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seven figures that are a bit taller than a goblin but
shorter than a normal human figure. They are all
wearing what look like space-suits with heavy carapace
padding on the chest with knee and elbow pads. All of
them are armed with two weapons, a large serrated
blade, a three pronged punch-dagger, or a bi-dent (for
the leader) and a wrist mounted mini-crossbow. Even
with the mini-crossbow I’d have to go with them being a
close combat unit. Each figure needed a bit of cleaning
around the mold line, but it went pretty quickly as it was
quite faint. There was really no flash to speak of and
there were no defects on them at all. I think that the
best part of these guys has got to be their faces. They
are all very angry or grumpy looking and just seem
ready to get into a fight. There area also seven back
banners that glue easily into place on each miniature or
you cold opt to go without the banners and fill in the
hole on their backs with a bit of putty. Outside of being
troopers for your Fearless army I could easily see them
being dropped into a game of Traveller 20 as enemies or
in Inquisitor, played with 28mm figures, as a roving
band of Gretchin mercenaries. They are not so sci-fi
looking that they could not also pass as fantasy figures,
maybe deep gnomes, if painted up properly. The set
retails for 20.40 Euro (about $21.77 USD) which ends up
costing around $3.11 per figure which while a bit higher
per figure than the fantasy dwarves, is not
unreasonable. Getting multiple poses of the troopers is
a big plus in my book though.
Biker Bibby (below), another model for Fearless, is a
three-piece motorcycle babe with the turreted
machinegun and the base being the separate pieces.
The rest of the model is all one single piece. Bibby is
straddling her bike in a forward facing position lying on
her stomach. The mold line ran all of the way around
the length of the figure was not thick at all. The
protrusion on the back wheel fits onto the metal base. I
am a bit curious as to why they didn’t go with a more
standard plastic base, but the metal one does work fine.
There are several uses for Bibby outside of being a Biker
Babe in Fearless. I’d have no trouble at all dropping her
into a game of Judge Dredd as an adversary or maybe
even as a non-Judge player character. Any sci-fi game
that supports troops on bikes (Warhammer 40K and
VOID come to mind first) could see a whole squad of
these chicks replacing the standard models if you’re so
inclined or she could serve as a unit leader or
personality. The model also comes with a rules card and
a template for measuring bootleg reverse turns. Biker
Bibby has a retail price of 12.90 Euro (about $13.63
USD) which is not bad for an all-metal motorcycle and
rider, especially if you’re only using one instead of a
whole squad of them.
Last up from Excalibur this time around is another large
combat robot. This is the second in the I-Core series of
robots. You’ll remember seeing I-Core 7 (right)
reviewed in a previous issue of FR and this hulk is
variant #5. There are many pieces
that go into putting together I-Core
5. Thirteen was my final count of
pieces and that does not include a
couple of nosecone and small
weapon variants. The models did
need some cleaning up on many of
the parts in terms of both flash and
the mold line, but it was not
excessive and neither were thick at
all.
Both of the I-Core combat robots would make
impressive combat robots in many games (28mm or
54mm) outside of Fearless if you decide to take that
route. I-Core 5 has a retail price of 20.40 Euro (about
$21.77 USD) and is a good versatile robot.
The figure has a very anime feel to it and I really like
the different wheel sizes. Bibby herself is wearing
nothing more than what looks like an spandex leotard
with high heels and could have just walked off of the set
of some 80’s exercise television program.
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