First Impressions - Mage Grav Sled

Next up the Mage Grav Sled by Ravenstar Studios. It may be used as either a manned (scout?) vehicle or as an unmanned drone. It's a multi piece model made from resin with a chassis and various turrets to be added as you wish.

The overall appearance deviates from the more angular shapes of other vehicles which makes it quite  suitable for a non-human armies. In this it is similar to the Cimexian vehicles which I reviewed a couple of posts back. 

The details are quite nice but it requires some touching up and cleaning due to (very minor) flash in the grooves and on the smaller bits.

 Dimensions: length 58mm, width 40mm, height chassis 15mm, height with turret varies









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