The skies above the battlefields of the world of Hammer’s Slammers:The Crucible are not the safest place to be; computer guided powerguns knock down just about anything that flies, from aircraft, VTOLs, air cars, even missiles and artillery shells.
Nevertheless, there are a number of units that still field VTOLs in the combat zone for their speed and versatility. These craft fly nap-of-the-earth, down amongst the weeds operating effectively as fast ground vehicles.
One such unit is the Eaglewing Squadron, which operates a mix of VTOLs, light hover vehicles and infantry on skimmers. They are currently re-equipping their VTOL wing, and the first new craft to enter service is the Demeter attack VTOL, slowly replacing the Eaglewing’s inventory of Ravens. It is a two-seater fitted with a tri-barrel chin turret and several wing hardpoints which can carry an assortment of stores.
The Demeter model comes in three resin parts (fuselage and two wings) and three metal parts (turret and two vertical tail fins). Available separately we have a pack of wing stores – two each of hyper-velocity missiles, gatling pods, rocket pods and anti-tank missiles. These have the pylon built in so you can fit the weapons wherever you like on the wing.
HS15-2602 – Demeter Attack VTOL – £12.00
SF15-937 – VTOL Weapons – £2.50
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4 thoughts on “New From Brigade Models”
03/05/2019 at 20:13
It’s a nice model, very practical and functionalist-looking.
The way the Hammer’s Slammers universe short shrifts aircraft and missiles is one of the things I can’t quite bring myself to like about that setting (partly because Drake tries to inject realism with a technological justification that feels unrealistic in itself and, therefore, requires no less suspension of disbelief than what it was unnecessarily made to circumvent). Still, I try to remind myself that it differentiates the setting from other military sci-fi settings, and that after all, I do like variety between settings.
In any case, the Demeter VTOL will have many uses.
04/05/2019 at 18:07
That _is_ a nice bit of kit! I wonder where my long dusty 15mm sci-fi project is…
08/05/2019 at 17:16
Nice job on the glzing (painting) too Tony
08/05/2019 at 17:17
ok, so I meant ‘glazing’!