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 Barzam wrote:
This may or may not be awesome news for some of you. PM's Office is re-releasing their 1/35 Leynos kit.
From what Google translate tells me, this seems to be in conjunction with Assault Suits Leynos being re-released (or possibly a brand new game?) on the PS4.
This is being billed as a "Renewal Ver.," whatever that means. Retail price to be 6,900 yen.

Spoiler:

http://gematsu.com/2014/03/assault-suit-leynos-ps4-remake-debut-trailer

It is a remake, i was surprised to see it at the electronics shop near my work, i wait until the price comes down.

Didn't think they would do Valient kits again. The Centaur ones are an awesome design.

Any of you guys ever built a Volks plastic kit? I have, the IMS V-Siren Prominence from the Five Star Stories, it's an amazing looking kit with excellent details but is horrifically fiddly to put together, badly balanced and feels very fragile. I'm afraid to touch the kit incase it falls apart on me and have never put the shield on it as it's so heavy it really will leave it a mass of parts on the shelf.

Looks amazing, but unless Volks have massively improved their plastic kits in the last 5 years since the Prominence was released I wont be touching anything from them again.

Was thinking this Kotobukia HMM Death Stinger would make for a good Mechanicum Super Heavy.

I can't remember if this has been posted but I saw this and it's pretty crazy looking. If you're looking for some kind of massive dropship piece or I dunno.. a mountain of bits, this thing is awesome.

http://pegasushobbies.net/catalog/Models-Sci-fi-Kits/c107_47/p121/%239125-M.L.E.V-5-Mars-Lunar-Explorer-Vehicle-%28kit%29/product_info.html





That's a 1/35th person..

They have one of those on display at the store. It really is MASSIVE.

It would be great as some sort of Imperium drop ship or something.

 Eilif wrote:

I'm using them for hardsuits in 28mm Mech battles and I'm not sure how they compare to Tau stuff, but they measure about 87mm from sole to top of head. Here it is with a sedition wars fig.

I bought one of these, too. I haven't done anything with it but if you pop off the arms and head it does look like a decent base for some kind of super sentinel or ultra dreadnought. Needs appropriate weapons and a lot of gribbling up to really work but it's an idea.

Currently I'm thinking about using the monstrous Gundam mechs as more-than-slightly Rogue Trader-era inspired "chaos killbots" so I'm really favouring the Zeon suits that have claws or built-in weaponry instead of hands. Gogg, Z'Gok-E, even the Acguy, that sort of thing. I don't know what I would even have them count as but that isn't really the point. I'm going to have to leave it at thinking because I have other priorities for now anyway.

Tip of the hat to Matashiki's excellent site for showing me these

http://madmechaguy.kong365.com/en-gb

British MDF maker, doing a ton of science fiction and near future vehicles and terrain.

Yeah, that's Mad Mecha Guy. It's nice to see that his webshop doesn't look like it was made in the 1990s anymore. He's got some cool dropship designs.

 Barzam wrote:
Yeah, that's Mad Mecha Guy. It's nice to see that his webshop doesn't look like it was made in the 1990s anymore. He's got some cool dropship designs.

Oh the stop is horribad, just terribad all over.

Missing pictures, terrible pics that don't show the whole model, preview pics of some random bit rather than the model, barely any painted pics, no parts or assembly pics, no scale pics, meansurments in centimeters only...

I appreciate it's a one man part time shop but yeah.

I might still order anyway

Well, time to dredge this thread up from the depths as it seems Kotobukiya has finally made an official announcement for their Xenoblade mech kit. Large images ahead!

Yes, the "Formula" will be coming out in July at the surprisingly high cost of 7,800 yen (6,240 on HLJ).





Now, the good news is that unlike a GW Knight (which it's still cheaper than) this kit is fully articulated and really shouldn't require any paint or glue. Not only is it fully articulated, but it also transforms into a giant mecha motorcycle and comes with four weapons: a rifle, a back-mounted grenade launcher, a folding sword, and a beam saber. I had initially thought this kit would turn out to be a Frame Arms kit like their Border Break line or their Broken Blade series, but, it doesn't look like that will be the case. At the very least, I didn't see any mention of it using a Frame Arms frame and the cost would seem to indicate as well that it isn't based on the Frame Arms concept. I should also note, this kit is listed at 1/48 scale. That means that it should actually be more or less in scale with 28mm miniatures.

