"Wild Wild West Steam Tarantula " Topic

Anyone else out there made something fun with their Burger King Steam Tarantula toy?

Here are a couple fine examples (both modified…but use the base and legs at least)

I came across three complete sets while straightening up the workshop and I am considering doing something with them or letting them go…so I need some inspiration…I doubt I will find any more sets lol.

I know I had about a dozen sets that I let most if not all of that batch go to TMPers back in 2009 but I never got see what was done with them.

Yeah, I have them. My sister in law went and bout 2-3 dozen from a local Burger King. I traded a dozen or more away. I have built 3-4 into steam spiders with a turret. I also picked up a lot of Atlantis toys including their trucks and steam tanks.

Thanks,

John

The first thing I did with mine was take out the Snidely Whiplash "pilot".
I did two for G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. using aluminum cigar humidor tubes with button tops.

I did another for Gorka Morka, with yer standard MkI Ork with bolta as the pilot.

You can still get them on eBay with appropriate searches, and fairly cheaply.
You may have to buy the whole WWW set, but they will still be cheap.

These and the AT-AT walker are classic Old Skewl G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. models.

The two in the first picture are mine…so you see what I did with them. :-)

Chris you are the man!

Don't forget the ones from the Dr. Loveless toy from the WWW line of toys from the movie. :-)

Grimm

Might be fun to make a steam version of the Imperial Viper probe droid

Here's my Martian Tripod…

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Here's my Martian Tripod…

While that line may occasionally work in Pubs, the link is only for members of whatever group it is posted to…

Here is one I built with the bottom of the WWW tarantula bottom, and the GZG mini tank on top:

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(the one on the ground is the tripod from Paroom Station)

PP…great walker…and now, what is the story about these kettleheads! What fun!

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Here's one I use for 15mm VSF.

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Cheers,

Barry

funny, I'll have to try that next time….

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Love these mods and Ray I can't get them right now as I have other commitments and have had some setbacks :( Good luck with the mods!

Here is one of the ones a friend made for our 28mm games.

and a pic with both of them

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I hope to get mine done some year.

Here's a picture of one I built a looong time ago

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and this picture is of another one I built as a scout

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I still use them from time to time when I can get to the gameing store.

As always at your service,

Hairy Haggis

…hairy haggis…that is a picture that I would like to bleach out of my brain!

Seriously though, nice work on the walkers.

I like the restraint with the second one…just four legs

Me, I would look to break into another kit to add more legs :)

Thanks, I think…

The Scout walker is from the smaller model of the bad guys one man walker. I also bought a bunch of "Mage Knight" spiders. I'm going to make them into clockwork lancers.

as ever

Hairy

Mage knight spiders eh?

I had limited luck finding what you speak of…are yours one of these?

These guys would make for freaky transports

Alrighty. I found an extra body so I shared the legs with the three complete ones I had already.

So I have cut the ugly dude out, removed the little rubber chimney, and took off the turn key. Then I added a new fancy chimney on each using these

Now I have four 6 legged craft.

The question is now how to arm the craft.

As I plan on trading these off to others who can make better use them as my gaming options are zero these days…I could go with

turret or platform with canon
turret or platform with Tesla lightning gun
platform with rail to place men at arms
or other

It is my plan to leave the cockpit open to add whatever scale miniature pilot the end user would like to.

But what scale are you using yours for?

I would think 15mm would be most appropriate but certainly 28mm would work also.

Once I make up my mind I will post the pics.

I am putting a couple other small projects, a couple drop ships, to pass along to a couple TMPers who have been waiting for a project each…at the same time…I finally found the boxes where their pieces were hiding during the move.

So a couple of irons in the fire.

Here are the four WIP walkers

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Sorry for quality of pic…need my other camera back…waiting on new lens.

I put the same pics up on my other account, see if these show up here

Sorry to wax on a 15mm use I had in mind…

Yet another unfinished project, after I removed the motor to make it less top-heavy, I realized I could run the body upside down, cut the 'belly' to make it an open-top engine room, and leave the inverted 'chin' open for the pilot box.

Add to that I had some extra bodies from garage sales and the like, and, therefore, it seemed a good idea to assemble them with four legs, I had a low, slinking bronze bauble of badness.

Maybe a Gatling suspended under the pilot?

Doug

I was thinking the same thing about the belly gunner.

I thought about flipping them upside down, but kept them rightside up this time around.

I am considering a flat platform for the aft area with guard rails and shielded sections to allow snipers/riflemen to rain fire down on the ground troops.

About half as long as this…add the rails and shields

So…Tesla lightning gun or traditional canon/machine gun?

You can never go wrong with Tesla. ;->=

However, there's much love in my heart for multiple rotating barrels of death.

I was thinking the same thing about the belly gunner.

In my vision, more a chin gunner. Upside down, there's a sort of cutout in the 'head'.

Suspended between the legs seems as if it'd get as dicey as the first machine guns shot through propellers.

Doug

Yes I mis-spoke/wrote…I completely meant the belly/chin under the pilot/wheelhouse…the actual belly would be a nightmare lol!

Ok here are the updated shots…troop platforms added, forward Tesla Arc Cannons added, there are a few other small details added, and a base coat to find cleanup issues.

The pictures are shown with six 15mm miniatures including a sniper/spotter team

I made an effort to make sure the legs on all four walkers were as different as possible without losing balance or footing.

Thoughts?

Well a little late to the party but the one in the BOTTOM picture at the start of this thread is mine. I hate when folks lift pictures and don't give credit. Now the cool thing is 9 years later I have 14 of them!(ok not all built!)

I have since done the derailer tank and many others

you can see them on my site TMP link

TMP seems to have made it a 'TMP site', which didn't work for me.

historicalhobbiesDOTcom DID work… ;->=

Doug