Hexxenhammer | 22 Aug 2009 8:42 p.m. PST |
Duke twisted the throttle gently to walk the Chicken down the ramp out of the boxcar. It clanked and hissed and belched smoke and steam but it stepped gently enough to not break the ramp. Duke was also pleased he didn't walk it right off the side, ruining months of research and work. The yokels stared slack-jawed at the Chicken. Stare at this, he thought and pushed the throttle forward. The Chicken responded immediately, metal feet pounding away from the station into the desert. Duke couldn't help it, "Yeeeeeha!" he yelled. Later
There had been a rattler here not long ago. Duke examined the loose dirt, crushing a chunk in his gloved hand. It was sticky with slime. He walked back to the Chicken and got out the piston. He assembled it, lit the miniature boiler and soon the piston was beating into the ground regularly. Duke jumped onto the Chicken and walked it a hundred or so yards away. He checked the Gatling guns. They swiveled on their mounts. He flipped the switch to charge the voltaic cells. The harpoon at the front of the Chicken hummed with electrical charge. The first worm to poke its head out of the sand was going to be very shocked to see him
or whatever they did since they didn't have eyes. Rattler meat and hide were going for outrageous prices back east. And the Chinese out west were buying their organs for their medicine. Just a couple of good sized worms would pay to build at least three more walkers like the Chicken. And maybe there'd be an army contract in his future. Visions of dollar signs were wiped from his head as the ground started to rumble and worm tentacles burst through the ground to smash the piston. "Okay Chicken," he said. "Let's see what you can do." picture picture picture picture picture picture picture |
cloudcaptain | 22 Aug 2009 9:43 p.m. PST |
I like the additions to the SST fig. Spotted Deadlands Steam Tank parts on the strider :) |
Hexxenhammer | 22 Aug 2009 10:10 p.m. PST |
Yeah, the walker is parts of a GRW velocipede, legs from a clicky mech, an extra torso that came with one of my Vanguard 'jacks for Warmachine, an extra 'jack waist, a wire connector for the smoke-stack, and most of a sprue of GRW weapons. |
Hexxenhammer | 22 Aug 2009 10:11 p.m. PST |
And thanks, Kyote. I think I've got more imagination than talent though. |
Tango India Mike | 23 Aug 2009 1:55 a.m. PST |
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mattblackgod | 23 Aug 2009 2:44 a.m. PST |
Wow – very cool! Fantastic work. |
Phil Walling | 23 Aug 2009 2:55 a.m. PST |
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miscmini | 23 Aug 2009 5:36 a.m. PST |
Nice bit of mechanization but I don't think he'll be doing any fishing with that worm. |
cybrt54 | 23 Aug 2009 7:21 a.m. PST |
Great mess of story lines and excellent job on the "Chicken" |
Moonbeast | 23 Aug 2009 10:35 a.m. PST |
"Didjoo see the size o' tha' chicken!" Those are sweet, especially the chicken walker.:) |
Broadsword | 23 Aug 2009 11:36 a.m. PST |
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Howler | 23 Aug 2009 6:03 p.m. PST |
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Hexxenhammer | 23 Aug 2009 9:59 p.m. PST |
Thanks, guys. Next up will be some refugees from the Valley of the Gwangi. |
richarDISNEY | 26 Aug 2009 9:48 a.m. PST |
Really nice! |
DAWGIE | 27 Aug 2009 5:39 a.m. PST |
AND that is incredible! did y'all make the tentacles from scratch on the worm? DAWGIE |
Hexxenhammer | 27 Aug 2009 6:14 a.m. PST |
Dawgie, the tentacles are just paperclips covered in green-stuff. So easy even I could do it. |
Warrenss2 | 27 Aug 2009 8:41 a.m. PST |
Hexxenhammer, where'd you get the sprue of GRW weapons? I could use some for my PA vehicles. |
Hexxenhammer | 27 Aug 2009 9:22 a.m. PST |
I think I got mine off of ebay as part of a great deal on all kinds of GRW stuff, but Jeff Valent still sells them. link I think you get 2 gatling guns, 2 cannons, and a flamethrower. Something like that. |
whoa Mohamed | 27 Aug 2009 9:43 a.m. PST |
Ok I totaly dislike Fantasy but you model is way cool and I may rethink my stand on things like VSF, steampunk Etc. Great job
..mikey |
Robin Bobcat | 31 Aug 2009 2:06 a.m. PST |
Nabad at all.. I'd have added a small boiler tank, and maybe gone with a smaller smokestack, but that's pretty damn shiny, all told. |
tsofian | 06 Sep 2009 7:25 p.m. PST |
Really Nice walker. This is the first concept for a VSF walking machine I've liked. I should do a unit of them in 15mm For Hive Queen and Country. I'll need some legs smaller than those on the GW Sentinals. Any suggestions? Thanks for the inspiration Terry |
tsofian | 08 Sep 2009 3:07 p.m. PST |
Hexxenhammer I work in a smaller scale and with some different tech (springs versus steam) I was so impressed with your work I've produced a similar vehicle in 15mm. link It isn't anywhere near done yet (I'm probably going to use this as a resin casting master) Thanks for sharing! |
Hexxenhammer | 08 Sep 2009 6:03 p.m. PST |
Awesome! I was trying to find some suitable chicken legs for 15mm for you, but the Mechwarrior parts I would use for 28mm are way to big. Be sure to start a new thread when you're done. |
GrantS | 10 Sep 2009 5:52 a.m. PST |
That's awesomely neat ;) Lotta work went into it, and a interesting setting. |
Hexxenhammer | 10 Sep 2009 7:20 a.m. PST |
Thanks, I can't take credit for the setting though, I just wrote it for Deadlands. In Deadlands, the Mojave desert, parts of Utah, and the Badlands are inhabited by giant tentacled worms. They're a cross between Cthulhu, Dune sand worms, and the graboids from Tremors. |