Monday, October 27, 2014

Scotia 6mm sci fi infantry, pt3

First up the basic power armor figures from SFI003-Power Armour Troops:


These guys are quite tall and spindly with rather long arms. The legs together pose is somewhat awkward looking, but downplays the thinness of the legs in this range and strengthens the figure. They have lots of cool curvy armor detail, but I like the smooth faceplate/helmet piece and the nicely detailed backpack most of all.  He is equipped with a basic blaster carried in the right hand, a fair number of which are miscast, as are several of the left arms.  With some trimming and painting, these will be used to represent officers or some such.  Again, Scotia have included an extra strip to account for these issues. The figure's height unusual anatomy would make them perfect for some kind of tall alien race with fairly advanced tech.

This next guy is present apparently as a heavy weapon trooper:


 He's actually slightly smaller than the basic trooper, but with a big-ass gun and a heavy pack. The weapon has one central barrel surrounded by several smaller barrels, all within a cowling that encloses the troopers forearm. I'm thinking jump-pack assault troops.

Last but not least, the command figure:



This guy has some of the worst issues.  The right arm detail is almost entirely absent and the back and sides of the helmet kind of 'blur' into the backpack mounted antenna. The figure is probably a resculpt of the basic trooper which, while a nice concept, has been poorly executed here. Perhaps with some clever painting, these deficiencies can be overcome.

Despite the aforementioned problems, I really like this set. I'm planning to use them individually based for 6mm skirmish as the aforementioned advanced aliens.  My 6mm skirmishverse needs more variety as our GZG NAC marines get tired of fighting bugs and always get their arses kicked by the CH centaurs, adeptly handled by my son...

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