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euansmith
12-21-2013, 07:57 AM
Wargames Factory have rolled out the "15mm" Leviathan for Dreamforge. They cost about £3 more than the Forgeworld resin Contemptor kit and is made from styrene.

http://www.wargamesfactory.com/webstore/dreamforge-games/leviathan-crusader-15

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Ssyrie
12-21-2013, 11:57 AM
wouldn't that be dreadnaught sized?

euansmith
12-21-2013, 12:11 PM
I guess the question is "How tall is a Contemptor"?

Tyrendian
12-21-2013, 01:24 PM
I guess the question is "How tall is a Contemptor"?

3.5" or thereabouts, depending on posing... so 4.5 is noticably bigger, but still acceptable to me - especially since it's that much easier to shoot, which in my book is a fair trade for the extra elevation on the guns...

chrisloomis13
12-21-2013, 01:48 PM
You could also pose it to be closer in height to FW. Does that kit come with weapons shown?

euansmith
12-21-2013, 04:33 PM
I think that those are the only weapons currently available for the model in this scale. The original 28mm scale one has a bunch of different options, so maybe they will scale those down too.

If the 15mm scale version is a straight rescale of the original, it will be highly poseable.

Tyrendian
12-21-2013, 06:17 PM
not that the Kheres, which this will have to stand in for judging by the looks, is any bad...

jeffersonian000
12-21-2013, 10:42 PM
Would make an awesome DreadKnight.

SJ

euansmith
12-22-2013, 03:17 AM
The alternate arms are due out in Q1 of 2014.

Just reading the review on Beast of War and they say it is 5.5" tall, so I guess that would count as "too tall for a Contemptor". Dreadknight it is then :)

Mr Mystery
12-22-2013, 07:27 AM
Only disadvantaging yourself with the extra height. And a crappy looking model :p

Learn2Eel
12-22-2013, 08:11 AM
wouldn't that be dreadnaught sized?

4.5" is the height of a Riptide.