Giant Killer Robots

[Will Vale]

Hi all,

Weta Workshop in Wellington have recently announced a board/tabletop game called Giant Killer Robots, and as they had some models on show in a local gallery this weekend I thought you might like the pictures:

They were behind glass so there are some reflections, sorry!

There's some stuff on their Facebook page showing the models being built, which I now can't find, plus their website here:

http://gkrgame.com/

I doubt we'll get a line of awesome model kits out of this, but as it appears to be a collectible miniatures game there might be some affordable robots for re-painting and customising?

I like the bright colours and all the big brash graphic design on the robots, I'm not sure if the shapes totally work for me as they're a bit hard to read, but YMMV.

Cheers,

Will

[Andy Moore]

They look intriguing. Are they pre painted/built, or construction kits?

Andy

[Will Vale]

I think these are one-off promo models made from 3D printed parts.

Reading some of the articles that I found on the 'net, it sounds like it's going to be a collectible miniatures game, so I would expect small-scale prepainted models like Fantasy Flight's X-Wing Miniatures line. Plus large scale eye-wateringly expensive prepainted figures for the Hot Toys etc. figure collector market.

But a friend of mine just started working there so I will lean on her for kits

I suspect the most time and cost effective way to build something like this would be a mix of Kotobukiya Armoured Core/Frame Arms and maybe Games Workshop Tau model parts, and/or scratchbuilding? Could be a fun project.

Will

[Will Vale]

Ah, found the Facebook page again, which has quite a few pictures:

https://www.facebook.com/GKRGame

W

[Blastvader]

I wonder what they'll be priced at. Coming from Weta I can't imagine them being cheap...