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I'm one to complain bout GW pricing, their hamfisted PR, unfair/bonehead business practices, etc. I still can't suppress an involuntary shudder when someone mentions a metal thunderfire cannon being assembled, and I loath Finecast (I've seen several recasts that friends have that are actually superior in quality).

All this being said, the Sunshark kit is a builder's dream. It will almost hold itself together without glue and it has a solid feel when finished that I've never seen in a plastic kit that size. It had 6 moving parts when assembled, all are tight and snug while still easily moved. Look at my sig, and you'll see that I own quite a few armies. Most of which are in the 5k ballpark and my marines are almost to 2 full battle companies. So I've done a little building over the years.

This is by far the best GW kit I've ever put together, and it would be unfair to not give them props for their home runs when I give them so much crap for their epic fails.

I was very impressed with the kit as well, though I haven't assembled it.

I was very impressed with the Pathfinder kit though. It contains plenty of bits and weapon options for the squad as well as three drones, including a very large drone that fits nicely on a devilfish.

I agree.....and Im glad you assembled a sunshark and not the razor, sunshark is win!!!

but speaking on the flip side on hard things to assemble, you ever mess with the dread fleet models? holy heck some of them were hard, but the models were exquisite so I found it worth it!


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I was very impressed with the kit as well, though I haven't assembled it.

I was very impressed with the Pathfinder kit though. It contains plenty of bits and weapon options for the squad as well as three drones, including a very large drone that fits nicely on a devilfish.

all of which should never be taken sadly......so sad...

I like that the kit comes with an extra marker drone, and I like the recon drone myself. There's a couple uses for it as well with the rail rifles (and yes I will admit it's somewhat risky and expensive)

Run the devilfish as hard and as fast as you can along one side of the board towards the enemy backfield. Get within 6" of the boardedge on turn 1. Turn 2 deepstrike units to castle around pathfinders and bring kroot in behind enemy lines to cause a major disruption. This leaves you with a considerable amount of versatility if it works, but really relies on an opponent's deployment.