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@SickSix
If your looking to use heavy arms you should also check out the Serpent Custom as a possible secondery if you plan on using more than one riptide, it has a slightly more armored look (being a mass-produced MS)
and a similar weapon load out with added beam cannon, also Hobby Link Japan has them on sale so you can pick one up for next to nothing:

Here: (1/100 scale ver) http://www.hlj.com/product/ban61216/Gun, (1/144 scale ver) http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN61212/Gun

HLJ has a bunch of kits on sale right now so it might be worth everyone checking them out.

 Fafnir wrote:
And Korean. Dalong has the best reviews/previews.

I'd also like to note that Bandai aren't the only ones in the game. Kotobukiya makes some amazing kits. Their Armored Core sets are absolutely amazing.

Yep the armored core Kits are great, I own several of the AC3 era kits and even without paint their wonderful pieces of work. Although with that said I wouldn't recommend them to the novice builder, they're quite
complex kits with lots of very small fiddly parts. Speaking of Kotobukiya, people should check out the Frame Arms line of kits, they have a pose-able ABS(?) skeleton that normal plastic kit parts click onto and
are capable of quite dynamic poses. The line is small but has a pretty good variety of mecha styles from more gundam-looking mechs to stuff that wouldn't look out of place in armored core or front mission.

Here you go: (1/144 scale, 145mm, Frame Arms kits)

Here's your chainsword solution for not-knights



It actually spins...fully mechanical.

My choice for a knight stand-in. Comes in at about 6.25 inches



Mix those two together for instant win.

 Alpharius wrote:
Ah, thanks guys - that scale/size is too large for any practical gaming use though, even as scenery...

Yes 1:35
I made the Bandai tank as count as a super-heavy tank.



The Edelweis is more akin to an early www2 tank so it may be a lot smaller.

 Lobukia wrote:


The second one is 12" long... so bigger than a baneblade, and it costs more too might I add. But yeah, very cool.

What? new it should be less than 100$

 Maniac_nmt wrote:
If you aren't into gundam:

http://www.amazon.com/Border-Break-Cougar-Type-I-Scale/dp/B002PAQAPC
http://www.amazon.com/Border-Breaker-Heavy-Guard-Type-II/dp/B002X79LBC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_t_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=04HSH8G8VC7PJ9417TD8
http://www.amazon.com/35-Scale-Model-Border-Construction/dp/B004ASOL76/ref=pd_sim_sbs_t_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=04HSH8G8VC7PJ9417TD8

I have a Border Break model I'm converting to use as a riptide. It has a more MechWarrior feel for me than gundam does (I don't really like a lot of the gundam asthetics myself). These just happened to be in roughly the same size range as a Tau Riptide, and cheaper.

I'm also a little partial to this guy:

http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Gasaraki-Raiden-Armor/dp/B0013K5QJG[url]
http://gwing-online.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=197_277&products_id=2588

Something from Lost Planet (lots of rivets)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kotobukiya-Japan-LOST-PLANET-PIX-140R-HARDBALLER-video-game-boxed-figure-V-1-/230921699370?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item35c401802a
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-51568362379717_2269_78083434.jpg

And lastly, I've seriously considered using 1/35th scale MaK 3D figures as Tau crisis suits.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140944450715?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-35-Ma-K-Maschinen-Kriege-Figure-Fireball-SG-Crimson-Brominent-Type-/140943812538?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d0e7e7ba[url]
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Thanks for these links, I've never considered using a Mecha before, but these ones are right up my alley! I'd much prefer one of these over a Knight!

EDIT: Consequently, does anyone have a shot of these next to a 40K model? I kind of want to eyeball their relative size.

 Rolt wrote:

Here you go: (1/144 scale, 145mm, Frame Arms kits)

Frame Arms are actually 1/100 and quite large. I imagine they'll be too big to be used as a Riptide.

Speaking of Frame Arms though, there's two coming out soon.
Durga I


Magastuki


About the Edelwiss, it is 1/35 and being made by Volks. I've said it before and I'll say it again, they're putting out some very high quality plastic kits. Unfortunately, it might be like their plastic Five Star Stories kits and have a limited distribution. I'd imagine HLJ might carry though, even if it's brief. The price is 5250 yen and official release is on the 7th of this month. The box art to it is gorgeous, too. The kit is also supposed to have some kind of light up after market option parts for the engine as well. The Japanese hobby mags have been keeping a very close eye on this kit.

The next kit in the line has also been announced. It's called a Shamrock. It's very boxy and looks vaguely reminiscent of a Tiger bashed with a Leman Russ.


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 Sparkadia wrote:

 Maniac_nmt wrote:
If you aren't into gundam:

http://www.amazon.com/Border-Break-Cougar-Type-I-Scale/dp/B002PAQAPC
http://www.amazon.com/Border-Breaker-Heavy-Guard-Type-II/dp/B002X79LBC/ref=pd_sim_sbs_t_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=04HSH8G8VC7PJ9417TD8
http://www.amazon.com/35-Scale-Model-Border-Construction/dp/B004ASOL76/ref=pd_sim_sbs_t_7?ie=UTF8&refRID=04HSH8G8VC7PJ9417TD8

I have a Border Break model I'm converting to use as a riptide. It has a more MechWarrior feel for me than gundam does (I don't really like a lot of the gundam asthetics myself). These just happened to be in roughly the same size range as a Tau Riptide, and cheaper.

