Awesome looking model. A mechanical flying dragon that spits fire is Steampunk with a capital S! This thing is destined to be one of the signature models of the range IMO, up there with the Imperium sky fortress and the Magenta. Thanks for re-posting this!
So that answers a few questions, and hopefully will tone down the howlers on the SG forum about the Chinese having two dreadnaughts.
People actually complained about that?!
Agreed, it has the potential to be iconic. Some people have complained that it looks out of place in the DW world, but I disagree. Compared to the other robots being used (I think only the Ika and Metzger are "large" robots; the John Henry and the Freedom are medium and small, respectively), it actually fits in quite well with the faction. Dragons are an integral part of Chinese culture, but the John Henry, Freedom, and Ika really don't have much to do with their respective factions' history or mythology, either in the DW world or the real world. At least the Metzger brings to mind armored Teutonic knights of medieval times.
Plus, the photography potential here is flat out cool...can't wait to see pics of this thing assaulting a (preferrably Prussian
) battleship or battlecruiser!
Yeah, some people were whining when they thought it was a dreadnaught. I guess that's *slightly* understandable, as no other faction has two choices for dreadnaughts, but then Delboy clarified that it is a large skimmer. I'm also really happy to hear that there are more Chinese models on the way...played a hard fought game with them against my local Prussian opponent, and was able to get the dreadnaught into the fray for the first time. There were corrosion tokens and raging fire markers all over the place thanks to those flamethrowers.