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White Ninja wrote:About time someone weaponised the golden throne.

No doubt!

This miniature definitely has the "whoa!" factor going for it...

Now an Ork player just needs to loot it!





Three of those bad puppies will be going in my Custodes army.

Not bad, more expensive but better alternative than the GW craptastacon transformer. You could get a sword to scale from bits places for that option. :3

Mine's on order. Will let you guys know what I think when it gets here.

So my Hell Cruiser arrived and I finally got it assembled. As promised, here's my review.

Firstly, let me say that it's very well sculpted with loads of detail. Personally, I didn't care for all of the demon heads and faces scattered across the model, as I'm not playing this as a dreadknight, but if you do play GK and are looking to use this in your army and demon faces are your thing, then it may work for you. Luckily, the resin used, while quite strong and capable of maintaining detail, is very easy to cut into with a trusty hobby knife. All of the faces are on shields and, with a careful and steady hand, they were quite easily turned into plain shields. Another point on the detailing is that the flaming cauldrons and the head, which I think is rather well sculpted but just doesn't fit into my army (there's no Space Jesus in the 41st millennium!), are optional parts. You could easily replace the head with one, say, from the Venerable Dreadnought sprue (which is what I did) and leave the cauldrons off outright.

From a build perspective, I found it much easier to pin the model. I know many people debate pinning resin models at all (reducing impact fractures and all) and especially on a model of a small size, but I found it far more convenient for posing the arms. Additionally, the arms require an ample amount of alteration to even attach them, much less pose them. The tops of the arms are ball jointed; however, the pauldrons lack sockets for these joints. As a result, one of 2 things must occur: either you have to cut the ball joint to a flat surface to connect it or you have to drill out the bottom of the pauldron to accommodate the joint. I chose the second option, and it's the option I suggest that anyone take. The main reason is that it helps with posing the arms, and additionally, it adds strength to the arms that the other method would not supply. The biggest problem with this method, however, is that it requires a sizable drill bit and, preferably, a power drill, and some people may not have access to these. Once drilled, everything fit together like a charm.

Overall, it's a nice model. My primary criticisms have to do with the arm joints, which really need some work to make function, and the fact that the legs are so static and unposeable. Other than that, I'm quite pleased with my purchase. It will serve my purposes well. It's certainly not for everyone, but I think that many will enjoy this model, either as a replacement for a dreadknight or as something else entirely.