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They posted a second shot, because some of the "true believers" accused them of photoshopping!!

GWs new four liter paint pots are huge!



Not sure why this is surprising. We knew that was a dwarf in there. Still a bit shocking somehow.

So...not surprising but instead, shocking?

OK!

And seeing as though it's just gyro-copter, and not a Citadel™ Miniatures™ Dwarf™ Gyro™-™Copter™, anyone can make one.

 plastictrees wrote:
Not sure why this is surprising.

Some of us are eternal optimists and like to believe the best in people, and therefore they're quite surprised when a company charges $60 for a happy meal toy.

 plastictrees wrote:
GWs new four liter paint pots are huge!



Not sure why this is surprising. We knew that was a dwarf in there. Still a bit shocking somehow.

I agree... I should've known better, but man, that is small. Actually kind of a cute model in that light, though

It is kind of growing on me, and I'm liking it more and more, but that size, at that price?

I can't justify it.

Amazingly, despite how much of a fad it is, through the power of the Internet I actually found a pic of that toy I was referring to:

 Alpharius wrote:
So...not surprising but instead, shocking?

OK!

I am both layered and nuanced.


Any alternative Gyrocopters out there?
I really do like the GW mini, but, yeah.

Keep trying to jump through hoops to justify a Dwarf army here. The new infantry is just awesome.


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 H.B.M.C. wrote:
Amazingly, despite how much of a fad it is, through the power of the Internet I actually found a pic of that toy I was referring to:

Did you find one next to a citadel paint pot?

From the top of Launchpad McQuack's head to the bottom of his itty bitty plane is, IIRC, about the same height as a GW paint pot.

 H.B.M.C. wrote:
From the top of Launchpad McQuack's head to the bottom of his itty bitty plane is, IIRC, about the same height as a GW paint pot.

I appreciate you opening this very specific window in to your childhood.

So I can get three of those, or I can get a Knight?

 plastictrees wrote:
I appreciate you opening this very specific window in to your childhood.

I can't tell if you're being sincere or if you're being a condescending jerk, but either way, you're very welcome.

 d-usa wrote:
So I can get three of those, or I can get a Knight?

Or get one of each, and use the Gyro-Cockpit as the Knight's head. It's probably the right size.

Alright lets do this bearded fellows - find us links to miniatures that can replace the gyrocopter

 H.B.M.C. wrote:

 plastictrees wrote:
I appreciate you opening this very specific window in to your childhood.

I can't tell if you're being sincere or if you're being a condescending jerk, but either way, you're very welcome.

You wound me. I take trivial nostalgia very seriously and have the Roboto action figure to prove it.

New Gyrocopter idea...origami using three $20 bills.

fidel wrote:
Alright lets do this bearded fellows - find us links to miniatures that can replace the gyrocopter

only one i'm aware of:
http://www.blacktreedesign.com/uk/product.php?productid=23704&cat=2314&bestseller=Y

not exactly amazing, but quite a bit cheaper!

Very reminiscent of the originals, though.

I'm disappointed with the Dwarf releases. I'd have liked to see more new kits and perhaps even a better army box deal than the one they have. I'll have to see what Felix does, I guess...

I never expected them to be larger than a Terradon given the pictures we had. That's why I was surprised when they weren't cheaper or simply 3 to a box like Terradons.

As little as they are - they definitely should have been 3 for $60 like the Terradons.

Huh. I searched on Google for a chibi chinook helicopter, and that is not what I was expecting.

I still really like them,

but no chance of me actually buying one

way to small for the price which was always going to be the problem for multikitting it with the larger gyrobomber

 Nicky J wrote:

fidel wrote:
Alright lets do this bearded fellows - find us links to miniatures that can replace the gyrocopter

only one i'm aware of:
http://www.blacktreedesign.com/uk/product.php?productid=23704&cat=2314&bestseller=Y

not exactly amazing, but quite a bit cheaper!

Titan Forge are releasing a smaller version of this Zeppelin, shown below, that sounded like a good price (Kickstarter backers can get for 3 for 360 points, if I recall correctly? Which is about $10 apiece). They have yet to preview the smaller version, here is the large version as WIP:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1693348960/metal-beards-tabletop-dwarf-army/posts/741647




360 view gives a much better idea of it, as well:

https://d2pq0u4uni88oo.cloudfront.net/assets/001/609/973/cf5f9441e45dcf2410a36645898f1118_h264_high.mp4

I'm not saying they aren't expensive, but isn't that the size of the current gyrocopter? It isn't like they made it smaller or something...

Argh, seeing that gryrocopter-paint pot size comparison is frustrating.

I really like the new dwarves, the idea of building up a medium-size dwarf army to fight against Skaven or perhaps demons is giving me some Dwarf Fortress vibes, a la sending dwarves into the mountain to be slaughtered by numberless foes.

Heck, I was thinking this release would be the force to finally bump me away from 40k and into starting fantasy. I'm a big fan of the dwarf aesthetics. But $45 for one copter the size of a mini stapler...sigh...I mean I get that they're trying to fill out the whole range with these dual kits, but the trade-off is a massive bump in cost for the smaller version. Plus the Longbeards are expensive for core because again, flexibility of options.

I just can't justify it. Before buying a model or tank with a $45 price tag would have gotten me maybe a leery eye from my lady, but now if she saw a model that was as small as the gyrocopter and I told her it was $45 for plastic, she'd look at me like I was a complete buffoon.

It's small, but it's not suppose to be huge?

Gyrocopters are just ways to get from hold to hold and be in the occasional battle.

 pretre wrote:
I'm not saying they aren't expensive, but isn't that the size of the current gyrocopter? It isn't like they made it smaller or something...

Unless I'm mis-remembering, I'm pretty sure it was about 3 modern paint pots long.



EDIT:
It's on a 40mm base.

So, pulling up the price of the metal kit on the GW site sets it at $33.

The best size comparison I could find was on the Bugman Brewery site, given this kit has the cockpit extended to twice its size, but it is shown next to a paint pot.



EDIT: ninja'd by caylentor

I guess I'll wait to see them side by side. 33 to 60 is a big jump though.

edit: Oh wait, he must have been talking AU prices. $45 for US is still a jump.

Also, that seems to be the small version of the gyro:



and base comparison

So it's basically about the same mass, but less gangly. Got it.

And $12 more expensive.

It's back to about the size of the original Dwarf gyrocopter, which in itself isn't a bad thing,



it's just the price that's the issue since it's duel kitted with the gyrobomber.

If they'd given 3 (or even 2) for that price it would be bareable

That's the GyroBOMBER, the tiny one is the new GyroCOPTER.

Tiny...

 Alpharius wrote:
That's the GyroBOMBER, the tiny one is the new GyroCOPTER.

Tiny...

Yeah, I edited it up. Still that explains why the kit is more expensive, probably. Although that's one of those 'what if I didn't want a gyrobomber' things. /shrug