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| Here we have another small tripod for review, this time it’s the Ground Zero Games tripod. I got these some time ago from Military Simulations. Three legs, one tentacle and one body each. The tentacle arrives straight as a poker and needs to be bent into shape. Coming in at about 47mm tall when assembled.The molding on these aren’t bad, but they aren’t great either. There was some slight gaps in some of the fine detail on the legs, a rough patch at the front of the dome that required some filing and a nasty horizontal line halfway across the ribbed body at the front that my needle file barely made a dent to. On the other hand the sculpting is quite nice with a rice technological feel and really fine detail on the legs. The parts don’t glue together too well, with small attachment areas and holes that occasionally needed widening on some of the legs. I’ve had a little bit of trouble with a couple of limbs coming off but I suppose that’s what I get for using cheap rubbish super glue on them. A bit of extra care and they are fine. Though nowhere near as solid or as cute as the Pendraken tripod the Ground Zero Games small tripod has a cool look to it. I give it a 3. |
| Ground Zero Games Small Tripod Review |
| This tripod is quite a mixed bag. On the left tentacle, the legs are so delicate they have some sizable chunks missing from the side rods that just didn’t mold correctly, it’s very fragile and hard to pick up in tentacles! On the right tentacle it’s very cool and detailed for it’s size, has a really nifty look to it and also has some features missing from just about all other tripod miniatures on the market. There is unfortunately only one tentacle (a tentacle that would nicely suit the Pendraken tripod) but at this scale it’d be hard to fit many on. On the upper portion of the body/dome there are several detail features. There is what I assume is the pilot’s hood, a feature left off just about all other tripod miniatures. It is sculpted turned slightly to its left, is hood shaped and open to the air which matches Wells description nicely. Behind this and just to one side is a structure that could either be a hatch or the basket used to hold captives on their way to lunch.. hmmm… yummy! It’s rather small but could be rationalised as folded up. The basket is left off every other tripod miniature I’ve ever seen. There is also a spherical something set into the body, the retracted housing for the heat-ray perhaps? Then there is a small hole near the hood. I wondered if this might not be the attachment for another bit of the miniature but Cap’n Bayne assured me all parts were accounted for. |
| This miniature can be obtained from Ground Zero Games |
| Cap'n Bayne and Supreme Martian Overlord give this product a rating of 3 raised tentacles! |
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| I must admit that I was unsatisfied with not having a heat ray flailing about on it’s jointed arm so I convinced Cap’n Bayne to make one out of bent brass wire. This is extremely delicate though but I think it enhances the look substantially. Other than the heatray arm and black smoke tube this is a very accurate tripod. Wanting more of a Tom Kidd look to one tripod we glued the legs round the other way with the knee joints facing inwards. This was rather tricky and needs basing but looks very nice indeed, now the tripod could take a step without falling over! Unlike the miniature which came a cropper several times before it was affixed to the base. With the legs positioned this way (and maybe bent slightly to fit a hex base) it would make a most unusual Battletech miniature. Cool but delicate, I also give this tripod a 3 |
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