Picked up the Omega Destroyer today. Six main pieces, front, back, two halves
of the rotating section, and two halves of the engines. There are also three
"sprues" of little turrets, with (nominally) six turrrets per sprue. A few are
misformed, but since I think you only need 12 it isn't a problem.
The fit is... okay. The engine and rotating sections are duplicates, and don't
quite line up with each other; a bit of shaving should take care of the
engines, but I'm not quite sure about the rotating section. Whatever else, the
hole through the section (presumably to allow it to spin, though no wire or
tubing was provided) doesn't quite line up... shouldn't be too hard to fix, I
guess. The engines don't fall neatly into place in the rear, either; I had to
find a picture of the rear of an Omega to fingure out the orientation... not
so easy on the 'net, as
most people seem to like the sharp end. ^_- There's also a good amount
of flash on everything, but that seems to be pretty standard for AoG's minis.
The detail on the mini is *very* nice overall, though I am marginally
disappointed that the front of the Omega is a solid block. (The "hanging"
section is actually just armor plates over various bits, it's not pressurized
or anything. You can see through gaps periodically on the show.) Hmm, upon
comparizon with my background, the rotating section struts should be jutting
out, not carved in like on the mini, but that's probably a limitation of the
casting process.
All in all... decent. It's an Omega, certainly. ^_- I'm not sure I
still want to buy a whole destroyer group (6) like I used to, but if I
get the money to spare, and the painting time, you never know.... ^_^;;
Next up on the wait list: the G'Quon Heavy Cruiser. The piccie up on AoG's web
site looks pretty decent... and the fact that they need a special blister for
the sucker because it's too long for the regular
blisters is... interesting. ^_^
Hello
How big are these models that people are buying, I'm wondering whether I
should buy or make my own, as I like small models.
Cheers
Excerpts from FT: 13-Mar-98 RE: [semi-OT] Omega Destroyer by "Geoffrey
Stewart"@ uow.e
> How big are these models that people are buying, I'm wondering whether
If you like small, don't buy these. (Though you might pick up
Starfuri^H^H^H^H Tigers from GZG. ^_- )
The Omega DD measures 4.5" from end to end; the rotating section is about
1.5", er, long? Noticed another slight blip, unfortunately; there's a 90
degree angle in the rotating section near the middle where one should not be.
Ah, well... it still looks good.
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 17:42:10 -0500 (EST), Aaron P Teske
> <Mithramuse+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
I just picked up four of these suckers today. Quite expensive, at C$17 a pop
(same price as 5 Pinnacle 25mm figs, though).
> The detail on the mini is *very* nice overall, though I am marginally
I'd have to say that while I agree with most of the review so far, I was
really disappointed in the overall detail on the mini. The detailing is not
very deep or well defined. The best description is that the detail looks like
the detail found on early GW plastic minis. If you had the Ork or Dwarf figs
in chainmail, you'll remember that instead of deep chainmail, the shirts
looked like they had little mounds all over them. That's the feel that I got
with these ships. The detail doesn't go down too deep and the edges of the
detailed sections are rounded.
> Hmm, upon comparizon with my background, the rotating
The carving on the end of the rotating section, to represent struts, looks
very much like a rush job after the fact.
Lots of flash, as you mentioned, though mold lines are almost
non-existant. I like the fact that you can assemble the model with the
rotating section in virtually any angle, but the front and back pieces don't
look as though they'll assemble correctly without a little remedial work. Not
a lot of pitting on the model (a major problem in the original fighter
miniatures from AOG) but still some pitting.
> All in all... decent. It's an Omega, certainly. ^_- I'm not sure I
This is the strange part. I would call it "passable," not decent, but I am
still going to buy a whole destroyer group. I have 4 now with two more on
order. I also have 6 Hyperions, which not only look fairly good but look as
though they would be a match for my Valiant ships as a large carrier or
something.
> Next up on the wait list: the G'Quon Heavy Cruiser. The piccie up on
By the way, of the 5 Omegas that came into my local store, two of them had
their blisters pull away from the cardboard backing. Either the figure is too
big for the blister, or the glue is too weak, or both. Make sure you get all
the pieces before you buy the figure.