I'm also a little partial to this guy:

http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Gasaraki-Raiden-Armor/dp/B0013K5QJG[url]
http://gwing-online.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=197_277&products_id=2588

Something from Lost Planet (lots of rivets)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kotobukiya-Japan-LOST-PLANET-PIX-140R-HARDBALLER-video-game-boxed-figure-V-1-/230921699370?pt=UK_ToysGames_ActionFigures_ActionFigures_JN&hash=item35c401802a
http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/yhst-51568362379717_2269_78083434.jpg

And lastly, I've seriously considered using 1/35th scale MaK 3D figures as Tau crisis suits.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140944450715?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-35-Ma-K-Maschinen-Kriege-Figure-Fireball-SG-Crimson-Brominent-Type-/140943812538?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20d0e7e7ba[url]
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Thanks for these links, I've never considered using a Mecha before, but these ones are right up my alley! I'd much prefer one of these over a Knight!

EDIT: Consequently, does anyone have a shot of these next to a 40K model? I kind of want to eyeball their relative size.

I have both Lost Planet toys (they're toys, trust me) and the Raiden as well as the Ishtar from Gasaraki and a couple of the Border Break kits. I can try and take some photos this weekend if you want. A word of caution though, the Gasaraki kits are fragile as hell. My Raiden is from the original release and I've repaired it numerous times. I'm amazed it's held up as well as it has. The Ishtar is somewhat better in that regard though. Also, the Lost Planet toys and the Border Break kits are probably going to be too large for your needs.

The kit on the right in this picture is a Frame Arms Basilard. It's maybe slightly taller than a standard Border Break kit, but both lines use the same Frame Arms skeletons.

 Barzam wrote:


I have both Lost Planet toys (they're toys, trust me) and the Raiden as well as the Ishtar from Gasaraki and a couple of the Border Break kits. I can try and take some photos this weekend if you want. A word of caution though, the Gasaraki kits are fragile as hell. My Raiden is from the original release and I've repaired it numerous times. I'm amazed it's held up as well as it has. The Ishtar is somewhat better in that regard though. Also, the Lost Planet toys and the Border Break kits are probably going to be too large for your needs.

The kit on the right in this picture is a Frame Arms Basilard. It's maybe slightly taller than a standard Border Break kit, but both lines use the same Frame Arms skeletons.

Interesting, thank you. The one on the left looks like a fairly accurate approximation, and I like its design. It's a shame that IG doesn't have any big stomping robots, I have no real excuse to get one aside from a counts-as Knight. I'm really big on the 2-hand weapon design (as in, guns that are held in 2-hands rather than dual-wielding) as it seems more realistic to me. Hmm. I wonder how well these would translate as Mega-Dreads if given an Orkish do-over.

 Rolt wrote:
@SickSix
If your looking to use heavy arms you should also check out the Serpent Custom as a possible secondery if you plan on using more than one riptide, it has a slightly more armored look (being a mass-produced MS)
and a similar weapon load out with added beam cannon, also Hobby Link Japan has them on sale so you can pick one up for next to nothing:

Here: (1/100 scale ver) http://www.hlj.com/product/ban61216/Gun, (1/144 scale ver) http://www.hlj.com/product/BAN61212/Gun

HLJ has a bunch of kits on sale right now so it might be worth everyone checking them out.

 Fafnir wrote:
And Korean. Dalong has the best reviews/previews.

I'd also like to note that Bandai aren't the only ones in the game. Kotobukiya makes some amazing kits. Their Armored Core sets are absolutely amazing.

Yep the armored core Kits are great, I own several of the AC3 era kits and even without paint their wonderful pieces of work. Although with that said I wouldn't recommend them to the novice builder, they're quite
complex kits with lots of very small fiddly parts. Speaking of Kotobukiya, people should check out the Frame Arms line of kits, they have a pose-able ABS(?) skeleton that normal plastic kit parts click onto and
are capable of quite dynamic poses. The line is small but has a pretty good variety of mecha styles from more gundam-looking mechs to stuff that wouldn't look out of place in armored core or front mission.

Here you go: (1/144 scale, 145mm, Frame Arms kits)

Spoiler:

Sweet thanks for that!

I have loved Armored core until 5. I didn't know anyone made kits for them. I will have to check that out!

 agnosto wrote:
Here's your chainsword solution for not-knights



It actually spins...fully mechanical.

Out of stock at HLJ. some place called Hobby Search has it though - bad idea to order from them? They seem legit but with those Asian sellers, I honestly do not trust myself to tell the difference

I've bought kits from hobby search before without problems (but their postage is generally pretty high)

Good, thanks!

as for shipping, well, SAL shipping for the 71 gram they claim it to be should be either 3.7 or 4.7 USD. If they don't make good on that and try to charge several times item cost as shipping, meh, I'll get it from HLJ some time. worth the shot, though

It's been a long time since I've used HLJ, but they've never done me wrong.

