So to start the box (see left) contains a bag of sprues, unlike the Clam jack box (Devestator, Demolisher and Spriggan) and the Heavy jack kit (Juggernaut, Marauder, Destroyer and Decimator) where the pieces were in a plastic contain with main parts all in separate areas. I gotta say PP have really done a nice job on this new plastic, I'd heard they'd changed it from the aforementioned kits and they weren't wrong. There are barely any mould lines visible and the plastic is nice to work with especially if you're used to the likes of GW kits in which case it's the same only scaled up some. Also the set comes with the standard colour stat cards and an instruction sheet that runs you through the steps of building the jack chassis and the the alternate builds for both jack load outs.
So damn nice, seriously |
Sorscha and her 'litte' friend |
So having figured the arms and other parts out here's a finished Grolar, I found that most the parts fit pretty snuggly together, so long as you file off the bits from the sprue, (I messed up on on of the sets of shoulder spikes, but everything else went together fairly easily). As it's the first model I've made in a while I opted to go for a different colour scheme to the other jacks I've made up till now basing it upon the picture of Sorscha and a Destroyer in the faction book, partly to make it stand out (like the hammer and autogun didn't already XP), partly due to the name being derived from the Grizzly/Polar bear hybrid and being people of the Snowy wintery variety I felt it appropriate to have a jack in a more winter friendly colour scheme.
All in all I've got to say I had a lot of fun putting the jack together, much as I enjoyed the quick fits of the older Mk 2 kits, I did enjoy taking my time on this, clocking in at about an hour, properly removing mould lines, dry fitting and just generally getting the feel of how everything fit together.
White and metal, cold just like Khador :) |
Work in progress, but such a nice way to come back to the system |
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