Sedition Wars Firebrand Powersuits: Maul & Mattock
September 1, 2011 by beerogre
Check out the latest releases from Studio McVey for Sedition Wars... the Firebrand Powersuit!
First up the Firebrand T.H.I. Maul
Next the Firebrand T.H.I. Mattock
These look amazing, so if you're looking for some heavy support for your sci-fi warriors, then here's the models you've been waiting for.
Oh and if you are interested here's a bit of the fluff for them:
The Thorn Heavy Industries Utility Carapace was originally intended for deep immersion in hostile industrial environments. Designed to withstand physical loads of pressure and gravity that would kill unprotected bodies, these suits made the ideal protection and heavy weapons units for the Firebrand's battle with the Vanguard.
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How many will say , ohhh a new terminator for my Marines……
Not me, I’m thinking Nobs in Mega Armour.
Just what I was thinking… isn’t that spooky. Nah we just both suffer from the disease “Mek”.
I DID!!
That’s very impressive! I wouldnt mind getting a few to paint up.
very nice! somehow they remind me of AT-43 Tac-arms, only alot larger and more detailed
Looks like they are made to be modified into an ariadnan T.A.G. in Infinity
I can see that. They be stubby T.A.G.s but cool looking non the less.
well fits with the retrofitted Mining Walker background. Just give it a Teseum Mining Drill for an AP CCW and and AP HMG or Autocannon and there you go.
Very cool. I see some nice conversions on the way.
Would love to se another model side by side for a size comparison. Is it a terminator or a dreadnought sized thingy?
cost might kill it for most people… including me. comes in at $31 and some change for ONE unless I missed something
i think it is 35.65 USD & 21.99 Euro
yeah, sorry I got the conversion wrong, it was $31 if converted from Euros
WOW! What a surprise. Astounding Miniature. This is for real a heavy support.
I will be the one saying I do not like them.
So much great detail has gone to the entire model and left the legs so simple, like belonging to a lesser figure, sorry from the knee joint and downwards the model is a let-down, were form knee and higher its superb.
Why they didn’t give the same hydraulics treatment to the legs they give to the arms is beyond me.
I must say that I just can’t see what you are seeing, especially since we are barely seeing the legs as is. The pictures just doesn’t show very much of them and for all we know, the back could have the “hydralics treatment” that you wish for. As for the detail it might very well be intentional. The background paints the suits as industrial equipment that’s been converted for battle purposes and that means the legs would probably be the last parts to receive upgrades since weapons and frontal armour would be more important.
Oops sorry, I missed that the Stuid McVey store had more pics of the models, so yes the legs do miss proper hydraulics.
The problem with high quality sculpts is that minor details not done in the same quality show even more, the overall quality is far superior to the legs, the arms and even the legs joint to the main hull have intricate hydraulics were the knees have a simple design (a central plate inserted in two side plates help by a pin?) that alone without some hydraulic support would not work the arms on the other hand not only have hydraulic support, but also have some short of ball joint hydraulic connections to accommodate better movement. Its my believe that the… Read more »
Hi @macrossvf1 you just need to click the images to see side and back views 🙂
Where do the pilots arms go? Clearly the mechanical arms are such that they would not accommodate humanoid arms inside them, and there doesn’t appear to be space for the pilots arms to be inside the cock-pit (ala GW’s Sentinals).
All in all, quite unimpressive for Studio McVey, certainly not the worst miniatures on the market, but certainly not up to their usual standard. 🙁
The suit seems quite wide when compared to the rest of the Sedition Wars range. This actually gives me the impression that the pilot’s arms are inside the torso and the suit’s arms are controlled by joysticks/buttons/switches and not by actual arm movements of the pilot like most higher tech powered suits.
And this feeds the image of a cheaply manufactured, cramped, unconfortable, cumbersome industrial powered suit which has been retrofited for combat. Which the miniature is trying to represent. All in all, I’m loving it and will one at some point.
these woudl be cracking for SOTR, but just a little bit too expensive….
Woah, these are simply amazing.
I didn’t even know they were planning on doing powered armour.
They are pricey but considering the size and bulk of the models and the exceptional quality of Studio McVey’s resin I would say these are likely to be well worth that price.
Me likey.
be nice to see the scale of these, they are very tasty looking
Those are very nice sculpts.
Very nice sculpts… I saw them, and wanted them… The legs might be a bit less detailed, but I thought “what the hell… they are nice. I can live with some flaws”. And then I saw the price! 22 pounds? Are we serious? For a slightly oversized one-man mini? I was hoping McVey would get real price-wise with their SWs range, but I guess I was hoping out of my backside! I mean… have a look at the APEs for Incursion. My guess would be they are a similar size and quality wise they shouldn’t be afraid of being compared… Read more »
Oh some new terminators for my Dark Angels.
Yeah the price seems excessive, and certainly out of tocuh with customer desire. I’m wondering if we’re seeing these prices from companies because they see what people are willing to spend at say, GW, and now believe the market is ready to pay these prices across the board. I thought the GW Ogryns were bad at £13.50 a go, but £22 for one miniature is puching it too far.
the price is steep. McVey has always priced themselves high because they make collectors miniatures but when relasing a game the minis need to be cheaper since your not buying one at a time anymore.
Well the actual game isn’t going to be out until next year, so it’s kind of early to judge how many suits you’ll need in the final game (if any!). And since Sedition Wars is not going to be a wargame but a board game, so getting the suits might be entirely optional. So in my mind the Sedition Wars is still a range aimed at collectors who’ll buy the models for their looks.
I’d buy one just to paint it.