Scibor Miniatures recently released their own version of the classic Warhammer dwarf steam/gyro-copter.
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I have never liked the aesthetic of Games Worskhop's gyrocopter models, at least the newer ones from 7th/8th Edition. They are much too modern-looking to me in my opinion. The older vintage gyrocopters from earlier editions from Warhammer are better, but I still didn't care for them all that much either.
There aren't that many mini. companies out there who actually produce a fantasy gyrocopter model, in fact I only know of maybe one or two that make them, but they are more for human steampunk than they are for dwarf fantasy perse.
When I saw Scibor's version of the gyrocopter I instantly fell in love with it! I jumped at the chance to get one and ordered it straight away.
What I love about this particular copter is that it has a wooden exterior. Even the gun barrels of the cannons are made out of wood! I just feel that the wooden plank construction-look makes it feel much more like classic fantasy than GW's do.
The detail of the model is really excellent, the pieces are all crisp casts with very little flash. There were a number of little cylindrical-type attachment areas on the main structure piece that had to be cut away, as well as on the central rotor support piece.
The model overall has a lot of character. The terrain base that comes with the model is fantastic, in the form of a mountainous face.
Here's some views of the components after they had been washed and cleaned of flash:
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I have only one primary complaint about this model, and it's a baffling one from a gamer's/modeler's perspective.
Scibor does NOT include any kind of wire or plastic support piece to attach the model to the terrain base! Even more baffling, is that Scibor doesn't even include a hole in the terrain piece to insert a wire or other kind of support. Still worse is that underneath the gyrocopter itself there is no obvious or easy place to create a hole for a wire/support insertion. Scibor simply gives you the copter and the base and leaves it to the modeler to drill/fabricate the holes and supply the wire/support.
For nearly 40 Euros, I found that to be a really disappointingly cheap shortcut with this model.
But overall I highly recommend it as a great alternative to GW's gyrocopters, finally a nice, rustic-looking dwarf copter in true 28mm scale.