Aliens v. Predator - The Hunt Begins Miniatures Game

[razeak]

I'm still waiting on the July  order. Getting impatient...again lol.

[[cancerblack]]

You're in the US right? Always seems to take longest to get there.

[razeak]

Yes. I crave the dropship so badly lol. The problem is even when I get it, its not really for me. It's for my 11 year old for Christmas. He is as big an Alien fan as the rest of us (He prefers Predator so I'll probably put him up for adoption lol).

[Voodoo Magic]

Yes. I crave the dropship so badly lol. The problem is even when I get it, its not really for me. It's for my 11 year old for Christmas. He is as big an Alien fan as the rest of us (He prefers Predator so I'll probably put him up for adoption lol).

Well he sounds pretty terrific to me, so I'll adopt him! 

[[cancerblack]]

Yes. I crave the dropship so badly lol. The problem is even when I get it, its not really for me. It's for my 11 year old for Christmas. He is as big an Alien fan as the rest of us (He prefers Predator so I'll probably put him up for adoption lol).

I hate to mention, but it's not really suited for a kid (unless you do all the construction for him). It's an incredibly challenging kit to assemble even for skilled hobbyists.

[Sgt Scream]

So, finally, like two months later I got confirmation that Prodos has shipped the last of my orders. Happy day. 

[[cancerblack]]

So, finally, like two months later I got confirmation that Prodos has shipped the last of my orders. Happy day. 

Can't wait to see what you do with it.

[The Old One]

And also your stuff!

[razeak]

Yes. I crave the dropship so badly lol. The problem is even when I get it, its not really for me. It's for my 11 year old for Christmas. He is as big an Alien fan as the rest of us (He prefers Predator so I'll probably put him up for adoption lol).

I hate to mention, but it's not really suited for a kid (unless you do all the construction for him). It's an incredibly challenging kit to assemble even for skilled hobbyists.

I agree. I'm a rookie myself. He's extremely patient and careful with stuff like this, and it will likely sit on the shelf in his room for a while. He's a collector at heart, and he likes the miniatures game.Either way, I'm fine with whatever happens to it. I knew that when I bought it.  In the meantime I'm working on getting my skill level up. I'm sure I'll be the one putting it together whenever we get to that point.

Did you ever put one together? Any pro tips?  Or do you have any suggestions for kits from other licenses to try first that are would be good practice for one?  I guess if I was confident enough, it would be pretty awesome for him to wake up to a completed and painted drop ship.

Off topic, but he's constantly trying to get me to track down an original Aliens arcade cabinet.

[[cancerblack]]

I haven't built mine yet, but from watching the adventures of other people building theirs, you'll likely need to do a lot of heat bending, and a YUGE amount of sanding, pinning, and gap filling (followed by more sanding). It's closer to assembling a stone statue than a plastic model, from what i've seen.

Personally i plan on getting a very solid acrylic rod to mount mine on too (i'll have to drill a bore for it ofc), since i don't trust the landing struts to support the weight long term AT ALL.

[razeak]

Haha you first.

[razeak]

It shipped. Now the wait begins...again.

[razeak]

I got my order. I got a set of cards with it. No other freebies. Nothing appears broke. I haven't opened y APC or dropship yet.

[[cancerblack]]

I've mostly been working on some Warhammer stuff in my painting time lately, but here's a bit of the AvP I've been tinkering with. A couple might be pics I already posted here tbh but I'm just dumping the lot:



They need a bit more modelling work, but these are the start of some corrupted Bio-weapons Division scientists who have started the path to Giger Monstrosity but aren't all the way there yet:






Dutch, who I'm painting in WY colours:






Starting to zazz up some of the female Engineers. A ton of work still to go:







Breach tokens and some less flimsy doors:






Some of the terrain I'm putting together for Unleashed:










Some close ups of a few units:













And some (unfortunately poorly lit in the first one) pics of my full Alien forces for THB:

[The Kurgan]

f**king awesome stuff here.

I love the greenish color scheme on the royal guard\warriors especially. Nice variant to the usual blue\brown ones.

What are the engineers based on? Something officially engineer or is it something else?