronically.
The irony of Minecraft Lego sets is simply mind boggling.
LEGO Minecraft is really an interesting example of fan-driven develpment. there were already quite a few minecraft models made by the LEGO fan community. The first official LEGO minecraft set was actually a fan chosen theme via the LEGO CUUSOO program back in 2012. It was expected to be a one-off but was so successful it was grown into a whole theme.
Minecraft Lego is kind of hilarious because it's a building block toy of a building block videogame. Two different mediums for the same thing.
Jefffar wrote: I gotta ask, Lego vs Megabloks Mini-Figs, which is a better stand in for a 40k scaled figure?
Whichever is cheaper and has more guns. So Megabloks. If you're gonna do Lego-style wargaming, yeah, a cheaper alternative is absolutely the correct choice.
Jefffar wrote: I gotta ask, Lego vs Megabloks Mini-Figs, which is a better stand in for a 40k scaled figure?
LEGO is closer in size at about 40mm. Still too big though as is Mega whose figures are even bigger. Megabloks figs might be cheaper, but MB isn't nearly as cheap as it used to be and LEGO has a HUGE second hand market if you know how to buy.
For $3-$4 (plus shipping) you can get anywhere from (literally) 240 shuttles to (literally) 960 (!!) fighters.
Or gun turrets or war birds.
They're game pieces from TSR's Buck Rogers board game in the 80s/90s and about a half inch each.
I have no idea what I would do with over a 1000 plastic space ships, but wow. If I ever wanted to make a space game these would be a great way to start.
They're also all over ebay in smaller sets if you want them.
I have a ton of those. The gun turrets are particularly useful for greebling 6/10/15mm stuff. Chop off the guns and you have awesome little chemical tanks.
I havne't painted any of the ships yet, but I have used them for status markers in other games.
Wow, that's some nostalgia right there Kid_Kyoto. We used to have a bunch of those back when I was a kid. We used to use them as birthday cake decorations. Might even still have a few.
I noticed something interesting about those ships, too. That red one in the second pic you posted? That's the Liabe, from Toei produced movie, Message in Space. That's really random for it to show up there. I wonder if those other ships came from other properties or if they're original designs?
You can get 12 in vinyl scaled up to twice the size here:
http://www.ustoy.com/toy-space-cruisers-1 A buddy of mine painted some up and they look pretty good in 10mm.
Something I've noticed well looking at gundam kits are these things called "Gundam Markers". People use the black ones to draw black lines into the panel details of Gunpla kits. You just sort of fill them in, and then whipe off the excess.
With GW putting out all these giant robot kits with the Riptide, Knight Titan, ect. It maby be interesting to try these effects on thows kits. I wouldn't know how good using this technique would turn out, but it's a though.
Dose anyone know anything about these things? Because they look alot like just normal paint markers and/or the art markers I use when drawing. (Copics & prisma)
A youtube video showing them off at the 14:17 mark.
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They seem to just be putting it over bare plastic, so not sure how well it will work for wargamers. But might be worth people's time.
The effect would essentially be the same as if you did a pin wash in a kit's recessed panel lines. Something to be aware of thouse is that if you used one over unsealed paint, you're likely to scratch the paint right off and ruin the pen's tip. This was a lesson I learned the hard way in my early days of model building.
There's also paint markers you can get in the same line. They're interesting, but overall I don't think I would recommend those. The panel line pens are pretty useful though.
Anyone know where they are from? Some Battletech clone I don't know?
I was thinking of the smaller guys on amazon as others as 25mm robot troopers.
The EM4 Mechs are great BT stand-ins. They scale up well and the style is very similar. Alot of Battletech players have used these guys in the last 20 years or so. I never got around to painting them because our group stuck with rebased 10mm Mechwarrior clix for our mech games, but here's a batch of the EM4 figs that I converted.
http://chicagoskirmish.blogspot.com/2013/02/from-workbench-converted-plastic-mechs.html
As for the origin of the mechs, they've been a few things. IIRC, were originally created and sold in the early 90's or late 80's by an Italian company whose name escapes me. ICE then got them (or at least distributed them in the 90's and perhaps a bit later) and marketed them as "Steel Warriors". ICE also had the plstic Space Rangers figs, and the Silent Death plastic figs. I'm not sure how, but EM4 ended up with them in the 00's and has been selling them ever since. I think Red Shirt Games still has a TON of the ICE old stock of the figures.
