Sorylian Collective Core Helix - Unboxing

I finally gave in and picked up this helix. I have been eyeing these guys since last summer. They also pair with my wife's Veydreth Clans. With the recent announcement from Spartan that the 2.0 rules will be released in August I am really excited to see the new rules and how they pair up. I doubt they will dethrone my Relthoza but I am looking forward to playing a few games with them against my son and brother-in-law.

Without further ado:

The back of the box with the list of contents and inspirational picture of the helix painted.

Huk'Ka - Love all of the details present on this model. Really like how alien it looks. There was really no flashing to clean on this model.

Huk'Ka main cannon. Cool little gun. I'm excited to paint this up!

Bor'Ka trio of walkers. Lots of little pieces for this guys. Again I really like all of the details that Spartan crammed onto these models. Surprisingly little flashing again on these models.

Closer picture of the Bor'Ka torso and legs.

Second close up of the Bor'Ka. This one is showing off the legs more than the torso.

Bol'Vak Transport Skiff - I honestly love this model and the soldiers strapped to the side. There was some flashing at the pour point at the back but it was easily removed.

Second picture of the Bol'Vak showing the underside.

A picture of all of the Sorylian Infantry Squads - A Kul'Vok Heavy Infantry Cadre and a Mul'Kat infantry cadre. 

A closer picture of the Bul'Vok Heavy infatry - These guys look great! I really like their poses. Its also awesome to get to see the appearance of some of the Sorylian collective races.

A second close up of the Bul'Vok Heavy infantry. Standard amounts of flashing to be removed. 

A closer picture of some of the Mul'Kat infantry bases. I like the different types of barricades that they have to hide behind compared to the "standard barricades" some of the other races have to hide behind.

Ka'Kun Light Recon Skiffs - I personally really like these. Its pretty cool to think of these flying up to an objective and jumping off to occupy. Again little to no flashing to clean off and lots of excellent details crammed onto the models.

I hope you enjoy looking over this unboxing. I am looking forward to painting these sometime soon. I am currently still finishing up painting up a Kingdom of Denmark Assault fleet to sell for Dystopian Wars. Once that little project is done I should be free to paint this or some of my Warmachine units I have picked up recently. Thanks for reading!

Kingdom of Denmark Surface Assault Group - Unboxing

 I picked this up recently to paint as a commission for someone. I love the Asgard Carrier and the appreciate the airships for the Danish. I hope you enjoy the pictures!

The exterior of the box.

Asgard Carrier, I really like the little details on the underdeck of this carrier.

Second picture of the Asgard carrier.

Fafnir Light Skyfortresses. Really like these models too!

Second shot of the Fafnir Light Skyfortress.

Magni Assault Blimps, Asgard tower, Tyr Assault Craft and SAS tokens.

Second picture of the Magni Assault Blimps.

 I have been debating on a color scheme for these guys. As of now I am thinking of a dark blue with grey and white stripes and some red accents to tie in the danish flag. I will definitely be planning to do a cross on the Asgard carrier deck. Looking forward to getting these painted.

Thanks for reading!

Dindrenzi Ground Command Helix - Unboxing

I debated on this helix for quite a while before picking up. I have long loved the model and really like the idea of it shaking the ground so much your opponents need to take a disorder test when it deploys. Not to mention its weapon systems, artillery designators and grand nyx company. The additional Damocles Mk1 deployable field guns really also help this helix act as a deployable fire base during a game. I did clean some of flashing before taking picture but there wasn't much. The majority of it is/was on the infantry and the flambard gun attachments.

Outside of box top.

Back of the box with standard information and nice looking picture.

Box interior, there was a lot of stuff packed into this box!

Damocles Mk1 Estok Launchers. I think I am going to magnetize the bases and their gun attachments so I can swap them out easily.

Close up of the Estock launcher pieces. These are the same Estock attachments for the Assault Helix Iapetus robots.

Close up of the Flambard field guns. The gun attachments had some flashing but it was easily removed.

