Puppets War’s New Radar Spots Their Hornet Jetfighter
October 24, 2014 by dracs
Puppets War have got two new releases to tempt us with, both of which will help you to gain control of the skies.
Starting off, Puppets War have a new flyer swooping in for Mankind. The Hornet Jetfighter.
This Hornet is a very compact flyer, its streamlined design showing the speed it will be capable of. Its jet engine shape is very pulp-inspired and I could imagine it turning up in settings such as Dust Tactics.
Of course, to spot one of these coming at you you will need a good radar. Luckily, Puppets War have come out with just the thing.
This radar dish comes on a bunker base to create a good terrain piece to help keep an eye on the skies. It would be easy to think up some rules for radar in games. They'd be especially good in siege based games, giving the defender a bonus at targeting flyers with their turrets.
What do you think of the Hornet? What sort of rules do you think you would give Puppets War's Radar Station?
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Like the radar dish the hornet not so much.
Both are great pieces of kit. I like that the radar dish can be removed, or moved around, and that a number of the bases can be used to define the extent of a subterranean complex.
That radar dish is rather nice but that jetfighter is not.
It might have more appeal if you knock off those little knobs at the back end and put in a vertical stabilizer, or two, like an F-15 or F-18.
I’m not a fan of the aeroplane, looks a bit ‘chibi’ for my liking. If I was given one I’d lop off those wings and rear section, elongate and widen the entire thing with a new tail and wingspan, I don’t really think it looks finished otherwise. Plenty of potential, that’s for certain.
On the other hand the radar dish is a handsome piece but it’s hard to get excited over something like that, haha!
The Jet looks very retro, like something you’d see out of a 60’s TV show.