Goatboy’s Model Review – Plastic Cryx Slayer/Corrupter/Reaper
Goatboy here again – with another model review. So as some people know, I do have a Warmachine army. In fact I painted it up, getting ready to throw down on a Thursday night Action Model Fight! But my work schedule shifted and I lost the ability to get in some Warmachine fun. Still I enjoyed painting up all the models and wanted to give my thoughts on the current shift into the realm of plastic.
Value
This is one of the first things that Privateer Press put out in plastic. The kit comes with 3 different variations for the standard Cryx Slayer Chassis. The basic changes are different heads and arms. The interesting thing is that you could use some of the plastic arms on your older metal models and create new minis if you feel you don’t need that many more Slayers/other models. I do wish we had some more variations that came with mini. Extra bits to add on or something to help differentiate each variation. I also wish the joints were ball jointed so we could do some crazy poses or other things to create more variation.
7 out of 10 Soul Cages full of Boy Band Rejects
Look/Form
The molding on the models are not nearly as crisp as what we see with GW. Now this is due to how these models were made differently. I already talked about wishing the models were ball jointed to give some cool poses so I think there was some room they could have worked with to create some neat models. Still the model looks like it should when you compare it to the older metal model.
7 out of 10 High Fives between a Shark and a Bear
Paintability
The Warjack models are all pretty easy to paint. The models arms are out and you can easily get into the chest area of the model. With the model being plastic you it is a lot easier to handle. This lets you have a lot less oh crap moments as you twist the model around to get a better angle on something. The plans on the model have some nice flat areas and I really think the model handles washes well as well as give you some interesting model design contrasts between the metal machine and flat shell plates.
8 out of 10 Super Fights in a Raining Courtyard full of my fellow Ninja Assassins