There are nine other kits in the range including more buildings and sea port structures, enabling you to build up a rather cool modern city scape.
The Tokyo Tower is a bit over 250m tall, so this kit must be a bit over 10cm tall so the whole kit must be about 10cm wide and 20cm long. Since it comes in eight parts, these could be split out for more ground coverage with a less densely built up city.
I can think of several possible uses for this stuff: Modern naval scenery for 1/3000 or 1/2850 scale ships, Space Navy scenery, or for playing Kaiju monster attack games.
The hoarder in me wants to get a bunch of this stuff just because it's so dinky and looks a lot of fun. It looks like the creator company may be out of business, though, so these could be hard to get hold of.
The ships in the multicolored 144 are hard plastic They're not quite as high quality casts as the EM4/SilentDeath spacehips (some of which they are copies of), but they're more than suitable. I particularly like the dual engined slightly rectangular ship which looks pretty cool and the flying saucer which I will be using to greeble some of my 28mm buildings. Most of the sculpts are usefull, but there is an open-topped airspeeder that is kind of weak
http://www.amazon.com/Pack-144-Space-Ships-Assortment/dp/B004N6V4KC/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1462398433&sr=8-9&keywords=spaceships Verdict: Highly Recommended. When painted these would definitely serve well as wargaming models. I haven't tried yet, but their hard plastic is could probalby be cut and glued for custom ships.
The pack of 72 Bronze, silver and blue ships are a bit smaller, but roughly compatible. They are soft, somewhat bendable plastic and a bit more 1950s'ish, but there's a couple of varieties in there that I really like that would look good painted up.
http://www.amazon.com/US-Toy-Cruisers-Vehicle-Assorted/dp/B00362MR1E/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1462398433&sr=8-4&keywords=spaceships Verdict: Recommended with SEvere. reservations. They're a bit bendy and probably can't be easily converted or glued, but if you want some retro-looking game models, they could serve. I tried to paint some with spray paint and they became permanently sticky. You're pretty much limited to acrylic brush-on primer with these guys.
One other point. The 144 are probably a bit large, but the ships in the 72 pack are almost small enough to serve as board game pieces. However, if you want to go that way then the Buck Rogers ships from American Science are probably a better bet.
They're hardly expensive, but if anyone is potentially interested in these and willing to cover shipping I'll send them some samples.
Anyone know where they are from? Some Battletech clone I don't know?
Those have been out quite a while. I got a set almost 16 years ago, and it was really soft plastic.
The plastic EM4 is using is different. It's not quite as hard as most Polystyrene models, but it's not the soft stuff they were being molded in when ICE was making them. I had some of the old ICE-era Space Rangers and the plastic is alot softer than the plastic on the EM4 mechs I bought a few years back. The EM4 plastic is also glueable with polystyrene cement.
The paint pens are a decent substitute for actual paints for younger painters or larger projects, but kits still need to be primed if you want to use the pens on colored areas.
I painted dozens of SD Gundams with them while my students were at recess for YEARS. Most of the paint still holds up even.
I'm still waiting on a mg Kshatriya.
Though i could always get one of the resin kits for it that are out there.
Though sounds like they are making a new line of 1:100th kits for the bigger suits that can't support themselves in plastic or something.
I loved nearly all of the IBO suits from the first season, but these leave me cold; look awfully angular and regressive, like what happened between Seed and Seed Destiny, where we went from sleek and modern-looking suits like the Gundams, the GINN, and the CGUE to the old and tired Zakus, Goufs, and Seed retreads for the Gundams.
Very underwhelming. Oh, and the new Barbatos looks daft.
PS The Tallgeese is a mail order exclusive.
