from the editor - Mega Miniatures

14087 Warlord Familiars II $5.49 Werner Klocke
This batch of little monsters gets you five new friends to go on adventures with your mages. The
most natural animal looking is a small eight legged lizard creature with its tongue sticking out. It
could be used as a baby basilisk if you wanted. A knobby wooden creature is here and it reminds
me of a Twig Blight in D&D. I had some trouble figuring out what this next guy was but it looks
like some kind of turtle creature that is carrying a sword, probably a dagger for his master, and a
bunch of scrolls tied to his back. Either that or he has the thickest dreadlocks that I’ ve ever seen.
The last two are the easiest to place your finger on. They are both holding books for their master.
One is a small fairy like creature with little wings and a tail and the other is her evil counterpart, a
small imp or maybe even a tiny demon if you like complete with curved horns, bit floppy ears and
a pot-belly. At about a buck each these will make cool additions to your mages, either on their own
bases or added to their master’s to spruce them up a bit.
7082 Mk IV Revenant $13.99 Ron DuBray
The Mark IV Revenant is the first super-heavy battlefield superiority mech from Mark IV
industries. The Revenant is armed with two V/32 Gauss Cannons (range 36, +7 versus hard targets
and +2 versus soft targets) and two Hf4 Direct Fire Missile Packs (range 36, +4 versus hard targets
and +1 versus soft targets). With seven damage tracks, this is definitely a mech killer, but at 510
points, it is a pricey one.
GH Vindicator
MK IV Revenant
The model itself has six pieces in addition to the hexagonal base. The model is a standard CAV
structure with its torso, legs, and gun arms separate pieces. However, unlike most CAV, the missile
packs are not molded into the gun arms, but are their own pieces. This will make changing the
missile packs much easier. The only flaw I encountered in this month's set of models was with the
missile packs on the Revenant. They were sloped as if the two sides of the mold did not align
properly. This is not noticeable on the table top, but does give the model an off-kilter look when
held close.
7081 Vindicator (2) $9.99 Neil Nowatzki
The second CAV blister pack has 2 GH Vindicator armored personnel carriers. The Vindicator
was built in answer to KDM's Fenri - an APC that could do more than just ferry troops to the
battlefield. The Vindicator is equipped with two Riddle AI-12 Gatteling Gauss Cannons (range 36,
+1 versus hard targets, +6 versus soft targets). These are integrated into the structure and cannot be
altered except to remove them. The addition of the GGC's mean that the Vindicator has room for
only one stand of infantry. At 120 points each, these CAV versions of the reliable Huey will be
quite popular with the mercenary guilds. The models themselves are include two pieces, the body
and the wings, in addition to the hexagonal base and flying stand. The detail is excellent and the
assembly quite easy. The wings are a single piece that fits on top of the fuselage and is secured by
a small tab. Both of these models are an excellent addition to the CAV line.
10020 Marthrangul, Great Dragon $75.00 Jim Johnson
Marthrangul is the newest multi-piece dragon boxed set from Reaper miniatures. It comes in just nine pieces (body, upper head, two wings, one foot, three legs and
tail) and while the pieces fit together very well I would recommend using pins for stability and strength, especially the wings and tail. You will also need a small
amount of putty to fill in some small gaps here and there but for a model as large as this bad boy is the gaps are surprisingly few and are relatively small. Even with
the small amount of modeling work that you’ll need/want to do this could easily be the first Reaper dragon that you pick up because all of the pieces went together so
easily. I would recommend mounting the whole dragon on a blank CD (AOL CD’s work great for this too) and you’ll want to use just a bit of putty or clay to build
up under one or two of the feet that didn’t sit
perfectly flat for me. You could bend the legs a bit if
you wanted to get a perfectly flat footing but I think
this would make a gap where the leg meets the body
so you’ re probably using some putty either way.
Let’s start at the head of the model and model and
move our way back. The bottom half of the jaw is
attached to the rest of the length of the body, minus
the tail. When the top of the head is put on the
dragon takes on a very flat reptilian look, which suits
it perfectly. It reminds me a lot of the dragon in
Dragonslayer. From snout to tail Marthrangul
measures in at just over 9.75” in length and each
wing is about 6” x4” at the widest points. The picture
to the right illustrates just how big this model is when
compared to two other Reaper figures.
The detail on the spines and scales is outstanding on
this model and it’s easy to see that a lot of time was
taken to make them look right. Each and every piece
needed some cleaning but it’s something I expected
with a model of this size and the need for some putty
and pins is also something that you should expect
when assembling this big of a model that’s entirely
metal. It will absolutely see the game table in my
Warlord army and while it’s pricey if you have the
need for a very large dragon it’s justifiable,
especially over a plastic variant.
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