As for waiting for something to come into stock, a lot of companies will end up rotating models/parts out of production if it's not a major product. You might be waiting for a while if you have to backorder.

 Sparkadia wrote:


Thanks for these links, I've never considered using a Mecha before, but these ones are right up my alley! I'd much prefer one of these over a Knight!

EDIT: Consequently, does anyone have a shot of these next to a 40K model? I kind of want to eyeball their relative size.

I will try and get one of my WIP Border Break and a regular crisis suit. I think they're similar enough in scale comparison to images I've seen of a Riptide next to a Crisis Suit to use it as a Riptide stand-in.

Here is a comparison shot of a Border Break Shrike next to a Tau Firewarrior and a Tau Commander. I figure it's roughly okay given the height of a Riptide in photos I've seen (I don't actually have a Riptide, so I can't say for sure)

Well, I guess that saves me the trouble of taking pictures of mine. I wish those kits were still available though. Then again, I also wish they'd done more of the mechs. There's some really neat looking ones that didn't get any kits.

The gundam converge stuff looks nifty with a head and weapon swap.




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...and a quick size comparison. 144th is perhaps a tad big, but will do at a pinch.

 Mr Morden wrote:
I'd Love some of the Robotech / BattleTech models in 28mm

Warhammer, Marauder and Locust would be brilliant.

Most of them used to be available in 1/72 scale. They were about 12 inches tall. A few of the Robotech kits are back out now and can be found on the HLJ site.

I bought this one last week Aura Battler Dunbine Figure for about 10$ 8" tall Chaos insect knight?

My "not- knights"
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and the M-61A5 in my service
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I have since removed that tube between the gunns

 shasolenzabi wrote:


and the M-61A5 in my service
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That doesn't look too out of scale at all!

Any chance of some more pictures, with 40K stuff next to it?

Alpharius, I have a Hydra made from a Chimera and the quad gun from a bastion kit next to it, is roughly Baneblade in scale
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Said Hydra, the M-61A5 is next to iy with the red/white superheavy strip
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And that is a Leman Russ Tank commander I placed looking out of the M61's command hatch


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With 28mm scale ride hitchers
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Went to mandarake today and found some interesting stuff

Frame Arms model kit 004 lots of parts


MBT-90D Tank from a Anime movie Techno police 21C 1/48 scale


Saw a star ship trooper model kit, never knew it existed, it was pricey so i didn't buy it.

Awesome, looks like they've based that last one on the suit in the book, rather than the movies/animation.

Would love to paint that up with some US-MC type markings and camo. I wonder what kind of scale it is?

The M61A5 is about the same size as a Baneblade.

 Pacific wrote:
I wonder what kind of scale it is?

1:15 (says so on the box)
It's 15cm tall when completed.

There is also this 1:12 kit of the Powered suit from wave at roughly $32 from HLJ

There is an action figure of the Starship Troopers model but it's rather expensive.

http://www.hlj.com/product/SET88802/Act

Then again, 92 Euros is only £73 so it's cheaper than an Imperial Knight Titan kit, comes ready assembled and painted, and is reposeable.

At 1/16 scale it should be five to six inches tall.

 Kilkrazy wrote:
There is an action figure of the Starship Troopers model but it's rather expensive.

http://www.hlj.com/product/SET88802/Act

Then again, 92 Euros is only £73 so it's cheaper than an Imperial Knight Titan kit, comes ready assembled and painted, and is reposeable.

At 1/16 scale it should be five to six inches tall.

That is an awesome suit!

 Kilkrazy wrote:
The M61A5 is about the same size as a Baneblade.

Very much it is, the plastic suspension needed shoring up, it is a bit more delicate than a GW kits as it is mainly a display model, but enough putty and wire made it stronger!

I use the special rule for the main guns

Dual Long Barreled Vanquisher super guns: Each can be fired at separate targets at a ranged of 110" across the table at normal Vanquisher shots at the Ballistic skill of the vehicle, but if needed against a titan target or gargantuan creature, both guns may be synchronized to fire a the Mega-D super shot as a single die roll to hit, at Strength D counting as a single fired superheavy weapon.


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And what is that chainblade listed under? Hobby Search is a big site
http://d2ev13g7cze5ka.cloudfront.net/kby/kbymw-26_2.jpg?v=1337039672

http://www.hlj.com/product/kbymw-26/Sci

Out of stock, though. Hobby search charged me 3.80 USD intl untracked shipping and a similar price for the kit - Buzzsaw says they're okay so you might want to go with that

Yeah, I'm gonna need three of those Edelweiss tanks when they're available.

Jehan, are you in Nagoya? I saw that exact same Techno Police tank at the Nagoya Mandarake a few weeks ago. I probably would've bought it if it weren't for the fact that I would've had difficulty fitting it into my suitcase unbuilt.