The battle suits look very close to the ones I made. (except the
Vanguard).
- The neat thing is I just cut these off the Mechwarrior clikky base and
glued them onto an Epic base and viola, one GravGuard company for maybe $2
:)
The Stegadon, somehow I knew you would pick that one. It
is the one I like least in the whole line. :) It is a nice model but I
picture the Stegadon as less streamlined.
- From Mechwarrior you only have 4 choices for a Quad Mech:
- Xanthos: The one you first picked. Is ok, except it is HUGE, dwarfing
a Warlord and barely fitting on a 60mm base. 2nd major isssue is it is
relatively scarce.
- Ursa: The one I used now. Best size, weapons are a reasonable match,
and very common. It is actually not that streamlined at all in the flesh,
with protruding exhausts, angular "transport compartment" and lots of
weapons.
- Jaguar: The first one I showed you. Would almost be perfect as its' an
Inca inspired design and looks very Slann. It is probably too small and
sleek for a Stegadon though, and the missile turret doesn't fit the
description. Maybe a new Exodus scout titan?
- Stalking Spider: Nice model but a bad fit for a Stegadon. Body too
small, too low and menacing, and huge Volcano Cannon sized turret.
- So of those, I think the one I selected is the best fit. If not the
Ursa, I'd go back to the Xanthos.
The Titans look ok but I hate the weapons load on the arms but not a
problem. If I get one later, I can modify it. :) How does it
com,pare to the (forget the name) big castle on top Titan? It is
suposed to be about as tall except for the tower.
- The Komodo (Atlas) just clears the head of the Imperial Imperator titan
(castle on top thingy :). It looks suitably large and menacing, is
significantly taller at the head and more massive than any of the other
titan/gargants. I'd expect that the Slann could make things a little more
compact and wouldn't have to go to the silly extremes of humpbacks
carrying a castle on their back :)
EW is coming out with dune buggies in Febuary (I hope). The sneak
peak looks great. Those and the ones from DRM will be great.
- Yup, no shortage of choice of buggies for the Exodus now!
What are the Exodus warrior figures? They look good but I pictured
them as being larger.
- They are all NAC standard infantry from GZG. They are a perfect fit
size-wise with the majority of the GW plastics (not counting the E40K
Chaos "fat boy" stuff). They are a pretty close match to the MkV Marine
figures in overall size. You get 3 poses...the guy holding the small
assault rifle, the middle figure in the first stand with a shoulder fired
rocket launcher, and the "Coversion Beamer" guy in the second stand. I
really like the bulbous helmet....perfect for a humanoid frog :)
I know there is a lot of excitement around the DRM and EW ranges and
rightly so. However, GZG make a pretty decent range of 6mm sci-fi
infantry that are as good as some of the DRM stuff I have. They have 12
different infantry types and each of these have 3 different poses, along
with some decent combat walkers. The infantry is individually cast and
fit into an Epic base perfectly. Some of them are fantastic proxies for
GW stuff too....if I were to try and make a Tau army I'd be using GZG
Kravak as Kroot and UNSC Hard Suits as Fire Warriors. I know one guy
locally who made a huge Imperial Guard force using GZG infantry (NSL
Infantry IIRC).
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