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REVIEW: Boring machine (so awesome my eyes hurt)

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General Biakal –

WHATS THE MODEL?
Boring Machine from ramshackle

PRICE?
£8 (fucking suck it FW)

WHATS THE THINKING THEN?

I think im in love. I am pretty inspired by this model... and to be honest if i wasnt so down at the hobby and busy with other projects right now i could see me themeing a whole IG regiment around these babies...

Slightly cyber-punk yes, but they also would fit in with 40k quite well. the new Elysian list in IA8 might also help with a themed army. it being infantry heavy and all.

as for that actual model, to be honest i can only guess cos i dont have one. but you can see its a decent size, it looks very detailed and an ok scale. It is very cheap tho, so it may be a bit crappy round the edges but all the evidence (i.e. the picture on their website) points to it being a quality model.

There are a lot of things of interest on their website http://shop.ramshacklegames.co.uk/ which no doubt you all know about already as you normally do when i put these links up!

PS: actually... how awesome would it be to do a SM chapter who instead of drop pods use these????

6 GOOD THINGS ABOUT THIS MODEL:

1. it looks amazing and dynamic
2. the example ones are painted up very well, so that gives hope that it takes paint and weathering from us mere mortals
3. its a nice scale and can be used with different systems... i could even see it as a fookin huge one in epic...
4. the improved one in a separate picture looks even better
5. its so cheap...
6. the moulded rubble and detritus looks good and its at a nice angle (see 1 i guess)

6 SHIT THINGS ABOUT THIS MODEL

1. it might be cheap for a reason
2. some of the lines and detail look a tiny bit uneven on the photo
3. if its solid i bet it weighs a ton- ok for those of us with Jaguars but bad for busses
4. you cant use it at a GW store (minor problem)
5. mail order sometimes means it looks good on the net but turns up a horror
6. none. to be honest iv struggled with 5...

LONG STORY SHORT...

im amazed- an inspiring model at a good price. check em out...

WORD.

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MortiS-the-Lost

Re: REVIEW: Boring machine (so awesome my eyes hurt)

Awesome! Reminds me of the old 40k scale version of an Epic tunnelling vehicle Armorcast used to do (I have pictures but I can't seem to find them at the moment). Looks like this would be excellent for 40k and could be deployed using the drop-pod rules. With a little conversion I can even see it being used in WFB as a Skaven (or maybe Dwarf) tunnelling machine.

Actually I hadn't come across Ramshackle before, I've just been checking out their site, lots of great Sci-fi and Steam-punk vehicles on there that would be great for 40k, GorkaMorkA or even Warmachine among other games. One thing that particularly caught my eye was this:

^ Huntsman Spider Tank (with turret)

Add some extra guns (and maybe some demon heads and spikes too) and you've got a kick-ass Defiler alternative and I dare say with a little more work you could make an awesome Brass Scorpion conversion

and yes these excellent looking resin models are cheap for a reason: your not getting ripped off!

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BobbieTheDamned

Re: REVIEW: Boring machine (so awesome my eyes hurt)

In reply to this post by General Biakal

I bought a few odd bits from Ramshackle about a week ago, just a few wheels and tracks and such for building some gorkamorka style vehicles. The casts are pretty nice, no air bubbles and a fairly minimal amount of clean up needed. Service was pretty speedy seeing as they're all hand cast to order.

jogar_t_hutt

Re: REVIEW: Boring machine (so awesome my eyes hurt)

In reply to this post by General Biakal

ive got this for 1 of my armys & its nice , yes ok there mite be 1 or 2 airbubbles & maybe some mold issues but that just adds to the look
yes it looks worn & beatup its nice works well for orcs

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