Games Workshop 99120599003 Necromunda Goliath Gang Miniature

As advertised

These guys look great! They are also really easy to assemble. The new, creative wepaons like the Renderizer, Spud-Jacker, and Rivet Cannon are easily recognized after reading their descriptions. So 4 stars is surely earned, but I got to knock one off due to the lack of certain weapon options. There are only 2 stub guns in this entire kit, one per sprue, which means they are both for the same hand (left). There are also no holstered pistols in this kit. So if I want to team up a Stub Gun with melee weapon options that are also only in the left hand, I have to kit bash or go the ever annoying to everyone involved this counts as route. There are also no basic Axe or Combat Knife options included in hand (there are a pair of out of hand combat knives you can glue onto a belt). This makes creating basic, low end gangers and juves fairly tough. Sure, you can kit bash the hell out of anything, but I gotta dock a star for not ensuring those options were in the basic kit. We can only hope that this game becomes popular enough (Folks....this IS a really good game) for GW to justify kicking out a 2nd Gang kit per gang and plugging many of the glaring holes here. It should be noted that most other gangs arent as bad as this one when to comes to omissions or inflexibility of weapon combos.

Some of the best plastics that GW has released in quite a while. The faces are expressive enough that if you find yourself struggling to paint eyes, you need not worry. You can get a good enough looking model just with a basecoat, some high lights and a wash. The only complaint I really have about these models is that they are not the best suited for subassembly. You are likely going to want to fully assemble these guys prior to painting.

Perfect. Thank you very much.

I was a bit hesitant to pick this kit up. Necromunda kits have been a bit of mixed bag, they all look good but are often incompatible with other GW kits and with each other. Yeah with a knife and a file and some green stuff almost any kit can be smashed together with another, but often with disappointing results. So I was happy to see that the Goliaths can take most Imperial Guard and similar heads so if you dont like the mohawks you have options. I was also glad that most Goliath arms fit on any body in the kit so youre not limited to the same handful of poses. Marine arms also fit reasonably well if youre looking to do some conversions with those parts. I can easily see Marine, Chaos, Imperial Guard and Genestealer Cult players finding a use for these brawny boys in their armies. Like most Necromunda kits it could use some more options, especially holstered pistols, sheathed knives, slung rifles and other accessories. A lot of sprue space is wasted on two-part heads (face and mohawk) that could have been used for more interesting and useful parts. Overall this was a fun kit and Ill be getting it again.