Quote: (netepic @ 05 Mar. 2009, 17:06 )
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DRM they do kick ass (can I say that word?) Tyranid proxies. If I was getting a Tyranid army I would definitely use them, good Tyranid terrain too
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Sotto voce: growl: nothing like having the competition horn in on a deal.
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 FWIW I wouldn't be selling these sprues if DRM weren't available (and if I didn't have my eye on the Pendraken Aliens as good proxies as well).
It's true... the DRM proxies are quite nice, and at $0.20/casting, pretty competitive on price. I'll probably end up using them for a good portion of my 'nids, though I'm not entirely sure what to proxy for who.
My one concern -- expressed on the DRM forums -- is that the infantry range is pretty limited: basically critters in two poses, Gargoyles in one pose (shamelessly copied from the walls of certain universities), then workers/vampires, etc. in about three poses. DRM has responded that this is a known issue, and they'd like to widen the range, so this sounds good.
I'm of two minds, as well, about the WYSIWIG character of the models. On the one hand, I tend to think the 'deathspitters' on TWs and Termies look a little cheezy and unbuggy. On the other hand, I'm not sure what a bug's missile weapon
should look like, and DRM has not yet cast its 'theory' on bio-ranged weapons in pewter.
In general, I tend to like Blizzard's conceptualization of 'bugs' better than GW's, though I imagine they'd be difficult to cast in a single-piece 6mm model.