Here is a quick picture of the infantry. Due to my infantry upgrade helix I have already painted a plethora of extras and will likely not paint these for a while. I will probably give them to my son so he has some upgraded infantry fire teams.

The base for the Charon command pod. I absolutely love the little details inside of this. The latters, vents and individual plates show off the incredible detail Spartan is able to cram into these models. 

A second picture to show off some of the land mechanism/clamps.

An overhead shot of the base.

An overhead shot of the command disk. This is a pretty good size hunk of resin. It has some nice details and variations on it surface. It should look great painted with the rest of my forces. Next to the disk I have placed the estock launcher, Rail gun attachment and command dome. 

The only piece of flashing that I could find on the disk was the pour point but this should be fairly easy to clean off of the model. I like the vents and paneling scattered across the disk.

Some cool little engine/vents on the bottom of this thing. They will be fun to be painted up with a little color.

A close up of the add-ons for the disk. Really like how these look on the disk!

A slightly better profile picture of the disk with its base. This sits stable enough that I wont need to glue it which will also have the benefit of making this helix easier to travel with. 

I am really excited to get this one added to the rest of my Dindrenzi forces! It should help me deal with my opponents Leviathan and command barges. I will try to get it painted up as quickly as I can but it may take a bit with how large this monster is. Hope you all enjoy the pictures of the command helix!

Veydreth Recon Helix - Unboxing

I am pretty excited to post pictures of these models. I have long admired the Veydreth Planetfall models. Honestly, I am hoping that their future core helix has some infantry models as I really would like to see what the "star dragons" look like. More excitingly the Veydreth mark my wife's foray into Planetfall which will only add to the fun of playing this game!

On to the models.

Box Cover.

The back of the box cover. Whoever painted these did an excellent job with the light sources in my opinion.

Nuk-Su Light skimmers. I really like the model for these. They look fast and dangerous. Like the majority of Spartan's light models these do not have any details on their underside. 

Second picture of the Nuk-Su Skimmers. 

The top side of the Yok-Ta medium Skimmers. As you can see from the picture these have pre-drilled holes for magnets already which is really pretty cool. I like the design of the medium skimmers, they look really nice with the light skimmers. 

This is the underside of the Yok-Ta models. Interesting fact but I think the mounting piece is the same as the mounting piece for the RSN destroyer model. Comparing them it appears that the piece is the same. Again you can see the magnets I already added to the turrets. This was super easy as Spartan already had the holes for the magnets built in to the models.

The Yok-Ta models assembled. 

Overall these are a really cool set of models. I am excited to paint them. These guys will be a little bit more of a challenge than normal for me as I will not be picking their color scheme. That will be all up to my wife I just have to make the scheme work.  I forgot to add that this set did come with two of the artillery drop markers. Unfortunately, I forgot to get a picture of them.

I will try to get some additional posts up soon. Work has been crazy busy recently so it has been hard to find time to write up the battle report I want to get up. This will hopefully all calm down soon so I can get some more posts written. Until next time!

Dindrenzi Assault Helix - Unboxing

My last unboxing for the Assault Helix pre-orders. I really like the look and statistics for dindrenzi assault helix. Surprisingly I may be more excited for the Hades medium tanks than I am for the assault robots themselves. Having a medium tank that can capture objectives is going to be awesome!

Box exterior.

Back of box, contents and background.

Box interior contents.

Hades Medium Missile Tanks - Underside and topside. I really like the aesthetics of the tank and I am really excited to get it painted.

Bases - Pretty standard looking.

Iapetus weapons - I really like that the ranged weapon for the robots looks like a shield.

Legs, torso and head for the Iapetus. This thing is a beast. I really like its appearance!

Similar to the previous picture but showing the backside of the torso pieces.

BONUS - This is the bonus objectives for pre-ordering the Dindrenzi Assault Helix. Its a cool little marker. I only had 4 for the picture because I had given my son the fifth already. 

This looks to be a really solid helix statistically and aesthetically. Its going to look great painted up. I am really excited to field this helix in one of my next games. I will be sure to try and get a few battle reports posted to show the new assault helices in action. Thanks for reading!