Critical Mass Games 15mm Sci Fi AFVH16 ARC Fleet Grav Scout £6.50
The Arc Fleet Grav Scout is admittedly workmanlike and a bit Meccano-tech, but don't underrate it. I see it as a very credible Early to Mid development Grav AFV.
The hull is 65mm long and 10mm wide, 32mm overall including the Grav pods. You can't help think of it as a step away from a two-seater Grav Bike. The hull is a one piece casting, the turret options seen in the photos below are resin masters (the retail model has metal versions). It comes complete with it's own very well designed resin flight stand and base. The model seen here is assembled without any glue and is very stable. Thin webs of flash that can be removed with a fingernail and little in the way of immediately discernible mould seams. Nice one guys!
You don't like the Grav design? Well..... put it on the deck and it makes a really neat Snowcat! Or as here, a fledgling Harkonnen Sand Spider!
Playing with the model there's just something that makes me want to use it as a futuristic Grav Police cruiser. I can see the blue and white livery responding to a call from Despatch, hovering above the streets outside the Mudd Eisley Cantina!
This Arc Fleet Grav Scout is just one of a whole dropship of releases from Critical Mass Games this month.
ARC Fleet Grav Scout - 1 Variant, 2 barrel options (AFVH16 - £6.50)
ARC Fleet Grav Scout - 1 Set of 3 AFVH16 (AFVH17 - £16.50)
ARC Fleet Grav Scout - 1 Set of 3 AFVH16 (AFVH17 - £16.50)
ARC Fleet Grav APC - 1 Variant (AFVH12 - £7.50)
ARC Fleet Grav APC Platoon - 1 Set of 3 AFVH12 (AFVH13 - £19.50)
ARC Fleet Medium Grav Tank - 1 Variant, 3 barrel options (AFVH14 - £8.00)
ARC Fleet Medium Grav Tank Platoon - 1 Set of 3 AFVH14 (AFVH15 - £21.00)
Protolene "Ayame" Light Battlesuit
- 1 Leg Variant, 3 left arm options, 3 right arm options (PRVH1a, b, c - £3.50 each)
Protolene "Ayame" Light Battlesuit Platoon
- 1 set containing 1 x PRVH1a, 1 x PRVH1b, 1 x PRVH1c (PRVH2 - £10.00)
Available from Critical Mass Games on Monday, 22nd February 2010:
Cheers
Mark
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Is that a canopy in the front?
ReplyDeleteYes
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of both compulsory "vroom" noises in game, and well as the popular "pew pew" shooting sounds.
ReplyDeleteA canopy? Ugh. Rule 1 of armoured vehicle design -- if you are designing a vehicle to be armoured, don't put a giant sheet of clear material in as a big proportion of the front facing! lol
ReplyDeleteYes... but what about the Rule of Cool? I mean, most GI Joe vehicles have huge clear canopies..
ReplyDeleteDoesn't matter to me, as all I see when I look at it is Grav Bolo!
So that's rule number one...always wondered about that...
ReplyDeleteWell, hopefully the crew of this light scout vehicle will be wise enough not to slug it out with MBTs.
;)
Best,
JBR
Not to start too huge an arguement here but I'm pretty sure in the future we can justify a clear material strong enough to provide armor protection.
ReplyDeleteIt's described as an AFV, let's not forget what the F stands for. Anyway, it's got a decent sized turret on it, so it's obviously meant to do some fighting, and even the hummvs are trying to decrease their exposed windshields as much as possible.
ReplyDeleteI just think it's funny that this vehicle has armour plating all round except the upper front, where vehicles take most hits, it has a giant window! lol
One word Plasteel get with the program.
ReplyDeleteGeoff
To be fair, I described it as AFV NOT Critical Mass Games.
ReplyDeleteCheers
Mark