Friday, 14 May 2010

Da Giant Copta

Forge World's latest Orky release. I can see myself making one of these for my Orky Flying Circus. It strikes me that a Deffcopta could make the front and the rear could be scratchbuilt. Hmmm. Must cogitate (it's not illegal, honest).
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  1. RAZ14 May 2010 at 19:32

    I was on my way to post about this same thing, but I noticed your post in my blogroll. The concept is interesting to me, but I do not much like the execution. It does kind of look like they tacked a big rear end onto a Deffkopta and called it good.

    I would rather see something more enclosed, especially in the cockpit area, but maybe also with some rails on the side of the troop platform. I do think you could come up with something just as neat as this with a bit of kitbashing and some plasticard.

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  2. John Lambshead14 May 2010 at 19:57

    Dear Chris
    Yes, what struck me was how easy this would be to mock up. The Forge World model is £60 but deffcoptas can be had for next to nothing on eBay.
    John

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  3. Steve14 May 2010 at 20:06

    I was all excited when I saw a thumbnail of this but am not impressed with the design - I was hoping for something more Hind like with lots of cannon...

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  4. John Lambshead14 May 2010 at 20:13

    Dear Steve
    It is a little odd.
    John

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  5. Gotthammer14 May 2010 at 20:27

    I imagined something with a design more akin to this old toy:

    http://www.toyarchive.com/Megaforce/Thunderwolf.html

    I'd actually had the thought of building one some time ago to transport a Dred under. This one is a bit underwhelming and really does look like a 'stretched' copta.

    Also I've put up a review of IA8 on my blog.

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  6. John Lambshead14 May 2010 at 20:57

    Dear Gott
    It's beginning to look like a unanimous thumbs down for themodel.
    J.

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  7. Anonymous15 May 2010 at 09:09

    A converted valkyrie can do the same job (transport boyz) with much more class

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  8. John Lambshead15 May 2010 at 09:46

    Dear Anon
    I think I will attempt a scratch build.
    J

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  9. shaun17 May 2010 at 13:04

    Hi John
    I have to say the back end looks like a dark eldar raider "orkified" with chains and corrugated plasti card and of course the rotor on the top

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  10. John Lambshead17 May 2010 at 16:18

    dear Shaun
    Yah, I think a more chinooky look might be better.
    J.

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  11. shaun19 May 2010 at 11:31

    Hi John
    I'm not sure whats available in the 1/48th scale ranges probably expensive but there might be something cheap in the "toy racks" at poundland or somewhere similar that can be hacked about

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