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Kroothawk wrote:Guess it was about time: The Necron overlord and his Lychguard
http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=85

TEMPT ME NOT!

I wonder if I have enough battle droids to do a necron force...

Well i'll know next week when my stuff arrives.

Has anyone on here actually purchased some of these? 70mm or 30mm?

I'm just curious about the quality in your hands.

i have both 30mm and 70mm minis from Knight...
they are great sculpts, but heavy on the mouldlines...
30mm are not heroic scale, so the detail is very fine, making the mouldlines seem that much more extreme...
i love the 30mm sculpts, but they don't feel like a good value for the money...
they are awesome pieces that you pay a premium for...

70mm, on the other hand, are limited edition (500 each w/ great packaging) and display oriented...
they feel like money well spent, even for the $100 Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike...

hope that helps...

cheers
jah

Scottywan82 wrote:Has anyone on here actually purchased some of these? 70mm or 30mm?

I'm just curious about the quality in your hands.

In my experience, i think these are really good quality models, if not, i would not have posted them here.

I have a 70 mm. model and some 30 mm. models and i didn't notice any excessive mould line or bad casting... of course, this is my experience.

However, i posted time ago a review of the Darth Vader 70 mm. model in my blog. It's in spanish, but there are many pictures, so check it if you wish:

http://tabladelavarwargames.blogspot.com/2010/11/darth-vader-resena-de-la-miniatura.html


BTW, there are also some other miniatures from Knight Models this month. All 70 mm. these ones:

Chewbacca: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=84&id_lang=1




Ghost Rider: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=83&id_lang=1




Moon Knight: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=82&id_lang=1




Cheers!

Greivous' guards are brilliant. I may have to pick up a few of those to replace my WotC versions... they're rather prone to Bendy-ankle Syndrome, due to their legs being so thin.

I have edited the thread title. So we can post all the news of this brand in this thread, in a similar way to other brand's threads on this forum.

Great looking sculpts!!!

Any platoon boxed sets, yet?

Holy crap, they even made Moon Knight cool! But in all seriousness, these are excellent sculpts, and excellent paint jobs too. Do we know who does their paint work?

I'm still not sure how a crossbow laser works.

Sidstyler wrote:I'm still not sure how a crossbow laser works.

Just take a piece of laser light (see laser sword) and shoot it

Sidstyler wrote:I'm still not sure how a crossbow laser works.

From Wookieepedia:

The bowcasters were clip-loaded with usually six explosive bolts per clip. However some Wookiees developed a bowcaster that fired pure blaster bolts and no clip was required.[1]

A polarizing orb sat at each end of the bow, generating a magnetic field used to accelerate the quarrels.[5] After cocking the weapon, a simple trigger sped the quarrel forward and charged it in an envelope of plasmoid.

any other superhero miniatures in the rough scale of warhammer stuff?
never seen any before, I don't want to have to convert my own (if I do they will be skaven as these characters) lol

Lord Poison wrote:any other superhero miniatures in the rough scale of warhammer stuff?
never seen any before, I don't want to have to convert my own (if I do they will be skaven as these characters) lol

They are called Heroclix
Several hundred super heroes from marvel, DC and Indies.

Those are really awesome!

I like the Seals ones alot too!

Kroothawk wrote:

Lord Poison wrote:any other superhero miniatures in the rough scale of warhammer stuff?
never seen any before, I don't want to have to convert my own (if I do they will be skaven as these characters) lol

They are called Heroclix
Several hundred super heroes from marvel, DC and Indies.

something slightly better quality then that lol ?

New models for December. More info and pics in the links.

Marvel ltd. ed. 70 mm.

Captain America, sculpted by Jerome Renaud, painted by José M. Palomares. Link: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=88



Star Wars ltd. ed. 70 mm.

Jabba the Hutt and slave Leia. Sculpted by Alfonso Gozalo (Leia) and Romain Van Den Bogaert (Jabba and everything else). Painted by José M. Palomares. Link: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=90




Star Wars busts.

Boba Fett bust 1/10 scale. Sculpted by José Miguel Caballero Delso and painted by José Manuel Palomares: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=89




Star Wars 30 mm.

