Post by lanceradvanced on Sept 1, 2005 23:08:22 GMT
I recently traveled to Gencon, and Paroom Station was in attendance as well, we didn't get much of a chance to hob-nob as we both had tables to attend, but I was able to pick up a Cephlid Personal Walker with Ray Projector..
It's a small tripod, about 3" wich gives a scale height of about 18' With a hooded cockpit, armed with what would be Well's Heatray, it has no tentacles or carry basket, and seems to be a much lighter version of the Fighting Machine, possibly smaller than the Handling Machine.
The kit, consists of 8 peices, 3 legs, the Ray Projector, two power feeds, the hood, and cockpit. All are solid white metal, and all need a bit of heavy clean up with a file to get rid of flash, at the edges, but are cleanly cast if of moderate levels of details. The legs are identical, and fit neatly into sockets on the bottom of the cockpit, the hood similarly fits neatly over the cockpit.
The Heat Ray is a bit of another matter, the foreward edge of the walker has two small and two larger sockets, and it's not clear where the mounts are supposed to go, though it's clear that the projector goes into one of the sockts all the power cables have thick posts at the bottom that are much larger than the sockets in question, and will need to be trimmed. More vexing however is the fact that the two power feeds do not have -any- obvoius place to fit on the projector, and are not bent or coiled at all.
I solved this problem by first mounting the projector in the rightmost socket, and then bent the two powerfeeds with a pair of round tipped pliers around into curves so they fit in two smaller sockets on the rim of the cockpit. (the photos on the London War Room show them unencumbered)
I did not glue the hood to the cockpit when I assembled and primed the walker, there is a moderate wealth of detail inside the hood that would be impossible to paint if I had done so. So the hood was left off untill the last step.
After priming the walker flat black I started with a base coat of Silver, hitting odd nurnies with coats of gunmetal, the pistons on the legs, and fittings were painted bright brass, with cabling done in copper,
Some small plates, wiring and parts of the heatray were painted in jade green drybrushed with bright yellow green, while the cushions inside were done in grey.
The Martian himself was drybrused dark to light with shades of brown, with greenish brown mouth and gills..
All this went on a stock GW base, built up with putty to hold the posts on the feet of the three legs, (rather than drilling them out...
Things I wish it had...
I can't expect directions, but some clarity on the projector and power feeds would be nice, alternately, molding the powerfeeds so they fit together neatly one possible way..
Some detail on the foreward sides of the hood would be nice as well, it's disgustingly plain at the moment.
if I really wanted to have a great kit, I'd love to see a vaccufom canopy for the front of the walker...
All in all it's a nice little kit, and at $18, it compares pretty favorably with GW's $25 sentinel...
It's a small tripod, about 3" wich gives a scale height of about 18' With a hooded cockpit, armed with what would be Well's Heatray, it has no tentacles or carry basket, and seems to be a much lighter version of the Fighting Machine, possibly smaller than the Handling Machine.
The kit, consists of 8 peices, 3 legs, the Ray Projector, two power feeds, the hood, and cockpit. All are solid white metal, and all need a bit of heavy clean up with a file to get rid of flash, at the edges, but are cleanly cast if of moderate levels of details. The legs are identical, and fit neatly into sockets on the bottom of the cockpit, the hood similarly fits neatly over the cockpit.
The Heat Ray is a bit of another matter, the foreward edge of the walker has two small and two larger sockets, and it's not clear where the mounts are supposed to go, though it's clear that the projector goes into one of the sockts all the power cables have thick posts at the bottom that are much larger than the sockets in question, and will need to be trimmed. More vexing however is the fact that the two power feeds do not have -any- obvoius place to fit on the projector, and are not bent or coiled at all.
I solved this problem by first mounting the projector in the rightmost socket, and then bent the two powerfeeds with a pair of round tipped pliers around into curves so they fit in two smaller sockets on the rim of the cockpit. (the photos on the London War Room show them unencumbered)
I did not glue the hood to the cockpit when I assembled and primed the walker, there is a moderate wealth of detail inside the hood that would be impossible to paint if I had done so. So the hood was left off untill the last step.
After priming the walker flat black I started with a base coat of Silver, hitting odd nurnies with coats of gunmetal, the pistons on the legs, and fittings were painted bright brass, with cabling done in copper,
Some small plates, wiring and parts of the heatray were painted in jade green drybrushed with bright yellow green, while the cushions inside were done in grey.
The Martian himself was drybrused dark to light with shades of brown, with greenish brown mouth and gills..
All this went on a stock GW base, built up with putty to hold the posts on the feet of the three legs, (rather than drilling them out...
Things I wish it had...
I can't expect directions, but some clarity on the projector and power feeds would be nice, alternately, molding the powerfeeds so they fit together neatly one possible way..
Some detail on the foreward sides of the hood would be nice as well, it's disgustingly plain at the moment.
if I really wanted to have a great kit, I'd love to see a vaccufom canopy for the front of the walker...
All in all it's a nice little kit, and at $18, it compares pretty favorably with GW's $25 sentinel...
