[Adept Zero] Counterfeit miniatures review, Part II

Not a single one of these is from Apple.
The upside is that no one committed suicide while making these.

As an addendum to RedScorps' review of knockoff Chinese recasts, I'd like to share my own take on it.

What I will NOT go over is the basic moral, legal and ethical issues surrounding counterfeit and knockoff goods. This has been discussed ad nauseum in many posts all over the Net. I will not share my personal beliefs on the issue because 1) no one cares and 2) REALLY no one cares.

[Lantz] Hitech Miniatures Review

Welcome back to my little shindig. This week I've got a product review on a webstore that, surely by now, everyone has at least heard of. Hitech Miniatures hasn't been around long, but if you take a look around their website you'll see they have it very much together for a newer webstore. To add to their interesting webspace, their models are some pretty inspiring work and anyone who's a fan of the Adeptus Mechanicus has probably drooled over a model or seven. To further my unit completion for my fandex, I ended up ordering the Megatherion model to fill the role of the Textura unit. So let's find out how everything went down in this week's review. More after the jump.

[Drkmorals] Battlefoam Review pt 1 - PACK AIR

So I am sure we have all heard of Battle Foam at some point. Some people would say they are the Mercedes of  army bags, the high end. In fact It literally says that on the battle foam banner.

That's pretty confident to put that on your banner but time and time again I have talked to people who own and use the Battle Foam systems and they only have one complaint, the cost. I won't lie I am pretty cheap most the time (it's not my fault I am Asian =P ) However the cost was what was keeping me from making the plunge for a bit myself. I will confess I have held several of the bags in my hands while looking at them at events only to decide that the cost was a bit more than I wanted to spend at the moment. How ever a few weeks back my Parent's send me a PACK AIR in the mail as a late birthday gift. Yeah my sister got help with college and I totally scored a PACK AIR... I clearly made out on that deal right? SUCKER!!! Moving on.... 

I have held off on doing a review because I wanted to use the bag at a couple events giving it a good test run before I said anything about it.

[Lantz's Corner] CorSec Engineering Omni-Ruler Review

Welcome back ladies and gents. Lantz here with another product review from a store I doubt too many of you have heard of. CorSec Engineering is an up-and-comer website started in early 2010 with bases for Aerodrome type of games.Currently they've expanded into gaming mats, measuring tools, terrain, templates and an expanded product line of bases all with more focus on the same game types. Today I'm going to be reviewing an item that can be used in all manner of tabletop gaming; their genius Omni-Ruler. Join me after the jump to see what this store and product are all about.

[Lantz's Corner] Litko's Power Field Markers Review

Lantz here. It's been a while since I've done a product review, and honestly been a while since I've purchased a product out of the ordinary lately. With the AdMech fandex coming to a close for 5th Edition (don't worry, it'll be updated for 6th once that is officially out,) and awaiting certain models for the Necrons I've been at a slow point for hobby. It also might have to do with a certain game that came out recently, as well... In any case, I'm back with some product reviews, the first of which will be Litko's Power Field Markers. I've never purchased anything from Litko before, though I had seen their store previously. So let's get reviewin'! More after the jump.

Contest Winner and Necrons Leaked!

First, I'd like to apologize on the behalf of MWC for the delay on announcing the contest winner and starting up the contest for October (which looks like it will probably be delayed at least to November.) Things happening behind the scenes and whatnot. Anywho, before I get to the real important issue at hand (see diagram above,) here's the winner for September's MWCMCC!

[Lantz's Corner] MaxMini Review

Lantz here to welcome back to my little reviewer-neck-of-the-woods. This week I'm bringing back a webstore I reviewed earlier on this year, this time with some of their newer products. In my previous review I was quite pleased with the entire experience I had with MaxMini. Is their service still spot on? Is their product still up to par? Since the beginning of this year I have upgraded my camera and review format so we'll give MaxMini a much more defined review this time around and answer those questions. Find out all of the sexy details after the break.

[Lantz's Corner] Armorcast's Cinematic Effects Review

Well it sure has been a while since I've done a review on here. With all of this contest madness and life staring me down lately, it's been hard to find time for my own conversion work. Luckily last week I managed to sit down and get some AdMech modeling done and ran across a package I was saving for a future project. What was in the package, you ask? Well, the title should kind of give it away, but it was a couple of items from Armorcast's semi-new line of cinematic pieces. I think some of these things can really put the finishing touches on some of our more detailed models, so I took a chance on them. You may remember my last review of Armorcast didn't go so smoothly, so what happened this time? Any more horror stories from this webstore? Find out after the break.

[The Rogue Trader] Chapterhouse Studios Vehicle Kit Reviews

I've had my eye on some of the Chapterhouse Studios stuff for a while and decided it was time to place an order with them. Specifically I ordered the "Armored door and armor kit for Rhino tank" and "Death Angel doors for Space Marine Land Raider" kits.  Price wise, I think the Raider kit is very good for what you get.  The Rhino kit I'm not so sure on, it'd need to be a little cheaper for me to order another.  Not much, but comparing the two, the Raider kit is definitely the better deal.

Having ordered them I discovered shipping would be delayed due to a hold up in production.  Not a big deal as their communication about it was decent. When the package arrived it was well protected and undamaged.  They do a decent job on shipping.  So now, on to the specifics of the pieces.

[Adept Zero] Pegasus Hobbies Unboxing

Greetings, fellow Adepts, long time, no see! I come to you this time with an unboxing and mini review of three Pegasus Hobbies products, the Gothic City Building (Large Set), the City Ruins 1, and the Crater Set. Let's jump right in after the jump.

