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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: manatic on 06 February 2014, 05:16:53 PM

Title: CAV mechs by Reaper - a review
Post by: manatic on 06 February 2014, 05:16:53 PM
As part of my Pacific Rim project I bought some mechs from Reaper. They were nice enough, so I wrote a review:

http://dawnofthelead.com/2014/02/06/cav-mechs-by-reaper-a-review/

Here are some comparison pictures:

(http://dawnofthelead.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/weasel_dauntless_hawk.jpg?w=450&h=235)

(http://dawnofthelead.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/waraxe_dauntless_hemi.jpg?w=450&h=246)

(http://dawnofthelead.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/waraxe_spitfire_hemi.jpg?w=450&h=246)

And a comparison shot with kaiju from the Pacific Rim Heroclix set:

(http://dawnofthelead.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/kaijucomp.jpg?w=450&h=218)

C&C welcome!
Title: Re: CAV mechs by Reaper - a review
Post by: Cherno on 06 February 2014, 05:21:49 PM
Thanks for the review. I bought CAV 2.0 a few years ago in search of a BattleTech-like game that doesn't bog down, but in the end I never played it and today we have AlphaStrike ;)
The miniatures look good and they seem to be of a superior quality compared to Ral Partha/Iron Wind Metal mechs.
Title: Re: CAV mechs by Reaper - a review
Post by: YPU on 07 February 2014, 12:10:56 PM
The CAV models always interested me, but none of the designs ever really "clicked" However with your pictures and descriptions paint schemes started presenting themselves in my head, which might be a sign of things to come.

As somebody with a very similar project I am curious as to the stats you intend to give these in the game. I believe you were going for ganesha games rules?
Title: Re: CAV mechs by Reaper - a review
Post by: manatic on 07 February 2014, 10:28:18 PM
As somebody with a very similar project I am curious as to the stats you intend to give these in the game. I believe you were going for ganesha games rules?

GG rules, yes! Haven't really delved into the rules yet, but I think I'll use the ready-made Pacific Rim examples as guidelines. I'd be happy to post my choices once ready.
Title: Re: CAV mechs by Reaper - a review
Post by: Froggy the Great on 10 February 2014, 02:48:01 PM
Very interesting, considering the mechs you reviewed are not at all typical of the rest of the CAV line.