Barzam that's really cool. There's some Transformers that are roughly 28mm scale as well. On them it's a bit easier to tell since you have tires and doors and stuff.. or it might be packaged in it's vehicle form.
I can't really tell if this thing has a passenger compartment or not.. am I blind?

I haven't played the game, so I can't say for sure, but I believe the cockpit is the grey bit in the abdomen.

It looks like Amiami might have one of the better prices for the Formula. They have it for preorder for 5,720 yen. Here's a link.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-4056&page=top

I've got a few Transformers that work well in 15mm as well. The Classics series Seaspray in particular makes a rather nice landing craft for 15mm. Legends scale Underbite from the current series also makes a very nice sci-fi car for 15mm.

That is a really slick mech.

The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
That is a really slick mech.

The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.

Personal experience begs to differ on the wide tire thing but you have the right to an opinion. I think that I'd be more concerned about the weight distribution throwing balance off.

Sorry, but it looks like that mech is on car tires. I just don't see how you're going to elbowslide it.

Wouldn't it just rotate the front wheel? It looks like it has a rotation point on the front fork.

I'm not sure. A normal 2-wheeler turns by leaning after countersteering to set up the lean.

Well, judging from the pics, it does look like the wheel assembly rotates as part of the transformation. So, I'm going to go with the assumption that for the bike mode to turn, the front wheel rotates. But, since I haven't played the game, I really can't say for sure.

Oh, I should probably also point out that its height is claimed to be approximately 175mm. I don't know if that's to the top of its head or ots backpack though. So, it should be around 6" or so in robot mode, which I believe does place it around the same height as a GW Knight.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'm not sure. A normal 2-wheeler turns by leaning after countersteering to set up the lean.

Not if it is a chopper

Oh, well. At 175mm, that's 7 inches. More Wraithknight size?

 kodos wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'm not sure. A normal 2-wheeler turns by leaning after countersteering to set up the lean.

Not if it is a chopper

Bingo. Sport bikes have thin front tires for great cornering, generally. Cruisers have fairing and low pipes so they're not going to corner (neither is this thing with all the robot parts hanging off the sides and back). Wide tires give a more comfortable ride for bikes that can't corner like a sport bike.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Sorry, but it looks like that mech is on car tires. I just don't see how you're going to elbowslide it.

Works just fine

Guys, the model doesn't have any crown to the tires - they are cylindrical and flat, like car tires. It won't turn, because it can't lean.

I'm not sure how you would even lean a giant robot motorcycle since it doesn't really have a rider on top of it shifting their weight. Yet, looking at gameplay footage, it seems that they do indeed lean. Not sure how they do that, but they do. I prefer to think that they just turn the front wheel though.

It's magic!

But really, the bike doesn't need a rider to shift weight to lean, assuming it has "normal" fork geometry. Countersteer will bring the front wheel outside the line, and the weight of the bike itself will lean it over.

That said, these are automating with robot riders in a hurry.
http://www.wired.com/2016/01/yamahas-motobot-will-make-human-motorcyclists-look-pathetic/
If we can do that, you can put an internal gyro or balancer inside the bike and it'll work.

So y'all don't have a problem with a giant robot.

Nor a giant transforming robot.

But you do take issue with the size of its wheels vis-a-vis turning.

I just have one thing to say...

NERDS!

Perhaps there is a trained budgerigar to steer the bike.

Here is something else new, a Halo Gunship. It looks nice and hard SF. Unfortunately I can't grab the pic on my tablet:
http://hlj.com/product/DKH52797/Sci

15cm long is about five inches, a good size for several different game scales. It's about the same cost as two Sigmarine cavalry figures, though shipping and possible import duty will add up on top.

Huh they really really don't want anyone linking to their images.

can't stop a screen grab though!

Halo 5 Guardians: Forerunner Phaeton Ship Replica

http://hlj.com/product/DKH52797/Sci

Halo 5: Guardians - UNSC Prowler Ship Replica

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
Oh, well. At 175mm, that's 7 inches. More Wraithknight size?

Wraithknights are more like 22cm, they're a bit taller than your average MG Gundam which is about 20cm. That 175 would be head hight.

 agnosto wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:
That is a really slick mech.

The motorcycle is pretty awful, though, as the wide tires means it can't turn, and the cockpit / head sensors can't see. Not that it matters, because the mech design is so good.

Personal experience begs to differ on the wide tire thing but you have the right to an opinion. I think that I'd be more concerned about the weight distribution throwing balance off.

What bike is that? I want it!