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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: Khurasan Miniatures on 15 April 2014, 11:41:42 PM

Title: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: Khurasan Miniatures on 15 April 2014, 11:41:42 PM
Our store's back up and offering a new model, the Cormorant Medium Lander.

(http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/cormorant1.jpg)

This craft is used to insert several squads of infantry directly into the battle zone -- even directly into combat -- due to its heavy armour and powerful defensive armament.

(http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/cormorant2.jpg)

Powered by direct thrust (including a suite of VTOL thrusters) the Cormorant can move troops from the fleet in orbit to the planetary surface, and can also retrieve them for return to the fleet.

(http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/cormorant3.jpg)

An unarmed version, the Heron yacht, is also used as a intrafleet transport by the navy and is widely used in non-military government service, as well as by private owners.  Parts are included to make the Heron as well as the Cormorant.

(http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/cormorant4.jpg)

The Cormorant/Heron has a transport pod attached to its underside, and this is a nice little model all its own, as seen here.  Although the pod is not meant to be left on the surface by the lander, it can be jettisoned if the lander is damaged or destroyed, and you should be able to easily use it separately if you wish.

(http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/cormorant-pod.jpg)

I think Charles Oines has done a great job on this design and dwartist has done his usual brilliant paintup (his model has some panel lines painted on the front but the model is provided as shown in these images).

Available now at the link below, cheers for looking:
http://khurasanminiatures.tripod.com/15mmscifi.html
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: zizi666 on 16 April 2014, 12:02:11 AM
She's a beaut !
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: Agis on 16 April 2014, 07:15:03 AM
Again a very nice release that will be (eventually) ordered...  :o 8)
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: Brummie on 16 April 2014, 10:01:47 AM
OMG!

Temptation to make an Army out of your Federation stuff is getting stronger...

Excellent dropship!
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: von Lucky on 16 April 2014, 11:19:35 AM
Beautiful - might need a miniature next to it to give an idea of scale.
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: Khurasan Miniatures on 16 April 2014, 12:56:10 PM
Here's one with the bare resin parts -- dwartist will be providing one with the painted lander in a few days:

(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/dwartist/Russian%20suit%20and%20Sturmtruppen/2013/2013%20number%202/Khurasanturrets041_zps23da8f93.jpg)
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: The_Beast on 16 April 2014, 02:30:24 PM
> "Although the pod is not meant to be left on the surface by the lander,..."

A sop to us doubters...

Sorry about that, but you get an image in your head, and it just doesn't shake.

I do have to agree, the pod by itself is a thing of beauty.

And don't think I didn't notice the flanking maneuver with the spaceships!

Brummie's probably right; resistance IS futile.

Doug
Title: Re: Khurasan releases CORMORANT medium lander
Post by: dwartist on 16 April 2014, 10:25:55 PM
(http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p97/dwartist/Russian%20suit%20and%20Sturmtruppen/2013/2013%20number%202/KhurasanSobek003_zpsbd2041c7.jpg) (http://s126.photobucket.com/user/dwartist/media/Russian%20suit%20and%20Sturmtruppen/2013/2013%20number%202/KhurasanSobek003_zpsbd2041c7.jpg.html)