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Brother Heinrich wrote:

Aduro wrote:You can't post this today! I was strongly considering throwing some money into a growing local pot for a Forge World order that we're trying to get free shipping on!

ditto! I was planning on getting the Iron Warrior dred as well as a bunch of DKOK troopers to use as lost and damned, now I'm paranoid!

I'm working on a DKOK army at present. I've ordered lots of stuff from FW. Only had minor issues and when I emailed them about it I had replacement models within 2 days. Great company to deal with. Go ahead and make an order, the worst thing that can happen is you find some miscast, you email them and then you get replacements.

H.B.M.C. wrote:Not only that, but it's four long thin pieces of resin that are meant to be completely straight. Is it any wonder that that kit, above most of the others, is going to have the most issues, especially with FW's track record?

It's also one of the oldest and most popular which makes the problem even worse.

I don't know why people even bother trying to straighten them - why not just cut off the barrel and muzzle device, drill the receiver and muzzle device and fit a piece of brass tube? More to the point, why isn't the kit designed like that in the first place?

Scott-S6 wrote:

H.B.M.C. wrote:Not only that, but it's four long thin pieces of resin that are meant to be completely straight. Is it any wonder that that kit, above most of the others, is going to have the most issues, especially with FW's track record?

It's also one of the oldest and most popular which makes the problem even worse.

I don't know why people even bother trying to straighten them - why not just cut off the barrel and muzzle device, drill the receiver and muzzle device and fit a piece of brass tube? More to the point, why isn't the kit designed like that in the first place?

Well I am here to report that I was successful in my attempt to straighten the barrels and re-attach the broken one.

I concur, the kit needs some serious work. Or people mixing resin need to fix their mixture. Or GW needs to make a plastic Basilisk/Griffon/Colossus/Hydra/Medus kit ASAP. Am I asking for too much? You bet.

Stormrider wrote:Or GW needs to make a plastic Basilisk/Griffon/Colossus/Hydra/Medus kit ASAP. Am I asking for too much? You bet.

That would be a pretty epic kit.

Sadly you just know GW would design it in a way that every single vehicle type would have one universal component, so swapping between them would be very hard, a bit like how the Deathstrike missile needs the smaller rockets from the Manticore.

Maybe we'll get the Hydra this Summer, to tie in with those flyers?

Wait, never mind.

BrookM wrote:Maybe we'll get the Hydra this Summer, to tie in with those flyers?

Wait, never mind.

You're being far too optimistic

I really need to stop applying common sense to this thing.

If GW does release a hydra kit , what will it be a hybrid kit with?

Not everything has to be a hybrid kit. The most obvious candidate, the Manticore, has already been turned into one. Unless they have some odd ideas on how to combine the Hydra with a Griffon or Colossus.

BrookM wrote:Not everything has to be a hybrid kit.

Quite. They didn't do the basilisk/medusa which was a really obvious one.

You know what sucks though? Their stuff is cool… bottom line. So we deal with the fact that we’ve got some work ahead of us when we buy their stuff.
I just did a the Human Auxiliary for my Tau using their upgrade kit and spent the better part of a weekend making the heads work on IG bodies but I sat back today and looked at them…..
I like it…
I was going to buy a Manta after Christmas but I’ll get the Orca instead, maybe another Piranha…
Just have to brace myself for the work ahead.

Rhich wrote:You know what sucks though? Their stuff is cool… bottom line. So we deal with the fact that we’ve got some work ahead of us when we buy their stuff.
I just did a the Human Auxiliary for my Tau using their upgrade kit and spent the better part of a weekend making the heads work on IG bodies but I sat back today and looked at them…..
I like it…
I was going to buy a Manta after Christmas but I’ll get the Orca instead, maybe another Piranha…
Just have to brace myself for the work ahead.

And ressucitate your wallet !

Rhich wrote:You know what sucks though? Their stuff is cool… bottom line. So we deal with the fact that we’ve got some work ahead of us when we buy their stuff.
I just did a the Human Auxiliary for my Tau using their upgrade kit and spent the better part of a weekend making the heads work on IG bodies but I sat back today and looked at them…..
I like it…

Oh yes, there is that. Couldn't agree more. The final product is in most cases worth all that extra effort.

Wow, this makes me glad i have been procrasting on buying anything from them. I think the same can be said for GW. Their models are going together better as time goes by, but they used to fit together poorly