Look out Catachans, here come the boys from SPACENAM

 

       I won't pretend for a moment to know what "SPACENAM" is, I have several guesses but they are of little importance now. What it has given us (on the other hand) is this set of very interesting minis from the workshops of Wargames Atlantic.  Cast in the same spirit as GWs Catachans (a sort of Rambo writ large in the sci-fi vein, or Arnold in Predator) these minis are both more attractive and half the price. Flawlessly cast in a firm grey plastic, with no trace of flash and very few mold-lines, this set provides more weapons choices and better sculpting. As usual there is a lavish supply of different heads and the breakdown of the models into parts allows a wide range of positions. These boys have definitely been spending time in the gym (or getting some sort of gene enhancement) they are very buff without the cartoonish look of the GW product.

 

front of the box 

 

the back of the box, some ideas as to painting

 

box with contents, five identical sprues

 

sprue, side A

 

sprue, side B

 

the torsos wear a form of light body-armor

 

of course there is a wide choice of heads

 

and an almost as ample selection of weapons and gear

 

I do like the the guns are molded into the hands/arm, 

it makes assembly so much easier

 

aside from the massive muscles the proportions and posing are very good

 

lots of add-on details to customize the minis too

 

and, of course, even more heads

       This is a great set of minis. The potential is huge; near-future super-soldiers (perhaps fighting with/against the normal soldiers from the OOH-RAH set also produced by Wargames Atlantic) battling alien invaders (such as the Harvesters from WA), a perfect substitute for the Catachan minis sold by GW, as crew of a space craft either defending the ship of boarding another. 

       Very Highly Recommended!