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those Revell models fit quit well into a 40k army
http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_02_2013/post-18538-13949251002205.jpg

 kodos wrote:
those Revell models fit quit well into a 40k army
http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_02_2013/post-18538-13949251002205.jpg

Yeah, I have been earmarking SW kits that are roughly 28mm. Would love to be able to field an army like that. Some of those vehicles are out of scale and the eras are not right but whatever, it's still cool.
Is that an AT-AT toy, model, or other? It looks about right (I'm sure it's a touch small but it looks right ) I'd say it's close enough to put on my wishlist.

This army is from a friend of mine, he converted the GW Cadians with greenstuff to clone warriors and used the Revell easy kits for tanks and flyers.

the AT-AT is Revell #06662
http://www.amazon.de/Revell-easykit-06662-Steckbausatz-AT-AT/dp/B000NVLEA6
and the ARC-170 #06653

Thanks

 Alpharius wrote:

 kodos wrote:


This one will make a nice Ghostkeel
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00M1APWHS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_15&smid=A2Y33Q5VM4SA1P

I really like this one!

What are the overall dimensions on it?

Also, and I think I've asked this before, but what are the options out there for 1/144 vehicles, infantry and scenery?

About this size

I have one of these guys:
http://www.gundamplanet.com/gn-x.html

It's about the size of a Riptide. I was planning on using it in a homebrew army I made, but it would also work as a tau battlesuit. The large rifle could be a railgun, considering that the rifle is nearly as long as the model is tall.

It's so cheap too! I also want to grab one of the Astray models and use that one.

My recommendation would be to look to other companies as well. Kotobukiya in particular has risen to prominence in the field of mass market mecha kits. That's actually pretty impressive since they used to be a garage kit manufacturer and now they're pumping out kits that are as detailed and intricate as Bandai's.

Their Super Robot Wars line, though it runs a bit in the larger range of heights, is worth checking out for some seriously kick ass designs. The Guarlion and the Gespenst series kits might interest you.

Also, if you can find them, Kotobukiya's Nadesico line is really VERY nice and seems like it would scale decently. Bandai also put out a Nadesico series of kits based on the tv series. Their kits came out a good long while before the Kotobukiya movie based kits, but they're generally easier to find and cheaper. The Bandai ones are also supposed to be 1/48 scaled, so they'll scale well with your own 40k stuff. The only downside is, like I said, the Bandai line is much older and it shows. The engineering isn't the best on them and the overall mobility of the kits isn't as good as Kotobukiya's. Still, worth checking out, especially for the artillery frame.

Here's a couple of my Kotobukiya kits along with an IG Stormtrooper for scale. On top is the Wildraubtier from Super Robot Wars, a 1/144 scale transforming mech. On the bottom is the Alstroemeria from Kotobukiya's Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness line. It's supposed to be non-scale, but I think it'll blend in well enough. As a bonus, Kotobukiya threw in a pair of enemy drone mecha with the Alstoemeria, too.

Kotobukiya kits are nice but hard to get here.

But I will get definitely one as StormSurge/Knight.
Either this http://www.amazon.de/Kotobukiya-Frame-figurine-Plastic-Kagutsuchi/dp/B007NSQDTO/ref=pd_sim_sbs_21_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1Z634A6MBQG8RM87TTER&dpID=411-lbSNykL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR129%2C160_
or this http://www.amazon.de/Frame-Arms-Scale-Model-Ryurai/dp/B003QMLNF0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_21_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1453KV0NE7BEVX9HR652&dpID=41k9MzyKs7L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR129%2C160_

I'd like to point out that some of the gundam models have actual working LED lights as well as actual GOLD PLATING. Not fake gold, a few of them have actual gold on them and actual, working electronics inside.

Oh, and they're cheaper than a Stormsurge.

 McNinja wrote:
I'd like to point out that some of the gundam models have actual working LED lights as well as actual GOLD PLATING. Not fake gold, a few of them have actual gold on them and actual, working electronics inside.

Oh, and they're cheaper than a Stormsurge.

Very few... Generally just the PG/GG Kits that are a few hundred.

Don't recall ever seeing gold in a kit before though.

I assume he's talking about Unicorn unit 3 and the various Hyaku Shiki kits. In which case, no those aren't actual gold. Just chrome or metallic plastic.

Didn't the MG of the 00 have LEDs that could be installed into its GN Drives and head?

So has anyone on here attempted to repurpose the titanfall statues they gave with the collectors edition?

 Barzam wrote:
I assume he's talking about Unicorn unit 3 and the various Hyaku Shiki kits. In which case, no those aren't actual gold. Just chrome or metallic plastic.

Didn't the MG of the 00 have LEDs that could be installed into its GN Drives and head?

He's referring to the 1/100 MG RX-78-2 Gundam Ver.2.0 Pure Gold Plating Ver. whose runners were actually plated in real gold that you then built. There are a few other special pure gold (and silver) plated Gundams as well that Bandai has released for special occasions.

 Zaku212 wrote:
So has anyone on here attempted to repurpose the titanfall statues they gave with the collectors edition?

Considering the price, I'd say you paid for that vs it being given

I thought about buying a busted one that the Navy Exchange was selling for a reduced price. It needed too much work for how much they wanted though.

