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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: cdm on July 08, 2010, 11:42:47 AM
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Eureka have released a war turtle/land ship to go with their frog/turtle army. I may or may not be partly to blame for this one as I mentioned some time back I had converted a GW Mumak to a land ship by ripping the howdah off and replacing with a balsa howdah looking abit like a small galleon, crewed by conquistadors with swivel guns and a Mayan lady mahout.
Anyway, to the piece at hand. It consists of a resin/metal turtle with metal howdah, a terrapin mahout and captain, and 4 terrapin with pike and 2 terrapin with cannon rammers.
Overall length 107mm, width 58mm height to top of howdah wall 70mm.
The turtle itself is cleanly cast and detailed, and I really love it. Fit is very good.
The howdah is a bit of a problem on my cast and the lower walls don't appear to sit as perfectly as they should on the floor part. The walls for the upper level are similar but a passable fit but I don't think ideal. I will mention this to them and it may or may not be adjusted in the future. The upper level has 2 lugs with holes for fitting 2 swivel guns and a small simple hanging banner in a hole in the floor.
The crew are very small as per the rest of the terrapin army. I'm not a fan of the terrapins in general, but they are more of the same of the rest of the army releases. I will admit they didn't photograph very well and I didn't try hard either.
(http://www.chronofus.net/wargames/eureka/100club/fantasy/warturtle1.jpg)
(http://www.chronofus.net/wargames/eureka/100club/fantasy/warturtle2.jpg)
(http://www.chronofus.net/wargames/eureka/100club/fantasy/warturtle3.jpg)
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Looks fun to me :D
How much are they going for?
cheers
James
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That looks awesome!!!! :D
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Ace!! Very reminiscent of the old RAFM one which I have a couple of from years ago.
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I saw this painted up by Kosta (who sculpted it) and it is truly a FANTASTIC model.
I'm terribly biased of course, but I still absolutely love it.
Cheers,
Ben.
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I love it. :-* Exactly the kind of stupidity that appeals to me.
If only I played WHFB, I'd build a proxy Lizardman army out of these.
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I love it. :-* Exactly the kind of stupidity that appeals to me.
If only I played WHFB, I'd build a proxy Lizardman army out of these.
Exactly what I thought when I saw it on TMP! Only thing is that all the black powder weaponry looks a bit awkward, but all those little critters (including turtles, tortoises, and the frogs) are just perfectly gorgeous little figures.
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Only thing is that all the black powder weaponry looks a bit awkward
True, but then I'd make it a themed Lizardman Pirate army... :D
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True, but then I'd make it a themed Lizardman Pirate army... :D
Add some Ninjas and you are set for a winner. lol You could, of course, always have a lizardman enclave in contact with those scheming Cathayans, while rating the guns as bows and blowpipes in game terms (as for damp powder).
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I love it. :-* Exactly the kind of stupidity that appeals to me.
Well said- I'm going to order this right now!
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True, but then I'd make it a themed Lizardman Pirate army... :D
I'm starting to think JollyBob might be my long lost brother... :o
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Is there a link to order this please? This is one of the best things I've ever seen. :-*
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Great - a giant snapping turtle (with legs!) would be a nice addition too - complete with nervous looking handlers holding very long sharp sticks... >:D
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That's an awesome idea thants.
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A truly awsome piece :-*
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That's magnificent!
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Spooky, i've got 2 turtles/tortoise of a similar size to that on my paint table (toys that cost about £2 each).
Have been planning to scratchbuild howdahs to carry crew for about the last 6 months, but other projects are higher up the list of things to do.
Personally i'd go the lower tech root - natural materials etc, but nice all the same.
8)
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What a fun piece. I could see this unit in a VSF army from Venus or the Center of the Earth. Selling black powder weapons to primative armies so very Victorian business like.