Antenociti's Workshop

[Primarch]

Antenociti's Workshop is a UK company that makes futuristic (though not Grim-dark) SF models. Their latest addition to their range is the Firefly Light Attack Craft

[The Other Dave]

I'm having trouble seeing past the nasty paint job to form an opinion on the model beneath, frankly.

[Primarch]

I'm having trouble seeing past the nasty paint job to form an opinion on the model beneath, frankly.

It does look like a kid's toy, yes.

[me_in_japan]

^ yup, what he said.

not impressed, sorry AW.

[AndrewGPaul]

Looks better in the flesh, that. The paint job isn't a million miles from British police colours.

[The Other Dave]

Oh! These are the dudes who made the wheel thing!

A lot of their stuff is really very good. Nice range of high-techy infantry figs as well as some nice chunky jeeps and hovertanks - much more Infinity than 40K.

[Admiral-Badruck]

http://www.antenocitisworkshop.com/nova ... -jeep.html

this thing looks a lot like the Fast buggy FW made I think it was called the Torus at 14 quid I wonder how it compares price wise...

[AndrewGPaul]

Fourteen quid? What are you waffling about? That Bear vehicle is £17.50, the Tauros is £30.60 and the Tauros Venator six-wheeler is £34.70.

The Bear is longer, higher and wider than a Tauros - probably about the same length as a Venator.

[Primarch]

The Bear does look a lot chunkier than the Tauros/Venator. Whilst I like all three models, I would probably use the Bear as a stand in for a Chimera or a Razorback in preference as it doesn't have the lightweight scout-buggy look that the FW models have.
The price isnt bad though, I wonder what the kit is like to work with, given what a PITA the FW kits can be.

[AndrewGPaul]

Pretty easy, actually. The mould lines on the kit were fairly minimal, and there's nowhere near as much flash as there was on the Venators I built. The windscreen, doors, gun and mudflaps are metal, as are the axles. My one does have some bits of mould rubber inside the resin - they must have detached during moulding, then sunk into the liquid resin. Nothing that affects the casting quality, though.

The Zebu cruiser I got had an odd mould line. On top, it's pristine, but along the bottom there's a massive 1/2 mm misalignment. Not really worth bothering about, though.

I wouldn't use the Bar as a Chimera proxy - not unless you're going for a clown car effect when 10 Guardsmen climb out of it. It is bulkier than a Tauros Venator, but remember, the Venator used by the Elysians is a specially stripped-down lightened model for air insertion; the standard version would likely be bulkier too.