1/20 scale Maschinen Krieger, Moon Space type

http://dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=HAS64109



The box art intrieges me but I want to see more.

Not due till Feb though.

It's a Hasegawa kit, so the quality should be pretty good. They've already made several variants on that mech and they've been out for a while now, so you should probably be able to find one marked down a bit somewhere if you really want to get one. I've been tempted by it for a while as well. Strangely though, I haven't seen any photo reviews of it on the various Japanese sites.

 kodos wrote:
those Revell models fit quit well into a 40k army
http://www.tabletopwelt.de/uploads/monthly_02_2013/post-18538-13949251002205.jpg

Nice! For a moment there I thought that was one of those super expensive Code 3 Republic Gunships! What did you use for the ball turrets?

As written it is not my army but from a friend of mine
For the ball turrets he used plastic balls for homemade christmas decoration

Possible alternate Kastellon robot?



http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-HGBF-Hi-Mock-Model/dp/B00P5R148U/ref=pd_sim_sbs_21_22?ie=UTF8&dpID=51dshZt3L2L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR148%2C160_&refRID=05DMZCN2Y8Q009251JS5

I like that it does not have the typical Gundam aestetic.

Alternate combat servitor?





http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-Origin-Guntank-Gundam/dp/B00U7A8I2K/ref=pd_sim_sbs_21_10?ie=UTF8&dpID=51hatdhYCpL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=05DMZCN2Y8Q009251JS5

Crisis Suit?



http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-Grimoire-Reconguista-Action/dp/B00M1APWHS/ref=pd_sim_21_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=511gDw5znJL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR130%2C160_&refRID=1KBGJATV9NWF9PCJ5WKK

Oh and this big boy is up for preorders



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013D1W5WS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=AGE3GL0FIRUZR

Again an atypical Gundam model. I think it would fit in fine with any Imperial or Ork army.

All of those would be way too big to use as proxies for those specific 40k units. Your average Guardsman figure doesn't even come up to the top of the tracks on the Guntank and he doesn't come up to the knees of the regular Suits.

 Barzam wrote:
All of those would be way too big to use as proxies for those specific 40k units. Your average Guardsman figure doesn't even come up to the top of the tracks on the Guntank and he doesn't come up to the knees of the regular Suits.

I was worried about that, I hoped 1/144 was small enough.

Ah well, great models though.

Hmm, what about the other extreme, could this puppy be big enough to pass as one of the AM walkers? (Dunecrawlers?)

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
Possible alternate Kastellon robot?

Spoiler:

http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-HGBF-Hi-Mock-Model/dp/B00P5R148U/ref=pd_sim_sbs_21_22?ie=UTF8&dpID=51dshZt3L2L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR148%2C160_&refRID=05DMZCN2Y8Q009251JS5

I like that it does not have the typical Gundam aestetic.

Alternate combat servitor?





http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-Origin-Guntank-Gundam/dp/B00U7A8I2K/ref=pd_sim_sbs_21_10?ie=UTF8&dpID=51hatdhYCpL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=05DMZCN2Y8Q009251JS5

Crisis Suit?



http://www.amazon.com/Bandai-Hobby-Grimoire-Reconguista-Action/dp/B00M1APWHS/ref=pd_sim_21_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=511gDw5znJL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR130%2C160_&refRID=1KBGJATV9NWF9PCJ5WKK

Oh and this big boy is up for preorders



http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013D1W5WS?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_1&smid=AGE3GL0FIRUZR

Again an atypical Gundam model. I think it would fit in fine with any Imperial or Ork army.

You mean these guys i have them all, the last one i will get and the gun tank is still in the box

So yeah, darn, too big for Kastellions or crisis suits, too small for knights.

GW seems to have nothing in the middle (perhaps on purpose or am I giving them too much credit?)

Maybe Ghostkeel sized?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So yeah, darn, too big for Kastellions or crisis suits, too small for knights.

GW seems to have nothing in the middle (perhaps on purpose or am I giving them too much credit?)

Maybe Ghostkeel sized?

It will be really, really hard to find a gundam kit the size of a crisis suit. The 1/144 size kits are about the size of a riptide, so I'd figure the 1/60 perfect grade kits are about warhound sized at least.

Yeah, the problem is that 1/48 is not a popular scale in Japan for hobbyists. The lines you'd want to look into for stuff around that scale would be Kotobukiya's Nadesico line, which is long out of production, and maybe Bandai's Code Geass line. Their Code Geass series is supposed to be 1/35, but actually clocks in closer to 1/48.

I can however confirm that the Origin style Guntank's footprint is about the same size as the base of the Dunecrawler and is about a head taller than one. You might be able to get away with using the Guntank as a Dunecrawler, but you'd need to do something about the pilot's hatch on the front of it.

Well you could go for SD Gundam kits those are smaller but are well SD.

I'd love to see a Tau army with SD Gundams as Crisis Suits.

Totally fits the Heroic Model anatomy!

The Gundam Converge models work just fine, though the plastic is annoying and difficult to clean up. (PCV)

 paulson games wrote:
Shame on you Sir! When it comes to mecha there is no such thing as "too big"

I dunno. At some point, the mecha becomes a bit impractical.

1/100 Jagd Mirage, Green Left, Twin Tower.

Scale?


Yeah.