Scout Trooper on Speeder bike. Sculpted by Israel Gonzalez Mojarro and painted by Rubén Martínez: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=91





And there is an offer of the Stormtroopers + the new scout on bike. It's cheaper than buying them individually: http://www.knightmodels.com/product.php?id_product=95



I like a lot the bike.

Cheers!

Stormtroopers and Jabba look brilliant.

BUT...

It looks to me like they got Leia's face wrong...she looks "off" somehow...almost like the shape is "near, but not quite", compared to Carrie Fisher's in EP VI...

Padre^.

insaniak wrote:

Sidstyler wrote:I'm still not sure how a crossbow laser works.

From Wookieepedia:

The bowcasters were clip-loaded with usually six explosive bolts per clip. However some Wookiees developed a bowcaster that fired pure blaster bolts and no clip was required.[1]

A polarizing orb sat at each end of the bow, generating a magnetic field used to accelerate the quarrels.[5] After cocking the weapon, a simple trigger sped the quarrel forward and charged it in an envelope of plasmoid.

It's may also be of interest that it takes tremendous strength to cock a Wookie crossbow. In one of the original Han Solo books, Han fires off a charge from Chewie's Bowcaster but is unable to chamber a second quarrel.

Just a snippet of useless trivia.

Yeah it looks like young Fisher body and old fisher face.
Also the Scout troopers helmet looks off.

Captain America sculpt looks off a bit - scale the size of his bicep/tricep...

That's a huge arm from carrying that shield all day.

I think a lot of the problem with Leia's face is just from the stark highlighting. A softer paintjob would probably help a lot.

jah-joshua wrote:
they feel like money well spent, even for the $100 Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike...

I got the speeder bike, and to be honest I was not that impressed with the quality, especially the resin pieces are not that well formed, perpendicular edges are not quite perpendicular etc.

Boba Fett is overrated!

There, I said it and I'm not taking it back!

ZOMG General Grievous...one of my favorite characters...want want want...

streamdragon wrote:Boba Fett is overrated!

You just made the list

Leia's head is way too big as well as an awkward pose ( understandable, after all, she's chained to Jabba).

I've always wondered how much of a market there is for something like this. It seems oversaturated and outdated

Maybe I'm just burnt out. Phantom Menace and Ruination of the Clones distorted my SW world.

buckero0 wrote:
Maybe I'm just burnt out. Phantom Menace and Ruination of the Clones distorted my SW world.

I dont get all the hate for the series. Sure, it was watered down a bit for the kiddies, but overall enjoyable IMO. I think some people simply over rate the original trilogy...and thats coming from a fan. Hell, Ive even gone as far as to spend some time playing a Star Wars RPG campaign.

The clone Wars TV series is very popular among kids (and some older Star Wars fans). Personally I like the design of Episodes 1-3 incl. Clone Wars series much much more than Episodes 4-6.

MoD_Legion wrote:

jah-joshua wrote:
they feel like money well spent, even for the $100 Scout Trooper on Speeder Bike...

I got the speeder bike, and to be honest I was not that impressed with the quality, especially the resin pieces are not that well formed, perpendicular edges are not quite perpendicular etc.

never said i was looking forward to building and painting it...hahahahaha
it does seem like there will be a lot of prep...

i'm in the middle of prep work on the 72mm Boba Fett right now...
loads of file work, and any hoses and straps are quite fiddly...
also, the nozzles on the jetpack are connected by a tiny bit of metal and will have to be clipped off and pinned back on...

most of us have piles of unpainted stuff, so the packaging strikes me before the build and paint work needed...
the tin, artwork, and collector's card are a nice touch for an expensive 70mm mini...
makes them feel unique and special, and justifies some of the cost...

overall, the big guys don't feel like such a huge task to prep in comparison to the 30mm guys...
they are so small and fiddly that the moldlines seem that much more extreme...
working over the 30mm Han Solo (a one-piece mini) does not make me look forward to any of the guys with seperate arms or lightsabres...

as a Star Wars fan, i am stoked that these minis exist...
i've never been a fan of Marvel, but the two modern soldiers are definitely on my wish list...
those guys have me excited to drop $60 a mini, which is a rare thing...

cheers
jah

FRP Games has most if not all of the series:

http://frpgames.com/cart.php?skip=0&m=product_list&c=2823

Yes the 5 pack of Storm Troopers is there. Of course the 30mm Boba Fett is sold out...theres a shock.