Disclaimer: This model was purchased by me using my own money. This review was not paid for or provided by Z in any manner. Z has no idea I am writing this review.





Note: Z is a re-caster. I will not be giving out any contact information of his. If you want his information, it took less than a few hours of me googling to find it, find a dated catalog, find the products I wanted and make a test order. I suggest you do the same if you are interested.





This is an extension of the review I did the other day. It is the same order as the Commissar and Cyclops Demolition Tank order I did previously in the week. The Hellhound review will be coming eventually. I will be traveling over the holidays, and such building models will be difficult to accomplish.





You can read the Ease of Ordering, Customer Service, and Cost Analysis right here.

Cosmetics

The first thing I want to address is my surprise that this model came on sprue. Unlike CCON, this model came completely on sprue to me. Astounding.





That being said, it was made with a different resin that didn't take to detail quite as well. It almost looks like the same material as the PVC model Wyrd has done with their 10 year anniversary model. Slightly less detail, but still impressive.

The chimera base for the model looks good. You can tell its not the same as GW plastic. Its almost as if its easier to see the details with kind of plastic it is. That being said it almost looks like the details are a bit more exaggerated. There's no warping that can be seen.

These were the parts I was most worried about. I was worried that the details wouldn't be crisp and that the length would have significant warping. I'm pleasantly surprised that both these parts lay flat on my tile.





The shield and the platform looks amazing. There is no warping and defects on either of these large pieces.

The ladder looks warped here. But the sides of the gun look crisp and clean as well.

Platform parts look a little less crisp than anything else. There is some minor flash/slippage on the posts. As well as significant flash on the adjustment wheels.

The wheel looks like the worst detail. Lot of flash in it, but that's fixable.





If you notice, there is one thing missing. The hull-mounted weapon. This isn't a huge issue, I hope, as I hope that my hellhounds have both options included when I get to them. Since I'm planning on using my Heavy flamer with them, which leaves the extra heavy bolter to be used on the Basilisk.





While building I found that the tracks were a bit oversized. I had to file down the connections to make them even.





Overall I'd say the model is 3/5. Mostly because of the missing hull-mounted weapon. If you plan on ordering this model, I recommend you having a heavy bolter in your excess kits.







