Wednesday, 4 May 2011

ArtCrime Productions 15mm Valkyrie Battle Suits

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Standing 28mm tall (including base) and 20mm wide at the shoulders ArtCrime Productions 15mm Sci Fi Valkyrie Battle Suits are impressive.

ArtCrime Productions 15mm Sci Fi
TC001-Valkyrie Battle Suit

There are three Valkrie models available - TC001= standard, TC=002= Anti-tank and TC003= Support. The Anti-tank and Support variants can be seen on the ArcPro blog. Nuff said about them here.

The models I received in TC001 had enough parts to create 3 of the basic Valkyrie battle suits plus 3 square plastic slottabases. Each model comprised of a torso with integral head, legs, left and right arms, weapon. In this case the weapon is a drum fed slug or grenade launcher.

The legs which came in the pack were all in a wide-legged standing gait. There's a robust spigot on the hips which attaches the torso and allows it to swivel. I initially felt the torso was too small but once the arms are in place and the model is tooled up, it looks really good. The design feels solid and real-world, whilst the finish is clean and sharp. I found that the Valkyrie will also works alongside with my 20mm, 25mm and to a lesser extent, 28mm Sci Fi miniatures.

On the workbench the Valkyrie gives the impression of being a powerful battle suit or combat mechaniod. There's also a touch of Heinlein in the air - you can imagine the running anti-tank Valkyrie (shown on the blog) being 'Mobile' Trooper 'on the bounce'.

I feel tempted to use these Valkyries within my ASQL2 Mechanoid Army. They will definitely appear as 'army generica' badass combat robots/battle suits to support my Felids et al.


Cheers
Mark
 

7 comments:

  1. Heya

    Any chance of a comparison shot of that there mecha against some 28mm figures... as you said he has that generic rightness...

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  2. Mark,
    Just to let you know with the high quality metal we are useing you can bend and pose the arms quite extensively. I have seen a few converstions on the basic model that are quite nice. Glad you liked them. We have a few more versions coming next month, Assault and command, as well as "drop packs" for the Valks.
    Cant wait to see your post about the base system we have available....

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  3. Very cool figures! I'll need to pick a few of these up myself!

    -Shawn.

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  4. So are these available to order as yet? How do I get hold of some!! Very HG.

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  5. these guys are making things which attempts to my $... ;)

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  6. Mark,

    Is it you who sent me a pack of these?

    -Eli

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  7. No Eli, must be Jimbo.

    Cheers
    Mark

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