The new Deathroller

Djengis_Khan · Post by **Djengis_Khan** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:29 pm

it's realy one big lump of metal, but I realy like it !
the base isn't too big, the same as other bigguys so I see no problems for using only when he gets knocked down but you can use an replace template

if it wasn't so expensive I would buy it !

Djengis

Majortusk · Post by **Majortusk** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:13 pm

Djengis_Khan wrote:it's realy one big lump of metal, but I realy like it !
the base isn't too big, the same as other bigguys so I see no problems for using only when he gets knocked down but you can use an replace template

if it wasn't so expensive I would buy it !

Djengis

if it gets knocked down its out if the game anyway

traveller · Post by **traveller** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 10:55 pm

On a different note:
How do you keep the 2nd ed deathroller together?
It seems quite weak between the roller and the engine.
Doesn't it break easily?

yep, i think, it will break quite easy, IF i would use it for gameplay. I use superglue and a bit greenstuff for this conection. That is the way i used to bring parts together when splinting isnt so easy anymore.

Traveller

JasonC · Post by **JasonC** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 11:10 pm

It looks waaaay to big and for $35??? Forget it! THats almost the price of a new team...atleast until next year.

sven · Post by **sven** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:57 am

hi ya,

i used to play with the dwarfs when i was like seven or eight and i used to use the 2nd ed deathroller. i did not know how to pin models and probably thought green stuff only came from my runny nose. so yeah it was always falling apart on me, the wheel was always coming away from the handle bar if i remember correctly.

phil

'Ed Basha' · Post by **'Ed Basha'** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 8:33 am

at least it can be said of this one...it lives up to the name....the others looked a little tame to be called deathrollers...stood up against Grashnak they looked more like...bruising rollers..or maybe cracked rib rollers at best....this thing cuold vie for being called heck on wheels...sheer intimidation...

So...that ogre failed bonehead eh....this ought to wake him up....for the second or two it takes to make fertilizer out of him anyway...

DM · Post by DM » Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:04 am

Anyone else notice just how damn BIG that dwarf is on the roller compared to other figs?

It still looks like a perfectly useable piece mind you, but it would help if you had a resized pitch as well

I'm considering doing up a 40mm square sized pitch and I'm sure this fig would fit fine - would it not?

Duke Jan · Post by **Duke Jan** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:55 am

That's why I prefer based death rollers. Adds a lot to intimidation factor. The new one doesn't really fit the fluff anymore. The reason I like the 2nd ed. death roller is that it looks like someone bodged it together on Scrapheap Challenge/Junkyard Wars from a grass roller and a moped. Consistent with the fluff.

By the way, adding a base should also help against collapse of the 2nd ed roller.