New stuff for Weird Wars - (15/07/2019) Heer 46 E-100 Kickstarter live

[Wyrmalla]

This one's a British Walker, rather than an American one like previous Allied releases. And a bit more modern within the setting. As the British use robots this integrates an AI with a human pilot, which is what the turret above the crew compartment's supposed to be. Presumably to assist in aiming and controlling the gun.

Its very silly.

[Ultravanillasmurf]

This one's a British Walker, rather than an American one like previous Allied releases. And a bit more modern within the setting. As the British use robots this integrates an AI with a human pilot, which is what the turret above the crew compartment's supposed to be.

Well they at least have got away from the 'seventies comics' weird war robot aesthetic.

Presumably to assist in aiming and controlling the gun.

So not for making the tea? ^__^

Its very silly.

As long as it is the right kind of silly.

[aircav]

Is that a completely new walker? What is the duck egg blue structure above the pilot?

Yes it’s the new British Heavy Walker, it’s like a Head I thought that it might be where the commander sits

[streetkern]

Like this one
but the rivet styling on konflict 47 mechs doesn't do it for me.

[FreakyFenton]

Might repurpose one of those for my Russians. Those german locust mechs need someone to slug it out with! 

[Ballardian]

 Many thanks for the tip of where to find the bobminis commandos Aircav.
 I'd also assumed that the mech's 'head' was indicative of some level of automation, like their robot infantry.

[Ballardian]

 Here are a couple more German vehicles heralded for release (they say Christmas), their final E-10 variant, a Flammpanzer, also sporting an X-7 ATGM & a turretless TIger I (looks akin to the many APC conversions on obsolete chassis common to the IDF), also sporting the flamethrower/ATGM combo. Both appear the typically nice 1/48 models we're used to from them (which also rules them out for me, but since Rich and JTFM seem to be filling the 'what-if' gaps nicely I'll end my whinge there... )

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Interesting idea, but for Weird War I prefer 1/56 as well.

[Wyrmalla]

I can't say that I agree with the design of the Tiger. Removing a turret to make the hull more cramped, instead of putting the weapon in there. The net result of the conversion seems to be a lower profile and not much else. They could have even gone so far as to keep the existing turret and add the new weapon (like the Churchill Crocodile) and just hand waved the lack of space / where the hell the ammo goes.

They're likely trying to get away from the Tiger design and do something more modern. As a one off side project fine. Though I'd rather have seen a dedicated rocket carrying vehicle which made a bit more sense - not that I'll be buying any of these anyway. Other than for its armour, sticking a flame thrower in a Tiger seems weird when other smaller and less valuable chassis are available; especially now that its lost its turret and become pretty much only an engineering vehicle with limited functionality.

...Ah, not that many of these Dust designs have made sense in the past. Whatever its not like it would have been for me in that scale to begin with anyway, and those with less picky tastes are probably glad for conversion fodder like this (someone must be lapping up all those after market kits on the Dust site - of the owner just likes making them...).

[Ballardian]

It would seem that Heer 46 is throwing its hat into the ring and is to produce a 1/56 E-100. It looks like the initial release will be an 'Ausf B' version (with the fictional Mike Rinaldi turret). The pic shows the hull and tracks - the former looks fine (what is visible anyway), but the tracks/running-gear look rather like the 15mm version blown up - the tracks are rather thick and a little lacking in wheel detail.. It's early days though, and the design could change I suppose, but as is, I would imagine the Rich H/JTFM version will be the superior.

                               

[Ultravanillasmurf]

Interesting.
What is surprising is the running gear, especially after the recent joint venture with Rubicon.

[Rich H]

I noticed that... the do look very poor.

[Wyrmalla]

Perhaps Rich hasn't been public enough with work on his E-100? Or they think their own will be marketable. Regardless that meets the quality of their Katzchens.

I'd much prefer seeing the company work on smaller vehicles, like further upgrade kits for Rubicon's models. How about some Panzer IV variants for that new Rubicon kit? Sloped hulls, etc?

[Ballardian]

Heer 46 have FB'd a pic of an alternate turret for their E-100, the Krupp Maus II version - it does rather look like they're reproducing the 1/100 version (which also offered the same two options).
 Again I can't help but feel that Rich's/JTFM's version is going to turn out the better of the two - though if Heer 46 were to fix their tracks/running gear, (they really do look like they've just blown up the 1/100 ones without reducing the track thickness or adding the detail necessary for a larger scale) it would at least provide an option for those who find it difficult to get JTFM products.
 Still, he is offering the Rinaldi turret version (perhaps it'll be available as a seperate item if asked for nicely?).

[Wyrmalla]

I'd rather the company focus on smaller vehicles or conversion kits than this expensive Super Heavy. The moulds won't be cheap. The thought process must be that they already have the files for one so it won't be as difficult a job.

Their rocket platform seems to still be OOP. I contacted the company years ago, and they said they'd make it on demand. However I stropped receiving responses after a while. :/