[Lantz's Corner] Chapterhouse Studios Review

Guess who's back with another product review? No, not Hank, whoever that is. It's me! And this go-around we've got Chapterhouse Studios in the mix. I've known about this site for quite a while and have purchased from them a very long while ago. Recently, however, they've had a slew of new products joining their line up which had me enticed to open my wallet. So what is Chapterhouse all about? Will they survive my slew of witty commentary or are they incapable of bearing such a horrible onslaught of horrible puns and comma abuse? Find out after the break.

[Lantz's Corner] Antenociti's Workshop's Werewolf Grav Bike and Coilgun Sniper Review

Is it just me or are these titles getting longer? Anywho, I'm back after quite the hiatus of family reunions, getting incredibly ill (not related) and getting distracted by shiny things to bring you another slew of product reviews from all of those indie shops you love so much yet also haven't heard of. I'm not sure how that's possible, but just roll with me on this one. This week we have a webstore that, well, I'm not even sure how I found it. In fact, I'm not entirely sure anyone else in the 40k community has heard of them as I haven't seen anyone post about them in my two or so years of blogging. The webstore's name is Antenociti's Workshop and it thoroughly stumps me how this company is such a no name. Why? Let's discover the answers to these questions and more!

[Thoughts of A Herb] Malifaux N00b - Stage Two

OK, so my friend got the Malifaux box as I said last post. It's actually the Ortega box he got, and not the Viktorias (he changed his mind).

But anyway, now for a special event...

[Thoughts of A Herb] Malifaux N00b - Stage One

I'm baaaack!

OK, so I went to the UK Games Expo last Sunday. T'was fun, I saw Alessio Cavatore promoting his new games (Shuuro and Turanga, I've got them already) and got embroiled in a lengthy pitch for starting Warmachine, and got a demo game of that in to boot, and I won it too! (In case you want to know, it was Cygnar vs. Menoth starter boxes, I was Cygnar, went first and got a caster kill in my third turn) I'm leaning towards Cryx...

Anyway, while I was there I also got my Malifaux gear as promised! I got...

[Lantz's Corner] Black Cat Studios' Scientist Self-Experiment and Tracked Robots Review

Whew, that's quite the title. Welcome back to my corner of review bonanzas. This time around I have Black Cat Bases on my plate. I found this webstore from TableTop Fix, a blog I suggest all who are reading this right now follow. Black Cat Bases offers a pretty extreme range of miniatures for Fantasy, Sci-Fi and modern-day, most of which aren't offered anywhere else. You'll literally spend hours rummaging through their product line. After doing this myself, I made my selections, purchased them and went through the motions of getting my little pewter dudes to my home. Let's see how it all went down.

[Lantz's Corner] Blight Wheel Miniatures' Blight Wheel Brotherhood Review

After a short break I'm back on the reviewing circuit. This time around I've got the little-known Blight Wheel Miniatures. I stumbled upon this site from a link Matt had sent me last month and was immediately slapped in the face with several well-sculpted miniatures. While their product line is quite small, each model looked to be unique to a lot of models out there and well produced to boot. For my purchase I ended up going with the interesting looking Blight Wheel Brotherhood. So what came of this purchase? Let's find out.

[Lantz's Corner] Armorcast Review

So far I've had little to complain about with the indie miniatures webstores out there. Overall I've had a pretty pleasant experience with each and every webstore I've made a transaction with. This review is going to be a bit different, however. I would like to start out by saying I know of more people that have had a good experience shopping from Armorcast than I can count on my hands and toes, which is a reason I wanted to shop there in the first place. However, walking into this review you're going to understand pretty early on I did not enjoy my purchasing experience and why. More after the break.

[Lo's Lowdown] Paint Comparison- GW vs Vallejo vs Reaper (Metallics)

After the great response to my paint comparison post, I decided to do another. This time, I am comparing metallic paints, which present a tougher challenge to painters all over.

I used many of the same methods as last time- I used bummy “test models” and as much readily available paint as possible. It turned out that I own very little gold OR silver paint, and had to order at least two colors. I ordered gold and silver Reaper colors, but Gold was out of stock. I wound up borrowing the Gold from a generous friend.

[Lantz's Corner] Ramshackle Games Boring Machine and Iron Grumbler Review

I'd like to go ahead and get my normal nonsense out of the way before I start this review, so I'll just spew my witty quips out now so we can be all review-y for the rest of this post. Ahem... Is that a Boring Machine or are you just happy to see me? The last time I saw an Iron Grumbler it was in my girlfriend's sock drawer. And last, but not least; I'm no stranger to having to pay for a ramshackling. Okay, I feel a lot better now, we can move on. For this review I'll be running over Ramshackle Games' Boring Machine and Iron Grumbler models. This clearly isn't your Nanna's product review, though that's partially due to the fact that she won't play against fan-made codices. Stupid Nanna...

[Lantz's Corner] Paulson Games Bio-Terror Review

Hello, again! Reviews have slowed down a tad on my end as I've been working on conversions for all of the goodies I've ordered. Fortunately, I work fast...when it comes to conversions. So *ahem* I ordered a few more goodies from indie companies to further grow the AdMech army I have going. This time around, I needed something to fill the role of a certain MC in the fandex and I found something that would suit my needs, though I plan for it to look quite different once conversions are done. But enough about all that, let's talk about the product itself; Paulson Games' Bio-Terror. More after the break.