July 4, 2013

Bargain Hunt - Dystopian Wars

Good Games George St is dumping it's stock of Dystopian Wars and some other randomness.

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Just picked up all of that at lunch for $60 That's two fleets and the rulebook, though the FSA could use some flyers.

... now to find anyone still playing the game :)

June 20, 2013

Khurasan Caimen Easter Egg

While going over my kits sanding here and there getting them ready for paint I noticed something odd. The large turret on the Caimen is probably the biggest diversion from the look of the Aliens APC appearing to be quite a different shape and covered in gribblies on top compared to the very simple movie version. What I noticed though was that most of those gribblies were actually the runners that should be on the rails running along the back of the APC.

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They had flipped the turret UPSIDE DOWN! I have no idea why they did this.

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So what I did was cut off the tubes then sand the runner flat. Then use a razor saw to cut the peg off the other side then glue it to the runner.

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Here is the comparison of the 2 turrets before and after the mod.

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So what does everyone think? Improvement? Should I fix the 2nd one or have them different? Should I sand off that disc from the top of the turret?