It came from the pit.

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It came from the pit.

Post by Primarch » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:57 pm

My Hellpit Abomination came in the post yesterday, so I spent some free time yesterday and this morning putting it together.
The kit is very nicely designed. The pieces all fit together smoothly, though due to the big-gribbly-monster nature of the set, it isnt always clear which mutated rat head goes where so I had to do a lot of dry fitting. Some of the seams are hidden away cleverly, but some are fairly obvious. Wherever I could, I used a file to try to blend the edges together a little so when I paint it, they shouldn't be too noticeable.
As you can see:
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It is indeed a big, rat-ish, gribbly beast of doom and does exactly what it says on the tin.

Now the negative points. Apart from two variant arms, a couple of variant rat heads that go on top and a different weapon piece on the main head, there are NO extra pieces in the set. No bits or extra things. Whilst it is possible to construct a second HPA using the variant pieces, the two models would be in exactly the same pose. The model has zero wiggle room for making it look different without taking a saw and green stuff to it in large quantities. Each piece has to fit 'just so' or the model wont go together.

Overall, I would say 7 out of 10. Its big, scary and an abomination but there is no versatility in the kit.
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Re: It came from the pit.

Post by Admiral-Badruck » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:10 am

Looks great... what color are you going to paint it??
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Re: It came from the pit.

Post by Primarch » Tue Jan 25, 2011 11:52 am

Admiral-Badruck wrote:Looks great... what color are you going to paint it??
I havent decided yet. I havent really given much thought to painting it, as I prefer making models to actually painting them (as you may have noticed). And I much prefer buying models to actually making them. :lol:
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Re: It came from the pit.

Post by Admiral-Badruck » Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:01 pm

Really... I had.... not... :lol: :lol:
I can't even finish that one man... the model is a very fine kit one of my favorites... I hope GW can keep up the good work... I am really thinking of getting into FB with Savage Orks I am thinking of converting them into a Japanese themed ONI Army.

then I will take on your rats... form the pit... Until the I have a few bloodletters that would like to take a swing at that thing some day..
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Re: It came from the pit.

Post by Primarch » Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:10 pm

Admiral-Badruck wrote:Really... I had.... not... :lol: :lol:
I can't even finish that one man... the model is a very fine kit one of my favorites... I hope GW can keep up the good work... I am really thinking of getting into FB with Savage Orks I am thinking of converting them into a Japanese themed ONI Army.

then I will take on your rats... form the pit... Until the I have a few bloodletters that would like to take a swing at that thing some day..
A few bloodletters would be pulped by this thing. A full unit would do a number on it though. The HPA hits like a chariot and then it really cuts loose. :D Large blocks of high S troops will take it down though. Large blocks of troops > big monsters.
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