PS2 Anybody have any interest in the upcoming Universal Unit pre-paints, standing 8 cm tall? I have some Assault Kingdom (previous line, same scale and articulation) models and they're excellent; very excited about the reboot, as the figures are supposedly further improved. Not that pricey either - a set of 10 models runs $50. At this point it's cheaper to play Age of Sigmar using these than official GW figures!
BrookM wrote: Are those from the upcoming second season? I don't really recognise any of those designs.
Yeah, these are all season 2 designs I should note, the one with the riot shield is confirmed as being a mass produced suit in service with Tekkadan. That job with Kudelia must have been very lucrative for them. Gusion looks to have received an upgrade as well.
-DE-, I think the designs will grow on you. I wasn't too cool on some of the first season designs until I saw them in color. I'm hoping to see more angles on that Gjallerhorn MS. I like that one next to it, too.
I have the XI Gundam on order and I really want the Zeta Pluses they're doing for the Universal Unit line.
Kid_Kyoto wrote: Upon review I may have been misinformed as to how big this will be.
I thought it would be like Warlord Titan sized but now I see it's just 23cm tall.
230mm=9"
And that is why I wasn't eager to drop $250 on it compared to the 1/200 kit.
Even if it were huge, if I were going that route, I'd be getting 1/100 FSS kits. A big LED Mirage with the Flame Launcher and Boomerang flight pack would be pretty awesome:
Obviously, it'd auto-win against an Emperor Titan, but that's OK.
I tried doing some of the older plastic FSS kits, and it was not a pleasant experience.
It was like a Mantic restic figure, except for every single part. Nothing lined up, nothing fit well, everything had to be trimmed, and even in the end, it still looked awkward as .
And why we talking new Gundams when there's all the new Ultraman Orb stuff coming out? Kaiju as monstrous creatures! There's at least 3 new DX figures as well as a slew of old and new smaller monsters!
Weren't those direct conversions of resin to plastic? Rather than being designed as plastic? Kind of like the pre-digital Flames of War: Open Fire! tanks that I built?
And why we talking new Gundams when there's all the new Ultraman Orb stuff coming out? Kaiju as monstrous creatures! There's at least 3 new DX figures as well as a slew of old and new smaller monsters!
Pssh! Get out of here with your sofubi. Post some pics so we can have something to actually talk about.
Automatically Appended Next Post: Looks like IBO will be getting 20. HG kits from October through March with 5 accessory sets released throughout the same period.
..and I'm over here like "there's a season 2 of IBO?"...
My kids are downstairs building Deathscythe Hell Custom and Zero Flame Honoo (am not planning on watching Build Fighters so no clue but he liked the way it looked).
Whatever this Suit it, it looks like it's a Gjallerhorn design. It also looks kind of like its frame lacks a cockpit.
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and there's a better picture of that other Gjallerhorn MS.
Also, Godzilla vs. Evangelion seems to be a thing.
Bandai's been pumping out web exclusives of Evangelion colored Godzilla and Mecha Godzilla toys and now Kotobukiya is releasing a Burning Godzilla themed EVA-01 model kit (though I don't think it looks much like Burning Godzilla).
Yeah, apparently Toho confirmed that is is a real project. Supposedly it is a film and it will be released theatrically on July 29th. No clue if it's a full length movie though. I'm betting it's just a short or something. Still, it does exist.
I figure I ought to share a couple interesting tidbits that showed up during this weekend's Wonderfest in Japan.
1) more Dougram models, including the Bushman, a Blockhead type C, and the Maverick carrier helicopter. Large picture spoiler'd below.
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2) Pacific Rim plastic model kits. Yes. You read that right. Max Factory, the same company that makes those Dougram kits is making plastic models of the Jaegers. Cherno Alph and Gypsy Danger so far are confirmed. Large pic spoiler'd.
Barzam wrote: 2) Pacific Rim plastic model kits. Yes. You read that right. Max Factory, the same company that makes those Dougram kits is making plastic models of the Jaegers. Cherno Alph and Gypsy Danger so far are confirmed. Large pic spoiler'd.
Here's a couple of mine. Big Foot on the left, Roundfacer on the right.
