Anybody call for a cab?
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| Who has exact change? Quick, or the Magus will be mad we're late! |
Not so long ago I ordered the "Imperial City Car MK-IX" from a company called
Warex Minis on Ebay. I was really intrigued by these models and thought it would make a great bit of terrain for the Grim Future of the 41st Millennium. At $30 the price was right so I took the plunge. Shortly thereafter, the model arrived via certified mail.
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| "Look, lady - I only speak two languages: English and Bad English!" |
The city car was cast in resin and came in two pieces - a front and a back half. The casting was pretty nice with only a few imperfections - it had a few air bubbles and some minor mould-shift - but nothing that couldn't be cleaned and filled with very little work. There was some minor cracking in the resin on one side, but again a little filling and a careful paint job has hidden most of that. Scale-wise, they are slightly small - especially when placed next to a model on a thicker base, but I can live with that.
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| Love the design of the grill. Its functional and Gothic all at once. |
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This side had some cracks in the resin (towards the rear fender) but a
grimy paint-job hides most of that. |
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I guess the skull is used for backing up? I wonder if the Arbites
pull you over if its out? |
From the moment I saw the sculpt, it screamed to be painted like the taxi from "The Fifth Element". I was so jazzed to paint this model that I cranked it out in less than a day. Most of the heavy lifting was done with a coat of Rustoleum "Sun Yellow" spray paint which was then shaded with an orange wash and then a layer of Army Painter Strong Tone ink. The rest was just about dirtying the vehicle up and picking out details. Upon finishing, I decided to order another, a "Genetic Coven Limousine" for my burgeoning Genestealer Cult army I'll be building (I was given another set of Deathwatch:Overkill and I really don't have a good excuse to NOT paint up at least a 1000pts of the little critters).
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| The Genetic Coven Limo. Look for me to paint this bad boy up in the future. |
These are really fun sculpts and very nice castings too boot. Even just used as scenic bits to jazz up a table to make it feel more like an Underhive, these kits were a good buy. I'm looking forward to seeing what scenes I can make on my boards involving them.
Cheers!
Looks the business!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful paint job! Just excellent work! I was tempted to get one of the other cars they offer, but once I saw one scaled against a 40K figure ... I think the cars are way too small to work with 40K.
ReplyDeleteI think a lot of the scale issue is about the model bases. If I had based them on thinner Renedra-style bases instead of giving them a 1/4" platform it would all feel more natural.
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