HiTech Miniatures Present Ophiel’s Talons
January 22, 2013 by brennon
Another Archangel will soon be available via HiTech Miniatures by the name of Ophiel. Below you can see him, with some fairly sharp talons and a pair of wings to put Sanguinius to shame...
Once again this is a miniature with two sides to it. On the one hand I like the armour and the power fists with those claws attached look great. But, it looks like his head is getting lost within that armour and those wings (while large) don't look like they belong to him.
I've always found HiTech to be a bit of a marmite company when it comes to their models, but what do you think?
Is this a winner?
I can understand the head being lost amongst the technical gubbins to make the power arms work. The wings however do seem out of place imho.
I agree about the wings and the head. Could have sculpted the head with a bit more focus and the wings looked tacked on. Not needed at all coz the rest of the model looks great IMO. I got the ‘maggot cavalry’ model from the a while back and i like them as a company. They just need to put a bit more thought into what they do and consider some of their more ‘outlandish’ design decisions.
I tend to avoid HiTech’s models because they all look the same.