The Roundfacer was I believe the second plastic kit Max Facotry made for the Pla-Max series. The quality on it is okay, but the arms like to pop out of their shoulder sockets. A lot. Compared to Kotobukiya's early plastic kits though, this thing is like comparing a High-Grade gundam kit to an old Zeta era kit. It's like night and day. The Big Foot is much more recent and is leaps and bounds better than the Roundfacer in terms of quality. None of the issues present on the Roundfacer and there are the Big Foot. They've also done some neat tricks with sliding knee joints and hiding the joints on the Big Foot. If the quality of the Big Foot is continued on subsequent kits, I think they've be very nice.
That's a pretty high mark comparing it to old Kotobukiya kits. I went through a lot of blood, sweat, and tears dealing with some of those. Most of my old Super Robot Taisen kits are just piles of floppy parts these days. The later kits are in good shape still at least.
Poor Daizengar.
If the price is right I wouldn't mind a Gypsy Danger. Hopefully it won't have Macross levels of ridiculous decals to make it accurate.
Barzam wrote: 2) Pacific Rim plastic model kits. Yes. You read that right. Max Factory, the same company that makes those Dougram kits is making plastic models of the Jaegers. Cherno Alph and Gypsy Danger so far are confirmed. Large pic spoiler'd.
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YES! Finally!
How big are they gonna be?
Can't find any actual measurements, or the models for sale anywhere, but there was discussion
chimbraca wrote:Gipsy is 260 feet tall according to the wiki, so 1/350 scale would be around 8.9 inches
That was the only pic I've seen and the photographer's flash washed out the info cards. I would actually bet on them being non-scale and clocking in around 5-6 inches.
Note, I was comparing the Pla-Max kits to Kotobukiya's first plastic kits, namely the original Huckebain. That thing had a terrible build, bad fit all around, and generally bad articulation as well. I suspect they may haveade their molds for it based on their garage kits. Thankfully they've improved since then.
Jehan-reznor wrote: I wish they re-release these 2 in 1:48 scale
i found one at mandarake but i hadn't money at the time :(
Strange it was working when i tested it :(
I have the first one. It's really large. I haven't even thought of a legitimate use so it's still largely unbuilt. That whole range had some neat options.
Looks lovely... but why do the angled landing decks on both sides lead straight into the main superstructure in the middle? Botch your landing and you slam straight into a wall!
It's especially odd since there's an equivalent area further forward, NOT marked for aviation use, where a botched landing would just take you in between the two decks....
Well, keep in mind it's a space ship, so the landing process would be a bit different in space. Then there's the fact that the planes that launch from it can transform and have VTOL capabilities. And finally, the two sections with the launch decks are actually separate ships that are docked with the Macross-class ship. They're configured diffetrntly when they aren't docked.
Barzam wrote: Well, keep in mind it's a space ship, so the landing process would be a bit different in space. Then there's the fact that the planes that launch from it can transform and have VTOL capabilities. And finally, the two sections with the launch decks are actually separate ships that are docked with the Macross-class ship. They're configured diffetrntly when they aren't docked.
I'm well aware the takeoff/landing process is different in space; no deck is required at all. Shut off artificial gravity to the launch bay and a light touch to the thrusters is all that is needed. A catapult launch only makes sense if the catapult is pointed in the direction the small craft is going, otherwise the fighter has to waste fuel changing vectors. Landing would be done at extremely low speed (for space), or would be tractor-beam assisted. Again, lack of gravity means no deck space is actually needed. So clearly those landing decks are there for atmospheric use. And VTOL, V/STOL, and STOVL small craft wouldn't need the canted landing decks... so why build them in at all?
If those are separate ships and designed to be docked to the main hull, well, one would expect someone might have taken those canted-decks placement for landing relative to the main hull. Of course, if the original Macross plotline is followed, then they were never designed to dock with anything and were bodged on later.
Which begs the question, why build one with the canted deck angled to the left as normal.... and the other with the canted deck angled to the right, to the complete confusion of carrier pilots worldwide!
Eh. Suspension of disbelief, I know. But as a carrier junkie it bugs me when things are portrayed incorrectly or ill-thought-out.
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Strange it was working when i tested it :(
